Chapter 174: The Regretful Yu Family Couple
At the same time, he was weighing the gains and losses in his heart, wondering whether to offend Princess Yekaterina for a divine item.
After hesitating for a moment, Cao Tiantian made a decision in his heart.
Compared to that divine item, what did offending the Yekaterina Family count for?
Princess Yekaterina only had gym level strength and couldn’t stop him at all. Even if she caused trouble afterward, what could she do?
As the saying goes, the emperor is far away. What’s more, the Yekaterina Family wasn’t even the emperor of the Asian Alliance.
Just as Cao Tiantian was about to say something, an indescribable fear quietly descended.
That was the oppression of a champion level Pokémon, a trembling from the soul.
The stiff-bodied Cao Tiantian looked in horror at Princess Yekaterina, who had a mocking smile on her face.
“Damn it! It’s actually champion level…”
Realizing that the other party had a guardian Pokémon by her side, Cao Tiantian could only say aggrievedly, “Princess Yekaterina, you can’t protect him forever.”
“As long as something happens to him, I’ll pay a visit to your family.” Princess Yekaterina said coldly.
Hearing this, the furious Cao Tiantian gnashed his teeth and said, “It’s not just my Cao Family eyeing him.”
“That’s not for you to worry about.” Princess Yekaterina sneered.
“Young man, you’ll regret this.”
“The other jackals are much greedier than me. By then, they won’t want just your divine item.” After throwing out these meaningful words, Cao Tiantian turned and stormed out.
After Cao Tiantian left, Princess Yekaterina complained, “You really like getting me into trouble, don’t you?”
“I didn’t expect these people to be so shameless either.” Lu Li pretended to be aggrieved.
Princess Yekaterina asked, “Do you know anyone from the Qu Family?”
Lu Li thought of Qu Zhengyi, then nodded.
“Contact her. Tell her you need the Qu Family’s protection, and you’ll repay the favor in the future.” Princess Yekaterina said.
Hearing this, Yao Yifei’s eyes flickered, further solidifying the guess in her heart.
To verify the guess in her heart, Yao Yifei asked, “So even if I hadn’t come, someone would have helped with this matter?”
Princess Yekaterina glanced at Yao Yifei in some surprise, then nodded with a cold laugh. “That woman is just waiting for Lu Li to bow his head to her.”
“You mean the Fairy Heavenly King?” Yao Yifei asked in surprise.
“Who else could it be but her?” Princess Yekaterina’s face carried a hint of mockery.
“If I hadn’t intervened, the normal script would be you being pushed to desperation, then the Qu Family descending like a savior and selling you a huge favor.” Princess Yekaterina looked at Lu Li meaningfully.
Lu Li: “…”
There was scheming from the Qu Family behind this—accurately, from that Fairy Heavenly King.
But Lu Li didn’t mind this kind of scheming much.
First of all, in this scheme, he had indeed gained benefits.
Without the Fairy Heavenly King’s push, the compensation he got this time would probably just be a Pokémon secret treasure.
That alone would be a huge favor.
The second huge favor was gone because of Princess Yekaterina’s appearance.
That was actually a good thing.
That Fairy Heavenly King had already taken him, the fake reserve ideal messenger, as real. To win him over, she had indeed put in some effort.
Lu Li asked worriedly, “Then she won’t retaliate against you, right?”
“Don’t worry. Even if that old woman is unhappy, she can’t do anything to me.” Princess Yekaterina comforted him.
Hearing this, Lu Li finally nodded.
“But what divine item did you get? It’s actually worth a Heavenly King family taking such a big risk to snatch it.” Princess Yekaterina asked curiously.
Lu Li didn’t hide it. After all, plenty of people knew about this, so telling Princess Yekaterina was fine.
Lu Li said, “Land Cloud divine item.”
Hearing this, Princess Yekaterina showed an “I see” expression.
“If it’s related to the Land Cloud divine item, that explains it. But don’t get too happy too soon—this matter isn’t over yet.”
Lu Li naturally knew the matter wasn’t over. Princess Yekaterina could only drive away Cao Tiantian, not the jackals hiding in the shadows.
Princess Yekaterina comforted again, “But with Yao Yifei protecting you, you should be safe for the short term.”
This wasn’t entirely just comforting Lu Li. The Jiuzhou Region was different from other regions; it was arguably the place with the most solid order in the world.
