Old Man Hai snorted, looked at the cup of hot water and then raised his head again to look at Airo in front of him. After thinking for a while, he said: "Whatever, it doesn't matter if I talk to you anyway. It's not the first time I've said it anyway.

.”

He picked up the water glass and took a sip, then continued -

"Our small village has no name. In fact, it is a village. There are only about fifty people living in it. At the beginning, our archipelago was relatively off-route. It was not on the passage points of important sea routes, and there were not many products.

, so basically no one came. Later, someone got into trouble and drifted to this archipelago. Since they didn’t know that it was only half a day away from Hanhai City, they had no choice but to survive here. After ten

A few years later, we gradually took root here, and when a ship finally arrived, we realized how close we were to Hanhai City."

"Subsequently, this archipelago was registered on the blue bay empire's nautical chart, and was under the direct jurisdiction of Hanhai City. But it is said to be jurisdiction, who will take care of such a settlement with few properties and residents?"

"So, the development of the village has been very slow in these years. Only those who want to live far away from the crowd will slowly come here, looking for a life without being disturbed by others. In this way, we have

Such a village."

Ai Luo chuckled: "So, Mr. Hai, you are also a person who doesn't like outsiders?"

Old Man Ebi looked away from Ai Luo: "Some people don't like to deal with others, and some people don't like their original way of life or environment. They can't be killed with one shot."

Ai Luo smiled: "Okay, you continue."

Old Man Hai: "Originally, our village has been developing so slowly. But in recent years, things have suddenly changed."

"People are constantly arriving from Hanhai City, asking our entire village to move away, either to Hanhai City or to other cities."

"But what do you mean? Suddenly you come here and ask us to move out? We have lived here for decades! You city people didn't care about us before, but now you suddenly come here and ask us to leave? There is no such reason in the world.

ah!"

Ai Luo kept a thought in his mind, and after thinking about it, he said: "So, you don't know why they want you to move away?"

Old Man Hai snorted: "We won't move! No matter how much money we pay, we won't move! The last few times they said that our village has been expropriated, and this sea area has also been expropriated, and asked us to leave! But what we care about at all is

It’s not about money, it’s about us living here all the time! No matter what you say, we won’t move! This is the belief that our entire village adheres to!”

A fragment has already formed in Ai Luo's heart. He nodded again and said, "Okay! Mr. Hai, let's not talk about those sad things. I just said that we are here to buy thick-fleshed starfish. You guys are here."

How many thick-fleshed starfish are there?”

When it came to doing business, the anger on the old man's face finally faded a little. He snorted and said, "If nothing else, there are quite a lot of thick-fleshed starfish here. This sea area

There seems to be a warm current passing through in the past ten years, so the sea water is very warm all year round. Such warm sea water will naturally attract many sea sand shells to come here to breed."

"Did you know? The favorite food of thick-fleshed starfish is sea shells! If there are more sea sand shells, there will be more thick-fleshed starfish! The thick-fleshed starfish raised in our village are all fat and strong.

, the meat quality is different from other thick-fleshed starfish, it is very soft and sweet! Alas, if it weren’t for the fact that it is too far from the city and is inconvenient to transport, I really want to transport these starfish to the capital to sell them.

.”

Arrow was a little surprised.

There are people in this world who think that the meat of thick-fleshed starfish is soft and sweet? Are you crazy?

Seeing Ai Luo's expression of disbelief, Old Man Hai also pretended to believe it or not, and sneered: "Whatever you think, you can come to our village and try it tomorrow and you will know!"

"Okay, okay! I believe it, I really believe it."

Arrow raised his hands to express surrender, and then continued to ask——

"So, how much production do you have here? The quantity I want to buy is quite large. Can you supply it?"

Old Man Hai rolled his eyes again and said: "Enough! Enough! Every year, we see so many thick-fleshed starfish that can only be fed to Dabao and the others because they cannot be sold. It hurts our hearts! Now, in our entire archipelago,

There are at least 10,000 thick-fleshed starfish under the water! And it’s really easy to catch them. When the tide goes out during the day, you can easily catch them with a fishing net!”

