Chapter 44: Bug Divination Within The Rules!
For such a rare medicinal herb, one definitely has to consider taking it slow and steady.
The herbology in this Pokémon World is actually quite advanced, and the most famous medicinal herb is the legendary Revival Grass, which is the ultimate dream of all Planters.
Being able to plant Revival Grass and successfully grow it to maturity would make one an undisputed Master Planter.
Because the Revival Potion made from Revival Grass is even effective on Master Level Pokémon, it is truly the ultimate potion that can influence the balance of the Alliance.
However, Revival Grass has always just been a legend. At least Lu Li has only seen it in the legendary Illustration Book at school, and it’s said to be as rare as a Divine Beast.
After putting all the medicinal herbs into the backpack, Lu Li decided to find a place nearby to sit in meditation and recover his body’s energy.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and if he returned too late, Xiao Mei would definitely worry a lot.
Not letting family members worry is a basic pursuit that a Trainer should have. As an orphan, Lu Li has no relatives, so the companions around him naturally became family members.
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In the small water vat, Wailmer looked at the gradually darkening sky with bright eyes.
Ordinary Wailmer usually have dull eyes, but Xiao Mei is different; its eyes are filled with confidence and hope for the future.
“The sky is so dark, why hasn’t the Trainer come back yet? Did something happen?” Wailmer thought worriedly in its mind.
“No!”
“The Trainer is so excellent; he definitely won’t have an accident. He must be delayed by something.”
“Ah…”
“I really want to get stronger soon! After evolving, I can stay by the Trainer’s side all the time.”
“Tropius little brother is so powerful, and its attribute is also strong; it should protect the Trainer well, right?”
“Grass Attribute actually counters Water Attribute; shouldn’t Water be invincible? I wonder if I can beat that stinky little brother after evolving.”
Getting closer and closer to evolution, Wailmer was also becoming smarter and smarter.
Ordinary Wailmer have sluggish thinking, but Xiao Mei’s thinking is very flexible, almost no different from a normal person.
These characteristics all convey a message to the outside world: this Wailmer is about to evolve.
At the same time, in the neighbor’s house next door to Lu Li, a grandfather-grandson conversation was taking place.
“Good grandson, you have to study hard, just like Lu Li next door, but don’t completely copy Lu Li; he studied himself silly and has none of the drive that a young person should have.” Grandpa affectionately patted his grandson’s shoulder and lectured.
Li Ming nodded heavily and guaranteed, “Don’t worry, Grandfather! I definitely won’t let you down.”
Thinking of what happened at school today, Li Ming reminded with a face full of worry, “But… Grandfather, a group of police came to school today; they seemed to be promoting anti-fraud awareness. After hearing their presentation, I feel like the organization you joined might be running a scam. Are you sure everything is okay?”
Hearing this, the kindly expression on Grandpa’s face instantly vanished.
“You absolutely cannot tell your classmates about our Hope organization. If others find out about this, then by then you can only get a really trashy Starter Pokémon.
Your current mission is to study hard; next year Grandfather will prepare a Starter Pokémon for you.” Grandpa Li lectured with an extremely serious expression.
Li Ming nodded somewhat confused.
“This is the only opportunity we ordinary people can grasp. Look at Lu Li next door; so what if his grades are good? Look at what Pokémon he has.
He can’t even bear to throw away a Pokémon like Wailmer; with such good grades, he couldn’t even get a Starter Pokémon.” Grandpa continued to use the neighbor as a typical example to educate Li Ming.
Li Ning said weakly, “But… I heard that Big Brother Lu got a city sponsorship spot and now already has a Starter Pokémon.”
“What?”
Grandpa Li suddenly jumped up.
“No wonder that guy wasn’t tempted; turns out he already had a Starter Pokémon! No wonder!” Grandpa Li suddenly realized, but then he began gnashing his teeth.
“That guy even tried to persuade me to give up preparing a Starter Pokémon for you, saying the organization is running a scam; how malicious is that guy’s intent.
He clearly already has a Starter Pokémon himself, yet he still wants my grandson not to get one.” Grandpa Li cursed through gritted teeth.
At this moment in Grandpa Li’s mind, Lu Li’s previous persuasion had all turned into malicious intent.
A stereotype of someone jealous and unable to see his own grandson doing better slowly reformed.
Grandpa Li complained regretfully, “If I’d known, I wouldn’t have approached him; I even wanted to pull him up since he looked so poor!”
Unaware of how deeply he was sinking, Grandpa Li became even more determined to prepare a Starter Pokémon for his grandson.
“Just a few more; recruit a few more people, and next year’s Starter Pokémon will be secured.” The paranoid Grandpa Li self-motivated in his heart.
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Two hours later, after the energy in his body had mostly recovered, Lu Li skillfully took out the turtle shell from the backpack.
Things like fortune tellers being unable to divine themselves are all nonsense.
Ever since coming to this world and entering the Qi Refining Stage, he has always divined himself every time.
Due to issues with the World Rules, Lu Li also discovered a bug in fortune telling.
As long as his divination doesn’t involve those deities representing the Laws, his predictions have almost no price and don’t need to worry about leaking heavenly secrets or anything like that.
This world’s Heavenly Dao is equivalent to an alpaca; right now that alpaca might be wandering wildly in some world—who would notice a small fry like him?
In the Cultivation World, leaking too many heavenly secrets would result in fortune backlash, but in this world, it doesn’t matter; that’s the wonderful difference between worlds.
Lu Li’s divination this time was very simple: how to get home safely.
Cast the hexagram!
Three ancient copper coins fell to the ground, and Lu Li stared fixedly at the copper coins on the ground. After sensing something in the ether, Lu Li silently put away the copper coins.
“Southeast direction…”
Lu Li narrowed his eyes looking toward the southeast; that was the depths of the Qingfeng Mountain Range.
This divination had three results in total, representing three routes.
The southeast direction’s result was Great Omen of Misfortune Great Omen of Good Fortune; fortune or misfortune unpredictable. If he continued deeper, he might find a true place to settle, but he might also perish.
Through this route, Lu Li realized there must be a great opportunity in the Qingfeng Mountain Range, but this opportunity was definitely not something he could covet right now.
Lu Li released Tropius; after more than two hours of digestion, Tropius’s energy had also mostly recovered.
“Trop~”
As soon as Tropius came out, it happily licked Lu Li’s face.
What could make a Pokémon happier than seeing a healthy and intact Trainer standing in front of it?
Lu Li said, “Alright, Xiao Lü, let’s go home.”
Hearing this, Tropius obediently crouched down.
After jumping onto Tropius’s back, Lu Li followed the ethereal guidance in his mind and said, “Fly this way.”
Nearly an hour later.
Lu Li finally returned to the suburbs of Qingfeng City. While passing over the suburbs, Lu Li unexpectedly spotted a familiar face.
