Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

"After internal discussion within the alliance, it has been decided to award Ye Chen a Pokémon egg with excellent genes and one million alliance coins as a reward!"

Ye Chen remained expressionless, simply said thank you, and accepted the reward.

"I hope everyone will be courageous in exploring and always maintain a thirst for knowledge! It is in this way that humanity can continue to progress and achieve even greater glory!"

After He Sheng finished speaking, Chairman Zhang, on behalf of the Rongcheng Elf Alliance, went on stage again to commend Ye Chen and awarded him a top-grade water stone as a prize.

It's important to know that top-quality Water Stones are extremely rare and highly sought after on the market. Although the Alliance releases a few in stock every month, priced at 50 Alliance Coins, they are still snapped up immediately!

The principal then went on stage and gave some official speeches, all while a camera recorded the entire event.

And so, the opening ceremony turned into Ye Chen's personal award ceremony, ending amidst enthusiastic applause from everyone.

After the ceremony, everyone dispersed.

Ye Chen was about to return to the classroom when He Sheng suddenly called him back.

"Ye Chen, I'll call you Xiao Chen. Our Xia Kingdom hasn't produced an internationally influential Elf Doctor in a long time, and you have a high talent in the research field, so you have a great chance to achieve that in the future. Here is my contact information. You can call me Uncle He. If you have any difficulties, feel free to contact me."

Ye Chen assumed that this big shot, whose identity was unknown, had taken a liking to his talent and didn't want him to be distracted by things outside of his research, so he added He Sheng's contact information without thinking too much about it.

"Thank you, Uncle He. This is just the beginning. I believe I will bring more surprises to the world in the future!"

He Sheng's eyes were complicated, and he patted Ye Chen's shoulder earnestly, saying, "Okay, I look forward to your performance!"

After saying that, he turned and left without lingering, leaving Ye Chen standing there deep in thought, feeling that his newly acquainted Uncle He seemed to have a hidden meaning in his words.

After thinking for a long time without coming to a conclusion, Ye Chen simply gave up and stopped worrying about it!

After all, the long-awaited paper reward finally arrived, and in addition to the reward from the alliance headquarters, the Chengdu branch also gave an extra reward. Although the Water Stone was of little use to him, he could resell it.

In this way, my savings will reach a full 1.5 million!

With this money, even if this new Pokémon egg hatches into a baby Snorlax, I can still afford to raise it!

Even a pseudo-god...

Forget about near-god-level characters; even if you spend 1.5 million, it probably won't make a ripple.

When Kira evolves into Tyranitar, it can devour an entire mine!

Back in the classroom, the students who were initially quiet all took the initiative to talk to Ye Chen.

Many students and even teachers from other classes came to Ye Chen's classroom specifically to see what the legendary Ye Chen looked like.

Chapter Seventeen: Auctioning Top-Tier Energy Cubes

At first, the students were very excited, and a large crowd gathered outside the classroom all day long.

But gradually they discovered that Ye Chen didn't spend all his time engrossed in books, nor did he have three heads and six arms; he seemed no different from them.

After their curiosity was satisfied, they were no longer so enthusiastic, and Ye Chen's popularity at the school gradually faded. At most, the students would talk about him, but they would no longer make a special trip to see Ye Chen.

The campus has basically returned to its former appearance.

On the contrary, the news that the author of the paper was an 18-year-old high school student outside the school directly ignited the internet.

Every day, many reporters come to the school gate to interview Ye Chen, but at Ye Chen's request, the principal does not allow them to enter.

Ye Chen was quite surprised that the principal of No. 1 Middle School respected his decision.

This is something that can greatly promote the image of No. 1 Middle School, and it will be very beneficial for student recruitment and requesting funding from higher authorities.

The principal said to Ye Chen at the time, "What you have achieved is something that many people can't achieve in their entire lives. It's very good that you can still maintain a calm mind. Although doing this can increase our school's influence, I still respect your decision!"

The principal can stop others from entering the school, but he can't stop others from looking for Ye Chen outside the school.

Soon, reporters and people who wanted to hire Ye Chen to shoot commercials or endorse products were lying in wait at the school gate and on Ye Chen's way home.

This annoyed Ye Chen to no end.

Even after returning home, people would still knock on the door from time to time, looking for Ye Chen.

If someone had approached Ye Chen in the past to shoot commercials or endorse products, Ye Chen might have agreed for the money, but now Ye Chen is a man with a huge sum of money.

How much do you get paid for putting in all that effort to shoot an advertisement? Thirty thousand? Fifty thousand?

Ye Chen buys raw materials, makes energy cubes, and sells them; he earns more than this!

Although Ye's mother was delighted with her son's achievements, she knew that if things continued like this, they would have trouble even living a normal life.

So Ye Chen made a decision directly...

"What? We have to move?" Ye's mother looked at her son in surprise. "Do we have enough money?"

