Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 68 Arrival in Violet City

Looking at the newly hatched, still somewhat dazed turkey, Chiba Kaede walked over and picked it up. 💢♣ 🐺👍

The turkey that he picked up didn't resist. It felt a sense of familiarity with the human in front of it, which made it want to get close to him involuntarily.

"Turkey, have some Moo Milk!"

Chiba Kaede held Torchic in one arm and took out a bottle of Moo Moo Milk with the other, feeding it little by little.

"Chamo!"

After finishing a bottle of Moo Moo Milk, the turkey let out a satisfied chirp, then rubbed its head against Chiba Kaede's chest before yawning.

"Wow, what beautiful turkeys!"

Asha heard the commotion and knew that Torchic had hatched, so she rushed over. When she saw Torchic's head feathers that looked like they were on fire, her eyes lit up as she looked at Torchic.

"Yasha, Torchic is newly hatched and is sleepy after eating. I'll put it back in its Poké Ball to rest for a while. Let's go outside; I'm getting too hot!"

After Torchic stopped absorbing fire-attribute energy, the cave returned to its previous sweltering heat. Chiba Kaede didn't want to stay a minute longer and just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to be so sensitive to heat. Let's hurry outside!"

Aysa covered her face and giggled.

At this moment, she also noticed that Chiba Kaede was drenched in sweat. She was often in fire-attribute environments, so her body had probably adapted and she hadn't noticed anything wrong with the cave's environment. Only after Chiba Kaede pointed it out did she realize what was happening. 🎈🐠 ❻99hᵘЖ.ᶜ𝑜ｍ ☯🍫

Then, Chiba Kaede took out a Poké Ball and gently tapped it on the head of Torchic, which was almost asleep. A beam of light shot out from the Poké Ball, enveloping Torchic and putting it into the Poké Ball.

The red light on the Poké Ball flashed briefly and then went out, indicating that Chiba had caught Torchic.

"Phew, finally out!"

The moment Chiba Kaede stepped out of the cave, he felt as if he had returned to the human world from a fiery hell. He touched his clothes and found that they were so wet they could be wrung out.

"You should change your clothes before going back, otherwise you'll easily catch a cold if you go in the cold wind at high altitude like this."

Aysa suggested.

Although Chiba Kaede knew she wasn't afraid of getting sick—after all, life energy wasn't something to be trifled with—she still didn't refuse Aya's kindness and took out a clean set of clothes from her backpack to change into.

On the return journey, Charizard became much more docile. Perhaps knowing that it couldn't outrun the giant Swellow in terms of speed, it stopped trying to shake them off and instead flew steadily at its usual speed.

The Great Swallow, however, felt it wasn't enough and flew around the Fire-Breathing Dragon with various tricks, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes left, sometimes right, and sometimes even tumbling a few times.

This made Chiba Kaede, who was riding on its back, feel a little uncomfortable. He had just come out of the sweltering heat and couldn't withstand such a torment from the Great Swallow. He almost threw up on the spot and hurriedly stopped the Great Swallow's little actions, letting it fly side by side with the Charizard.

"Xiao Feng, your king swallow is so energetic!"

Aysa teased Chiba Kaede, whose face had turned pale from the teasing.

"It just has too much energy, and it's really bothering me!"

Chiba Kaede responded with a wry smile.

Upon hearing her trainer say that about her, Swellow did a 360-degree spin in the air, almost breaking Chiba Kaede's composure.

Chiba Kaede finally breathed a sigh of relief after landing, but she was still a little unsteady on her feet and needed a while to get used to it.

After that, Chiba Kaede stayed in the Furnace Gym. Under Aysa's guidance, he saw many Fire-type Pokémon, most of which belonged to the former Gym Leader, Mulla, who was Aysa's grandfather.

What impressed Chiba Kaede the most was a Volcarona, an extremely rare and powerful Pokémon.

When Chiba Kaede saw it, it was just lying there quietly sleeping, but the aura it exuded was truly astonishing.

