I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

"Uh," the tied Pokémon Hunter was also confused. He looked around and suddenly saw a hole in the side of the cave with fresh soil, and faint light from outside was visible.

He exclaimed, "He dug a hole and ran away! Damn it! His Pokémon is Sandslash! We were left here, and this guy ran away!!"

Xu Li frowned, but was not worried.

This hole obviously leads to the side, and he had already asked Hua Wuniao to keep an eye on the situation outside.

Let Xuwu Yide guard this place. Xu Li went outside and saw the flower-dancing bird moving in the air from a distance. When it saw Xu Li coming out, it immediately pointed the dance ball at him.

Xu Li followed.

From a distance, I could hear a loud collision sound coming from over there, obviously something was happening.

"Electric Beast, split the tiles!"

“Wu!!”

With a clang, the roaring Electabuzz knocked the Sandslash in front of it unconscious with one knife. The last Pokémon hunter was completely defenseless and was electrocuted by Electabuzz and fainted.

"Well done, Electabuzz." Shinji hesitated for a moment and praised Electabuzz.

Electabuzz scratched his head and immediately smiled back.

Shinji twitched the corners of his mouth, giving a somewhat stiff smile. He then looked at the fallen Pokémon hunter and analyzed:

"I don't know why this Pokémon hunter is suddenly running for his life in such a panic. However, their base must be nearby. It's worth it for us to chase them so far."

"Let's go!"

"No need, I've already taken care of that." Xu Li came out from the side, looked at Shinji's confused face, and said with a smile, "Not bad, kid, you have changed."

Shinji: “…”

Why is this man here?!

Shinji was a little confused.

He later found out that Xiaozhao was actually Xu Li's apprentice.

Shinji didn't know how to face this strong man who had almost defeated him.

He turned his head away, unable to utter a word.

"From what you said, you were tracking down these Pokémon hunters?"

Shinji hummed stiffly.

"Then let's go sit in their cave." Xu Li pulled the arm of the Pokémon hunter below and dragged him forward on the ground without caring whether he was injured or not.

"it is good……"

When Xu Li dragged the escaped Pokémon hunter back, the other hunters couldn't help but cheer even though they were in danger themselves.

Xu Li casually threw the hunter in his hand into the corner and said, "Shut up!"

In an instant, they all fell silent.

Xu Li pointed at the escaped hunter whose back was bleeding slightly and continued:

"I asked a question, and if no one answered, this is what will happen, okay?"

The hunters nodded repeatedly.

……

After asking some questions, Xu Li also understood why this group of Pokémon hunters appeared here.

Because he and Ran were on vacation, and because Ran had previously cracked down very hard on Pokémon hunters, the prices of the more unique Pokémon in the Sinnoh region on the black market rose a lot.

So during the Zhulan holiday, some Pokémon hunters wanted to take a risk and try their luck, turning their bicycles into Land Rover.

"Is this so..."

Xu Li nodded, stopped asking questions, and turned to look outside.

There was the sound of a jet flying—the sound a Garchomp would make in flight.

Obviously, Zhulan, who received the message from Xu Li, has arrived.

Chapter 146: Treasure of Disaster

When Zhulan arrived at the middle section of Tianguan Mountain, this was the scene she saw.

In a cavern shrouded in drifting white snow, six figures were bound and thrown into a corner. They offered no resistance, seemingly accepting their fate. One figure was freeing a similarly bound snow-hat monster within the cavern. They were then surrounded by the monsters, who rubbed their snow-white hats against them in gratitude.

Of course, the most important thing was Ali, who was half-sitting at the entrance of the cave with his two love servants, looking at this side with a smile on his face.

“Guhou…”

"Gruisle, thank you for your hard work." Zhulan patted Garchomp, who was shivering slightly due to the cold, got off it, and slowly walked into the cave.

When the group of Pokémon hunters saw Zhulan coming in, their bodies trembled noticeably and their eyes dimmed instantly.

As the saying goes in the Pokémon hunter world - Sinnoh's Bamboo Champion will not treat any Pokémon hunter unfairly.

What awaits them is endless imprisonment.

But this is what they deserve, and Xu Li will not feel any pity for their subsequent encounters.

After all, no Pokémon hunter is a good person.

Let's count down their crimes - using illegal equipment to capture Pokémon on a large scale, destroying the environment on a large scale, randomly attacking trainers on the roadside, and stealing their Pokémon.

These are all crimes that are common among Pokémon hunters.

The snow fell heavily, and Zhulan walked quickly to Xu Li. Her long golden hair was a little messy and draped over her shoulders, and light snow fell on her.

Xu Li stood up and brushed the snow off her body: "Are you here?"

Then Xu Li told Zhulan the reason why this group of Pokémon hunters appeared here, which made Zhulan frown and sigh.

"Thank goodness, thanks to Ali, otherwise... Sigh, these guys, we really can't let our guard down at all..."

"Hehe..." Xu Li smiled, "What's the reward?"

Zhu Lan rolled her eyes at Xu Li and said, "Everything I have is yours. What do you want? I'll give it to you."

"Hmm...let me think about it."

Returning her gaze to the cave, Zhulan looked at the trainer surrounded by the snow hat monsters and blinked. "That... is Shinji, right? Why...?"

