Elf: Start your slow-paced life after becoming a farmer.

After receiving Xinli's instructions, the two humps on the fire-breathing camel's back gathered a large amount of fire-attribute energy like a volcano about to erupt, and the air around it became distorted under the terrifying high temperature.

Watching the scene unfold on the battlefield, Ye Ci silently pondered how Karl would deal with this fire breath attack enhanced by crystallization, knowing that fire was one of the only two weaknesses of Corviknight.

Even Nemo and Piper, who knew Karl's strength, couldn't help but feel worried for him after seeing this scene, let alone the bystanders who were unaware of Karl's power.

Karl was unaware of what the people outside the arena were thinking. He calmly looked at the Fire-Breathing Camel in the arena, who was about to unleash its full fire-breathing power, and said in a calm voice, "Steel Armored Raven, Divine Bird Strike."

The moment Karl finished speaking, an overwhelming surge of flying-type energy erupted from Corviknight's body, forming a phantom image like a divine bird.

The terrifying aura of the Armored Raven made the spectators outside the arena gasp for breath. Then they watched in disbelief as the Armored Raven spread its wings and flew at an astonishing speed toward the direction of the Fire-Breathing Camel.

Just then, a scorching wave of air erupted from the hump of the fire-breathing camel, followed by two orange-red pillars of fire shooting out from within, rushing wildly toward the direction of the Corviknight.

But the next second, the Steel-Armored Raven, draped in the phantom of a divine bird, burst out from the wave of flames and slammed into the body of the Fire-Breathing Camel with unstoppable momentum.

With a muffled boom, the ground where the fire-breathing camel stood immediately caved in, and a dense network of cracks appeared on the battlefield.

The Armored Raven flapped its wings and returned to Karl's side, while the Fire-Breathing Camel, which had taken the blow from the divine bird head-on, lay unconscious on the ground.

Seeing the situation before him, Ye Ci's pupils suddenly contracted: "He withstood the fire-breathing attack enhanced by the crystallization, and defeated Xin Li's main force with just one move?"

Although Corviknight used Light Screen, it only mitigated its type disadvantage. Even though Corviknight used Fitness = Bodybuilding to enhance its attack power, the power of its Flamethrower, enhanced by its STAB Crystallize ability, should not be underestimated.

In Ye Ci's mind, even if this fire breath couldn't defeat the Steel Crow, it should at least be a draw. But what actually happened?

Karl's Steel Raven only looked a little weak, and there was no sign of much damage.

"The gap is too big..." Hachisaku muttered to himself as he watched from the sidelines. If he were in Shin-ri's place, he would probably taste the bitterness of defeat as well.

The Orange Academy students watching from the sidelines and the trainers who had come to watch the match looked at each other in disbelief. How could that seemingly very young trainer have defeated Elite Four member Cindy so easily?

"Wow!" Nemo had completely lost her ability to speak. Her gaze toward Carl was filled with admiration and fighting spirit. In the future, she was determined to grow into a trainer that Carl would be able to fight with all his might!

“This is really…” Piper was also shocked by Karl’s true strength. Then he suddenly realized what was happening and looked at Master Xiong, who was standing calmly beside him.

If Corviknight, Kargo's Pokémon, has such terrifying power, then how terrifying is Urshifu, Kargo's starter Pokémon?

Chapter 27: I got the Taijing Pearl! (Please add to your favorites and keep reading!)

After the battle, Carl recalled Corviknight into its Poké Ball and turned to walk towards Piper and the others.

Mu Fei, who was waiting on the sidelines, also entered the battlefield as arranged by Ye Ci to smooth things over.

"How was it?" Carl raised an eyebrow at Piper with feigned smugness. "I did pretty well, didn't I?"

"It's more than just good." Papa was speechless. If defeating a Heavenly King was only good, then did he have to defeat President Ye Ci to be considered outstanding?

"Karl, you're amazing!" Nemo stared intently at Karl.

Carl raised an eyebrow at this: "So-so, I'm just an ordinary farmer."

