Chapter 232: Charmander: It’s Over! I’m Not Pure Anymore
Charmander’s talent is very unique, not in terms of qualification, but in that heaven-defying comprehension.
Yao Yifei had never seen such a special Charmander; even among Shiny Pokémon, Charmander is relatively special.
The battle was already nearing its end.
The Squirtle that was smacked flying strangely stopped in mid-air.
“Now!”
“Boom!”
Bubbles surged out, accurately hitting Onix’s vital spot.
“Rock~”
Onix let out a miserable cry, its huge body crashing heavily to the ground, kicking up a large cloud of dust.
Lu Li also looked at this scene somewhat helplessly.
“I hope it doesn’t leave a psychological shadow on Onix.” Lu Li thought to himself.
After this battle, Lu Li had also decided on Onix’s positioning.
Whether it was Onix before evolution, Steelix after evolution, or even Steelix after Mega Evolution, they all had only one Ability.
That was the outrageous physical defense Ability.
So Lu Li positioned Onix as a physical defense tank.
It was worth mentioning that Onix’s Ability was not a Hidden Ability, but the normal Sturdy Head Ability.
The Sturdy Head Ability gave Onix the effect of not taking recoil damage from its own Moves.
The greatest benefit this Ability brought to Onix was that this heavy tank now had the ability to fire cannons.
With Onix’s massive body size, plus the Sturdy Head Ability, very few Pokémon could withstand Onix’s Double-Edge.
Thinking of this, Lu Li recalled the severely injured Onix with a Poké Ball.
Onix had not lost its battle capability, but this battle was already over.
“You did very well, Onix.” Lu Li held the Poké Ball and softly comforted it.
“You’re really amazing. Is Onix the one you caught in Qingfeng City Secret Realm?” Yu Lili looked at Lu Li with complex eyes and asked.
She realized that even in the Trainer aspect, Lu Li was stronger than her. Not to mention commanding skills—as long as one lives long enough, commanding skills naturally improve.
Lu Li sincerely praised, “Your commanding skills are also very impressive, almost the best among people my age that I’ve seen.”
Lu Li found that those noble family disciples’ commanding skills were all higher than his; the only one who could match him evenly was Li Zhi, the Rainbow Hero.
“By the way, I haven’t congratulated you on becoming an Elite Level Trainer yet.” Yu Lili said, taking out a necklace from her pocket and handing it to Lu Li.
“This is a gift for you.”
Yu Lili looked at Lu Li full of expectation.
Facing the necklace Yu Lili handed over, Lu Li smiled and took it.
“I really like this gift; I’ll treasure it well.”
Yu Lili also smiled, then changed the topic: “By the way, is Charmander still sleeping?”
“Still sleeping.”
Yu Lili comforted, “This is a good thing. My dad said that this state for Pokémon is something you can only encounter by chance and not seek.”
Yu Lili said energetically, “I remember we haven’t trained together for a long time.”
“Together then?” Lu Li followed her words and invited.
A bright smile appeared on Yu Lili’s face: “Together!
“
“And me!”
A Wobbuffet that appeared between them via Teleport raised its small hand and shouted loudly.
This woman clearly had malicious intent at first glance. Train together? Big Brother hasn’t even trained with me.
Yu Lili depressedly looked at the suddenly appearing Wobbuffet.
“Blue-haired girl ruining my good thing.” Yu Lili cursed viciously in her heart.
It was hard to get a chance to be alone with Lu Li, but it was ruined by this girl.
Yao Yifei, with arms crossed, teasingly watched this scene.
“Little Pudding has quite a few romantic entanglements.” Yao Yifei thought gloatingly to herself.
As for Ekaterina, no need to say more—that woman was just short of writing “this old lady wants to eat tender grass” on her face.
Qu Suxin’s attitude was ambiguous; she herself probably had no interest in Lu Li, but the Qu Family had plenty of girls waiting to be married off.
Yao Yifei didn’t believe the Fairy Heavenly King would let go of an Ideal Messenger, nor that Qu Suxin’s goodwill came without any price.
As for Yu Lili, no need to say more—this girl was just short of claiming to be Lu Li’s girlfriend, and there was also Vi.
From her perspective as someone who had been through it, um! Although she herself had never been in a relationship, she had acted in quite a few movies about romance, so she knew these things well.
Vi’s feelings toward Lu Li were the most complex, but there was definitely some affection in them; it was just that neither of them had noticed, or rather deliberately ignored it.
