Elf: I have a secret realm of emerald green.

It's easy to imagine that after two days of buzz over the weekend, the news of my winning the Zhijiang Cup should have spread throughout the entire school.

After all, it is the most prestigious rookie trainer competition in the local area.

"Good morning, big star!" Zhou Yuanyuan suddenly popped out from behind and hooked her arm around Xia Shen's shoulder in a sarcastic tone.

"Good morning, top 16!" Xia Shen retorted, not to be outdone.

Zhou Yuanyuan didn't care. "So what if we're in the top 16? With so many new trainers, reaching the top 8 or 16 is already pretty good!"

He then changed the subject mysteriously, saying, "Guess where Yu-ge and I went yesterday?"

Xia Shen turned to look at her mischievous friend, who was grinning mischievously, and suddenly had a bold guess, "You guys... you're probably not even adults yet, right?"

"Get lost! What are you thinking?!"

Seeing Zhou Yuanyuan's slightly flushed face, Xia Shen explained, "Oh, I thought you went to an internet cafe. What's the rush?"

"I'm not going to joke with you anymore, we went to the Zhijiang Cultivation Base yesterday!" Zhou Yuanyuan said excitedly.

"Oh?" Xia Shen immediately became interested. "You went to choose a second Pokémon? What did you choose?"

"How about a bet? If you guess right, I'll cover all your meals for this month. If you guess wrong, it's not too much for you to cover my meals for a week, is it?"

Xia Shen found it quite interesting and decided to give it a try. "How about two Pokémon, each with three chances?"

Zhou Yuanyuan smiled confidently, "It's a deal!"

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## Chapter 45 Everyone's Second Spirit

Although the amateur trainer assessment next semester only requires one Pokémon.

However, if your goal is to become a professional trainer, six Pokémon are definitely essential.

Furthermore, the Trainers Association has not imposed any restrictions on new trainers raising multiple Pokémon.

Therefore, new trainers from well-off families usually choose their second or third Pokémon relatively early.

As Xia Shen walked towards the classroom with Zhou Yuanyuan, he pondered which Pokémon they might choose to be separated from.

First of all, the main target audience of the training base is new trainers, so the Pokémon there are not likely to be bad-tempered, and Pokémon like Mankey can be ruled out.

Secondly, judging from Zhou Yuanyuan's confident tone, those popular Pokémon are unlikely to be included, such as Charmander, Chimchar, and Froakie.

Furthermore, Zhou Yuanyuan once said he wanted to form a Sandstorm team. Could it be Young Kiras? Given his family's wealth, they should be able to afford it.

"Youngkiras?"

"It was so close. I originally wanted to choose him, but the last one was taken by someone else two days early. If I want to reserve the next one, it might have to be next year." Zhou Yuanyuan's tone was somewhat regretful.

That's normal. Even in a large breeding base like Zhijiang, a near-god-level being is very rare.

So, some common sandstorm attackers, and...

"Granita?" Graniform, the final evolution of Graniform, is also one of the common Pokémon in Team Sandstorm.

Zhou Yuanyuan was speechless. "Fine...you guessed it right. But there's also Brother Yu's. If you guess wrong, it's a tie."

Lin Weiyu is hard to guess...

She wasn't like most girls who preferred cute elves, nor was she like Zhou Yuanyuan who already knew which team she wanted to be paired with.

With hundreds of different sprites, how are we supposed to guess them all?

Xia Shen's head was starting to ache from thinking, so he just randomly guessed, "Eevee!"

Going against the grain, I'll guess the most common and the cutest.

Zhou Yuanyuan: "......"

Xia Shen knew she had guessed right from his expression, and patted him on the shoulder, "A month's worth of meals, thank you, boss."

Zhou Yuanyuan was clearly unconvinced, "How could you guess that! Did you already know?"

Xia Shen said frankly, "The principle of innocence applies; produce the evidence!"

Zhou Yuanyuan was speechless for a moment, and said sullenly, "Fine, Brother Yu only decided to raise a Umbreon yesterday before we set off..."

"Umbreon? Umbreon is pretty good." Xia Shen had always thought that Umbreon was the most practical evolved form in the Eevee family.

The two chatted and before they knew it, they had arrived at the classroom.

…………

Before morning self-study, Teacher Ye, unusually, came to the classroom and patted the podium to attract everyone's attention.

"Classmates, we have a new student in our class today. Come on, Jiang Chuan, come over and introduce yourself." As she spoke, she waved to the classroom door.

Outside the door, a tall and upright young man walked in. He was Jiang Chuan, Xia Shenzhijiang Cup final opponent.

The students' eyes immediately focused on Xia Shen; they naturally remembered clearly what had happened just two days ago.

Feeling the meaningful gazes cast upon him by the onlookers around him, Xia Shen helplessly lowered his head.

Of all the classes, I had to be assigned to this one. I'm afraid I'll have one more thing to worry about in the future.