Chiba Kaede felt that this Volcarona should be one of the treasures of the Fuma Gym. He learned from Aysa that this Volcarona had been in their gym for a long time and seemed to be his great-grandfather's Pokémon.

As evening approached, Chiba Kaede firmly declined Aysa's invitation to stay for dinner, stating that he was too tired that day and planned to return to the Pokémon Center to rest early.

The real reason was that Chiba Kaede felt his tongue could no longer withstand Asha's flaming cooking, and in the end he said goodbye amidst Asha's somewhat regretful expression.

Of course, Chiba Kaede also extended an invitation to Aya, hoping that she could visit his Chiba Farm when she had time.

Back in the room at the Pokémon Center, Chiba first released Torchic. Torchic had regained its energy and immediately ran all over the room.

Chiba then released the other Pokémon to let them get to know Torchic. Everyone liked the lively and active Torchic, and Torchic wasn't shy at all, touching this one and hugging that one, acting like a friendly bully.

Seeing that they were getting along very well, Qianye Feng stopped paying attention to them and let them play by themselves. He took out the resurrection grass seeds and the vital energy root seeds he had obtained today and examined them carefully in his hand.

The seeds of the resurrection grass are only the size of a grain of rice. A faint aura of life energy can be sensed, but it is slowly dissipating. At this rate, the life energy will be completely dissipated in a few days, and then the seed's activity will disappear.

The Vitality Root seed is larger than the Resurrection Grass, but it contains much less life energy, which is also slowly dissipating. Without other factors, it will lose the possibility of sprouting again in a few days.

After pondering for a moment, Chiba Kaede put down the other seeds, holding only one resurrection grass seed. Then, he activated his ability, and a powerful surge of life energy was injected into the resurrection grass seed.

After a while, once the resurrection grass had fully absorbed the life energy, Chiba Maple began to re-examine the seed.

At this point, the entire resurrection grass seed became plump and full, with a faint sense of burgeoning life. The seed's vitality was greatly enhanced. Although its life energy was still overflowing, with the life energy it currently possessed, it would not be exhausted even after several months.

Now Chiba Kaede understood that as long as he had his life energy, these seeds could remain active for a long time.

Some uncertainty lies in whether the grassy grounds of the shuttlecock plants can provide enough life energy for these resurrection grasses and vital roots to grow. Of course, this needs to be verified after planting.

Next, Chiba Kaede used his remaining two ability attempts on the remaining two resurrection grass seeds. Looking at the three resurrection grass seeds that had undergone a complete transformation, he was very satisfied.

As for the Vital Root, he plans to wait until tomorrow and use his ability three times to strengthen it all at once. After all, the Vital Root's own life energy is relatively weak, and using it on a single seed would be a waste, plus there isn't enough time.

Nothing was said that night.

The next morning, the sun was shining brightly. Chiba Kaede got up early, led the group of Pokémon to breakfast, sent a message to Aysa, and then rode his Swellow toward the next gym location.

Fubuki Town isn't too far from Mauville City; it takes less than two hours to fly there. If Swellow uses Tailwind to assist its flight, the time will be reduced even further.

However, Chiba Kaede wasn't in a hurry, so she let the Great Swallow fly at its usual speed while she quietly enjoyed the beautiful scenery below.

Mauville City is a large city located in the center of Hoenn. In addition to the Mauville Gym, which is the destination of Maple Leaf, there are also fun places such as the Mauville Food Court, the Singing Cafe, and the Mauville Game City. Therefore, Mauville City is also a popular tourist destination, and it is very bustling and lively.

Since this is a Pokémon world, where many trainers use flying Pokémon to travel, cities do not prohibit flying Pokémon from entering.

Of course, in more bustling cities, trainers using flying Pokémon need to land in designated plazas and then take other modes of transportation to travel to various parts of the city.

The landing point for Flying Pokémon in Mauville City is right next to the Mauville Food Court. This is probably to attract trainers from other places to spend money at the food court!

Chiba Kaede landed at this very spot.

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