Cultivating a Trainer Who Doesn't Cultivate Themselves Isn't a Good Chef!

After studying Weedle's panel information, Mu Yun went to the table and began thinking about the items necessary to raise Weedle.

Moomoo Milk went without saying.

Even after passing the juvenile stage, continuing to drink Moomoo Milk would still bring plenty of benefits.

For example, brighter skin and sturdier bones.

The former suited those who wanted to become Pokémon Coordinators, while the latter suited those who wanted to become battle Trainers.

Besides that, he needed to purchase Energy Cubes and Berry Nutrient Liquid.

The former was made from multiple kinds of Berries. It was equivalent to compressed biscuits and could quickly restore a Pokémon's Stamina.

The latter also used Berries, but was mainly used to supplement the nutrients Pokémon needed during their growth.

Energy Cubes were easy enough.

Basic Level universal Energy Cubes cost 100 League Coins each. Judging by Weedle's appetite, it would only need two or three a day.

Berry Nutrient Liquid, on the other hand, was a little expensive.

A ten-milliliter bottle of nutrient liquid cost a full 500 League Coins. Fortunately, it wasn't necessary to drink it every day.

"Money is just a bastard. If it's gone, I'll earn more!"

After calculating all the miscellaneous expenses, Mu Yun encouraged himself before lying back on the bed and staring blankly at the ceiling.

It was easy to say he could earn more, but given his current situation, apart from trying to get more scholarships from the school, he really didn't seem to have any other options.

While distracted, Mu Yun's thoughts ran wild, and a question suddenly appeared in his mind.

Is this Heaven Rewards Diligence System useful for me as a Trainer?

Since it wasn't called the Pokémon Heaven Rewards Diligence System, was it possible that he, the host, could also work himself to the bone?

Putting everything else aside, if he raised his Energy Cube Making Skill proficiency, he could make his own supplies in the future and save quite a bit of money.

With that thought, Mu Yun tried silently reciting in his mind.

"Open the host panel?"

A light-blue, semitransparent panel appeared in front of Mu Yun without warning.

[Host: Mu Yun]

[Attributes:

Constitution: 12 (A comprehensive assessment of muscle strength, Stamina, recovery ability, and so on. A healthy adult's value is 10. An exceptional Constitution value provides more energy. Due to the structure of the human body, it is slightly weaker than the Constitution of a Pokémon of the same level.)

Spirit: 19 (A comprehensive assessment of mental strength, Spirit recovery speed, and so on. A healthy adult's value is 10. An exceptional Spirit value can greatly increase the time one can maintain concentration and improve learning efficiency.)

Charm: 8 (A comprehensive assessment of appearance, bearing, attraction to Pokémon, and so on. The value of a normal person is 5.)

Luck: 1 (A person's fortune in life is as calm as a level lake, with neither blessings nor disasters. The value for a normal person is 1)]

[Skills: Yanhuang Language (LV2, 888/1000), Free Eagle Language (LV2, 233/1000), Sakura Language (LV1, 6/100), Cooking (LV1, 40/100), Ninth National Fitness Exercise (LV1, 94/100),]

(LV0 = an uninitiated beginner, LV1 = a proficient hobbyist, LV2 = an ordinary professional, LV3 = an elite in the profession, LV4 = an expert in the profession, LV5 = a master at the pinnacle of the profession, LV6 = humanity's theoretical peak in that profession throughout history, LV7 = a monster that surpasses the peak humans can reach?, LV8 = Kami, is that you?!)

[Special Ability: None]

[Energy Points: 0]

[Points: 0]

...

It really worked!

Looking at the panel that had suddenly appeared, Mu Yun was delighted.

Everyone who had played games knew that as long as an enemy's health bar appeared, even a god could be killed.

Moreover, Mu Yun didn't need to slay a god. He only needed to work harder and grind his skill proficiency.

Level-two Yanhuang Language was only natural for a "native-born" Yanhuang person.

As a globally used language and a compulsory subject in the College Entrance Examination, Mu Yun had naturally put considerable effort into Level-two Free Eagle Language.

This level wasn't enough to work as a translator, but communicating with foreigners in daily life was completely effortless.