The spectators around the three looked at Carl at the same time after hearing his words. A farmer who could defeat King Xinli? I've never seen anything like it.

Noticing the stares from those around him, Carl didn't feel uncomfortable, but he didn't want to stay there and be seen like a panda, so he immediately led the two little ones away from the crowd.

When people around saw this, they all made way for him with great tact, which shows that the strong receive special treatment no matter where they are.

Although the exhibition match has ended, Ye Ci, as the chairman of Orange Academy, still needs to cooperate with Mu Fei for a period of time to carry out educational promotion.

Therefore, Carl, who had not yet received his payment, planned to take the two little ones to a random coffee shop in Table City to rest, while waiting for Ye Ci to contact him.

Just then, Carl's phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket. He took it out, glanced at it, and then let out a soft "Eh?": "This kid finally contacted me."

"What's wrong, Karl?" Piper asked curiously.

"It's nothing, it's just that my disciple contacted me," Karl explained casually.

“Disciple?” Papa asked, sounding puzzled.

From the first time Pipa met Carl until now, he has never seen any strangers on Carl's farm other than Nemo and Carl himself, so this apprentice was taken in by Carl during his travels?

"A disciple?!" Nemo darted in front of Karl like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "Brother Karl, when did you get a disciple?"

"Eh, didn't I tell you guys?" Karl thought for a moment and then realized, "I don't think I ever mentioned Shinji to you guys."

"Is that person Shinji?" Nemo's voice was thick with jealousy. "Karl, why didn't you take me on as your apprentice? Am I not good enough?"

"Huh?" Karl was puzzled by Nemo's sudden question. "But you never told me you wanted to become my apprentice."

“Oh right.” Nemo realized this too, her cheeks flushing slightly, and she immediately changed the subject: “So who exactly is Shinji, and why did he become your disciple, Karl?”

“It’s a long story. I met Shinji more than a year ago,” Carl said, his face showing reminiscence. “Shinji’s brother was leading him to challenge the Battle Frontier in the Hoenn region, and I happened to be in the Battle Frontier at the time. That’s how we met.”

“Battle Frontier?” Piper repeated the somewhat unfamiliar term.

“Well, you can think of it as a place for trainers to battle.” Carl explained briefly, then continued, “After Shinji witnessed his brother’s failure to challenge the leader of the Battle Frontier, Pharaoh, his thinking became a bit extreme. His brother asked me to talk to him, so I brought him along when I challenged Pharaoh.”

At this point, Karl seemed to remember something and turned to look at the martial arts bear master beside him.

Martial Arts Master Xiong recalled the situation at the time, and a wicked smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

The main Pokémon of Age of Pharaohs were the three "Legendary Giants": Regice, Regirock, and Regigigas.

All three brothers were countered by the fighting attribute, so Karl directly sent Martial Arts Bear Master to challenge them. After all, who isn't a divine beast man?

So Karl and the Martial Arts Bear Master shouted about friendship and bonds, and directly and utterly defeated Pharaoh God.

Shinji, who was already wavering, had new doubts after witnessing the battle: Does the bond between humans and Pokémon really exist? Or rather, can the bond really make Pokémon stronger?

Adhering to the principle of asking questions when you don't understand, Shinji told Karl about his doubts.

After hearing this, Carl asked Shinji in return, "Did you initially want to become a Trainer to win?"

Upon hearing this, Shinji froze on the spot. After returning to his hotel, he thought about it alone for a long time. It wasn't until the day before Karl was about to leave the Battle Frontier that he came out of his room and asked Karl to become his apprentice.

Since Shinji had not yet received his starter Pokémon, Carl made a promise with him that once Shinji received his starter Pokémon, he would come to Carl's side to receive instruction.

After Carl briefly recounted his story with Shinji, Nemo and Pipa displayed different expressions.

Nemo seemed extremely jealous that Shinji was able to establish a master-disciple relationship with Karl so early on, while Pipa wondered why Shinji was thinking so much.

After Carl replied to Shinji's message, another message popped up on his phone screen. This message was a "pickup" notification from Yaji.

