It worked!
Tong Hua picked up the wand, warm and smooth to the touch, with faint currents of watery light and electricity flowing through it, and nodded in satisfaction.
Although its quality was still D-rank, this wand had yet to have a gem socketed into it.
"Since the Information Panel specifically mentioned Water Element, a Water Stone must be a good fit for it.
"But before that-"
As Tong Hua picked up the Ashwood Wand in his right hand, he rummaged through the bag beside him with his left and took out the Leather Grimoire.
A book in his left hand, a wand in his right.
"Now I really am a Humanoid Pokémon, huh? I can fight and heal!"
Holding the book in his left hand and gripping the wand in his right, Tong Hua struck a pose he thought looked very cool.
The pages turned without any wind, giving off a faint magical glow that echoed the watery light swirling at the wand's tip.
He tried channeling a faint thread of aura into it, and a small, clear ball of water immediately gathered at the tip of the wand, gently bobbing as though alive.
At the same time, the standard-issue Shiny Stone socketed into the Leather Grimoire glowed faintly, and a gentle energy with a healing quality lingered between its pages.
"Feels pretty good-" Tong Hua hefted his new equipment in satisfaction. "Though I probably won't have much chance to use it, not needing it is one thing, but not having it is out of the question!"
Tong Hua tried waving the wand and suddenly discovered that it seemed to have another rather practical function.
"All the Water Element in the air has been drawn over. Doesn't that mean I could use it as a dehumidifier?"
His thinking was