Mt. Pyre (Three-Quarters Revision)

The restaurant was filled with an air of luxury.

Tetsuya and Xin Xie chatted pleasantly.

It was only through the latter that he learned that the Xianxie Family had originally arisen in Ecruteak City, the historic cultural city of the Johto Region.

Even now,

although the vast majority of the family's businesses and members were in the Hoenn Region,

the Xianxie Family still firmly believed itself to be part of the Johto Region.

This included the education of its descendants and related courses, all of which followed Johto's more traditional approach.

"Only Ecruteak City, with its long history, can accommodate our family's glorious past."

That was what the current family head had said.

But from Tetsuya's perspective as an outsider,

it sounded more like an attempt to gild themselves.

Of course,

they did have some genuine substance.

According to Xin Xie,

their family returned to Ecruteak City every three years to hold ancestral rites.

And thanks to the rapid development of technology and Black Technology in the Pokemon World,

they had never cut off contact with other ancient families—or factions—in Ecruteak City.

The Ascetics of Ecruteak City were undoubtedly among the oldest of them.

"Abbot Mao Jie mentioned you to me many times during our conversations.

"Now that I've met you, you really are just as the abbot said—a remarkably outstanding Trainer."

Xin Xie wore a friendly smile and even poked fun at himself. "At your age, I don't think I'd even made it into the Main Competition of a Regional Conference."

Although he was the family head, he was also a fairly capable Elite Four Level Trainer.

But compared with Tetsuya,

there was still an enormous gap between what the two had achieved at the same age.

Or rather,

even if they battled now,

Xin Xie did not dare