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

“Well, maybe it’s because… we’re used to it?” Yao Tianjun paused for a moment and said, “Apart from some young people who go out to study or work, the older folks in the village don’t want to go out.”

"Although life in the city is much better, we are used to a self-sufficient life and we don't lack anything. We also regularly purchase the daily necessities we need."

“Living in the city and living here are not that different. To be honest, the environment here is even better.”

"I see." Ye Feng nodded noncommittally after hearing this somewhat clichéd explanation.

"Do you have any treasures or anything like that here?" Ye Feng asked in a low voice, looking mysterious.

"Wh-what treasure?" Yao Tianjun asked, his face full of questions.

“Hey, look,” Ye Feng hooked his arm around Yao Tianjun’s neck, “aren’t there often scenes in novels and movies where villages deep in the mountains guard some relics or things that might contain treasures or something?”

Yao Tianjun's face darkened: "You've been reading too many novels, haven't you? I already said it's a novel, these things don't exist in reality."

"What about secret realms? Surely there are secret realms somewhere."

“No.” Yao Tianjun shook his head. “If there were a secret realm, we wouldn’t be staying here.”

"What about seals? Like seals that contain powerful spirits, waiting for a hero to subdue them."

"You should read less novels." Yao Tianjun's face darkened, and he impatiently broke free from Ye Feng's arm, quickly taking a few steps forward.

"There really is something." Ye Feng narrowed his eyes.

When he casually mentioned the seal, Yao Tianjun was clearly stunned for a moment. Although he concealed it well, Ye Feng still noticed because the two were too close.

Yao Tianjun, who was walking in front, also frowned slightly: Did Ye Feng notice something?

Chapter 244 Finally arrived home

The two walked in silence for a while, each lost in their own thoughts.

Ye Feng wondered what secrets this village held.

His recent probing further confirmed that something was definitely hidden here.

It might be a sealed spirit, or a particularly powerful item related to a legendary spirit, such as a Life Jewel, a Diamond Jewel, a White Jewel, a Crimson Jewel, or an Indigo Jewel.

Moreover, when Gardevoir was blocking that sound last night, it also discovered that someone was secretly monitoring it, making Ye Feng suspect that there might be a secret here that they didn't want others to know.

Based on the principle that curiosity killed the cat and that you won't die if you don't court death, Ye Feng obediently continued to sleep.

Yao Tianjun, on the other hand, was wondering just how far Ye Feng had come to discover things.

Someone was secretly monitoring Ye Feng all night. Apart from getting up in the middle of the night to get some fresh air, he didn't do anything unusual.

After walking for a while, Yao Tianjun stopped.

"arrive."

"Huh? What's wrong?" Ye Feng, who was deep in thought, almost bumped into it.

“I told you, start from here and head straight east, and you’ll reach the nearest county,” Yao Tianjun said, turning his head.

"Okay, thank you then." Ye Feng thanked him, released Togekiss, and nimbly stepped onto it.

Yao Tianjun threw out a Poké Ball, releasing a Pidgeot, which then climbed up.

"Huh? You're coming with me?" Ye Feng was a little surprised.

"I still have classes at school, so I only came back during the holiday," Yao Tianjun replied.

"Oh, okay, let's go together then." Ye Feng nodded; this reason was indeed impeccable.

···

Nothing happened along the way, and the two arrived at the county that Yao Tianjun had mentioned without incident.

Just as Ye Feng arrived near the county, his phone finally got a signal, and a five-minute-long barrage of message notifications sent a tingling sensation through his hand.

When I opened it, there were missed call notifications, text messages, and various WeChat messages—hundreds of them in total. My phone was completely overloaded.

Ye Feng felt a slight headache. After the messages stopped coming in, he glanced at them; they were all from acquaintances asking about him: Deng Ruizhe, Shang Yixue, Zhang Qiang, Guo Pengfei, Ning Xian, and others…

Even Gu Yangzhou and Gu Ruyun made several phone calls and sent several messages.

However, the most frequent calls and messages came from Ye Feng's parents, Ye Hongsheng and Liang Yunqiu, accounting for a full half of all the messages.

Ye Feng thought for a moment and decided to call his parents back first.

"Hello···"

"Son!!" As soon as the call connected, Liang Yunqiu's anxious voice came through, "Old Ye, our son is calling back!"

