"The Meadow Plate doesn't really do much for me."
Xia Yan weighed the emerald-green crystalline plate in his hand.
After Volo, his greatest hidden threat, had been slain, the "Lord of the Ridge," Lilligant—no, Lady Lilligant—had naturally been defeated and calmed by Xia Yan without any surprises.
The Meadow Plate she carried also fell into his hands.
Unfortunately.
Xia Yan did not have any Grass-type Pokémon.
So, he chose to temporarily leave the Meadow Plate with Latios.
After all, Latios knew two of the few Grass-type moves in his team: Energy Ball and Grass Knot.
Though the Meadow Plate could neither enhance its strength nor allow Latios to absorb its energy, it was still somewhat useful for helping it master those two moves.
Better than nothing.
The Earth Plate obtained from Ursaluna received the same treatment as the Meadow Plate.
Xia Yan likewise had no Ground-type Pokémon. Compared to the Meadow Plate, the Earth Plate was even more useless.
He casually tossed it to Infernape.
And let it play around with it.
Besides those, the most important one was the Ghost-type Spooky Plate.
After considering it carefully, Xia Yan still chose to leave it with Aegislash.
Zorua was already Elite Four-level.
And right now, the most important thing for Zorua was not increasing its strength, but adapting to and trying to integrate into Xia Yan's system.
So far, Zorua had been doing quite well.
Of course, it still had a long way to go before catching up to Beedrill and the others, before reaching Xia Yan's minimum standard.
That was the drawback of directly capturing a fully developed wild Pokémon.
Not only was it difficult for them to integrate into a trainer's own system, but the strength they gained through long-term survival in the wild had also greatly drained their