Quality

Surrounded by the crowd, it was impossible for Jiang Bieli not to be nervous, but right now he was more eager to summon the spirit beast from the world of the book.

"Come out, Clefairy!" Jiang Bieli used all her strength to throw the Poké Ball, shouting the slogan in a very professional manner.

'Whoosh~' The Poké Ball hurtled forward at high speed.

The area in front was crowded with cultivators, and they all quickly retreated. Those who couldn't retreat in time could only dodge to the side, or some cultivators simply jumped onto the rooftops nearby. For a moment, the scene was chaotic.

'Bang~'

The Poké Ball made a sound, a flash of light appeared, and then a pink Clefairy appeared in front of everyone.

"Wow! How cute!" A group of female cultivators who had never seen Clefairy before exclaimed in surprise.

However, compared to its appearance, people are more concerned about Clefairy's abilities.

Because of the previous timeline within the book world, no one could discern Clefairy's exact strength level; they could only rely on the battle between Liu Changsheng and the three little sprites to make a judgment. But now that Clefairy has arrived on the Azure Dragon Continent and left the Bookstore, everyone can naturally use their own cultivation levels to determine Clefairy's tier of spirit beast.

Moreover, there were quite a few cultivators present whose cultivation had reached the Spirit King realm, and most of the other cultivators were around the Spirit Ancestor, so it was very easy to tell Clefairy's rank.

"It seems to be only at the first-tier spirit beast level?" one cultivator said in disbelief, his tone filled with doubt.

"His internal energy is weak, and he has no Spiritual Power. I feel like he can't even be ranked as a first-level cultivator!" another cultivator said.

"It seems we overestimated its strength." A cultivator shook his head and sighed. They had originally thought that this Yellow Quality book would be like the Diamond Sutra, with very high-level spirit beasts inside. Everyone was prepared to enter this world and capture high-level spirit beasts, but reality gave them a harsh slap in the face.

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

"Let's disperse, let's disperse, there's nothing to see here," a cultivator shouted.

Although everyone was disappointed with Clefairy's strength, they were still very interested in this spirit beast from the world of the book. Instead of leaving, more and more people came.

"Is this really a spirit beast that jumped out of a book? It feels so magical!" A cultivator took two steps closer and reached out to touch Clefairy, but Clefairy jumped away and ran behind Jiang Bieli to hide.

"Huh? It even has sentience?" one cultivator exclaimed in surprise.

According to the classification of spirit beasts in the Azure Dragon Continent, spirit beasts below the third rank do not possess intelligence at all. Clefairy's strength is defined as level one, so it should belong to the category of spirit beasts without intelligence.

"Clefairy ~" Clefairy, hiding behind Jiang Bieli, was a little scared and tugged at Jiang Bieli's clothes.

Clefairy's action left all the cultivators present speechless.

"She's very intelligent!"

Aside from not being able to speak human language, Clefairy has demonstrated intelligence at the level of a high-level spirit beast!

It possesses the intelligence of a high-level spirit beast, yet its strength is inferior to that of a second-tier spirit beast. This illogical phenomenon has left everyone puzzled.

Jiang Bieli touched Clefairy's forehead. He wasn't discouraged by Clefairy's weak strength; on the contrary, he liked this clever little elf very much.

As the owner of the little elf, Clefairy was very obedient to it and did not resist Jiang Bieli's petting.

"Jiang Bieli." Ma Feifei stroked his chin, looked at Clefairy, and called out to Jiang Bieli.

"Ah? Is there anything you need, shopkeeper?" Jiang Bieli turned around and asked Ma Feifei.

Ma Feifei pointed at Clefairy next to Jiang Bieli and said, "Do you want your little Pokémon to become stronger?"

"Is that alright?" Jiang Bieli asked in surprise.

The remaining cultivators all turned to look at Ma Feifei. Get stronger? Someone of such a low rank could actually become stronger?

