I haven't decided on a name for my Pokémon trainer yet.

What exactly is the relationship between the dream and that boy?

Hiss, could it be...?

No, that's too far-fetched, no matter how you look at it. It's impossible, impossible.

Xerneas stared at the spot where the dream had vanished, his eyes gradually becoming unfocused.

Chapter 166: Transition

Unfortunately, Ye Feng was completely unaware of what was happening in the secret realm.

Otherwise, he would definitely shout, "Boss! My God!" and then hug the dreamy... thick thigh (?).

Whether you can actually hold him or not is another matter... on a physical level.

Right now, Ye Feng is bullying... cough, instructing his juniors at his alma mater.

That day, Ye Feng had nothing to do, so he went out for a stroll and somehow ended up at Jinghai No. 1 Middle School.

The gatekeeper was still the same old man, and he remembered Ye Feng. As soon as he saw Ye Feng, he warmly pulled him aside to chat.

After chatting for a while, Ye Feng made an excuse to get rid of the talkative gatekeeper and began to stroll around the campus.

He noticed that many of the school's facilities seemed to have been updated; he'd never seen them before, and they were all newly built after he graduated...

While Ye Feng was still complaining that the school only updated the facilities after he graduated, Liu Ye, who happened to be passing by, grabbed him and asked him to give some guidance to the younger students.

"Guide what?" Ye Feng was surprised. Old Liu, you're a teacher, how can you let your students guide your students?

Are you just using the excuse of needing my guidance to slack off?

“We have a battle theory class today, so why don’t you demonstrate to them how real professional trainers battle and command their teams?” Liu Ye said.

A performance? Ye Feng's lips twitched. Old Liu, you really wanted to slack off.

Upon arriving at the playground, Liu Ye was delayed by Ye Feng, as class had already begun.

"Classmates, today I've invited a master trainer to give you some pointers on how to battle..." Liu Ye started boasting, without even bothering to prepare.

? ?

Ye Feng was completely puzzled.

You've blown it too hard!

"Oh!!"

The first-year high school students clapped excitedly.

"No, Lao Liu, this is only the first year of high school, how come you're already getting involved in battles?" Ye Feng asked in confusion.

"Yes, with the current education reforms, students will start engaging in combat in their second year of high school. There will be theory classes in their first year," Liu Ye said.

"Theory class? What are you doing now...? Let me make it clear first, I don't teach."

"Haha, it just so happens that I've run into a top student from China University of Technology. Let your juniors admire your heroic bearing," Liu Ye said with a smile.

"You're just trying to slack off, aren't you? And is that how you use the word 'admire'?" Ye Feng said, his lips twitching.

"Hey, don't worry about the details," Liu Ye waved his hand.

"Well, the problem is, I don't think they even have any Pokémon, right? How are they going to guide the battles?" Ye Feng raised an eyebrow.

"That's easy. We'll fight each other, and they can just watch," Liu Ye said.

"Oh? Is that so?" Ye Feng's eyes darted around, and he grinned mischievously. "Then, Teacher Liu, let's get started." As he spoke, he reached for the Poké Ball on his chest.

Liu Ye's brow twitched when he saw Ye Feng's action; he naturally knew that it was Gardevoir's Poké Ball.

A bad feeling suddenly arose—it felt like I had dug my own grave this time?

···

I won't go into detail about the battle between Ye Feng and Liu Ye, we still need to save face for the teacher - just think about how Principal Dong is only an intermediate trainer, and you'll know roughly where Liu Ye's battle level is.

As for the result... well, anyway, Ye Feng gained a lot of fans.

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Inside the largest gaming club in Jinghai City, in the charging room

The Gyarados stood indoors, constantly receiving a baptism of electric current.

Having learned his lesson in the Yveltal Secret Realm, Ye Feng plans to teach Gyarados some new moves to expand its coverage.

Gyarados currently knows the following moves: Tackle, Whirlpool, Aqua Tail, Iron Tail, Crunch, Splash, and Hyper Beam.

Ye Feng felt it wasn't enough.

Gyarados's main attack method still relies on its tail, specifically Aqua Tail and Iron Tail. While Hyper Beam is quite powerful, Ye Feng has no way to overcome the opponent's recovery animation.

Although Mega Evolution should be unaffected, Ye Feng has tried it, and now without the Key Stone, even Gardevoir cannot Mega Evolve, let alone Gyarados.

This method of overcoming stiffness was originally intended to be learned from Zhang Qiang—his Charizard showed no signs of stiffness after using Burst Burn.