After reading the message, Karl immediately stood up and said, "Let's go. After we get the Taijing Pearl, I should be heading home soon. You two can come with me one more time."

……

As the three were about to arrive at the meeting place where Karl and Yaji had agreed to meet, Karl saw Chairman Yaji and the unfortunate worker Aoki standing there from a great distance.

"President Yeji." After Karl approached the two, he first greeted Yeji, then looked at Aoki, who was standing silently to the side: "This must be Aoki, the Heavenly King, right?"

After noticing that Karl was looking at him, Aoki took a small step forward and said, "Hello, Mr. Karl."

After greeting Aoki, Yeci took a square black briefcase from his hand and opened it in front of Karl.

Inside the suitcase, a fist-sized, translucent sphere, its interior faintly shimmering with starlight, lay quietly on a velvet cushion.

"This is the item that allows Pokémon to crystallize—the Crystal Orb." As he spoke, Yeci handed the Crystal Orb along with the suitcase to Karl.

After taking the briefcase, Karl examined it carefully, closed the lid, and then said to Ye Ci, "Now that I have the Taijing Pearl, I'll be leaving now. If you need my help in the future, you can contact me by phone."

“Okay.” Ye Ci wasn’t surprised by Karl’s clean and efficient way of doing things. “Then see you later.”

Karl paused after hearing Ye Ci's words: "If the matter at Orange Academy can be resolved properly, I will seriously consider your suggestion from last time, President."

Watching the three figures disappear into the distance, Ye Ci's formulaic smile vanished, his expression turning serious. He then dialed a number: "Hello, is this Clavel..."

Chapter 28 Serpent Lord: Why are you so skilled? (Please read, comment, and add to your favorites)

The third day after the exhibition match ended.

Carl woke up a little late today, and when he arrived at the lobby on the first floor of the farmhouse, he only saw one Pokémon: the lazy Bebop.

"You little rascal, how come you're always the last one to get up?" Carl mischievously picked up Straight Bear, who was still sleeping in, and led him to the restaurant to sit down.

Straight to the bear, its eyes still heavy with sleep, it opened them and let out a muffled groan of dissatisfaction: "Ugh~ (I want to sleep~)"

"Sigh, alright, alright, then you can go back to sleep." Carl placed the straight bear at his feet, then ate the sandwich that Master Bear had left for him, along with a glass of still-warm milk.

After finishing breakfast, Carl left the farmhouse and planned to check on the situation near the fields where crops were grown.

As Carl approached the farmland, he saw the aloof-looking Serpent Lord already there with the seemingly silly New Leaf Cat.

Unlike before, the grassy field covering the farmland looked very unstable, and Karl could tell at a glance that it was not released by the Monarch Serpent.

"Good morning, Serpentis." Karl approached Serpentis and put his arm around its slender body, stroking it.

"Garak. (Good morning.)"

Although the Serpent responded with a look of disdain, its slightly swaying tail revealed that it greatly appreciated Karl's affectionate gesture.

"New Leaf Cat has already learned Grassy Ground?" Carl asked knowingly.

"Garug~ (With my guidance, it's normal for this silly cat to learn Grassy Terrain, right?)" The Serpent Lord, who had buried its head in Karl's chest, glanced at the new Leaf Cat who was standing in the farmland releasing Grassy Terrain and said casually.

“With our Serpent Lord around, this is perfectly normal,” Karl praised sincerely.

At this moment, the New Leaf Cat in the field had already applied nutrients to all the crops with the grassy ground. After seeing Karl next to the Monarch Serpent, it strode over to them on its four short legs.

"Meow~" New Leaf Meow meowed happily at Serperior.

"Garra. (Not bad. From today onwards, you'll train with me.)"

The Serpent Lord broke free from Karl's arms a second before Newleaf Cat finished the Grassy Field event, after all, it didn't want the silly cat to see the way it had just looked.

Karl crouched down, a warm smile on his face: "New Leaf Meow, you did a great job."

