Chapter 282: The Secret Of The Secret Realm
Based on the forbidden knowledge obtained from Gimmighoul, Lu Li also learned more inside information about this incident.
Gimmighoul was truly quite naive, not even treating him as an outsider, and stuffed almost all of the inherited knowledge it had obtained into Lu Li at once.
After fully digesting that knowledge, Lu Li realized that his greatest gain was not the law crystal, but this precious knowledge.
The crafting methods for various attribute masks went without saying; those things were only effective for Gimmighoul.
What was truly valuable was some forbidden knowledge about the essence of the world.
In this world, almost all trainers had a common problem: they liked nurturing Pokémon, and starting from a young age at that.
This was extremely unreasonable in the anime world, because whether it was Xiao Zhi or other plot characters in the anime, they were enthusiastic about capturing Pokémon, not nurturing them from young.
In truth, if one had to say, the approach of plot characters in the anime world was the normal one, since capturing had no cost and as long as one was strong enough, they could quickly gain immediate combat power.
But this world was different.
The trainers in this world were idiots; didn’t they know how to do this?
No, this was where one had to mention the basic rules of this world again.
As everyone knew, the energy coverage rate in the real world was relatively low, incomparable to secret realms, which meant that wild Pokémon in the real world grew more slowly.
Plus, with the bond thing, very few people went to capture those powerful wild Pokémon.
After all, Pokémon in secret realms grew faster, so why did no one go capture Pokémon in secret realms?
This was where one had to mention a concept again—era abandonment!
Of course, Lu Li preferred to call this concept the era curse, or rather the world curse.
The Pokémon that entered secret realms were actually some that should have died in epoch destruction; these Pokémon could be said to be abandoned by the era or forgotten by the world.
The longer such Pokémon lived in secret realms, the heavier the secret realm label imprinted on them became, and once Pokémon branded with this label came to the real world, they would be rejected by the world.
This led to the fact that even if someone captured an adult Pokémon in a secret realm, its combat power in the real world would be extremely limited.
This so-called era curse was most obvious in luck value.
In other words, Pokémon that had lived long-term in secret realms would have lower luck value upon coming to the real world, though this would gradually wear off with the time the Pokémon lived in the real world.
The weaker the Pokémon, the shallower the degree of the curse upon entering the real world, and the more perfectly it could exert its abilities.
So most trainers entering secret realms would capture those below gym level, not those that had already broken through to heavenly king level.
It was worth mentioning that this curse was ineffective against Pokémon that had stepped into the divine realm, and also ineffective against divine beasts.
Now Lu Li understood why the alliance placed nurturing bases in the real world; it wasn’t that they didn’t know the benefits of secret realms, but that they knew the flaws of secret realms.
Then the question arose again: what about those remnant clans in the secret realms?
Were they not afraid of this curse?
Lu Li kept this matter in mind, deciding to ask about these things when the opportunity arose.
No wonder the humans in this world could clearly live in secret realms but were always unwilling to reside there long-term.
After returning to the real world, Lu Li began researching talismans; from the forbidden knowledge inherited from Gimmighoul, Lu Li found quite a few ways to use talismans.
First was the golden needle talisman; this thing engraved the golden needle technique into a talisman, with an effect similar to a silent pistol, just with stronger penetration.
Next was the healing talisman; this thing could be prepared a bit, after all, better safe than sorry.
Then there were various farming spells converted into talismans; with these things, even if he was away from home long-term in the future, he wouldn’t have to worry about problems in the orchard.
Finally, the boundary-breaking talisman.
This was the most important.
With this thing, if he encountered a secret realm shattering in the future, he could break through space to other secret realms or the real world.
Busy until 6 a.m. the next morning.
Lu Li then called Espeon and went to school.
The forbidden knowledge from Gimmighoul was too profound and still needed more foundational knowledge to fill in the gaps; the importance of the library rose again.
An Feng got up early to prepare breakfast for Lu Li; after Lu Li finished breakfast and left, An Feng sighed softly, “Using teleport every day, this child really loves studying.”
Hearing this, Yao Yifei nodded in deep agreement; even as a gym level trainer, she couldn’t manage to use teleport every day, because that kind of life was too tough.
Just arriving at school, Lu Li was called into the office by Wen Gongmao.
Just entering the office, Wen Gongmao thanked him, “The Fugaku Secret Realm matter, thank you.”
