Duan Xue, "You've finally left Moon Mountain?"
Fang Yuan, "Yeah, I finished what I had to do."
Imperial Capital.
Somewhere.
Fang Yuan was on his phone, chatting with Duan Xue.
Duan Xue was one of the two Pokemon Medical College students he had met on Moon Mountain.
It wasn't that Fang Yuan had tried to chat with Qiao Yiyi and failed, settling for her best friend instead. In fact, he had been busy with the papers on the Life Orb and the Magic Guard Feature over the last half-month, and training his Pokemon, so he really didn't have time to chat with anyone else.
It was the other party who had taken the initiative to chat with Fang Yuan!
Since they were chatting anyway, Fang Yuan took the opportunity to inquire about some more information.
Qiao Yiyi and Duan Xue were both senior graduates of the Pokemon Medical College, among whom Qiao Yiyi was one of the elite.
The achievements she had obtained, if compared to a Trainer or Breeder, would be equivalent to having passed both the Professional Trainer and Professional Breeder certifications during her undergraduate studies.
Such talents were a minority at both Emperor Capital University and Demon Capital University, appearing only once or twice every few classes.
These pieces of information confirmed to Fang Yuan that he hadn't misjudged her.
Unfortunately for him, such a genius was not someone Fang Yuan could impress with his current status and identity.
And the same went for the Breeder from Mo Da who was proficient in Tree Fruit studies, Senior Xia. For now, Fang Yuan could only cooperate with her and ask for her help. If he wanted her to work for him... Fang Yuan still had to make more efforts.
After all, with domestic top 100 corporations and even the official Trainer Association eyeing these talents, Fang Yuan needed to be competitive to win them over. He couldn't just expect them to follow him because they found him handsome; that would be unreliable. It wasn't that Fang Yuan lacked confidence in his own good looks, but he believed that such outstanding women wouldn't be so shallow...
...
Anyway, Fang Yuan reckoned he would soon be able to raise his own status.
Although he hadn't completed the Ugly Fish evolution paper, he had managed to write the paper on the Life Orb and Magic Guard Feature.
The Life Orb he bought for 18 million was now a defective product and couldn't be used anymore.
But using such a luxury item solely to complete the Gratitude 3.5 version made Fang Yuan feel like he was at a loss.
So, before the Life Orb was completely out of commission, Fang Yuan rushed to write the paper on how the Magic Guard Feature could ignore the side effects of the Life Orb.
Now, holding this paper in his hand, Fang Yuan felt very happy. He believed that with this paper and subsequent branch papers, he could become a senior researcher.
Initially, Fang Yuan had planned to become a senior researcher based on the Ugly Fish evolution paper, but plans couldn't keep up with changes.
However, Fang Yuan didn't mind; the result was the same, and it saved him the trouble of capturing more Ugly Fish for research.
Ding...
Another message popped up on Fang Yuan's phone.
"Yiyi and I are in Ice Plain City volunteering. It's so cold here!!" Duan Xue said.
"Ice Plain City?"
Ice Plain City, also known as Combat City.
The city is home to several Fighting Series Dojos, and Fang Yuan had taken his Fierce Fire Monkey there to the Wind Fist Flow Dojo to learn.
But what was this about volunteering?
Fang Yuan sent back a string of "???"
Duan Xue, "You don't know?"
Fang Yuan, "Please enlighten me."
Immediately after, Duan Xue sent a news link.
The headline of the news made Fang Yuan's expression change subtly.
"Disaster in Frost City! Combat City Ice Plain City Outskirts Hit by a Medium-secrets Land, Six Dojos Collaborate..."
Medium-secrets Land???
Seeing the news, Fang Yuan was taken aback.
Is Ice Plain City that unlucky? The disaster brought by the medium-secrets land is not small...
Fang Yuan indeed did not know about this news.
Hua Nation is too large, and almost every few days new secret locations appear. It is simply impossible to keep track of all of them.