"Did he call back?" A series of hurried footsteps approached, accompanied by the sound of furniture being knocked over.

Ye Feng held the phone a little further away and rubbed his slightly sore ear: "Mom, keep your voice down, I almost went deaf."

"Are you alright, son? Did the Phoenix King do anything to you?" Liang Yunqiu asked anxiously.

"Son, are you alright?" Ye Hongsheng's voice came through.

"I'm fine, Mom and Dad, don't worry," Ye Feng said.

"Where are you now? Why don't you go home first?" Liang Yunqiu said.

"Uh, I'm here now..." Ye Feng looked at Yao Tianjun, damn it, he had forgotten to ask where he was.

"This is Suining City in Sichuan Province. We'll be in Ying County soon," Yao Tianjun said.

Ye Feng repeated it.

"It's so far away, can you make it today?" Liang Yunqiu asked, a little disappointed.

"Um, that should be fine. I can just take the high-speed rail to Chengdu and then catch a plane," Ye Feng said after thinking for a moment. Transportation is quite convenient these days, a day should be enough.

"That's fine, be careful on the road," Liang Yunqiu said.

"Don't worry, Mom."

After exchanging a few more words, Ye Feng hung up the phone.

"Your parents?" Yao Tianjun asked casually.

"Mm." Ye Feng nodded.

Next, Ye Feng called Deng Ruizhe, Ning Xian, Guo Pengfei, and Shang Yixue in turn to let them know he was safe.

···

After a long and winding journey, Ye Feng caught a high-speed train and a plane, finally arriving home as darkness fell.

As for Yao Tianjun, he wasn't on the same path as him, and they didn't go to the same city for school. They parted ways when they were in Suining.

"Son, you're finally back!" As soon as Ye Feng entered the door, Liang Yunqiu hugged him tightly.

"Uh, Mom, I'm back... Relax, I'm going to die, I'm going to die." Ye Feng waved his hands and struggled. Liang Yunqiu was holding him too tightly, and he was having trouble breathing.

Liang Yunqiu quickly let go and checked her son's body from head to toe. She breathed a sigh of relief after finding that he was not missing any limbs, and then pulled him to sit down on the sofa.

"Oh son, you don't know how worried your dad and I have been these past few days, afraid you wouldn't come back... Ugh, ugh, ugh, my mouth." Liang Yunqiu spat into his palm a few times, then slapped his mouth hard.

"But it's good that you're alright. What are you wearing?" Liang Yunqiu noticed that Ye Feng's clothes didn't fit him well and frowned slightly.

"Uh..." Ye Feng was stunned for a moment, then looked down and saw that he was still wearing the clothes that Yao Tianjun had given him.

Yao Tianjun was much stronger than Ye Feng, so his clothes were a bit too big and looked a little sluggish on him.

Ye Feng was in a hurry to get home and forgot to buy a new outfit.

“Son, even though we’re not home, you still need to take care of yourself. What are you wearing? Go take a shower and change your clothes.” Liang Yunqiu pushed Ye Feng and led him into the bathroom.

"You go ahead and wash, I'll go get your clothes."

As Liang Yunqiu spoke, she left with hurried steps.

Ye Feng scratched his head and gave an awkward laugh.

Liang Yunqiu rattled off a string of words, giving Ye Feng no chance to explain. Before he could even react, he was already in the bathroom.

With a sigh, he quickly took off his clothes and turned on the tap to start rinsing.

"I've put your clothes in the washing machine, get them yourself." A moment later, Liang Yunqiu returned with the clothes and shouted from outside the door.

"Okay, Mom," Ye Feng replied.

After taking a shower, Ye Feng looked in the mirror while drying his wet hair.

Hmm, his face is still as handsome as ever; wait, why is there a pimple here? Is it because he's got internal heat?

Ye Feng finished drying his hair, lost in thought, and went to the living room, where he found Liang Yunqiu busy preparing food, with the table piled high with all sorts of dishes.

On the sofa, Ye Hongsheng was sitting with his legs crossed, looking at something on his phone.

"Dad," Ye Feng called out.

"Hmm," Ye Hongsheng responded, looking up at his son.

After a moment, he nodded and said, "Sit down."

Chapter 245 I'm too lazy to think of a title

Ye Hongsheng looked his son up and down, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have grown up.