Didn't she remember that Xu Li had some conflicts with Shinji? Or was it that Xu Li was bullying Shinji unilaterally?

Xu Li shrugged: "He was also tracking these Pokémon hunters and just happened to run into them..."

After explaining what happened, Zhulan nodded: "The League will not be stingy in rewarding such a brave trainer."

Turning to look at the group of Pokémon hunters, Zhulan said simply and concisely.

"Then leave the situation here to me. Are there any other kidnapped Pokémon?"

"In Nohara City, in the Great Wetland Hunting Area..." Xu Li had just asked all the questions from this group of Pokémon hunters.

"I'll contact them." As Zhulan said this, she let Garchomp knock out the group of Pokémon hunters without mercy, and the crisp sound continued to ring out.

The Pokémon hunters had no objection to this and slept peacefully.

Then with a bang, Zhulan summoned the Flower Rock Monster, stretched out its ghostly but substantial tentacles, tied up all the Pokémon hunters and lifted them into the air.

"Then I'll take them back to the alliance first," Zhu Lan nodded slightly at Xu Li with a smile, then looked at the two loving butlers beside him, "Are they our new butlers?"

"Of course, it's cute, right?" Xu Li rubbed the head of the servant with both hands.

It is difficult for them to resist and they can only make gurgling sounds to express their feelings.

"Very cute..." Zhulan chuckled, stretching out her fair palm to rub it as well, "Then I'll be leaving first, see you later."

"Bye." I watched Zhulan fly high in the sky with Garchomp again, but this time there were some people in the sky with tentacles tied to them like balloons.

"Meehu...?" The two servants who were being beaten by Xu Li's hands were already dizzy.

The confused little head is thinking,

I came to my new owner's house to serve as a housekeeper, so why... was my head being rubbed all the time...

Although his palms were very warm, Ai Butler did not forget his job and shook his head immediately.

"Mihu!" Asking Xu Li when he would be able to return home.

"Oh...very quickly, very quickly."

The task of bringing these snow hat monsters back to their home was given to Shinji, and Xu Li slowly walked down Tianguan Mountain holding the two little hands that loved to serve.

……

Outlying islands.

When the two servants arrived here and saw the giant tree in the center and the huge island, they looked at each other in shock and made an incredible sound.

“Mihu…?”

"Yes, this is where you will work and live in the future."

Back at the house on the island, the furniture had already been brought in. Following Nancy's instructions, Alakazam used his super powers to place the furniture throughout the house.

Nazi turned around: "Xu Li~ you are finally back..."

Xu Li smiled and said, "I dealt with some things."

Nancy: "Grandma Mustard Orchid was here just now, but I didn't see you and Zhulan. She wandered around the island and left a while ago on the Tanabata Bluebird..."

"Is that so..." Xu Li nodded.

Although Grandma Jiezilan strongly supported Xu Li in building this island, she still liked Shenhe Town where she had lived for decades more, so she refused Xu Li's request to move here.

But she also said that she would come occasionally to see him and Zhulan.

After all, Granny Mustard Orchid was a famous trainer in her youth, mastering the Dragon Star Swarm technique to perfection. Although this place was separated from Shenhe Town by half a Sinnoh region, it wouldn't take her Tanabata Bluebird half a day to make the round trip.

"However, Grandma Mustard Orchid kept this guy." Nancy pointed at Paras who was sneaking out of the kitchen and said with a smile, "He still wants to steal food..."

“Pie, pie!?”

There is nothing in the kitchen!

Paras felt aggrieved, but when he saw Xu Li, his eyes lit up and he quickly pulled up his trouser legs, his eyes revealing pity.

"group……"

Paras is so hungry...

"Hey," Xu Li squatted down, nodded at Paras's head with amusement, and took out a few energy cubes he had with him, "Here you go, little Paras."

"Pie!" Paras picked up the energy cubes with his small pliers in surprise and ate them with "ahhhh". The familiar taste made Paras a little dazed for a moment.

It was like returning to the cave in Xicui Yingfeng Forest, eating the energy block given by Xu Li for the first time, and from then on he lived a life with no worries about food and drink.

Xu Li is the best person in the world!!

This is what Paras felt in his heart from the beginning to the end.

Seeing this, Nancy said helplessly, "This Paras has already eaten a lot. It's not good to spoil it like this."

Xu Li didn't care: "There's the Stone of Immutability. It won't have any bad effects on its body anyway, so let it eat it."

Even though the current Pallas can no longer keep up with his combat power needs, Xu Li will continue to keep it.

"It's all up to you, it's all up to you," Nazi said helplessly. Then she noticed the two love servants standing quietly on the side and was a little surprised. "Are they the love servants? Come here... let me touch them."

Two love servants: "..."

I didn’t expect that when I came to my new employer, everyone liked to pat my head.

If this continues, they feel like the hair on their heads will be rubbed off!

"That's great..." Nancy smiled.

She knew a little about Argonaut, after all, it was a Psychic-type Pokémon. Unfortunately, her father, that stern and unsympathetic man, didn't allow her to keep Argonaut, saying it needed to be able to live independently.

Isn’t that funny!

It was also for this reason that she returned to Guandu from Xu Li and Zhu Lan's home in Shenhe Town when she was a child.

Humph! Now you’re grown up.

Nancy decided not to return to the Kanto region!