Chapter 6: New Pokémon
“I never expected that the once-declining Yuan Family would produce such a monster—a twelve-year-old Master Trainer…”
The group from the temple left Eterna City and began their journey back to the temple. Along the way, however, they couldn't help but discuss the match between Chenxi and Zhu Lan.
Both were just twelve-year-old children, yet both had reached a height that ordinary people could only look up to.
However, what no one expected was that Zhu Lan, who they had placed their hopes on, would become Chenxi’s stepping stone.
As for Zhu Lan, the other party involved, she was surprisingly calm when she heard the discussions.
It was as if Zhu Lan had already let go of the match after it ended; her mindset was so strong it hardly seemed like a child's.
At this moment, Zhu Lan came to Drasna’s side, bit her lip, but still stubbornly raised her head and said to Drasna, “I lost this time. I will follow the family’s arrangements and go to Qiefeng Academy for studies.”
Drasna smiled charmingly when she heard Zhu Lan’s words and said, “Even if you want to enter Qiefeng Academy’s Elite Class, it’s not that easy. You need to pass appropriate tests to get in.”
“Tests?!” Zhu Lan was slightly startled by the word but said with full confidence, “I will definitely pass.”
“Don’t you want to hear what the tests are?” Drasna looked at Zhu Lan and smiled slightly, “I think you’ll be very excited.”
“Oh?” Zhu Lan looked at Drasna’s confident expression, her eyes widening with a hint of confusion.
At the same time, not long after the temple group left the Yuan Family, Yuan Jin, Yuan Zihua, Yuan Chenxi, Qing Ze, and Zi Lan from the Yuan Family were also in a conference room.
Of the five people there, all except Chenxi had mastered Green Leaf Power, making them core members of the family.
Moreover, Qing Ze and Zi Lan both only stood behind Yuan Jin and did not have the right to sit down.
“Tell me, when did you become a Master Trainer?!” Yuan Jin looked at Chenxi with a hint of scrutiny.
To be honest, even after all this time, Yuan Jin felt that Chenxi’s strength was a bit unrealistic.
A twelve-year-old Master Trainer, it felt a bit like a Mew.
“About three months ago!” Chenxi recalled and replied to Yuan Jin, “What, interrogating a prisoner?”
“Xiao Xi!” Yuan Zihua looked at Chenxi’s attitude towards Yuan Jin, her expression stern, and she reprimanded Chenxi.
“Got it, Sis!” Chenxi’s expression straightened, and he obediently listened, maintaining his attitude.
Although his relationship with his father in this world was not good, Chenxi held great respect for his elder sister.
Because his mother in this life died in childbirth while giving birth to him, which was the most direct reason for Yuan Jin’s dislike of him.
Then, because Chenxi, despite being a direct descendant of the Yuan Family, did not awaken Green Leaf Power, Yuan Jin completely gave up on him.
Although his family treatment did not decrease in the slightest, and he enjoyed everything a direct descendant should, for twelve years in the family, Yuan Jin basically ignored Chenxi or, rather, placed no hope in him at all.
However, Chenxi lived quite comfortably in the Yuan Family, as his elder sister Yuan Zihua had taken meticulous care of him since he was young. Even if he was initially quite cold to her, over time, a heart is, after all, made of flesh.
If it weren't for his elder sister's care and their long life together, Chenxi would not have such a strong sense of belonging to the Yuan Family.
Of course, this also led to Chenxi only holding reverence for Yuan Zihua in the Yuan Family.
Yuan Jin saw the contempt in Chenxi’s eyes when he faced him, clearly not putting his father in his eyes.
But Yuan Jin didn’t say much, because he knew he couldn’t get along with Chenxi.
After a long time, especially seeing Chenxi’s gaze that didn’t treat him as a father, Yuan Jin really wanted to find a whip and whip him severely.
But his good upbringing still made Yuan Jin hold back and say, “Since I haven’t managed you for these twelve years, I won’t ask how you successfully trained this Master Pokémon.
But the path of attribute transformation is wrong.
I hope you can let your Floette quickly get on the right path of elemental infusion.
The materials Floette needs, the family will prepare for you.”
“No need,” Chenxi replied. “I’ve read the family’s internal data on how to advance to a Quasi-Heavenly King Pokémon.”
