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

"What's there to be afraid of?" Ye Feng raised an eyebrow.

“First,” Wu Jiang held up one finger, “you are only allowed to bring one Pokémon, and of course, you can only bring one right now. Don’t worry, I won’t let you bring Magikarp in.” Wu Jiang glanced at the Magikarp’s tank.

Perhaps sensing that Wu Jiang had mentioned it, Magikarp leaped up with a splash and then vigorously slapped its tail a few times, as if trying to show off.

What are you doing? No matter how hard you try, I won't take you in. Ye Feng was exasperated. This Magikarp was a bit reckless, wasn't it? Before you evolved, you had absolutely no fighting power. What would I take you in for? To deliver grilled fish to the Pokémon inside?

"Second," Wu Jiang coughed lightly, "aside from some necessities, you are not allowed to bring any supplies. Everything must be obtained from the secret realm."

"Third, this will last for fifteen days, during which you are only allowed to act alone. Although I will send someone to protect you secretly, he will not intervene unless he is certain that you are going to die. He will not care about injuries or disabilities."

"There's one last task, which can be considered an assessment. I'll give you the assessment questions tomorrow when we enter the secret realm. How about that?"

Ye Feng nodded in agreement without hesitation. Without setting some restrictions, this training would be meaningless.

"Thank you."

Before leaving Wujiang, Ye Feng loudly thanked him.

Wu Jiang paused, then waved his hand, closed the door, and left.

Chapter 59 Re-entering the Secret Realm

That evening, Ye Feng began preparing the things he needed for the training.

Following the currently popular "Wild King Teaches You Wilderness Survival" method, Ye Feng prepared clothes, toiletries, toilet paper, food, mosquito repellent, a water bottle, and a tent.

Next up are the energy cubes, healing potions, and rubber balls that Kirlia will need—even though it's a training exercise, the training can't stop.

···

The next day, after entrusting the Pokémon egg and Magikarp to the Pokémon Center, Ye Feng went to the association to find Wu Jiang and followed him to the entrance of the secret realm located in the suburbs.

After easily getting past the guards, the two entered the secret realm.

Looking at this place that was both unfamiliar and somewhat familiar, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

"..." Wu Jiang glanced at the large backpack behind Ye Feng and reached out his hand, saying, "Let me check your bag."

Ye Feng was a little confused, but he still obediently handed over the backpack.

"You've got quite a lot of stuff," Wu Jiang commented as he rummaged through the items. "They're all things you could use for wilderness survival. Looks like you did your research beforehand, but there's just too much."

Perhaps finding it troublesome to empty them one by one, Wu Jiang simply emptied everything out at once and then released his fire-breathing dragon.

"..." Seeing Wu Jiang suddenly unleash a fire-breathing dragon, Ye Feng felt a sense of foreboding.

"This, and this, just bring these."

Wu Jiang took a few bottles of medicine and a water bottle and put them back in his bag, then held up a rubber ball and asked, "What are you doing with that ball? Playing with it?"

"For Kirlia's training," Ye Feng replied vaguely.

"Training with a ball?" Wu Jiang muttered. "There's no time for you to train in the secret realm, so don't bring it." He then handed the bag back to Ye Feng.

"..." Ye Feng looked at the several bottles of medicine and a water bottle in his bag, then at the fire-breathing dragon behind Wu Jiang, and fell silent.

"Too much? Then the kettle too..."

Ye Feng quickly protected his bag and looked at the roll of toilet paper on the ground, asking, "No, no, not much. Um, could I have some toilet paper?"

"What's wrong? Training your Pokémon isn't enough, you want to train your own brother too?" Wu Jiang winked at Charizard, who opened its mouth and breathed out a flame that burned everything on the ground to ashes.

"No, you don't have to burn them just because you don't want me to bring them. I paid for them myself." Ye Feng's lips twitched.

Wu Jiang, completely unaware that he had wasted a wave of resources, handed over a slip of paper: "Here, this is the task assigned to you."

Ye Feng took it and read: "Beyond the mountains and beyond the sea, there is a spirit without a shadow. Find it and bring it back."

? ?

I almost started singing.

Ye Feng looked up blankly. What was that? A Smurf?

Just as I was about to ask, I discovered that Wu Jiang had already disappeared.

"I feel like I've been tricked." Ye Feng scratched his cheek. Not only were all the things he had prepared burned, but the mission was also ambiguous.

"They didn't even leave me any food. Luckily, I didn't put the energy cubes in my backpack." He touched the inside pocket of his coat; there was a small bag of energy cubes inside.

But does this count as cheating? I don't think so, hmm...

Ye Feng walked towards the woods not far away. The mission wasn't urgent; he needed to find some tree fruit first, otherwise, food would become a problem.

After some effort, Ye Feng found quite a few tree fruits. Fortunately, these things were not rare in the outside world, so the tree fruits in the secret realm had hardly been touched by anyone, otherwise Ye Feng would have gone hungry.

