Chapter 235: An Unscientific Cold Wave Strikes!
Yao Yifei, who has Mega Evolution, should be able to temporarily hold back Freya. Her other Pokémon are not much different from Yao Yifei’s first tier, so they should also be able to hold back for a moment.
As for Freya herself being a Psychic, he could personally step in. As long as the other party was not a Heavenly King Level Psychic, Lu Li had ways to control her.
The most troublesome thing was actually what came after killing Freya. Leaving aside the international influence, just the Natural Bird going berserk was deadly.
Yao Yifei’s Mega Evolution state couldn’t last too long, and in the end, no one would be able to stop the Natural Bird’s revenge.
This plan could only be used as a last resort.
Now they also had advantages. First, Freya was not a local from Jiuzhou Region. Even if she discovered that secret realm, she couldn’t develop it.
Freya also couldn’t tell the Jiuzhou Alliance about this secret realm, but it couldn’t be ruled out that she would use this secret realm news to exchange money on the Dark Web.
And that notebook.
The matter of the Time Machine was of great significance. This notebook absolutely could not fall into the hands of the North American Alliance. If the Time Machine was destined to be exposed, Lu Li would rather tell this news to Sister Qu.
Of course, that was only possible in the worst-case scenario.
Lu Li narrowed his eyes and asked, “Sister Yao, do you have a way to deport her?”
“Are you still worried about her?” Yao Yifei asked curiously in return.
Lu Li nodded.
Yao Yifei touched her chin and said, “Deporting her wouldn’t be difficult.”
Hearing this, Lu Li’s eyes lit up, then he looked at Yao Yifei expectantly and asked, “Sister Yao has a way?”
Yao Yifei nodded and said, “Very simple, actually just a phone call.”
Lu Li: “Please elaborate.”
Yao Yifei: “You call the Fairy Heavenly King and say the other party is a threat to you, then you just need to wait.”
“That simple?” Lu Li asked in surprise.
Yao Yifei nodded, looking matter-of-fact, and said, “The Fairy Heavenly King is one of the four Heavenly Kings. Driving away a Heavenly King from another alliance on her own territory isn’t a simple matter?”
Lu Li: “…”
So all my earlier overthinking was for nothing?
Lu Li, feeling speechless inside, picked up his phone.
The bad thing about playing conspiracies was that everything tended to be overcomplicated.
“Little Pudding, you’re finally willing to call me. I was actually thinking of calling you proactively.” Sister Qu’s charming voice came from the phone.
Hearing this, Lu Li cooperatively asked, “Sister Qu, is there something you need from me?”
Sister Qu said, “Nothing much, just wanted to congratulate you.”
Lu Li asked in confusion, “Congratulate what?”
“Of course, congratulating you on getting a very good Eevee. A Fairy and Psychic Attribute Eevee—the defects of those two Eevees should have been resolved by Ho-Oh, right?” Sister Qu asked in a very certain tone.
Hearing this, Lu Li’s pupils shrank.
He didn’t expect this matter to be exposed.
“Sister Qu, how did you know about this?” Lu Li asked nervously.
Sister Qu: “Because that Water Fire Eevee is with the Rainbow Hero, and the defects on its body have been resolved. The other Eevee is missing.”
Lu Li was even more puzzled, so he asked persistently, “Then how are you sure the Starry Sprite is in my hands?”
“I guessed it might be in your hands, and your reaction told me I was right.” Sister Qu teased.
Lu Li: “…”
Lu Li didn’t expect he would one day give himself away.
Lu Li replied seriously, “Sister Qu, I don’t plan to hide this from you. Ho-Oh did give me the Starry Sprite, but the attributes aren’t what you said. The Starry Sprite is Psychic and Dark Attribute.”
Hearing this, Sister Qu’s expression turned serious: “Are you sure? Isn’t the Starry Sprite Fairy and Psychic Attribute?”
“Yes, if you don’t believe me, you can come see.” Lu Li replied with absolute certainty.
Sister Qu didn’t refuse and directly said, “Okay, I’ll have my Gardevoir come over in a bit.”
This matter really needed to be clarified. It wasn’t that she coveted the Starry Sprite in Lu Li’s hands, but simply wanted to get the facts straight.
After all, the Starry Sprite was personally given to Lu Li by Ho-Oh. As a fellow Tier 1 God, Ho-Oh wouldn’t be so good to a Reserve Ideal Messenger for no reason.