As for Wobbuffet, no need to say more—this little girl’s possessiveness was just short of being out in the open.
Thinking of this, Yao Yifei helplessly shook her head. After thinking so much about others’ affairs, Yao Yifei had also considered herself.
She did like this genius youth a bit, but liking wasn’t love; Yao Yifei didn’t know how the future would unfold.
Yao Yifei turned and headed toward the pond in the backyard; she still needed to teach Milotic and the others training.
Yu Lili was even busier than Yao Yifei; after staying one night in the villa, she hurriedly prepared to leave the next morning, after all, her teacher had urged her several times already.
After Yu Lili left, Lu Li, finally free of romantic entanglements, began his seclusion.
After all, with such a huge harvest, he naturally had to digest it into usable resources.
In the basement, Lu Li sighed looking at the unconscious Starry Sprite. Although Starry Sprite’s Life Origin had already evolved, due to still adapting, Starry Sprite might need a few more days to wake up.
Charmander had woken up last night and even comprehended several new Skills.
Yes, several!
First was Inferno Abyss.
Inferno Abyss: Wrap the opponent in fierce flames to attack, causing the opponent to enter a burn state.
As a Fire Attribute special Skill, the biggest advantage of Inferno Abyss is that it’s impossible to guard against, because it has no startup animation when released—like glaring at someone and they catch fire.
Then there was Flame Charge.
Flame Charge: Cover the body in flames to attack the opponent, accumulating power to increase one’s own speed.
Flame Charge is equivalent to a weakened version of Flame Charge; Charmander comprehending this Skill this time was reasonable, even normal—not comprehending it would be abnormal.
After all, Charmander had long been able to use a weakened version of Flame Charge before.
Finally, there was the Overheat Skill, a Skill with huge power but also considerable side effects.
Almost every Skill was related to Fire Attribute, but the problem was that Ho-Oh had released Life Dew at the time.
Thinking carefully, Lu Li found that Tropius was the same as Charmander, both comprehending mismatched things.
Life Dew is a Water Attribute transformation-type Skill, yet Tropius comprehended Grass System Law and several Grass-type Skills; Charmander found the direction of Fire System Law and several Fire Attribute Skills.
Water Attribute is restrained by Grass Attribute, Fire Attribute is restrained by Water Attribute.
Lu Li didn’t even know how to complain.
“Cough cough!”
Next to the Alchemy Furnace, Lu Li looked seriously at the two little ones in front of him.
“Little Silver, Xiao Hong, the time to test your rapport has come.” Lu Li said extremely seriously.
Charmander nodded its little face seriously, then turned to the Beldum beside it and called out.
“Fire~”
（Little bro, cooperate with me later!）
“Bel~”
（Got it, third bro.）
“Fire~”
（Call me big bro, thanks!）
“Bel?”
（Isn’t big bro Tropius?）
“Fire…”
（It’s Grass Attribute, I’m Fire Attribute—who do you think is big bro?）
“Bel~”
（That’s still second bro, after all Milotic is big sister）
“Fire~”
（That’s sister-in-law.）
“Bel~”
（Third bro is lying.）
Lu Li: “…”
Thump~
A knuckle rap landed on Charmander’s head; Lu Li coldly struck, “Xiao Hong, stop dreaming—Xiao Mei won’t look at you.”
“Fire~”
（Why not?）
“Don’t you know water and fire don’t mix?” Lu Li countered.
“Fire~”
（You’re talking nonsense! The friend I met in the lava that day said water and fire fusing is lava.）
Lu Li: “…”
“Fire~”
（Trainer, don’t you know the principle of keeping resources in the family? Big sister head and I are both noble dragons—we’re meant to be.）
Lu Li: “…”
“Then stop licking, you two are siblings—believe it or not, I’ll send you to the orthopedics in the Great Dee region?” Lu Li dominantly suppressed Charmander.
Lu Li felt that Charmander was definitely too idle and needed to be kept busy.
Lu Li directly announced, “Next, we’ll do alchemy—you and Little Silver refine your own.”
“Fire~”
（Can I refine big sister head’s Spirit Beauty Pill?）
Charmander didn’t object but asked fawningly.
Lu Li: “…”
“You’re really a little simp.” Lu Li looked speechlessly at the ceiling, already too exhausted to complain.
Luckily this guy was simping for family; if it was someone else’s, he’d correct it properly today.
“Refine alchemy properly—if the quality isn’t high, you two lose out, and Xiao Mei’s picky—she only eats high-quality Spirit Beauty Pills.” Lu Li deliberately warned.
