Chapter 39 Lake Valor
"It's the Nth day without Ci Lang, I miss him... Washing pots and pans is such a hassle!"
Chen Xi, somewhat listlessly, wiped his cleaned utensils and put them into his backpack.
In the Great Marsh, Ci Lang handled all these tasks, but now he had to do them himself.
After tidying up the trash and organizing his equipment, Chen Xi jumped onto Torterra's back and continued his journey.
For the past seven or eight days, although Torterra's every step made a thundering sound.
Lying on Torterra's shell, with his back against the large tree on Torterra's body, was quite comfortable, so Torterra was a good mode of transport.
It's just a pity it can't fly. Should I get some flying Small Elves to travel with in the future?
And while he was thinking about this, he saw Torterra dragging him to a vast lake.
Lake Valor is one of Sinnoh's three most famous lakes.
"Is this Lake Valor?"
Chen Xi looked at the sparkling lake, stretched a big lazy and felt the air was clearer.
He didn't know if it was a misconception, but he felt refreshed and invigorated after arriving here.
Chen Xi pondered that it is said Azelf, one of Sinnoh's Lake Guardians, resides here, but he wondered if he would be lucky enough to see this legendary Pokémon.
Of course, Chen Xi wasn't interested in catching Azelf.
Because Sinnoh's Lake Guardians play a very important role in maintaining the balance of the Sinnoh region, capturing them could easily cause an imbalance in the power of Sinnoh's legendary Pokémon.
Perhaps because he was a time traveler , Chen Xi didn't take these so-called legendary Pokémon very seriously.
After all, no matter what legendary Pokémon, after being defeated thousands of times by ordinary Pokémon in battles, their prestige would naturally be lost.
So, this was also one of the biggest differences between Chen Xi and the people of this world.
Other people in this world were doubtful and wavering about whether ordinary Small Elves, when trained to their peak, could stand beside or even surpass legendary Pokémon, as they hadn't seen it with their own eyes and therefore lacked confidence.
Even top Trainers like Janine, Sakaki, and Mikoli, it would be unrealistic to say that on their first day as Trainers, they firmly believed their Small Elves could grow to be like legendary Pokémon.
But Chen Xi was different. From the first day he arrived in this world, Chen Xi was confident that he could train Small Elves that were no weaker than legendary Pokémon, and even more so, he believed his Small Elves would ultimately be able to slay gods.
Such a thought would be extremely rebellious to most people in this world, but Chen Xi took it for granted.
After all, as a transmigrator Trainer, what kind of transmigrator would he be if he couldn't even defeat legendary Pokémon?
And it was precisely this lack of fear towards legendary Pokémon, treating them with the same respect as ordinary Pokémon, that perhaps made Chen Xi most out of place with local Trainers.
As for this point, Chen Xi himself was completely unaware, and others who knew him simply thought Chen Xi possessed aristocratic arrogance.
At this moment, Chen Xi surveyed the surroundings of Lake Valor, which was sparsely populated. Since the Alliance had not yet arrived in Sinnoh, the development of Lake Valor had not yet progressed deeply.
There were no buildings for the Mikoli Cup ten years later, so Chen Xi could only set up a tent and camp in the wild as usual.
"Come out, everyone, it's time for dinner." Chen Xi released his Small Elves to eat dinner.
Chen Xi watched his Small Elves eat various simple but high-energy foods and walked to the side.
At this time, Chen Xi took out his notebook to ponder and record his thoughts and conjectures from his journey.
Chen Xi took out a map, wanting to find a suitable place where his Small Elves' strength could be further improved.
To allow Staryu and Torterra to quickly reach level 50, a crucial Elite Class watershed.
To be honest, Chen Xi's Small Elves' strength improved quite quickly, basically reaching Elite Class or near Elite Class level in just a few months.
This was due to Chen Xi's continuous supply of high-energy food, the support of the Elf Garden's healing system, and a suitable battle environment that allowed them to engage with high-level Small Elves, thus achieving such rapid progress.
