Chapter 146: Ai Ke And The Farm’s Destiny
The infrastructure of the Jiuzhou Region can almost be said to lead the world. Things like public telephones exist in every small town, and even some villages have them.
The possibility of lacking communication tools can almost be directly ruled out.
Lu Li had always been more inclined to believe that those people had met with accidents.
A 16-year-old youth taking a Normal Level Pokémon out for adventure is theoretically no problem at all, because the roads between every city are regularly cleared by Alliance personnel.
But some people with ideas generally won’t take the highways built by the Alliance, but will set out from the wilderness instead.
The dangers of the wilderness are imaginable; even Lu Li, with Elite Level strength, wouldn’t dare say that no accidents could happen to him in the wilderness.
Not to mention those commoners who haven’t received education and have no cheats.
“Why is there such a thing as training trips? Ai Ke, why don’t you stop them?” Wei asked indignantly.
The South American Alliance doesn’t have training trips, and the reason is simple: its main system is gang rule. Everyone is busy fighting for territory, so how could they think of going out for a stroll?
Among the Five Great Alliances, only the Asian Alliance, European Alliance, and North American Alliance have the custom of training trips.
Ai Ke asked back with a face full of bitterness: “What reason should I use to stop them from pursuing their dreams?”
Under the Alliance’s deliberate promotion, almost every youth who wants to become a trainer yearns to go out and venture.
Because the wilderness has everything.
Wealth, Pokémon, miracles…
The vast wilderness and secret realms can accommodate everyone’s dreams.
Ai Ke said softly: “For us commoners, going out to travel, if you’re not well-behaved, it’s nine deaths and one life, but to gamble for a better future, most commoners actually won’t choose to be well-behaved; otherwise, they wouldn’t choose to go out traveling.”
If it weren’t for taking care of his siblings, he would also choose to go out traveling.
As a trainer, staying fixed in one place is destined to achieve nothing.
Because they are commoners, staying fixed in one place means they can’t access upper-level knowledge or accidents, and accidents often come with danger and opportunity.
“Since that’s the case, why doesn’t your Alliance ban this?” Wei couldn’t help asking.
Lu Li interjected: “Because it can’t be banned, and it shouldn’t be banned.”
For ordinary people in this world to achieve class leap, the only way is to become a powerful trainer.
And in this world, the only way for ordinary people to become powerful trainers is to go out traveling and see if they can find their own opportunity.
If you ban ordinary people from traveling, it’s equivalent to completely sealing off the upward path for ordinary people.
This world does have universities, but those ordinary Pokémon universities really have no resources, while the top universities aren’t something ordinary people can get into.
Most importantly, as a trainer, the knowledge needed to learn is actually quite limited; trainer is a profession where talent matters more than effort.
As long as a trainer’s talent is outstanding enough, equipping them with a breeder can make up for all shortcomings.
This is also why so many people set out on journeys without hesitation.
New trainers who just got their Pokémon always think their talent is amazing and that they will be the one to stand out among thousands of ordinary people.
It’s human nature!
“There are at least 10 million traveling trainers every year. As long as one or two Heavenly Kings come out of these 10 million people, even if the rest die, it’s worth it.” Lu Li expressionlessly described the cruelty of this world.
In this extraordinary world, ordinary people are sometimes really just a string of bloody data.
A Heavenly King Level trainer is equivalent to a walking nuclear bomb. Like Qingfeng City, before Yu Zhonggang became a Heavenly King, a Heavenly King Level trainer could directly destroy this city.
And Qingfeng City’s population, just in the city center, exceeds 2 million.
Wei fell silent, then looked at Ai Ke with some pity.
If it weren’t for Lu Li, she might have chosen to go out traveling in the end and died quietly in some corner.
Wei knew her own personality; to become stronger, she would definitely venture into the wilderness.
Unlike now…
Thinking of this, Wei couldn’t help but lightly touch the three Poké Balls hanging at her waist.
Leaving aside Kubfu, just Machop and Charmander were enough to make her pledge complete loyalty to Lu Li.
Especially Charmander, which is the extravagant hope of all commoners.
Now she could happily live in a luxurious villa, enjoying the top resources; all of this was given by Lu Li.
“So, after saying all that, are you willing to sell your life to me?” Lu Li asked with a serious expression.
Ai Ke looked at Lu Li extremely seriously and said: “My life is still useful, but I am willing to pledge loyalty to you and not betray you.”
Lu Li asked again: “I will place a special curse seal in your mind. If you betray me, this curse seal will take your life. Do you still agree now?”
“Do it!”
Ai Ke gritted his teeth and nodded.
Although Lu Li didn’t specify the benefits, before coming, Wei had already told him.
It had been two months, and the other party had found Machop and Charmander for Wei, especially Charmander, which is a Starter Pokémon!
