After returning from Sister Xie's company, Fang Yuan became busy once more.
In the remaining week, Fang Yuan's activities revolved around working with Rotom to perfect the Fossil Resuscitation Device and preparing for the Pokemon Spirit World Expo.
As for the Pokemon side of things.
Without the constraints of the top-tier Domain, Eevee was back to its usual life, with some differences though...
On the couch, four Eevees sat neatly huddled with four smartphones, showing different expressions, now cautious, now solemn, now with the corners of their mouths turned up...
Thanks to the growth of its mental power, and inspired by the Prince of the Sea, Eevee was now finally able to create three substitutes, multitasking with four bodies to play games and battle simultaneously.
The ultimate goal of "being able to team up in groups of five" that Eevee had longed for was within close reach.
For Eevee, returning to its old life was wonderful.
And from the Trainer's perspective, Fang Yuan didn't mind seeing Eevee no longer working as hard.
Because, the whole process of Eevee multitasking could be considered as a phase of gradually adapting to the surge in spiritual power and training coordination ability after the breakthrough.
Eevee might be getting the better end of the deal, but Fang Yuan would never be at a loss.
Sometimes Fang Yuan felt he was a genius. This training method fully exercised Eevee's coordination ability, and perhaps after Eevee accumulated some experience, it would naturally possess the strength of the second stage of the top-tier Domain.
Having taught a student like Milotic with outstanding coordination ability, it goes without saying how high Fang Yuan had trained Eevee's level of coordination; it certainly wouldn't encounter too many bottlenecks in that area moving forward.
Fang Yuan had already decided that after returning from his trip to Tokyo, he would begin to have Eevee practice top-tier combination skills.
That is, the fusion of Psychic attribute and Fire attribute moves, also known as the double attribute Spiraling Sphere.
This combination skill, which Eevee had never mastered, the very first step of the offensive Rainbow Rising Gather Top, was ready to be embarked upon.
The training methods of the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster and Klink hadn't changed.
Now, both Geart children had reached the peak of the Elite Level, and it had long been time for them to evolve.
However, like the Glutton before them, the two Geart children didn't want to evolve.
One reason was their great fondness for their current form, and the other was the concern that they wouldn't be able to arm the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster in the same way after evolving.
If the two Geart children wanted to evolve, even if they could no longer enable the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster to enter the Electromagnetic Armed Form afterward, Fang Yuan would not stop them because he needed to consider the will of the Pokemon first and foremost.
But as it stood, the two Geart children did not wish to evolve and wanted to maintain their current form.
Although it's true that even after evolving, the three Pokemon might still have a chance to enter the Armored form and potentially make it stronger, no one could guarantee that chance.
So, the challenge for Fang Yuan now was how to make the Geart children stronger without evolving.
Luckily, Fang Yuan quickly thought of a solution. This might be a path better fitting for the two Geart children, more suitable for the Armed Magnetic Monster than evolution, and he likewise planned to start preparing for it after his trip to Tokyo.
The Fierce Fire Monkey and Ditto weren't showing any problems for the time being.
As for the Glutton, to facilitate its better Mega Evolution and to master the Power of the Heart more proficiently himself, Fang Yuan, using his status as the Fifth King, requested martial arts from the Trainer Association.
Because he could master the Power of the Heart, Fang Yuan could enable the Glutton to perform near-perfect Mega Evolutions, and Glutton's strength was trending toward transitioning to the Top Second Stage.
The White Flame of Super Ghost is a natural top-tier one-hit kill technique, following not the path of coordination but the sinister route of devouring, burning life, soul, and Shadow Force. It is also a fusion of multiple attributes and is even more bizarre. However, due to the high consumption, it cannot be used all the time.
Fang Yuan's Power of the Heart could enable the Glutton to maintain its Mega Evolution for a longer time, enhance its physical strength, and indirectly reduce this consumption.
Therefore, if Fang Yuan assists the Glutton with an even stronger Power of the Heart to complete a perfect Mega Evolution, and if Gengar's own foundation improves further, then the Super Ghost would be undisputedly a second-stage Pokemon of the top-tier Domain.
To strengthen his Power of the Heart, Fang Yuan knew that besides strengthening the bond with his Pokemon, he needed to enhance his spiritual power and physical strength, since physical fitness was a key factor in maintaining the state of the Power of the Heart.
Martial arts were techniques humanity had developed by emulating the Combat-style elves, summarizing a systematic way to train the human body. Although it was not possible to become as powerful as a Pokemon, it could make a Trainer's physique and physical strength stronger.
