After he finished speaking, Fang Yuan turned to look at the Venusaur…
"Venusaur~"
The Giant Venusaur was calmer than Fang Yuan had imagined, it nodded its head and then turned to walk into the forest, calling for Fang Yuan to follow it.
"Should we follow, Rotom?" Rotom reminded him that pursuing it deep into the forest might be dangerous.
"There won't be any trouble," Fang Yuan reassured Rotom.
After a call, Fang Yuan took Eevee and the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster with him and followed.
Every step the Giant Venusaur took, the soil on the ground would burst into the air...
Following behind, Fang Yuan observed the four-meter-tall creature and took a deep breath.
It wasn't a Dominant Field, it just seemed to be purely large in size...
Perhaps, there were resources within the forest that could cause a Pokémon's size to increase?
Fang Yuan felt his speculation was getting closer to the truth.
Although he hadn't gone deep into the forest yet, his eyes were already focused straight ahead.
Along the way, there were Dragon Eye Fruit trees, and not just one or two...
Dragon Eye Fruit was known as a mysterious Tree Fruit; it was said that the power of the land was hidden within it. Like the Sand Scale Fruit, the Dragon Eye Fruit was a top-tier Tree Fruit, extremely rare and produced in very small quantities.
Aside from Dragon Eye Fruit trees, Fang Yuan also saw Dragonfire Fruits, which concealed the power of all creatures, as well as rare Tree Fruits like Lansa Fruit, Ruo Fruit, and Tongtong Fruit.
The resources of Tree Fruits were exceptionally abundant...
So that's how it is...
After his initial surprise, Fang Yuan's heart calmed down.
Even though these Tree Fruits were rare, as long as one had money, they could still be bought; they weren't much help to the current Fang Yuan.
"However, if we can develop these successfully, Three Lakes City is going to make a fortune..."
With such a rich variety of Tree Fruits in the Bulbasaur Forest, Fang Yuan speculated it had something to do with the environment and possibly with the special abilities of Venusaur.
The special ability of the Bulbasaur family was to manipulate the power of nature, to make flowers bloom and trees grow, and similarly, they could ripen Tree Fruits!
During Fang Yuan's contemplation, perhaps attracted by the noise of the Giant Venusaur's footsteps, more and more Ivysaurs and Bulbasaurs began to show up.
And they watched Fang Yuan and his companions with extremely aggressive eyes...
Fang Yuan had no doubt that if it weren't for the Giant Venusaur here, this group of Pokémon would instantly use their vines to bind him up...
"What a fierce bunch of Garlic Turtles..." muttered Fang Yuan.
By then the Giant Venusaur had stopped, and Fang Yuan understood what it intended.
He casually threw the medicine to the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster and waited quietly.
Under the watchful eye of the Giant Venusaur, the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster moved the medicine bottle over several Bulbasaurs and then squeezed it to burst!
Bang!
A spray mist exploded!
"Bulba!!" "Bulba!!"
The explosion of the mist immediately frightened several Bulbasaurs.
However, at the same time, as they came into contact with the mist, the confusion in their eyes began to gradually dissipate... Their gazes became clearer and more docile.
"Indeed, a docile Garlic Turtle is cuter," Fang Yuan chuckled.
Soon, the nearby Bulbasaurs were completely free from Exotic Syndrome.
Seeing this, the Giant Venusaur smiled, having not expected Fang Yuan could actually do it.
"Bulba!!!"
"No thanks necessary, it's what I should do,"
Fang Yuan said. After all, he was merely standing on the shoulders of giants; the medicine had been researched by Pokémon Alliance Breeders...
And even without the medicine, once the Secret Location was fully integrated, these Pokémon would eventually recover on their own.
"If you need it, there is plenty of this medicine available," Fang Yuan said. The challenge of exploring Secret Locations lies in the aggressive wild Pokémon. If the Giant Venusaur is willing to help Trainers by helping ordinary Pokémon get rid of Exotic Syndrome, then the threat posed by the Secret Location would be greatly reduced, and both humans and Pokémon would suffer far fewer casualties—a win-win cooperation.
"Venusaur," the Venusaur nodded, asking Fang Yuan to wait a moment.
Boom!
It suddenly extended its vines, not for attack but for another purpose. The vines stretched endlessly, like a green snake, rolling towards the depths of the forest...
After about a minute, the vine returned, and the Venusaur had an extra Tree Fruit on its coiled up vine.
The Venusaur gently tossed the Tree Fruit towards the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster...
After being caught by Confusion, the Tree Fruit landed in Fang Yuan's hand.
"A thank-you gift?" Fang Yuan roughly understood the Venusaur's intention.
"However..." Fang Yuan looked at the Tree Fruit and was slightly taken aback. Its appearance... like a honeydew melon, the skin was covered with spiral patterns. Fang Yuan had never seen this kind of Tree Fruit before; could it be some kind of subspecies?
"Venusaur," the Venusaur began to explain, with Rotom translating alongside.
As Rotom translated, Fang Yuan's hand shook violently, almost dropping the Tree Fruit.
It wasn't that the Tree Fruit was a Seed Bomb move...
It was that this Tree Fruit was too amazing.
The Giant Venusaur called this fruit the Awakening Fruit, the most precious Tree Fruit in the Bulbasaur Forest!
Maturing an Awakening Fruit was difficult, requiring several Venusaur to ripen it together. The effect, as the name implies, could enable the Pokémon that ate the fruit to awaken a special power by chance.
Some Bulbasaurs that ate the Awakening Fruit awakened the ability to control water; others, after eating it, awakened their Confusion...
The Giant Venusaur itself had also eaten this fruit, awakening its Ability to control the ground.
Upon hearing this, Fang Yuan immediately understood—was this the Tree Fruit that could let Pokémon learn the "Awakened Power" move???
It was as magical as the Gesture Learning Machine in the games...
No wonder the Venusaur said it was the forest's most precious Tree Fruit; Fang Yuan was also quite clear about the value of the Awakening Fruit.
Eevee's Fire Awakening... Monferno's Awakened Electricity... The Self-detonating Magnetic Monster's Awakened Psychic...
Though they became so strong in the end, it was related to Fang Yuan's cultivation and further development, but one couldn't deny the tactical value of Awakened Power.
"To think there is such a thing... What kind of Awakened Power would Dragonite, Milotic, Glutton and the others awaken if they ate this Tree Fruit??"