“Uh…”
Lu Li was momentarily stunned and didn’t know what the other was thanking him for.
Saving his granddaughter? But the problem was that Huang Meng was the key person who allowed them to escape the secret realm alive.
Without Huang Meng calling the forest god to open the space-time tunnel, they might all have died in the Fugaku Secret Realm.
“I’m thanking you for preventing the world’s destruction.” Wen Gongmao explained meaningfully.
Hearing this, Lu Li pretended to be puzzled as he looked at Wen Gongmao and modestly denied, “You’re joking; I was just tagging along.”
Seeing Lu Li deny it, “Then let’s change the topic; the campus freshman competition is starting in a few days, remember to participate when the time comes; I’ve already signed you up.”
“Mm, thanks for the trouble!” Lu Li nodded and didn’t refuse.
Although he didn’t have the energy right now to nurture new Pokémon, who would complain about having more pseudo-legendaries?
“And then there’s my personal thanks,” Wen Gongmao smiled and took out a gift box.
Afraid Lu Li would refuse, Wen Gongmao smilingly added, “Don’t refuse; I haven’t thanked you yet for taking care of that girl in my family.”
Hearing this, Lu Li nodded, then took the gift box with both hands.
“An elder’s gift cannot be refused; I’ll accept the gift.”
Wen Gongmao reminded, “Open it and take a look.”
Lu Li curiously opened the gift box and saw a red orb lying quietly inside.
Lu Li’s first reaction was fire gem; a large fire gem was generally diamond-shaped, but the gem in front of him was rhombus-shaped.
Fire Z!
Lu Li was shocked.
Fire Z was not common in the Jiuzhou Region; last time his electric Z auctioned for that price, it was definitely a loss.
“This is what I got by extorting that guy Ken Lin; after all, his dog life was also saved by Meng Meng, and for a life-saving grace, there has to be some return, right?” Wen Gongmao explained with a smile opposite him.
Lu Li nodded in deep agreement.
Trading a master-level trainer’s life for a fire Z was somewhat insulting to a master-level trainer.
But considering they were enemies, it was normal for Ken Lin to give a fire Z.
Wen Gongmao urged, “Put it away.”
Lu Li carefully put away the box.
This was the old principal’s gift and way too valuable; Lu Li decided to give the old principal more face in the future.
Seeing Lu Li put away the box, Wen Gongmao smiled satisfiedly, “Go on, I won’t disturb you from going to read books.”
Lu Li left the office with light footsteps.
“As expected, high risk often means high return; unexpectedly, there was even this pleasant surprise here.” Lu Li thought happily in his heart, completely failing to notice Long Ying walking toward him.
Long Ying aggressively blocked Lu Li’s path; she thought Lu Li would stop, but in fact, even cultivators could be distracted.
Bang~
Long Ying was directly knocked to the ground.
Feeling her buttocks aching, Long Ying looked at Lu Li in bewilderment.
Although she had long known this guy’s physical fitness was outrageous, this was too outrageous, right?
She had made preparations, while Lu Li had made none, yet she was the one knocked down.
Looking at Long Ying knocked to the ground by him, Lu Li played the victim first and questioned, “What are you doing blocking the middle of the road?”
Long Ying: “…”
Long Ying didn’t have the nerve to say she had deliberately blocked him and then got knocked down herself.
“You’re the one who didn’t watch where you were going, right? Didn’t you see someone ahead?” Long Ying bit back similarly, then said aggressively, “No more nonsense! Let’s settle it the trainer way.”
Lu Li: “…”
Lu Li now saw that this woman had deliberately come to pick a fight.
“You wouldn’t be deliberately trying to scam me, would you? And…” Lu Li looked disdainfully at Long Ying’s hills.
Sure enough! Cute and playful were worthless in front of sexy beauty.
Lu Li sneered inwardly; if Yao Yifei had accidentally bumped into him, he definitely would have been bounced back, after all, Yao Yifei’s front padding was much thicker than Long Ying’s.
After getting up, Long Ying pulled Lu Li’s hand without explanation and said, “Come on! Let’s go to the training field.”
Seeing this, Lu Li didn’t refuse; with Long Ying’s grip strength, breaking free would be easy, but a Pokémon battle could indeed resolve all disputes and conflicts.
