Elf: I have a secret realm of emerald green.

Xia Shen smiled and nodded, "That's right, how about it? She looks quite different from an ordinary Miss Qun'er, doesn't she?"

"Besides their appearance, their temperaments are also completely different. Her attributes must have changed as well?" After a brief moment of surprise, Yan Yu grasped the key point.

Generally speaking, one can more or less discern a spirit's attributes from its appearance or temperament.

Like many fighting elves, they all have a rather capable and sharp demeanor.

"Yes, like Bricaron and Breloom, the Ancient East Sea subspecies of Miss Skirt is Grass/Fighting type, and they also have Chlorophyll as their ability."

Yan Yu's eyes lit up when she heard Xia Shen's introduction.

A superior ability can not only distinguish a Pokémon from other Pokémon of the same type, but also change its position in battle.

Leaving aside the legendary Pokémon Virizion, the other two Pokémon of the same type as Miss Washy Skirt have distinct characteristics and are used in completely different ways.

Bricaron has high durability and can also be used for a high-damage build; Bream has mushroom spores and can also be used for a poison build.

If Miss Skirt has no unique features, then what can she use to compete with other elves of the same type?

But now, based solely on the properties of chlorophyll, Miss Skirt from Grass Fighting has a chance to become a member of Team Sunny Day.

Originally a special attacker, Miss Squad is a very low-tier alternative to Venusaur. She doesn't have Venusaur's high durability, wide coverage, or Mega Evolution and Gigantamax.

However, Chlorophyll, which focuses on physical attacks, can serve as a substitute for Leafeon in a Sunny Day team.

Compared to Ye Yibu, her advantage lies in having an additional fighting attribute!

It's important to know that Fighting is a major offensive type, effective against all five types of Pokémon, although it also has its weaknesses...

In short, based on her first reaction, Yan Yu judged that Miss Skirt with this attribute would definitely have a place in Pokémon battles due to her distinctive characteristics.

"Is she, like your Moon Bear, also the only one of her kind in the world?" Yan Yu suddenly asked, seemingly having some interest in this new form of Miss Skirt.

Xia Shen said seriously, "I was just about to tell you about this. I need your help with this matter."

"Why are we talking about helping each other? Just tell me," Mother Yan said with a smile.

Xia Shen smiled sheepishly, "It's just... there are a few elves that want to be fostered with you."

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Ten minutes later, in the flowerbeds beside the artificial lake in the manor.

Xia Shen finally released the last Lilyroot Doll from the Poké Ball.

“Bai—” The lily root dolls looked around curiously, whispering to each other.

While a single lily root doll may not make much noise, a group of dozens together creates a different scene, making the lakeside as noisy as a bunch of elementary school students on a spring outing.

"Lili..." After counting the lily root dolls, Miss Three Skirts said something to them in a serious tone, as if she were managing the discipline of the scene.

The leader of the wild elf tribe was highly respected, and the little lily root dolls obediently quieted down, looking obediently at Xia Shen who had brought them out, waiting for the next step.

"That's all... Is there enough room here?" Xia Shen coughed lightly and asked the owner of the manor.

After a long silence, Yan Jing, a man of great experience, twitched his lips slightly. "You... you've managed to win over their entire clan?"

In all my years of exploring secret realms, I've never done anything as outrageous as subduing a tribe. Where did this kid come from?

"Uh...I guess so," Xia Shen replied ambiguously.

Yan Jing didn't ask any more questions; he knew this matter must be related to Xia Shen's secret.

In retrospect, his statement at the press conference about "cultivation methods based on an item" was likely a ruse.

Perhaps Xia Shen has some connection with Paruchia or Shirabi, enabling him to travel through the ancient East Sea region?

With his exceptionally high emotional intelligence, he didn't seek confirmation from Xia Shen regarding his guess, even though the guess was quite close to the truth.

Since we've already eaten the egg, there's no need to go back and find out which chicken laid it.

On the contrary, helping Xia Shen conceal his secret is more in his interest, especially since the two are related as father-in-law and son-in-law.

And Xia Shen, being such a smart child, must have considered all of these things, which is why he chose to foster these lily root dolls here.

……

Regaining his composure, Yan Jing replied, "No problem. I can afford to raise dozens of lily root babies. Let them live here until the ecological conservation area is completed."

After saying that, he gave Xia Shen a meaningful look.

The two exchanged a knowing smile, their understanding unspoken.

Chapter 141: Does Zoroya Not Want to Evolve?

Xia Shen understood the look in his father-in-law's eyes and returned a knowing smile.

It has to be said that communicating with adults who have high emotional intelligence is easy; sometimes, a single glance is enough.

With Yan Jing providing cover, Xia Shen was able to carry out many of his plans more easily.

After settling the newly moved-in lily root dolls, I directed Sticky Treasure and Yan Yan's Green Cotton Bird to have a few matches.