Suddenly, Ai Luo felt that he seemed to understand what was going on here. He nodded slightly and said with a smile: "That's it! Well... there is another thing I want to ask,

The license for your breeding farm...hasn’t it ever been issued?”

A vigilant expression flashed across Old Man Hai's face again, but after a moment, he still hummed and said: "Yes, I understand. You think I don't have a license here, so you want to not pay, right?"

!Hmph! Let me tell you, it’s not that easy! Even if it costs me my life, I won’t let you default on your debt so easily!”

It's interesting to say that this old man seemed a little depressed just now, and now he is getting more aggressive. I don't know if he didn't think about it that much, or if he really has some confidence...

Ai Luo didn't want to cause trouble, waved his hands repeatedly, and said with a smile: "Hahaha, no, no, of course, of course we are willing to spend money to buy it. Well... let's see... It's already very late now, wait until it's daytime tomorrow

, let’s go to your village and have a look. Then we’ll discuss the price.”

After saying that, Ai Luo did not intend to talk to the old man any more, but directly sent him to rest in the cabin below with a smile on his face.

As for the guild members beside him, he didn't say much. Instead, he nodded slightly and told everyone to go to rest and sleep, and to talk about anything tomorrow.

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Early the next morning, after the fog that filled the sea gradually dissipated, the Siren Queen took action again.

The sea monster named Dabao that sank in the sea yesterday is now quietly leaning next to the Siren Queen. With the sunlight, it can indeed be regarded as a small floating beach when viewed from above.

The backside of the beach was covered with gravel and dust. If he hadn't witnessed Cheese grabbing blood from the gravel and dust with his own eyes yesterday, I'm afraid Arrow would have thought this was just an ordinary floating beach.

Now, there is still some light red blood seeping out from the scratched area on the back of this monster, dyeing the surrounding sea water a little red. However, compared to the scene of blood flying everywhere last night, it is obviously better.

Too much.

This big treasure monster was leaning on the side of the Siren Queen, and seemed to be constantly rubbing against the hull, trying to find something.

When Old Man Hai's face appeared on the edge of the boat, the monster finally stretched out a small group of fleshy, slime-like sticky tentacles from the sea water, stuck to the edge of the boat, and even let out a burst of

There was a slight cry.

The old man greeted the monster below, then turned his head and looked at the members of Mermaid Song in front of him.

While he was thinking silently, suddenly, an unhurried horn sound came from the other direction of the archipelago.

Ji Lian listened for a while and said: "This is the time to start the search. Although without the ship, the search speed may be a little slower for those people, but there are many magicians and masters in their team. These small

The narrow channel between the islands cannot trap them."

Old Man Hai's face twitched. After thinking for a moment, he finally said as if he had made up his mind: "Are you...really just here to buy thick meaty starfish? Not for other things?"

Ai Luo knew that he could not give the old man too much time to hesitate now, so he directly frightened him and said: "Forget it, since you won't say it, then let's find someone who is willing to say it. Let's set sail! Since there is a person here

Village, then this village cannot be built in a too secretive place. We should be able to find it if we go around further."

"Okay, okay! I'll take you there, I'll take you there! Don't...don't mess around, we still have children over there..."

As the words came out of his mouth, Old Man Hai suddenly thought that he had let something slip and exposed his weakness. However, Ai Luo pretended not to hear and smiled and said, "Then, please hurry up and lead the way."

Old Man Hai nodded, came back to the edge of the boat, and shouted several times to the Dabao monster below that Airl couldn't understand. After hearing the shouts, the giant monster under the water finally let go of Siren.

Queen, allowing the ship to move slowly along the current.

Moving forward along the winding sea channel, the scenery on both sides is constantly changing.

Ai Luo is not worried about what tricks this old man can play. After all, this village does not look like a secret base, so there is no need to build it so secluded. Even if there is no one to lead the way, as long as you wander around here more

After a few laps, I believe you will find it sooner or later.

The facts did not go beyond Arrow's expectations. Within half an hour, the Siren Queen sailed into a natural harbor. As soon as they entered the harbor, they saw some wooden boats docked here, as well as several small boats not far away.

There are scattered buildings on the small island closer to each other.
Chapter completed!