"Hehe, you know how it is, senior. Your junior's been a little strapped for cash lately..."
Although Ye Lan already had quite a few sources of income at Huaxia Academy alone, Xia Ren still believed him.
The more talented a Trainer was, the more their resource consumption grew exponentially. No amount of resources would ever be enough.
Yet when Ye Lan actually came face-to-face with the Huaxia League's current Champion, he found him somewhat unexpected.
It wasn't that this Champion was astonishingly handsome, but that he was "ordinary."
Yes, ordinary. So utterly ordinary that people instinctively overlooked his appearance, allowing the Champion's bearing to stand out in full.
"Your abilities as both a Trainer and a breeder contribute to the Huaxia League's development."
"If possible, I still hope you'll ultimately stay in the Huaxia Region. The academy will make some compromises and concessions to that end, too."
Ye Lan was about to say something else when his ankle suddenly tightened. Before he knew it, he was dangling in the air, and even Leafeon had fallen to the ground.
"Roar!"
Staring eye-to-eye with the Charizard right in front of him, Ye Lan looked down and finally realized that Charizard had hoisted him up with its tail.
Charizard's scorching breath washed over his face. Ye Lan grew dizzy, and hanging upside down already, he nearly threw up.
Didn't this old dragon ever brush its teeth? How could its breath be this bad?!
"Roar!"
Noticing the increasingly fierce desire to attack in Rillaboom's eyes nearby, Charizard grinned and beckoned it over with a claw.
Bang!
The next instant, Rillaboom vanished from its spot. When it reappeared, it was already in front of Charizard, its right foot slamming into Charizard's belly.
The sight instantly left Jenny Li and Qin Chuan, who had just arrived,