Chapter 230: A Grand Gift From The Heavens!
However, he still trusted Terapagos’s judgment, after all, when it came to destiny, Terapagos was the real big shot.
………..
On Tropius’s back, Lu Li opened the Immortal Eye and carefully observed the Eevee in his arms.
What could be confirmed was that this Eevee was the Starry Sprite he had seen at the auction.
As for why the Fairy Attribute turned into the Dark Attribute?
As a conspiracy theorist, Lu Li couldn’t help but overthink it at this moment.
This might be a conspiracy by the Divine Cult specifically targeted at the Qu Family.
If it weren’t for his reminder, Qu Suxin would have bought this Starry Sprite even if it bankrupted her family; just the Water Fire Eevee with Master Level Qualification alone was already that price.
For the Starry Sprite, the auction price would only be more outrageous, outrageous enough that even the Qu Family would have to pay a heavy price to obtain this Pokémon.
Because the Starry Sprite was simply too important, with qualification above Master Level, plus Qu Suxin’s monstrous talent.
At that time, even if the entire Qu Family ended up begging on the streets, as long as Qu Suxin and the Starry Sprite didn’t die, a hundred years later, the Jiuzhou Region would have to change its surname to Qu.
There was no way around it; Tier 2 God qualification was just that unreasonable.
But if the Starry Sprite ended up dying, then the Qu Family would decline from then on.
“So… the Yao Family and the Divine Cult have teamed up?” Lu Li thought, narrowing his eyes.
However, at the time Lu Li didn’t know that the Divine Cult wasn’t actually targeting the Qu Family; more accurately, they were targeting both the Qu Family and the Yao Family.
………..
A certain overseas base of the Divine Cult.
A blond young man lightly tapped the desk and asked with narrowed eyes, “The plan failed? What change happened? Did the Qu Family discover something?”
The man in sunglasses in front of the young man replied expressionlessly, “It was Ho-Oh who descended, and it took away those two Eevee.”
Hearing this name, the young man’s pupils contracted, and he muttered to himself in a low voice, “Ho-Oh?”
“So, the supplies weren’t exchanged back?” the young man asked coldly.
“Yes.”
“Then take the rest to other regions; the North American Alliance and the European Alliance will do.” The young man said impatiently.
Those variant Eevee were failed products from the laboratory; the organization had spent countless prices and efforts, only to get a few defective items in return.
The Pope was already very disappointed in him; if he didn’t find a way to recover the losses from elsewhere, he would have to go atone for his sins.
So he could only take a risky approach and auction off the experimental products.
But who would have thought his luck would be so bad, starting off with a bad omen, actually running into Ho-Oh directly; the most outrageous part was that Ho-Oh seemed to come purely for those two Eevee.
Who could he reason with about this?
Since the scam in the Jiuzhou Region didn’t succeed, he could only go to other regions.
………..
Nandu.
Qu Suxin listened to the report on the phone with an ashen face.
“I knew it! I knew it!” Qu Suxin stomped her feet in anger.
If that damned Rainbow Hero hadn’t gone to the Deep Blue Black Market, Ho-Oh would never have paid attention there.
The Rainbow Hero was Ho-Oh’s informant!
What made her even more jealous was that Ho-Oh not only fixed the defects in those two Eevee but also gave that Water Fire Eevee to the Rainbow Hero.
“Fuck! Is being a Divine Envoy such a big deal?”
Qu Suxin gnashed her teeth.
Rainbow Hero: “Sorry, being a Divine Envoy is just that big a deal.”
The female secretary beside her watched her boss vent her emotions expressionlessly.
Once Qu Suxin gradually calmed down, the female secretary reported, “The black market’s losses have been tallied; fortunately, Ho-Oh didn’t take it out on us. Our losses are just some structural damage and some negligible casualties.”
“So how much did we lose approximately?” Qu Suxin interrupted roughly.
The female secretary reported, “Preliminary statistics show we lost at least 40 billion in value; this figure may rise to 50 billion.”
Hearing this, Qu Suxin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Such losses wouldn’t cripple the Qu Family.
Qu Suxin asked worriedly, “What about our reputation?”
For businesses like theirs, the biggest worry was damage to their reputation.
At this, the female secretary’s lips curved up slightly, explaining with a hint of amusement, “In fact, we turned disaster into fortune.”
“How so?” Qu Suxin looked at her inquiringly.
“News of Ho-Oh descending on the Deep Blue Black Market spread, and there are rumors that Ho-Oh came to the Deep Blue Black Market because a treasure even Ho-Oh coveted appeared there.”
