The Patrol Mission

"Okay, I promise you." In the end, Liu Changsheng gave in and agreed to work for Li Ke for a day in exchange for ten gold coins.

"Very good!" Li Ke snapped his fingers, looked at Liu Changsheng, and said, "Then let's begin now. Your task today is to patrol Mt. Moonview for me and prevent Mt. Moonview from being destroyed by evil people. Here, is a map of Mt. Moonview."

A map appeared out of thin air in Li Ke's hand, and with a wave of his hand, the map flew towards Liu Changsheng.

Liu Changsheng took the map, didn't even glance at it, clutched it in his hand, and turned to leave.

"Outsider, let me give you a heads-up: before you have Poké Ball, you'd better not try to Mt. Moonview," Li Ke's voice came from behind.

Unfortunately, Liu Changsheng ignored him completely and disappeared from Li Ke's sight.

Mt. Moonview located between Nibi City and Cerulean City. In Pokémon, this is the route Ash Ketchum took when he defeated Brock's Gym Leader and earned his medal, heading to Cerulean City to challenge the Cerulean Gym Leader. According to the anime, there is a magical moonstone in Mt. Moonview. According to the character Li Ke, the moonstone is a spaceship. Pokémon originally belonged to the universe, and they came to this world because they traveled on the spaceship (the moonstone).

To protect the Moon Stone, Ash Ketchum, his friends, and Li Ke fought against evil forces here and ultimately succeeded in protecting the Moon Stone from being taken away by bad guys.

Mt. Moonview has a rugged terrain with many caves and dense forests. If you stray from the main road connecting Nibi City and Cerulean City, it's easy to get lost in Mt. Moonview.

Fortunately, Liu Changsheng had a map of Mt. Moonview, which clearly marked the terrain around the Mt. Moonview and listed the areas where Pokémon might appear. Of course, the most important thing was the patrol route, which Liu Changsheng needed to follow for his patrols.

"The task is a bit too easy! This money is too easy to earn!" The cultivators inside and outside the Bookstore started discussing again.

The patrol mission given to them by Li Ke in the book's world was considered somewhat simple by everyone. It wasn't that ten gold coins seemed like a lot; for the cultivators present, gold coins were something they hadn't used in countless years. However, the value of gold coins varied from place to place. For example, in the current Pokémon world, ten gold coins could buy Liu Changsheng a Poké Ball. According to Li Ke in the book, the purpose of a Poké Ball was to capture so-called 'Pokémon.' Without Poké Ball, there was no way to capture Pokémon, thus greatly increasing the value of gold coins.

"It can't be that simple, can it? I reckon even if we complete this patrol mission, we'll still encounter difficulties catching Pokémon."

Everyone agreed.

"Look! That Mad Scholar has encountered a little elf!" a cultivator suddenly exclaimed.

Everyone looked and saw that Liu Changsheng in the projection had arrived at the side of a cave. Outside the cave, a group of bat-like creatures were circling around. They were dark blue all over, with light and dark purple cochleas and wing membranes. Their wide-open mouths revealed four white teeth, and they had no eyes. They also had two thin, V-shaped tails behind their rear ends.

"Zubat?" Liu Changsheng looked at the map, which marked a Pokémon called Zubat in this area, with physical characteristics exactly the same as the one he was seeing.

"I wonder what tier of spirit beasts they are." Liu Changsheng looked at the group of 'Zubat', feeling a surge of excitement. These were spirit beasts from another world! If he could capture one himself and take it back to study, it would surely be incredibly impressive.

"What a pity." Liu Changsheng sighed. His cultivation was currently sealed, and he really didn't dare to provoke this group of Zubat. If it were just one, even if he couldn't beat it, Liu Changsheng felt that with his Spirit Venerable's reaction and awareness, running away shouldn't be a problem; but this group of Zubat... and they were flying spirit beasts at that. Liu Changsheng estimated that if he went up and provoked them, he would probably die at their hands.

Shaking his head, Liu Changsheng left the cave and continued his patrol to the next location.

"Ew~~~" Liu Changsheng's behavior was met with unanimous contempt from the cultivators inside and outside the Bookstore.

"Weren't you so arrogant before? Why are you too scared to go now?"

"Why don't you dare to go up? Isn't it because your cultivation has been sealed, and you're afraid of dying? Haha!"

"Without cultivation, he's just a coward."

Because of Liu Changsheng's previous record of single-handedly defeating everyone in the bookstore, the cultivators inside and outside the Bookstore had a very bad impression of Liu Changsheng. Now, seeing Liu Changsheng acting so cowardly, they naturally couldn't help but start mocking him.

Unfortunately, Liu Changsheng couldn't hear him.

But it doesn't matter, Liu Changsheng will find out sooner or later.

Time passed very quickly in the world of the book, and in the blink of an eye, Liu Changsheng arrived at a small river again.

The river water was crystal clear, and Liu Changsheng spotted a strange fish. Its body was mostly white, with red where its limbs connected. It had pink, sensual lips, fins on both sides of its body, a wavy tail, and sharp horns on its head.

Liu Changsheng opened the map and found this area, which was marked as being inhabited by a small sprite called 'Carvanha'.

Liu Changsheng looked at the 'Carvanha', his eyes darting around, then carefully put away the map and tiptoed down from the shore.

"Is he going to catch that little elf?" The cultivators inside and outside the Bookstore couldn't help but ask as they witnessed this scene.

"Probably!" one cultivator said, unsure.

"But didn't that guy named Li Ke say that you need Poké Ball to catch Pokémon?" a cultivator asked, puzzled.

"Are you stupid?! Did you ever use any Poké Ball when you tamed spirit beasts? You subdued them with your fists, didn't you?" one cultivator retorted.

"But those are fairies!"

"What's wrong with 'little elves'? They're called 'little elves' inside, but we call them 'spirit beasts' here. There's no difference."

"..."

Seeing that Liu Changsheng was actually about to subdue the first spirit beast in the other world, everyone watched intently. After all, they didn't have a concept of the strength of the spirit beasts in the other world. Now that Liu Changsheng had chosen to subdue it, they could at least get a sense of the strength of the spirit beasts in the other world.

Because his cultivation was sealed, it took Liu Changsheng a lot of effort to get down from the shore. Fortunately, his physical strength was still very strong, and although it was a difficult journey, he still managed to safely reach the riverbank.

"It seems a bit deep!" Liu Changsheng looked at the crystal-clear river water with some worry, because he couldn't swim!

Who would learn this for no reason? Anyone with a bit of cultivation can use Spiritual Power to move freely in the water! But without cultivation, it's a huge embarrassment!

'Flap flap flap~'

The Carvanha were playing and frolicking not far away, seemingly unaware of the danger.

Liu Changsheng Bite, squatted down, put his hands behind him to support himself, lifted one foot, and slowly put it into the water.

'Snap~'

Suddenly, Liu Changsheng felt something kick him in the back, causing him to lose his balance and fall forward.

'Thump~'

Liu Changsheng fell into the river.