Ma Feifei nodded and said, "Of course you can. Your little sprite is only at the first rank right now, but you can take it to fight some spirit beasts. By fighting and defeating spirit beasts and absorbing their inner cores, you can improve its rank."

This wasn't Ma Feifei's guess, but something he learned from the system. The system panel contained Clefairy's basic data.

Clefairy (Standard Quality)

Type: Fairy type; Rank: Tier 1; Attribute: Growth-type Sprite (can advance through battle and by absorbing the inner core of a spirit beast. Note: Sprites that do not advance through battle are soulless. Sprites that advance solely by absorbing inner cores are not only weaker than other sprites of the same rank, but are also prone to backlash, resulting in their bodies exploding and dying.)

Seeing the data provided by the system, Ma Feifei finally understood why the Pokémon were all so weak. It turned out that all of this was due to the system's settings. The system reclassified the strength of Pokémon in the Pokémon World according to the ranks of spirit beasts on the Azure Dragon Continent and provided a way for Pokémon to advance. By constantly battling and absorbing the inner cores of spirit beasts, Pokémon could raise their rank and reach higher levels.

So don't underestimate Jiang Bieli's Clefairy just because it's only a first-tier spirit beast right now. As long as Jiang Bieli takes Clefairy into battle frequently and lets it devour spirit beast cores, its rank will probably rise quickly.

Hmm! Why does this feel a bit like leveling up in a game?

Ma Feifei felt something was off.

"By fighting spirit beasts and absorbing their inner cores, one can improve the rank of a spirit?" The cultivators fell into deep thought after hearing Ma Feifei's words. In fact, on the Azure Dragon Continent, spirit beasts sometimes unexpectedly advance in rank during battle. For example, the Nine-tailed Silver Fox previously advanced by unleashing its potential in battle. However, generally speaking, this method of advancement only applies to spirit beasts with powerful bloodlines. Furthermore, spirit beast advancement has a certain range; it's not possible for a first-rank spirit beast to advance to ninth rank. Most spirit beasts only cross one or two ranks in their lifetime.

As for devouring the inner core of a spirit beast, that is even rarer. On the Azure Dragon Continent, even spirit beasts of the same attribute cannot easily devour each other's inner cores, because the inner cores of spirit beasts contain powerful Spiritual Power, which can easily explode if one is not careful. An inner core explosion is no joke; its power is equivalent to three times the strongest attack of a spirit beast.

"May I ask the shop owner, what is the highest level this Pippi can advance to?" A practitioner asked doubtfully. Ma Feifei's words made everyone interested in Pokemon again. After all, the magical events that happen in magical bookstores are often too magical. This first-level spiritual beast that ran out of a yellow-quality book, everyone felt that it should not be so ordinary.

"This Clefairy is of ordinary quality. Its advancement level is currently unknown, but the higher the quality, the more difficult it will be to advance," Ma Feifei said.

"So, besides the ordinary ones, there are even higher quality Pokémon?" A cultivator gleaned the key point from Ma Feifei's words.

How could Ma Feifei allow this opportunity to win back everyone's favor towards Pokémon to pass up? He replied earnestly, "Of course, 'normal' quality is just the lowest quality among Pokémon. In the books, the highest quality are Divine Beast."

'Wow!'

The practitioners present gasped in surprise.

Divine Beast! The number of living Divine Beast on the Azure Dragon Continent can be counted on two hands. Since ancient times, there has never been a powerful being who has subdued a single Divine Beast. In thirty thousand years, not a single one has been found!

But now, Ma Feifei is telling everyone that in his Bookstore, in a book called Pokémon, there exists a spirit beast with the qualities of Divine Beast!

The so-called Divine Beast quality doesn't refer to possessing the strength of Divine Beast, but rather its potential to become Divine Beast. For example, an ordinary spirit beast, no matter how hard it tries or how high its talent, can never reach the realm of Divine Beast; this is a matter of bloodline, or simply put, its quality is lacking. However, a spirit beast with Divine Beast quality not only grows extremely quickly but also without any obstacles, allowing it to become Divine Beast. This is the difference between the two.