However, this rapid growth momentum had recently slowed down a bit.
Since leaving Pastoria City, neither Staryu nor Torterra had leveled up.
Chen Xi could see that the growth rate of the two Small Elves was beginning to slow down.
One very important reason was that the strength of these two Small Elves was already close to Elite Class, and the quality of wild Small Elves in ordinary environments could no longer keep up with the growth rate of Chen Xi's two Small Elves.
Unless they were in a relatively high-quality, high-density special environment like the Great Marsh, the two Small Elves would only then be able to grow.
Unfortunately, the Great Marsh is, after all, the Wetland Shrine's own contracted land, and generally, it is only opened once a year.
This is also one of the reasons why many hunters eagerly participate in the Great Marsh's big hunt, believing that only these places, which can even be considered secret realms, can provide enough stimulation for their Small Elves to make their growth rate faster.
And now, having emerged from the Great Marsh, many Trainers, like Chen Xi, would feel that their Small Elves had formed a level-crushing advantage over wild Pokémon in ordinary environments, and the growth of their Small Elves had slowed down.
However, thinking about it carefully, this is also a matter of course.
If becoming an Elite Class Trainer were so easy, why would it be a bottleneck that common Trainers almost never overcome in their entire lives?
Without evenly matched battles, constantly pushing out every bit of a Small Elf's potential, ordinary Trainers can only rely on time to slowly hone their Small Elves' levels.
And by the time that happens, unless it's a Dragonair or Ghost type Small Elf, most Small Elves would already be old by the time they become Elite.
The Elite Class is a very big bottleneck for ordinary common Trainers.
At this level, common Trainers will find that they lack many things that cannot be easily compensated for by mere passion.
From the outbreak of old injuries in existing Pokémon, limitations in potential and lack of skills, a relatively stable external environment leading to a lack of growth stimulation for Pokémon, and the financial resources required for high-level Pokémon resources, all these problems will emerge one by one.
If becoming an Elite Class Trainer, for an ordinary common Trainer, only requires effort, but to break through Elite Class Trainer and become a true Master Trainer, then what needs to be tested is comprehensive quality.
Fortunately for Chen Xi, this hurdle was not difficult to overcome, at least if he were at home, Chen Xi could even directly solve the problem of external battle stimulation in Eternal Forest.
"I need a more suitable place for them to level up. Apart from certain noble families' secret locations, only Mt. Coronet seems most suitable!" Chen Xi thought of this and looked at his Small Elves.
Floette's level doesn't matter; at least before she masters fifteen types of Awakening Power, experience points are meaningless.
Chen Xi consciously slowed Nidoran♂'s growth rate, only feeding him high-energy food as much as possible.
He prepared a more abundant training regimen for Nidoran♂ to solidify his foundation, without needing an Everstone to suppress him, nor rushing to increase his growth rate.
Torterra's planned battle system has little to do with his growth skills, but due to the side effects of Torterra's Charge system, the required growth energy will be more than in a normal state, which requires him to battle more and accumulate experience.
What really gave Chen Xi a headache was Staryu.
After the battle with Ji Xian, Chen Xi realized that Staryu's self-developed illusionary light battle system, centered on its Illuminate ability, was not as effective as he had imagined.
After all, as long as others closed their eyes and used AOE skills, they could basically force Staryu out.
And there are simply too many Small Elves that can use this method, so Staryu's battle system still needs to be modified.
The most convenient way is to occasionally use this tactical system to blind the opponent's titanium alloy dog eyes, as a tactical supplement.
Now, a new tactical system is needed for Staryu, one that allows for direct engagement.
In such a situation, Chen Xi thought of the Water Blade tactic, one of Starmie's tactical systems from the "Liuli Record."
This is a very strong frontal tactical system for Staryu. Apart from higher consumption, heavier self-burden, stronger control requirements, and limited attack range, there are almost no major problems.
