Chapter 397: Unique Ecology and

Xia Nan's expression was always direct.

Especially when getting along with familiar friends like Alton who had experienced life-and-death crises together, if there was any confusion, or things he wanted to know, he basically wouldn't hide them in his heart, and rarely beat around the bush, unless there was a possibility of offending the other party.

Therefore, after the "Golden Cod" casino trip three days ago, taking advantage of the opportunity when the two were alone, he directly asked the other party about information related to 【Fate Coin】.

Of course, with Xia Nan's personality, he naturally wouldn't take advantage of his relationship with the halfling to force the other party to demand anything.

What he wanted to know was whether Alton had similar props on him, and if so, whether he had the willingness to sell and the specific quotation.

Or whether the 【Fate Coin】 that the other party personally gifted to him as a parting gift when they parted, had the possibility of replenishing the number of uses.

To this, Alton's answer was beyond his expectation.

"Haha, the coin itself was indeed my parting gift to you, that's right, but my gift was just a coin."

The halfling casually took out a copper coin from his waist bag, the front was a woman's head with a blurred face, and the back was a cloak fluttering in the wind.

The shape was exactly the same as the 【Fate Coin】 in Xia Nan's hand, making him almost think that the little guy really had stock on him.

But focusing his attention and calling out the attribute panel, he found that this was just the most ordinary white-board coin without any special effect.

"The divine power attached to the coin comes from the Lady of Smiles."

"As for the charging you mentioned..." The halfling tossed the copper coin in his hand lightly, watching the two sides of the coin flip rapidly in the air, and finally fell back into his palm.

"Actually, there is no need for any special ritual, as long as the timing is appropriate, tossing it lightly like this, you can naturally get the blessing of the goddess."

Xia Nan keenly captured the key in the other party's answer.

"Timing is appropriate?"

"What do you mean, what kind of timing is considered appropriate?"

To this, this little guy who was always enthusiastic and lively, rarely showed a vague appearance unique to believers of gods, with words not conveying the meaning.

Smiled quite mysteriously, and only left one sentence:

"Luck, favors the brave."

"..."

Walking on the crowded main road of the Salt District, Xia Nan recalled the communication between him and Alton three days ago, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

Luck favors the brave, meaning that he needs to make a performance that is sufficiently consistent with the image of a "brave" to get the favor of the Goddess of Luck Tymora, so that he can charge the 【Fate Coin】?

But what kind of behavior can be considered brave?

Behaviors that seem brave but are actually reckless and stupid, such as robbing banks and smashing shops, are obviously not among them; the act of rushing forward to die knowing that he is not the enemy when facing an enemy far stronger than himself, certainly cannot get the favor of the Lady of Smiles.

Xia Nan pondered for a long time, and finally decided to shelve this matter for the time being.

He was not a cowardly person, and never feared battle and competition.

When the "timing" in Alton's mouth comes, he believes he should be able to grasp it.

However, after thinking and being distracted for a while, the short figure who was walking in front had disappeared.

Having long been accustomed to it, he slightly released his perception ability that had been suppressed because of the overly complex environment he was in right now.

Xia Nan suddenly turned his head, his gaze looking at a small stall beside the street alley in front of him.

The halfling was looking at the goods on the stall with great interest, as if he was very interested in those small souvenirs that were poorly made but had unique local characteristics of Suoyu Wan.

But just when the stall owner felt that he had finally encountered a fat sheep, used carefully prepared rhetoric to package the goods he sold, introduced them in detail to Alton, and tried to sell them at a high price later.

The halfling, who had been nodding repeatedly in the stall owner's endless words just now, as if he would be persuaded by the other party in the next second and voluntarily take out his wallet to consume, was attracted by the shouting of a street performer in the distance.

Nodded quite friendly to the stall owner, thanked the other party for the introduction, and then didn't look back, stepped on his two short legs, "Pa Ji Pa Ji" and disappeared into the crowd.

Only leaving the stall owner sitting on the street, stiffly opening his mouth.

The halfling race had always been like this.

They were enthusiastic and friendly, but showed two extremes in their attitude towards life.

Some enjoyed home life, content within their own small square of heaven and earth, fireplaces, food, farmland... they were not interested in the outside environment, only enjoying the stable life with relatives and friends in their homeland;

Others were like Alton, as if they would never stop their footsteps, obsessed with adventure and exploration, curious about all unknown things encountered on the journey, and always in a high-spirited appearance.

It was also strange to think about it. Xia Nan once thought in private, if he were also a halfling, he might be more inclined to the former stable home life, but this was contrary to his identity as an adventurer and his behavior of coming to Suoyu Wan from River Valley Town.

After thinking about it carefully later, the reason was, in the final analysis, the anxiety brought by "transmigration" and the extraordinary power of this world.

Both of them had just arrived in Suoyu Wan not long ago, and were not familiar with the environment here.

Fortunately, Suoyu Wan itself was a bay town built on the port, no need to take a detour, just go all the way down along the main road.

Soon, their destination "Broken Wave Pier" came into view.

The morning mist had not yet completely dissipated, and the port had already awakened under the call of the salty sea breeze and the rising morning sun; mixed with the seagulls circling and calling in the high altitude in the distance, the sound of horns, the sound of wheels rolling, curses and shouts, the sounds were fused together, turning into the noise unique to the lively environment.

"Move! Move!"

A sturdy half-orc coolie, naked on his upper body, roared at the crowd blocking the way in his non-standard common language, the cargo box behind him piled higher than himself.

Not far away, two gnomes in simple hemp clothes were arguing fiercely with a middle-aged man who looked like a pier manager, and the wooden boat parked in the water was obviously overloaded, and the waterline of the boat was close to the dangerous position.

The market on the edge of the street was the busiest time of the day, with stalls densely packed, everything from fresh fish to exotic goods, those strange-looking sea goods and fish and shrimp that didn't exist in his previous life, and handicrafts filled with unique styles and aesthetics of the other world, Xia Nan even felt that he could stroll here for a whole day. ===== CHAPTER 398 =====