The Pokémon World

"Where am I?" Liu Changsheng opened his eyes groggily and found himself in the wilderness, surrounded by dense trees and flowers, with no one in sight.

"Have I entered the world of the book?" Liu Changsheng murmured to himself, then subconsciously turned to look at the sky.

White clouds and blue sky, very deep.

"Haha, look, that Mad Scholar is looking at us." Liu Changsheng turned his head, and from his perspective, he could only see blue sky and white clouds. However, the cultivators in the Bookstore could meet Liu Changsheng's gaze. Although Liu Changsheng's eyes were not focused, he could turn his head to look in this direction, which clearly showed that this was the perspective of the cultivators in the Bookstore.

"It seems they know they've entered the world of the book."

"But his world seems different from the Diamond Sutra!" one of the practitioners remarked.

"Nonsense, the two books are different, so of course the worlds inside them are different too."

After Liu Changsheng entered the Pokémon world, all the cultivators in the Bookstore stopped reading and began to pay attention to Liu Changsheng's progress in the new world. At the same time, the news from the Bookstore quickly spread to the Wantong Trading Market across the street and the Wantong Tavern next door, and soon the area outside the Bookstore was crowded with people.

"This place looks familiar... it looks like Mt. Moonview!" Ma Feifei stared intently at the background in the projection, stroking his chin as he pondered.

However, since little background information was revealed, Ma Feifei was still somewhat uncertain and could only continue watching the plot projected on the screen.

"Strange, it seems my cultivation is being suppressed." Liu Changsheng sensed the Spiritual Power within his body and discovered that it was sealed by an invisible force, making it impossible to activate any Spiritual Power at all. In other words, he was no different from an ordinary person now.

"Hello, outsider." Suddenly, a voice came from behind Liu Changsheng.

"Who?" Liu Changsheng's nerves tensed instantly. He subconsciously took two steps back to create some distance before turning around to look in the direction from which the voice came.

It was a strange man. He had short hair and wore something shiny on his nose. He was also wearing a white robe, but the style of the clothes was something Liu Changsheng had never seen before.

"I wonder what their cultivation level is like," Liu Changsheng thought to himself. His cultivation was sealed, so he had no way of knowing the other party's cultivation level.

"Let me introduce myself. My Li Ke, and I'm a researcher at the Nibi City Science Museum, specializing in Love... and Courage..." After saying this, Li Ke glanced at Liu Changsheng and added, "Of course, I also have a Jieyin job as a Guide."

"..." Liu Changsheng was completely dumbfounded.

"..." All the practitioners inside and outside the Bookstore were dumbfounded.

I could barely understand Nibi City; it was probably a town name. What the heck was Science Museum? What the heck were researchers? And what was the final Jieyin?

Only Ma Feifei in the entire audience could understand these lines.

"It really is Mt. Moonview." From the moment Ma Feifei saw Li Ke, he was certain of the scene before him.

In Pokémon, when Ash Ketchum first embarked on his Pokémon training journey from Pallet Town, there was a section of road between Nibi City and Cerulean City called Mt. Moonview.

Here, Ash Ketchum and his friends encounter Researcher Li Ke, who is patrolling to protect Mt. Moonview from destruction, and of course, there are also those who represent good and evil... A series of stories unfold here.

"Could the so-called Jieyin be those cultivators created by the system to guide them into the world of the book?" Ma Feifei wondered.

From Li Ke's self-introduction, it's clear that he knows Liu Changsheng's identity; otherwise, he wouldn't have used the words "Jieyin." This line isn't in the original novel.

The scene shifts back to the world of the book, and the story continues.

Seeing that Liu Changsheng remained silent, Li Ke adjusted his glasses and said, "It's okay if you don't understand. Just know that you're here for one purpose only: to obtain Pokémon."

"Pokémon? Mythical beasts?" Liu Changsheng looked at Li Ke and asked in a low voice.

"Although I don't understand what you're talking about, that's not the point. Let's move on to the next topic." Li Ke waved his hand, and a huge piece of paper appeared beside him. No one knew how he did it; the paper just stood up without any support.