Long Ying aggressively dragged Lu Li toward the arena; in the eyes of passing students, this scene was the classic bully girl harassing the top student plot.
“The Dragon Family young lady gets scary when angry, like an enraged dragon.”
“Poor college entrance examination top scorer; in front of the Dragon Family young lady, he’s like a rookie.”
“This Dragon girl is too domineering; this isn’t free love, it’s clearly coercion!”
Hearing the gossip from those behind him, Lu Li felt depressed inside.
This was exactly why he didn’t like living with crowds.
After arriving at the arena, the wiser Long Ying demanded, “Let’s make it clear first; this is a normal trainer battle, not a wild battle; trainers can’t enter the field to beat Pokémon.”
Previously, this line was usually said by her opponents; Long Ying felt helpless inside.
But there was no way around it; a dragon envoy’s physical fitness couldn’t compare to the rainbow hero; even if her brother came, he’d have to admit this fact.
Lu Li nodded indifferently; it didn’t matter if trainers couldn’t enter the field; it was just right to test Charmander’s recent progress.
“Come out, ferocious dragon!” Burning with chuunibyou spirit, Long Ying released Deino.
Seeing Deino again with spiritual vision eye active, Lu Li raised an eyebrow: “Veteran level late stage?”
Seeing Lu Li so surprised, Long Ying boasted proudly, “That’s right! Ever since losing to you last time, Deino and I have never forgotten that humiliation; after hard training, our strength has climbed to new heights!”
“Indeed impressive.”
Lu Li commented flatly, then released Charmander.
Seeing Charmander, Long Ying exclaimed, “Veteran level late stage? How is that possible! Last time it was clearly…”
“Looks like you’ll lose to me again this time; hopefully this humiliation sticks with you longer.” Lu Li teased with a smile.
The unconvinced Long Ying retorted, “Hmph! Who wins is still uncertain; after all, trainers can’t enter the field this time.”
Lu Li smiled noncommittally.
As the referee announced the match start, the battle was about to erupt.
“Dragon Breath!” Long Ying struck first.
With the lesson from last time, Long Ying didn’t dare underestimate Lu Li and even focused with twelve times the spirit.
Deino reared its head and sprayed a bluish-purple energy beam, ionizing the air with tiny electric arcs.
Seeing this, Charmander suddenly curled up, its body covered in golden flames; at the instant Deino’s breath was about to hit, it rolled sideways, the scorching breath melting scorch marks into the protective wall.
Charmander dodged Deino’s breath in a very strange way that no one could understand.
“Smokescreen!” Lu Li’s command followed closely.
Others might not know, but as Charmander’s trainer, Lu Li saw at a glance how Charmander had dodged the breath just now.
It was simply using flame perception to evade at the moment of impending hit; such a method was like dancing on the tip of a knife.
This method looked flashy but was very dangerous; Lu Li felt it necessary to warn Charmander after the match to use fewer such fancy evasion skill methods in the future.
Charmander opened its mouth and sprayed thick black smoke, enveloping half the field in an instant.
Seeing this, Deino anxiously pawed the ground; its vision was already poor, and now it completely lost its sense of direction.
Long Ying also heard the sound of claws scraping the ground in the smoke, like some dangerous countdown.
Although Lu Li hadn’t given a command, Long Ying knew Charmander was definitely applying enhancement skills to itself in the smoke.
“Calm down! Use Dragon Roar to disrupt the opponent!” Long Ying shouted loudly.
The so-called Dragon Roar was the same as Dragon Breath, both combination technique-type secret techniques; Dragon Roar was Dragon Pulse + Hyper Voice combination skill.
“Now’s the time! Charmander, ignore the opponent! Then Flame Charge at maximum power.”
Like a red meteor, Charmander suddenly burst out of the smoke, carrying the momentum of a comet crashing into Earth.
“Boom~”
Deino was hit precisely and sent flying; the heavily landed Deino struggled to rise but was thoroughly engulfed by the following flames.
Having stayed with the old schemer too long, Charmander had self-taught what it meant to kick a man while he’s down; without Lu Li’s special reminder, Charmander directly used Flame Vortex to finish it off.
When the smoke cleared, the electronic screen emitted a crisp prompt sound, with Deino’s health bar zero icon flashing on the screen.
This also meant Deino had lost its combat capability.
The nearby referee loudly announced, “The winner, player Lu Li!”
