I beg you female trainers to give me money even if you lose!

"Is it already getting difficult? How about I give you some advice?" Yang Xiying smiled.

"Exchange something useful for it, regardless of its value, as long as you have the intention to exchange something for mine."

"Mora~"

These words caused the vine monsters to look at each other, feeling somewhat bewildered, yet also very eager for those tree fruits.

"Mora~"

At this moment, a vine monster took a few steps forward, and then a large number of vines on its body began to sway and stretch towards Yang Xiying.

"Mora~ Mora~" But it wasn't trying to snatch the tree fruit from Yang Xiying's hand; instead, it wanted to exchange it for something—its own vines.

It used to be attacked by Pokémon in the water when it was at the beach, but it always managed to escape by breaking the vines.

The Pokémon would also focus their attention on the vines they had torn off, and eat them with relish.

—So this vine of mine will be useful to this human, right?

“Very good,” Yang Xiying smiled, having understood the meaning of the words on the other end. It was a very gratifying thing that a Pokémon could understand him.

He was even happier when the other side offered him vines in exchange, because in the lore, the vines of the vine monster have a unique fragrance and a refreshing taste.

In the Galer region, it is used as a spice, and Yang Xiying did indeed smell its aroma because of the proximity of the vines.

“I’ll take some of your vines now, and in exchange, you can take two of the tree fruits I have.”

"Mora—"

The vine monster chose two tree fruits, while Yang Xiying ordered the Azure Flame Blade Ghost to cut off several of its vines, and the dirty deal was struck.

He even broke off a small piece and tasted it. The crisp texture reminded him of a famous dish from his hometown!

That's houttuynia cordata! It can be used in medicine and is also edible! It tastes excellent when served cold with salt, MSG, and vinegar! 9

He can eat several bowls of rice with this stuff! And it's also an excellent choice as a condiment for various dishes and snacks.

Whether it's a main dish of cold pork salad or a snack like wolf tooth potatoes!

The latter, in particular, involves deep-frying chopped potatoes in a wide fryer until crisp, mixing them with seasonings, and adding some prepared houttuynia cordata as a garnish.

The combination of different crisp textures can give you an exhilarating feeling... I can't take it anymore, I'm really getting hungry if I keep talking about it.

"In short, anyone else who is interested in tree fruit can exchange it for something useful, but they must follow the rules and do it one at a time."

In order to prevent other vine monsters from targeting the ones she was trading with, Yang Xiying continued to trade with other vine monsters.

By having Azure Blade Demon and Hazelnut Ball maintain order, both of these characters can suppress the Vine Monster in terms of attributes and level.

So the transaction went smoothly, and Yang Xiying introduced herself at this time, which gave the vine monsters a general impression of her.

You can get good things by exchanging your own vines, but their vines take a while to grow.

So it seems we'll have to wait until next time to get new tree fruits.

"Mora~"

In this way, more than twenty vine monsters obtained the tree fruit they wanted, and Yang Xiying also harvested a large amount of vine monster vines.

—However, with his space backpack, he doesn't need to worry about not being able to carry it all.

"Brother, I have a little money here, can I trade it for some tree fruit with you?" At this moment, a flirtatious voice came from behind Yang Xiying.

"Hey, Qinglu, are you also interested in tree fruits?" Yang Xiying raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Qinglu and the other two who had been watching from the side.

"Why do you always ask such common-sense questions? Isn't it natural for Pokémon Trainers to be interested in berries?"

The greenish-blue color is strange. Not only are the berries useful for Pokémon when eaten raw and carried, but they can even be used to make Energy Cubes that improve a Pokémon's physical attributes...

"Mr. Yang is amazing. He's already communicating with the vine monster so quickly," said Ye Zichihong, her face full of admiration, unlike Qinglv's focus.

The vine monsters no longer have that tense atmosphere they used to have, making it easy to communicate with them.

"It's amazing, so much so that I'd like to crawl into Yang Xiying's spatial backpack to see what good stuff she has hidden inside."

Qinglu spoke up at this moment, but he was more concerned about Yang Xiying's resources; this guy always managed to come up with something good.