However, neither the cultivators inside nor outside the Bookstore, nor Liu Changsheng, were surprised by this. The fact that this scene could bring people into the world of the book was enough to increase everyone's psychological tolerance countless times. What's a piece of paper standing up? Even if the person inside Li Ke, crawled out of it, everyone could accept it.

What puzzled everyone was that the large sheet of paper Li Ke took out was covered with many small drawings, each labeled with its name and price.

"Outsider, coming here means you are a lucky one chosen by the gods, so you will receive their favor. You can buy all the Pokémon listed here directly with gold coins. As long as you have the money, you can buy them all." A thin twig appeared in Li Ke's hand at some point. With a 'thud,' the twig struck the paper, pointing to a Pokémon and saying, "For example, this Squirtle only costs ninety-nine gold coins to get. Isn't that cheap?"

"What? You think it's too expensive? How about this Clefairy? A rock-bottom price, fifty gold coins."

"You're still not satisfied? How about this Rattata? It's only thirty gold coins, the cheapest Pokémon on the list. If you still think it's too expensive, then there's nothing I can do."

Li Ke rattled off a whole bunch of things, not caring whether Liu Changsheng understood or not.

"These spirit beasts don't seem to have much power!" Liu Changsheng looked quietly at the little sprites on the paper, somewhat puzzled.

"Maybe it's just drawn as weak, but it might actually be very powerful?" Liu Changsheng recalled the world in the first Diamond Sutra he'd seen in the Bookstore, where all Three Thousand Buddhas were powerful beings with cultivation levels above Spirit Saint. This Pokémon is also a Yellow Quality book, so the spirit beasts' levels shouldn't be lower than the eighth rank, right?

"Can I buy them all?" Liu Changsheng asked.

Li Ke was overjoyed and exclaimed in surprise, "Outsider, are you really going to buy them all? There are hundreds of sprites here; buying them all might cost a lot of gold coins!"

Liu Changsheng sneered. Gold coins? He hadn't used those in years. He remembered losing some from his spatial ring, at least tens of millions of them. That would be enough to buy tens of thousands of little elves, let alone hundreds.

At that moment, Liu Changsheng touched the spatial ring on his index finger, preparing to take out the gold coins inside to scare Li Ke to death.

"Huh?" Liu Changsheng sensed it and found that the spatial ring didn't react at all.

Spatial rings are a type of spiritual artifact. These artifacts have a special characteristic: they recognize their owner. Once someone binds a spatial ring to their account, only that person can open it, and it doesn't require Spiritual Power to activate it. So even though Liu Changsheng's Spiritual Power was sealed, he didn't think he couldn't open the spatial ring. But right now, no matter how Liu Changsheng tried to activate it, the spatial ring didn't react at all.

Immediately, Liu Changsheng's face darkened.

"It's not that simple after all," sighed the practitioners inside and outside the Bookstore.

With his spatial ring restricted, Liu Changsheng's wish to use the gold coins inside to buy spirit beasts was dashed.

Ma Feifei, standing to the side, also sneered. He didn't believe that the little elf could be taken away by this group of cultivators so easily.

When Li Ke saw Liu Changsheng's pale face, he immediately realized that Liu Changsheng didn't have money to buy the little sprite. With a wave of his hand, the large piece of paper disappeared.

"Since you don't have any gold coins, then give up on the idea of buying a Pokémon."

Li Ke shook his head, sighed, turned his back to the tree, and didn't speak to Liu Changsheng.

Liu Changsheng sensed the strong sarcasm in Li Ke's tone, and his expression darkened further. However, due to his sealed cultivation, Liu Changsheng managed to hold back and asked with a grim face, "I wonder if there are any other methods to obtain these... little spirits?"

Li Ke turned his head, pointed around, and said, "There are many wild Pokémon on Mt. Moonview, go and catch them yourself!"

At this point, Li Ke seemed to remember something, slapped his forehead, and said, "Oh, I forgot, you also need Poké Ball."

"Then may I ask how to obtain Poké Ball?" Liu Changsheng asked.

"Buy it!" Li Ke snapped his fingers, and a round, red and white Poké Ball instantly appeared in his hand. Pointing at the Poké Ball, he said, "This is Poké Ball, ten coins each. How about that, cheap, right?"

"..."