Elf: I am really a civilian trainer

From beginning to end, he never mentioned that Mark had not returned for a few days, nor did he mention that Mark had been surviving in the wilderness all these years and was often missing for several days or even dozens of days. Otherwise, Dr. Wu would not have been so stupid as to wait with him.

Mark heard the words of the village chief and was not disappointed because of the missed opportunity.

He was indeed tempted by the Shia Kingdom's plan to train people with special abilities that the village chief had mentioned, but only for a moment.

The reason for the heartbeat is simple.

The awakening ball during the awakening ceremony allowed him and Caterpillar to absorb a huge amount of experience.

If one participates in the training program for this ability user, he will most likely come into contact with some similar devices, which will be very helpful for him to accumulate experience and gain points.

However, all of this is based on the fact that he is a true special person.

In fact, he did not gain any wisdom from the awakening ceremony at all. All of this came from the imagination of the old village chief.

Therefore, even if he participates in this ability training program, when it is detected that he is just an ordinary person, he will most likely be persuaded to quit, wasting a lot of time.

In the end, he still has to go the route of the Elf Academy.

Thinking of this, Mark said, "Village Chief, I think it would be better for me to enter the Elf Academy compared to the training program for people with special abilities. You don't have to worry about me like this."

Old Man Qian frowned and looked at Mark. In the moonlight, he could see Mark's determined eyes, just like those insect catchers in the village who gave him trouble.

When he asked those bug-catching boys how to become trainers in the future, those boys' answer was to participate in the bug-catching competition in Fallen Leaf Province and they showed no regard for the entrance exam to the Pokémon Academy.

Obviously, getting into the Elf Academy would give him a better future than debuting at the Bug Catching Tournament; and participating in the Shia Kingdom's ability training program would also give him a brighter future than getting into the Elf Academy.

In the end, these brats just wouldn't listen.

Looking at Mark's expression which showed no regrets and his determination to enter the Elf Academy, Old Man Qian felt extremely tired.

After receiving the news the day before yesterday, he waited anxiously for Mark to return every night and even left a note in Mark's room. As a result, the brat disappeared for several days.

Dr. Wu came today, and he shamelessly tricked Dr. Wu into waiting for an entire afternoon just for Mark.

I wanted to give Mark a good scolding.

But when the words came to his lips, the scolding finally turned into a sigh.

Old Man Qian said: "As long as you don't regret it in the future, it's good. In fact, enrolling in the Elf Academy is also a very good choice, but compared to... Never mind, I won't say more.

By the way, I asked the questions on the note you left a few days ago. Although the caterpillar does like to eat sweet and spicy food, during the exam, everything is subject to the content of the textbook. "

"Ah."

Mark nodded slightly, then opened his backpack, took out the "Encyclopedia of Shia Kingdom Elves (II)" and quickly flipped through the pages.

"Village Chief, I have another question. You see, this page mentions that Caterpillar and Magikarp are fully metamorphosed Pokémon, but there is no description of the characteristics and status of fully metamorphosed Pokémon. Do you know the criteria for classifying fully metamorphosed Pokémon?"

"Completely metamorphosed elves?" Qian Fugui picked up the book and said thoughtfully, "Does it mean the kind of elves whose bloodline genes can awaken very few skills and moves before evolution, but can awaken a lot of skills and moves after evolution? Even textbooks now include this kind of thing?"

Old Man Qian took Mark into the house and carefully flipped through the textbook under the light, frowning constantly.

"The written exam for the entrance to the Elf Academy will basically not go beyond the content in the textbooks. Even if there is some deviation from the syllabus, it should not be too much. As for the completely metamorphosed elves, you only need to know that their bloodline genes have undergone earth-shaking changes before and after evolution. As for the specific characteristics of completely metamorphosed elves..."

Old man Qian walked back to the bedroom, rummaged through the drawers, and took out a black high-tech item that looked like a mobile phone.

Old Man Qian turned on the computer and typed some text. He flipped through the pages a few times and said, "As for specific characteristics, low intelligence should be one of them. Whether it's the Caterpillar, the Unicorn Beetle, or the Magikarp, their intelligence is far below the average of the elves. As for the others, there's no record of them here."

