Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Noticing his expression, Xia Yan said, "According to the club's rules, you have 50 minutes left. Do you want to continue the match?"

Each sparring partner at the club is charged by the hour, with each hour charged separately, and any time less than an hour is counted as a full hour.

“I…” Jian Er opened his mouth.

Xia Yan's words just now not only dispelled Unicorn Bug's overconfidence, but also dealt him a heavy blow.

It turns out that Bulbasaur's defeat was largely due to its trainer.

“Actually, you’ve already learned a lot of theoretical knowledge, including battles and training. What you lack is experience and a thorough understanding of your own Pokémon,” Xia Yan added.

"How can I better understand my own Pokémon?" Kenji asked curiously, blinking his eyes.

"Training, constant training. Have you ever trained your Bulbasaur?"

"No...no, I just brought it home from the Trainer Building yesterday," Kenji said awkwardly.

"That's it. Bulbasaur has a very high potential. Train it well, and you'll see a difference."

Just as Xia Yan had guessed.

"So how did you train them? One... one unicorn, that's impressive."

Losing a battle is nothing, but losing to the Unicorn Bug made him feel quite frustrated.

"Can I understand that you want to change your sparring partner to a training partner?" Xia Yan raised an eyebrow.

It just so happens that neither Unicorn nor he trained today because they were looking for jobs. They thought they wouldn't have a chance today, but they didn't expect to have the opportunity to train while earning money.

The club also offers this service: training partners.

"Okay." Jian Erzhong nodded firmly.

"Okay." Xia Yan put the unicorn back on the ground. "Unicorn, since that's the case, let's make up for the training we missed today."

"Woo-woo!!" The unicorn beetle was full of fighting spirit.

After Xia Yan told it that it was inferior to Bulbasaur, it also wanted to become stronger faster.

pat.

Xia Yan took off the ill-fitting clothes, revealing his thin, dark upper body covered with fine scars.

When Jian Er saw the scars on Xia Yan's body, he fell silent.

"We'll train you, and you can join us if you want. If you have any questions, feel free to ask, and maybe I can give you some answers."

Done.

Then the training of the unicorn began.

Because it takes place in the club's training room, all kinds of professional training equipment are available, making the training more effective than training outdoors.

Of course, it's also more tiring.

However, even though it was tiring, whenever Unicorn saw Xia Yan persevering, he could grit his teeth and keep going as well.

Meanwhile, Jian Er also tried some training with Bulbasaur on the side. After imitating it for a while, he immediately realized how difficult the training was.

At the same time, he would occasionally ask some questions, and Xia Yan would try to give some answers that might not be standard but were definitely based on evidence.

soon.

An hour of sparring time passed quickly.

As the bell rang in the training room, Jian Er waved his hand and once again booked Xia Yan and Unicorn Bug for three hours.

Without even blinking.

It highlights his arrogance.

This also gave Xia Yan and Unicorn Bug the opportunity and time to complete today's basic training content.

Three hours later.

Kenji, who was already very talkative, was completely convinced by Xia Yan and Unicorn, not because they had overcome themselves, but because of their efforts.

Hard work deserves respect.

At the same time, Xia Yan also gained his first loyal customer at the Silver Elf Battle Club.

"I learned a lot this time. I'll come back to visit you again next time. I'll tell some of my classmates so they can all come and learn from me."

I watched Jian Er leave from the lobby.

You can earn money and train at the same time.

Feeling good.

Anna, standing next to him, nudged his arm curiously. "Wow, Natsuhiko's amazing! He's already got a loyal customer on the first day. It looks like he's going to keep referring customers to you."

"Luck." Xia Yan smiled as he held the exhausted Unicorn Beetle after training.

Anna curled her lips.

She reaffirmed her assessment of Xia Yan in her mind: "A lucky person."

This time I was really lucky.

In her memory, the most common reason for quitting the club's sparring partners was that their Pokémon were destroyed during battles.

A large portion of people come to the club to vent their frustrations, so they don't care about the severity of their actions.

Given the unicorn's physique, she thought Xia Yan wouldn't last more than a few days.

"Here, this is your payment for this sparring session." He said, handing over a few League Coins.

"So much?" Xia Yan was a little surprised. He took the money and counted it. There were actually 320 Alliance Coins.