After all, the Rainbow Hero wasn’t unable to nurture two Pokémon at the same time.
Ho-Oh’s overture practically confirmed that Lu Li was the real Ideal Messenger, not some Reserve.
The significance it represented was different.
Even if Sister Qu had ten times the guts, she wouldn’t dare rob an Ideal Messenger’s Pokémon.
Ideal Messenger and Reserve Ideal Messenger were two different concepts.
A real Ideal Messenger could truly summon the Ideal Dragon.
Why did the Wang Family dare to openly target Rayne? Because he was just a Reserve.
When others suspect you can summon a Tier 1 God, you’d better actually be able to, or you’d end up like Rayne.
Lu Li wasn’t emotional about it. It was better to clear this up, lest Sister Qu hold a grudge against her.
After all, this was a thick thigh—holding grudges wouldn’t be good.
Sister Qu knew when to stop and directly asked, “Alright, so why did you call me?”
Lu Li quickly explained the matter with Freya.
After hearing this, Sister Qu was silent for a moment, then directly said, “I can make her leave the Jiuzhou Region tomorrow, but…”
Lu Li listened nervously to Sister Qu’s request, fearing she would state excessive conditions.
Sister Qu said, “Three days from now, you have to accompany me to a secret realm and help me find a Pokémon or item.”
Hearing this, Lu Li finally breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
This request wasn’t excessive—at least not in Lu Li’s view.
“Okay.”
Lu Li agreed directly, then asked hesitantly, “School starts in a week for me.”
“I’ll have someone handle that. You don’t need to register—just go directly to…” Not yet knowing which university Lu Li wanted to attend, Sister Qu continued, “By the way, which university are you planning to go to?”
Lu Li: “Kyushu University.”
Sister Qu nodded appreciatively and said, “Perfect, I graduated from Kyushu University too. Technically, I’m your senior schoolmate now.”
Yao Yifei nearby rolled her eyes.
Senior schoolmate?
A senior schoolmate with 20 recent classes in between?
“But you’re right not to go to Alliance University. It won’t be long before Alliance University might not be the best university in the world.” Sister Qu’s tone carried some complexity.
Lu Li asked hesitantly, “Is there some change at Alliance University?”
He had originally planned to visit Alliance University’s library to borrow books when he had time.
Sister Qu smiled wryly, “If nothing unexpected happens, Alliance University will disband soon.”
Hearing this, Lu Li instantly didn’t want to continue the topic.
It seemed the Asian Alliance’s dissolution was imminent. Since even a Title Heavenly King like Sister Qu said so, it must be true.
“Alright, I’ll have Gardevoir come pick you up then, and check that Starry Sprite while at it.” After that, Sister Qu hung up.
Yao Yifei looked at Lu Li worriedly, her eyes full of concern, and said, “The Fairy Heavenly King comes with ill intent, and how did she know about this?”
Lu Li smiled and comforted her, “This is a good thing. You don’t need to worry.”
Sister Qu knew this Pokémon was given to him by Ho-Oh, so she couldn’t possibly have any thoughts of snatching it. After all, Pokémon weren’t tools—whoever held them owned them.
“Alright, I’ll go check if the Starry Sprite has woken up. You should rest early too.” After saying that, Lu Li went to the basement.
The Starry Sprite was lying in the Spirit Gathering Array. Upon seeing Lu Li arrive, its eyelids trembled slightly.
Lu Li casually cast a healing spell on it.
After one healing spell, the Starry Sprite finally slowly opened its eyes.
Despite enduring constant suffering and arriving in a strange environment, there wasn’t a trace of fear in the Starry Sprite’s eyes.
Lu Li smiled and said, “Looks like you didn’t completely lose consciousness.”
The Starry Sprite curiously sized up Lu Li in front of it. It knew this boy was the trainer chosen for it by Lord Ho-Oh.
Though born in a human laboratory and subjected to torment, the Starry Sprite didn’t resent all humans because of it, so it could accept Lu Li as its trainer.
“Eevee~”
（Hello, trainer.）
The Starry Sprite weakly let out a soft cry.
Seeing the Starry Sprite looking listless, Lu Li quickly took out two pills from the ring.
“Eat something first.” Lu Li said gently.
The Starry Sprite obeyed, curiously looking at the pill in front of it. Sensing the abundant energy inside, it unhesitatingly ate the pill Lu Li handed over.
