Though he felt somewhat annoyed, the purple immortal copper was more important right now.
The piece of purple immortal copper was small, but its usefulness to Qin Hao was beyond question.
Qin Hao's expression remained unchanged as he spoke slowly. "Thirty-four thousand."
"Excellent!"
"We have a bid of thirty-four thousand. Any other bids?"
The Masked Man's eyes lit up, and he nearly laughed aloud. Then he turned his gaze toward Wu Jianfeng again, without the slightest attempt to hide it.
Wu Jianfeng sneered. "Modest though my means may be, I can still scrape together thirty-five thousand battle merits."
At the same time, he gave Qin Hao a provocative look.
"Thirty-five thousand battle merits! Someone has bid thirty-five thousand battle merits!"
"Does anyone wish to bid higher?"
"Purple immortal copper is exceedingly rare even on the Qiankun Continent. Everyone, once you pass this village, you won't find another shop like this!"
The Masked Man called out loudly, his gaze turning toward Qin Hao.
This time, before Qin Hao could speak, Jiang Cheng, who sat beside him, could no longer sit still. He lowered his voice and said anxiously:
"Qin Hao, that's enough. Thirty-five thousand battle merits for a finger-sized piece of purple immortal copper is far too inflated a price. The gains won't make up for the losses."
"Refining purple immortal copper also requires buying quite a few other materials, worth at least several thousand battle merits. This piece should have cost around thirty thousand to begin with. Now that the price has climbed to thirty-five thousand, adding the other materials means it'll take at least forty thousand battle merits to refine it."
Wu Yan said, "Qin Hao, it's not that we begrudge spending battle merits. There's just no need. It's too poor a return for the price. Even if you