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

After Xiao Yan hatched and Xiao Xin learned new moves, Mu Yun's life returned to normal.

Besides crafting energy cubes and checking the progress of each sprite, what he did most was research and plan the next travel route.

Or rather, the route through the gyms you're going to challenge.

The Silver Tournament he wanted to participate in was the Northeast Region's Youth Trainer Competition, which required participants to be at least 18 years old and under 30.

At the same time, it possesses more than eight Level 3 badges issued by municipal dojos.

Because it is the badge of a city-level dojo, it is also known as the city-level badge.

To obtain the second-level and first-level badges, one must defeat a provincial-level gym and a national-level gym, respectively.

The former is used to register for the Elite Four certification tournament, which is a tournament that awards Elite Four level trainers certificates.

The latter is used to register for the White Dragon Cup, also known as the Heavenly King Tournament.

The competition for the title of Heavenly King.

Only those who win the title of "Heavenly King" can participate in the election for "Regional Heavenly King".

Compared to the Silver Tournament and the King Certification Tournament, which are held every year, the White Dragon Cup is held at a very irregular time.

If we can gather 32 people, then we might be able to have them every year; if we can't gather enough, then it's uncertain.

Of course, these are all quite far from Mu Yun's reach right now. For formal competitions where only Pokémon can be used for battles, the Pokémon in his team are not yet strong enough.

His current plan is to focus on challenging city-level dojos, with county-level dojos as a secondary objective.

Provincial and national gyms, which have Elite Four Pokémon, are not currently in his plans.

The goal of challenging the city-level dojo is to obtain the city-level badge.

County-level dojos are just places I pass by to level up a bit.

Although county-level dojos cannot issue badges, the dojo masters are still skilled.

"We will roughly follow the Shen River, go straight through Liaoning Province, enter Hebei Province, pass through Jiakou City, and finally arrive at Chang City."

After several days of research, Mu Yun finally planned out the final travel route.

That's right. This time, Mu Yun doesn't plan to take high-speed rail or other means of transportation. Instead, he plans to travel on foot, or perhaps rent or buy a riding-type spirit, to traverse the wilderness alone.

Of course, the wilderness area is small; most of it is still human-made cities.

After all, we're going to challenge the gym.

With his abilities, his safety is guaranteed even if he is alone.

"I remember that Ma Sitong's family runs a horse farm, so they should offer horse rental services."

A spirited girl with a ponytail appeared in Mu Yun's mind.

Although she didn't get a guaranteed admission, she still managed to get into Evergreen University's Trainer program thanks to bonus points.

For students from Matsue City, being admitted to the Trainer program at Chosei University is already a pleasant surprise.

"Let's go check out her horse farm in a couple of days."

Mu Yun isn't in a hurry to set off right now, mainly because Gastly and Mibrim haven't hatched yet.

He planned to wait until they hatched before setting off.

From the perspective of waveguides, it should be within the next day or two.

With a thought, Mu Yun instantly moved from the cramped living room to the spacious wooden villa.

Inside the villa, Xiao Du was keeping Xiao Yan company, along with two incubators placed securely on a wooden table.

After glancing at the state of the elf egg, Mu Yun flashed to a lake.

"Klukkkkkkkkkkk!!"

Upon seeing Mu Yun, the crimson carp began to frolic on the surface of the water.

After receiving the Gyarados Horn Bone reward, all Magikarp have a much higher opinion of Mu Yun.

While they may not reach the maximum stats of Xiao Jin and Er Li, they will definitely not rebel after evolving.

In fact, even Gyarados, which has the most contrasting personality after evolution, will not kill its master unless you inhumanly abuse it when it is in its Magikarp form.

At most, they'll just ignore you and not follow orders.

If the relationship is good, command will naturally not be a problem.

Ultimately, Gyarados is also a spirit, and spirits are mostly innocent and loyal.

Mu Yun looked at the swarms of Magikarp.

Most of the ordinary Magikarp have reached level 13 or 14, and their body length has generally reached about 1.8 meters thanks to the nourishment of Gyarados Hornbone.

A few even reached over 1.9 meters, approaching 2 meters.

This is close to the limit of a normal Magikarp.

Outside, such a level of skill requires meticulous training to achieve, but with Mu Yun's unlimited supply of horn bones, almost every single one is like that.

In addition, the length of Erli has finally broken through three meters, reaching an astonishing 3.2 meters.

Unfortunately, he could no longer absorb Gyarados Horn Bones after that, clearly having reached his growth limit.

On the contrary, Xiao Jin still retains the potential to grow even after reaching 3.6 meters.

The Gyarados horn bone, which would have made him grow much longer in the past, can now only make him grow a little bit.

Fortunately, this thing isn't expensive.

As long as Xiao Jin can eat it, Mu Yun can definitely afford to support him.

In terms of level, Erli has reached level 16, and is only four levels away from evolving.

Xiao Jin is even higher, having already reached level 17.

Based on the timeline, it's estimated that Xiao Jin will reach its body length limit near the time it's close to evolving.

Mu Yun estimated that Xiao Jin would be able to complete its evolution by the time he saw Beihe Province.

Who knows what level his height will reach by then?

Anyway, it's definitely bigger than Yu Bo's.

After looking at the Magikarp, Mu Yun turned his attention to his younger brothers who were training diligently and boldly.

First up is the future emperor, Frog-Mosquito Tadpole, which has now reached level 24 and is nearing evolution.

And they also successfully accumulated two limit-breaking points.

Mu Yun also looked at his list of attribute enhancements.

Well, it's just so-so.

The "Free and Easy" +1 goes without saying; it's almost the same as the "Two Carp" one.

Its mutated form isn't called "Dragon Jump," but rather "Frog Jump."

The effect is somewhat similar to the Moon Walk in the Six Styles of the Navy, possessing the ability to ascend into the clouds in mid-air, and at a very high speed.

If his final evolution is Mosquito Swimmer, this trait is actually quite good.

But Mu Yun envisions him as the Mosquito Coil Frog King, so this trait isn't quite right.

In addition, he has two other trait options.

One of its hidden abilities is Rain +1, which allows it to evolve into Poliwag Queen.

A mutated enhancement property for rainfall - Sky Cry.

Rainfall +1 goes without saying; even glancing at it would be disrespectful to the limit-breaking point.

As for the Heavenly Cry trait, it sounds very powerful and its effects are quite good.

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[4. Ability: Heavenly Cry: A mutated and enhanced version of the Rain Dance ability. The Rain Dance stored within the Pokémon becomes a denser and faster Great Rainstorm, with a storage limit increased by 1. After the Great Rainstorm is released, the weather becomes a Great Rainstorm, continuously releasing waterfall-like rain that obscures vision and gradually lowers the body temperature of other Pokémon. The power of Water-type moves increases by 100%, and their cost is reduced by 50%. Cost: 5 Limit Break Points.]

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The ordinary rainmaking turned into a torrential downpour, and the effect changed from a light drizzle to an exaggerated volume of water like a waterfall.

It's almost equivalent to summoning the sea anytime, anywhere.

However, Mu Yun felt it was still not enough.

At least, Mu Yun felt there should be a fifth option for comparison.

But perhaps because it has been training under bold hands, the frog has not yet developed any new ideals.

Mu Yun wasn't in a hurry, since he had plenty of combat power and could study it slowly.

However, when it comes to ideals, although the frog doesn't have one yet, the lobster soldier does.