After its condition improved slightly, the Starry Sprite proactively jumped into Lu Li’s arms and curled up into a very comfortable ball.
Lu Li gently stroked the Starry Sprite’s fur.
Then he took out his phone and notebook from the ring.
After scanning the Starry Sprite, Lu Li began recording on the notebook.
Pokémon: Starry Sprite
Attribute: Psychic, Dark
Ability: Spiritual Power.
Strength: Elite Late Stage（Weakened State）
Known Skills: Bite, Pursuit, Dark Pulse, Foresight, Teleport, Meditation, Life Dew, Rest…
Notes: The Starry Sprite is deep purple and currently in a weakened state. Perhaps because of Ho-Oh, the Starry Sprite’s strength is two major levels higher than before the auction.
Nurturing Direction: No clear nurturing direction yet, but can consult Yao Yifei, after all, she’s the professional Eevee trainer（laugh）.
After putting away the notebook, Lu Li felt some joy inside.
This little one had surpassed the others right away, becoming the strongest in his team.
Tropius was currently only Elite Early Stage, but not far from mid-stage. Milotic and Tropius were about the same strength, though she was already Mid-Elite Level.
Then there was Charmander. This unlucky child was already Veteran Early Stage, also not far from mid-stage. Then Onix—Onix was just one step away from leveling up, and the kind that could breakthrough anytime.
Finally, the new team member Beldum. Beldum was still in Newborn Stage, more precisely late Newborn Stage, about to enter Growth Stage, which was Normal Level.
And finally the Starry Sprite. The new team member already had Elite Late Stage strength. This was all thanks to the generous Ho-Oh.
“Could I be the Reserve Rainbow Hero chosen by Ho-Oh?” Lu Li thought shamelessly to himself.
After all, if not for that connection, why would Ho-Oh give him the Starry Sprite?
The Starry Sprite’s most important task now was recuperation. Although Ho-Oh had evolved the Starry Sprite’s Life Origin, the trauma from the laboratory wasn’t easy to repair.
All of this needed slow nurturing. Lu Li guessed that once the Starry Sprite recovered, it might directly advance to Gym Level.
“Sigh! I wonder if the Unown representing the Life concept is easy to find.” Lu Li wondered to himself.
Both the Starry Sprite and that Ice Dragon egg needed that kind of runes, but Unown were notoriously hard to find.
After holding the Starry Sprite for a while, Lu Li placed it on the nearby cushion and softly instructed, “Rest well here for now. I’m going to make food for you next.”
The sensible Starry Sprite nodded, then quietly curled up on the cushion, curiously watching Lu Li take out the Alchemy Furnace.
The next morning at nine o’clock.
Lu Li was woken from cultivation by the phone ring.
After answering, Sister Qu’s charming and familiar voice came through.
“Little Pudding, bad news: the Alliance people sent couldn’t find Freya. According to the investigation, she has entered the secret realm deep within the Qingyun Mountain Range. If nothing unexpected, we’ll have to wait for him to come out before deporting her back to the North American Alliance.”
Hearing this, Lu Li frowned. If it was the secret realm deep within the Qingyun Mountain Range, that was fine.
Lu Li deliberately said, “Then I’ll trouble you. Once she exits the secret realm, make her leave immediately. Living next to a Heavenly King Level Trainer, especially from another alliance, is really too much pressure.”
Sister Qu understood very well.
After all, Lu Li had been assassinated before, so it was normal for him to be wary of people from other alliances.
Sister Qu guaranteed, “I’ll have people wait outside the secret realm. As soon as she comes out, she must leave the Jiuzhou Alliance.”
“Mm!”
Sister Qu added, “Remember the thing in two days.”
After Sister Qu hung up, Lu Li fully immersed himself back into the grand project of Pokémonfication of cultivation.
Fully focused, Lu Li almost lost himself in the endless knowledge.
Cultivation, researching cultivation profession skills into Pokémon language, researching Pokémon Items（Artifact Refining）.
Lu Li paid attention to the outside world again because he was startled awake by a cold wave.
Lu Li confusedly sensed the temperature around him.
This was the south, where it never snowed even during New Year, and autumn had just arrived—why had the temperature suddenly dropped so low?
When something unusual happens, there must be a reason.
Lu Li quickly recalled his two nearby Pokémon, then jogged out of the basement.