"Do you grow fruit trees? You just sold out about fifty kinds of fruit, including some very rare varieties."

"Chocolate fruit... gourd fruit, these things aren't very common," and the other side had also mentioned that the shakuhachi fruit would self-destruct...

“If you travel, you will gain even more,” Yang Xiying smiled, then spoke up as if she had just thought of something.

"Of course, if you're interested in tree fruits, I can share some with you," he said, having acquired about 220 tree fruits due to the mission.

I still have over a hundred left to use as snacks or items for my own Pokémon, and I've used fifty of them for Tangela.

—And he wouldn't mind sharing some with the three children.

“There are indeed some kinds of fruit you’ve brought that interest me, but it feels like I owe you something,” Qinglu said, showing great interest in the Shakya fruit.

However, that item is extremely difficult to obtain. Unless an event is held, it would cost at least several hundred thousand yen if it were made of real gold and silver, which makes it quite valuable.

It sounds a bit exaggerated, right? But when you consider its incredibly long growth cycle and the scarcity of its fruits, it's not so exaggerated.

But the good thing is that this thing can be used twenty or thirty times as a Pokémon held item, so it's still worth the hundreds of thousands of yen.

"So let's trade with real money, or perhaps we can mass-produce these tree fruits together?"

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NO.42 Different Pokémon will have different capture methods...

"Mass production? Are you planning to use my tree fruit to cultivate seedlings for planting?"

Upon hearing Qinglu's words, Yang Xiying immediately realized that mass production of fruits would require farming.

Before coming to Zhenxin Town, Yang Xiying had indeed seen the fields surrounding the town, where many people were doing farm work.

Some of the crops grown are very common, such as rice, vegetables, and turnips. Of course, there are also orchards here.

However, most of them are tree fruits with relatively simple effects, such as peach fruit for treating poisoning and orange fruit for restoring strength...

This may be related to the difficulty of cultivation; the fastest-growing tree fruits in the game are orange and peach fruits.

"If we want to mass-produce tree fruit, this is probably the only way," Qinglu replied matter-of-factly, a slight smile on her face.

"Compared to the average person, Pokémon trainers need a wider variety of berries, since they can be used in battles."

"Some tree fruits are very difficult to obtain, which is not enough. Therefore, I am trying to find various kinds of tree fruits."

"But I asked Nanami to help with the cultivation and planting. She's quite good at it because she's a Pokémon doctor and needs berries to make medicine."

"Just like there are many types of Pokémon, it's difficult to collect all of them without traveling."

"For example, the chocolate fruit and the ridge gourd fruit you just took out are quite rare things."

"I see..." Yang Xiying nodded subconsciously. For him, the more tree fruits, the better, especially since they could be used to reset effort values.

Effort Values ​​are the base points a Pokémon earns by training its various abilities; the higher the points for a particular ability, the higher its value.

Just like Azurewrath and Nidoking, both have a base Speed ​​stat of 85, but the latter is always faster than the former.

Because Nidoking basically trains speed, but this training has its limits; his base speed stat can only reach a maximum of 252.

The total base points for all abilities cannot exceed 510, so you have to carefully calculate how to train your Pokémon's abilities.

Although this is a concept from Pokémon games, judging from the stats of the Blademaster he saw, it does indeed have effort values.

These effort points will increase as you battle against various Pokémon, so you really need to prepare berries to reset your effort points.

To prevent Pokémon from developing abilities they shouldn't, like his Pistol, whose Effort Values ​​on the panel have increased in ways that shouldn't have.

"So you should talk to my sister more about the tree fruit. I'll buy a few of your tree fruits now, at market price."

"Buy it at market price..."

Yang Xiying was a little stunned because he felt that he didn't have enough money, so he wanted to resell some mission rewards or exchange them for something more valuable.

"No problem, but it's a bit inappropriate to discuss business transactions here," because he didn't know much about market prices.

"Let's deal with the immediate issues first."

“Yeah, so how are you going to talk to these guys?” Green nodded; there was a bunch of vine monsters gathered here.

