Chapter 2: The Bond That Spans The Lifetime Of Trainer And Pokémon
Regarding Lu Li’s answer, the homeroom teacher was somewhat dissatisfied, after all, Lu Li’s answer was too brief.
The homeroom teacher added: “The so-called bond is actually the invisible but real connection between the trainer and the Pokémon.
As the Pokémon grows stronger, the trainer will also grow stronger along with it. The more solid the bond between the Pokémon and the trainer, the more benefits the trainer gains during the Pokémon’s growth.
The most obvious feature is that along with the Pokémon’s growth, the trainer’s reaction speed will improve, and physical fitness will also strengthen. According to Doctor Chen Mu’s research, a Heavenly King Level Trainer who grows normally can have a natural lifespan of up to 200 years.
The time when they enter old age can even be pushed back to after 120 years old. This is the greatest benefit brought by the bond between the trainer and the Pokémon.”
After the long explanation, the homeroom teacher picked up the water cup on the podium and took a sip, then said again: “Tomorrow you will be able to catch the first Pokémon in your life. Does anyone know now why the starter Pokémon must start nurturing from a Pokémon egg?”
“I know!”
Li Sen, the classmate behind Lu Li, raised his hand high.
Facing the student who actively answered the question, the homeroom teacher was still very amiable.
“Because of what?”
“Because of the bond! Pokémon that just come out of the Pokémon egg will form a stronger bond with the trainer.” Li Sen said excitedly.
The homeroom teacher nodded in satisfaction after hearing this, then took the opportunity to teach: “So everyone, if you want to become a trainer, it’s best to start nurturing your first Pokémon from a Pokémon egg. This relates to your future. Even rookie trainers born in those great families will only nurture their first Pokémon in life at 16 years old.”
Lu Li under the podium was thoughtful.
In fact, in this world, the bond between trainers and Pokémon is extremely important. Those noble families have certainly thought about having their family’s juniors nurture Pokémon from a young age.
But children have unstable personalities, and almost the vast majority of children will treat their Pokémon as toys or pets when they are young.
The consequence of this is that the bond between the trainer and the Pokémon is insufficient, causing the Pokémon’s strength to grow quickly, but the trainer’s level cannot keep up with the Pokémon’s growth speed.
After all, the bond between the trainer and the Pokémon depends on the emotion both sides invest and accept, not just one-sided.
This is a lesson those noble families learned with blood, so the alliance set the age for rookie trainers at 16 years old.
However, because they are adults, plus he loved Pokémon very much in his previous life, Lu Li adopted a Wailmer at a very young age and has always treated it as his family member.
This can also be considered the hidden benefit of a transmigrator.
“Starting tomorrow, the school’s classes will change to only two days a week, Monday and Tuesday respectively, and you can freely arrange the remaining time.” The homeroom teacher announced next.
Hearing this, the students in the class instantly got excited.
“Great! Tomorrow I can have my own companion!”
“Invincible Beedrill, your trainer is coming.”
“Hahaha, my family has already prepared a Corphish Pokémon egg for me. In the national College Entrance Examination Grand Festival half a year later, I will definitely get first place in Qingfeng City.”
Listening to the chatter of his classmates, Lu Li lowered his head thoughtfully.
In this world, the trainer college entrance examination is divided into two parts: the cultural exam that ended a while ago, and the College Entrance Examination Grand Festival half a year later.
Students who want to become trainers will start preparing for the college entrance exam from tomorrow, while students who don’t want to be trainers can have a full half-year vacation.
According to the original plan, Lu Li was prepared to take the Pokémon breeder route.
On one hand, at that time he had not yet formally entered the Qi Refining Stage, his golden finger was almost in a half-useless state, plus his family was poor and didn’t have enough money to buy Pokémon for nurturing, so Lu Li set his first goal as Pokémon breeding.
But now it’s different.
After entering the Qi Refining Stage, he could already be considered superhuman. Converted to this world’s strength, he could already compare to Veteran Level Pokémon.
Novice, normal, veteran, elite, gym, Heavenly King, champion, master, sect master—this is the official strength level division of the Pokémon Alliance for trainers and Pokémon.
In little Qingfeng City, an Elite Level Trainer could already be considered a ceiling-level existence.
With Veteran Level strength, going to the wilderness without provoking group-dwelling Pokémon, he should be able to find a Pokémon egg, right?
As for buying with money?
Lu Li had never considered this option. Pokémon eggs start at 50,000, and his entire savings add up to only 100,000.
After making a decision in his heart, Lu Li silently picked up a book that was four centimeters thick and started reading.
《Pokémon Item Maker, From Beginner to Grave》
In this world besides trainers, there are many Pokémon-related professions, such as Pokémon grower, Pokémon Item Maker, Pokémon breeder, Pokémon researcher, Pokémon archaeologist.
Originally taking the Pokémon breeder route, Lu Li could have not come to school, but he couldn’t resist that the school’s library is free.
After school, the homeroom teacher stopped Lu Li.
After following the homeroom teacher to her office, Lu Li looked at the homeroom teacher curiously.
“Lu Li, are you planning to become a Pokémon trainer?” the homeroom teacher asked.
Lu Li hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: “Yes, I only decided this morning.”
Seeing that Lu Li really wanted to become a trainer, a flash of surprise appeared in the homeroom teacher’s eyes, then she countered: “But your family conditions shouldn’t be sufficient to support you becoming a Pokémon trainer, right?”
This was indeed a very awkward question.
Lu Li looked at the homeroom teacher curiously. She specially called him to the office, probably not to mock him, after all, Old Ban wasn’t that kind of person.
As a teacher, Old Ban was absolutely a qualified teacher.
“Are you willing to accept sponsorship?” the homeroom teacher asked.
Hearing this, Lu Li directly asked: “Family or consortium?”
“Family.”
Old Ban added: “The family behind me is a Gym-level Family. Although your teacher is only from the family’s collateral branch, I still have a recommendation spot in hand.”
Lu Li hesitated for a moment, then politely declined: “Teacher, I don’t want to be tied too deeply to a certain power.”
If he didn’t have the golden finger, Lu Li would definitely be happy to accept sponsorship.
To put it bluntly, this so-called sponsorship is people investing in you upfront, then you sell yourself to work for them later.
This is like some companies pre-recruiting students still in school. For ordinary people, this is absolutely a great thing.
After all, when working to make money, normal people know to choose jobs with high benefits and high salary.
Regarding Lu Li’s refusal, Old Ban didn’t feel surprised. There’s a saying that shallow water can’t raise a dragon, but this doesn’t apply to Lu Li.
A 16-year-old beginner Pokémon grower, even very talented in Pokémon breeding—such talent would be genius even in those first-tier big cities.
It’s just that Qingfeng City is a backwater place, and those great families don’t bother to cast their gaze here; otherwise, Lu Li would have long been discovered and poached by those families.