Qu Suxin: “……”
Qu Suxin’s mouth twitched slightly; this rumor was truly outrageous, but it was indeed beneficial to them.
“In summary, our losses are mainly economic and within bearable limits, but the Deep Blue Black Market’s fame has spread throughout the world, which is beneficial.”
The female secretary said gratefully, “It really is a case of misfortune and fortune depending on each other; fortunately, we withdrew the supplies in advance, or the losses would have been even greater.”
Qu Suxin nodded in deep agreement.
At the same time, she secretly admired her own foresight.
“No kidding! With both the Rainbow Hero and the Ideal Brave visiting, it would be strange if the Deep Blue Black Market didn’t have issues; good thing I didn’t stubbornly push it.” Qu Suxin, inwardly rejoicing, waved her hand, signaling the female secretary to leave first.
After the female secretary left, Qu Suxin picked up her phone and contacted Lu Li.
Qu Suxin asked full of concern, “Little Pudding, nothing happened to you, right?”
Lu Li’s mouth curved up slightly, his tone filled with irrepressible joy, “No, and this time the gains were quite good.”
There was no helping it; this harvest was simply too heaven-defying.
No need to mention the supplies; although he didn’t get a Pokémon Secret Treasure, he collected quite a few materials for Qi Refining and Alchemy.
As for the Pokémon aspect, it was even better—practically returning fully loaded. With this harvest, the people around him wouldn’t have to worry about Pokémon for at least two years.
Other aspects were also very good; for example, Tropius learned quite a few new things from Ho-Oh, and even Charmander had considerable gains.
No! More accurately, Charmander had the biggest gains.
This unlucky kid didn’t even leave the Poké Ball and directly became the biggest beneficiary of witnessing Ho-Oh using a skill.
As for himself?
Lu Li’s mouth curved up again.
Progress had finally been made on the superior incantation for Decisive Flame, especially in Fire Attribute spells, where Lu Li had even more ideas.
After the group returned to the villa without incident, Lu Li eagerly called everyone in the villa.
Although Yu Lili publicly claimed to be Lu Li’s girlfriend, she knew their relationship wasn’t close enough for sharing spoils.
So Yu Lili directly excused herself to check on the farm and ranch, leaving the villa. Then, only Wei, Bao Bao, Ai Ke, Yao Yifei, and Lu Li remained in the hall.
These were Lu Li’s core team and true confidants.
First was the issue of distributing the Pokémon Eggs.
This time, he brought back a total of 24 Pokémon Eggs, with the lowest qualification being Heavenly King Level final qualification.
“Bao Bao, this is the Ralts you wanted; nurture it well—this little one has Champion potential.” Lu Li encouraged.
Bao Bao happily hugged the Ralts Pokémon Egg.
“Please take care of me from now on.” Bao Bao greeted gently via telepathy.
The Pokémon Egg in Bao Bao’s arms trembled lightly, as if responding to her.
“Ai Ke, these are the Krookodile and Maractus Pokémon Eggs, Heavenly King Level Qualification.” Lu Li allocated two Pokémon Eggs to Ai Ke.
Ai Ke had already been imprinted with a curse seal by him, so there was no worry of betrayal, and Lu Li was always generous to his own people.
Paired with pills, Pokémon Secret Treasures, and evolution, these two Pokémon still had a certain probability of breaking through to Champion Level.
Ai Ke excitedly took the Pokémon Eggs from Lu Li.
At this moment, Ai Ke’s loyalty to Lu Li reached an unprecedented height.
Ai Ke: “I! Ai Ke, loyal!”
“As for your siblings, I have plenty more Pokémon Eggs here, all with good qualification. You get two slots per year; the kids with the best talent can come to me for high-qualification Starter Pokémon.” Lu Li continued encouraging.
With this wave, Lu Li planned to guest-star as the Pokémon professors from the games.
“Yes, I’ll thank you on behalf of those little ones, boss.” Ai Ke thanked him excitedly.
Lu Li waved his hand casually; as long as his subordinates were loyal enough, Lu Li didn’t mind being a generous boss.
Lu Li didn’t prepare any Pokémon for Wei because Wei already had three Pokémon, and adding more at this stage wouldn’t be good for nurturing.
Lu Li had Wei store away the remaining Pokémon Eggs.
After Wei left, Lu Li instructed Ai Ke again, “By the way, Ai Ke, if you have time, you can continue recruiting some orphans to settle at the ranch; we need to develop our own power too.”
“Yes! Subordinate knows what to do.” Ai Ke nodded heavily.
