After getting his leave slip, Zhang Cheng returned to his dorm, tidied up the room, then took his backpack and left the school.
After leaving school, Zhang Cheng first stopped at a roadside Pokémon Shop to buy some Pokéblocks for his Pokémon, along with some Healing Spray and Antidotes.
These supplies were very useful in the wilderness. Healing Spray could help Pokémon recover from their injuries faster.
The usefulness of Antidotes went without saying. Pokémon could not shake off Poison on their own. Without an Antidote, it was only a matter of time before a poisoned Pokémon died.
Once he had bought all the necessities, Zhang Cheng hailed a taxi and headed for his training destination.
"Sir, could you take me to the Yellow Sand Mountains, please?" Zhang Cheng said politely after getting in.
"Young man, there are a lot of wild Pokémon in the Yellow Sand Mountains. Going alone is very dangerous," the driver warned him kindly.
"I'm a Trainer from the Pokémon School, and I have Pokémon that can fight. Don't worry, sir," Zhang Cheng explained.
"Oh, I see. Then I was worrying for nothing."
Neither of them spoke for the rest of the journey. The driver was competent and stayed focused on the road, unlike some drivers Zhang Cheng had encountered before who chatted nonstop throughout the trip. That posed a safety risk.
Zhang Cheng's destination this time was the Yellow Sand Mountains, an ancient mountain range south of Jiangcheng City with a long history.
Large numbers of Rock-type and Ground-type Pokémon lived in the Yellow Sand Mountains, and their levels tended to be higher, making the area more dangerous than Magnolia Forest.
Zhang Cheng had chosen the Yellow Sand Mountains for his training precisely because the Pokémon here were higher-level and could better help improve his