Deep Sea Scale

Xinhai held Eevee in his arms and walked over with Gardevoir. Noticing a customer, the stall owner looked up, revealing a face weathered by sea winds, slightly darkened but with gentle eyes.

He set down the shell bracelet he was weaving and forced a simple smile onto his face. "Feel free to look around, lad. They're just little trinkets picked up from the shore, all handmade. The prices are fair."

Xinhai crouched down and casually picked up several shell bracelets to examine them. After praising the owner's craftsmanship, he seemingly absentmindedly picked up the pink scale necklace. It felt slightly cool in his hand, but that soon gave way to a smooth, gentle texture.

He studied it carefully. The patterns on the scale were exceptionally delicate, and under the refracted sunlight, faint iridescent glimmers seemed to flow across it.

"Boss, how much is this?" Xinhai asked casually, giving the scale necklace in his hand a slight shake.

The stall owner glanced at it. He seemed to have little impression of the item and thought for a moment before saying, "Oh, this... fifty League Coins."

Xinhai's brow lifted ever so slightly. It was not that he found it expensive. Rather... it was far too cheap.

For Gardevoir to take an interest in it, this scale was certainly no ordinary item. The gentle, pure Life Energy contained within it was weak, but its fundamental quality should have been excellent.

Clearly, the stall owner had merely treated it as an ordinary fish scale with an unusual color.

A trace of hesitation appeared on Xinhai's face. He did not agree immediately. Looking over the items on the stall, he picked up a bracelet strung with alternating blue and white shells, as well as a very nice conch shell. Holding them together with the scale,