Elf: I have a secret realm of emerald green.

He is now the undisputed leader of the new era.

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After taking the initial professional exam, the first person in the new era returned to the mundane daily life on campus.

After a routine training session one day in March, he lay on the lawn in the courtyard, leaning against the large, soft body of the Moon Bear, and rested in the comfortable spring breeze.

In the air as far as the eye could see, Rowlet was carrying Meltan's screw cap in its mouth, giving him a taste of the feeling of free flight.

The mercury-filled body beneath Melutan kept stretching and shifting, seemingly somewhat afraid of this novel and stimulating experience, yet its eyes were filled with excitement.

Xia Shen smiled slightly. Perhaps every creature that cannot fly has a longing for the sky.

Even legendary elves are not immune to this.

Xia Shen yawned and was about to close his eyes for a nap when a dark shadow suddenly appeared above his head.

"Meilu—"

Melutan's shouts grew louder as they approached, until finally, the drawn-out echo was right next to his ear.

Then, Xia Shen felt a pain in his chest, and something soft yet heavy fell on him.

Xia Shen almost couldn't catch his breath. Looking down, he saw that it was indeed the Meltan that had fallen from mid-air.

It's just that it's missing its screw cap.

Its small, brown sugar pearl-like eyes were looking at him pitifully, as if apologizing, or perhaps wanting Xia Shen to help it find its head.

Xia Shen chuckled wryly and rubbed his chest. "You've gotten heavier again. You should lose some weight."

……

Perhaps it was a habit he developed from Zhou Keke, but Xia Shen had a habit of giving his elves routine checkups, a small checkup once a week and a large checkup once a month.

This is both to prevent potential hidden injuries and diseases, and to check if the elves are developing normally.

During this period, the person who gained the most weight was Meltan.

Of course, since the base numbers are different, the comparison is based on proportions.

Otherwise, those three big ones, if they just fatten up a bit, would weigh more than a whole Merlot.

Returning to Merutan, when it first arrived, it weighed only eight kilograms. The weight of the detachable nut on its head was extremely light and remained unchanged, almost negligible.

In just two months, its weight has almost doubled, reaching 15 kilograms.

Xia Shen guessed that it might be because it was being fed steel stones continuously.

Furthermore, after integrating into the large family environment, Meltan also particularly enjoys nibbling on the keratin crystals on the snail shells of the glutenous dragon as a snack.

Xia Shen was initially afraid of hurting the sticky dragon and even stopped it, but after asking Yu Kexi...

He learned that this would not only not damage the steel shell of the Goommura, but would actually make it become stronger and stronger, just like a baby dragon shedding its skin.

So they stopped paying attention to Meltan's behavior, which they figured was good for its growth.

Moreover, Goodra seemed to enjoy this unusual cleaning, and the two Pokémon with such different sizes became best friends with the "cutest size difference".

However, Xia Shen didn't tell Goodra that after Meltan evolves, Melmetal's size might not be much smaller than Goodra's...

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The owl flew dazedly in mid-air until it finally realized something was wrong. Looking down, it discovered that its passengers had crashed sometime during the crash.

He frantically searched around and finally spotted the silvery-white half of a Merlot on his own feeder's body.

I quickly flew down to return its beloved screw, which stopped the little guy's sad expression.

"Beautiful~"

Meltan, having forgotten the pain of its previous wounds, trotted back to Owlman's claws and asked to take off.

This time it learned to be "smart" and let Rowlet grab its mercury-like lower body so that it wouldn't fall off!

Seeing that Woody Rowlet was about to take off again by grabbing Meltan's lower body, Xia Shen interrupted the two idiots with a helpless expression.

"Are you stupid? If you fall like that, your head will be the one to fall. Why don't you just sit on Owlman?"

"Meilu?"

Meltan first tilted the screw cap in confusion, then his expression suddenly changed.

"Goo?"

Rowlet quietly moved two steps to the side, pretending to look around at the scenery, seemingly unwilling.

