Chapter 297: A Non-traditional Rainbow Hero?
So exactly who in the Qu Family has taken a liking to Lu Li? It couldn’t possibly be the Fairy Heavenly King Qu Suxin, right?
That joke would be a bit too big.
After helping Lu Li check the ecological park again, Liu Li specifically instructed Lu Li on some precautions, and Lu Li followed behind, fully absorbing everything.
The small ecological park is more of a trial run; if there are results, then a large ecological park can be set up.
Both the Jiuzhou Alliance and the American Alliance have Starter Pokémon, and he even has the official alliance’s Starter Pokémon nurturing data.
Lu Li still had dreams in his heart, namely to build a Pokémon legion that could rival the Jiuzhou Alliance’s Starter Pokémon legion.
Before leaving, Liu Li decided to test Lu Li one more time.
“By the way, how are your Pokémon doing now? Have you been training hard?”
Upon hearing this, Lu Li directly released Tropius and the others.
As an advanced breeder, Liu Li could tell at a glance the changes in these three Pokémon.
After swallowing hard, Liu Li asked incredulously, “Are you sure these three are the previous Charmander?”
Lu Li nodded very seriously.
“You say you nurtured a newborn stage Charmander to Gym Level in less than four months, and it even evolved into Charizard?” Liu Li asked again.
Lu Li still nodded.
Liu Li: “…”
“Lu Li, you didn’t take the wrong path, did you?” Liu Li asked worriedly.
Many evil organizations have ways to quickly boost Pokémon strength, but those methods often have severe side effects—minor ones affect the Pokémon’s potential, major ones even affect the Pokémon’s lifespan.
In this world, those who choose such methods to grow strong are generally cannon fodder, because only cannon fodder have no future and don’t care about the future.
“Absolutely not! Xiao Hong’s current condition is very normal; even its qualification has undergone a transformation.” Lu Li shook his head in denial.
Liu Li gave Lu Li a deep look; now he could confirm his previous guess.
Lu Li had absolutely received the favor of a god, and might even become a divine envoy.
Thinking of this, Liu Li asked seriously, “Lu Li, tell Aunt the truth: are you a divine envoy now?”
Lu Li smiled and nodded.
Liu Li’s pupils contracted, then she let out a heavy breath before asking nervously, “How many people know your identity?”
Lu Li replied, “Quite a few; probably the alliance’s top executives all know about this.”
Qu Suxin and the others thought he was the Ideal Brave, while some of the alliance’s top executives suspected he was the Rainbow Hero, but now he was the trainer of the God of a Thousand Faces, which also counted as a divine envoy.
Even… possibly… the God of Destiny’s envoy.
To be honest, Lu Li was a bit confused himself.
He really couldn’t figure out how Terapagos, as a Terastal star crystal Pokémon, could be the God of Destiny; even stepping back, shouldn’t it be the Star God at the end? Or the Terastal God.
“I really didn’t misjudge you; you are a true favored child of heaven.” Liu Li praised sincerely from the bottom of her heart, genuinely happy for Lu Li.
She was even happy for herself, because her investment had paid off, and the return was terrifyingly huge.
As the saying goes, no comparison, no harm; thinking again of that “good sister” who invested early but jumped ship halfway, Liu Li felt even more smug now.
She, from commoner origin, had actually surpassed the wealthy family miss Jin Fengjiao in judging people.
“Looks like I really don’t need to worry about the Divine Cult coming after you again. In that case, Aunt will head out first.” After saying this, Liu Li bid farewell to Lu Li, rode off on Bidoof, and left Lu Family Village.
Watching Liu Li gradually turn into a black dot and disappear, Yao Yifei, who had been silent beside him, suddenly said, “By the way, I heard a piece of gossip; do you want to hear it?”
“What gossip?” Lu Li looked at Yao Yifei curiously.
“The Aggron that the Lei Family took away was executed not long ago; it was a unilateral announcement from the Lei Family,” Yao Yifei said.
Lu Li frowned and commented, “Aggron did nothing wrong; no matter how you look at it, the Lei Family’s move is a bit stupid.”
Yao Yifei sneered, “In peacetime, this move would indeed be pretty stupid, but now the world is about to descend into chaos, and… the Lei Family’s reputation is already ruined.”
The Lei Family’s Ideal Messenger was taken out, and right at the beginning of this Era of Great Strife; the Lei Family top executives’ mentality had already collapsed.
They originally wanted a grand opening, but ended up with a curtain call; now at least half of the Eighteen Great Attribute Families were secretly mocking the Lei Family.
“What about the Leng Family?” Lu Li asked curiously.