“Since you’ve read it, you’re still taking this dead end!” Yuan Jin couldn’t help but say angrily when he heard Chenxi’s words, “Understanding attribute transformation seems to give you an advantage in battle, but it’s ultimately just a side path.
Without elemental infusion to continuously temper the Pokémon’s physique, this Floette, no matter how much it understands attributes, will only be stuck at the Master level.
Don’t you understand?
Or do you think our Yuan Family lacks a Master Pokémon?!”
“How I raise it is my business!” Chenxi said calmly, “I am its Trainer!”
“You…” Yuan Jin was again infuriated by Chenxi’s words, feeling that if he continued talking to this little brat, he would shorten his lifespan by several decades.
Yuan Jin took a deep breath, waved his sleeve, and said, “Fine! I don’t care, you handle your own affairs. A twelve-year-old Master Trainer, what great prestige!”
Yuan Jin left the conference room in a huff, and Zi Lan and Qing Ze quickly followed him.
Only Yuan Zihua remained, smoothing her hair, and said helplessly, “Can’t you talk to Father properly? Do you have to make him angry?”
“I don’t know why either,” Chenxi looked at Yuan Zihua, who also sat in a chair helplessly, and said melancholically, “Perhaps our horoscopes don’t match!”
“Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, what horoscope doesn’t match!” Yuan Zihua said to Chenxi, “Don’t look at Father like this, he actually cares about you a lot.
Almost as soon as the people from the temple left, he wrote to Qiefeng Academy.
He changed your original enrollment in the business school to the Pokémon Academy, and even into the Elite Class.
Soon, a teacher from Qiefeng Academy will personally come to assess you.”
“It’s just because I showed value, that’s all,” Chenxi pouted and said, “If I didn’t have this potential, would he bother with me?!”
“What nonsense are you talking about? We’re all family, where do all these calculations come from!” Yuan Zihua tapped Chenxi’s head and said, “Also, thanks to you for upholding the family’s honor this time. What reward do you want? Big sister will definitely help you.”
“My… my Floette has indeed reached a bottleneck in its training, so I plan to choose another Pokémon from the family,” Chenxi said, thinking about Floette’s level, which had remained at 69 for the past three months, without moving.
“That’s a small matter, of course. Do you want a Pokémon Egg, or a Pokémon that has already undergone preliminary taming?” Yuan Zihua nodded when she heard Chenxi’s words, not at all surprised by this request.
“A Pokémon that has undergone preliminary taming,” Chenxi replied.
Pokémon that have undergone preliminary taming are somewhat similar to the starter Pokémon given to ten-year-old children in the anime; they are generally very obedient to their Trainers.
More importantly, these Pokémon are basically transitioning from their infancy to their Growth stage, and their bodies can already withstand a certain degree of training.
“Alright then, you can come with me tomorrow to the family’s breeding area to choose,” Yuan Zihua nodded and said.
Soon, the next day arrived, and Yuan Zihua took Chenxi to the Yuan Family’s breeding area, built on the outskirts of the Eternal Forest.
As one of the Five Great Families at the top, the Eternal Forest belonged to the Yuan Family’s territory, even somewhat like a fiefdom.
And relying on the Eternal Forest, the Yuan Family possessed the richest variety of Grass Type and Bug Type Pokémon in all of Sinnoh.
Of course, occasionally some Flying Type or Normal Type Pokémon, like common bird and mouse Pokémon, were also quite common in the hands of Yuan Family Trainers.
At this time, Yuan Zihua, riding a Tropius, brought Chenxi to a special breeding area.
Here, a strict protective facility was constructed with electrified high-voltage barbed wire, and there were also many mechanized guards.
After arriving, Yuan Zihua used the Yuan Family’s identity token to open the gate, then passed through fingerprint unlocking, pupil unlocking, and other multiple facilities.
Finally, she even lightly kissed the stamen of what appeared to be an Elite Bellossom, allowing the Bellossom to analyze the genetic components in her saliva, before bringing Chenxi into the breeding area.
“Does it really need to be this complicated?” Chenxi couldn’t help but complain as he followed Yuan Zihua into the breeding area.
Yuan Zihua said solemnly, “If it were other breeding areas, it would be fine.
But the Pokémon bred here are either Quasi-Heavenly King level or above, or descendants of powerful individuals who dominated a region in the Eternal Forest.
Besides Father and me, no one else in the family has the right to come here directly to choose Pokémon.
This is a very important foundation for our Yuan Family!”
