Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

When bidding for the stag beetle, the auction house had already appropriately raised the starting price.

When it was the Pangolins' turn, they became even bolder.

But the result still exceeded their expectations.

This situation is really rare.

Boom!

With a thud from the small wooden hammer, the Alola Sandslash officially changed hands.

A terrifying price of forty-eight million!

In addition, there are 9.2 million stag beetles.

Xia Yan sold two Pokémon and successfully earned 57.2 million League Coins.

It far exceeded his previous estimate of 75 million Alliance Coins for all the elves combined.

If we also include other things...

They're all aiming to break 100 million.

That's amazing!

This is really extravagant!

With the Alola Sandslash auction concluded, one of the highlights of this auction has almost come to an end.

It's hard to say whether the last few items will surpass the price of this one, but their popularity will definitely not be as high as this one.

With money in hand, Xia Yan officially began to make his move.

He bought any Pokémon that had even a slight connection to the Fairy type.

Although there is always a premium.

But once the Fairy type awakens, this slight premium will soon be wiped out.

So he didn't hesitate at all.

I photographed three Pippi, two Jigglypuffs, three Marill, one Blue, one Mr. Mime, and six Cotton Balls.

Sixteen elves.

Because each Pokémon has different strengths, moves, and potential, each one has a different price.

However, since none of the strongest Pokémon reached the elite level, these Pokémon were mostly auctioned off as pets, so the premium wasn't very high.

It cost a total of 6.4 million Alliance Coins.

On average, each one costs around 400,000 Alliance Coins.

A veteran-level Pokémon is worth an average of 400,000, which is already a premium.

This price is only lowered by the fact that there are six Cotton Balls, which are relatively common in the Unova region; otherwise, the average price would be even higher.

It must be admitted that there are still many wealthy families in the world of elves.

Including the four he got from the Hunter's Guild, Xia Yan has acquired a total of twenty Pokémon that can be awakened as Fairy-type Pokémon in the future.

This was just the beginning of his stockpiling.

He spent 6.4 million without a second thought.

When you sell it in the future, the price will be three or four times higher, the returns are too high and the risk is extremely low.

If he wanted to save some money for his elves, he might spend all the money he had on him to buy more energy cubes, secret manuals, and items, as long as others could sell them.

The auction is still ongoing.

However, the level of popularity can never reach the level when the Alola Sandslash was sent.

But the old man remained diligent and conscientious, trying his best to control the pace.

"The next item is very strange because even we can't fully determine what it is. We consulted many experts in the appraisal industry, but they also couldn't give us the results we wanted. All we can say is that our team found it during a field expedition."

As they were talking.

A staff member came up carrying a tray.

This time, no mystery was kept.

On the red tray, a bare branch, about the length of a hand, was quietly placed.

It is about the thickness of a finger, or perhaps even thicker.

The tree branch's wrinkled surface, withered yellow color, and unremarkable appearance all indicate that it really is just a tree branch.

The only highlight might be that it was placed on an exquisite tray.

"Tree branches?"

"Is your auction house trying to fool us? Bringing up a tree branch as an auction item, do you think it's so easy to make money off us?"

"Pfft—if you hadn't said anything, I would have thought that plate was the item up for auction."

"..."

A cacophony of insults, ridicule, and contempt rose and fell.

A hint of embarrassment flashed across the old man's face.

However, his professionalism wouldn't allow him to back down, and he offered an explanation.

"Don't be fooled by its appearance as a tree branch. Although it looks similar, it actually contains a power that we cannot yet determine. It is obscure but it certainly exists. We have tried many methods to unleash this power, but the results have been mostly unsatisfactory."

The only thing I can assure you is that this is definitely not a tree branch. Let me demonstrate.

As they spoke, several staff members carried in a flowerpot filled with soil.

The old man then took a seed.

It's just a very common tree fruit seed. It only needs some simple processing, and if it's planted in a suitable place with appropriate fertilizer, it can grow into a fruit tree.

of course.

This will take quite a while.

Then, in front of everyone, the old man buried the seed in the soil without any further treatment.

At last.

He picked up the branch with both hands and solemnly inserted it into the flowerpot.

Just when everyone was getting impatient and thought he was just being deliberately mysterious.

A small seedling slowly sprouted in the flowerpot.

When it grows to about three or four centimeters, its growth rate stops.

"this......"

Seeing this, everyone realized the difference between this seemingly ordinary tree branch and something else.

But the problem is...

"So, what use is it to us?"

Someone voiced what most people were thinking.

Yes.

It looks amazing.

But isn't the world of elves full of wonders?

This is of no help to them in terms of either training their Pokémon or improving their strength.

It might be of some help to some breeders.

This can save some time in processing seeds and waiting for them to germinate.

However, this fruit tree sapling clearly stopped growing when it reached three or four centimeters.

Do breeders lack the time to process seeds?

What they lack is the time to wait for the saplings to grow into mature trees!

Therefore, even in the eyes of breeders, this thing is quite useless.

"Ahem, I'm not trying to say how useful it is, but just to prove that this thing is not an ordinary tree branch. It must have many more special uses, but we haven't discovered them yet."

To put it simply...

This thing has some potential. Let's see if anyone is bold enough and has a strong gambling spirit to buy it and gamble on whether they can make it work.

You know what?

Such people do exist.

And quite a few.

If you manage to make it work, then you've found a bargain.

If you can't figure it out, then you'll be the one who gets ripped off.

However, the vast majority of people are quite rational when buying things.

And this naturally includes Xia Yan, who was sitting in the private room.

When Xia Yan saw that what was presented to him was a tree branch, his thoughts were similar to those of most people.

Are you trying to fool people?

However, the reaction of one particular elf gradually changed Xia Yan's opinion.

"Is that alright?"

Togekiss, who was playing with Eevee and Latios, suddenly seemed to sense something and looked towards the auction stage outside the window.

He seemed a little lost in thought for a moment.

Ignoring the urging and doubts of Eevee and Latios.

It flew to the window and stared intently at the branches on the tray on the table.

"What's wrong, Tokis?"