"Mom, don't worry. The league just gave out rewards. We can sell this house and buy a new villa with a pool so Milotic can come out and play too. It'll be fine. You can leave this to your son."

Ye Chen's mature and sensible persona, which he had cultivated since childhood, came into play once again, and his mother finally agreed to his method.

With a mere 1.5 million, buying a decent villa is just a pipe dream. Even selling this old house wouldn't be enough, not to mention that the Water Stone hasn't been sold yet.

But now that the Alliance rewards have arrived, I can finally start my own energy cube business!

That's a top-tier energy cube! How many top breeders in the world are there?

Even if there were a hundred more Ye Chens, this market wouldn't be able to fill the gap!

What? Mass-produced energy cubes?

Sorry, top-tier energy blocks can only be crafted by hand at present. Machine-crafted energy blocks can only reach the advanced level at most.

To facilitate trade among trainers, the Pokémon League established a trainer forum website, which is similar to an academic forum, but one is geared towards academic research and the other towards the trading of Pokémon resources.

You can purchase resources released by the official website, or you can upload resources obtained from the secret realm yourself.

Over time, more and more people started using it, and all sorts of strange and wonderful things appeared on it; you could even hang a broken rock on it and someone would buy it.

Registration for the Trainer Forum is much stricter than that for the Pokémon Academic Forum. Only those who have registered as Trainers with the League and received a Trainer Certificate can log in; those who have not registered can only browse as guests.

You cannot speak, nor can you buy or sell anything.

Ye Chen logged in using the identity of an advanced trainer. Since it was his first time logging in, he needed to set his nickname.

"crimson"

There is no doubt about Red's status in the hearts of Pokémon fans in his previous life, and Ye Chen uses this name to constantly remind himself who his goal is.

After entering the forum and filling in all the information, Ye Chen first hung up the water stone.

Although the Alliance releases a high-grade water stone for 500,000 Alliance coins each month, only one stone is released per month, making it impossible for many people to obtain one.

Therefore, high-grade water stones traded privately usually have a premium.

Shortly after Ye Chen posted the news of selling Water Stones, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Almost instantly, three people sent Ye Chen private messages.

Rainy Day: "I'll offer 600,000 Alliance Coins for this Water Stone."

My Psyduck is so cute: "Hey bro, can you sell me this Water Stone for 500,000? We can discuss it in person~"

He also attached his own photo, the meaning of which was quite clear, but Ye Chen didn't even look at it and just swiped past it.

It's studded with diamonds? That's worth hundreds of thousands of Alliance Coins.

The future water master: "Seven hundred thousand alliance coins, no one can pay more than me. I wouldn't have paid such a high price if I didn't need it urgently."

There was no need to hesitate. The highest bidder wins, so Ye Chen immediately agreed to the "Future Water Master's" trade request.

A moment later, there was a knocking sound outside the window. When I opened it, I saw a Pidgeot with a staff member in a League uniform riding on its back.

These are exclusive delivery personnel for the alliance, and combined with the uniformly bred Pidgeots, they are extremely fast and very safe.

If Ye Chen's paper is mediocre, the reward will still be distributed in this manner.

Ye Chen handed the box containing the Water Stone to the courier. After checking that everything was in order, the courier controlled Pidgeot to fly away quickly.

Once the goods are delivered, the money that the "future Water-type master" had in the Trainer Forum will automatically be transferred to Ye Chen's account.

Then Ye Chen bought a lot of raw materials for making energy cubes online. Unlike what he bought in the offline Alliance physical store before, the raw materials such as tree fruits are not rare resources and are even very common, so buying them online is cheaper than buying them from the official store.

Taking advantage of the fact that his previous post was still popular, Ye Chen wrote in the comments:

"Tomorrow afternoon, I will be auctioning a top-tier water-type energy block. The quality is absolutely up to standard. Those interested can check it out in the comments section of this post."

Then, a photo of the energy cube he made was attached.

These words immediately surprised everyone watching.

The top-tier energy cube is not the same as that advanced water stone from before!

Although a single top-tier energy block is not as valuable as a water stone, having access to top-tier energy blocks represents a higher level of significance.

There are no more than two dozen known top trainers in the world. The energy cubes they create are first supplied to their partners, then the league will purchase a batch first, and only if there are any left over will they be sold publicly on the trainer forum.

Every time a top-tier energy cube appears, it causes a frenzy among people.

P.S.: Thank you so much for the generous donation and everyone for the flowers and reviews! Also, this part of the story is essential to ensure the protagonist doesn't have to worry about money.

Chapter Eighteen: Auction Begins

Xiang Yu's starter Pokémon, Poliwag, has reached a bottleneck and urgently needs a Water Stone to help it evolve into Poliwag Swimmer.

However, she didn't like the ordinary water stones. Finally, while browsing the trainer forum, she found a post selling high-grade water stones.