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

"Going to Jiangning?" Yao Tianjun's eyes widened slightly. "What's he going to Jiangning for?"

"He said he went to get the elf a medical check-up and also to see his girlfriend." Haozi shrugged.

He couldn't help but glance at Yao Tianjun a few times. It seemed that this guy had come to see Ye Feng a while ago, and they hadn't met? Why is he here again now?

Wait a minute... Haozi's eyes narrowed.

Could they be here to gather information about the school team so they can formulate corresponding tactics for the college league?

Thinking of this, Haozi's expression turned slightly cold. At the same time, he took a step forward without making a sound, blocking Yao Tianjun from seeing the situation inside the barracks.

Yao Tianjun didn't notice Haozi's subtle actions. He was very anxious, not knowing when the things sealed in the village would erupt.

"Could you... help me contact Ye Feng?" Yao Tianjun asked.

"Don't you have his contact information?" Haozi asked, his tone a little strange, as he was suspicious of Yao Tianjun's motives.

Yao Tianjun was taken aback. He didn't quite understand why Haozi's attitude had suddenly changed, and could only say helplessly, "We were in such a rush last time that I forgot to add him..."

Haozi narrowed his eyes and said, "Alright." After saying that, he took out his phone and dialed Ye Feng's number.

"Beep... Sorry, the user you dialed is currently unavailable. Please wait..." Haozi shrugged and said, "The phone is off. They're probably on a plane."

"This..." Yao Tianjun was speechless.

What's going on? Every time I try to see Ye Feng, it's either because of this or that, and I can never get a meeting with him smoothly.

Could it be that the two are incompatible? Yao Tianjun couldn't help but wonder, but it didn't make sense; they had no grudge against each other...

"Anyway, the captain said he'd be back in two or three days when he left. Or you can leave me your contact information and I'll get in touch with you then," Haozi said, noticing that Yao Tianjun's expression wasn't too good.

Although Haozi had some doubts about Yao Tianjun's motives, he didn't have any paranoia. What if there really was an emergency?

Moreover, Ye Feng said before he left that he would only be gone for two or three days and would definitely be back in the next day or two. He said that if anything happened then, they should talk to each other.

“Okay.” Yao Tianjun nodded, glancing inside subconsciously, only to be surprised to find that Haozi had moved and blocked his view.

She glanced at him suspiciously, then noticed Haozi's wary expression. She paused for a moment, as if she understood something.

With the college league approaching, it's hard not to suspect that someone from another school has ulterior motives when they come to see the other team's captain, only saying they're looking for someone without giving a reason, and now they're going to watch the other team train.

Yao Tianjun was both amused and exasperated. He knew very well the level of his own school; it was just an ordinary university with only a few advanced trainers. Unlike the Imperial University team, where almost all the members except for the second-year students were advanced trainers, or at least not that far off.

Even if you study other people's training every day, it's useless. Sometimes, if your raw strength can't keep up, even the most ingenious tactics will be hard to deal with.

"Then I'll trouble you." Yao Tianjun exchanged contact information with Haozi and then left.

He originally wanted to ask for Ye Feng's contact information directly, but his unintentional actions just now seemed to have displeased Haozi. The elder's instructions were the most important thing, so he should not cause any more trouble.

Chapter 415 Go

Ye Feng was quite surprised when he met Yao Tianjun.

The last time the two met was before summer vacation. At that time, Ye Feng was busy looking for stone slabs. Although they met once, they hardly spoke.

Overall, the two didn't have a very deep relationship, but they weren't enemies either. It was probably the kind of relationship where they would greet each other when they met, but forget each other if they didn't see each other.

Ye Feng knew that Yao Tianjun wouldn't come looking for him unless there was nothing wrong, and that Yao Tianjun was the kind of person who was quite straightforward, so he asked directly, "Did you need something?"

Yao Tianjun nodded: "If you have time, I would like to invite you to visit our village."

"Go to your village?" Ye Feng was taken aback.

"Hmm..." Yao Tianjun hesitated for a moment, then revealed a little about the seal.

"A seal...?" Ye Feng frowned slightly.

When he stayed at Yao Tianjun's house for one night, he was woken up in the middle of the night by a mysterious voice.

Out of caution, Ye Feng did not investigate the source of the voice, but judging from the fact that the voice became angry after failing to bewitch him, it was not a good thing.

Unexpectedly, Yao Tianjun took the initiative to invite me to seal it? Could it be related to that voice?

"Didn't you report this to the association?" Ye Feng asked.

“No,” Yao Tianjun shook his head. “This is a secret our village has guarded for generations; it can’t be easily revealed to others…”

A secret passed down through generations? Ye Feng understood after a moment's thought. Were they similar to the guardians of the sealed land of Hoopa? He hadn't expected Yao Tianjun to have this other identity.

“But there’s no point in sending me. I’m just a high-level trainer. If it requires a seal, it must be something extremely powerful, right? I don’t think I can handle it,” Ye Feng said after thinking for a moment.

Not many people know that Ye Feng possesses a Master-level Pokémon. Yao Tianjun is naturally unaware of this, and Ye Feng is not the type to flaunt it. Officially speaking, he is indeed still a high-level trainer.

“It’s not so much about strength, it’s mainly… I can’t go into details here. Come with me, and our elders will explain it to you,” Yao Tianjun said after a moment’s hesitation.

