Chapter 211: Great Omen Of Misfortune!
Hearing this, Yao Yifei speechlessly rolled her eyes at Lu Li.
Strictly speaking, the Ability development technique of Flareon actually counts as its Secret Technique. This guy Lu Li really isn’t polite at all.
“You really don’t treat me like an outsider,” Yao Yifei complained.
Lu Li pretended to be surprised as he looked at Yao Yifei and countered, “Huh? Aren’t you my wife?”
Yao Yifei: “???”
In ancient times in the Jiuzhou Region, “inner person” was a husband’s term of address for his wife.
Yao Yifei happened to have some knowledge about this aspect.
“You this guy…”
Yao Yifei rolled her eyes at Lu Li, but she wasn’t angry.
Yao Yifei actually quite enjoyed this ambiguous relationship. Of course, this was person-specific and a unique treatment that only Lu Li had.
“No more chit-chat with you.” After saying that, Yao Yifei nodded at the Espeon beside her.
A purple radiance flashed in Espeon’s eyes, and the group instantly disappeared from the spot.
When they reappeared, they were already inside the volcano.
In the scalding magma, several Fire-type Pokémon were swimming freely.
Larvesta?
Lu Li curiously looked at the Larvesta in the magma.
Larvesta isn’t an outstanding Pokémon; it’s the kind that polarizes—its strengths are truly strong, but its weaknesses are truly fatal.
“If you want to capture a Pokémon, Espeon sensed a Magmar tribe nearby. You can consider it,” Yao Yifei reminded from the side.
Magmar is one of the Pokémon that has benefited the most from human technological progress.
Magmar’s base stat total was originally only 490, not even breaking through the 500 mark, but during human technological advancement, the Magma Amplifier was invented.
Thus, Magmar underwent a magnificent transformation, evolving into Magmortar with a base stat total as high as 540.
What concept is 540?
Charizard’s base stat total is only 534.
Among Fire-type Pokémon, the popularity of Magmar is almost comparable to Charmander.
“I already said, I’m not here to capture Pokémon,” Lu Li rejected Yao Yifei’s suggestion.
He already had four Pokémon now and wasn’t in a hurry to nurture new ones.
“Next, you can wander around nearby because I’m about to enter work mode soon, and it might last quite a while,” Lu Li gave Yao Yifei advance “warning.”
After all, once he entered Steel Refining state, it would be high-intensity work, and it wouldn’t be good to be disturbed then.
Yao Yifei nodded.
She knew Lu Li always liked doing inexplicable things, so she didn’t ask more. Instead, she crossed her arms with an expression like “I’m watching your performance.”
Lu Li first took out the Smelting Furnace from his Storage Ring.
After throwing out the Smelting Furnace, it grew with the wind. The furnace, originally only the size of a fishing net, instantly became a colossal object ten meters tall and about five meters wide.
“Hm?”
Yao Yifei looked on in shock at this magic-trick-like method.
The furnace isn’t a Pokémon, and there are no Pokémon Items in the world that can release Pokémon Skills.
“That guy… really keeps refreshing my worldview one time after another!” Yao Yifei softly exclaimed in admiration.
“But this guy really doesn’t treat me like an outsider,” Yao Yifei happily thought to herself.
Lu Li dared to do this kind of thing right in front of her, which showed he truly treated her as his wife.
The Smelting Furnace refines Steel Essence using magma mainly to substitute for Fire Control Technique. Otherwise, with his Qi Refining Layer 1 cultivation level, even draining him dry wouldn’t succeed in refining Steel Essence.
Next was to put steel into the Smelting Furnace and use Divine Sense to control the steel inside for continuous purification and extraction.
At first, Yao Yifei watched with great interest from the side, but as time passed, she inevitably felt bored.
After all, to outsiders, Lu Li was just sitting by the huge Smelting Furnace, continuously putting in steel, then continuously taking out something like Liquid Metal.
“I’ll go check out the surroundings. It’s really quite boring staying here with you,” Yao Yifei said, then gently patted the head of the Espeon beside her.
When Yao Yifei left, she didn’t bring Flareon, instead leaving Flareon here to teach Charmander how to develop its Ability.
The Larvesta in the magma had already quietly crawled away. After all, a colossal object had suddenly appeared above the magma. With the Pokémon’s vigilance, they didn’t dare linger in this crater anymore.
As for the local Pokémon of this volcano?
Espeon hadn’t just used Spiritual Power Scan on the surroundings earlier; it had also used Psychic to warn the Pokémon tribe living in this crater.
