Chapter 164: Are Humans Pokémon?
The scene Bao Bao anticipated did not appear. After Princess Yekaterina started speaking, she did not say anything more afterward.
Yao Yifei also did not pay any more attention to the other party.
After all, they were not from the same circle. Neither side intended to get to know the other deeply. If not for Lu Li, they would not have any interaction in their lifetime.
After an eerie silence, perhaps feeling she should declare her sovereignty, Yao Yifei took the initiative to ask, “Is Princess Yekaterina here for tourism?”
“If I said I was here for tourism, would you believe me?” Princess Yekaterina gave Yao Yifei a speechless glance.
This woman was doing it on purpose, right?
What state was she in when they met during the day? Could this woman not know?
Would tourism turn a person into that state? Even if probing, you should use your brain a bit?
Princess Yekaterina felt this woman was insulting her intelligence. Perhaps… this woman was really that stupid? Truly thinking her probe was flawless?
“So what in the deep within the Qingyun Mountain Range Secret Realm could attract a being like you?” Yao Yifei probed impassively.
“Exactly, and that young master of the Leng Family is currently in that secret realm too. I’ve even fought him. Do you want to join in the fun?” Princess Yekaterina retorted.
Hearing this, Yao Yifei became even more curious.
What could cause these two families to compete? Yao Yifei asked curiously, “Now I’m even more curious. What exactly is in the Qingyun Mountain Range Secret Realm that’s so good that it could cause a clash between the world’s two strongest Ice Type noble families.”
“A Master Level Pokémon egg, but the news was fake. We both came up empty.” Princess Yekaterina said casually, looking completely unconcerned about the matter.
The reason she said the intelligence was fake was that she did not want the Qingyun Mountain Range Secret Realm to attract too much attention.
After hearing this, Yao Yifei nodded. She was not interested in Ice Type Pokémon; she was simply curious what these two families were fighting over.
Yao Yifei reminded meaningfully, “This time period is quite sensitive. Coming to the Jiuzhou Region at this time makes it easy to get implicated.”
Knowing the other party was pointing at her, Princess Yekaterina said expressionlessly, “After the Grand Festival ends, I should be going back.”
“So… what exactly is your relationship with Lu Li? You even stayed specifically to watch his match.”
Yao Yifei stared curiously at Princess Yekaterina’s face, trying to find the answer on it.
Even Bao Bao nearby pricked up her ears to eavesdrop. She was quite curious about the relationship between Lu Li and Princess Yekaterina.
“Friends.”
Princess Yekaterina answered extremely straightforwardly.
Yao Yifei was not satisfied with this answer. Just as she was about to say something, Princess Yekaterina added, “It could also be more than friends.”
Yao Yifei: “!!!”
Yao Yifei looked at the blonde, blue-eyed foreign woman in front of her with full shock. She even thought she had misheard.
Do you even hear what you’re saying?
Yao Yifei had always thought Lu Li might be Princess Yekaterina’s kept man, but she never imagined Princess Yekaterina was pursuing Lu Li.
Could this be the legendary eat hard rice?
Yao Yifei, not knowing what to say, could only awkwardly compliment, “Then you have good taste.”
Princess Yekaterina nodded proudly: “My taste has always been good.”
“This woman doesn’t think I’m praising her, does she?”
Seeing Princess Yekaterina actually happy, Yao Yifei felt somewhat speechless inside.
But what she was more curious about was what charm Lu Li had to eat hard rice to this extent.
The meaning revealed in Princess Yekaterina’s words clearly indicated she was pursuing Lu Li, but Lu Li had not agreed.
It sounded absurd just hearing it.
………..
Lu Li in the kitchen finally finished cooking the dishes. After he brought them to the table, Yao Yifei, who tasted a bite of the delicacy, instantly understood Princess Yekaterina.
Doubt.
Understand.
Then become Princess Yekaterina.
This process took Yao Yifei less than a minute.
“Such deliciousness, is this really a delicacy that should appear in this world?” Yao Yifei exclaimed with dazed eyes.
If her man had this culinary skill, marriage seemed acceptable.
Princess Yekaterina also looked at Yao Yifei somewhat puzzled. Lu Li’s cooking was indeed delicious, but not to this extent.
Yao Yifei clearly looked like she had been drugged.
Princess Yekaterina lightly kicked Lu Li with her foot, then whispered accusingly, “You didn’t add anything to the food, did you?”