"Well... alright." Ye Feng thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Although he didn't know why Yao Tianjun insisted on him going there, Ye Feng believed that he wouldn't have any bad intentions.

After all, he was a grown man, and he hadn't sneaked over there. With so many people from the school team watching, if he really lost contact, Yao Tianjun wouldn't be able to escape.

Although Yao Tianjun's village is far from the city, judging from the layout of the village, they are not isolated from the world. Yao Tianjun even goes to school.

With Ye Feng's own formidable strength, and if he's careful enough to have Gengar hide in the shadows to protect him, nothing unexpected should happen.

···

Ye Feng spent half a day briefly explaining the team's training arrangements before following Yao Tianjun on a long journey to Suining City.

Yao Tianjun's village is far from the city, located in a forest, and there is no road leading in, so there is no way to get there by car.

Of course, as a qualified trainer, you often rely on Pokémon to get around.

Yao Tianjun crouched on Magneton, while Ye Feng stood on Togekiss's back.

He couldn't help but glance at the Magneton beneath Yao Tianjun and began to ponder.

This Magneton, while not yet a Master-level fighter, has a remarkably high level of mastery over electric energy. It can fly freely using electromagnetic force while also carrying another person.

"What's wrong?" Noticing Ye Feng's gaze, Yao Tianjun turned around and asked.

"It's nothing," Ye Feng shook his head.

It seems that guardian clans with such a tradition may have their own unique methods of raising Pokémon?

Suddenly, a bone-chilling gust of wind swept over him, and Ye Feng couldn't help but shiver. He shrank his neck, put his hands in his pockets, and asked, "Don't you feel colder and colder?"

Yao Tianjun paused for a moment, then felt around and said, "What you're saying... seems to indicate that it's starting to get cold, but could it be that you're not wearing enough clothes?"

Ye Feng didn't look like he was wearing many layers, unlike Yao Tianjun who was completely wrapped up like a rice dumpling.

"These are cold-weather clothes sold by the association; they're very warm," Ye Feng shrugged.

"You're being too extravagant. That's for use in the secret realm, isn't it?" Yao Tianjun's face darkened slightly. At first, he thought Ye Feng was wearing some good warm clothes because he saw that Ye Feng was dressed thinly, but he didn't expect it to be the kind of cold-resistant clothing used in the secret realm.

"This way you're both warm and stylish, unlike you who look like a dumpling." Ye Feng shrugged, looking completely innocent.

"..." This guy is too rich, isn't he? Yao Tianjun sighed helplessly.

It wasn't that Ye Feng was extravagant; it was mainly because, as a southerner, although his cold resistance was not low, he was actually quite afraid of the cold. Knowing that there were such good warm clothes, he naturally prepared a whole bunch of them in Gengar's belly.

These clothes are a bit expensive, but fortunately there are no purchase limits, and since not many people use them and the production volume isn't too low, the association's resource vault has a lot of reserves. Otherwise, Ye Feng wouldn't be so extravagant as to wear adventure supplies as everyday clothes.

Ye Feng suddenly felt a chill on the tip of his nose, looked up and said, "It's snowing."

As a southerner, Ye Feng's province, Jiangsu, rarely sees snow, and even when it does, it's not heavy enough to accumulate. It wasn't until he went to study in the capital that he truly witnessed what real snow was like.

He hadn't expected that Sichuan province would have such heavy snowfall in winter.

"Snow?" Yao Tianjun was stunned for a moment and looked up, his eyes widening in surprise.

As a native of Sichuan Province, Yao Tianjun knew much more about the place than Ye Feng. Although the winters here were very cold, the kind of cold that was bone-chilling and damp, it rarely snowed, at least not this much!

Even during the short distance they traveled while talking, the snowfall had visibly increased, and looking back, they could clearly see that there was no snowfall at all in the distance.

The snow seemed to fall only in this one area.

Sensing Yao Tianjun's sudden fluctuation in mental energy, Ye Feng also noticed something was wrong: "What's going on?"

"I don't know." Yao Tianjun shook his head, a bad feeling suddenly rising in his heart.

"Hurry up, something might have happened!" Yao Tianjun patted the Magneto's head, urging it to speed up.

Magneto unleashed a burst of electromagnetic force, and its speed increased dramatically.

"Pokekiss!" Ye Feng called out.

Pokkis quickly sped up and caught up.

The further they went, the heavier the snow became. Combined with the high speed of flight, Ye Feng soon found himself unable to open his eyes. Togekiss quickly increased its energy output and formed a protective shield that firmly protected Ye Feng inside.

Although it can't insulate against temperature, at least I can see what's in front of me clearly.

"This is..." Ye Feng stared wide-eyed at the scene in the distance.

The snowflakes in the sky fell in clusters and flakes, like lumps of ice, crashing down on the ground. The entire forest had turned completely white without anyone noticing.

"Oh no, has the seal malfunctioned?" Yao Tianjun's face was pale, whether from the cold weather or from his anxiety about the village's situation, it was hard to tell.

Chapter 416 The Frozen Village

These snowflakes are so big—no, those clumps can't even be called snowflakes anymore, they're more like snowballs.

Let alone Beijing, even the Northeast wouldn't get this much snow, right? Even the coldest place, Antarctica, probably doesn't get this much snowfall.