The strongest gym leader starts by beating up Gary.

The girls around him changed again and again.

Nurse Joy, the psychic gym leader; Tsubaki from Blackrock City; Ninetales, the fox spirit by her master's side; and Cynthia, the champion—and that doesn't even include her future master's womanizing ways...

Xiao Mao would never believe that Fang Yuan and those girls were friends.

And he went from being a mentor to a brother-in-law...

Xiao Mao felt something was off no matter what.

This sense of incongruity made Xiao Mao extremely awkward, and he almost made a commanding mistake that led to the loss of the battle.

At this moment, Fang Yuan also noticed Xiao Mao's strange behavior.

As Xiao Shigeru's mentor, Fang Yuan glanced at Nanami Oki beside him and immediately understood the key point.

Fang Yuan smiled slightly, walked to Xiao Mao's side, and patted Xiao Mao on the shoulder.

"Xiao Mao, how many times have I told you? You have to be serious during a battle and not get distracted!"

"I...I know I was wrong, Master."

Seeing Xiao Mao take the initiative to admit his mistake, Fang Yuan, unusually, did not criticize Xiao Mao. Instead, he gently patted Xiao Mao's shoulder with the look one would give a brother-in-law.

Seeing Fang Yuan's actions, Xiao Mao completely lost his temper.

His eyes were filled with panic and worry about the future.

"Master! Don't look at me like that! I'm scared."

Fang Yuan ignored Xiao Mao and took Oki Nanami to the backyard.

Only Xiao Mao, who was left to hold his post, remained behind, looking utterly desperate.

After walking into the back garden, Fang Yuan almost burst out laughing.

After all, Fang Yuan thought Xiao Mao's actions were just too funny!

"Am I, Fang Yuan, the kind of person who flirts with women? I, Fang Yuan, have always been chaste and upright. It's just that I've made a few close friends along the way."

Just then, Nanami Oki looked at Fang Yuan with eager anticipation, but she tried her best to suppress her excitement and maintain her ladylike demeanor as she spoke.

"Master, what should we do next?"

However, it must be said that as Professor Oak's granddaughter, Nanami Oak is indeed very beautiful, and as a Pokémon researcher, she possesses an intellectual beauty.

Moreover, she has a very gentle personality, truly embodying the qualities of an eldest daughter from a scholarly family.

(Oki Nanami)

Upon hearing Nanami's question, Fang Yuan paused for a moment before speaking.

"Let's start by getting familiar with the ecology of the backyard. By the way, I'll leave the basic feeding of the backyard sprites to you. Is that alright?"

"Yes, Master Fang."

"Don't worry, taking care of elves is part of our research work, and I'm quite confident about that."

Fang Yuan nodded with great satisfaction.

"Alright, I'm entrusting all thirty-odd elves in the backyard to you."

Nanami was taken aback, clearly startled by the number Fang Yuan mentioned.

"If you can't handle it, you can ask Xiaowen for help..."

Before Fang Yuan could finish speaking, Nanami Ooki said firmly.

"I can complete the mission!"

Looking at Nanami's determined eyes, Fang Yuan nodded.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you then."

Fang Yuan took a deep breath and said

"It's time to start formal training with the three little ones."

However, Fang Yuan was also a little curious about what exactly the top-tier legendary resource that Professor Oak had promised to provide was.

"But if we're talking about resources that are even better than Lao Gu's, there's probably only that one person, right?"

Fang Yuan thought of the top-tier mythical beast in the ozone layer!

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Meanwhile, both Professor Oak and Cynthia reported Arceus's disappearance to the League.

Upon hearing this news, even Chairman Damaranchi, who had once dared to confront Mewtwo, couldn't help but gasp in shock.

"Just hearing about this is enough to send chills down your spine."

"If I had known, I wouldn't have come to this meeting."

The old men all looked extremely grim.

"Alright, enough with the complaining. Let's think of a solution. Are we just going to stand by and watch the mythical beasts destroy the world?"

The group looked at each other, but no one spoke.

"How about befriending a mythical beast?"

"They're about to have a major battle, how do you plan to get those top-tier divine beasts to give up their hopes of advancement and help humanity?"

Silence fell again.

Just then, it was finally old man Damaranchi who stepped forward and said...

"Right now, we can only rely on our trainers and our own Pokémon!"

"Everyone, open your minds. What we need to do is not to stop the war between the mythical beasts; we don't have that ability."

"We can only enhance our own combat power. As long as we can reach the legendary level of sect leader, we can barely contend with the top-level divine beasts at their peak. We should still be able to protect ourselves in this chaotic world."

