Chapter 83: Grimer Gathering Place And Psychic
“The time has come, gather at nine in the morning, come quickly!”
Looking at the text message in Feixin, Lu Li’s mouth twitched slightly. There was also an unknown shared message below.
Bring the prepared tools, mainly some energy cubes that poison-type Pokémon like to eat and some antidote potions, and finally add a specially made biochemical anti-poison mask.
Riding his beloved Tropius, Lu Li soon arrived in the suburbs of Qingfeng City.
His style wasn’t as high as Yu Lili’s, and he didn’t dare to drive without a license, so he didn’t dare to enter the city center. Fortunately, the location Ai Ke gave was right in the suburbs.
After landing, Lu Li sent a message to Lian Sheyi.
“Have you arrived at Ai Ke’s place yet?”
Lian Sheyi quickly replied, “No, still on the way.”
“Remember to prepare a mask or something like an anti-poison mask.” Lu Li reminded.
Lian Sheyi replied, “Don’t worry, my family has four generations of poison players. I’ve long prepared a special mask.”
While messaging Lian Sheyi and walking, Lu Li soon arrived at the shared location Ai Ke sent.
Lu Li glanced around and frowned, muttering, “No one?”
Just as Lu Li was about to use spiritual power scan on the surroundings, the gray dirt slope not far away suddenly moved, and a gray-faced little kid poked his head out from there.
The blue-haired little kid asked, “Hey! Are you the rookie trainer Ai Ke mentioned?”
At this time, another girl wearing goggles on her head and having pink short hair pressed down the blue-haired kid and scolded, “Bao Bao! We should first observe his.”
After pressing down the blue-haired little girl, the short-haired girl crawled out from behind the dirt slope.
“I’m Wei He, considered Ai Ke’s big sister. He asked me to come here to pick you up.” Wei He introduced himself.
“Bao Bao… Wei He…”
Lu Li was stunned.
He really wanted to ask this sister if they knew a man named Silko.
Suppressing his curiosity, Lu Li smiled and nodded, “Okay, thanks for the trouble.”
Wei He nodded and then said, “You need to wait a bit longer. There’s still one person who hasn’t arrived.”
Lu Li knew the person Wei He was talking about was Lian Sheyi, so he nodded understandingly.
“No problem.” Lu Li once again showed his signature amiable smile.
A smile is the expression most capable of closing the distance between people. Releasing goodwill to others is always right.
Wei He asked straightforwardly, “What stage of normal level are you at now?”
“Late stage, I guess.” Lu Li said, glancing again at the dirt slope behind Wei He.
After answering, Lu Li curiously asked, “If I came from behind the dirt slope, where would you hide?”
“We’d hide behind the reeds over there.” A crisp voice came from behind the dirt slope. The little girl named Bao Bao, holding a very dirty stuffed doll, walked to Wei He’s side.
Wei He introduced, “This is my sister, Bao Bao.”
“Bao Bao? Nice to meet you.” Lu Li smiled and greeted the little kid.
“By the way, are you two blood sisters? Your hair colors seem different.” Lu Li asked curiously.
Wei He rolled her eyes at Lu Li and complained, “The hair is dyed.”
“Is that so?” Lu Li smiled meaningfully and didn’t ask further.
Wei He’s camouflage was completely useless. Lu Li could be sure that Wei He and the others were mixed-race between two different regions, or even possibly between two different alliances.
But how did mixed-race kids end up mixing with Ai Ke and this “group of wild kids”?
Lu Li was quite curious about this, but considering they weren’t that familiar yet, he didn’t inquire further.
“You’re a trainer too, right? You’re going to the Grimer gathering place with us, I suppose?” Lu Li continued to probe.
“Yeah, normal late stage trainer.” Wei He nodded.
“Normal late stage?”
Lu Li looked at Wei He somewhat surprised.
Knowing Lu Li had misunderstood, Wei He explained unhappily, “Don’t be surprised. I’m already 17 years old, not like you geniuses.”
“17 years old…”
Lu Li suddenly understood.
Being able to nurture Pokémon to normal level late stage in one year, Wei He’s talent was indeed excellent, at least on the same level as Lian Sheyi.
But how did such a genius end up in this situation?
Normal level late stage trainers shouldn’t lack work, right?
Bao Bao, holding the tattered doll beside her, explained, “I’m Bao Bao, 12 years old this year.”
17 and 12, the age difference between these two was a bit large.
Lu Li continued to find topics, “Are you a fighting type trainer?”
“Yeah.” Wei He nodded expressionlessly.
While the two were talking, Lian Sheyi, carrying a backpack, also arrived at the destination.
“Hello, hope I didn’t come late.” Lian Sheyi’s cold tone carried a bit of apology.
Wei He couldn’t help but look at Lian Sheyi a few more times, then nodded expressionlessly.
Once everyone was there, Wei He led the way in front, “Follow me.”
The group carefully descended a very steep cliff, went around a long way, and arrived beside a sewage river.
Wei He and Bao Bao had already put on masks. As they got closer to the sewage river at the valley bottom, the stench grew heavier.
The well-prepared Lu Li also put on his anti-poison mask.