However, Zhang Qiang said that this seems to be Charizard's natural talent, and he has not specifically trained it. After learning Burst Burn, it has never experienced a stiff state.

This made Ye Feng feel envious, jealous, and resentful.

Since there's no way to overcome the stiffness after destroying the beam for the time being, let's focus on improving other moves first.

Ye Feng's first thought was Dragon Dance—Dragon Dance combined with his overconfidence would be quite lethal.

However, Pokémon that can use the Dragon Dance move are mostly Dragon-type Pokémon.

As mentioned earlier, there are very few Dragon-type Pokémon in this world, with only a few being released each year on Dragon Island in China; there are also no corresponding TMs.

Therefore, learning Dragon Dance is quite difficult, and Ye Feng couldn't find any trainers of those Dragon-type Pokémon for the time being.

Then we'll have to find a solution using other techniques.

In melee combat, Gyarados is not afraid at all; what it needs to improve is its ranged attacks and area-of-effect attacks.

The first thing Ye Feng thought of was flamethrower.

In Ye Feng's memory, Gyarados could learn Flamethrower, and there was an Arcanine ready to teach it, so there was no need to waste money to buy a Flamethrower TM.

However, after trying for many days, Ye Feng had to accept a reality—Gyarados did not have the talent to use fire-type energy; simply put, it could not learn fire-type moves.

Whether it's Flamethrower, Fire Blast, or Flame Fang, none of the Fire-type moves that Gyarados could learn, according to Ye Feng's memory, worked.

Since Fire-type moves are not an option, the only compromise is to choose Electric-type moves, which are easier to learn.

So Ye Feng took Gyarados to the best club in the city, where it was placed in the charging room to let Gyarados sense Electric-type energy and see if it could learn Electric-type moves.

Ye Feng felt a pang of sympathy as he watched Gyarados endure the electric current, but he knew that to improve its strength, it had to bear some hardship.

Look at Coco Dora, it just uses its head to rummage around everywhere all day, I don't even know what it's rummaging for... Hmm, that doesn't seem right.

Look at Arcanine... well, it was built up by Ye Feng using a TM.

Let's take a look at Gardevoir then...

Okay, Gyarados does seem to have the toughest time.

"Go, Gyarados!" Ye Feng cheered silently to himself. "When school starts, I'll buy you a lot more TMs."

"Roar!"

Inside the charging chamber, Gyarados roared, its entire body erupting with a powerful electric current, transforming into a bolt of lightning that slammed into the insulating target to the side.

At the same time, an alarm sounded in the charging room, and the charging machines instantly stopped operating.

Ye Feng was dumbfounded. It seemed that Gyarados had damaged someone's charging station.

But seeing the electric currents flowing across Gyarados's body, Ye Feng breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it had mastered Thunderbolt, so it wasn't a complete loss.

If the equipment or something breaks, just pay for it.

Chapter 167 Trainer Gathering

Gyarados successfully learned Thunderbolt, making Ye Feng realize that the equipment in the charging room hadn't been damaged in vain... cough, that's not it.

Afterwards, Ye Feng reprimanded Gyarados, saying that it was unnecessary to make such a fuss when learning a move. Once or twice was fine, but if it happened too often, even if you were willing to pay for it, they wouldn't let you use the charging chamber anymore.

After using the Imperial University's training facilities, Ye Feng became very dissatisfied with ordinary facilities.

This is already the best gaming club in Jinghai City; it would be embarrassing to be turned away.

Repairing the equipment takes time, and that means they're losing money. You're not going to compensate them for the lost wages by paying for the equipment...

After disciplining the Gyarados, Ye Feng saw it lower its head and show a good attitude of admitting its mistake, and patted its belly with satisfaction—damn, it had just started wagging its tail again.

Whenever Gyarados performs well, it will flick its tail, but fortunately Ye Feng cleverly changed the subject again.

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That day, Ye Feng received an invitation. The invitation was about a gathering of trainers from Ye Feng's generation, where they would compete and exchange ideas.

Ye Feng thought for a moment and gladly accepted the invitation.

Since they were from the same year as him, their strength should be about the same. Ye Feng was thinking about where to find a suitable opponent to let Gyarados, which had just learned Thunderbolt and Stomp—Stomp was taught to it by Arcanine—try out its new moves.

CocoDora also needs to accumulate experience and complete its evolution as soon as possible, and this gathering is a good opportunity.