Otherwise, Lu Li’s behavior of directly occupying a crater would definitely attract a large group of Pokémon to attack.
After all, in the wilderness, the vast majority of Pokémon have territory awareness.
……….
Young Master Shen, who was 29 this year, had rich romantic experience. Although he had never left Deep Gray City in his life, he had been in quite a few relationships.
Even now, Young Master Shen still had four girlfriends, the kind willing to have children for him.
Young Master Shen knew deeply that if he wanted to pursue Yao Yifei, there was only one way: simping! Hardcore simping.
But simping also required technique. First, he couldn’t simp too deeply emotional, as that would make the goddess feel cheap. Nor could he simp too casually, as that would make her feel a lack of sincerity.
Moreover, he couldn’t be too shamelessly persistent, or the girl would get annoyed, so grasping this degree was very important.
Young Master Shen only pondered for a moment, and his extraordinary wisdom told him that the best method was actually a “chance encounter.”
And this chance encounter had to have drama and positive effects.
Thinking of this, Young Master Shen decided to seek help from the Overlord Mawile of Mid Gray City.
As for why he was so confident that Overlord Mawile would help him?
Because the Shin Family had always maintained a benefit exchange relationship with the Mawile tribe. In fact, most Overlords in controlled secret realms cooperated with outside humans.
Adventurous youth chased by Secret Realm Overlord, beautiful celebrity saves the hero, hero pursues the beauty relentlessly out of gratitude.
Look at this excuse, look at this reason.
If successful, it could even add a bond of shared hardship, possibly even triggering the suspension bridge effect.
And so, Young Master Shen cheerfully arrived at the territory of Overlord Mawile.
As soon as Young Master Shen entered the territory, the Overlord Mawile leader sensed him.
As a Gym Level Trainer after all, to protect his tribe from harm, Overlord Mawile took the initiative to find Young Master Shen.
“Human… what is your purpose in coming to my territory!” Overlord Mawile demanded coldly.
That Overlord Mawile could speak human language didn’t surprise Young Master Shen, because he had come here with his father as a child and heard this Overlord Mawile speak with his own ears.
“Hello, respected Secret Realm Overlord. I am Young Master Shen, heir of the Shin Family. I came here to make a transaction with you,” Young Master Shen said respectfully.
Overlord Mawile didn’t reply, instead staring fixedly at him—or more precisely, at his wrist.
Fairy Gem!
A flash of excitement and desire passed through Overlord Mawile’s eyes.
Noticing Overlord Mawile’s gaze, Young Master Shen inwardly cried out “oh no.”
He subtly pulled down his sleeve to cover the bracelet on his wrist, then cautiously asked, “Respected Overlord, what do you think of the transaction?”
“No matter what the transaction is, I want the Fairy Gem on your wrist,” Overlord Mawile said coldly.
Young Master Shen naturally couldn’t agree. Leaving aside that Pokémon Secret Treasures were priceless, he was planning to trade this Fairy Gem for other attribute secret treasures—how could he use it as a transaction item?
He might really like Yao Yifei a lot, but not to the point of paying such a huge price, especially when success wasn’t guaranteed.
If he could 100% win her over, he’d trade the Fairy Gem, but what if he failed? Wouldn’t that be losing the wife and the soldiers?
In almost an instant, Young Master Shen made a judgment based on his situation.
It seemed this transaction didn’t necessarily require mutual agreement.
Thinking of this, Young Master Shen sneered directly, “Want the Fairy Gem? Come and grab it if you have the ability!”
After saying that, Young Master Shen directly released Archeops.
As a Rock-type Trainer, finding a suitable Flying-type Pokémon for himself was quite difficult, so Young Master Shen could only make do with Archeops.
Jumping onto Archeops’ back, Young Master Shen directly ordered, “Archeops, run fast, head toward the Volcanic Zone.”
Receiving the Trainer’s command, Archeops didn’t dare hesitate and ran straight toward the distance.
After a short run-up, Archeops barely managed to take flight.
Seeing this, Overlord Mawile’s facial expression changed. How could it let go of a Fairy Gem delivered right to its mouth?
As for whether robbing the Fairy Gem would offend the Shin Family? With the Fairy Gem, it could break through to Heavenly King level. Forget offending the Shin Family—even offending the Alliance wouldn’t scare it.
Moreover, even without breaking through, as an Overlord Pokémon, it wasn’t afraid of the Shin Family either. So… it was determined to grab this Fairy Gem today.
