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

There's no need to be so loud, I'm just asking.

Roy, who was observing silently from the side, noticed Xu Li happily pulling up the sleeve of the smaller person beside him and said, "It's Brother Xu Li! He will definitely expose them!"

Riko blinked and nodded.

"Teacher Xu Li, what's going on?" Clavier looked at Shanhu in confusion, then at Xu Li. "What labor camp, Shanhu?"

Xu Li blinked: "I don't know either, I just got back..."

……

Listening to Clavier's explanation of what had just happened, Xu Li looked suspiciously at Teacher Agate who was smiling beside her, which made her stiffen for a moment.

Then he noticed the 'Oni Group' standing nearby. He was tense all over, with a dark and tough face full of tension, as if he would take out his Pokémon and run away at any time.

Xu Li: “…”

There's no need to be so nervous.

Clavier asked doubtfully, "Xu Li, is there a problem?"

Xu Li blinked: "How should I know? I just came back to ask Teacher Leihe to get my Pokémon."

Coral shouted: "Then put me down!!"

Her hands and feet were struggling in the air, but she couldn't resist Xu Li's hand that was holding her back.

She was completely controlled by Xu Li.

"Oh, sorry, I'm used to it." Xu Li loosened his hold, and Coral fell to the ground with a whine, turning back and staring at Xu Li with tears in her eyes.

Then Xu Li called Clavier aside and told him something about the 'exploration team'.

"That's roughly what's going on. Although I don't know what the exploration team's purpose is, at least you should be more careful."

Clavier nodded in understanding: "So that's how it is."

Patting Clavier on the shoulder, Xu Li went to find Lei He.

He did not lie. His ancient sword leopard and ancient jade fish were placed in the care of Lei He to assist in the research.

As soon as we arrived at Lei He's spacious home at Grape Academy, the scene was extremely chaotic.

Countless books and supplies on the bookshelf rolled down and were scattered randomly, covered with traces of frost everywhere, accompanied by the shouting of two female voices.

Xu Li: “…”

What's going on?

Amidst the chaos, there was one place that was quiet.

The ancient jade fish was sitting on the sofa, curiously watching the content on TV. At this moment, it turned around and noticed Xu Li who pushed the door in. Its eyes immediately lit up, and it swam around Xu Li, happily spinning in circles, and swept Xu Li's cheek with its long bright red tail.

"Guuuu~!"

"Okay, okay, sorry it took me so long to pick you up." Xu Li smiled and stroked the smooth head of the ancient jade fish.

"Shut up!"

after a little while.

The Ancient Sword Leopard, howling and scurrying around the house, stopped in the living room upon seeing Xu Li. Beside them were Lei He and Mimosa, patting their chests.

Lei He said thankfully, "Xu Li, you're finally here. If you hadn't come soon, my house would have been demolished by that leopard..."

Mimosa covered her mouth and smiled, but the ancient sword leopard, on the other hand, had been making non-stop "wooooooo" sounds since it saw Xu Li.

It looked at Xu Li with tears in its eyes.

Ever since it came to this woman's house, it can't run freely every day and it's feeling suffocated!

Take me away! This snow leopard can’t stand it anymore!

“Woo~Ah ...

Such a plea was met with Xu Li's words: "Snow Leopard, shut up first."

Gu Jianbao whimpered in grievance, but finally stopped barking.

Xu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief, because once the ancient sword leopard started complaining, the noise was really loud.

He then told Leihe that he would be leaving Padya for a while.

"I've been taking care of the ancient sword leopard these days, and I haven't had time to pay attention to the other two disaster treasures. But fortunately, they are not making any movements at the moment." Lei He said thankfully.

"Since Teacher Xu Li is busy, please focus on your side first. We can take our time with things here."

Xu Li nodded and then said goodbye to Lei He.

Before leaving, Mimosa caught up with him, her chest swaying and her face full of joy under her pink hair.

Xu Li blinked: "That's it?"

"Hehe..." Mimosa smiled happily, then took out a certificate from her arms and shouted, "Ding ding ding ding!"

"I passed the nursing teacher exam!"

"Thanks to Teacher Xu Li's help! Just half a month ago, Teacher Mimosa from the infirmary was able to become Teacher Mimosa teaching in the classroom!!"

"I've always wanted to thank you, Teacher Xu Li, but unfortunately I never met you, so I always carry this certificate with me!"

"I'm really looking forward to taking classes with Teacher Xu Li next semester!"

Xu Li smiled: "Congratulations."

……

Xu Li did not stay in Grape Academy for long. He soon came out of Grape Academy and left Padiya with Xiaozhao, Xijiana Huoxia.

After more than a day of rushing, Xu Li finally returned to Sinnoh and came to Suzuran Island, where the Sinnoh Regional League Suzuran Conference was held.

——Before the opening ceremony of the Lily of the Valley Conference.

Xu Li failed to contact Zhulan.

Because Zhulan had already stepped onto the podium of the Lily of the Valley Conference, watched the fireworks display and the torch lighting ceremony at the opening ceremony, and began her speech.

There were people coming and going here, and a constant stream of people was passing by Xu Li.

But the sharp-eyed Xu Li soon noticed a person on the busy street.

A man with dark blue curly hair, a red cloak covering his entire body, and a gloomy face.

——Dakdo.

It can also be said to be a beast man.

Xu Li smiled curiously.

Chapter 181 Zhulan: What are you afraid of! ?

