Feebas's Heaven-Defying Talent

Watching Lu Li ponder while holding the Pokémon Egg, the Feebas in the Water Tank could not help blowing a few bubbles.

Hearing the bubbles pop, Lu Li snapped back to his senses and tossed the Energy Block in his hand to the Feebas in the water.

Lu Li gently asked, "This is our new companion, Feebas. Are you ready to welcome a new life as well?"

The Feebas in the Water Tank excitedly spun around several times again, then blew several bubbles in succession.

After teasing Feebas for a while, Lu Li remembered something. Forming Hand Seals, he murmured inwardly, Aura Sight!

Aura Sight was a minor spell that diviners in the Immortal Cultivation World had to learn. Its effect was to observe a person's fortune.

After arriving in the Pokémon world, Lu Li modified it slightly, turning it into a technique that could assess a Pokémon's aptitude.

A faint purple aura surrounded the Feebas in the fish tank. Such aptitude could already be considered heaven-defying among Normal Pokémon.

This was also one of the reasons he had secretly adopted Feebas in the first place. A Pokémon with faint purple aptitude, barring any unforeseen circumstances, was Guaranteed to become an Elite Four-level Milotic in the future.

Meanwhile, a pale cyan aura surrounded the Pokémon Egg. To possess such aptitude before even hatching meant it would be Guaranteed to reach deep cyan after hatching.

By color, aptitude ranked from lowest to highest as white, yellow, red, green, cyan, blue, and purple. In fact, there was also colorless before white, which represented having no aptitude at all.

Ordinary people in the Cultivation World possessed this kind of aptitude, as did most humans in this world.

"I need to buy incubation equipment tomorrow. Looks like I'll have to make a trip to Qingyun City," Lu Li muttered softly while holding the Pokémon Egg.

After having Feebas use Rain Dance on the yard, Lu Li fed it another Energy Block.

Feebas had a relatively small appetite and only needed four Energy Blocks a day.

The market price of four Energy Blocks was 800 League Credit. Over the years, his parents' death compensation had basically entered Feebas's stomach this way.

Considering that his Small Treasury was about to run dry, Lu Li knew it was time to support himself through his own efforts.

Still, every bit of it was worth it. Once an Experienced-level Feebas evolved, it would become an Elite-level Milotic.

What did an Elite-level Milotic represent? In Qingfeng City, a third-tier city—no, even across the entire Kyushu Region and the whole Asian League—an Elite-level Trainer under seventeen was an absolutely explosive existence.

After feeding Feebas as usual, Lu Li sat beside the Water Tank with the Pokémon Egg in his arms and began cultivating.

Because of that mysterious Blue Gem, Lu Li was surprised to discover that his cultivation speed had increased considerably. Compared to its previous turtle-like pace, it finally moved at the speed of an ordinary person walking.

This was undoubtedly a massive leap. Compared to before, his cultivation speed had increased by at least six times.

"By that calculation, I only need two years to reach Qi Refining Layer 2... my ass!"

Lu Li was completely numb. At this moment, he finally had a clear understanding of just how terrible his aptitude was.

Cultivation only became harder the further one progressed. Normally, it had taken him twelve years to reach Qi Refining Layer 1, so reaching Qi Refining Stage 2 would take at least fourteen years.

Even with the Blue Gem cheat, it would still take him more than two years to reach Qi Refining Layer 2.

If this were not a Pokémon world, Lu Li felt that he would never reach the late stages of Qi Refining before dying of old age.

Feeling somewhat depressed, Lu Li quickly entered a cultivation state.

Early the next morning.

After washing up and feeding Feebas, Lu Li boarded a vehicle bound for Qingyun City with the Pokémon Egg.

Qingyun City was Qingfeng City's superior city. In the southern Kyushu Region, it could be considered a first-tier city.

The reason for this was that Qingyun City possessed a Medium Secret Realm. Of course, its transportation was also far more convenient than Qingfeng City's.

The vehicle soon arrived in Qingyun City. Through the window, Lu Li narrowed his eyes at the Gym in the distance.

Qingyun City's Gym was not an 18-Type Gym, but a city Gym more oriented toward family clans.

In this world, Gyms were roughly divided into two types.

The first type was ordinary Gyms. These Gyms generally relied on the Secret Realm within their city. The rest were the League's 18-Type Gyms.

The Gym Leaders of the eighteen type Gyms were generally Elite Four-level Trainers. Compared to ordinary Gyms, 18-Type Gyms were the true server-launch-player-level powers.

Seeing Lu Li staring fixedly at the Gym outside the window, the Driver casually said, "Little brother, you might not know this, but Gym Leader Yu's Trump Card Pokémon broke through to Elite Four-level four days ago.

Gym Leader Yu is now an Elite Four-level Trainer. From now on, Qingyun City is a city with an Elite Four-level Trainer too."

The Driver's voice carried genuine delight and pride.

Lu Li smiled and nodded after hearing this, then remarked, "Gym Leader Yu really is impressive."

Qingyun City's Gym Leader was Yu Zhonggang, and he was also Qingyun City's greatest symbol. Yu Zhonggang had a Commoner Origin, yet he had reached Elite Four-level at only forty years old.

That aptitude was already exceptionally high. Given that Yu Zhonggang had been born a commoner, it seemed even more absurd.

It was precisely because of this that ordinary people who did not know the truth blindly worshipped Yu Zhonggang.

However, Lu Li, who spent all day immersed in the Library, knew things that ordinary people did not. For example, Yu Zhonggang's wife was Jin Fengjiao, a direct descendant of the Gym Leader-level Jin Family.

Yu Zhonggang's Trump Card Pokémon was Aggron, the signature Pokémon of the Jin Family.

Speaking of connections, his Head Teacher and Gym Leader Yu's wife could be considered relatives. If he had not previously refused Lao Ban's offer to have him Marry into the Jin Family, Yu Zhonggang would now be his elder.

However, Yu Zhonggang had not married into the Jin Family. He was simply extraordinarily gifted, and the Jin Family had gone after him instead.

The vehicle soon stopped in front of the Shopping Mall.

After getting out, Lu Li headed straight for the Pokémon incubation section.

Pokémon incubator, Pokémon incubation fluid...

After finding what he needed, Lu Li took the items and lined up to pay.

Because of the time of year, the Shopping Mall was especially crowded today. After all, students aspiring to become Trainers would buy Pokémon incubation equipment during this period.

Behind Lu Li, a young woman held a little girl who looked like a porcelain doll in her arms.

The little girl curiously looked at the hiking backpack on Lu Li's back.

"Mommy, why can this uncle carry a backpack here to buy things? Can I bring my little backpack next time?" the little girl asked in confusion, pointing at Lu Li's hiking backpack.

The Beautiful Woman hurriedly pressed down the little girl's pointing hand and softly scolded her, "That's rude! Call him big brother."

After scolding her, the Beautiful Woman continued, "The bag contains Young Master's most important belongings. You'll understand when you grow up. When you're as old as Young Master, you can bring your backpack too."

Hearing the whispers behind him, Lu Li turned around and gave the Beautiful Woman and the little girl a friendly smile.

There were not many youths dressed similarly to Lu Li in the entire Shopping Mall, but neither were they absent.