Jiang Chuan's gaze remained calm as he surveyed the classroom before finally settling on Xia Shen. He then slowly began to introduce himself: "Hello everyone, my name is Jiang Chuan, the Jiang Chuan of rivers. I come from Beijing. I look forward to your guidance in the future."

Although it was supposed to be a self-introduction to the whole class, his eyes never left Xia Shen, which made the whispers and discussions among the others even louder.

"Alright, everyone, stop arguing." Teacher Ye maintained classroom discipline, then pointed to the empty desk behind Xia Shen, "Jiang Chuan, you can sit there for now, we'll see if we need to move later."

Xia Shen: "......"

Why did you have to put me in the seat behind you when there were so many empty seats? Teacher Ye, you must have done it on purpose, right?

Amidst the snickers of the class and Teacher Ye's ill-intentioned smile, Jiang Chuan casually walked to Xia Shen's side and extended his hand: "Let's look after each other."

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Lunchtime at the school cafeteria.

To welcome several new Pokémon to their team, the four members of one group had a rare get-together at school.

"Eevee, come and meet everyone." Lin Weiyu greeted Xia Shen and the others while holding Eevee in her arms, her doting expression making the little Totodile next to her quite jealous.

"Bue~" This Eevee wasn't shy at all, jumping onto the table and greeting everyone generously.

Its fluffy, milky-white tail sways behind it, making it incredibly cute.

"Shiwanzi, let's come out too."

The red light of the Poké Ball flashed, and a Pokémon that perfectly matched its name appeared before everyone.

The stone ball is about half a meter tall, and its whole body is like a stone. There is a cone-shaped brown stone on its head, and a hexagonal hole in the center.

Shi Wanzi was like a high-level warrior; he came out for a while before greeting everyone, and then went to sit aside and stare blankly.

Yan Yan also took out a Poké Ball, and to Xia Shen's surprise, a small blue dog that looked like it was wearing a black eye patch slowly appeared.

"You went to the breeding base yesterday too?" Xia Shen asked, looking at Riolu in surprise.

Yan Yan explained, "This was... prepared by my family. They were originally planning to give it to me later, but Lin Weiyu asked me about my second Pokémon yesterday, so..."

Xia Shen nodded knowingly, "That's quite a coincidence, I also caught a Pokémon yesterday." As he spoke, he opened the Poké Ball of the bear cub.

"Miya?" The little bear looked around curiously, showing no sign of shyness.

"A green bear cub?" Zhou Yuanyuan exclaimed in surprise, as exotic-colored elves are quite rare.

"It looks like matcha..." Lin Weiyu hesitated, but finally lied and praised, "It's... cute."

"Miya?" The little bear heard the unfamiliar word "matcha" again and looked at Xia Shen in confusion.

"Uh, matcha is a delicious thing. When we use something delicious to describe someone, it's usually to say they're cute..." Xia Shen patted the bear's head and explained.

After saying that, she glared at Lin Weiyu again, "What do you know? This is the growing pain of puberty. She'll get better as she matures."

"You mean the bright green circle bear...?" Zhou Yuanyuan chimed in with her own comment.

Forget it, you can't talk about ice with a summer insect. When the matcha bear evolves into a red bean bear, it will amaze everyone!

"Miya miya~" The little bear tugged at Xia Shen's sleeve and acted coquettishly.

"Okay," Xia Shen said, taking a can of sweet treats out of her bag.

Although this bear cub is female, she has a rather tomboyish personality and only acts cute when she wants something sweet.

Watching the bear cub licking its paws, Xia Shen suddenly had a whimsical idea.

"Since everyone has a new Pokémon, how about we have a match after dinner?" he suggested.

"Double!"

(Thank you so much for the generous donation from the "There's a Future with Green Onions" expert! It's too much of a waste of your money. Thank you so much!)

This chapter is exactly 100,000 words, I'll add another chapter later~)

## Chapter 46 Defeating the Bear Cub is Victory (Bonus Chapter to Commemorate 100,000 Words~)

"2v2?"

Xia Shen's suggestion attracted the attention of others. Since becoming a trainer, he had done quite a few 1v1 matches, but he had never actually tried 2v2...

And so, a novel yet hastily arranged battle between spirits was arranged.

"But how should we divide into groups?" Zhou Yuanyuan asked. "We can't just have the two of you beating the two of us, can we?"

He was referring to Xia Shen and Yan Yan beating Zhou Yuanyuan and Lin Weiyu.

"Hey, what do you mean?!" Lin Weiyu was very dissatisfied. "Are you looking down on me or on my Eevee?"

"No, no," Zhou Yuanyuan said sheepishly, "I was just trying to make the competition more interesting..."

Xia Shen suggested, "Let's draw lots, a simple black and white pairing."

Since no one had any objections, so...

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"Didn't expect to end up on my team after all this time, did you?" Lin Weiyu asked with a smile, her eyes narrowed.

Zhou Yuanyuan chuckled awkwardly twice and replied, "How could that be... This is exactly the group I wanted."