In the Jiuzhou Region, while the alliance couldn’t monitor every Heavenly King’s movements 100%, it could at least track their general itineraries.
Because Heavenly Kings were too significant—they represented city-destroying level power. Even Heavenly King families couldn’t send a Heavenly King to assassinate Lu Li or rob a divine item.
And Yao Yifei was a ceiling-level existence among gym leaders. Princess Yekaterina believed that with Yao Yifei’s protection, Lu Li’s safety would be assured.
Lu Li asked curiously, “By the way, any results on your investigation into Ho-Oh?”
“It’s real. Ho-Oh has indeed appeared in the present world.” Princess Yekaterina said with a gloomy expression.
Ho-Oh had only appeared in the Second Era. Legend said Ho-Oh was a deity benevolent to humans, and the Rainbow Hero it chose led humanity from ignorance into civilization.
Humanity’s first great unified empire in history was founded by that Rainbow Hero.
Yes, someone had once ruled the entire world, and not just one.
Though such rule wasn’t centralized enough, it was at least nominally unified.
That’s why the whole world had only one language and script.
Yao Yifei pressed, “What about the Rainbow Hero? Has the Rainbow Hero been born?”
Princess Yekaterina nodded. “If nothing unexpected, yes. Ho-Oh has already bestowed the Rainbow Feather.”
Princess Yekaterina comforted again, “I’ll stay in Nandu until the Grand Festival ends.”
Hearing this, Lu Li asked in surprise, “What about that egg? Not looking for it anymore?”
“Not looking anymore. That thing depends on destiny.” Princess Yekaterina shook her head.
After a pause, Princess Yekaterina explained, “I also suspect that egg might be prepared for the Rainbow Hero. Our family’s prophecy Pokémon once said that the egg can only hatch in the right person’s hands.”
Lu Li’s heart tightened.
Even Princess Yekaterina hadn’t said it, so he was even more worried now.
Ho-Oh also governed destiny, so Princess Yekaterina’s words had basis. And from his perspective as a transmigrator, the possibility was quite high.
Because that egg might indeed need the Rainbow Feather to awaken it, as the Rainbow Feather was originally a divine item representing rebirth.
Lu Li decided to search for traces of Unown after the college entrance examination and try to Pokémonfy the inscriptions from the cultivation world as much as possible.
His current situation was like some homewrecker eyeing his little cabbage.
To avoid being cut in, he had to speed up.
If not for considering that the champion was a pseudo-legendary, Lu Li wouldn’t even want to attend the alliance finals.
After hearing that Princess Yekaterina would stay here for a while, Yao Yifei quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
With Princess Yekaterina here, she should deter quite a few covetous people.
The phone’s ringtone suddenly rang.
Looking down at the caller ID name, Lu Li gave a helpless bitter smile.
This Aunt Fengjiao was truly hard to describe.
Lu Li, complaining endlessly in his heart, still pressed the answer button.
“Little Li, how’s the divine item selection going?” Jin Fengjiao’s eager voice came from the phone.
You could tell a family’s strength from their intelligence capabilities.
Like those who came directly to him—they were true behemoths, standard Heavenly King families.
Someone like Jin Fengjiao could only be considered a local tyrant in a small city, far behind those old families in intelligence by a long shot.
Lu Li pretended to be embarrassed and apologized, “Sorry, Aunt Fengjiao, there’s no steel-type divine item in the Alliance Treasure Vault.”
Jin Fengjiao sighed, “Ah! Really none?”
Jin Fengjiao asked again, “Then what divine item did you choose? Water attribute?”
Lu Li decisively shook his head. “No.”
“Then what is it?” Jin Fengjiao asked puzzled.
Lu Li: “Ground attribute and flying attribute.”
“Ground and flying attribute?” Jin Fengjiao murmured in some confusion, then looked pleadingly at Yu Zhonggang across from her.
This was already beyond her knowledge blind spot. How could Jin Fengjiao, who wasn’t even a trainer, know the attributes of those divine beasts?
“Ground and flying attribute…”
Yu Zhonggang frowned thoughtfully.
Ground and flying were mutually restraining attributes. Only one Pokémon had this combination: Gliscor and its evolution Gliscor.
Among divine beasts, only one had this noble configuration: the legendary Pokémon that brought harvest to the land—Landorus.
If it was Landorus…
A flash of greed appeared in Yu Zhonggang’s eyes.
