Blazing Soil

In the original story, this plot involves Ash Ketchum and his friends becoming the Sacred Fire when they encounter Team Rocket trying to Snatch the Sacred Fire. After a comical fight Sacred Fire, Team Rocket successfully takes the Sacred Fire, leaving Ash Ketchum heartbroken.

But in reality, Moltres's Ember was hidden in the arms of the Quartz League Competition president. Although Team Rocket stole the relay torch, Ash Ketchum rekindled the Sacred Fire because of the remaining Ember and continued running towards the Quartz League Competition venue.

Ma Feifei squatted on the hilltop watching the unfolding events, choosing not to intervene. Instead, he waited until Ash Ketchum and the others left before running down the mountain, squatting down at the spot where they had just fought, and picking up a handful of dirt from the ground.

'Blazing Soil, one of the building materials for the branch store.'

"Just as I thought." Ma Feifei looked at the soil in his hand that had been burned by the Moltres's flames and said with a sudden realization.

Just now, when Ash Ketchum and Team Rocket were fighting, as soon as Moltres's flames touched the ground, Ma Feifei felt that the soil changed. He thought it was an illusion, but it turned out to be real.

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei found another patch of soil where the Sacred Fire had not burned, picked up a handful of soil, and found that the system did not give any prompts.

"In other words, only soil that has been burned by the Sacred Fire can be transformed into Blazing Soil." Ma Feifei looked at the two piles of soil in his palms and fell into deep thought.

Since Blazing Soil is one of the building materials for the branch store, Ma Feifei must collect enough Blazing Soil, otherwise it will definitely affect the construction of the branch store.

But just how much of this Blazing Soil would be needed to support the construction of a single branch?

Ma Feifei turned around and glanced at the places where the Sacred Fire had burned. There were only a few spots; if calculated according to the amount of soil needed for a normal house, this was probably just a drop in the ocean.

"Looks like we'll have to get some Sacred Fire." Ma Feifei muttered to himself, stroking his chin.

However, the most important thing right now is to collect the Blazing Soil from the ground. Who knows if this Blazing Soil will turn into ordinary soil if it is exposed to air for a long time?

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei put the pile of Blazing Soil in his hand into his spatial bag and took out a small silver shovel from the bag.

This was something Ma Feifei casually took out of Yun Qingyang's spatial bag. It was said to have been a tool Yun Qingyang used for digging for treasure. It was a ninth-tier spiritual artifact with a very impressive name: Treasure Digging Shovel.

Hmm... Yun Qingyang named it.

Then Ma Feifei began shoveling the soil that had been sprayed with the Sacred Fire.

The staff who were handling after-sales service were completely baffled, wondering where these diggers had suddenly come from.

About fifteen minutes later, Ma Feifei finished collecting all the Blazing Soil in this area. He glanced at the Blazing Soil in his spatial bag and found that there wasn't much, only a few square meters. He estimated that it would be difficult to even pile up a large gate with it.

After collecting the Blazing Soil, Ma Feifei dusted himself off and headed towards the Quartz League main venue.

The Quartz League Competition is the largest Pokémon tournament in the Kanto Region of Pokémon, and it's also the first large-scale national tournament that Ash Ketchum has participated in since his debut.

The entry requirements for the Quartz League Competition are straightforward: simply collect eight or more 'Gym Badge' to qualify for the Quartz League Competition.

Since the system allowed Ma Feifei to participate in the Quartz League Competition, it naturally wouldn't fail to give him Badge. In fact, the moment Ma Feifei entered the Pokémon world, he already had eight Gym Badge on the inside of his clothes, though it's unclear whether they were counterfeit.

After all, there don't seem to be many Ace Trainer in the Kanto Region. I vaguely remember that Ash Ketchum had eight, and Gary from Pallet Town had ten; together they had nearly twenty, plus Ma Feifei...

Of course, none of this matters.

The key point is that as Ash Ketchum's first major tournament, the overall strength of this Quartz League Competition was not strong; there were no special Pokémon either. Therefore, Mew, which has been upgraded to the peak of Stage 4, should be able to easily sweep through this Quartz League Competition.

The only thing to do now is to find a way to get some of the Moltres's flames and create a large amount of Blazing Soil to obtain building materials for the branch.

If Ma Feifei wasn't mistaken, this should be the last building material for the branch. After collecting all the Blazing Soil, all the materials would be ready. All that was left was to wait for the Branch Store Construction Blueprint to arrive before starting construction.

The main venue of the Quartz League was not far from here. Ma Feifei was deep in thought as he walked, and soon arrived at the main venue of the Quartz League conference.

However, since the competition had not yet started, Ma Feifei had no choice but to stay in the athletes' village and wait for the opening ceremony of the Quartz League Competition the next day.

While Ma Feifei was completing the Quartz League Competition mission, some shocking changes were also taking place in many places on the Azure Dragon Continent.

First, Yan Xun, who abdicated the throne to Crown Prince Yan, entered the Northern Liang Great Grassland and became sworn brothers with the King of Northern Liang. He then issued a decree claiming that Crown Prince Yan Xun had rebelled and seized the throne illegitimately. The Northern Liang nomads would then support Yan Xun again to reclaim the throne.

In other words, Northern Liang and the Yan State went to war.

As soon as the news was released, the Qin State army within its borders began to show unusual activity. On the border between Qin State and Yan State, the Qin Army increased its numbers one after another, reaching a staggering 300,000.

As Qin State's junior partner, Qi State was naturally not to be outdone, and also increased its troops on the Qi-Yan border, waiting for an opportunity to act. For a time, the Yan State were in a state of panic.

Crown Prince Yan had no choice but to seek help from the Chu Kingdom, hoping that this former ally could put some pressure on the Qin State.

However, the response from the Chu Kingdom was to refuse to help the Yan State, because Chu Kingdom was allied with Yan Xun, not with Crown Prince Yan.

Furthermore, the Chu Kingdom hoped that Crown Prince Yan would return the throne to Yan Xun to prevent another national war from breaking out on the Azure Dragon Continent.

The State of Zhao State has always been in cahoots with the Chu Kingdom. Since the Chu Kingdom has refused to help the Yan State, the Zhao State will naturally not go against the wishes of King Chu Heng.

Thus, Crown Prince Yan, who had only recently ascended the throne, found himself in an awkward position. He not only had to face direct conflict with the Northern Liang nomads, but also had to worry about the states of Siqin and Qi poking at his back.

"Alas!" In the Yan State palace, the Crown Prince Yan sat on his throne, shaking his head and sighing.

The recent series of dramatic changes both domestically and Yan State have left him quite overwhelmed.

Below, Sage Yan knelt quietly on the table, his eyes closed in deep thought.

"Teacher, what should I do now?" Crown Prince Yan looked at Sage Yan, his eyes filled with confusion.

Sage Yan opened his eyes and said calmly, "This old man knows nothing of governing a country, and I am afraid I cannot share the burden for the King Yan."

Upon hearing this, Crown Prince Yan frowned slightly, withdrew his gaze, looked outside the hall, and fell into deep thought.

"Luan Feng, are you really going to leave the Yan State?"

"Luan Feng felt guilty and couldn't face the deceased King Yan. Leaving was the best choice."

"But what about me? Prime Minister Yuwen and the Sage Yan are both loyal to Yan Xun. If you're not here, they won't listen to me."

"The Yan State a national treasure, which only a monarch with the Emperor's Aura can wield."

"Luan Feng, do you mean I should use the national treasure to force them to obey?"

"No."

What does that mean?

"If they do not listen, kill them all to uphold the emperor's authority."