Palmer's advice seemed to give Yong a new direction to pursue.
Having achieved a perfect advancement to Gym Class, he had reached the point where he needed to consider his future path. Even though Steelix and Swampert had already thrown open the gates to the Elite Four level-and had even traveled a considerable distance along that road-there were differences between Elite Four trainers, just as there were differences between ordinary Gym Class and perfect Gym Class trainers!
That gap existed not only between trainers who had achieved perfect advancement, but also between the Pokémon on their teams!
"Force Domain power" was the hallmark of Gym Class strength, while incorporating a "Force Domain" into oneself and developing a compatible Fusion Technique Skill was a means of continually exploring one's own path!
A slightly lesser, but still effective, approach was to apply "Force Domain power" to the moves themselves.
However, both approaches ultimately led to the same destination. Their final goal was to open the gateway to the realm of the Elite Four-in other words, to comprehend an "energy origin"!
Only by truly mastering oneself, developing one's energy to its utmost limits, and entering the realm of "origins" could one continue onward!
The Elite Four level was a process of constantly drawing closer to an "energy origin" and exploring it more deeply!
It was like a highway!
Though everyone traveled the same road, some had only just left the starting point, while others sped ahead and had long since neared the finish!
What Steelix and Swampert lacked now was simply levels!
Having already mastered the power of an "energy origin," they would naturally enter the Elite Four level once their levels were high enough! When that happened, Yong would be able to call himself an Elite Four-level trainer.
Yet, although Steelix and