Initially, there were only two Gym Leader-level trainers. After I dealt with them, that guy Chong Chong stopped me, saying I had to accept an investigation.
Wasn't that deliberately looking for trouble? How could I possibly cooperate? Then I had a fight with him. If it weren't for my guardian spirit's intervention, I estimate I would have arrived even later.
Yao Yifei nodded, 'Reasonable and compliant requests.'
Yekaterina was just a foreign ally. It was reasonable and justified for Chong Chong to ask her to stop and accept the investigation. Even if she attacked because of it, the fault wouldn't lie with Chong Chong.
It can only be said that he deserves to have risen to the position of Regional Elite Four. His skill in shirking responsibility is worth learning from many people.
After explaining the reason for her delayed arrival, Yekaterina praised meaningfully, "But you're truly hiding your strength, with a matching Mega Evolution Stone."
Yao Yifei rolled her eyes at Yekaterina. Glalie can also Mega Evolve. She didn't believe that a woman with her family background couldn't obtain a matching Evolution Stone.
She even suspected that this woman had Z-Moves and Dynamax.
"Let's go back first. This matter should be considered over," Lu Li decided.
Yao Yifei nodded.
This time, there were no more accidents, and the two safely returned to their small country home.
Back at the villa, Lu Li handed Tropius and Milotic over to Chansey.
"I'm counting on you, Chansey, to check if they have any internal injuries or anything."
Chansey smiled and made an OK sign, then happily took the two Pokémon into the medical room.
Having been in this house for so long, today she could finally help Lu Li.
Usually, she treated wild Pokémon, but more often she treated Wei and her Pokémon, who were overly zealous.
Considering there was still a week before the competition, Lu Li decided to first digest what he had gained these days.
First was the planting method for Gracidea flowers.
According to the records, Gracidea flowers can be propagated by division, but the prerequisite is that the Gracidea flower must have enough life energy.
The biggest difference between Gracidea flowers and other Pokémon plants is the need for life force.
Whether it's those rare herbs or those precious berries, the grass-type energy they require is actually far greater than life energy.
But Gracidea flowers are the opposite.
Lu Li thought of the Spirit Farming Minor Art's Spirit Gathering Technique. The Spirit Gathering here doesn't refer to gathering spiritual energy, but to condensing life force.
In the cultivation world, the Spirit Gathering Technique is generally used to preserve the seeds of spirit plants. No matter what type of spirit plant, they cannot reproduce on their own. They must rely on the Spirit Gathering Technique and Seed Condensation Technique of spirit plant masters to leave seeds.
The good news is that the localization of the Spirit Gathering Technique is not difficult. The reason he hadn't used it before was because he didn't need to.
Having finally found a breakthrough, Lu Li brought the information to the flower garden.
After using the Spirit Gathering Technique on the most mature-looking Gracidea flower, Lu Li carefully observed it.
Through observation, Lu Li didn't feel any changes in the appearance of the Gracidea flower.
And the internal change might be that the Gracidea flower's vitality became more vigorous.
"Is once not enough?"
Lu Li used another Spirit Gathering Technique on the Gracidea flower.
The Gracidea flower trembled slightly and became more delicate, but there were still no practical changes, let alone division.
Still not enough?
Feeling that the spiritual power he had just recovered was empty, Lu Li returned to the bedroom with the information.
Is the Spirit Gathering Technique not used enough, or is the analysis wrong?
Lu Li could only continue to browse the information.
Two hours later.
After reading all the information, Lu Li silently lay on the desk, pondering countermeasures.
The planting of Gracidea flowers requires not only vitality but also a special site.
The information didn't explicitly say what site it was, but Lu Li guessed a rough idea.
It's nothing more than a site suitable for plant survival. The orchard is very suitable, but there are already tree fruits planted there. At that time, you can consider transplanting the Gracidea flowers outside the orchard.
Thinking of this, Lu Li returned to the living room.
Chansey had already checked the two Pokémon. After treatment, both Pokémon were fine.
Especially Tropius.
Lu Li was most concerned about Tropius's condition, fearing that forcibly increasing Tropius's strength would have unknown side effects.
Fortunately, the things he was worried about didn't happen. Spiritual power is indeed an all-powerful force, and it can actually temporarily increase Tropius's strength without side effects.