“I don’t know about that,” Yao Yifei shook her head.
“By the way, with the situation so chaotic now, how about having Aunt come back to stay?” Lu Li suggested.
Hearing this, Yao Yifei instantly looked at Lu Li warily.
What are you up to? Do you still want to eat covered rice?
“It’s fine; there won’t be any issues on my mom’s side.” Yao Yifei rejected Lu Li’s suggestion without thinking.
“Alright then.” Lu Li didn’t press further.
Lu Li added, “Wait, I need to head to school to borrow Espeon for a bit.”
This time, Yao Yifei didn’t refuse and directly gave Lu Li Espeon’s Poké Ball.
After arriving at Kyushu University with Espeon, Lu Li specifically sought out the old principal.
Upon reaching the principal’s office and meeting the principal, Lu Li directly asked, “Principal, I’d like to ask: what are the minimum requirements for becoming a Gym Leader in the alliance?”
“Pfft~”
Wen Gongmao spat out the tea he had drunk halfway, exclaiming incredulously, “Don’t tell me you’ve already reached Gym Level.”
Lu Li nodded shyly.
“Hiss~”
Wen Gongmao sucked in a cold breath.
The incredulous Wen Gongmao confirmed again, “You’ve really reached Gym Level?”
“Principal, do you mind if I release my companions here?” Lu Li decided to let facts speak.
Realizing the matter was serious, Wen Gongmao said, “Come with me.”
After saying this, Wen Gongmao turned and entered the bookshelf; watching Wen Gongmao disappear into the bookshelf, Lu Li instantly understood and followed.
Sure enough, there was a secret space inside the bookshelf, and it was a very large secret space.
“Release your Pokémon.” Wen Gongmao urged.
Lu Li nodded, then released Charizard and the others.
“If I remember correctly, this Charizard evolved from your Charmander, right?” Wen Gongmao asked.
Lu Li felt a bit speechless in his heart; wasn’t that obvious?
Suppressing the urge to complain, Lu Li nodded.
“How did you manage a double evolution in less than half a month?” Wen Gongmao asked curiously.
This double evolution meant a true double jump.
Skipping Elite Level directly to Gym Level, skipping Charmeleon directly to Charizard.
This double jump could almost be described as outrageous.
“Could it be a Time Secret Realm?” Wen Gongmao guessed again.
The so-called Time Secret Realm was one where time flow was much faster than in the real world; such secret realms were extremely rare, but they did exist.
If it was a Time Secret Realm, it could nicely explain why Charmander achieved a double jump in just half a month.
But the current problem was…
“No… something’s off; this little dragon’s physical age seems to be less than half a year, not some Time Secret Realm.” Wen Gongmao circled Charizard, observing and muttering.
Charizard exhaled a hot breath from its nose; it was very annoyed by this human constantly eyeing it—that gaze made the Pokémon uncomfortable.
But considering the opponent’s strength, Charizard could only endure silently.
After analyzing for a long time without finding the reason, Wen Gongmao asked again, “Could it be that god made a move?”
Lu Li didn’t deny it this time.
Looking at Lu Li’s tacit admission, Wen Gongmao praised sincerely, “Sometimes luck really outweighs effort.”
Lu Li smiled without speaking, because that was obvious nonsense.
The cheapest thing in the world might be effort; some people strive their whole lifetime just to make ends meet, others strive their whole lifetime only for an accident to turn it all into a joke, like Lian Sheyi’s grandfather.
As for Lu Li’s other two also breaking through to Gym Level this year?
With the pearl of Charmander evolving into Charizard and breaking through to Gym Level leading the way, the other two Pokémon reaching Gym Level didn’t seem strange.
Wen Gongmao said, “With three Gym Level Pokémon, it barely meets the requirements.”
“You want to become a Gym Leader?” Wen Gongmao asked.
Lu Li nodded and said straightforwardly, “My dream has always been to become a Gym Leader and protect one side.”
“You don’t hide your pursuit of power at all,” Wen Gongmao teased with a light laugh.
Lu Li smiled without responding, not even refuting the old man.
People’s pursuits are nothing more than status power, wealth money, beauty.
Seeing Lu Li not refuting him, Wen Gongmao’s heart sank.
“Great,” this generation’s Rainbow Hero pursuing power—Jiuzhou is doomed.
The last Rainbow Hero who did this was that one from the Li Family, and as a result, he was abandoned by Ho-Oh.
The one before that was from the Ji Family, and Ho-Oh still holds a grudge to this day.
