Chapter 395: Sea Rhyme Festival and Moon Tide Feast

Xia Nan chose "Three-legged Sea Dog" as his temporary residence in Suoyu Wan, partly because the food in the tavern was indeed good, and the seafood-style cream mushroom soup was particularly in line with his heart.

On the other hand, most importantly, he hoped to get some information about "Algae-Scale" Duo De from the tavern owner Hela, to help him find the key to the 【Dream Weaving Corridor】.

Now, the sudden event of the "Golden Cod" casino was perfectly solved with the meeting of Alton and Xia Nan.

Knowing that the halfling came to Suoyu Wan not to cause trouble for their casino, but purely as a result of coincidence and interest.

Hela couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and introduced information about "Algae-Scale" to Xia Nan.

"Duo De was born as an adventurer in Suoyu Wan, you should know this."

Xia Nan nodded slightly, he already had some understanding of the general situation of "Algae-Scale" through the information provided by the association.

Knowing that the other party was not heinous from the beginning, and was wanted only after plundering the Kingdom's cargo ship.

"I've heard some gossip, the accuracy cannot be guaranteed, just listen to it as fun."

"Informed sources revealed that it is said that before Duo De attacked that cargo ship, he already knew its official identity of the Servia Kingdom, and it was not an unintentional act as some people said."

"He was aiming for that ship."

"To some extent, the wealth and fleet supplies that Duo De had already completed the transfer of a few months in advance can also prove this point."

Hela poured a glass of iced ale into her mouth, the dark green hair strands like seaweed swayed, and the crystal clear wine liquid flowed down the corners of her mouth, slender neck, exquisite collarbone, and finally disappeared into the depths of the shirt.

After the casino trip, her attitude towards Xia Nan had silently completed a transformation.

From the original strangeness and probing, she gradually regarded him as an object that could deepen the cooperative relationship.

"Regarding the specific combat style of Duo De, and the combat technique information exposed before, I will organize it into a written document and have someone send it to your room tomorrow night."

"Then I'll trouble you." Xia Nan replied sincerely.

Searching for the key to the 【Dream Weaving Corridor】, if he needed to fight with "Algae-Scale", this information would provide him with convenience to a great extent, at least he wouldn't even know whether the other party was a warrior fighting in close quarters or a spellcaster outputting from a distance before the battle.

"However, you'd better just treat this information as a reference, don't rely on it too much." Pushing the hair strands scattered beside her cheeks behind her head, Hela reminded, "After all, it is information collected many years ago when he was still working as an adventurer."

"So much time has passed now, who knows what changes there are inside, the timeliness might be quite bad."

Hearing the subtext in the other party's words, Xia Nan couldn't help but frown slightly.

"You mean... the other party has had relatively little contact with the outside world in recent years?"

"Duo De's personality tends to be cautious and conservative." Hela nodded and replied, "In fact, after he attacked the cargo ship and was wanted by the Kingdom, he basically didn't show up much."

"Taking the fleet he mastered, he usually hides in the depths of the islands, occasionally coming out to do a job, and never leaves any prisoners, and there are very few survivors."

"Except for the members of their own pirate fleet, no one knows the location of Duo De's base camp."

That would be troublesome.

Xia Nan pondered in his heart.

The exaggerated function of 【Dream Weaving Corridor】 itself, which could provide combat technique proficiency, made the confidentiality level of this item second only to his identity as a "transmigrator" and attribute panel.

Unless necessary, he would never reveal the existence of 【Dream Weaving Corridor】 to anyone.

It was precisely because of this that when Xia Nan searched for information, he tried his best to pull the clues towards "Algae-Scale" Duo De, at most adding a "Lailuo Morton", and never mentioned the silver-white metal object with a strange shape that was left behind by this Morton family descendant recorded in the notes.

If the key to 【Dream Weaving Corridor】 was really in Duo De's hands, the other party who lacked the main body didn't have the conditions to open the device, and probably didn't know the function of this thing, at most putting it in the warehouse as a collection.

Under these circumstances, he could only pretend to be compliant, and get the key when the other party didn't notice, otherwise exposing the purpose directly would only arouse the other party's suspicion, increasing the possibility of the information of 【Dream Weaving Corridor】 being leaked.

And it was best to communicate face-to-face, every extra layer of intermediary between the two, the possibility of variables increased by a few points.

All of this, if even where "Algae-Scale" Duo De was, was unknown, then it would all become empty talk.

No matter how well prepared, if he couldn't see the person, he couldn't advance.

"However... it's not that there is no way to find the other party at all."

Pausing slightly, a glimmer of cunning flashed in Hela's emerald eyes, and then she opened her mouth again.

Staring straight at Xia Nan across the table, she seemed to want to capture the changing expression on his face.

There was no malice, it was a small pulling technique in negotiation and communication to occupy the dominant position.

However, Xia Nan rarely showed his inner emotions in front of strangers, and the increasingly strengthened physical fitness further enhanced his control over his facial muscles.

Even if his heart was indeed fluctuating because of the topic the other party suddenly reversed, there was no fluctuation on his face, cold and calm.

Making Hela, who tried to see a different image from the usual on this young adventurer, feel disappointed.

Pouting her lips somewhat uninterestingly, she continued:

"In the vast majority of cases, Duo De and his fleet hide in their old lair, and outsiders, unless they have the precise coordinates of their base camp, basically cannot find them in the depths of the islands."

"But this doesn't mean that Duo De will hide in his stronghold forever and never go out in his life."

Staring at the pair of black eyes across the table, Hela's lips moved, and she slowly spat out three words:

"Sea Rhyme Festival."

Sea Rhyme Festival?

Xia Nan repeated in his heart.

He had naturally heard of this name.

As early as before he set off from River Valley Town, when he was preparing for this long journey, he had already understood this regional festival that was almost the most important in the Nanfang Qundao every three years.

The festival originated in ancient times, when a "Tide-Singing Saint" was born in the Nanfang Qundao, who could communicate with the ocean through the way of soul singing. She calmed storms, guided fish schools, and healed wounds through singing, establishing great prestige in the nearby sea area, almost becoming a god in the mortal world, a saint on the ocean.

Perhaps it was because humans had seized too many natural resources through this saint, or perhaps the power of faith gradually condensed by the saint over the years had aroused the fear of some existences.

A huge and terrifying catastrophe descended from the sky, houses were washed away by surging waves, islands were swallowed by furious seawater, and the people of the Nanfang Qundao suffered great suffering.

Knowing that the key to breaking the situation was on herself, this "Tide-Singing Saint" resolutely sacrificed her life to exchange for the calming of the god's anger, and also made the sea area near the Nanfang Qundao calmer and easier to navigate, with a bumper harvest of fish every year.

In order to commemorate this noble and respectable saint, the residents on the Nanfang Qundao spontaneously sang the beautiful songs that once protected them in storms and waves on the day she passed away.

Thus the prototype of the "Sea Rhyme Festival" was formed.

Now, after countless years of evolution, the "Sea Rhyme Festival" every three years had become the largest festival in the Nanfang Qundao, and the festival customs had also evolved from the simple singing at the beginning to more convenient, wider-audience, and more celebratory activities.

Including but not limited to "Flower Boat Parade", "Singer Contest", "Night of Scale Searching"... ===== CHAPTER 396 =====