Overlord Mawile quickly chased after Archeops, but since Archeops was a Flying-type Pokémon, even if its strength was lower, its flight speed was still faster.
Sitting on Archeops’ back, Young Master Shen excitedly watched the pursuing Overlord Mawile.
Everything was as he expected. As a Gym Leader, Yao Yifei couldn’t possibly stand by and let someone die.
Young Master Shen excitedly watched the increasingly near Volcanic Zone.
Getting in… closer and closer.
Watching Archeops getting farther and farther away, Overlord Mawile finally couldn’t hold back.
While chasing, Overlord Mawile didn’t forget to spew blazing flames from its huge mouth. The flames traced dazzling arcs in the air, heading straight for Young Master Shen and Archeops.
Flamethrower nearly grazed past Young Master Shen’s scalp.
“Flamethrower? You’re a Steel plus Fairy Type, damn it.” Young Master Shen, scared nearly out of his wits, cursed and complained.
The risk of this plan seemed higher than he imagined. That move from Overlord Mawile just now was absolutely aimed at taking his life.
Young Master Shen tightly grabbed Archeops’ feathers and urgently shouted, “Fly faster, fly faster! We can’t let it catch us!”
Archeops also gave its all, flapping its wings faster and faster, wishing its parents had given it two more pairs of wings. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a Flying-type Pokémon skilled at flight to begin with.
Overlord Mawile was like a maggot on the bone, impossible to shake off. Ruthless light flickered in its eyes, and the greed in them grew stronger.
At this critical moment, a graceful figure suddenly blocked Young Master Shen’s path forward.
“No passage ahead,” Yao Yifei said coldly.
“Miss Yao, perfect!”
Seeing Yao Yifei, Young Master Shen felt like he had found his savior.
“The Overlord Mawile behind has gone mad; it wants to rob my Fairy Gem,” Young Master Shen shouted loudly.
Hearing this, Yao Yifei’s eyes flickered. Actually, she also wanted Young Master Shen’s Fairy Gem.
“How many Gym Level Pokémon do you have?” Yao Yifei asked directly.
Hearing this, Young Master Shen’s expression lit up with joy. He knew his plan had succeeded.
“Three! I have a total of three Gym Level Pokémon,” Young Master Shen hurriedly answered.
Hearing that Young Master Shen had three Gym Level Pokémon, Yao Yifei instantly made her decision.
“We’ll team up to repel it,” Yao Yifei said in an unquestionable tone.
Young Master Shen also hurriedly thanked her, “Of course, thank you for your help. It’s an honor to fight side by side with you.”
Yao Yifei didn’t say more and released all the Pokémon she had with her.
First were three Gym Level ones from the Eevee family, as well as the first-tier Gym Level Pokémon.
Seeing the six Gym Level Pokémon suddenly appear on the scene, the admiration in Young Master Shen’s eyes deepened.
What talent this was—only 26 years old and already with so many Gym Level Pokémon. Though their types were a bit mixed, her strength was the real deal.
Seeing Young Master Shen still dazed there, Yao Yifei asked discontentedly, “What are you standing there for?”
Coming back to his senses, Young Master Shen hurriedly released his Guardian Spirit. Among Young Master Shen’s three Gym Level Pokémon, the strongest had reached Gym Level Late Stage.
Looking at that Gym Level Late Stage Aggron, a trace of disdain flashed in Yao Yifei’s eyes. She could tell at a glance that Aggron’s potential was exhausted.
For Young Master Shen to break through to Heavenly King before 30, the possibility was almost zero—maybe this was it for his life.
They were actually in the same boat, the difference being that she had exhausted her potential early due to nurturing Pokémon with too mixed attributes, while Young Master Shen simply lacked the talent.
There was an essential difference between these two.
Battle was imminent: one side nine Gym Level Pokémon with Trainer commands, the other a Secret Realm Overlord with Gym Level Late Stage strength.
The gap between the two sides wasn’t large.
……….
Lu Li in the volcano suddenly frowned.
Vaguely, a premonition told him that staying here might bring danger.
“What’s going on?”
Lu Li couldn’t continue refining Steel Essence. Standing up, he took out a Turtle Shell from his Storage Ring.
Divination.
Three Ancient Copper Coins landed.
“Fish in the pond affected by the calamity? Great Omen of Misfortune?”
Lu Li raised his brows looking at the divination result.
This isn’t scientific—or more accurately, not metaphysical.
It was just a small secret realm. With Yao Yifei there, why would he encounter danger?
