Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

As its fighting spirit against the leader Pokémon rises, the dormant "leader aura" within Beedrill begins to stir.

The two spirits stopped exchanging words and immediately began to fight.

It's already past four in the morning. I took some cold medicine, but I can't hold on any longer; I'm feeling sleepy.

Sorry, it's already past 4 AM today. I've had a cold for several days, it keeps coming back. I took some cold medicine and I'm going to bed early tonight.

I hope I can get better soon.

bow.

(I'll delete this tomorrow.)

Chapter 146 Mammalian

Five minutes later.

Xia Yan retrieved the ten Poké Balls.

Six veteran-level Tundra Bears and four Blizzard Kings (three veteran-level and one elite-level) were successfully acquired.

Put ten Poké Balls into your backpack, give your Pokémon some basic first aid, and let them rest for a while.

At the same time, my mind became more active.

"In theory, an elf like the Snow King can condense 'unmeltable ice' through long-term accumulation."

Of course, this was only in theory; he did not find any ice-resistant creatures on these Snow Kings.

However, quite a few ice crystals were indeed scraped out from their thick and dense fur.

This is clearly something that has condensed on them for some reason, due to their long-term living in cold environments, perhaps without their own awareness or understanding.

Xia Yan guessed that it was because of the thick fur of the Snow King that these ice shards were condensed, especially those ice crystals that did not melt under the influence of the Snow King's body temperature. Over time, they slowly condensed and eventually became unmelting ice.

Unmelting Ice: Ice blocks that can insulate against heat; carrying them can enhance the power of Ice-type moves.

It is considered a relatively rare and difficult-to-create spirit item.

This naturally also represents considerable value.

Unfortunately, none of these Blizzard Kings were able to form indestructible ice.

The largest piece was a half-fist-sized block of ice that was pried out of the Snow King's hair. It was held in my palm until my hand was almost frozen, but it didn't seem to melt much.

After trying for a long time, only a tiny bit melted.

However, if it melts, it means that it has not yet taken shape.

So in the end, Xia Yan stuffed it back into the thick fur of the Blizzard King leader.

"I promised the Snow Fairy that I would find a safe living environment for it and the four Snow Children. Because of the existence of 'Millennial Ice', the temperature is not a big problem. We just need to find a suitable place."

Xia Yan stroked his chin and muttered to himself.

"It's the same idea as Lady Knot Grass. If raising one race is raising one, then raising two is the same. Such a large piece of 'Millennium Ice' will definitely have a significant impact on the environment. Raising a group of Blizzard Kings is certainly not a problem."

"As for the tundra bear..."

Tundra Bear doesn't have the ability to produce Pokémon items, and unlike Abomasnow, which can survive by relying on plants, Tundra Bear needs a lot of meat to replenish its thick layer of fat to withstand the cold.

Keeping tundra bears in captivity is undoubtedly a costly endeavor with virtually no income, and is not a rational choice.

"We can keep it and see, but I'll probably sell it directly to make a profit."

While thinking, Yongjira and Beedrill picked all the custard fruits from the tree.

The fruit from this tree is still quite valuable.

Because it has high requirements for its growing environment and climate, it is not very common.

"However, four Snow Kings are still too few. There should be quite a few Snow Kings and Snow Hat Monsters on this mountain. Let's see if we can gather more of them."

The key to captive breeding is scale; only when the number reaches a certain level does it have value and significance.

"And these tree fruits."

He accepted the custard fruit that Yongjila offered.

"A living environment suitable for the Snow Fairy and the Snow King would certainly be suitable for the growth of custard apples as well."

Xia Yan rubbed his temples. "However, the cultivation of tree fruits is another subject altogether. Although it is considered part of the cultivation family, I have never had much experience with it before."

As Xia Yan's ideas multiplied, he became increasingly aware of his own shortcomings.

It is truly difficult for a "three-nothing vagrant" (no power, no influence, no money) to start from scratch and build a business.

But the reality is that he had no choice but to do it.

You need to increase your income sources, especially more legitimate ones. Otherwise, relying solely on capturing and selling Pokémon will only keep you broke even for now. But once the number of Pokémon increases and their strength grows, you'll find yourself struggling to make ends meet again.

