Pokémon: Having just completed the Pokédex, I'm now traversing the world of Beast Taming.

The next morning, Chi Hong had breakfast at Shen Yuzhi's manor.

"The ink is about to be used; do you want to go observe the doctor?"

Shen Yuzhi asked, noting that he didn't seem to have much of an appetite, having only drunk some soy milk.

"I definitely have to go check it out. And why are you making it sound like we're going to fight?"

"I'm telling you, even though my old man isn't in good health, I think he can still handle printing ink."

"I always felt that this little old man was unpredictable and audacious..."

Chi Hong whispered, "Because Professor Yan is doing his morning exercise at the door; he's practicing Tai Chi..."

"Is it that mysterious?"

"It's probably about time. Let's go out and check; my uncle should be up by now."

Shen Yuzhi stood up and went to the courtyard with Chi Hong, only to find that Mo Zhi had indeed arrived.

He had dark circles under his eyes, indicating he hadn't slept well.

"Damn fish!"

"I'm going to drain the pond completely tomorrow! I'm going to drain it completely!!"

Mozhi grumbled as he walked into the yard; judging from his appearance, he seemed to have been fishing all night.

"Uncle, I suggest you give up fishing. You really don't have the talent," Shen Yuzhi said helplessly.

"Oh? What are you saying? Do you have some kind of talent?"

"I may lack talent, but you're really bad..."

"Alright..."

The ink, its face filled with shame, lowered its head...

"Oh? The patient is already here? Very good!" Mo Zhi's eyes lit up, as if he had just noticed Professor Yan. He immediately walked over, then glanced at Chi Hong and said, "Young man, move aside and stand ten meters away."

"Oh." Chi Hong nodded and took several steps back.

"Thank you for your help." Professor Yan nodded at the ink, though in truth, he didn't have much hope for this treatment.

He knew that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment—a lesson he learned deeply after being trapped in the forbidden area for many years.

"Perfect timing, so early in the morning!"

"You must pay attention to these three things next, otherwise I might make a mistake, and you might die prematurely!"

Mo Zhi's expression suddenly turned serious, and his words made Chi Hong frown as well.

"Which three points? I will try my best to cooperate." Professor Yan asked immediately after hearing him say this. As a beast tamer, there are some conditions that cannot be agreed to.

"First of all, absolutely do not block my mental invasion, otherwise, my mental power will be damaged and you will die."

"Secondly, I will give you an injection that will rapidly increase the activity of your body's cells. You must hold on, you cannot fall down, you must stand up straight, or you will die."

"Thirdly, we might be attacked by a curse later. The curse will temporarily materialize. We don't know its strength yet, but Yuzhi and Chi Hong, you must take it down within five minutes!!"

"It absolutely cannot exceed five minutes!"

As Mo Zhi spoke, he became increasingly serious, even Professor Yan, who hadn't held out much hope, started to get on his nerves!

This doesn't sound like healing; it sounds more like exorcising evil spirits!

However, despite the outrageous treatment plan, Professor Yan felt it might actually be useful, especially considering the ferocious beast that attacked him!

It comes from the forbidden area where Yang Ruyi disappeared. In other words, Chi Hong will encounter it sooner or later. Letting Chi Hong see it now can be considered as giving him a preventative shot!

"good!"

"Grandpa! You absolutely must hold on!"

Chi Hong's gaze was serious, showing no concern whatsoever that the inkstone might have ulterior motives, because there was absolutely no need for it.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to die anytime soon," Professor Yan said, tapping his head. "The old man's mental strength is still going strong!"

"Well then, I'm going to begin!" Ink reminded him, glancing at the morning sun in the sky.

"Let's get started!"

Professor Yan nodded, put his hands behind his back, and stood up straight.

With a flick of his wrist, Inkstone conjured a strange pet—a giant flower in the center, within which lay a woman's face.

I have to say, this pet looks really weird!

Human face flower: Grade A.

Attributes: Protection, Curse.

Feature 1: Witch's Eye, which can reveal most curses.

Feature 2: Life Drain - All attacks have the ability to drain the target's life force.

"A pet that surpasses Grade A, and it even appears to have the opposite attributes."

"Is this the help you need from this pet?"

As soon as Chi Honggang finished investigating the detailed information about the pet, a sharp pain shot through his head.

Within the dimensional rift, a colossal white and red creature folded its wings, seemingly absorbing something, and nodded slightly in satisfaction before falling back into slumber.

On the other side, a deer with multicolored, branch-like antlers on its head opened its eyes, glanced at him, and whispered, "Just a tiny bit of compatible dimensional aura, what's there to be proud of?!"

The beautiful and elegant Miss Deer gave a haughty turn of her head, then disappeared into a shimmering, multicolored mist...

"start."

"Strengthen your aura, connect your minds!"

Ink's eyes gleamed, and his aura merged with that of the face-flower.

The human-faced flower suddenly opened its eyes and let out a series of chilling laughs.

The face flower was constructing some kind of curse. A purple aura mixed with ink-like spiritual energy directly pierced into Professor Yan's brow!

I see you...

Professor Yan's shadow suddenly stood upright, extending its hideous, dark claws.

"Night patrol! Go back, I'm fine." Professor Yan said in a low voice. The shadow paused for a moment, then shrank back to the ground.

"Click~~"

Without making a sound, Chi Hong stuffed a Poké Ball that had suddenly appeared into his pocket.

"Yuzhi, inject him with the medicine, in his neck!"

Ink shouted, veins bulging on his forehead and cold sweat beading on his brow, as if he were struggling greatly.

"Is he fighting against the curse within Professor Yan?"

"What kind of thing is so difficult to suppress? It's been so many years, and it's still so ferocious?"

Chi Hong cautiously stared at Professor Yan ahead, already prepared to deal with any unexpected situation.

Shen Yuzhi took out the medicine she had prepared beforehand and walked cautiously to Professor Yan's side.

"Sir, bear with it," Shen Yuzhi reminded him, then quickly plunged a needle into Professor Yan's neck, injecting the entire vial of green medicine.

The medicine took effect quickly after being injected into his body, and Professor Yan's cells began to become active!

As the cells became more active, an extremely torturous pain arose, and Professor Yan's body immediately swayed.

"Hold on! If you can't hold on, you'll die!"

"If you die, I don't think that handsome young man will let me off the hook!"

Ink shouted a reminder, but in reality, he didn't seem to be in very good condition either.

"Night patrol..."

"Hold me back..."

Professor Yan endured the intense torment and spoke in a low voice.

Black tentacles extended from his shadow, holding Professor Yan's body in place.

"They're out..."

"curse!"

"Yuzhi! Get ready to fight that brat! If you can't win, run away immediately. Don't let yourself be tainted by this curse!"

As soon as the ink-like liquid finished speaking, mercury-like liquid appeared beneath Professor Yan's feet.