Chapter 427: Gold Coin Income and Strange Atmosphere

Shoal Bay, Saltwater District, Cable Street.

Standing on the side of the crowded road, the twin swords behind his back rose and fell slightly with his breathing.

Xia Nan held a small bag of honey tangerines he had just bought at a small stall by the road in his left hand, and held a tangerine that had already been broken in half in his right hand, his mind unconsciously recalling his experience in the "Guiyuzi" grocery store just now.

Happening to encounter a local gang coming to collect protection money, and then because of his relationship with the shopkeeper, the attitude of the little thugs in front of him changed.

The same thing happened once when he went to Niumu for a promotion mission; he remembered that he later had dealings with that thug's gang during the mission, and it seemed to be called something like "Black Badger Gang" or "Grey Badger Gang," and he didn't know how they were doing now.

In fact, Xia Nan didn't mind at all using his reputation or the identity of a professional to help Padi Colin and others get some help in their daily lives.

He just discovered through his own keen perception ability that those few little thugs, especially the leader-like dwarf, looked a bit strange in their state.

But since it had nothing to do with him and the other party had long since fled, he was too lazy to investigate deeply.

"You! Come here!"

"What's your name? What are you doing!?"

A stern questioning voice came from his ear.

His eyebrows frowned slightly, and his gaze subconsciously looked toward the direction the sound came from.

Only to see on one side of the crowded and bustling street ahead, several guards wearing the standard armor of the Governor's Mansion were questioning a Half-Orc dressed as an adventurer.

Just a bottom-level adventurer who had not yet obtained a professional level, obviously not wanting to offend one of the three major forces in Shoal Bay, the Half-Orc behaved extremely obediently, answering almost whatever was asked.

But it seemed that his common language was very unfluent, and he answered stutteringly, making the few guards surrounding him increasingly suspicious, and he himself became increasingly flustered because he couldn't express his meaning fluently.

It was all "Ulu" and "Ga-wo," using hands and feet to say some tribal orcish local dialect, and one could see his pale green face swelling red, looking flustered and terrified.

His gaze swept across the few people, and Xia Nan's expression was thoughtful.

He hadn't paid much attention before, but now that he thought about it, in the twenty-minute walk from the grocery store to here, he had already seen at least three batches of guards from the Governor's Mansion.

In the Saltwater District, this was quite abnormal.

He couldn't help but associate it with the strange performance of those few thugs, pondering the relationship between them.

While pondering, as if sensing his lingering gaze, one of the guards in the team ahead turned his head and looked toward Xia Nan's direction.

The two met eyes silently.

Also not wanting to cause trouble, at this moment, Xia Nan had already started to draft a speech in secret, considering how to deal with the other party.

But what he didn't expect was that this guard just swept him twice, his gaze stayed slightly on Xia Nan's arm, and then he withdrew his gaze, even nodding slightly toward him.

Making Xia Nan feel stunned in his heart.

Subconsciously lowering his head, he looked toward the direction of his arm.

——The small cloth bag filled with honey tangerines was swaying lightly in the air.

Only then did he react, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but pull out a hard-to-bear arc.

In the vast majority of cases, the first impression Xia Nan gave others should be that of a cold-tempered, young, elite adventurer.

But right now, the cloth bag slung over his arm and the honey tangerine broken in half in his palm were just like the Starbucks held in the hands of black people in his past life, adding a few points of life-like atmosphere to his whole person's temperament.

A proper town resident!

Coupled with the fact that the number of adventurers coming and going on the road was already not small, he naturally wouldn't become a suspicious target for questioning.

"Xia Nan, are you finished over there?"

A brisk greeting came from his ear.

The Halfling Alton had a bright smile on his face, tossing a copper coin, and walked out of a casino by the road.

One could faintly hear the noisy sound coming from the gambling house behind him.

Obviously, he had just performed a ritual of pleasing the Goddess of Luck in it.

"Hmm, just went to take care of business, didn't stay long."

Xia Nan handed over a honey tangerine smoothly, answering.

Returning to Shoal Bay from the Goblin nest, he first went to the inn to take a shower, washed off the minced meat and blood on his body, and then went to the Guiyuzi grocery store.

It happened that Alton intended to hold a ritual, so they went together on the way.

"How about you, was the ritual smooth?"

After all, according to the habit of the Halfling ritual, his radical behavior at the card table and his exaggerated winning rate of not being defeated, if he encountered a gambling house boss who was not so rational, he would easily be interrupted halfway before losing everything in the last all-in.

Regarding this, the Halfling just smiled and shook the copper coin in his hand toward Xia Nan.

"Of course!"

"The Lady of Smiles will bless me!"

Thinking about it, it was also true.

It might not be easy to say in other places, but in Shoal Bay, I am afraid that every casino practitioner had heard of that legendary figure who was like a gambling god and named "Alin" in the past.

Encountering a little guy with the same performance as the other party, I am afraid they were too afraid to come forward to interfere, so how would they dare to take the initiative to come forward to interfere.

Understanding in his heart, the two chatted one after another, one high and one low, walking toward the tavern.

Right now, five days had passed since Xia Nan returned from Crag Island.

The spoils brought back from the sea had basically all been processed.

Just like what that Sea Elf mixed-blood said, after Xia Nan indicated the special effect of 【Blade of the Blue Wave】 and hung it on the local consignment catalog of the Adventurer Association, he received more than one offer immediately.

Although it didn't reach the level of scrambling, the reaction was quite enthusiastic.

After all, its entry effect of "when the user is in a damp state, additionally increase 20% physical strength recovery speed" almost perfectly matched the environment of the Southern Archipelago with many sea areas.

Coupled with the fact that the scimitar itself was of high quality, as well as the reputation of the former holder "Oil Hand" Bern.

In just three days, it was speculated to a price close to four digits, and then the growth of the offer gradually slowed down.

In the end, it was sold by Xia Nan to a veteran ranger of professional level for a price as high as 968 gold.

After deducting the Association's "5%" handling fee, the actual amount received was 920 gold.

The twin swords and longbow from Nick and Leda of the "Silver Claw Osprey" squad were sold by him in a package to an iron smithy that also enjoyed a good reputation in Shoal Bay.

Two pieces of white-board equipment with decent quality and grade added together allowed him to obtain a profit of 275 gold. ===== CHAPTER 428 =====