Lu Li: “…”
Dissatisfied with his culinary skill being questioned, Lu Li pointed to several bowls of dishes and introduced, “It’s the ingredients. Don’t slander me. This time’s ingredients are all rare ones. Look at this beef; this is Tauros imitation beef. And this rib; this is Slowpoke’s tail.”
“Imitation meat? Why eat imitation meat? Didn’t you buy several Tauros?”
Princess Yekaterina was instantly led astray.
Lu Li: “…”
“Big Sister, eating Tauros is illegal.” Lu Li gave Princess Yekaterina a glance.
I, Lu Li, am a law-abiding good youth.
“Laws only restrict ordinary people.” Princess Yekaterina said meaningfully.
Hearing this, Lu Li chose silence.
Of course he knew this, but Lu Li did not want to kill certain Pokémon for appetite.
Although he ate dog meat in his previous life and liked it a lot, dogs and Pokémon are two different species.
Just like Tauros; its intelligence is much higher than a dog’s, about the same as a child without enlightenment education. Precisely because of this, Lu Li disliked killing a Pokémon for appetite.
Seeing Lu Li silent, Princess Yekaterina’s mouth corners curved up slightly.
From Lu Li’s performance, he was absolutely a qualified Reserve Ideal Messenger.
In the previous generation’s Truth Contest, the Ideal Messenger pursued an ideal world of equality for all things, advocating that Pokémon and humans are the same species, not master-servant, even hoping Poké Balls would disappear as an item.
What the True Messenger pursued was similar to now. In the Truth Contest, if there was truly a victor, the True Brave should be it.
Because he protected the current reality, preventing the Ideal Messenger from creating that ideal world.
In Princess Yekaterina’s view, Lu Li had standard Ideal Messenger thinking, because Lu Li saw Pokémon and humans as the same species.
In fact, Lu Li did think this way.
As for why he thought so?
Lu Li just looked at his attributes and smiled without speaking.
I even have attributes!
Yao Yifei did not join the chat, instead continuously devouring the food on the table.
Seeing this, Princess Yekaterina also hurriedly joined the scramble.
Now was the competition moment!
If Yao Yifei ate one more bite, Princess Yekaterina would eat one less.
Could Princess Yekaterina tolerate this?
Of course not.
But unfortunately, both Princess Yekaterina and Yao Yifei were losers.
In terms of appetite, Fighting type trainer Wei He was the true glutton king.
Yao Yifei looked numbly at Wei He gnawing ribs without even spitting bones.
This eating manner is not ladylike at all, but I’m so envious!
Yao Yifei thought collapsing inside.
Princess Yekaterina also chose to lie on the chair, quietly watching Wei He eliminate the delicacies on the table.
Knowing how attractive his cooking was, Lu Li was not worried about making too much, so the portions were definitely excessive.
The result was that both Princess Yekaterina and Yao Yifei were stuffed, now only able to watch this tough woman Wei He feast.
“Really enviable! A fighter’s stomach.” Princess Yekaterina sighed sincerely.
Yao Yifei nodded in deep agreement.
What depressed Yao Yifei was discovering she ate even less than Princess Yekaterina; that was what frustrated her most.
“Overeating is not a good habit. I think you should control your appetites.” Lu Li said smiling.
As a Qi Refining cultivator, Lu Li’s appetite was no less than Wei He’s, but he had been restraining it. If he let loose at lunch, the four women in the room combined could not out-eat him.
“This is your fault. Your culinary skill is just too good. I’ve never eaten such delicious delicacies in my life.” Yao Yifei pretended to complain.
Lu Li chuckled lightly, then shrugged and said, “Then I’ll take that as a compliment.”
Yao Yifei sincerely praised, “It is exaggeration. Your culinary skill is absolutely the best I’ve ever seen, no exceptions.”
She had eaten dishes from world-class chefs, but compared to Lu Li’s delicacies, Yao Yifei could only say they were not on the same level.
The two women lying motionless on chairs started chatting casually at first.
From alliance situation to cosmetics, then from cosmetics to Pokémon Secret Realms, and from Pokémon Secret Realms to divine beast legends.
Lu Li listened with great interest nearby.
The content of the two women’s chat revealed some high-level secrets. Not just Lu Li; even Wei He and Bao Bao liked listening.
From the two women’s chat, Lu Li heard a very explosive secret.
The Great Russia Region led by the Yekaterina Family had been fighting several regions within the European Alliance over a Large Secret Realm.
That Large Secret Realm was named Ice Crown Snowfield, housing multiple divine beasts.
