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

His face showed almost no trace of the childishness one would expect for someone his age. He had also tanned considerably, and his hair was quite long, looking like it hadn't been cut in a while. He looked a little nervous, but you could see a confidence beneath that nervousness.

"Hmm..." Ye Hongsheng hummed in response.

"What's wrong, Dad?" Ye Feng was a little nervous. This kind of nervousness is the kind of pressure that most people feel when facing their father, and it has nothing to do with anything else.

"My hair's gotten a bit long, I'll get it cut tomorrow," Ye Hongsheng finally said after hesitating for a while.

"Okay." Ye Feng was a little stunned and replied blankly.

"Old Ye, you really can't say anything nice." Liang Yunqiu walked over and cursed, then pulled Ye Feng to the table. "Come on, son, Mom has made a lot of dishes, all of which are your favorites. Hurry up."

"Okay." Ye Feng took the rice bowl, picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. His eyes lit up immediately. "It's delicious!"

"I'm glad you like it. Mom hasn't been in the kitchen for a long time, and I was worried that my cooking skills had deteriorated." Liang Yunqiu had been watching her son anxiously, but seeing that he still liked her cooking as much as before, she immediately felt relieved.

"Old Ye, come over here quickly too," Liang Yunqiu called out.

"Here you are." Ye Hongsheng put down his phone, walked over with steady steps, glanced at the table, and then his gaze fell on the refrigerator.

He walked over and took out two bottles of beer.

“You’re an adult now, you can drink.” Ye Hongsheng removed the bottle cap and pushed a bottle in front of Ye Feng.

Ye Feng couldn't help but glance at his mother.

Liang Yunqiu smiled and brought over two cups, saying, "Then have a couple of drinks with your dad."

Ye Feng nodded, took the cup, and poured himself a drink. However, due to his lack of skill, he made a lot of foam, which overflowed. Ye Feng hurriedly tried to spit out the foam.

"Hey, don't eat the foam. It's your first time drinking, you'll get drunk easily," Ye Hongsheng quickly stopped him.

Ye Feng paused for a moment, then said "oh" and stopped rambling.

Liang Yunqiu brought over a rag and, smiling, wiped away the overflowing foam.

"When pouring beer, you should do it like this." Ye Hongsheng picked up the glass and held the bottle neck against the rim of the glass. "Pour it like this, letting the beer flow down the side of the glass, so there won't be any foam. This is called 'flowing down the side of the glass'."

"Despicable and vile?" Ye Feng was stunned for a moment. What did that mean? Why would someone curse someone just for pouring a drink?

"The cup in 'cup' and the wall in 'wall'." Ye Hongsheng noticed that Ye Feng hadn't drunk any alcohol before and couldn't help but find it amusing, so he explained.

"Oh, oh." Ye Feng responded with two "ohs," then picked up a beer bottle and a glass and began to imitate him.

Following Ye Hongsheng's instructions, there really was no foam, and I successfully poured a full glass of bright orange beer.

The two clinked glasses.

Ye Hongsheng downed the entire glass in one gulp and let out a long sigh of relief.

Drinking is not allowed when conducting research. Ye Hongsheng can't remember how long it's been since he last drank alcohol; he's almost quit.

If it weren't for my son's sudden idea today, I probably wouldn't have drunk alcohol at all.

This was Ye Feng's first time drinking alcohol. He had been busy training his Pokémon and writing his thesis at school, and since none of the people around him drank, he had never had the chance to try it.

"How is it?" Ye Hongsheng asked with a smile when he saw Ye Feng take a sip and his expression was a little strange.

"Hmm, it's a bit bitter, and it also seems a bit sweet. It tastes strange, not as good as cola," Ye Feng said, frowning.

"It's okay, you'll get used to it after drinking more."

The family began to eat and chat.

Ye Feng had always been curious about his parents' work and couldn't help but ask them.

Now that the research results have been published, most of them can be made public, except for some details that still need to be kept confidential. Ye Hongsheng and Liang Yunqiu then boldly talked to Ye Feng about their work over the years.

More than a decade ago, some fossils of elves were accidentally discovered in China. According to the analysis results, none of these elves matched any of the existing elves. They had only appeared in some historical records and were extinct elves.

After being sent to the laboratory for further analysis, the researchers were surprised to find that a small portion of the cells in the fossil still retained a trace of activity.

The Chinese government took this very seriously, classifying it as a confidential matter and issuing gag orders to all relevant personnel. The fossils were then sent to the Chinese Institute of Elf Studies to begin analyzing and separating the still-active cells within them.

After years of experimentation and cultivation, and countless failures, the spirit in the fossil was finally brought back to life not long ago.

The resurrected fossil sprite is now being cared for in the breeding center of the China Sprite Research Institute.

The researchers discovered that these elves, resurrected from fossils, had lost their ability to reproduce.

This means that although they have been resurrected, these spirits will still perish after N years when their lifespans come to an end.

Therefore, the research institute's most important research topic is to restore the reproductive ability of these elves, so that these elves, who should have been extinct, can survive in this world again.

"Why don't you try using Ditto?" Ye Feng asked tentatively.

Ye Hongsheng shook his head: "Of course we've tried, but unfortunately the genes in these elves are somewhat different from those of modern elves, resulting in a certain degree of reproductive isolation. Even Ditto is unable to reproduce."

Ye Feng nodded and fell silent. This was beyond his knowledge; the only thing he could think of was Ditto.