Ai Ke, about to leave, suddenly remembered one more thing to report, “By the way, subordinate has something else to report to you.”
“Did something happen at the ranch?” Lu Li asked worriedly.
“No.”
Ai Ke shook his head quickly.
Both the ranch and farm were being taken care of very well; the main reason was that he had a few sisters who chose the breeder route, so minor issues didn’t need to trouble Lu Li—his sisters could handle them.
Lu Li looked at Ai Ke curiously: “Then what is it?”
Ai Ke reported, “A stranger came to Golden Chicken Village, and it’s a foreigner.”
Hearing this, Lu Li narrowed his eyes and asked, “Male or female?”
“Female, age roughly similar to that Lady Ekaterina before, but not Ekaterina.”
With Ai Ke’s explanation, Lu Li was even more puzzled.
Lu Li asked, “Did you probe where she came from?”
Ai Ke guessed, “That person seems to be searching for something, and she acts very secretive, probably guarding against the Alliance officials.”
“Searching for something… Has she shown any interest in our place?”
“No.” Ai Ke shook his head firmly, then explained, “That mysterious woman doesn’t even want to interact with people much.”
“Not looking for someone? And unwilling to interact with people, and from another alliance.” Lu Li narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.
This person seemed a bit like a spy from another alliance.
“Forget it, ignore her for now; as long as she doesn’t probe our secrets here, it’s fine.” Lu Li decided not to provoke the mysterious foreign woman first.
After Ai Ke left, Yao Yifei took the initiative to ask, “Want me to probe her? Or drive her away?”
Lu Li shook his head and said, “Better not; her motives are unclear, and proactively provoking her would be unwise.”
If she was just an ordinary trainer, fine, but if she was a Heavenly King Level Trainer, that would be big trouble.
That said, it probably wasn’t easy for Heavenly King Level Trainers from other alliances to enter the Jiuzhou Region, right?
Thinking of this, Lu Li changed his mind and said to Yao Yifei, “Go secretly observe her; try not to conflict with her, just figure out her identity.”
Yao Yifei nodded; as she was about to leave, she suddenly stopped and asked, “By the way, I’m planning to build a few large training arenas nearby; any suggestions?”
“Large training arenas?”
Lu Li nodded.
As Dream Pokémon’s strength grew stronger, the demand for large training arenas would increase; while any wild place could be used as a training ground.
But if possible, it was better to specially build a few large training arenas; training Pokémon in the wilderness, especially Fire Attribute Pokémon, could easily cause fires.
If carelessly one fire burned the Qingyun Mountain Range, that would be big trouble.
Others might not know, but didn’t he, Lu Li, know what his own Pokémon were like?
If one day in the future a Pokémon really burned the Qingyun Mountain Range, no doubt, the culprit would absolutely be Charmander.
Charmander was still sleeping now; more accurately, it had entered a deeper level of comprehension. Lu Li was also worried that after Charmander woke up, it might really burn the Qingyun Mountain Range with one fire.
Bao Bao excitedly hugged the Pokémon Egg back to her room; in her own words, she was going to personally hatch the Ralts.
This might sound like a joke from a normal child, but Bao Bao was a Psychic, and she truly had the ability to hatch Psychic Type Pokémon Eggs without an incubator.
………..
In the Alliance Headquarters’ Elder Meeting Room, the Alliance President took the initiative to ask, “Everyone, regarding the incident where Deep Blue City was destroyed by Ho-Oh…”
“The Qu Family is really unlucky; the Trade Convention happened to coincide with the Rainbow Hero, then the auction featured two special Eevee, even involving Divine Beast experiments.” A bald old man said with schadenfreude.
The long-haired old man glanced at the gloating bald old man and said in a low tone, “Since Ho-Oh didn’t involve innocent civilians, it proves Ho-Oh hasn’t abandoned the people of our Jiuzhou Region. What I’m more worried about is… the Divine Cult’s forbidden technology seems to have advanced again.”
“Let’s discuss how to handle the Qu Family; we were counting on the Qu Family and Yao Family to fight like dogs, but now the Qu Family failed before succeeding and died first—how do we continue the weakening plan?” A short and stocky old man asked.
The Alliance President suggested, “Leak the news of the King of Fairies to the Qu Family.”
There was no way around it; these two families hadn’t even started fighting, and the Qu Family had already suffered heavy losses. If they didn’t support them a bit, the Qu Family wouldn’t qualify to fight the Yao Family on the arena.
“Telling her is fine, but she has to pay a price; the Deep Blue Black Market has been quite famous lately.” The bald old man sneered.