Just kidding, is 15 kilograms a weight that my small body should be able to bear?

"Beautiful~"

Melutan flapped its short legs and chased after it, burying its head in the feathers of Woodowlet, the screw cap spinning rapidly.

I don't know if they're begging him or imprisoning him.

In no time, the neat feathers of the Woody Owl were turned into a fluffy afro by the screw cap.

"Cuckoo-"

Rowlet was enraged and pointed with its wing at Garchomp, which was resting on the lawn not far away.

He then pointed to Tokis, who was practicing his flying skills in mid-air.

The meaning is self-evident: go find them!

Melutan glanced at it and then subconsciously shook his head.

Those two older men... were so fierce and scary!

"Why don't you play with Owl for a while? You should also lose some weight, look how round you are."

Xia Shen casually offered a word of advice, but little did he know that it touched a nerve with Mu Mu Xiao.

"Gulp!" He turned his round face and glared angrily at Xia Shen.

So what if I'm fat? Eating your energy cubes... It seems I really was eating Xia Shen's energy cubes...

"Gurgle..."

"He who eats another's food is bound to him," and since Woodow couldn't refute Xia Shen and had no way to deal with Meltan, he could only crouch down slightly to let it board the plane.

A certain legendary spirit finally took flight as it had always wished.

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Finally, the two elves made up. Xia Shen climbed onto the back of the Moon Bear, closed his eyes, and prepared to take a good nap.

The familiar shriek echoed through the air once more.

"Xia Shen, something terrible has happened!"

The classics arrive before the performer.

Xia Shen reluctantly opened his eyes.

Then, we saw Rou Ge's agile figure descend from the sky.

Squatting on one leg, with hands slightly supporting the ground, the landing posture is simple and beautiful, very impressive!

After giving the scores, Xia Shen slowly asked, "Don't rush, what's up, Rou-ge?"

Ye Rou sometimes likes to exaggerate. The big events she talks about might just be some small matter that happened among the elves in the Seven Luminaries Mountain.

Xia Shen was already used to it.

However, the information that Rou Ge revealed next was no small matter.

"It's really big news! Exchange students from Plymouth University are coming to our school!"

As the captain of the school team and the president of the student council, Ye Rou's information sensitivity is the best among all students in the school.

The student council would definitely be involved in such a big matter as the exchange student program, so it's only natural that Rou-ge would find out about it.

Through her explanation, Xia Shen roughly understood the whole story.

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Plymouth University is one of Singapore's most prestigious Ivy League schools.

The Ivy League is the cradle of top trainers, educators, and coordinators in the United States and even the world.

Decades ago, the capitals of Beijing, Nanjing, and the capital of the Eastern Capital might have been comparable to it.

And now... in short, China's ranking at the World Youth Championships has been falling again and again.

The old saying "not making it to the finals is a failure" has been replaced by "making it to the semifinals is a success."

The decline in the overall level of Pokémon competition in China is due, in addition to several objective factors, to one of the reasons, which is the inadequacy of Pokémon education.

Therefore, it is now common for universities in China to exchange and learn from top universities abroad.

They also have this need. Although China is declining, it is still a top-tier, long-established power.

The two schools quickly reached an agreement and successfully partnered with each other.

I never expected that the University of the Mist City would also form this kind of relationship with the University of Plymouth this year.

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Plymouth University is a world-renowned cradle of trainers.

Although its ranking is not as high as the "Big Three" that have consistently occupied the top three spots on the list.

However, its status is no less than that of Chongqing University in China.

As for their strength... Xia Shen hasn't fought them, so it's hard to say.

However, judging from their past encounters in the World Youth Championships, the younger generation of Singapore has already surpassed the generation before Xia Shen.

So, comparing the top five universities in Singapore to those in China, where even the top five aren't guaranteed...

Needless to say.

As exchange students serve as a calling card for a university, it is expected that only top students will come.

In short, this group of guests from across the ocean aroused Xia Shen's considerable interest.

However, there is one problem...