Anna rolled her eyes. "Your title is junior sparring partner. The fee is 400 per session, which is 80 per hour. Four hours will cost 320 in total. The settlement will be made immediately after the sparring session ends."

As expected, those who can be members of the Silver Elf Battle Club are not ordinary rich people.

That immature teenager Jian Er's monthly allowance is probably several times his salary.

"Thank you," Xia Yan said, as money was what he needed most right now.

"By the way, just wondering how much a single session of intermediate-level coaching costs?"

“Intermediate level is double yours, advanced level is four times yours, and top level is ten times yours, and the commission is different for each level. Of course, there are even higher commissions, but I’m not too sure about them.” Anna shrugged.

Tsk tsk.

"Then how do I get promoted?"

"The number of members and your capabilities—I don't know the specifics, those are the supervisor's responsibility, but it's not simple."

Xia Yan nodded, thanked him again, and then took the unicorn beetle back to rest.

Chapter Nine Consumption

the next day.

Xia Yan got up early, took more than 3,500 yuan with him, and went to the street with Unicorn Beetle.

Before, I didn't have much money, so I didn't care about what I wore. Now that I have a little money, I need to change my outfit. At least it can't be too ugly. Otherwise, what if my training partner leaves a bad impression and people stop choosing me?

The training fees at the Silver Elf Battle Club are very high, and more training missions will allow him to earn more money.

His basic salary of eight thousand was absolutely insufficient to fully implement his plan to cultivate unicorns.

I spent over a hundred yuan to give myself a completely new, simple outfit.

Not necessarily fancy, but at least the clothes should fit well and be clean.

Leave the clothing store.

Xia Yan then went to the Pokémon breeding bookstore and bought several books on breeding Bug-type and Poison-type Pokémon.

He possesses a considerable amount of knowledge about elves, perhaps even far exceeding the knowledge most people in this world have about them, but he also has a significant flaw.

Because his understanding of Pokémon is mostly limited to the types of Pokémon, their moves, characteristics, and some moves and Pokémon combinations in his mind, all of which come from the Pokémon games he used to play.

The sprites in the game were inanimate, but the sprites in this game are living, breathing creatures.

You can't nurture someone like you would a game.

It must be considered in light of the actual situation.

Therefore, he needs a lot of theoretical knowledge, including knowledge about the breeding of Pokémon, physical changes, personality changes, and other aspects.

Currently, we can only learn about and study through books.

He carried several books, including "The Habits and Feeding Rules of Bug-type Pokémon", "In-depth Analysis and Expansion of the Toxins of Poison-type Pokémon", and "In-depth Analysis of the Evolution from Weedle to Beedrill".

The titles of the books are all very appealing, but whether they will actually be effective remains to be seen after reading them.

However, these books were really expensive; a total of five books cost nearly five hundred yuan.

Indeed, knowledge is the most valuable thing.

After buying the books, he had one more thing to do.

I've already accomplished the two simplest of my three goals for going out today.

Enter a shop that sells elf food.

"Sir, what do you need?"

A dazzling array of goods were piled on the shelves, including cute elf snacks, various energy cubes and energy foods labeled to counter different elves, and a whole shelf of various milks neatly arranged. The most expensive and most famous of these was Moo Moo Milk from the Johto region.

The unicorn beetle perched on Xia Yan's shoulder stared wide-eyed at the sight of so much fragrant and delicious food, its mouth practically watering uncontrollably.

After patting the Weedle to calm its agitated heart, Xia Yan asked the shop assistant, "Do you have any food suitable for Pokémon like Weedle? Something like an Energy Cube?"

The shop assistant glanced at the Weedle on Xia Yan's shoulder with some difficulty and said, "I'm sorry, sir, the food for your Pokémon needs to be customized. If you need it, you can leave your requirements, and we will customize a matching Pokémon food based on the characteristics of the Pokémon and the direction we want to adjust and strengthen."

The shop assistant was quite patient and didn't show any disdain for Xia Yan just because he was carrying a unicorn beetle.

However, it is obvious that special Pokémon food must be very expensive, and Xia Yan certainly cannot afford it with his current financial resources.

"Are there any energy cubes that are suitable for Bug-type Pokémon to eat? It would be best if they were compatible with Poison-type Pokémon."

Xia Yan had no choice but to settle for second best.

"Then I suggest you take a look at these models."