Chapter 41: The Forest’s Three Bullies
After Yu Lili and the others left, Lu Li first cleaned up the leftovers on the table, then fed Wailmer a Spirit Beauty Pill. After that, Lu Li called a taxi with Tropius.
This time Lu Li didn’t go directly to Golden Chicken Village. After having the taxi drop him off in the suburbs, Lu Li impatiently released Tropius.
“Finally, I can ride a dragon.”
Lu Li looked at Tropius excitedly.
“Finally, I can carry a Trainer.”
Tropius also looked at Lu Li happily.
Today! I, Tropius, will prove my strength!
If it were an ordinary person, riding a Flying Pokémon for the first time to travel, they would definitely be tired of living.
But Lu Li was not an ordinary person. As a cultivator, Lu Li was confident he wouldn’t be thrown off, and even if he fell from a high altitude, he would be unharmed.
After jumping onto Tropius’s back, Lu Li used his energy to attach to Tropius.
This was considered one of the basic uses of the energy he cultivated, with an effect roughly similar to chakra in the Naruto world.
“Tra~”
（ Are you ready? ）
Lu Li gently patted Tropius’s neck: “You can take off now.”
Tropius was over two meters tall. Although its flying speed was not fast, due to its large size, Tropius could still be a mount Pokémon.
Tropius’s flight characteristic was stability. Due to its slow speed and many wings, Tropius flew very steadily.
Lu Li, riding on Tropius’s back, held his phone for navigation in one hand while also guiding Tropius’s direction.
The journey that originally took two hours was completed by Tropius in less than half an hour.
There were no accidents along the way. Tropius, upon landing, even had the energy to fly back.
“Is it because of the pill that Tropius’s endurance is higher than its peers?” Lu Li wondered, looking at Tropius, who showed no signs of fatigue.
Lu Li put Tropius away and, following his memory, arrived at a half-ruined farm.
Unlike cities, houses in rural areas were usually larger because people living in the countryside often raised livestock to supplement their income.
The yard in front of him was very large, four times the size of his yard in Qingfeng City. Most importantly, this yard was close to the edge of the village, and behind the yard was the boundless Qingyun Mountain Range.
Most importantly, Golden Chicken Village was deserted.
Lu Li remembered that when he left Golden Chicken Village, there were still over forty households in the village. He didn’t expect that ten years later, Golden Chicken Village would be so abandoned.
The migration of people from rural areas to cities was almost a major trend.
For rural residents, moving to the city was the best outcome. Every year, villages disappeared all over the world. Some were lucky enough to move to the city, while others were unlucky and were gone, literally gone.
If a village was entirely populated by ordinary people, a late-stage Normal Level Pokémon could even massacre the entire village.
As for calling for support?
It would take at least 20 minutes for someone to get here from the city, not including the time for reporting and summoning help. 20 minutes could accomplish a lot.
Lu Li released Tropius again and circled the village from above. After confirming that there were indeed no people in Golden Chicken Village, Lu Li’s mind began to stir.
“Perhaps I can buy this abandoned village and build my own farm here.”
In fact, Golden Chicken Village had a great geographical advantage, with mountains and water, but its only drawback was its distance from Qingfeng City, which was also the reason for its decline.
Back in the yard, Lu Li first took out his phone and contacted a decoration company, and then contacted a housekeeping company.
Two hours later.
People from both the housekeeping company and the decoration company arrived. The manager of the decoration company was a middle-aged man, and the decoration company had sent only a salesperson.
The middle-aged manager asked respectfully, “Hello, you must be Mr. Lu, right? Is the decoration you mentioned inside here?”
Lu Li nodded.
“I hope you can renovate this place and then redecorate the house, and also clean up the surroundings of the manor. I want to build a training ground behind this yard to train my Tropius,” Lu Li said, pointing to Tropius behind him.
The middle-aged manager joked, “That’s no problem, but this isn’t just renovation anymore; it’s more like tearing down and rebuilding, isn’t it?”
Lu Li asked seriously, “You could say that. Can you do it?”
This was indeed a complete rebuild, but Lu Li, who had plenty of money, wasn’t worried about the cost at all.
“I’ve taken a look at the yard and the surrounding environment. If we were to tear everything down and rebuild, it would cost approximately 2 to 2.5 million,” the middle-aged manager said.
Lu Li nodded and then made another request: “Alright, but I hope I can move in soon.”
“Two days. If you’re willing to let us start construction today, we can finish by the afternoon of the day after tomorrow,” the middle-aged manager said confidently.
“So fast?” Lu Li, not understanding the industry, was surprised and even suspected if the decoration company would reduce quality for the sake of speed.
The middle-aged manager explained, “We are actually a construction group. Machamp Heavy Industry Group is our parent company. Speed and quality are absolutely guaranteed.
Our construction team includes Machamp and even Mr. Mime, which is why the speed is so fast.”
Hearing this, Lu Li’s mouth twitched slightly.
Machamp was not a rare Pokémon, but Mr. Mime was a Psychic Type Pokémon. Was it a waste to use them on a construction site?
“Then I’m relieved. You can start construction today.” After calculating, Lu Li turned his gaze to the middle-aged woman next to him.
“After the decoration company finishes, I need you to clean the entire manor.”
The middle-aged woman nodded: “No problem, we only need one day.”
After agreeing with the two companies, Lu Li left Golden Chicken Village.
“Huh?”
As soon as they flew out of Golden Chicken Village, Lu Li made Tropius stop.
“That direction…”
Suddenly inspired, Lu Li commanded, “Tropius, go in that direction and take a look. It’s quite close to the village, and with so many big trees, maybe some Flying Pokémon will be attracted to settle there.”
That forest was too close to Golden Chicken Village. If there were indeed Pokémon there, it would be best to drive them away in advance, otherwise, he would be the one to suffer.
Lu Li didn’t want his newly renovated house to be destroyed by wild Pokémon.
As soon as they reached the sky above the forest, Lu Li keenly sensed that several large trees below were shaking violently.
A large orange bird burst out from the canopy of the trees. This peculiar bird-like Pokémon had a long, pointed beak.
Lu Li recognized this Pokémon at a glance.
Noctowl! One of the three notorious wild bullies.
The other two major bullies were Beedrill and Primeape. Together with Noctowl, these three gregarious Pokémon were known as the Three Wild Bullies.
These Pokémon were not only ill-tempered and highly aggressive, but they also held grudges. Most importantly, these bullies were gregarious!
“Caw~” Noctowl let out a fierce cry after flying out.