If even Ditto doesn't work, then he can't think of any other way.

"Tell me about the Phoenix King," Ye Hongsheng asked.

He had wanted to ask about this for a long time, but considering that his son had just arrived home, he didn't want to press him too much, so he didn't ask immediately.

"Well, Ho-Oh, here's what happened..."

Ye Feng began to recount his story, starting from when he left the Frost Secret Realm and learned of the appearance of the Flame Emperor, to the battle between Master Yu and the Flame Emperor, to the appearance of the Three Sacred Beasts together, and then to how he was surrounded by the Sacred Flame and almost couldn't get out.

Finally, there's the matter of being burned by the sacred fire and being taken away by Ho-Oh for treatment.

Of course, Ye Feng didn't mention anything about the Dream and the World Tree, or the images he saw at the World Tree.

Not to mention that Dream specifically instructed not to tell anyone, whether anyone would believe it if it were told is a big question.

Although Ye Hongsheng and Liang Yunqiu already knew some of the details, they still couldn't help but feel nervous hearing Ye Feng recount the events firsthand.

Especially when she heard that Ye Feng was surrounded by holy fire and the elves were unable to resist and fell one after another, her heart clenched; only after Ho-Oh extinguished the flames and took the injured Ye Feng away did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Then, where did the Phoenix King take you?" Ye Hongsheng couldn't help but ask.

Ye Feng is the only person who has had close contact with Ho-Oh, and perhaps we can learn about Ho-Oh's residence from him, so that China can be the first to make contact with this legendary Pokémon.

Judging from Ye Feng's description, even if Ho-Oh is not friendly to humans, it is at least a legendary Pokémon that has no ill intentions towards humans.

Whether it's subjugation or befriending, it won't bring harm to China; in fact, it might even bring unexpected benefits.

"Uh, I don't know either." Ye Feng scratched his head. "I only know that it's in a secret realm, surrounded by mountains, and the Phoenix King lives on the highest mountain."

"As for the entrance to the secret realm, it disappeared after I came out, and I don't know where it went."

Ye Hongsheng tapped the table with his fingers, carefully recalling what Ye Feng had said, and finally came to a conclusion—although the Phoenix King had appeared, the matter related to it remained a mystery.

“Son, come with me to the association headquarters tomorrow. The president instructed you to see him as soon as you get back. He probably wants to ask you about your relationship with the Phoenix King,” Ye Hongsheng said.

"Okay," Ye Feng replied, while quickly reviewing what he had just said in his mind to avoid any conflict between what he said tomorrow and today.

Chapter 246 (Transition)

Ye Feng stood on the second-floor balcony, leaning against the railing and watching the elves in the yard, meditating and absorbing the life energy from the Life Gem.

After acquiring the Life Gem, the Pokémon's ability to perceive life energy increased significantly, especially Kingdra.

Other Pokémon simply sensed the power of the power, but it had something else—a dragon scale given to it by a giant Dragonite.

Ye Feng learned about this dragon scale from Meng Huan; it was the closest to the reverse scale.

This dragon scale not only contains a large amount of dragon-attribute energy, but also carries the insights and understanding of various energies gained by the giant Dragonite, including life energy.

After Kingdra fully absorbs the energy from this dragon scale, although it may not reach the level of a giant Dragonite, it will definitely receive a huge boost as long as it is an attribute energy controlled by a giant Dragonite.

How many attributes can Dragonite master? In a word, a lot.

Ye Feng wondered, just how strong was the giant Dragonite?

To become the master of Dragon Island, one must possess master-level strength, and perhaps even have reached the legendary level.

With the help of dragon scales, Kingdra's speed of comprehending life energy was second only to Gardevoir—but it should be noted that Gardevoir had begun to comprehend life energy much earlier.

It's easy to imagine how terrifying the power of a giant Dragonite is.

Gardevoir absorbs life energy the fastest, Gyarados and Arcanine are average, and Aggron is a little slower.

After all, its growth has been limited by its evolutionary stage, and the progress of its life energy has been very slow. Now that it has evolved, its speed has caught up all at once.

Tokis is the slowest. Although he has advanced strength, he lacks a systematic training method, and his understanding of life energy is only just beginning. Fortunately, he has a solid foundation of strength, so he won't fall too far behind.

Um···

Ye Feng looked at Gyarados and Aggron. The two of them occupied most of the yard, especially Aggron, which took up the most space, even squeezing Gyarados to the side.

When it was still a Chrollo, Gyarados could easily take it down, but after evolving, its strength caught up immediately. Coupled with its ridiculously hard Iron Head, Gyarados really has a hard time dealing with it without using a Short-Shot type move.

Of course, this refers to the situation where neither side uses any special moves to amplify themselves.

If Gyarados uses Dragon Dance, then Aggron will have no choice but to take the beating.

"I never imagined that our son would come so far on the path to becoming a trainer."

Standing in front of the half-open French windows in the living room, Liang Yunqiu looked at the six Pokémon in the yard, each of which possessed advanced strength, and couldn't help but sigh.

"I remember when I first entered high school, Xiaofeng was a poor student who didn't like to study and was always slacking off."

"This shows that Xiao Feng is just not good at studying, but his talent in raising Pokémon is unmatched," Ye Hongsheng said with a smile, his words full of pride.

"Then how do you explain the senior researcher?" Liang Yunqiu asked, her eyes lowered.