Watching the newly born, still somewhat fuzzy Torchic, Rex walked over and picked it up.
The Torchic being held by him didn't resist either. It felt a familiar sensation from the human in front of it, making it instinctively want to get closer to him.
"Torchic, have some Moo Moo Milk!"
Rex held the Torchic with one hand, while he took out a bottle of Moo Moo Milk with the other hand and fed it little by little to the Torchic.
"Torchic~!"
After drinking a bottle of Moo Moo Milk, the Torchic let out a satisfied cry, then rubbed its head against Rex's chest before yawning.
"Wow, what a beautiful Torchic!"
At this moment, Flannery also heard the commotion and knew that the Torchic had been born. She hurried over and saw the Torchic with its flaming head feathers. Her eyes instantly lit up as she looked at the Torchic.
"Flannery, Torchic has just been born and it's already full and sleepy. I'll put it back in its Poké Ball to rest for a while. Let's go out first. I'm starting to feel overheated!"
After the Torchic finished absorbing the fire attribute energy, the cave returned to its previous heat. Rex didn't want to stay for another minute and just wanted to leave quickly.
"Hehe, I didn't expect you to be so intolerant to heat. Let's get out quickly then!"
Flannery chuckled, covering her face.
She also noticed that Rex was drenched in sweat, but since she often stayed in a fire type environment, her body might have adapted, so she didn't feel anything wrong with the cave environment until Rex reminded her.
Then, Rex took out a Poké Ball and gently tapped it on the nearly sleeping Torchic's head. A beam red of light shot out from the Poké Ball, directly enveloping the Torchic and capturing it inside the Poké Ball.
The red light on the Poké Ball flashed for a moment and then went out, indicating that Rex had successfully captured the Torchic.
"Phew, finally out!"
When Rex walked out of the cave, he felt like he had suddenly returned from a flaming hell to the human world. He touched his clothes and found that they were wet with sweat.
"You should change your clothes before going back, otherwise, with your current condition, you might catch a cold easily after being blown by the cold wind at high altitude."
Flannery suggested.
Although Rex knew that he wasn't afraid of getting sick, after all, life energy wasn't to be trifled with, he didn't refuse Flannery's kindness. He took out a clean set of clothes from his backpack and changed into them.
On the way back, Swellow behaved much more obediently. Perhaps it knew that it couldn't match the speed of Charizard, so it no longer tried to outpace them and flew steadily at its usual speed.
It was Swellow that felt a bit unsatisfied, flying around, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes left, sometimes right, and even somersaulting a few times.
This made Rex, who was riding on its back, a bit uncomfortable. He had just come out of the scorching environment, and he couldn't stand Swellow's antics. He almost vomited on the spot and quickly stopped Swellow's antics, letting it fly side by side with Swellow.
"Rex, your Swellow is really spirited!"
Flannery looked at Rex, who had turned somewhat pale, and teased him.
"It's just that it has too much energy. I'm also troubled by this!"
Rex replied with a wry smile.
And hearing his trainer say this, Swellow performed a 360-degree rotation in the air again, almost knocking Rex off its back.
It wasn't until they landed that Rex finally relaxed, but he still felt a bit shaky when walking. He needed some time to adapt.
For the rest of the time, Rex stayed at the Lavaridge Gym. Under Flannery's guidance, he saw many Fire-type Pokémon, most of which belonged to the former gym leader, Moore, who was Flannery's grandfather.
The most impressive one for Rex was a Volcarona, an extremely rare and powerful Pokémon.
Although it was just lying there quietly asleep when he saw it, the aura it emanated was astonishing.
Rex felt that this Volcarona should be one of the foundations of the Lavaridge Gym. He learned from Flannery that this Volcarona had been in their gym for a long time, seeming to be his great-grandfather's Pokémon.
In the evening, Rex firmly refused Flannery's invitation to have dinner together, bluntly stating that he was too tired today and intended to go back to the Pokémon Center to rest early and so on.
The real reason was that Rex felt that his tongue couldn't withstand another meal of Flannery's flame cuisine. In the end, he bid farewell to Flannery with a somewhat regretful expression.
Of course, Rex also extended an invitation to Flannery, hoping that she would have time to visit his Farm for sightseeing.
After returning to his room at the Pokémon Center, Rex released the Torchic. By now, the Torchic had regained its vitality. As soon as it was released, it spread its wings and ran around the room.
Rex then released the other Pokémon as well, letting them get to know the Torchic. Everyone liked the lively Torchic, and the Torchic wasn't shy either, allowing them to touch and hold it, behaving like a little socialite.
Seeing them getting along so well, Rex didn't bother them anymore, letting them play by themselves. He took out the Revival Herb seeds and Energy Root seeds he had obtained today and carefully examined them.
The Revival Herb seeds were only the size of a rice grain, faintly emitting a weak life energy aura, but it was slowly dissipating. According to this rate of dissipation, the life energy would be completely drained in a few days, and the seed's vitality would disappear.
The Energy Root seeds were slightly larger than the Revival Herb seeds, but the life energy inside was even scarcer, also dissipating slowly. If there were no other factors, they would lose the possibility of sprouting again in a few days.
After some thought, Rex put down the other seeds and only held one Revival Herb seed. Then, he activated his ability, instantly injecting a powerful life energy into the Revival Herb seed.
After a while, after the Revival Herb had completely absorbed this life energy, Rex began to re-examine the condition of the seed.
At this point, the entire Revival Herb seed became plump, giving off a feeling of vitality. The seed's vitality had been greatly strengthened, although the life energy was still overflowing, with its current life energy, even if several months passed, it wouldn't be exhausted.
Now Rex had a plan in mind. With his life energy, these seeds could maintain their vitality for a long time.
What he was unsure of was whether the grass field of the Gloom and Victreebel could provide enough life energy for these Revival Herb and Energy Root seeds to grow. Of course, this would need to be verified after planting.
Next, Rex used the remaining two uses of his ability on the remaining two Revival Herb seeds. Looking at the three drastically changed Revival Herb seeds, he was very satisfied.
As for the Energy Roots, he planned to wait until tomorrow and use his ability three times in one go for a comprehensive enhancement. After all, the life energy of the Energy Roots themselves was relatively weak, using a single seed was somewhat wasteful, and time was also a bit tight.
A night passed without incident.
The next morning, Rex got up early, led his Pokémon to have breakfast, sent a message to Flannery, and then rode on Swellow to the location of the next Gym.
Mauville City was not too far from the Lavaridge Gym. Flying there would take less than two hours, and if Swellow used its Tailwind ability to assist in flying, the time would be greatly reduced.
However, Rex wasn't in a hurry, so he let Swellow fly at its usual speed while he quietly enjoyed the beautiful scenery below.
Mauville City was a large city located in the center of Hoenn. In addition to Rex's destination, the Mauville Gym, there were also places like the Mauville Food Plaza, the Melody Cafe, and the Mauville Game City, which were fun places to visit. Therefore, Mauville City was also a popular tourist destination for many foreign trainers, bustling with activity.
As it was in the Pokémon world, many trainers used flying Pokémon for travel, so the city didn't prohibit the entry of flying Pokémon.
Of course, in more bustling cities, trainers who used flying Pokémon were required to land in designated squares and then take other means of transportation to travel around the city.
The landing point for flying Pokémon in Mauville City was next to the Mauville Food Plaza, perhaps to attract foreign trainers to spend money at the food plaza!
At this moment, Rex was landing at this location.
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End of Chapter.