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

The next day.

After the special college entrance examination, these senior high school students naturally prepared to return home and prepare for their new school year in September.

Because they were all admitted through direct admission, they did not need to take the college entrance examination, which meant they could enter the summer vacation early.

"Come visit us in Beijing sometime!"

Before leaving, Qin Yilin spoke to Zhu Mingze and Mu Yun.

Just as Mu Yun was about to leave with his luggage, Ma Yue found him.

"Your Iron Dumbbell has been secured. In a month, the Metagross from the Xu family in North River Province will lay a Pokémon egg. Just contact this person, and an association notary will accompany you."

As he spoke, Ma Yue handed Mu Yun a business card and a small green notebook.

The business card was simple, with only a name and a phone number on it.

[Xu Dian, 134............]

"This is the receipt. After you collect your Pokémon egg, just give the receipt to the staff," Ma Yue said, pointing to the small green booklet.

"Take good care of it; it's quite a hassle to replace if you lose it."

After giving a few words of advice, Ma Yue seemed to have something else to do and left in a hurry.

After storing the business card and receipt in his storage space, Mu Yun and Chi Duoduo boarded the airport bus and returned to Heijiang City, just as they had come.

After resting overnight in Heijiang City, Liao Ding also received news.

After breakfast, Liao Ding found Mu Yun.

"Mu Yun, your Gastly application to the school has been approved. In three days, the school will send someone to take you to the Changqing Liu family's secret realm to pick it up."

"A family secret realm?"

Mu Yun was taken aback by Liao Ding's choice of words.

He had always thought that rare resources like secret realms were all controlled by the alliance.

Seemingly noticing Mu Yun's confusion, Liao Ding explained with a smile: "The so-called family secret realm refers to a private secret realm independently held by aristocratic families. Most of them have a long history, and some are even older than the history of the alliance."

"Of course, very few families still have private secret realms nowadays. Most of them have fallen on hard times and were eventually sold to the Alliance, becoming semi-public secret realms."

At this point, Liao Ding's expression turned somewhat wistful.

According to my ancestors, the Liao family was once very prominent, but unfortunately, their glory days are over.

"Are you going to wait here for the next three days, or are you planning to go back first?" Liao Ding asked.

"Let's wait a bit, it won't make a difference."

Mu Yundao.

Three days isn't a long time; there's no need to make a fuss.

"Okay, I'll renew your hotel reservation. I'll send someone to pick you up in three days."

"Thank you for your help, Principal Liao!"

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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During that time, he spent most of his time fishing near the Heihe River.

Perhaps because of the previous sweep, this time Mu Yun encountered mostly Magikarp.

But it doesn't matter, because what he wants is Magikarp.

After the last time the blank trait slot appeared, Mu Yun is now preparing to raise more Magikarp.

He is now looking forward to seeing how Erli will perform after it develops school-like characteristics.

He was still wondering whether to give the small goldfish the special ability or the two carp.

But after seeing Xiao Jin's list of enhanced traits, Mu Yun made up his mind.

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[Ding! The optional ability enhancement paths for Shiny Magikarp (Gold) have been displayed. Please choose one!]

【1.胆怯+1：受到恶属性、幽灵属性和虫属性招式攻击时，会提高自身速度100%，攻击50%。消耗破限点：1点。】

[2. Gentian: A mutated version of the Timid ability. During battle, it greatly increases the user's Courage. When facing non-Dragon-type Pokémon, the user's Attack, Special Defense, and Speed ​​are increased by 100%. When facing Dragon-type Pokémon, the user's Attack, Special Defense, and Speed ​​are increased by 200%. Cost: 5 Limit Break Points.]

【3.自信过度+1：击败对手，会极大的增加自信心，并提高100%的攻击和50%的速度。消耗破限点：1点。】

[4. Dragon in the Wild: An overconfident mutation that boosts the ability. Dragons are inherently combative. In battle, each time an offensive move is used, the power of the user's Dragon, Water, and Flying-type moves increases by 50%. If the opponent is defeated, the user's Attack, Special Defense, and Speed ​​are additionally increased by 100%. Cost: 5 Limit Break Points.]

5. Transformation into a Dragon:.........

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There's not much to say about adding one point to timidity and one point to overconfidence.

It's just a very ordinary effect improvement.

Even for the Magikarp other than Xiao Jin and Er Li, Mu Yun would not use these on them.

As for the mutation enhancement of the two characteristics, the effects are quite good.

One increases Attack, Special Defense, and Speed; the other increases the power of Dragon, Water, and Flying-type moves.

The former provides double the bonus when facing Dragon-type Pokémon, while the latter provides additional physical attack, special defense, and speed boosts when defeating an opponent.

If that's all there is to it, then there's not much difference between giving the Goldfish School ability and the Carp School ability.

The reason for deciding to give it to Erli was entirely because of this fifth option.

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5. Dragon Transformation: Originating from the deep desire of Shiny Magikarp (Gold) to become a true dragon, a special mutation and enhancement occurs.

Each time you defeat an opponent whose level is not lower than your own, your base stats will permanently increase. If the opponent is a dragon-type spirit, the increase will be doubled. At the same time, a trace of true dragon blood will condense within your body.

Once the true dragon blood accumulates to a certain concentration, it will acquire special effects.

Basic effect: Each drop of true dragon blood increases one's energy quality by 5% and increases one's physical strength and total energy by 10%.