Unless he completely abandons his League identity and joins underground forces like the Hunter Guild, Team Rocket, or Team Aqua.

However, those forces also value strength; without strength, wanting to acquire more resources means facing danger.

There's also the possibility that the league will target them.

Not worth the candle.

Xia Yan would not make this choice unless absolutely necessary.

Since they dared not capture Pokémon on a large scale, and were not keen on joining the underground forces, they could only increase their income streams.

Energy cubes are one aspect, and items obtained from occasionally catching Pokémon are another. Xia Yan is preparing for his third path.

"But first, you need a piece of land, a large enough piece of land..."

He is making preparations, but at the moment, even the most basic conditions are not met.

When I came to my senses with a bit of helplessness, I realized that we were almost halfway up the mountain.

After reaching the halfway point, we stopped going up.

If you go any further up, you'll soon reach the Snow Peak Temple.

He wanted to check the Hunter's Guild's manpower deployment near the mountainside and capture a few more Snow Kings and Snow Hat Monsters.

Regardless of whether there's a place for him to keep these elves, preparations still need to be made.

Once a location is available, a "farm" can quickly take shape.

During this time, they finally met a few small groups of hunters, but they didn't take the initiative to approach Xia Yan. Instead, they cast strange glances at him as he acted alone.

Xia Yan didn't make contact with them; he simply pretended to be searching for the spirits.

But he could feel that from then on, there seemed to be an invisible pair of eyes always on him.

It's really not a pleasant feeling to be watched like that.

He tried to search discreetly, but did not find his target.

So he turned and looked for the Snow King and the Snow Hat Monster, pretending not to know them.

They finally found one or two small groups on the mountain and subdued them.

They left Xuefeng Mountain before dark and did not make any further attempts to observe the direction of Xuefeng Temple or move closer to it.

After he left Xuefeng Mountain, the feeling of being watched disappeared.

Xia Yan was not surprised by this situation.

The next day, he reappeared in Snow Peak Mountain, continuing his search for the Blizzard King.

And that feeling of being watched returned.

Another day without doing anything out of line; just quietly being a hunter searching for an elf like the Snow King.

And so it goes on and on.

Five days later, when Xia Yan returned to Xuefeng Mountain, the feeling of being watched was finally gone.

But Xia Yan was still not in a hurry.

It took until the sixth day.

He finally attempted to approach the Snow Peak Temple.

It must be admitted that these elf hunters in the Hunter's Guild are quite skilled, at least in terms of their ability to conceal themselves.

If you don't wander around Xuefeng Mountain like Xia Yan did, but just walk through it once, you really won't notice anything unusual about Xuefeng Mountain.

Thanks to his familiarity with the surrounding environment and his observation of the patterns of these hunters coming and going, Xia Yan finally saw the Snow Peak Temple for the first time.

Although it is called a temple, apart from a historically significant entrance, most of the temple's structure is hidden within the mountain.

Just as he stopped to observe, he suddenly sensed something and abruptly turned his head.

I didn't see anything.

"Yong Ji?"

Yunjira called out in confusion, but its psychic senses didn't detect anything unusual.

However, ever since Yunjira's psychic perception was blocked by Angel's bronze bell in the Snow Fairy's ice cave, Xia Yan no longer dared to have complete trust in this seemingly powerful method of psychic perception.

It's not that I don't trust Yunjira, but rather that I don't trust this ability.

At least, Xia Yan knew of more than one way to block the perception of superpowers.

"Come out!" Xia Yan reached out to comfort Yongjila and called out in a deep voice.

But there was no sound from the surroundings.

Xia Yan's brows furrowed even more, and he said coldly, "If you don't come out, I'll have to use my own methods to get you out."

As soon as these words were spoken, a commotion ensued.

A figure shot out from the dense canopy of trees, bringing with it a large amount of snow, and landed nimbly on the ground.

"Mavira?"

Xia Yan was a little surprised to see this elf.

"Your vigilance is quite good." These words, tinged with admiration, came from the woman who slowly emerged from behind the tree.