“Are there no staff here?” Chenxi looked around, somewhat surprised.
Delia replied, “This place uses automated, ecological natural breeding, and the biggest manager is that Elite Bellossom.
After the Pokémon here hatch from their Poké Balls, they undergo a month of specialized training to make them friendly to humans, convenient for becoming starter Pokémon.
Then they are sent here and carefully nurtured according to their condition.
But within two months at most, they will be sent to people who like them.
Basically, three months is enough for most Pokémon to go from infancy to the Growth stage.
Of course, Bug Type Pokémon are an exception; if needed, they can even grow into adults in a month, but such Pokémon usually only live for about one or two years.
Bug Type Pokémon are more fragile than other Pokémon. If you want to raise them, you must provide them with ample nutrition in the early stages and care for them more meticulously than other Pokémon.
Otherwise, Bug Type Pokémon won’t live long.”
“Sis, you seem to know a lot about Bug Type Pokémon?” Chenxi couldn’t help but ask when he heard Delia’s words.
Delia smoothed her wind-blown hair and said, “For our Yuan Family, the most important Pokémon are Bug and Grass Types.
Naturally, the more we interact with them, the more we understand.
Alright, hurry up and go inside to choose the Pokémon you want!”
“Okay,” Chenxi nodded and entered, beginning to make his selection.
It must be said that this breeding area was indeed the essence of the entire Yuan Family.
Here, the Pokémon’s potential was basically green at the start; blue ones were not hard to find if one looked carefully, and as for purple ones, Chenxi had seen a few as he casually walked through.
Unfortunately, Pokémon with purple potential from the start were truly rare. Even in this breeding area, which was almost a concentrated essence of the entire Yuan Family, Chenxi only saw one.
So Chenxi chose it without hesitation.
“Turtwig?” Seeing the Pokémon Chenxi carefully chose, Yuan Zihua couldn’t help but come over to examine it. She said, “The tender leaves on this Turtwig look fresh and full of spirit.”
Yuan Zihua said, gently stroking Turtwig’s shell, “Its shell is moist but not sticky, which means this little guy’s physique is very healthy. It looks like you’ve indeed chosen a good one.”
“I choose you, Turtwig!” Chenxi took out his Poké Ball and lightly touched the tender leaf on Turtwig’s forehead.
“Leh?” Turtwig let out a soft cry as it looked at Chenxi. Having already been tamed, it naturally offered no resistance after confirming Chenxi was its Trainer.
At this moment, it transformed into a streak of light and entered the Poké Ball.
And Chenxi, examining the attributes of Turtwig and Floette, was even more satisfied with his choice.
— — — — I am the satisfied dividing line — — — —
Turtwig: Grass Type, Level 5, Potential Rating: Purple.
HP: 31 (31)
Attack: 31 (31)
Defense: 31 (31)
Special Attack: 31 (31)
Special Defense: 31 (31)
Speed: 30 (31)
Abilities: Overgrow, Shell Armor
Growth Skills: Tackle, Withdraw.
Inherited Skills: Growth, Earth Power, Charge, Wide Guard
Secret Skills: Seed Bomb, Worry Seed, Synthesis, Leech Seed.
Floette: Fairy Type, Level 69, Potential Rating: Blue. Current Level: Master Pokémon.
HP: 28 (31)
Attack: 25 (31)
Defense: 30 (31)
Special Attack: 31 (31)
Special Defense: 30 (31)
Speed: 31 (31)
Abilities: Flower Veil, Symbiosis (Pseudo, only able to symbiose with gracidea flower, share life, share energy)
Companion: gracidea flower blessed by Shaymin: When using Grass Type moves, increases Grass Type move power by 50%, reduces Grass Type move consumption by 50%, and has a certain chance to learn the power Shaymin left on the gracidea flower.
Growth Skills: Tackle, Vine Whip, Fairy Wind, Lucky Chant, Razor Leaf, Wish, Magical Leaf, Grassy Terrain, Petal Blizzard, Aromatherapy, Misty Terrain, Moonblast, Petal Dance, Solar Beam, Seed Flare.
Inherited Skills: Protect, Mimic
Secret Skills: Giga Drain, Synthesis, Worry Seed, Energy Ball, Protect, Awakening Power, Sunny Day, Natural Force.
Awakening Power: Fairy, Grass, Flying
Since I’m from Sinnoh, I’ll take a Sinnoh starter.