And the Water Blade tactic only requires three skills: Hydro Pump, Minimize, and Water Gun.
Simply put, it uses the power of Hydro Pump to shoot out a minimized and thinned Water Gun, thereby achieving an effect similar to an industrial water jet. At that time, the actual attack will no longer be water-type damage, but the physical kinetic energy damage brought by the Water Gun.
And to learn this tactic, Staryu must master Hydro Pump.
Only by mastering the Hydro Pump skill can other things be learned, otherwise, if even the most basic requirement is not met, there is no point in discussing other things.
However, there is still some distance to go before Staryu reaches level 53 to learn the Hydro Pump skill, and Chen Xi is helpless.
He could only first take out the Light Screen and Reflect skills from the inherited "Liuli Record" to teach Starmie.
If a skill disc is used to teach a Small Elf, with just a 'snap', the Small Elf will understand how to use the skill.
However, this kind of learning lacks foundation and the effects of control and variation.
If one doesn't pursue a tactical system and only wants to increase the skill's power, this learning method is fine.
Otherwise, one would have to go back and refine it later, and change bad habits, which can be quite time-consuming.
And now, Chen Xi is guiding Staryu little by little to master the two skills, Light Screen and Reflect.
This not only allows Staryu to learn these two skills but also enables Staryu to experience the learning process and grasp control over these two skills.
A Staryu educated using this method, when using Light Screen and Reflect, can make them almost any size and shape, completely controlling their form according to its will.
But if one directly comprehends it using a skill disc, then one can only cast a perfectly square Light Screen.
As for why it is cast this way, even Staryu itself doesn't know.
Of course, these two methods actually don't have much difference in superiority; they just serve different purposes.
Just like Staryu learning Thunderbolt or Ice Beam, what is needed is merely to supplement its attack coverage, so there is no need to delve deeper into it; it only needs to increase its power when needed.
However, some skills that require the construction of a tactical system demand more exquisite control and agile form changes.
This requires the Small Elf to understand the skill's execution process, and even its underlying principles, in order to construct the corresponding tactical system.
For this kind of demand, it's best for the Small Elf to learn the skills it masters slowly from the beginning.
And just as Chen Xi was diligently learning Small Elf skills by the side of Lake Valor, Chen Xi saw several Small Elf Trainers approaching.
These Trainers were also surprised to see Chen Xi, perhaps not expecting such a young child to be active alone in the wild.
One of the middle-aged men came up to Chen Xi and asked, "Have you seen any Small Elves around here that you've never seen before?"
"Small Elves I've never seen before? I don't know!" Chen Xi pretended to be naive and ignorant.
Upon hearing Chen Xi's words, a purple-haired female Trainer said, "Little friend, what's your name? I see your Torterra is very well-trained, much larger than an average Torterra. Are you interested in joining our Team Galactic?"
"Team Galactic..." Chen Xi was a bit surprised to hear the name.
He had just met their leader last month, and he didn't expect to encounter Team Galactic members at Lake Valor.
However, seeing that they didn't even have a uniform, he wondered if they were just trying to trick him, or if Team Galactic hadn't fully gotten on track yet.
"I'll pass!" Chen Xi shook his head and said to the group, "I'm not interested in joining any organization!"
"You ungrateful brat!" A Team Galactic member nearby coldly uttered, and just as he was about to say something, the female Trainer who invited Chen Xi spoke up, "My apologies, let's go!"
The Team Galactic member, at this moment, said unwillingly, "Sui Xing-daren, should we teach this person a lesson?"
The purple-haired Sui Xing turned back to look at Chen Xi, smiled calmly, and said, "Chi Ri-daren wants us to conduct a relatively comprehensive survey of Lake Valor to confirm if there are any traces of the Lake Guardians. We don't need to cause trouble, especially since someone who can raise such a large Torterra should have some background."
"You are truly insightful!" The young Team Galactic member immediately flattered Sui Xing.