The Effects of Colorful Currents

He then walked over to a metal instrument nearby. It was a somewhat old silver machine with an electronic display on top.

Below it was a device resembling a weighing scale, linking the two together.

Chen Dahai poured Aron's droppings onto the machine, then pressed the switch at its base. The entire machine began to operate.

First, a red light scanned from top to bottom. Then the electronic display lit up, and a data chart appeared on the screen.

After watching the screen for a while, Chen Dahai stood up and smiled at Jiang Jing. "They really are Aron's droppings, and the quality is quite high."

"I've been doing this for so long, but this is the first time I've seen Aron droppings of such high quality."

"I won't take advantage of you, or Old Jiang will complain about me. The market price is fifteen yuan per gram, but yours are high quality, so I'll give you sixteen yuan per gram."

"This bag has a total of 356 grams. That comes to 5,696 yuan. Cash or mobile payment?"

"Alipay," Jiang Jing said, taking out his phone and opening his payment code.

Chen Dahai transferred the money without hesitation. As he did, he said, "Xiao Jing, if you have any more Aron droppings in the future, come find me. I definitely won't let you get shortchanged."

"We haven't seen each other in months. I see you've grown taller and more handsome."

"Okay, Uncle Chen. I'll come to you again next time. I should get going now," Jiang Jing said.

"Sure, go on. Remember to come find Uncle Chen next time," Chen Dahai said heartily.

After Jiang Jing had gone far away, the Pidgey on the roof flew down and landed on Chen Dahai's shoulder.

Chen Dahai stroked Pidgey's head and sighed. "That Xiao Jing is really handsome. He's got the same bearing I had when I was young."

"I'm so jealous of Old Jiang for having such a handsome son. It would be great if he were my son."

The male employee beside him said, "Boss, you're thinking too much. He doesn't look anything like you. He's way more handsome than you."

Chen Dahai kicked him. "Get back to work! Since when do you get to butt into my business?"

The employee curled his lip and went back to his work.

After leaving the junkyard, Jiang Jing looked at the more than five thousand yuan that had arrived in his account and felt overjoyed.

But when he thought about the Aron droppings he had thrown away a few days ago because he hadn't known any better, he instantly felt as though he had lost a hundred million.

Chen Dahai ran a scrap recycling business and often worked with Jiang Jing's father. Scrap iron, steel bars, and drink bottles from construction sites that were no longer wanted would all be sold to him. After working together for so long, they had naturally become familiar with each other.

Jiang Jing had only learned that Aron droppings could be sold a few days ago while scrolling through Douyin. He had later looked it up online and confirmed that they could indeed be sold. Every recycling station accepted them.

There were even door-to-door collection services online. However, according to a Bilibili uploader who had once worked in the business, while door-to-door collection was convenient, the price offered would be much lower. That was why Jiang Jing had decided to come to the recycling station himself.

Not many people owned Aron, so most people had no idea about this little-known fact.

What Chen Dahai had said about not taking advantage of him was true. Ordinary Aron droppings usually sold for fourteen to fifteen yuan per gram, while some shady buyers might only offer eleven or twelve yuan per gram.

Li Dahai giving him sixteen yuan per gram was already quite decent, though Jiang Jing knew Li Dahai definitely earned no less from it than he did.

Aron was one of the few Pokémon that lived on ore whose droppings could make money. Another one everyone knew was Larvitar.

That was because their droppings could be considered a special material, usable in certain cutting-edge experiments or specialized components.

With this, Jiang Jing had at least managed to recover a little of his costs by selling Aron's droppings.

Jiang Jing made another trip to Cerulean Supermarket. Besides buying food for Aron, he also bought one 2-kilogram bag each of Mid-Grade and High-Grade Steel Pokémon Food, as well as Mid-Grade and High-Grade Rock Pokémon Food.

Among them, 2 kilograms of Mid-Grade Pokémon Food cost over 599 yuan, while 2 kilograms of High-Grade Pokémon Food generally cost over 1,999 yuan. The four bags alone came to 5,196 yuan, instantly spending nearly all the money he had just earned from recycling.

He also bought Low-Grade and Mid-Grade Steel Pokéblocks for 1,198 yuan, along with Low-Grade and Mid-Grade Rock Pokéblocks.

The total came to 9,592 yuan, nearly breaking ten thousand. Jiang Jing paid through tears.

The reason he had bought Mid-Grade and High-Grade food, as well as Low-Grade and Mid-Grade Pokéblocks, was because he wanted to conduct an experiment.

Carrying two large bags of goods, Jiang Jing once again considered buying a space backpack, but quickly dismissed the thought.

After returning home, Jiang's Mother saw him carrying so many things and asked in confusion, "Jiang Jing, why did you buy so much again?"

"I think you've bought things three times already this month."

"I can't help it. I don't want to either, but Aron eats a lot. I can only carry this much each time, so I have to make several trips," Jiang Jing said helplessly.

Jiang's Mother sighed. "Being a Trainer really costs a lot of money."

Jiang Jing first sorted and put away all the items, then carried the rest back to his room.

Aron was playing in the living room, leaving him alone in the room.

The experiment he wanted to conduct was to guide the Colorful Currents in his body into Pokémon Food and Pokéblocks.

Two days ago, he had tried injecting one Colorful Current into Aron's food. The effect had improved somewhat, but he did not know how it compared with Mid-Grade Steel Pokémon Food.

The same went for Pokéblocks. If injecting one Colorful Current into Low-Grade Pokémon Food could raise its effects to the level of Mid-Grade Pokémon Food, he would save a large amount of money.

That was why he had bought a little of everything. The experiment would be divided into two parts. One was to verify it on Aron, but the conclusion from that would be difficult to determine.

The other was a method he had learned online. It had originally been developed by the authorities to prove the effectiveness of Pokémon Food, and now happened to be useful to him.

Thus, over the next five days, he observed Aron's physical changes every day and used the experimental method to test the effects.

In the end, he reached a roughly conclusive result: Low-Grade Pokémon Food injected with Colorful Currents was already comparable to Mid-Grade Pokémon Food, and was even slightly better.

As for Mid-Grade Pokémon Food injected with Colorful Currents, its effects still could not match High-Grade Pokémon Food. It required three Colorful Currents to become comparable.

For Low-Grade Pokémon Food to achieve the effects of High-Grade Pokémon Food, it needed five Colorful Currents.

As for Pokéblocks, a Low-Grade Pokéblock needed three Colorful Currents for its effects to become comparable to a Mid-Grade Pokéblock.

As for ore, injecting it with Colorful Currents had no effect, so Aron could only eat however much she was supposed to eat.

The most cost-effective plan now was to buy Mid-Grade Pokémon Food, inject it with three Colorful Currents, and use Low-Grade Pokéblocks.

This was both the cheapest option and the one with the best results.

Although there were still many Colorful Currents inside the Colorful Bead, he could only guide out six per day. Any more than that would leave him dizzy and exhausted all over.

Tomorrow, he would enter the Suicune Cup Challenge Tournament!