Charmander nodded confidently.
Ever since personally witnessing Ho-Oh’s divine might, it had improved in Flame Conjuring Technique; Charmander believed it was now no worse than the Trainer.
“Fire~”
（Little bro, don’t hold me back.）
Charmander turned its head and warned similarly.
“Bel~”
（Don’t worry, guaranteed!）
“Fire~”
（Then let’s start.）
“Rumble!!”
The sound of an explosion rang out; at the critical moment, Lu Li used Iron Armor Technique to cover his whole body, avoiding the tragic consequence of being burned all over.
Due to the Ignite Ability, although Charmander was blasted flying by the furnace explosion impact, it didn’t suffer any substantial damage.
But Beldum was more miserable—already double weak to Fire Attribute, plus being close to the Alchemy Furnace, Beldum almost lost battle capability on the spot.
“Charmander!!!”
Lu Li glared angrily and anxiously at Charmander, which was scrambling up from the ground in a sorry state, then hurried to Beldum’s side to check its injuries.
After confirming Beldum had only lost battle capability, Lu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He called Wobbuffet to take care of Beldum, then Lu Li closed his eyes looking at Charmander, waiting for its excuses.
“Fire~”
（Trainer, I think I’m unclean now.）
Charmander’s tone was full of panic.
Lu Li: “???”
Seeing Charmander’s “I’ve been defiled” expression, Lu Li was confused.
Lu Li couldn’t care about being angry anymore and hurriedly asked worriedly, “What’s wrong?”
“Fire~”
（There’s dirty stuff in my flames.）
Charmander’s laughing voice carried a hint of crying; Lu Li got even more nervous hearing this.
Lu Li hurriedly soothed, “Calm down first and tell me exactly what happened.”
“Fire~”
（Look.）
Charmander aggrievedly hugged its own tail and placed it in front of Lu Li.
Lu Li formed hand seals with both hands, activating Immortal Sight Eye, and finally saw the mystery in Charmander’s tail flame.
Charmander’s tail flame was originally its Life Flame, but now this little fire had some strange things added.
To be precise, it had an extremely unique sacredness added.
“This is…”
Lu Li narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.
“Flames with sacred attribute?” Lu Li was also confused.
Although it was only faint attribute, one thing was undeniable: Charmander should, probably, maybe be about to take off again.
This thing in the Cultivation World would be Spirit Fire!
In the Pokémon World, this was called special flame; at Ho-Oh, this was called Sacred Fire.
“So…you just saw Phoenix use a Skill and copied its Sacred Fire?” Lu Li was stunned.
You’re so heaven-defying—how am I supposed to handle being the one with cheats?
Although Charmander’s current wasn’t true Sacred Fire yet, its flames did have some holy effects, which was a kind of evolution-oriented effect.
“Wait, if this thing is used in alchemy.” Lu Li’s expression suddenly changed.
As a Cultivator, Lu Li’s first thought wasn’t using this special flame for battle, but alchemy.
For an Alchemist, a special Spirit Fire was more precious than a top-grade Cultivation Technique.
“This is a good thing, don’t be scared.” Lu Li comforted with a smile.
“Fire~”
（Trainer, don’t fool me just because I’m young!）
“It’s real.”
Lu Li pretended to be angry and knocked Charmander’s little head.
“Now you know you’re young? When you were being a simp earlier, you didn’t think so.” Lu Li complained.
“Fire?”
（Really nothing wrong?）
Lu Li pretended to be in pain: “Something’s wrong…”
“Fire~”
（What’s wrong?）
Charmander looked at Lu Li nervously.
Lu Li: “It’s a big good thing.”
“Fire~”
（Trainer, I’ll fight you!）
The angry Charmander bit Lu Li’s arm—of course, without any force.
Lu Li cooperatively pretended to be in great pain and shouted, while waving his arm nonstop, trying to shake Charmander off.
After playing around for a moment, Lu Li instructed, “Don’t do alchemy these two days—get familiar with this new flame properly; come back to alchemy once you’re familiar.”
“Fire~”
（Will the stuff in my fire affect alchemy?）
Lu Li nodded seriously: “It will.”
“Fire~”
（Ah!）
Charmander looked at Lu Li nervously; actually, it was quite interested in alchemy—mainly because it had a dream to become big sister head’s sugar daddy.
“But it’s a good thing.” Lu Li added.
“Fire~”
（Trainer! I’m fighting you again.）
The once-again teased Charmander pounced again.