Although Karl couldn't understand Newleaf Meow's meows yet, he could tell from the expression on Newleaf Meow's face that the kitten was asking for praise from Serpent Lord.

"Meow!" New Leaf Meow exclaimed excitedly after receiving affirmation from Serpent Lord, but it became somewhat shy after hearing Karl's praise.

Karl reached out and patted New Leaf Cat's little head: "From now on, you should train with the Serpent Lord. With its guidance, even if you return to the wild in the future, you will have the ability to protect yourself."

Upon hearing Karl's words, Xin Ye Miao's expression froze. She then subconsciously glanced at the Serpent Lord, her expression visibly lowering: "Meow..."

"What's wrong?" Carl asked, feigning ignorance, then suddenly added, "Have you decided to join the farm and become one of our partners?"

Upon hearing this, Xin Ye Miao suddenly raised her head and looked at Karl hopefully, her face practically screaming "I'm willing!"

Serperior rolled its eyes from where Newleafy couldn't see. Why was its trainer doing this again? But...

Looking at the expectant look on New Leaf Cat's face, Serpent King sighed inwardly. Well, this silly cat is rather pitiful, so I'll reluctantly allow it to join the team.

“Since you’ve already made up your mind,” Carl said, taking a Poké Ball from his pouch and handing it to Newleaf, “then welcome to officially become our partner.”

Looking at the Poké Ball so close at hand, Newleafy cautiously raised its front paw. Its expression seemed hesitant, but it quickly became determined.

As the pale green paw pressed the button on the Poké Ball, a red light lit up, the indicator light on the Poké Ball flashed three times, and then went dark.

Carl pressed the button on the Poké Ball, and Newleaf Meow's petite body reappeared on the ground in front of Carl.

After emerging from the Poké Ball, Newleaf immediately raised its front paws and clung to Carl's trouser leg, blinking its magenta eyes at him.

Carl immediately understood and reached out to pick up Shin-Ye-Nyan from the ground: "Shin-Ye-Nyan, please take care of me from now on."

"Meow~ (Okay~)" Xin Ye Miao rubbed her little head against Karl's chest and meowed softly.

The Serpent Lord standing to the side stared wide-eyed at this scene. "Wait, why are you so skilled at this?"

Realizing he had let a wolf into his house, the Monarch Serpent immediately moved closer to Karl and used its vine whip to pull Newleaf Cat from Karl's arms: "Garro! (Come on, you're coming with me to train now.)"

"Meow! (Yes, Master.)" New Leaf Meow meowed excitedly after hearing Serperior's words and followed it away happily.

Seeing this, Karl could only shake his head: "As expected, the Serpent Lord is a little jealous."

After inspecting the crops in the fields, Carl then went to the ranch on the farm.

In fact, the farm is currently divided into three areas: the farmland area where crops are grown, the ranch area where no Pokémon have moved in yet, and the industrial area near the farmhouse.

There's no need to elaborate on the farmland area; the ranch area that Carl is about to visit is still in its early stages of development.

Since the day Carl returned to the farm from Tabletop City, he has been spreading hay seeds in the ranch area with his three Pokémon: Metagross, Espeon, and Charizard.

However, because Carl didn't want the Pokémon to be too tired, he divided the work of spreading the grass seeds into three days.

Carl arrived at the ranch area in about ten minutes, and he could see the three Pokémon flying in the air from a great distance.

The first Pokémon to notice Carl's arrival was Espeon, which immediately flew towards Carl's direction the moment it saw him.

"Thank you for your hard work, Espeon." Karl reached out and caught the Espeon that was flying towards him, buried his face in its smooth, light purple fur and took a breath. "I'll have Master Bear give you a treat later."

"Bue~ (I want to eat curry~)" Espeon said in a soft, coquettish voice, letting Karl "suck" on it.

“Okay, no problem.” Carl hugged Espeon to his chest and looked at Metagross and Charizard, who had arrived late. “Charizard, Metagross, you’ve worked hard too. Have a good rest this afternoon.”

"Geng metal. (Okay.)"

"Roar! (I want three buckets of curry rice!)"