You are not allowed to date a trainer.

Chapter 17 Yuelu Dojo
Just as Brother Mengjiang approached Qin Zhen, a tearing sound was heard, and a dark green whip shadow rose and fell, lashing towards the back of his head like a ghost.

"Vine Snake! Calm down!"

At a command, the rattan whip that was lashing at the back of the general's head was suddenly pulled up, and the tip of the whip brushed against the man's scalp and swung into the air, drawing a dangerous arc.

At this moment, the man touched his head belatedly. He looked back and met a pair of cold blue eyes, and he couldn't help but shudder.

"Yuelu Dojo?"

Qin Zhen repeated it with a frown.

"Yes, yes, yes! The one on Yuelu Mountain!"

"Isn't there only Yuelu Academy on Yuelu Mountain?"

For people in Tanzhou, the word Yuelu is not unfamiliar. It represents a small hill no more than 300 meters high and an academy. When Qin Zhen was a child, he was often taken there by his parents to play. In his memory, this name has two colors, one is the green of the old bamboo forest next to Yuelu Academy, and the other is the red of the maple leaves outside the Aiwan Pavilion.

"Student, are you confused? Yuelu Dojo is Yuelu Academy, the famous thousand-year-old institution of learning, and one of the eight major dojos certified by the alliance!"

Qin Zhen exclaimed "Huh", pulled a flyer from the man's hand, turned it over and over, and found that the man was not lying. The famous couplet "Only in Chu is there talent, and here it flourishes" was printed on both sides of the flyer, and the authoritative red star seal was stamped on the lower right corner.

"By the way, my last name is Bai, Bai Song." While Qin Zhen was flipping through the flyers, Brother Mengjiang started to try to establish a connection. "Look at your uniform, classmate. You're from Tanzhou No. 1 Middle School, right? What a coincidence! I went to high school there, too. We're pure brothers and sisters, Junior Brother!"

"Oh, hello, senior brother."

Qin Zhen nodded, stuffed the flyer in his hand back into the man's hand, called out to Teng Teng Snake, and turned to walk towards the school.

"Hey! Junior brother, don't go! I'm serious. How about coming to our Yuelu Dojo?"

"Brother, my homeroom teacher only gave me half a day off."

"I'll ask my sister to ask for leave for you! She's also a student at No. 1 Middle School, a senior this year, and in the same grade as you." The powerful brother said confidently, "Junior brother! Just one look! Just one look! Come with me, and after the college entrance exam is over, I promise to arrange a meeting between you and my sister."

Am I some kind of blind date king? Why is it that everywhere I go, someone is trying to set me up with someone?
Qin Zhen sighed and thought to himself, Brother, you are trying to trick me. Do you know what happened to the first two guys who were arranged to meet me?

"Brother, thank you for your interest, but I'm about to take the college entrance exam and I really don't have time to be a cleaner or a flyer boy. You've got the wrong person."

"Damn it! Junior brother, do I look like one of those scumbags who run a black market?" Brother Mengjiang was furious. He flexed his chest muscles at Qin Zhen and pointed at a small sign on his chest and said, "Come here! Look here! Bai Song, Assistant to the Master of Yuelu Dojo! It's even stamped with the official seals of the dojo and the school!"

"Junior brother, I'm not a liar. Our Yuelu Gym recruits serious students. The gym leader is the instructor himself, teaching them commanding combat and Pokémon cultivation. Moreover, our Yuelu Gym has a partnership with Hubei University. If you join the gym, your student status will be directly transferred to Hubei University, which is equivalent to being recommended by the college entrance examination!"

This is getting more and more outrageous, even the college entrance examination recommendation has been brought up...

Qin Zhen was speechless. He was no longer worried that the other party was a black intermediary who deceived students into working. He felt that this guy was after his kidney.

"Brother, it's not that I don't trust you, but if this is really that good, why would an ordinary student like me get the chance? Don't you have a younger sister who's in her senior year of high school?"

"You're nothing but ordinary! You can understand what the elves are saying!"

"Yes, I understand." Qin Zhen nodded. "And then?"

"And then—" Brother Mengjiang's expression froze. He tried to recall for a few seconds, then rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. "And then I forgot."

"..." "But I wrote down the general meaning. It means that people like you are natural trainers. If nothing unexpected happens, you will definitely become very powerful and capable fighters in the future. So our headmaster has instructed that if we meet such people, we must kill them without fail."

"People like me?" Qin Zhen suddenly noticed this unusual word.

"That's right, there are many people who can communicate with elves, but I'm not very good at speaking, so I can't explain it to you clearly right away."

Noticing the change in Qin Zhen's expression, that face that looked like a peerless warrior suddenly revealed a cunning smile.

"But our headmaster is very good at teaching and knows a lot. I think it will be no problem for him to answer your questions."

Qin Zhen lowered his head, looked at Teng Teng Snake and Milton, and thought for a moment.

"Senior, Senior Class 7, Teacher Chen Zhen, my name is Qin Zhen."

"What?" Brother Mengjiang was stunned. "Wait a minute, this isn't my sister's..."

"This is the name of my class and homeroom teacher. Please ask your sister to ask for leave for me."

"Oh, then why are you walking back, Junior Brother?"

"I'm going back to the vehicle management office and reporting my whereabouts to the female police officer there."

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"Great! Everyone! Follow this path all the way to the end and then turn left! You'll see the destination of our adventure!"

Brother Mengjiang stepped on a stone by the roadside and pointed straight ahead. His tone was passionate, just like Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

But unfortunately, Dr. Jones did not get the response he wanted.

Qin Zhen often came to this mountain to play when he was a child. He was very familiar with every tree and blade of grass here. He didn't see many elves along the way, so he naturally lacked interest.

Snakehead was still holding a grudge against this guy for "sneak attacking" his trainer when he was not prepared, so of course he would not give him a good face.

Only Milton bit the corner of Qin Zhen's clothes, secretly looking at his feet as he walked forward. At this time, the summer sun shone through the lush camphor trees, casting golden light and shadows on the stone road. Occasionally, the wind blew the leaves, and the colorful sunlight on the stone slabs began to dance. It was so beautiful that the stupid lizard, who had never seen the world, was intoxicated and wanted to jump a few times with the light spots.

Two people, a snake and a lizard walked forward on the stone road and turned left at the end of the road. The next second, the view in front of them suddenly opened up and the black tiles and white walls were already in sight.

Qin Zhen stopped and looked at the academy at the end of his sight from afar. As a reborn person from a world without Pokémons, he discovered more changes in details - the gate engraved with Pokéball patterns, the "Gym Challenger Registration and Payment Office" standing at the entrance of the academy, and the blue balls running and rolling under the eaves.

"Mosquito Coil Tadpole? Is it a water-type gym?"

Qin Zhen muttered softly, his eyes falling on the couplets on both sides of the gate.

——For thousands of years, talents of Chu State have originated here; in recent centuries, Hunan studies have competed with Japan for glory.

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(End of this chapter)