In short, it was a more efficient set of techniques for physical training.
Because martial arts required long, strenuous training to be effective, and their impact was not as great as superpower, they were not highly valued. Fang Yuan easily obtained the basic martial arts of the Extreme Martial Arts school, which is the tradition of Master Level Trainer Xu Haoran of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Most people started training from a young age, just like martial arts practice, and Fang Yuan started halfway through, so the effect was probably not that great. However, having some training was better than none. To better use the Power of the Heart and future Z-Moves, Fang Yuan made up his mind to double down on training in both superpower and martial arts!
What's there to fear about being a bit more tired? If it comes to it, he would just have Monferno supervise him!
Milotic and Dragonite showed no significant changes.
The one who had changed the most was Bulbasaur. Since being captured by Fang Yuan, Bulbasaur had successively learned Leech Seed, Razor Leaf, Sleep Powder, Poison Powder, and Sweet Scent.
Under Fang Yuan's arrangement, the illusion training had also finally progressed significantly and proved very effective.
Bulbasaur successfully defeated the first boss, the Eevee from the Little Phoenix King Cup champion period, which had a quick reaction speed and had mastered Counter Shield. Bulbasaur had to put in a lot of effort to defeat it.
Next, Bulbasaur needed to face the second boss set by Fang Yuan, which was the Magnemite that knew how to fly and had a solid grasp of psychic and Electric Moves before it evolved.
This stage of Magnemite was even trickier to deal with than the Eevee from the Little Phoenix King Cup champion period.
The bosses that followed included the recently evolved Monferno that had a solid grasp of Cannon Fist and Burst Fist.
The Trio Magnet Monster that had just learned Super Electromagnetic Gun after evolving.
And the Eevee from the Su province rookie phase with Spiral Shadow Ball, whose spiritual power and physical condition were both very strong...
At every stage, from Elite to Veteran to Professional, there were different illusions of teammates to fight. Fang Yuan had put in a great deal of effort compiling this information. As the controller of the illusions, Rotom also cooperated sincerely. It could almost perfectly handle illusions below the level of a master, with only slight variations in ability and strength.
Now, Fang Yuan was training Bulbasaur from the perspective of a Master Level Trainer. With no shortage of resources and easy access to high-level Moves secrets, Bulbasaur should have no problem dominating opponents from different stages, provided it was willing to work hard.
Although the teammates were all extraordinary, Bulbasaur now had the main character template to work with.
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"Rotom, then I'll leave the research institute to you. Oh, and don't forget to keep an eye on the changes with the egg. Also, remember to have Bulbasaur water the Mental Herb," Fang Yuan instructed Rotom before departing for Tokyo.
The egg that Darkrai had given him remained an enigma to modern technology; they could not analyze anything except that it had life fluctuations and could not determine the species or attribute of the Pokemon inside the egg. In the end, Fang Yuan simply gave up and decided to leave the Spirit egg in the hatching device of the research institute. With Rotom on guard at the institute, the egg surely wouldn't go missing.
Faced with this extraordinary Spirit egg, Fang Yuan couldn't think of any other solution. He certainly couldn't ride a Rapidash with the Flame Body attribute to rack up steps for hatching...
This time, Fang Yuan didn't take Bulbasaur with him to Tokyo. He purchased a large batch of Mental Herb seeds, planning to give Bulbasaur some practice.
Mental Herb is a highly special magical plant that grows in secret locations and is related to the power of the soul. Although not considered top-tier, it is still a rare and coveted resource and, even so, incredibly expensive and hard to come by for an Ordinary Trainer.
Its function is to emit a special wave after being carried, helping the Pokemon to break free from soul-influencing Moves like Charm, Taunt, and Anchoring Method.
So far, no company has managed to process Mental Herb into a nutritional supplement that strengthens a Pokemon's mental power through ingestion.
Nevertheless, Fang Yuan planned to give it a try, as he wouldn't be short of money in the future.
For now, purchasing a batch of Mental Herb for Bulbasaur to cultivate was a trial run. Fang Yuan hoped that with Bulbasaur's special abilities and the future special abilities of MEGA Venusaur, they might be able to cultivate a strengthened variant of Mental Herb.
Also, this was tantamount to laying the groundwork for Bulbasaur.
"Da Na~~" Inside the research institute, Bulbasaur, by Rotom's side and waving his Vine Whips with tears, bid farewell to Fang Yuan. It couldn't help feeling like it was out of the frying pan and into the fire.