Mark said: "Village Chief, is that the Elf Atlas in your hand?"

Old Man Qian slapped his head and said with a somewhat annoyed expression, "I forgot that you have become wise and are no longer the fool you used to be. Never mind, just see it. It is a Pokémon Encyclopedia. If you can become a formal trainer in the future, you will receive a Pokémon Encyclopedia from the Pokémon League. The model should be more advanced than that of an old antique like me. Of course, if you can come up with about 100,000 yuan before you become a formal trainer, you can also go to the store and buy a civilian version of the Pokémon Encyclopedia yourself."

Mark nodded slightly and continued to ask: "Village Chief, are you a trainer?"

Old Man Qian sighed and said, "I guess so. By the way, you just need to know about this matter. Don't spread it around. Also, don't spread the matter about the elf encyclopedia around."

"it is good."

Mark nodded. Just as he had guessed before, the old man who was the village chief of Qingxi Village was indeed a man with a story.

Could he be a hermit master living in seclusion?

Mark pondered secretly, and suddenly thought of something. He opened the backpack further, revealing the blue fruit inside...

Chapter 28 You, green caterpillar, are not right (please read)

"Orange fruit? Did you pick this from Qingxi Forest?"

"Well, you gave me two bottles of medicine a few days ago. I happened to find this kind of fruit, so I brought it back to give you some. In addition, I also plan to sell some of this orange fruit. As you know, my caterpillar has always wanted a Poké Ball."

As Mark spoke, the caterpillar's eyes suddenly widened.

The surprise came unexpectedly. Will it soon have its own Poké Ball?

Old Man Qian touched the caterpillar's head and said, "Little guy, your expectations may be in vain. With just the orange fruits you and the master have picked, even if you buy second-hand Poké Balls, it is not enough to buy a fraction of it."

Mark frowned slightly and said, "Is the price of orange fruit so low?"

Although the fact that the village chief casually gave him two bottles of medicine made him know that the value of the orange fruit as the raw material of the medicine might not be too high, Mark did not expect it to be so low.

You know, the amount of oranges he brought back weighed almost two kilograms.

Old Man Qian said, "For one kilogram, the purchase price of goods in Sanshan Town is about 100 yuan. If you want to buy a new Poké Ball, you will need about 50 kilograms, which is equivalent to two orange trees full of fruits.

Alternatively, you can also go to Sanshan Town and set up a stall to sell it yourself. You can earn 20 to 30 yuan more per catty. If you are lucky, it is possible to sell it for 150 yuan per catty.

But I don't recommend you to do this, not only setting up a stall, but also selling to merchants in Sanshan Town. You can keep these fruits for your caterpillars and the timid bugs that will hatch next.

In addition to being the main ingredient for making wound medicine, orange fruit can also help elves improve their physical fitness when consumed by them. Long-term consumption can make elves stronger. "

Mark mused.

In fact, with the dozen or so orange fruit trees in the Caterpillar's territory, it is still possible to produce several hundred kilograms of orange fruit to exchange for money to buy Poké Balls, but this is really not cost-effective.

Even if you pick all the orange fruit trees, you can only exchange them for seven or eight Poké Balls.

Moreover, doing so will destroy the ecological balance of the Caterpillar swarm, slow down the Caterpillars' recovery from injuries, and indirectly slow down the Caterpillars' training progress through combat.

In comparison, it would be better to pick out hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled caterpillars from the caterpillar colony and sell them to the caterpillar breeding base in Qingxi Village.

On the one hand, it allows the old, weak, sick and disabled to come to the breeding base to live out their days in retirement, and on the other hand, it also allows him to earn some start-up capital. After all, money is needed in every world.

"No, the taste of your orange fruit is a little off. Is it spoiled?"

Mark was interrupted in his thoughts. He saw Old Man Qian sniffing the orange fruits and immediately explained, "They are not spoiled. These orange fruits have been sprayed with some smelly liquid by the tentacles of the caterpillars, so they have a bit of a bad smell. Just wash them."

Old Man Qian was surprised at first, then he showed an expression of praise, patted Mark on the shoulder and said, "Great! I didn't expect you and Caterpillar could come up with this idea. This way, we don't have to worry about the orange fruits on the tree being picked by those wild elves. You, boy, have the style of me back then..."