Following upstream along the sewage river, Lu Li finally saw Ai Ke waiting for them at the sewer outlet.
Beside Ai Ke was a somewhat sturdy youth, but because of the mask, Lu Li couldn’t see his appearance clearly.
“You finally arrived.”
Because of the mask, Ai Ke’s voice sounded a bit muffled.
Lian Sheyi apologized again, “Sorry to keep you waiting.”
Ai Ke waved indifferently, “That’s my issue. We came specially early.”
Lu Li asked directly, “Tell us about the situation inside.”
With elite level strength, Lu Li was full of confidence at this moment.
“After entering from here, walk about half an hour and you’ll reach the Grimer gathering place. Timing-wise, we can just avoid the time when the Grimers gather.”
Lu Li and Lian Sheyi both nodded.
Ai Ke continued, “Then about distribution, you two and Wei He can prioritize choosing Grimer.”
Lu Li listened and glanced at Wei He.
Wei He chimed in beside him, “We three can prioritize based on strength order. The king Grimer Pokémon egg can be transferred to you at a low price.”
Lu Li nodded to show no objection, after all, this distribution method was advantageous to him.
Lian Sheyi glanced at Lu Li, then nodded to show no objection.
“Since that’s the case, let’s go.” Seeing the three had discussed, Ai Ke led the way in front.
The sewer environment was extremely harsh: cold, damp, rotten, and stinking.
Lu Li was quite curious how Ai Ke and the others discovered this place. After all, who drills into sewers for no reason?
Lu Li asked curiously, “How did you discover the Grimer gathering place back then?”
“I guessed there were Grimer in the sewer. Originally, we just wanted to track Grimer and see if we could steal Pokémon eggs, then we had an unexpected gain.” Ai Ke explained.
Lu Li suddenly understood. It was because Ai Ke and the others wanted Grimer that they discovered the Grimer gathering place.
Once this sequence was clear, many things made sense.
Ai Ke added, “This time we’re mainly stealing. Only rob if we have to, and make it quick.”
Everyone nodded.
After nearly half an hour more, the group finally arrived at the destination.
“The Grimer gathering place is at the corner ahead.” Ai Ke explained.
Some people carefully approached the corner and curiously peeked.
The Grimer gathering place was in a corner of the sewer, piled full of black sludge that looked very viscous.
Lu Li felt a chill just thinking about stepping on it to get the Pokémon eggs on top.
Several Grimer were slowly crawling in the black sludge. Lu Li observed through his spiritual eye technique that this group of Grimer’s strength was only novice level.
If they grabbed the things and ran before the adult Grimer reacted, the operation should go smoothly, since it was a strength crush.
Ai Ke explained beside them, “That sludge is very soft and especially deep. You’ll sink in if you step on it, so going straight over to grab is the stupidest.”
Hearing this, Lu Li finally understood why Ai Ke still called them over.
“Bao Bao is a psychic. She can use spiritual power to retrieve the eggs from the sludge, but it takes time.” Wei He said beside them.
Hearing this, Lian Sheyi incredulously stared at the blue-haired little kid. Even Lu Li looked at Bao Bao somewhat surprised. No wonder this 12-year-old little kid Bao Bao was brought along; this was the purpose.
And a psychic…
Lu Li became even more curious about this pair of sisters’ identities.
Qingfeng City was considered a first-tier city in the Jiuzhou Region, but in the vast Qingfeng City, there wasn’t even a single psychic on the surface. This alone showed how rare psychics were.
Translated to the cultivation world, Bao Bao was a proper heavenly spiritual root, the kind of once-in-ten-million cultivation genius.
Thinking of this, Lu Li couldn’t help but glance at Bao Bao.
For a moment, Lu Li suddenly had the urge to abduct a loli.
A psychic, and only 12 years old—this was a proper gym seedling, even a heavenly king seedling.
Strangers might not be trustworthy, but one nurtured from childhood surely would be?
“Unfortunately, a bit too old.” Lu Li sighed inwardly.
Lian Sheyi asked calmly, “So how should we do it?”
For the Grimer Pokémon eggs, Lian Sheyi was determined to get them, after all, Grimer really suited him as a poison-type trainer.
“Bao Bao uses psychic power to retrieve the eggs. We’re not sure how many Pokémon eggs are there, but try not to take more than 12, since we only have two hands.
And if we take all the Pokémon eggs, the Grimer here might riot.” Ai Ke arranged.
Hearing this, Lu Li’s mouth twitched crookedly.
Twelve…
The naturally evil Ai Ke kid was ruthless.
From the number of Grimer, eight Pokémon eggs there would be lucky.
Considering there was a psychic nearby, Lu Li carefully used spiritual power scan on that side.
1, 2, 3, 4…
A total of nine Pokémon eggs. Taking them all was definitely impossible.
While Lu Li was carefully using spiritual power scan, Bao Bao, sensing the similar aura, looked at Lu Li with her pale blue eyes, her little face full of excitement.
Bao Bao’s little face flushed with excitement, muttering inwardly, “Cool~ This handsome big brother is actually a psychic too!”