You must know that even the Dragon Force's temporary increase in the strength of Dragon-type Pokémon has side effects. The Pokémon will enter a period of weakness afterward.
The duration of the weakness period is about a week to a month, which is actually a big price.
Because weakness means no training. A week is fine, but if it's a month, it's troublesome.
Delaying a month is definitely fatal.
Don't think that a month is very short. Tropius only used more than a month to grow from the newborn level to the elite level, which shows how fatal it is to delay a month.
For some reason, Lu Li found that whether it was Yekaterina or Yao Yifei, these two Gym Leader-level trainers seemed to train their Pokémon very little.
When chatting with the two women, Lu Li never dared to proactively inquire about their training content, which led to him knowing very little about high-level trainers.
Just as Lu Li was thinking, Wei's voice came from not far away: "Lu Li, come with me to the warehouse."
Interrupted from his thoughts, Lu Li nodded and followed Wei to the warehouse behind the villa.
Wei pulled out a safe from under the valuables, "We have accumulated a lot of Water Stones. You have to find a way to deal with these Water Stones."
Lu Li curiously opened the box, and inside lay six huge Water Stone raw ores.
Lu Li just roughly calculated that this box of raw ore could probably yield nearly 50 Water Stones, with a total value of at least 5 million.
Lu Li was also a little embarrassed looking at the Water Stones in the box.
After the Yu family's somewhat immoral operation, Lu Li was a little distrustful of the Yu family and the Jin family.
If he continues to sell Water Stones, they might guess that he has a Water Stone mine. With the morals of the Yu family and the Jin family, they might use moral kidnapping to coerce him into handing over the Water Stone mine.
Although he may not necessarily fall for that, he still has to be well prepared.
Leaving aside the Yu family and the Jin family, the first rich woman Lu Li thought of was naturally Yekaterina.
Lu Li no longer hesitated and directly took the box to Yekaterina. There is no shortage of buyers for high-quality Water Stones.
Lu Li didn't need to be embarrassed either, after all, this was a mutually beneficial thing.
Having had a transaction once, Yekaterina skillfully put away the box.
Yekaterina: "The Ma family in Qingyun City is considered an affiliated family of our family. Within the scope of Qingyun City, if you need help with business matters, you can find the Ma family."
Lu Li nodded.
Before Tropius entered the Gym Leader level, Lu Li didn't consider commercial cooperation with the locals in Qingyun City.
The Jin family's example is enough. When your strength is insufficient, verbal promises and contracts are not recognized, and you can't do anything about it.
He can't handle such a business atmosphere now.
After leaving Yekaterina's bedroom, Lu Li observed Milotic in the backyard again.
The trainer profession is actually quite similar to the beastmaster in the world of cultivation.
Normally, this world should be most suitable for the beastmaster profession, but in fact, the beastmaster profession doesn't bring him much bonus, or even none.
The reason lies in the different rules.
In the world of cultivation, the main function of the beastmaster is that humans can form contracts with spirit beasts through blood contracts or spirit contracts, and then let the spirit beasts help the cultivators grow.
The problem lies with humans and spirit beasts.
As everyone knows, the people of the Pokémon world are not humans but branches of Pokémon, and blood contracts cannot be used directly in this world.
Then there is the flaw in the beastmaster profession. Beastmaster contracts are divided into blood contracts and spirit contracts. Blood contracts can basically be ignored, which cannot be completely Pokémonized.
All that's left is the spirit contract, but the spirit contract is more of a pit, first of all, the limitation problem.
To form a spirit contract with a spirit beast, one must have the cultivation base of the middle stage of Qi training, and secondly, there is only one spirit contract position in the Qi training period.
And because of the spirit contract position, the beastmaster has to carefully consider what kind of spirit beast to form a contract with.
First of all, it must be of high bloodline level, and then the growth rate must be fast enough.
This requirement is also very fatal in the world of cultivation, because the growth rate of high bloodline levels is generally slower, which is also the reason why the beastmaster profession has gradually declined in the world of cultivation.
The growth time of normal spirit beasts starts at a hundred years, or even a thousand years, while the lifespan of foundation-building monks is only 500 years.