Listening to the praise from the old village chief, Mark wanted to explain, after all, the smelly liquid from these tree fruits was caused by the caterpillar leader, but he soon thought of something.

The Qingxi Village still does not know that there are colonies of wild green caterpillars in the Qingxi Forest.

If exposed, his next plan of using the green caterpillar swarm for training would be aborted.

Mark finally accepted the praise from old man Qian silently.

Opposite Mark, Old Man Qian’s thoughts had drifted back to the past.

When he was young, he also discovered an orange tree full of fruits in Qingxi Forest.

Unlike now, the artificial cultivation technology of oranges was not very mature in that era, and the price was more than ten times what it is now.

He immediately ran back to the village with all his strength to prepare the tools and bags for picking. Later, when he saw that it was getting late, he decided to set off the next day.

As a result, when he returned the next day, the ripe fruits on the entire fruit tree had been eaten by the elves in the forest, leaving only some half-ripe, crooked and cracked melons...

Life is full of regrets. Whenever Old Man Qian thinks about this incident, he feels depressed unconsciously.

If he could set out at night and pick those oranges like Mark did, then the grass on his grave would probably grow to more than three meters high.

The night in Qingxi Forest is still very dangerous. After all, he is not a tough guy like Mark who can survive in the wilderness at the age of two or three.

Without thinking further, Old Man Qian said, "Well, I'm old and my body can't take it anymore, so I won't stay up late with you. Besides, Teacher Sun from the school has returned today, and the school will open as usual tomorrow.

Now that you have recovered your intelligence, don't run around in the forest like you did before. Stay here today. I will take you to school tomorrow morning."

After saying this, Old Man Qian went back to his bedroom to rest, and Mark also returned to his room.

As soon as I looked, I saw a card similar to an identity card on the table.

Printed on it were his name, age, address, and a black and white portrait of a man who looked a little silly. It seemed that the old village chief had taken a picture of him in the past.

In addition, there were two sets of clothes on the bed.

Just like before, it was a bug-catching boy-style suit. Next to the clothes, there was also a set of toiletries, including a toothbrush, toothpaste, towel, soap...

Mark glanced at his somewhat tattered clothes and sighed.

Deep down, he didn't want to owe favors to others, so every time he came back from Qingxi Forest, he would bring something for the village chief, and this time he brought back the orange fruit was no exception.

As a result, the amount he owed the village chief did not decrease, but increased...

……

The next morning.

When Old Man Qian woke up, he saw Mark and the Caterpillar writing and drawing on the ground in the yard with branches. It seemed that Mark was teaching the Caterpillar to count.

He glanced at the heavy black stone in the center of the courtyard and shook his head slightly.

There were no traces of anything on the layer of fine sand near the black heavy stone.

Young people are always enthusiastic for only a short period of time. Mark and the Caterpillar had been practicing [Collision] tirelessly a few days ago, and it seemed that they would never stop, but they stopped today.

Old Man Qian coughed twice and said, "At your age now, although you may not like to hear some preaching, I still want to say one thing: only by perseverance can you achieve success."

Mark was stunned for a moment, then realized something and said, "Are you saying that I didn't let Caterpillar practice [Impact] with that black heavy stone today?"

Old Man Qian glanced at Mark, but didn't say anything. He rubbed his stubble and said, "It depends on your own understanding."

Feeling the concern of old man Qian, Mark explained with a smile: "Thank you for your concern. In fact, Caterpillar and I are not as lazy as you think. We just think that actual combat is more efficient than using wooden stakes or stones as targets for training."

"Actual combat?" Old Man Qian said thoughtfully, "A few days ago, you and the green caterpillar were injured. Was it because of actual combat? You have been in the forest with the green caterpillar for the past few days and have not returned. Is it also because of actual combat?"

"Ah."

Mark nodded slightly.

"Fizz!"

The Caterpillar also echoed. These days, it and Mark have been exercising with the caterpillar swarm and their life is very fulfilling!

"This……"

Old Man Qian asked himself, he had seen some hardworking trainers, but there were almost no ones who could achieve the level of Mark.