Thinking of this, Lin Fan silently pondered in his heart.
Mid-August, which meant he still had about a month and a half.
Bug-type Pokémon, due to their short lifespans, often evolve much faster than other Pokémon.
The average evolution time for a Weedle to evolve into a Beedrill is half a month. Even if his Weedle was somewhat special, a month and a half should be enough time for it to evolve into a Beedrill.
After evolving into a Beedrill, its strength would undoubtedly undergo a qualitative change, while other Pokémon at the same time might not have even completed their first evolution.
Winning the championship might not be impossible.
After pondering, Lin Fan asked, "So, how do I sign up?"
Seeing Lin Fan's interest, Su Wu smiled, "Since you have an idea, leave it to me. I was originally going to have Xiao Ling participate in this competition to gain some experience anyway."
"Then I'll trouble Uncle Su."
Lin Fan didn't decline. He kept calculating in his mind how to improve Weedle's strength during this period and how to put evolution on the agenda as soon as possible.
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After leaving the martial arts hall, Lin Fan looked around for a moment and finally used the navigation app to find a nearby Pokémon store.
Pokémon stores are state-owned, offering a wide variety of items and serving as a price benchmark to prevent the prices of various Pokémon items from skyrocketing.
Lin Fan's trip was to choose Pokémon food suitable for Weedle's taste and type, as the little guy had only eaten leaves before and didn't know what flavors it liked.
Upon entering the food section, the first thing that caught his eye was a variety of Berries.
As the country with the most research on cultivation globally, China had developed countless sub-species from the originally limited variety of Berries. There were Berries with even better effects than the original samples, and also those with slightly inferior effects but more affordable prices.
If he were to buy every flavor of Berry, it would be too luxurious for Lin Fan.
Fortunately, there was a tasting area with every flavor of Berry available.
Lin Fan used a fork to pick up a small piece of red fruit: "Spicy Cheri Berry, how does it taste?"
Out of trust in Lin Fan, Weedle directly ate the small piece of Cheri Berry.
In response to Lin Fan's question, Weedle smacked its lips a few times, then suddenly opened its mouth wide, its face flushed.
"Woo! Woo!"
Lin Fan was startled and quickly picked up a water cup to give Weedle a drink.
After gulping down several sips of water, Weedle finally recovered, looking at the Cheri Berry with a disgusted expression.
"Doesn't like spicy... What about the astringent Chesto Berry then?"
Facing the Berry in Lin Fan's hand, Weedle clearly hesitated, looked up at Lin Fan uncertainly, and then cautiously licked the skin of the Chesto Berry.
It seemed to have no taste.
Weedle carefully licked its lips, then took a bite.
Chew chew chew... Ptooey!
After chewing a few times, Weedle also spat out the Chesto Berry from its mouth with a disgusted look.
It tasted bad.
"Doesn't like astringent either, then what about the sweet peach fruit?"
Facing the peach fruit continuously approaching in Lin Fan's hand, Weedle sighed wearily, steeled itself, closed its eyes, and continued to taste.
Chew chew chew... Hmm?
Weedle opened its eyes, its pupils dilated, and it chewed a few more times uncertainly.
Delicious!
Weedle swallowed the peach fruit in its mouth, feeling that all the previous taste tests were worth it.
It had thought leaves were unbeatable, but it never expected there to be something 100 times more delicious than leaves.
Seeing Weedle's happy expression, Lin Fan also breathed a sigh of relief.
Weedle's hesitant look at him earlier made him wonder if he was abusing Weedle.
Looking at the last bitter Mago Berry and sour Liechi Berry, Lin Fan hesitated, then somewhat guiltily fed Weedle a few more bites of peach fruit.
Watching the latter's intoxicated expression, Lin Fan held the bitter Mago Berry in his left hand and the sour Liechi Berry in his right, a fake smile on his face: "Come on, take a bite, it'll be over after this."
Under Lin Fan's nervous gaze, Weedle again ate the Mago Berry and Liechi Berry without hesitation.
Chew chew chew...
Weedle moved its mouth, swallowing both pieces of Berry.
Hmm? No reaction?
Lin Fan was stunned for a moment, then realized.
It seemed Weedle wasn't averse to bitter or sour tastes either, but it didn't particularly like them.
Lin Fan hated bitter tastes, and he originally thought Weedle might be the same and couldn't stand it. Now it seemed he had worried too much.
The basic flavors of Berries are mainly spicy, astringent, sweet, bitter, and sour. Since he had already found Weedle's favorite flavor, there was no need to try the others one by one.
"peach fruit isn't one of those special Berries that can boost abilities, and its price isn't too expensive."
Lin Fan looked at the peach fruit priced at 20 per piece, silent for a moment.
Actually, it was still quite expensive...
Sighing, under Weedle's expectant gaze, Lin Fan took ten peach fruits.
"Woo!"
Weedle chirped happily, its tail instinctively Warp ed up.
"Be frugal where you can, spend where you must."
Lin Fan smiled helplessly and walked in another direction.
That was the energy cube area.
energy cubes are divided into three types.
The first type is general-purpose, suitable for all Pokémon, mainly using Berries like peach fruit and Cheri Berry.
The second type is attribute-specific, targeting Pokémon of specific types, using Berries with attribute energy, which are more precious.
The third type is energy cubes with specific effects, such as energy cubes that boost physical attack, or energy cubes that increase speed. These are not limited by type and are the most precious kind.
To be honest, when Lin Fan first learned about energy cubes, he was quite surprised.
Even in the original anime, energy cubes only appeared very late, but in China, in just a hundred years, this item had already been invented.
That's right, the inventor of energy cubes was still in China.
It must be said that when it comes to food, even food for Pokémon, China can still be called an "authority."
Looking at the dazzling array of energy cubes in front of him, Lin Fan walked directly to the Bug-type and Poison-type energy cube area, looking at the several types of energy cubes on the shelf.
Although the Insect Plate could provide Bug-type energy, it's always good to have more resources for improving strength. This was also the most common way to improve strength—spending money.
"Basic ordinary energy cubes suitable for Bug-type Pokémon, priced at 300 per piece. Hiss, that expensive?"
Lin Fan's eyebrows raised slightly.
energy cubes are divided into four levels: basic, intermediate, advanced, and master.
And within each level, they are further divided into ordinary, exceptional, and premium, corresponding to different impurity levels: 70%, 50%, and 30% respectively.
The production of basic energy cubes generally only uses three to four Berries. Considering that the raw materials for attribute energy cubes are more precious than peach fruit and the like, the cost fluctuates around 150.
Hmm, thinking about it that way, maybe it's not that expensive?
Lin Fan glanced uncertainly at the energy cubes next to him, and immediately withdrew his thought.
"Basic exceptional energy cubes suitable for Bug-type Pokémon, priced at 600 per piece. Same cost, directly doubled?"
Lin Fan felt a bit of a headache.
And this was still the result of basic energy cubes being deliberately suppressed in price under state control, the purpose of which was to allow most ordinary families of basic, intermediate, and other Trainers to afford such high-end goods to enhance the strength of their Pokémon.
It is said that starting from intermediate energy cubes, their prices begin to skyrocket.
Even an intermediate ordinary energy cube costs at least ten thousand.
As for advanced energy cubes, their prices are so outrageous that they are already being auctioned off, becoming the main attraction of the auction.
As for master-level energy cubes, there has never been any record of them circulating on the market.
If it weren't for the classification of Master Breeders, the existence of this grade of energy cube would be questionable.
No wonder they say being a Trainer burns money; millions go in and not even a ripple is made.
He thought it was an exaggeration, but it turned out to be realistic...