However, the arrival of a medium-secrets land is big news, it can only be said that Fang Yuan is not well-informed.
Wait a minute... Fang Yuan suddenly remembered something.
"When I left Ice Plain City, I seemed to have said something..." Fang Yuan had a strange expression.
To distance himself from the situation, he didn't go back to recall that sentence.
Fang Yuan, "How is the exploration progress over there? Is the casualty situation serious?"
Fang Yuan checked the news and found that the environment of the secret location that appeared in Ice Plain City seemed to be very harsh, all glaciers and snow mountains, with a lot of Water-Type Spirits and Ice-Type Spirits, so the temperature was extremely low.
The harshness of the environmental climate led to the increased difficulty of exploration. At least with Fang Yuan's current team composition, it would be difficult for him to explore alone.
"...I'm not very clear about that."
"But there aren't many injured. Together with the local Spirit Center, the two of us are handling it quite comfortably," said Qiao Yiyi and Duan Xue.
Fang Yuan, "Kudos to the two angels in white."
"Hehe, we're not as noble as you think. We just heard that the Ice Plain's secret location here has a Dragon Rider Clan. Yiyi really wants to capture one, especially a Ride Dragon that can use 'Life Dew Moves.' So, we came to have a look and volunteering was a spur of the moment decision," explained Duan Xue.
"Ride Dragon?" Fang Yuan picked up on the keyword.
Ride Dragons are also quite rare, a Dragon Rider Clan in Ice Plain's secret location?
Hmm... it seems like Ice Plain City will attract a lot of Trainers in the future.
However, there's another keyword that Fang Yuan found very concerning.
Life Dew?
Isn't that the healing-type move he wanted Milotic to learn?
Could the wild Ride Dragons here possibly master it?
"Should I go and take a look? After all, it's not that far away." Fang Yuan mused as he browsed through the news, stroking his chin.
"Go for it."
After searching for more recent news from Ice Plain City, Fang Yuan did not hesitate and made up his mind.
Because of the secret location that appeared in Ice Plain City, the originally planned "Number One Fighting Tournament" was relocated to Ice Plain City, with the goal of using the competition to gather more Trainers to counter the secret location.
The Number One Fighting Tournament, huh... When Fang Yuan was learning at the Frost City Wind Fist Dojo, he seemed to have obtained a ticket, which was the entry proof, through challenging other dojos.
Fang Yuan glanced at the Fierce Fire Monkey's Poké Ball, feeling it could be a good opportunity to train it.
It is said that to achieve good results in the Number One Fighting Tournament, professional proficiency is a must. Since the championship honor awards the winning Spirit and Trainer the title of "Fighting Master," although the event is frequent, there are many strong participants, and the value of being a champion is very close to, or equivalent to, a real master's level.
For the current Fierce Fire Monkey, there is no hope of winning the championship, but making it through the preliminary rounds and into the main competition should be achievable.
With Rage and Lightning Armor, which can briefly contend with professional level Fighting-Type Spirits, reaching the top sixteen is not out of the question.
Looking at it this way, it's worth participating.
When Fang Yuan got the ticket, he didn't even think about participating because his strength wasn't sufficient, but now...
If Fierce Fire Monkey could use the pressure of the competition to evolve, then reaching the quarterfinals or even the semifinals might be possible!!
Fang Yuan immediately decided to make a trip to Ice Plain City and not waste the competition entry proof.
First, he would participate in the Number One Fighting Tournament, and second, he would see if there really were wild Ride Dragons that mastered Life Dew Moves.
"If I knew earlier, I wouldn't have been so eager to capture Ugly Fish." Fang Yuan pinched his nose. Compared to Milotic, Ride Dragon wouldn't be bad either.
Although saying this is somewhat unfair to Ugly Fish, even though Milotic is touted as the most beautiful Spirit, Fang Yuan still thinks Ride Dragon fits his aesthetics more...
"I really am a lousy Trainer..."