After summoning Kirlia to keep watch, Ye Feng looked at the distant mountains and decided to head there first. Although he didn't know what the quest description was all about, since it mentioned mountains, it must be related to them at least, so he decided to go check it out first.

Kirlia, who was about to follow Ye Feng, suddenly stopped and looked up.

Ye Feng asked in confusion, "What's wrong?" He looked up, but all he could see were dense foliage leaves; he couldn't see anything at all.

Kirlian closed her eyes and sensed for a while before shaking her head to indicate that she had made a mistake.

A pink tail flashed by in mid-air.

···

The journey was smooth sailing, with almost no unexpected incidents. However, they did encounter some weak Pokémon that tried to cause trouble, but Kirlia quickly dealt with them.

Last time I came here, I was chased around by a large group of Rattatas, but I didn't encounter them this time. I guess they're not in this area.

After walking and stopping, stopping and walking, Ye Feng finally arrived at the foot of the mountain as it was getting dark. Fortunately, it was just a small secret realm, otherwise he didn't know how long it would have taken.

Ye Feng looked at the mountain, which was gradually being shrouded in darkness and beginning to look eerie. He hesitated for a moment, but decided to climb it tomorrow—climbing a mountain in the dark was too dangerous.

He gathered a pile of leaves and spread them on the ground, assigning Kirlia to keep watch—it could use meditation instead of sleeping anyway. Ye Feng endured the uncomfortable "bed" and slowly drifted off to sleep.

···

Ye Feng suddenly jolted awake, his whole body trembling. He opened his eyes and found Kirlia staring at him with a puzzled expression.

Ye Feng propped himself up, rubbing his forehead, and asked, "Nothing happened last night, right?"

Last night, I was half asleep when I seemed to have a strange dream, but I can't remember it at all now. I just think I saw something in the dream... Oh no, I don't remember anything.

He shook his head vigorously, looked around, and then opened his mouth wide: "What's going on?"

Ye Feng pointed to the tree opposite, where a group of elves were lying there trembling, surrounded by piles of tree fruits, looking at him with terrified expressions.

Kirlia waved her little hands and explained that last night, these Pokémon saw Ye Feng and Kirlia sleeping and planned to do something that couldn't be written down. However, Kirlia was just meditating and not sleeping. She beat up the Pokémon and threatened them to pick a lot of berries.

"I see." Ye Feng scratched his cheek, feeling that Kirlia's art style seemed a bit off.

I quickly tidied my hair, rinsed my mouth with water, and then walked up to the elves—who remained lying there, too afraid to move.

Ye Feng gently patted the head of the grotesque Oddish, who was looking at him with a terrified expression, and then said with a smile, "Alright, it's alright now, you can go."

Oddish was so scared at first that it almost vomited white bubbles, but it was surprised that Ye Feng treated it so kindly. It was a little confused, exchanged glances with the other Pokémon, and then tentatively got up and backed away.

Ye Feng naturally wouldn't stop them.

Seeing that Ye Feng hadn't made a move, the elves seemed to realize that what Ye Feng said was true and that he didn't intend to harm them, so they slowly began to turn around.

"Wait!"

The sudden stop startled the elves, who then lay trembling on the ground once more.

"No, I meant you can take these berries with you, but I'll take some." Ye Feng filled half a backpack with berries and left with Kirlia.

The tree fruit, now half gone, was left behind, and the elves stared at each other in bewilderment.

Chapter 60 Don't bully the weak, because they might bring their whole family to bully you.

"Kirlia, you can't bully weak Pokémon like that anymore." Ye Feng gave his Pokémon a moral lesson while climbing the mountain.

Kirullian tilted her head, seemingly not quite understanding.

“Look,” Ye Feng took a bite of a berry, “these elves are all so weak and won’t hurt us. There’s no need to do this. Hmm, just chase them away.”

Kirlia's eyes darted around, and she nodded thoughtfully at the berry in Ye Feng's hand. "I see. The berry can stay; the Pokémon doesn't need it, just send it away."

Does he feel like he's misunderstood me? Ye Feng sensed something was wrong.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, Ye Feng felt a sharp pain in his head as if a stone had hit him. He couldn't help but shout, "Who is it? Throwing things around?" Another stone flew over and knocked the fruit he had just taken a bite out of.

Looking up, he saw a small fist-sized rock jumping around on the rock wall above him, constantly throwing stones at Ye Feng's head.

"Damn it! How dare a mere Geodude provoke me? Kirlia, use Shadow Ball to beat it up!" Ye Feng was furious.

Kirlia glanced at Ye Feng silently. So much for not bullying weak Pokémon? Ha! Human!

However, since her trainer had spoken, Kirlia had no choice but to conjure a Shadow Ball and throw it over, but she was careful not to throw it directly at Geodude's face, but instead threw it at its feet.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the Geodude was blown away by the explosion and disappeared somewhere unknown.

"···"

"Did I go a little too far?" Ye Feng scratched his cheek, glanced at Kirlia, and found it looking at him with a slightly disdainful gaze, making him feel a little embarrassed.