Yang Xiying felt it would be a bit difficult to capture it, since raising one of the same type of Pokémon for battle would be enough.

But now that a bunch of Tangelae have gathered, it's not really feasible for Yang Xiying to take any of them away, since they are generally considered to be weak in the eyes of ordinary Pokémon.

Capturing Pokémon by humans is tantamount to kidnapping. Taking a forceful approach will not only create enmity with the Tangela group, but may also cause the captured Tangela to rebel.

Unless Yang Xiying manages to subdue all these guys or develops the art of language, it's unclear what he will do.

"Everyone, that concludes our exchange for today. See you next time," Yang Xiying said, signaling the end of the exchange for the vine monsters.

The children felt there was no point in staying there and playing the staring game with the other side, so they disappeared back into the bushes and woods.

"Mr. Yang, weren't you planning to subdue them?" Crimson was stunned. Why did this person let the vine monsters go?

“Yes,” Yang Xiying responded, but quickly changed the subject, “but subjugation is a long process, and this is only the beginning.”

"That's enough for today's conversation with them. Now, all we need to do is make the vine monsters aware of the concept of equivalent exchange."

"Equivalent exchange... Are the vines of the Vine Monster really that valuable?"

The three couldn't help but be curious, especially since they had just seen Yang Xiying break off a vine and eat it... Could this thing be eaten?

“Valuable? Maybe,” Yang Xiying paused for a moment, then smiled, “but in any case, as long as they can generate related concepts, that’s fine.”

“If I help them, they will think about repaying me, regardless of whether the repayment is valuable or not, as long as I have done my best.”

"...You actually had such naive thoughts?" Qinglu's expression was strange. Wasn't she afraid that the other party was an ingrate?

"Aren't Pokémon creatures like that?" Yang Xiying's lips curled up slightly, revealing a soft smile.

Most Pokémon are very simple creatures, like blank sheets of paper; they are influenced by their surroundings.

Following good people will make you kind, while following bad people will make you incredibly evil. Pokémon that are born evil do exist, but they are still very rare.

Most Pokémon will respond in the same way if you communicate with them properly; the moves Return and Misplaced Anger are the best examples.

The power of these moves changes depending on the level of friendship, and some Pokémon even have a friendship evolution.

Therefore, when facing Pokémon, Yang Xiying can take the initiative to show sincerity, and doesn't even need to offer anything more attractive to induce Tangela to fight each other.

The victor will follow you, or you won't have to make empty promises to the vine monster, guarantees that are unlikely to be fulfilled.

Simply put, I need one of you to go to war with me. If we win, you'll all live a life of luxury together.

But whether or not they can win is still a matter of probability, and such a guarantee will only bring more serious backlash.

Although Yang Xiying didn't mind doing this—after all, the backlash was a matter for the future, and she wanted to enjoy herself first—it wasn't possible now because…

"Besides, I'll be staying in Pallet Town for quite some time, so I'll have plenty of opportunities to deal with these vine monsters, and I can subdue them too."

—We'll see each other again someday...

“Pokémon are, but people aren’t. Aren’t you afraid someone will beat you to it?” Qinglu couldn’t help but ask, while Yang Xiying just smiled.

"I don't believe that the first ones to get there can take them all, especially since you haven't even made a move after hearing my understanding of the vine monsters."

This means they realize that taming a vine monster now would only backfire, and that taking action against even one vine monster would trigger a chain reaction.

“…Because I think it’s better to catch wild Pokémon that are alone,” Leaf said at this moment, because Pokémon also have family.

“That’s right,” Yang Xiying nodded, but quickly changed the subject, “but the Pokémon you want will always be a social type.”

"Therefore, different Pokémon require different methods of capture, and there are indeed some that are left out."

Yang Xiying turned her head, and everyone followed her gaze. It was the sea, but there were many reefs visible there.

Pokémon that live near water often perch on the surface, and right now they see one that looks pink and cute, but its expression is just so blank.

The three of them stood there, puzzled, but at that moment Yang Xiying moved and threw a Poké Ball over!

"We can capture this directly through battle! A wild Slowpoke has appeared! Go! Poké Ball!"

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