Chapter 124: Lu Li: Oh No! She’s Here To Steal My Stuff!
After the old man took his leave, Ekaterina, who seemed able to foresee the future, walked in.
“Were you eavesdropping outside?” Lu Li pretended to be surprised as he looked at Ekaterina.
Ekaterina calmly replied, “No, I just knew you were done chatting.”
Ekaterina’s family was very famous in this world. Previously, Lu Li had assumed she was an Ice Type Trainer.
But Lu Li now also remembered that there were Ice Type Pokémon with Psychic Attributes as well.
“Jynx?” Lu Li asked with a strange look in his eyes.
Ekaterina countered, “What’s wrong? As a Breeder, are you one of those people who likes to view Jynx with colored glasses?”
How should he respond to that?
Lu Li could only helplessly change the subject.
After all, Jynx was currently in the other party’s Poké Ball, and he didn’t want to offend a powerful Psychic Type Pokémon for no reason.
“I might have to stay in the Black Market all day today. I need to attend the evening auction.” Lu Li said.
Ekaterina nodded: “No problem, I happen to be attending as well.”
“Are you planning to establish a ranch?” Ekaterina asked, looking at the Tauros in the iron cage.
Lu Li nodded. There was no need to hide this matter.
“The Southern Jiuzhou Region doesn’t have many plains. Even if you want to start a ranch, you can only do a small one. If you really want to do a ranch, you should come to our Great Russia Region. We have vast land and sparse population, making it the most suitable place for building ranches and farms.” Ekaterina took the opportunity to invite him.
“No need, I don’t want to leave my hometown yet.” Lu Li directly refused.
What a joke. In the Jiuzhou Region, he at least had some advantages as a local. Moving to another alliance would be asking for trouble.
Most importantly, the Jiuzhou Alliance’s profit distribution wasn’t saturated yet. Although those noble families had built a wall that commoners couldn’t see, he wasn’t completely without opportunities to rise.
Although positions were limited, the Asian Alliance was opening new cities every year, which was the biggest opportunity.
In terms of strength, the Asian Alliance was almost the strongest among the Five Great Alliances comprehensively.
The European Alliance didn’t have a population advantage and was extremely short on talent, so the expansion of new cities was very slow. If he went to the European Alliance now, with bad luck, he might be thrown into an expansion team as cannon fodder.
Ekaterina wasn’t angry at Lu Li’s refusal; after all, she had long anticipated that he would refuse.
Ekaterina’s eyes darted around, and looking at the Golem in the cage, she suddenly had an idea. Smiling slyly, she asked, “Want a special form Golem? If you beg me, I might consider helping you think of a way.”
Lu Li: “…”
Lu Li couldn’t understand why she was trying so hard to please him. Even though he was very talented in nurturing, it shouldn’t make this young lady act so subservient, right?
If Ekaterina were a novel’s male protagonist, she’d probably be cursed out by readers by now. Wasn’t he just a Breeder side character? Was it worth going this far? Even for a male lead, it wouldn’t be okay, right?
“No need. This Golem is just fine.” Lu Li resisted the temptation and shook his head.
Lu Li was actually a bit tempted by a special form Golem.
After all, Ekaterina’s family was originally an Ice Type Champion noble family, and a special form Golem was an Ice and Psychic Type Pokémon.
Even if he didn’t need a Golem from the Yekaterina Family, he could give it to that girl Bao Bao.
After all, a special form Golem could evolve, and the evolved Ice Doll form was a pretty good Psychic Type Pokémon.
With a base stat total as high as 520, that was absolutely T1 level among Psychic Type Pokémon.
“Alright, I can tell you’re not specifically trying to nurture a Golem.” Ekaterina nodded.
Lu Li asked, “Shall we continue browsing? Or find a place to have lunch?”
“How about going for a cup of coffee?” Ekaterina invited.
As long as Ekaterina didn’t deliberately cause trouble, Lu Li was happy to cooperate with her.
After finding a relatively quiet coffee shop and sitting down, Lu Li began to probe this woman’s intentions.
His intuition as a Cultivator told him that this woman definitely had other secrets on her. She wasn’t just here for tourism.
“Did you really come to this city just for a simple vacation?” Lu Li asked casually.
Qingfeng City wasn’t a particularly famous tourist city, and it held no attraction for Trainers either.
After all, Qingfeng City’s only small Secret Realm was still under official control.
Since she wanted to build their relationship, the best way was definitely to exchange secrets.
Ekaterina was happy to reveal some news that this commoner didn’t know, to draw them closer.
“Have you heard of the Secret Realm legend in the Qingyun Mountain Range?”
Lu Li nodded.
This wasn’t just a legend; he had even confirmed it.
But Lu Li definitely wouldn’t say anything about it.
Ekaterina said, “The legend is real. Deep in the Qingyun Mountain Range, there’s a medium-sized Secret Realm, and it’s said there are traces of Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon inside.”
“Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon?”
Lu Li’s pupils shrank as he looked at Ekaterina in disbelief.
She was just giving him such important news?
“Could it be that as the only Cultivator in this world, I also have a succubus’s special ability?” Lu Li wondered wildly in his mind.
The problem was, even if he really had the ability to turn women into love-struck brains, it wouldn’t be exaggerated to this degree, right?
From yesterday to today, they had only met twice, and the total words they exchanged hadn’t even exceeded 100.
Was it really okay to give it away so eagerly?
“This is news circulating in Elite Trainer circles. What I’m about to say next is internal news from our family.” Ekaterina looked at Lu Li seriously.
“Jynx, please.” Ekaterina whispered.
An invisible Psychic Power instantly enveloped the surroundings.
After confirming that the outside couldn’t eavesdrop, Ekaterina explained, “You should know our family’s ace Pokémon, right?”
Lu Li nodded.
The Yekaterina Family’s ace Pokémon was Kyurem, which wasn’t a secret in the entire Pokémon World.
“Our ancestor’s Kyurem had entered the Divine Realm. It once sensed traces of a kindred in Qingfeng City.
Moreover, our family’s prophecy Pokémon prophesied that the Kyurem that entered the Divine Realm has descendants, and it’s currently in Pokémon Egg form.
That’s the secret reason I came to Qingfeng City. Normally, Pokémon that have entered the Divine Realm rarely produce offspring, let alone a Dragon Type Pokémon like Kyurem.”
Lu Li nodded in realization, but alarms were blaring in his mind.
The Kyurem Ekaterina mentioned—wasn’t it the one he found in the underground ice world?
And she was also after that Pokémon Egg.
Fortunately, even a Psychic Type Pokémon that had entered the Divine Realm couldn’t precisely prophesy another one that had entered the Divine Realm.
So the risk of that Pokémon Egg being exposed was very low. No one would think a small Secret Realm could house a Kyurem that had entered the Divine Realm.
