"Young master, isn't fifty items a bit too many? These things might look a little shabby, but they're all good stuff!"
The middle-aged man's face filled with astonishment. Clearly, Ming Hao's bargaining skills had left him thoroughly stunned.
Ming Hao, however, remained exceptionally calm. "Then forty-five," he replied lightly.
The middle-aged man hesitated, seemingly hoping to bargain a little more. "Well..."
Seeing this, Ming Hao turned as though to leave. The middle-aged man hurriedly called out, "Forty items!"
The corners of Ming Hao's mouth lifted into a satisfied smile. He promptly turned back and said, "Deal!"
Next, Ming Hao picked up the technique manual he had tossed aside earlier and casually handed it to Lin Zihan.
It was a kicking technique called the Heavenly Fragrance Kick.
Lin Zihan was a little surprised. She accepted the manual, and when she glanced at its name, warmth welled up in her heart.
"Go ahead and pick a few things you like," Ming Hao told the others.
"Thank you, junior brother!" Everyone thanked him before picking out the items they had already set their sights on.
Xuan Chengzi shamelessly took three or four as well, earning eye rolls from everyone else.
Ming Hao unhesitatingly gathered the items he had picked out earlier, then carefully selected another eight or nine promising pieces.
Before long, everyone had chosen what they wanted. Satisfied smiles lit up their faces-even the stiff-faced Zhao Bufan smiled.
Ming Hao readily paid the stallholder. Looking at the man, who had been wearing a face full of misery just moments earlier,
and was now positively beaming, he couldn't help marveling at what a skilled businessman the stallholder was.
But when his gaze fell on the pile of items the stallholder pulled from his storage ring next, he suddenly froze.
Clearly, the stallholder