Special effects: Not obtained.

When the concentration of true dragon blood is sufficient, a miraculous evolution will occur.

Current True Dragon Blood Concentration: 0%

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Dragon Transformation is a growth-type trait that provides almost no noticeable increase in combat power after loading.

Perhaps, in the short term, the combat power boost it brings is not comparable to that of Gentian and Dragon Battle in the Wild.

It's not even as good as +1 to timidity or +1 to overconfidence.

However, given enough time, the combat power boost from dragon transformation will far exceed that of the other four traits.

Especially since Little Gold's base stats are already high, and its move power is boosted by its stat bonuses, it's easy for it to get through the early game.

At that time, Xiao Jin's combat power will snowball and become stronger and stronger.

Once its true dragon blood accumulates, it can even evolve again!

At that time, it remains to be seen whether Mu Yun will find the characteristics of the fish school useful.

After all, schools of fish can only gather elves of the same species.

Furthermore, since Wishiwashi has no evolved form, Mu Yun is unsure whether Gyarados can summon Magikarp.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, Mu Yun planned to transform Erli's second characteristic into a school of fish.

As for Xiao Jin, his second characteristic can serve as a supplement to his combat strength.

For example, all-powerful transformations, superhuman strength, overconfidence, etc.

It's worth mentioning that after these few days of digestion, Xiao Jin and Er Li have grown in size again.

The former has reached 3.3 meters, and the latter has reached 2.8 meters.

Mu Yun estimates that Erli's final length can reach three meters, while Xiao Jin might be able to challenge four meters.

In this way, when it evolves, it may truly reach a terrifying sight of blotting out the sky.

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"This is the location of the Liu family's secret ancestral home."

Changqing City, suburbs.

Outside a rather luxurious and sprawling mountain and water estate, a woman with neat short hair and a capable appearance got out of an off-road vehicle and introduced it to Mu Yun.

She was a staff member sent by Liao Ding to lead Mu Yun and Gui Si, and her surname was Qu.

"Thank you for your trouble, Miss Qu."

Mu Yun thanked him and then looked at the manor.

so big!

This was Mu Yun's first thought.

Compared to the military region where the Water Forest Secret Realm is located, the Liu family's manor seems to cover a larger area.

However, considering that the Liu family has lived here for generations, it is normal for the area occupied to be larger due to the large number of people.

"Mu Yun!"

As soon as Mu Yun got out of the car, he heard someone calling him.

Looking towards the sound, one could see none other than the seventh young master of the Liu family, the "sickly beauty" Liu Hesheng!

"Why are you here?"

Mu Yun was somewhat surprised; he hadn't said anything beforehand.

"Didn't my old man hear that we know each other, so he sent me here as a guide?"

Because of their close relationship, Liu Hesheng didn't put on a cold and aloof expression like he did when they were outside.

After a brief chat, Liu Hesheng took on the role of guide, leading Mu Yun toward the manor.

Along the way, he met many of Liu Hesheng's peers and elders.

To be fair, the Liu family members have really good skin; they are mostly fair-skinned with a rosy glow, and their looks are all quite good.

No wonder Liu Hesheng gave birth to such beautiful children; it turns out her family has excellent genes.

"This is my family's secret realm—Tongyou, named after the innate ability of my ancestor."

After entering a magnificent building, Liu Hesheng introduced it.

After equipping themselves with spatial isolation shields, the three entered the secret realm.

After the familiar sticky feeling and dizziness subsided, what came into view was a similarly luxuriously decorated hall.

Clearly, both inside and outside the secret realm have been carefully managed by the Liu family.

"The Gastly egg you want is in this room. Of course, if you're not in a hurry, I can also show you around the Hidden Realm."

Liu Hesheng pointed to one of the rooms and said.

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Some thoughts on the second characteristic:

Personally, I prefer simple, unpretentious stats, which are essentially the ultimate attack power.

Commonly known as the "powerful flying brick".

As for acceleration features, to be honest, the acceleration from zero to 100 km/h is much faster and more effective than the acceleration from zero to 100 km/h.

After all, Xiao Du is positioned as a fast, accurate, and ruthless assassin, whose main goal is to injure someone with a mere graze and kill someone with a single touch; he is a one-hit kill type.

The one who flies around like a kite is the real deal, although for now he's also a powerful brick-throwing type...

In terms of speed, Xiao Du is already very fast. If he wants to surpass higher levels later on, he will need sufficient attack power.

When playing against opponents of higher levels, attack power is the most important factor. Speed ​​and other stats are sufficient with skills like Qi Gathering Sword Dance.

The fastest is still the ripple.

The reason for this long buildup is mainly to prepare for unlocking special abilities in subsequent Pokémon.

By the way, I'd like to ask you guys if you have any good ideas.

After all, with thousands of Pokémon and over three hundred traits, even though I've categorized and organized them all, there are still occasional oversights.

On the other hand, I personally think that the acceleration characteristic is more suitable for boldness. By the way, "same attribute" specifically refers to one, not that two attributes are the same.

For example, a Pokémon that is both Bug and Water type can possess the characteristics of both Bug and Water type Pokémon.

Therefore, he can possess the acceleration characteristic of the Centipede King.

Speed-up combined with relentless berserker mode is a perfect match, at least that's my opinion.

Of course, if you have any better ideas, feel free to comment here. I will check them regularly.