Level-one Sakura Language—well, he was young. Those who understood, understood.

Teacher Utsunomiya, Teacher Arisu, Teacher An, and others had indeed provided very effective help with Mu Yun's foreign-language studies.

As for Cooking, Mu Yun was usually too busy studying and didn't have much time to cook. He could only manage edible food, so Level-one proficiency was perfectly reasonable.

As for this Ninth National Fitness Exercise...

It was a general fitness exercise that the Yanhuang League had promoted nationwide ten years ago.

According to the physical education teacher who taught them, this exercise had been comprehensively designed by Psychic Type Pokémon such as Alakazam and Metagross, combining supercomputers with dozens of traditional Yanhuang martial arts. It could exercise almost all the muscles in the body.

After diligent practice, although it couldn't let someone wrestle with Pokémon, it could greatly improve their endurance.

He had only started practicing in his second year of high school and had trained for about a year. Now, running several kilometers was completely effortless.

"Only Level One after a year of practice? Looks like this exercise has a lot of potential."

Looking at the skill bar, Mu Yun suddenly looked forward to seeing what changes would come from raising the skill's level.

Level One already let him run several kilometers with ease, and he had a Constitution comparable to that of a Level 12 Pokémon. If he raised it by a few more levels, he might really be able to have an enthusiastic hand-to-hand fight with a Pokémon.

"No time like the present. Let's start training!"

After glancing at Weedle, which was still asleep, Mu Yun carefully cleared out an open space of several square meters in the room.

The Ninth National Fitness Exercise had very low space requirements. As long as there was an area several square meters in size, it was enough to perform.

Since the school led the students in exercise training during morning calisthenics every day, Mu Yun was exceptionally familiar with the movements of the Ninth National Fitness Exercise.

The initial movements were fairly easy, but the farther he went, the more complicated the exercises became.

As he performed one movement after another that demanded considerable flexibility, the exposed skin on Mu Yun's body began visibly turning red.

His forehead also beaded with sweat.

After about half an hour, Mu Yun finally finished the last movement, panting heavily.

[Beep! The host completed one round of the Ninth National Fitness Exercise. Skill experience +1!]

[Ninth National Fitness Exercise (LV1, 94/100) → (LV1, 95/100)]

"One point per round. Five rounds will only take two and a half hours. If I work hard, I can grind it to the next level today!"

Watching the progress visibly increase, Mu Yun's enthusiasm surged.

Many times, people weren't unwilling to work hard. They simply became dispirited because they couldn't see any improvement after putting in the effort.

If they had a quantified progress bar right in front of them, Mu Yun believed that many "slackers" would instantly transform into legendary grinding kings.

Because each session of this exercise placed a considerable burden on the body, it wasn't recommended to leave less than an hour between sessions.

After stretching his muscles and resting for over an hour, Mu Yun began training again.

In between, Mu Yun also found time to make a fairly sumptuous lunch and a relatively simple dinner.

His Cooking experience successfully increased by 5 points.

Eight o'clock that evening.

After digesting his dinner, Mu Yun looked at the progress bar, which had reached (99/100), and resolutely began his sixth session of the day.

Although his physical fitness was pretty good, doing the exercise six times in one day had genuinely left his body somewhat exhausted.

But seeing that he was only one experience point away, Mu Yun was mentally invigorated and worked hard through the final few movements.

"Mmwo!"

After drinking Moomoo Milk that evening, Weedle seemed to be in good spirits. Instead of going straight to sleep, it opened its round little eyes and stared intently at Mu Yun.

From time to time, it even let out a childish growl.

As if encouraging him.

It gave him the strange impression that Weedle was training Mu Yun...

Finally, under Weedle's curious gaze, Mu Yun finished the last movement.

His heavy panting echoed throughout the room, while drops of sweat fell onto the floor, leaving patches of various sizes.

[Beep! The host completed one round of the Ninth National Fitness Exercise. Skill experience +1!]

[Beep! Through persistent effort, the host's skill—Ninth National Fitness Exercise—has broken through to LV2!]

[Ninth National Fitness Exercise (LV2, 0/1000): Host's Constitution Level +1,...]