After lunch, Xia Shen went to the Dragon Dance training hall alone to train.

In fact, Yan Yan's family has a very complete training area and equipment, but Xia Shen is currently focusing on training the Pokémon Zoroar, and may also be conducting battle training, which is not very convenient to do at her family's house.

After all, Zoroa is different from most other special Pokémon; it doesn't only become different from its normal form after evolving.

If the secret is accidentally revealed, it will be a bit difficult to explain.

Moonbear and Miss Skirt can be said to have evolved using ancient methods, but Zoroa... can't be said to have been raised from an elf egg, right?

Although Yan Jing might have a general idea of ​​his cheat, Xia Shen felt that at this stage, he still needed to put on a show.

From the outside perspective, all Xia Shen can do right now is to use ancient methods to cultivate some Pokémon and allow them to evolve into their ancient East Sea forms.

There's no need for me to create any further complications.

Anyway, it won't be long before Zoroa evolves.

Xia Shen had originally thought so, but a week later, looking at the energy level of Zorya on Arceus's phone, he fell into deep thought.

Level 31...

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Whether it was due to years of hard work or Sorowa's natural talent, the results of this week's high-intensity training were remarkable.

At least that's reflected in the energy level; just over a week ago, Zorua's level had barely reached 29.

In just eight days, it leveled up two times. At that time, Garchomp and Umbreon did not have such a fast leveling speed.

But what's even stranger than the speed at which it levels up is that even after reaching level 30, Zoroa still hasn't evolved!

He put down his phone and glanced at Soroya, who was blinking and looking at him in his arms, wondering who had caused the problem.

This was the first time Xia Shen had encountered such a strange thing. The previous Gible and Teddy Bear evolved within two days after reaching level 24 and 30 respectively.

First, rule out that Arceus's phone is malfunctioning, and then rule out that I may have misremembered Zorua's evolution level.

So the only one who could be in the problem is Zoroah.

Xia Shen put his phone back into his spatial storage, held up the Zorua in his arms, and asked seriously, "Zorua, do you not want to evolve?"

"Oh?" Soroya tilted his head, seemingly not understanding what Xia Shen meant.

But how could Xia Shen, who had watched her grow up, not tell whether the little fox was telling the truth or lying?

He gently patted Zorua and comforted her, "It's okay, it's fine if you don't want to evolve, I will definitely respect your opinion."

"I just wanted to confirm with you that if you really don't want to evolve, I can prepare an Everstone for you so that you don't have to keep suppressing your urge to evolve."

Preventing a Pokémon from evolving isn't like in the game where you can just spam the B button.

Evolution is the natural selection process by which elves make themselves stronger.

Aside from some Pokémon that require evolution items, it would be extremely painful for Pokémon that can evolve once they reach a certain level to deliberately suppress their evolution.

Just like a man trying to suppress his sexual urges, it might actually cause problems with a certain organ.

The original anime also touches on this briefly in one episode, where Bulbasaur, refusing to evolve, forcibly suppresses the changes in the seed on its back, appearing to be in great pain.

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That's why Xia Shen wanted to confirm Zorua's wishes.

As far as he was concerned, it didn't matter if Zorua really didn't want to evolve; he was already used to having a little fox in his arms all the time.

Each Pokémon is an independent and adorable life, and a normal relationship doesn't necessarily have to be one where they fight for their trainer.

"Oh..." Zoroya looked at Xia Shen with a complicated expression, as if he was struggling with something.

Xia Shen was exasperated. Whether you want to evolve or not, you should at least give me some accurate information...

This is putting me in a difficult position!

Difficult to handle? Then don't do it... No, we can't start. It concerns Zorya's lifelong happiness, so we still have to find a way to resolve it.

Xia Shen and Zoroya couldn't communicate, and Yukshi wasn't around. After thinking it over, Xia Shen could only come up with the dumbest idea: to go find Zoroya's father!

And it seems like it's been a long time since she's taken Zoroya back to her parents' home.

While we're at it, we can also visit Yukshi, this lonely old man, at Lake Wisdom.

Having made up his mind, and since he hadn't used his chance to enter the secret realm today, Xia Shen entered the Emerald Washing Realm without hesitation.

It was that familiar flight again.

Three hours later, Xia Shen arrived at the habitat of the Soroyak tribe in the frigid wasteland.

……

"...That's about it. I don't know what Zoroia is thinking right now, so I brought her back to talk to you."

Before the purple-haired leader of Zoroark, Xia Shen held the little fox and recounted the whole story.

Zoroark nodded thoughtfully.

[I understand the general idea. Let me talk to her about it.]

Xia Shen put down Zoroya and watched the father and daughter walk into the cave.

Not far away, seeing that the jealous princess had finally left, a group of Zoroia dared to surround Xia Shen and beg this human for food.

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