If not for that Ji Family one leaving no path for successors, the Li Family one wouldn’t have been abandoned by Ho-Oh.
Now Lu Li was starting to pursue power too, so it was inevitable he’d be abandoned by Ho-Oh again.
Thinking of this, Wen Gongmao, not wanting Lu Li to repeat his predecessor’s mistake, asked earnestly, “Lu Li! What are you pursuing?”
Lu Li: “Power?”
Wen Gongmao: “???”
Eye-opening; is this an atypical Rainbow Hero? Shouldn’t you answer companions? Friendship would work too, or even family.
Rainbow Hero pursuing power? You’re more like an Ideal Brave.
Wen Gongmao, complaining endlessly in his heart, was also stunned by Lu Li’s answer and didn’t know how to respond.
“Besides power?” Wen Gongmao asked persistently.
Lu Li probed, “Eternal life?”
Wen Gongmao: “…”
“Is this really a Rainbow Hero?” Wen Gongmao was speechless.
“Anything else?” The persistent Wen Gongmao asked again.
“Money? Beauty?” Lu Li answered again.
Wen Gongmao fell silent, looking up at the false sky; now even if Lu Li admitted he was the True Brave, he wouldn’t doubt it.
After a long while, Wen Gongmao asked faintly, “Why not your companions?”
Because this was too damn real.
“Ah!” Lu Li looked at Wen Gongmao speechlessly and countered, “Aren’t my companions right by my side? Do I still need to pursue them?”
Wen Gongmao: “…”
“Alright, my question wasn’t clear,” Facing Lu Li’s counter, Wen Gongmao actually breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that’s a Rainbow Hero’s answer.
Rainbow Hero pursuing power and eternal life—what nonsense is that!
“Principal, you don’t want me to become a Gym Leader?” Lu Li probed.
Wen Gongmao nodded: “I think young people should go out and see more.”
Lu Li: “…”
Now Lu Li was almost developing a fear of going out; deities others rarely see in a lifetime, he encounters on every trip out, sometimes even several at once.
Luckily those had decent tempers; the only bad-tempered one was Groudon, but that time nothing happened.
Lu Li shook his head and said, “My luck when going out has always been bad, so I won’t venture out.”
Seeing this, Wen Gongmao didn’t advise further; having lived a long life, he knew exactly what to do.
Never try to make choices for others, even if you think it’s the right one.
Wen Gongmao asked, “So you’re really set on becoming this Gym Leader?”
Lu Li nodded and said, “Actually, I want to be a pioneering Gym Leader.”
Wen Gongmao looked at Lu Li in surprise: “You want to pioneer a new city?”
Lu Li nodded.
“You kid really dare to dream; even top Gym Leaders don’t have ambition like yours,” Wen Gongmao sighed.
A pioneering Gym Leader was equivalent to lord of a city, a true local emperor, like enfeoffing land in ancient times.
“You kid have big ambitions; have you decided where to pioneer the new city?” Wen Gongmao asked curiously.
Lu Li answered decisively: “Deep within the Qingyun Mountain Range!”
“Then I advise you to give up,” Wen Gongmao rolled his eyes at Lu Li.
Pioneering a new city deep in the Qingyun Mountain Range? Which commoner would dare go crazy with you? That place isn’t suitable for human habitation at all.
“If you just want to claim that secret realm deep in the Qingyun Mountain Range for yourself, you can totally build the new city on the outskirts of the Qingyun Mountain Range,” Wen Gongmao complained.
Hearing this, Lu Li smiled and asked, “Can I?”
Wen Gongmao said irritably, “Anyway, it’s more reliable than deep in the Qingyun Mountain Range.”
“Then I’ll leave it to you, Principal.” Lu Li quickly said, not even giving the other a chance to back out.
As a veteran Elder Council member, Wen Gongmao’s right to speak in the alliance was unquestionable; a mere pioneering Gym Leader was nothing.
As long as Wen Gongmao was willing to pull strings, this was almost a sure thing.
“Sigh, you kid are even scheming against me now,” Wen Gongmao rolled his eyes at Lu Li, though he didn’t mind.
Wen Gongmao said, “I can help pull strings, but it will take some time.”
Lu Li quickly smiled obsequiously: “Then I’ll trouble you, Principal.”
“To be honest, your timing isn’t great; you could wait a bit longer. The alliance can’t provide much support right now,” Wen Gongmao sighed.
Lu Li knew Wen Gongmao meant the current situation, but this was exactly what Lu Li was happy to see.
Alliance support didn’t matter anymore; after all, he had Gimmighoul now. For him, the most important thing now was the legal rights that others undervalued the most.
