Pokémon: Hard work pays off, moves can be upgraded infinitely.

The sun, as if programmed, rises in the east and sets in the west without ever getting tired, repeating this cycle without missing a single day.

If humans possessed such near-infinite energy, what couldn't they do?

Even if you were to work in a factory, you'd probably make the machines smoke.

While eating breakfast, Mu Yun suddenly thought of something.

Because he was off work today, Mu Yun wasn't in a rush as usual.

As the warm morning sun shone, he leisurely ate his breakfast, and then, unusually, he didn't do anything busy, but simply took the three little ones downstairs for a walk.

Xinhua Community is located in a relatively remote area, and most of the residents are elderly people who like to walk. There is no heavy exhaust fumes in the air, only a faint fragrance of grass and trees, accompanied by the crisp chirping of birds, which enters the nasal cavity.

Humans are not the sun, nor are spirits. Although massage can relieve physical fatigue, mental tension is unavoidable.

Therefore, it is necessary to relax appropriately.

Occasionally, if you get up early and bask in the sun, you might discover the beauty of life and find a moment of relaxation for your tense nerves.

After taking a stroll, Mu Yun headed to the Asia-Europe Supermarket to buy tree berries to improve his Energy Cube crafting skill.

Although today is a day off, Mu Yun mainly wanted to give the three little ones a break. He himself didn't feel tired at all because of the blessing from the entry.

Because of the timely feedback from the data panel, there was absolutely no mental pressure.

On the contrary, the feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction comes from grinding experience points while watching the stats on the panel rise.

This is way more fun than playing video games.

After all, games are all virtual, but in reality, you get stronger in real life!

Seeing the ample funds on his card, Mu Yun waved his hand and spent 115,000 Alliance Coins to buy a full 100 portions.

He couldn't possibly use all these tree fruits in a day, but since he had storage space to keep them fresh, buying more at once would save him time on his journey.

"Welcome to visit us again!"

At the door, the deliveryman from the Asia-Europe Supermarket said with a smile.

Because Muyun purchased a large quantity, the supermarket offered free delivery.

After the deliveryman left, Mu Yun began his daily routine of gaining experience points.

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[Ding! The host has completed ten crafting attempts of basic energy cubes, with the highest quality being excellent. Energy cube crafting skill experience points +180!]

【能量方块製作（LV3，2875/10000）→能量方块製作（LV3，3055/10000）】

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[Ding! The host has completed ten crafting of basic energy cubes, ... experience points +181!]

【能量方块製作（LV3，3055/10000）→能量方块製作（LV3，3236/10000）】

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Thanks to Mu Gan Di Yun's tireless efforts, one hundred portions of tree fruit were being consumed at a rapid pace.

In the blink of an eye, the sun had reached its off-duty time, and the moon had quietly arrived at its post.

Although the sun and moon had completed their handover, Mu Yun was still working hard.

Mu Yun only stopped what he was doing after he had used up the fiftieth batch of tree fruit.

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[Ding! The host has completed ten crafting attempts of basic energy cubes, with the highest quality being excellent. Energy cube crafting skill experience points +185!]

【能量方块製作（LV3，3600/10000）→能量方块製作（LV3，3785/10000）】

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"Gained 910 experience points, not bad."

Mu Yun was very satisfied with the significant increase in experience points.

If it weren't already 11 PM, Mu Yun felt he could have continued grinding.

With his elite-level physical strength, plus three times the maximum stamina and recovery speed, Mu Yun's endurance reached an astonishing level.

If it weren't for his low mental level, which required him to sleep every day to restore his energy, Mu Yun felt that he could easily work out for three days and three nights straight.

"The progress is encouraging, it's just that my wallet is starting to feel the strain..."

Mu Yun looked at the tree fruits that were half gone from his storage space, and then at the balance on his card that was a third less, and sighed.

The remaining two hundred thousand Alliance Coins are at most enough for him to buy another two hundred portions of Tree Fruit.

Including the remaining fifty portions, it should increase experience points by about 4,600.

The amount is considerable, but it's still some distance from being enough to upgrade the energy cube production process.

It's estimated that there will be a shortfall of 100,000 Alliance Coins.

"I thought having over 300,000 League Coins was a decent amount of wealth, but it seems it won't last more than a few days. No wonder so many trainers take on various part-time jobs after graduation, and some even have Elite Four level trainers endorsing Doganz. Without some source of income, how can they afford to train Pokémon..."

Mu Yun sighed inwardly.

He's already saving money by making his own energy cubes; those who buy energy cubes for every meal probably have much higher overall expenses.

Especially for high-level elves, a single meal could easily cost one or two thousand.

Even for veterans like Xiao Du and Bo Feng, if they eat the kind of energy cubes sold on the market that cost 100 Alliance Coins each, they would have to eat two or three cubes per meal, and four meals a day would cost about 1,000 Alliance Coins.

The two of them together make two thousand.

It's no wonder that students in the regular elf class want to join the smaller classes; the free energy cubes provided by the school alone could save them a lot of money!

Not to mention the personal guidance from experienced trainers like Wang He, and the gravity chamber, a rare resource for training trainers themselves.

"The poor study literature, the rich study martial arts; the same principle applies to raising spirits."

After a moment of reflection, Mu Yun put away the energy cubes he had made.

After that, it was just the usual bath and massage.

After putting the three limp little ones back to their respective sleeping spots, Mu Yun picked up his phone, ready to open Tomato Novel Network and quickly rack up some experience points in Yanhuang language.

Although the road to upgrade may seem long and uncertain, every journey begins with a single step. As long as we persevere, the day of upgrade will eventually come.

Just then, Mu Yun suddenly noticed that the Yunxin icon was showing a red dot notification.

So, he clicked on it without thinking.

The first thing you see is a chat box at the top called "[2025 Elite Class Group]".

This is their small class group chat, which has a total of 22 people: 21 students and Wang He, who is the class teacher, and the extra student is the girl who was eliminated.

High school friendships aren't as ruthless and cruel as those between adults; even after she was eliminated, she remained in the group chat.

Occasionally, she would chat in the group chat.

Mu Yun opened the group chat and quickly browsed through it.

It turned out that in the afternoon, Wang He sent a document in the group titled "Notice on the 2025 Provincial Joint Examination for the Elf Class".

The content is extensive and complex, clearly not edited by Wang He, who is accustomed to keeping things simple. Judging from the content and format, it should be a document uniformly issued by the school.

Although there was a lot of content, it was mostly nonsense. Mu Yun quickly scanned it and skillfully located the key parts.

The document's specific meaning is quite simple: it details the general process of the province-wide joint examination and how to participate.

That's right. Although it's called a province-wide joint exam, unlike the written exams that everyone can participate in, the number of places for the Elf exam is limited.

But that's normal. Songjiang No.1 High School alone has three regular elite classes and one small class, totaling nearly a hundred students.

There are more than 20 high schools in the entire Songjiang City. Even if the number of students in the Elf Class of other high schools is not as high as that of Songjiang No.1 High School, the total number is still considerable.

If everyone were to fight, it would probably last until the Lunar New Year.

Therefore, limiting the number of participants became inevitable.