The relationship between beastmasters and spirit beasts is, in a nutshell, the rich leading the poor, but the problem is that the rich are too slow to get rich. After the spirit beasts get rich first, the beastmaster's grave is three feet high.
This is also the reason why beastmasters in the world of cultivation become ancient professions.
However, the spells of beastmasters are also the most common spells in the world of cultivation, such as the blood contract technique. Ordinary cultivators will use this spell to subdue mounts or tool pets.
But the Pokémon world is different. The spirit beast growth problem that the world of cultivation is worried about is not a problem at all in this time.
The spirit beasts in the world of cultivation grow slowly, what does it have to do with my Pokémon?
In fact, at the beginning, Lu Li even prepared to replace the trainer profession with the beastmaster profession.
The early stage of Qi training can sign a blood contract. After contracting with the Pokémon through the blood contract, the Pokémon can also feed back the trainer when it improves its strength. Even if his aptitude is poor, he can use the Pokémon to drag his cultivation.
In addition, the middle and late stages can provide two blood contract positions. Once successful, three Pokémon can basically lift him to the foundation building stage.
But the problem lies in the blood contract. He is not a pure human in the world of cultivation and cannot sign a blood contract with Pokémon.
If you can only consider the spirit contract, then the problem comes again. To sign a spirit contract with Pokémon, you need the middle stage of Qi training.
With his current aptitude, it will take at least 50 years to cultivate to the middle stage of Qi training...
50 years!
After 50 years, he can take Pokémon to farm divine beasts. Wouldn't it be better to contract with divine beasts then?
The spirit contract can share the supernatural powers of the spirit beasts. Converted to this world, it may be sharing the authority of the divine beasts.
If he can contract with Arceus, he may be able to become the creator god in one fell swoop.
Of course, all of this has a premise, that is, his soul has not been Pokémonized. After all, he is a time traveler who was reincarnated into this world.
Normally, the soul should still be a pure human soul, and there should be no problem with the soul contracting with the Pokémon then.
If the soul is also localized, then there is no way, and it can only be regarded as not having the beastmaster profession.
There is also the curse master.
The curse master is also an ancient profession in the world of cultivation, belonging to the eliminated profession.
It is very useful in this world, such as the curse marks on Wei and Bao Bao, which are the means of the curse master.
But the curse master is not very useful in that world. Curse marks are just a side door for curse masters, and the real magic of curses is to curse others to death silently.
Then in this world, curses are considered a negative effect, and moves such as purification and healing bells can dispel curses.
The curse master was directly cut off in the Pokémon world, and even Growlithe shook his head when he saw it.
"The spirit contract Milotic is also okay. At that time, it will be a walking human-shaped succubus, which is very suitable for harem parties," Lu Li thought with a wide-open brain while touching his chin.
Of course, if he can really use the spirit contract technique in his lifetime, then he must put the target on those divine beasts, which is somewhat wasteful to put on Milotic.
"Na ~"
Looking at Lu Li who was silent, Milotic called out in confusion.
Interrupted from his thoughts, Lu Li explained with a smile: "It's nothing, I'm considering your training plan."
"Na?"
(Am I not responsible for being beautiful?)
Milotic asked rhetorically.
Lu Li quickly corrected: "You still need to practice your skills more."
"Na ~"
(I am working hard to practice my skills.)
"Na ~"
(But my talent seems to be not as good as Little Fire Dragon. It has played its skills out of flowers.)
Milotic's progress on the path of gorgeousness is touching, especially in terms of skill use, it is really not as good as Little Fire Dragon.
Lu Li comforted: "It's okay, we'll take our time. Tomorrow I'll ask Sister Yao to continue to give you extra training."
Lu Li doesn't ask too much of Milotic anymore. Let's not talk about power for the time being, as long as the skills look good.
As for accuracy?
No matter how low Milotic's skill level is, it can still hit the targets that can't be moved with 100% accuracy.
As long as the skills are good-looking enough, Lu Li believes that the enemy will take the initiative to catch them.
Milotic nodded.
Tropius went to his orchard again, and Little Fire Dragon went to play with Onix.
As for why their relationship suddenly became better?
That's because Onix passed Little Fire Dragon's test, the fire test.
In Little Fire Dragon's opinion, Onix, who is younger than himself but can withstand the burning of his flames, is definitely a strong person.