This divine item was of extraordinary significance to a family, and the Land Cloud divine item would indeed be very helpful to Lili.
For example, Swampert and Gyarados—these were signature water type Pokémon, both very powerful and with great potential.
Worth mentioning was that Landorus was a farming artifact. If Lu Li could really marry into their Yu Family…
Thinking of this, Yu Zhonggang quickly gave Jin Fengjiao a look.
The quick-witted Jin Fengjiao immediately asked with concern, “Is it safe there? Want Aunt to call Uncle over to help?”
Lu Li innocently replied, “It’s pretty safe. Gym Leader Yao Yifei is now my guardian and very willing to help, and I also know Miss Yekaterina, who’s right here with me.”
Jin Fengjiao: “…”
Yu Zhonggang’s expression also darkened.
Yao Yifei was manageable, but Princess Yekaterina was real trouble.
“Then Aunt is relieved. Hurry back after the match—it’s not safe carrying a divine item outside.” Jin Fengjiao urged worriedly.
“Mm! Don’t worry, Aunt Fengjiao, I’ll be careful.” After saying this, Lu Li hung up.
………..
Yu Zhonggang looked depressed at his wife and complained, “You shouldn’t have pushed that Lu Li kid toward Princess Yekaterina. Now look, we didn’t get the champion level qualification egg and even lost a divine item.”
“I didn’t expect that Lu Li kid to be so capable either. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have meddled.” Jin Fengjiao was equally depressed.
If she’d known Lu Li could get a divine item, she wouldn’t have pushed him out no matter what.
This was just humans planning not as good as fate. Who could have thought a rookie trainer could enter the Alliance Treasure Vault and even choose a divine item?
If we’d known earlier, why bother back then!
Both regretted it deeply.
Lu Li was actually quite excellent; they just wanted more, and now they got nothing.
Jin Fengjiao said depressedly, “Now we can only hope that kid doesn’t follow Princess Yekaterina. As long as he’s willing to stay in the Jiuzhou Alliance, Lili might still have a chance.”
“Sigh!”
After sighing, Yu Zhonggang got up and left home, heading to the nursery in the suburbs.
Compared to complaining, he needed comfort now.
He definitely couldn’t get comfort from Jin Fengjiao.
………..
Seeing Lu Li hang up, Princess Yekaterina sneered, “How interesting.”
She didn’t see the Yu Family as a threat. Lu Li’s future had only a few choices.
Either marry into the Qu Family or marry into her Yekaterina Family.
That was Lu Li’s lower limit.
Normally, it would be marrying her or a Qu Family daughter.
As for the upper limit?
An emperor could have three palaces and six courts.
Lu Li awkwardly touched his nose. Running into a quasi-mother-in-law like Jin Fengjiao was pretty awkward.
After seeing off Princess Yekaterina and Yao Yifei, Lu Li finally opened the box and took out the divine item inside.
Constantly spewing ground and flying attribute energy, as well as restrained life energy.
Lu Li quickly sat cross-legged in meditation.
Moments later, Lu Li opened his eyes.
The cultivation speed had indeed increased, and by a lot.
The current cultivation speed was about twice as fast as before.
Thinking of this, Lu Li took off the necklace. President Lu could clearly feel that this blue gem’s quality was much higher than the wood piece on his left hand—not just a little higher, but a lot.
For a general divine beast, tier 1 god scope, plus this deep blue gem shape, the owner of this divine item had to be Terapagos.
90% possibility. The reason it wasn’t 100% certain was that some divine items were deliberately condensed by divine beasts, with almost every kind of appearance.
Like Flame Emperor scales—Flame Emperor was furry, after all.
“So is it you? Terapagos?” Lu Li murmured.
If his guess was true, that secret realm in the Qingyun Mountain Range was worth reconsidering.
This world hadn’t discovered Paradox Pokémon yet. Per this world’s rules, if Paradox Pokémon counted as divine beasts, that secret realm’s danger level would be infinitely heightened.
Even if some Paradox Pokémon didn’t count as divine beasts, they were still terrifying.
Because there were five Paradox Pokémon that counted as divine beasts in the game, not including Koraidon and Miraidon.
Thinking of this, Lu Li suddenly realized what kind of treasure trove he held.
If that secret realm really had Paradox Pokémon…
Heart racing, Lu Li gripped the deep blue gem tightly. “This is the future!”