Whether the Great Russia Region or the other regions, all wanted control of that secret realm, but unfortunately, control had not been fully claimed by any side.
Besides that, there were secrets of the Jiuzhou Region.
For example, the Yao Family Patriarch wanted to marry the Fairy Heavenly King, but she ignored him. The Leng Family and Lei Family formed a marriage alliance, facilitated by that Ideal Messenger.
Of course, these were all gossip; truly useful news was actually quite scarce.
When mentioning the secret realm, Princess Yekaterina was full of displeasure, gritting her teeth: “That damned Reserve Ideal Messenger better pray he becomes an Ideal Messenger.”
“I always thought the Leng Family learned about that egg through Psychic Type Pokémon. I didn’t expect it was all instigated by that Reserve Ideal Messenger.”
Lu Li, listening, curiously asked, “So you encountered that Leng Family young master in the secret realm? And you two even fought?”
“Did you win?” Yao Yifei also asked curiously.
“Of course I won. A mere Elite Level Trainer; big sis only sent one Pokémon to push his entire team. If not for his Guardian Spirit intervening, I absolutely would have left him there at the time.” Princess Yekaterina said through gritted teeth.
From Princess Yekaterina’s reaction, Lu Li knew that Leng Family young master must have messed with her mentality quite a bit at the time.
“No way, right? It was just an ordinary conflict.” Yao Yifei consoled.
“Ordinary conflict?”
Princess Yekaterina’s voice rose several decibels.
“That’s because you weren’t at the scene. If you were, you’d know I was still holding back then.”
Yao Yifei: “…”
Princess Yekaterina still remembered that guy’s posture and tone.
………..
“Foreign aunt, the Leng Family’s things are not for you outsiders to covet.” Leng Qianqiu stood coldly behind Bidoof, gazing at Princess Yekaterina.
Princess Yekaterina looked disdainfully at the youth in the sky, then sneered, “Since when did wild Pokémon eggs become the Leng Family’s things?”
“In the Jiuzhou Region, anything Ice Attribute, even if it falls from the sky, belongs to the Leng Family. The difference is whether the Leng Family wants it or not.” Leng Qianqiu said arrogantly.
What arrogance, what brazenness!
You, an Elite Level Trainer, dare to be so arrogant facing a Gym Level Trainer?
Being so arrogant was one thing, since you have background.
But the problem was, you were facing Gym Level background Princess Yekaterina!
Furious Princess Yekaterina attacked directly.
There was no surprise; Leng Qianqiu, with only Elite Level strength, was directly pushed. If not for the Guardian Spirit acting at the critical moment, Leng Qianqiu might have been done for there.
The most outrageous part was that afterward, Leng Qianqiu thanked her, saying he saw a different path of Ice Type training, gaining deep insights.
Realizing she had been provoked by Leng Qianqiu, Princess Yekaterina nearly pulled out her trump card to fight his Guardian Spirit again.
………..
Of course, Princess Yekaterina glossed over the matter; after all, it was somewhat embarrassing, nothing worth saying.
“So you didn’t find that Pokémon egg, and that Leng Qianqiu didn’t either?” Lu Li asked.
Princess Yekaterina nodded, then said full of disdain, “If that guy really found the egg, he would’ve sneaked back long ago. Why would he dare provoke me?”
Lu Li nodded.
Leng Qianqiu indeed could not find that egg in the secret realm.
But based on cultivator intuition, Lu Li felt Princess Yekaterina was deliberately concealing some things.
However, Lu Li did not inquire; after all, it was her secret.
“The intelligence you two got is definitely fake. How could a Master Level Pokémon egg appear in the Qingyun Mountain Range Secret Realm?” Yao Yifei complained.
“Not in the Qingyun Mountain Range Secret Realm, so in the Qingfeng City Secret Realm?” Princess Yekaterina gave Yao Yifei a glance. She did not believe the prophecy was wrong; after all, it was a prophecy from a Champion Level Psychic Type Pokémon, verified by a Master Level Pokémon.
Moreover, Leng Qianqiu’s arrival indirectly verified the prophecy’s authenticity.
Nearby, Lu Li tensed up upon hearing Yao Yifei’s words.
The Qingfeng City Secret Realm was not as large as the Qingyun Mountain Range Secret Realm. If Princess Yekaterina really searched, she might actually find it there.
Just as Lu Li’s heart was about to jump out of his throat, Princess Yekaterina refuted, “Impossible. A Small Secret Realm can’t even produce a Champion, how could a Master Level Pokémon appear?”