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"Agreed." Even Professor Oak agreed with Damaranch's opinion.

Damaranchi nodded in satisfaction.

"In that case, let's speed up the training of young people. After all, we're getting old, and it's already good enough that we can maintain our fighting strength."

"Hope still lies in the hands of the younger generation."

“Lance from Kanto, Steven and Wallace from the Toyohara region, Cynthia from Sinnoh, Diantha from Kalos, and Leon are all very promising talents.”

At that moment, someone added...

“I think we can broaden our target a bit. There’s not much point in worrying about resources now. Let’s include geniuses at the level of gym leaders.”

“Various regions organize large-scale exchange competitions to compete for resources. Only through mutual competition can true top-level champions emerge.”

Seeing this, Professor Oak also made his own request.

"Do you all still remember the super evolution that kid Fang Yuan mastered?"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately felt wide awake.

Mega Evolution can genuinely enhance a Pokémon's battle power, and it doesn't have the same field requirements as Dynamax.

The underlying value is self-evident.

"Tell me, what does that kid say he wants?"

"A top-tier legendary resource that rivals Groudon Shards!"

Upon hearing Professor Oak's words, everyone present couldn't help but gasp.

"This kid is really asking for the moon!"

"Even the Alliance's treasury doesn't have many top-tier resources like this. I don't think super evolution alone is enough!"

Just then, Professor Oak slowly spoke.

"What if I told you that the information about Arceus's disappearance came from him?"

Cynthia also agreed.

At this moment, even Yu Longdu spoke up, which was quite unusual for him.

"I think it's okay to give it."

The old guys in the league watched as the two champions and a doctor spoke up, and after much hesitation, they finally reached a consensus.

"Then we'll take the one the Alliance just discovered in the Fengyuan area!"

Professor Oak nodded with satisfaction.

This meeting, which was neither large nor small, but which concerned the entire landscape of the Pokémon world, quickly came to an end.

The league needs to begin focusing on developing young talent in order to prepare for the upcoming crisis.

At this time, exchanges between regions will also become more frequent.

For example, Sinnoh and Kanto are planning to hold a large-scale competition!

The standards are very high; the minimum requirement for participation is a dojo-level athlete, and they must be under thirty years old. Moreover, both alliances have spared no expense this time.

A whole bunch of good stuff became the reward.

To put it simply, if you are strong enough, the alliance will never be stingy with rewards!

Although nothing has happened yet in the alliance, undercurrents are already beginning to stir.

However, the alliance also knows that the closer it gets to this point, the more active those dark organizations become!

"The world is undergoing a tremendous change, and a great trend is about to unfold!"

Countless people silently thought to themselves.

At this time, not only the mythical beasts, but also humans began to accumulate strength in order to gain a place in the world.

However, none of this concerns Fang Yuan.

After all, if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up for now. Right now, Fang Yuan only wants to work hard to become stronger and protect his dojo's little corner of the world.

Chapter 218 Training Plan

"So, simply put, Gym Leader Fang, Mega Evolution is the bond between the trainer and the Pokémon that is triggered by the Mega Stone, drawing upon the hidden power within the Pokémon to complete the Mega Evolution?"

"That's roughly it. Although there are still some problems, the general idea is correct."

"I see."

In the dojo's backyard, Fang Yuan was patiently teaching Nanami Oki the most basic knowledge of Mega Evolution.

After all, if Nanami Oki didn't know anything, how could she help Fang Yuan write the thesis?

However, Fang Yuan had a trick up his sleeve.

That is the keystone.

Mega Evolution of a Pokémon requires not only a bond with its trainer, but also the corresponding Mega Stone and the Key Stone held by the trainer.

And unlike the Mega Stones that correspond one-to-one with different Pokémon,

Trainers only need one Key Stone to Mega Evolve together with any other Mega Evolved Pokémon.

In some ways, it wouldn't be wrong to say that the Key Stone is also a human's Hyper Evolution Stone.

And the source of Fang Yuan's keystone is...

I bought it from the street.

Yes, it's the one Fang Yuan bought from the street.

Unlike the precious Mega Stones, Key Stones are like Pikachu; aside from being pretty, they're basically everywhere, and their reserves in various mineral veins aren't small.

So Fang Yuan made a grand gesture and bought a large batch of keystones to process himself.

Once the paper is published, Fang Yuan's Keystone will undoubtedly multiply several times over.

Moreover, Fang Yuan wasn't worried about being discovered by them.

By the time they found the keystone mine, Fang Yuan had already made a fortune.

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