Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

But in fact, Xia Yan was waiting for a specific moment.

Once most of his main Pokémon reach the semi-Elite rank, and with the team he has built, his strength will definitely be comparable to some trainers who have already reached the semi-Elite rank but have not built a core team.

As his strength increases, the earlier he builds his roster, the more obvious his advantage will become.

In open-world encounters, the presence or absence of a well-planned team composition can make a significant difference.

But he's still missing something.

"Alright, think it over yourself. All I can say is that both Professor Oak and I have great faith in your abilities." Sakuragi didn't press the issue, he just said that.

"Ah."

Xia Yan was genuinely grateful to Sakuragi, from the bottom of his heart.

It's no exaggeration to say that a large part of the reason he was able to stand out among the huge group of elf researchers was because of a reply from Sakuragi back then.

The two then began to communicate.

With Sakuragi's help, Natsuhiko also gained a lot.

"By the way, Kikuna told me that you would come when I receive my doctorate?"

"Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, I will definitely come." Xia Yan smiled.

Sakuragi can be considered his mentor, and since Sakuragi is going to pursue a doctorate, Xia Yan will definitely go whenever he has time.

"Okay, I'll wait for you. It's been a long time. I have a lot of experiments and ideas to share with you." Sakuragi's voice on the phone also revealed joy.

Xia Yan's expression stiffened slightly.

Thinking back to when Sakuragi dragged me into a conversation that lasted for hours, and it was always about topics that really tested my brainpower...

Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

"......Um."

"Okay, I'll get back to work now. Hurry up and work on Milotic's paper. The league is putting a lot of pressure on you. I'll pass on your request, but you can't drag it out like you did with Ibrahimovic's paper," Sakuragi emphasized one last time.

"I understand, I promise it will be quick this time," Xia Yan said confidently.

He has already begun collecting materials and writing his paper on Menes.

As soon as the alliance's materials are in place, they can be published immediately.

Sakuragi hung up the phone.

He's been very busy lately.

After putting down his phone, Xia Yan typed rapidly on the keyboard again, then spent some time checking the content and typos before clicking "post".

As soon as his paper was published, those who were always following his updates online responded immediately.

"Yeyibu! I've finally waited for this!"

"When will the paper on Ice Eevee be published? I'm afraid to let my little guy train too much now, he's almost as fat as a ball."

"@Dodo, I want to see Milotic!! Please don't forget your main job, and don't be ungrateful!"

I want to see it too!

"..."

Xia Yan rarely pays attention to these things anymore.

He doesn't have enough time either.

After publishing this paper.

Xia Yan then took his computer and returned to the farm.

First, I collected information on the changes and data of the ugly fish.

Then, the main training direction for the Pokémon for the next period of time was arranged.

And detailed training tasks down to each day.

He distributed the secret manuals he bought on the black market one by one.

No matter how much money you earn, it's meaningless if you can't convert it into an improvement in your actual capabilities.

Otherwise, given Xia Yan's current status as a gym leader, as long as he stays put and develops the town slowly, he wouldn't starve to death.

The dojo's deficit will be resolved sooner or later.

I've never heard of a dojo closing down because it lost money.

The main training focus for Beedrill.

It still comes down to mastering one's own changes, whether it's the leader's aura or the speed that has already surpassed that of others at the same level.

Now, it always has four electric insects tied to its feet, no matter when.

Although Beedrill no longer needs the Insect Power Pyrotechnic to stimulate electricity and increase speed, the Pyrotechnics, weighing over 80 pounds in total, can still serve as a load for the Beedrill.

In addition, the electric current consumed by the wings during training can be replenished in time by the beepers to ensure that the beepers have sufficient power throughout the training phase and to ensure the efficiency of the training.

Second.

Beedrill has been primarily training its "U-turn" move during this period.

This move might not be very useful in open field battles, but it has a lot of potential in major competitions.

Xia Yan has been thinking about how to develop Beedrill's poison type during this time.

Beedrill is now severely unbalanced in terms of its Bug and Poison types.

Aside from the early days when it was a Weedle, Xia Yan had enhanced its poison-type energy.

For a long time afterward, no proactive development or exploration was carried out.

This is a shortcoming of Beedrill and needs to be improved.

Alakazam's training was relatively simple; he continued to learn how to use "Trick Room" from Orangutan.

It's not just a "magic space".

Alakazam and Gorilla are highly compatible.

The moves that can be learned, or the techniques for using moves that have already been learned, are all areas where it can learn.

Therefore, Xia Yan needs to worry the least about Alakazam's training during this period.

Of course, not worrying doesn't mean not paying attention; he still arranges a lot of basic training for Hudi.

Aegislash is probably the Pokémon with the most demanding training tasks.

It evolved in the shortest time, but the top-quality Dark Stone allowed it to learn many moves, just like Togekiss did back then.

These include four moves: "King's Shield", "Ambush to the Vital Points", "Double-Edged Hammer", and "Swallow Return".

The time and effort required to go from knowing how to use these four moves to being able to use them in actual combat, to mastering them and then integrating them into one's understanding is not something that can be measured by a simple number.

Moreover, after evolving, Aegislash's body changes too much, and its abilities also change in a very distinctive way. The "battle switching" feature is still somewhat difficult to fully adapt to.

Therefore, the Aegislash is under considerable pressure.

Fortunately.

Its dual nature of "being both sword-wielding and shield-wielding" allows it to bear less mental pressure.

So you can often see an Aegislash training with someone talking to themselves.

Infernape, Latios, and Eevee.

The three little guys are still in the stage of fastest growth in strength.

Especially Latios, whose body contains a huge amount of Dragon-type energy, Xia Yan had to have Dragapult try to contact or even absorb this power from Latios.

Fire Monkey also has a teacher, and that is Bear.

Despite ending up bruised and battered every time, the Fire Monkey becomes more and more determined, and has become one of the two biggest destruction experts on the farm.

All they do all day is cause trouble.

Eevee is just like Togekiss back then; he's a bold and mischievous guy, sometimes even more mischievous than Togepi was back then.

Fortunately, Xia Yan immediately assigned it a very heavy training task, so that after training every day it could only stay in Xia Yan's arms and beg for a massage, and had no chance to cause trouble.

As a result, whenever Xia Yan massages Eevee, he is surrounded by a group of Eevee.

The kind with Eevee hanging all over its body.

I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky.

Most of the secret manuals he bought belonged to these three little guys.

Latios's "Light Wall" and "Energy Ball".

The "Reflecting Wall" can be used by the Hudson Sect, saving them some expenses.

These moves show that Xia Yan really wants to cultivate Latios into a core member.

The role of the "double walls" is beyond doubt.

Grass-type "Energy Ball" increases coverage.

Combined with Latios's existing "Cleansing Light" ability, it lowers the opponent's Special Defense.

Even if Latios is slightly weaker, as long as it reaches the Elite level, it can start trying to cooperate with Beedrill and the others in group battles.

Although its current role is that of a support and core unit, once Latios' strength increases and its abilities are fully developed, it will definitely become the core and turret of the team, helping Alakazam share the output pressure, or even completely taking over Alakazam's output work.

This arrangement is simply to enable the team to fight together more quickly and to improve team synergy.

Although the Fire Monkey was learning fighting techniques from the Bear, Xia Yan still arranged for it to practice specific moves.

For now, it only needs to learn one move.

They turned back immediately.

Like Beedrill.

As long as Infernape can master "U-turn", it can combine it with its inherited "Five-Up" move.

The "insect monkey" tactic can definitely produce a "cursing" effect in some matches.

As for Ibrahimovic, his main learning focus right now is "passing the baton" and "helping out".