Daily resources were even more unnecessary to mention; Wei said her Pokémon were fed the top-level energy cubes every day. For such treatment, Ai Ke previously wouldn’t have dared to even think about it.
Because up to now, his Poochyena had only eaten energy cubes twice.
Ai Ke didn’t dare hope for more; as long as his benefits were half as good as Wei’s, it would be enough—even one-third would do, or if not, one-tenth would be fine.
Lu Li placed the curse seal on Ai Ke.
“From now on, you are my confidant.” Lu Li said solemnly.
Lu Li didn’t plan to place curse seals on Ai Ke’s two companions; after all, not just anyone deserves a curse seal.
Of course, Ai Ke’s two companions definitely couldn’t enjoy Ai Ke’s benefits either.
“From now on, I will provide your Pokémon with the highest quality energy cubes, a secret family energy cube recipe.
The effect of this energy cube far exceeds the top energy cubes on the market. Next is the salary issue. Wei doesn’t take a salary; when she needs money, she usually asks me for it.
But you’re different. Considering you still have to support a group of siblings, I can give you a monthly salary of 10,000.”
Lu Li paused here, then quietly watched Ai Ke’s reaction.
There was no dissatisfaction on Ai Ke’s face, only gratitude.
Satisfied with Ai Ke’s reaction, Lu Li continued: “Finally, the Pokémon issue. You’re planning to go the Dark Attribute path, right?”
Ai Ke nodded hurriedly, his face full of excitement.
He had already guessed what Lu Li was going to say next.
Excited heart, trembling hands.
Strongly resisting the urge to bow his head, Ai Ke said: “Although there are no Starter Pokémon in the Dark Attribute, I firmly believe in the power of the Dark Attribute.”
Lu Li nodded. The Dark Attribute doesn’t have a great reputation among the eighteen attributes, but no one has ever questioned its power.
“If you choose the Dark Attribute path, I’ll prepare your next Pokémon for you. What Pokémon egg do you want?” Lu Li asked directly.
After saying that, Lu Li added: “By the way, there’s something I need to explain to you: the Dark Attribute does have a Starter Pokémon. Greninja is the unique Starter Pokémon of the Yamato Region.”
Hearing this, Ai Ke’s eyes lit up, his face full of desire.
“I can’t get a Greninja Pokémon egg.” Lu Li directly shattered Ai Ke’s dream.
He might still think of a way for Froakie, but he really had no way to get a Froakie Pokémon egg.
Ai Ke said: “Then Delibird. Or Krookodile is fine too.”
Lu Li nodded.
Neither of these Pokémon are particularly rare, though somewhat uncommon, but their final base stat totals are quite good.
Any Pokémon with a base stat total over 500 is a very good Pokémon.
Lu Li arranged further: “For residence, in a couple of days, I’ll have someone rebuild Golden Chicken Village. It will become employee dorms then, and you can live there with your siblings.”
Ai Ke nodded.
“Also, keep an eye on that group of children as much as possible. This place is close to the Qingyun Mountain Range, and the wilderness is still very dangerous.” Lu Li reminded again.
Bratty kids can do anything, so Lu Li was giving a preemptive “vaccination” to avoid having to take the blame if something happened.
“Yes, I’ll keep them in check. They absolutely won’t leave the scope of Golden Chicken Village.” Ai Ke guaranteed hurriedly.
Just like that, Lu Li had gained another great general.
Ai Ke’s trainer talent is definitely good; even if not as good as top geniuses, his talent is at least on the same level as Lian Sheyi.
If resources keep up, with a bit of nurturing, Ai Ke is definitely Heavenly King material in the future.
Of course, Heavenly King potential and actual Heavenly King are two different concepts. These days, Heavenly King potentials who fall early are all too common.
But as long as Ai Ke can endure the boredom and is willing to stay here and develop steadily, Lu Li thinks the probability of him becoming a Heavenly King is quite high.
Especially with the aid of pills, their Pokémon have almost no bottlenecks before Heavenly King Level. By then, once Ai Ke and Wei advance to Heavenly King, he can start developing his power outward.
After sending Ai Ke away, Lu Li entered study mode again.
The Flying Heavenly King’s breeding notes still had a lot of valuable content. Lu Li even found a method to make an item inside.
This was definitely a pleasant surprise.
“Those politicians at least acted humanely; they didn’t erase this recipe.” Lu Li looked at the recipe in his hand and sighed deeply.
Instant Feather.
This item’s effect is very interesting. When a Pokémon holds the Instant Feather, it can increase the speed of releasing skills.
If used as a one-time consumable, the Instant Feather’s effect is to increase the Pokémon’s base speed stat points.
The Instant Feather is among the highest tier even among all Pokémon items.
How precious the Instant Feather’s recipe is goes without saying; it could completely be used as a family’s inheritance craft.
After closing the notebook, Lu Li sighed again: “Flying Heavenly King Ling Kong… so generous!”