From an animation perspective, Darko is clearly a deus ex machina created by the animation team to force Ash to lose the League Tournament. He didn't appear before the Lily of the Valley Tournament, and he had no news or influence afterward. He was a tool created solely for this purpose.

But at this moment, he appeared in Xu Li's sight.

It really made him curious. The animation team could make Darko appear without any reason, but in this real world, what was his reason?

He was not jealous of Dakodo's divine beast. After all, when it came to divine beasts, Dakodo, the so-called divine beast man, was no match for himself.

So after thinking about it, I decided not to go up and pay attention to him for now. The Lily of the Valley Conference has just begun, and there will be plenty of opportunities later.

After all, seeing Zhulan is important now.

Otherwise, Xu Li would really be afraid of being locked up in the basement by Zhu Lan, although it feels good too.

But Xu Li didn't intend to pay attention to Dakduo, and Dakduo came up to him. He was selecting the items when he suddenly looked around, then locked onto Xu Li and walked straight towards him.

The red cloak directly blocked Xu Li's way. Under the dark blue curly hair, a pair of slightly strange eyes looked at Xu Li suspiciously and said, "My Pokémon seems to know you. Can you please come with me?"

Xu Li blinked, not quite understanding what Dakodo said, but nodded playfully.

"Xu Li, this is so weird! Or..."

Facing the worried looks of those around him, Xu Li smiled and said, "Xiao Zhao, aren't you going to sign in for the conference? Huo Xia, you should go with me, and Xi Jiana can just follow me."

Xiaozhao was stunned for a moment, then nodded obediently. She didn't seem worried at all: "Okay..."

……

Follow Dakoto into a small forest.

He threw out a Poké Ball, and Xu Li instantly understood why he said his Pokémon recognized me.

A dark body, a red jagged face scarf, and fluttering white hair, a pair of somewhat resentful eyes looked at Xu Li.

Darkrai, the beast man could pull this out, which was not unexpected by Xu Li. But what he didn't expect was that this Darkrai was actually an old acquaintance.

It was the Darkrai that was beaten away by Xu Li by Thatch on Tianguan Mountain, and whose original energy was mostly absorbed by Xu Li's Gengar.

Now that Thatch has been arrested and imprisoned for the second time by Xu Li, Darkrai naturally needs to change his appearance.

Darko held up the Poké Ball and said to Xu Li, "I want to challenge you to a one-on-one duel! With your Gengar. It said that if I can defeat your Gengar, I can gain more power."

Gengar suddenly jumped out from the shadows and pointed at him with an expression of strong disbelief: "Kou Jie~?"

I fought Darkrai, seriously.

Gengar looked pitiful.

"What are you afraid of?" Xu Li complained.

Gengar immediately stuck out his tongue in embarrassment and scratched his head.

Xu Licai looked at Darkrai, who had been staring at Gengar since it came out, and asked, "How did you get to this point?"

Although he had been training for quite some time, the Darkrai in front of him was not even as strong and imposing as when he was in Thatch's hands.

It's not certain that I can defeat Gengar. I don't know why I'm so confident.

So he said, "Why don't you wait until the Lily of the Valley Conference is over? After all, you're a contestant."

Dakoto said confidently: "No need!"

He is just a Gengar. Ever since he started planning to participate in the League Tournament, no trainer, including the gym leader, has been able to defeat Darkrai. This includes the Ghost Gym in Jiayuan City, whose gym leader Melissa's Gengar is no match for Darkrai.

Even if this Gengar is a little special, so what?

So three minutes later, with a shadow ball compressed to the extreme, Gengar blasted Darkrai to the ground. Its burgundy core was completely sunk into the ground. It was about to lose its combat capability, but Gengar still cautiously condensed a series of shadow balls that covered the sky and the sun.

Dakoto's eyes widened. Although his heart was filled with disbelief, he reacted quickly and shouted, "Stop! We give up!"

Xu Li: “…”

It would have been better if you had said this earlier.

Gengar, who has absorbed Darkrai's original energy, has a high resistance to Darkrai's special hypnotic power of the Dark Hole. In addition, with the bonus Xu Li got from defeating so many evil organizations, it is easy to defeat Darkrai, whose strength has regressed.

Just as Darko was about to take Darkrai back and leave, Xu Li shouted, "Wait a moment."

"Is there a rule you don't know?"

Dakoto: "What?"

"As for the rules behind the Darkrai tribe, the winner takes all." Xu Li didn't explain too much. He waved his hand, making Gengar smile evilly. Then he suddenly opened his mouth wide and drew out the black and red energy directly from Darkrai like a siphon to replenish himself.

This made the already weak Darkrai even more vulnerable.

"Kou, koujie~!"

Gengar burped comfortably, ran up and patted Darkrai's head, as if to say thank you for the treat.

Xu Li smiled and said to the silent Da Keduo: "I gave you the opportunity to hesitate and choose."

Xu Li hadn't intended to pay any attention to Dakduo, but since Dakduo had come to him so confidently, he was just doing what he was supposed to do.

Darko said nothing. After putting the weakened Darkrai back into the Poké Ball, he left without looking back.

……

As soon as I walked out of the grove, I ran into Xiaozhao and Huoxia who were looking for me.

Xu Li was stunned for a moment: "Is the registration so fast?"

"I don't seem to need to register. Sister Zhulan seems to have helped me skip the preliminaries... and directly become one of the 64 preliminary contestants." Xiaozhao scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed for having used his privilege.

Xu Li blinked: "Is that so?"