Battle Tent

Before long, several dozen cups of assorted Berry juice were neatly packed into specially made insulated bags and handed to Xinhai.

Xinhai took the heavy bags and stored them one by one in his Spatial Backpack to ensure the juice stayed fresh.

After paying, he left the fragrant stall with Eevee and Gardevoir amid the owner's repeated calls of "Please come again!"

Next, Xinhai's gaze was drawn to a Pokéblock shop nearby, its bright sign gleaming above a counter filled with crystal-clear cubes in every color.

"Come on, let's take a look over there," Xinhai said to his companions.

"Vee~" Eevee obediently nodded, its little head still savoring the sweet fragrance of the juice.

As they entered the Pokéblock shop, cool air and an even purer mixed Berry scent washed over them. There were quite a few customers inside, most carefully selecting cubes suited to their Pokémon.

Xinhai walked straight to the counter, his gaze sweeping over the Intermediate Energy Cubes labeled with various effects.

"May I ask what you need? We just received a shipment of Flexible Powder Cubes, which can slightly improve a Pokémon's energy-defense resilience; Gale Blue Cubes, which provide a slight long-term benefit to speed potential; and these Clear-Mind Blue Cubes, which can help improve a Pokémon's Inner Focus..." the clerk introduced enthusiastically.

Xinhai listened carefully. After a brief moment of thought, he decided to buy some of every kind for his companions.

It was another considerable expense, but Xinhai did not even blink. He had never been stingy with resources invested in his companions.

After properly storing the Pokéblocks he had bought, Xinhai took Eevee and Gardevoir toward an elegantly decorated shop in the Central Area of the market. A small line had formed outside, and a faint, refined fragrance hung in the air—it was