You are not allowed to date a trainer.

Chapter 65: City of Thousand Springs
"The King!?"

Qin Zhen suddenly raised his head and looked up and down at the old man in front of him, paying special attention to the old man's eyes.

He had once listened to his aunt recount the stories of super trainers at Yuelu Academy. In her words, those super trainers were like Prime Minister Zhuge Liang reincarnated, like the wizard Merlin reborn. Qin Zhen was astonished. From that moment on, in his mind, the titles of champion and king became synonymous with the humanoid supercomputer.

But Qin Zhen stared at this Nie Tianwang for a long time. The little old man was still a little old man, skinny, at most more energetic than other old men of the same age, and his chestnut eyes were warm and kind.

"Is there any problem? Qin Zhen classmate?"

"Um... Grandpa Nie, excuse me, can you calculate the 50rd root of a 201-digit number within 23 seconds?" Qin Zhen asked cautiously, holding the paper cup.

"I have to use a calculator for multiplication and division of numbers above three." The old man smiled and took a sip of tea.

"How many decks of cards can you memorize?"

"I don't play cards, and my memory isn't particularly good either. I always carry a notebook with me." As if to prove he wasn't lying, the old man pulled out a small notebook from his pocket and shook it at Qin Zhen. "A good memory is no match for a bad pen."

"How's your eyesight?"

"It was okay when I was young, but now I have to wear reading glasses even when reading or reading newspapers."

"Then you must be able to predict the future?" Qin Zhen said firmly, thinking of the old man's prediction of the vine snake's reaction just now.

"Predicting the future is something you psychics possess, and not everyone can use it. Why do you think an old man like me can do that?"

"Then how did you become the king?" Qin Zhen blurted out.

To be honest, this sentence was a bit offensive, but the old king just smiled faintly.

"Yeah, sometimes I wonder why I can become the king of the league."

Qin Zhen scratched his head and thought to himself, "Don't let Teacher Chi hear what you said, otherwise she will be so angry that she will cry."

"You said you came here specially to see me. Now that you have seen me, how do you feel?" Qin Zhen asked.

"Hmm... He's quite good-looking, a handsome guy. He reminds me of Xiao Xia."

"Xiao Xia?"

"She's Xia Wan, the owner of the Bixia Dojo in Qizhou City." The old man raised his eyebrows at Qin Zhen. "She's the most beautiful woman in our Donghuang Alliance."

"The most beautiful woman in Donghuang?"

"That was quite beautiful," the old king recalled with a tone full of emotion. "Besides being the head of the academy, Xiaoxia was also a female Taoist of the Quanzhen Sect. She followed the strict rules and regulations and could not marry. Not to mention, she practiced at the Bixia Temple atop Mount Tai. Flying is forbidden on Mount Tai, so anyone who wanted to see her had to climb 7,800 steps. Even so, there was still a constant stream of people climbing the mountain to the Bixia Temple every day to pay their respects and burn incense."

"Bixia Gym holds two gym battles every week. After each gym battle, the trails of Mount Tai are packed with people, and the management office collects a lot of entrance fees."

Qin Zhen blinked. He had seen the group photo of the eight Donghuang Pavilion Masters. Last year, before Ying Jue became the Pavilion Master, there were only two women in the photo. One of them was the young aunt, whom he had already met. She was indeed a stunning beauty, and the other one...

"Old man, may I ask, how old is the most beautiful woman in Donghuang that you mentioned?"

The old man was startled. "Do you know Xiao Xia?"

"I don't know him, but I have seen the group photo of the owners of our Donghuang." Qin Zhen answered honestly.

The old man was speechless for a long time, and finally patted his thigh regretfully.

"Oh! This Internet age is so annoying!" Qin Zhen was speechless. He already had a picture in his mind: a young man thought about meeting a beautiful Taoist nun on the top of the mountain, so he climbed the 7,800 steps of Mount Tai with excitement, and finally arrived at the Bixia Taoist Temple panting. But when he knocked on the door, an old woman with a wrinkled face came out.

"Who are you? Let me go! I'm here to see Sister Xia Wan!"

"I am Xia Wan. Humph, little kid, you're thirty years late!"

This old guy is so rotten!

But a bad old boy is better than an old immortal who speaks in a pretentious tone. Qin Zhen's expression relaxed a little and he leaned back slightly.

"Grandpa Nie, did you just look at the appearance?"

"It's only a few minutes, what else can I do besides take a look?" The old man said as he tore a piece of paper from his small notebook and pushed it over on the table. "Student Qin Zhen, this is my resume, please take a look."

"Resume?" Qin Zhen was stunned.

"Yes, Xiao Qin, I'm here to apply for your tour guide position in Qizhou City." The old man held his head high, looking every bit the interviewee. "I often go to Qizhou City to inspect the water quality there. I'm very familiar with the area and fully qualified for the tour guide position."

"This...this isn't a good idea, right?" Qin Zhen instinctively wanted to refuse. He didn't like traveling with strangers.

"Xiao Qin, I heard that you sold the three-year image rights to Baiyun Dojo just for four skill instructional videos and a cell phone?"

"Actually, there's more than one. Ajue said she'll cover all the phones I use in the future. If one breaks, I can just go to Wuyang City to get a new one from her."

"That's not the point, is it? What you're really interested in are those four skill tutorial videos, right?" The old man raised his eyebrows at Qin Zhen. "I don't have any particularly good skill tutorial videos, but the old buddies who played with me in the King of Kings Challenge know quite a few moves."

Qin Zhen understood the old Celestial King's subtext. If he accepted the old guide, Qizhou City would soon be populated by the Four Celestial Kings' main Pokémon, who would tutor Serpenti and Growlithe. Little Qin was silent for three seconds, then said, "You said you often come to Qizhou City to inspect its water quality? That's perfect! I've dreamed of becoming an environmental engineer since I was a child. You'll definitely have to teach me a lot when the time comes."

The old man laughed. "Then, Qin Zhen, you'll need to stay in Qizhou for a few more days. Qizhou's water quality is one of the best in the entire Donghuang Alliance, making it ideal for water elves."

Qin Zhen racked his brains for a moment, then asked, "Are you referring to Baotu Spring? I'm really interested in going there."

"Qizhou City has seventy-two famous springs, and I would recognize any one of them as the home and cradle of water spirits." Facing the world's number one spring, the old man's expression suddenly changed. He scoffed, "But Baotu Spring is not one of them."

"What is Baotu Spring?"

"It's a postpartum care center," the old man grumbled. "I went to Qizhou City last year and specifically told the Magikarp there to practice their splash jumps and never eat food given by tourists again. But I made a video earlier this year, and they were still as fat as pigs. I don't think those gluttons will ever evolve into Gyarados."

"Grandpa, Gyarados is a very ferocious Pokémon, right?" Qin Zhen felt that the old man was a little out of tune. The Baotu Spring in Qizhou City is very famous and has many tourists. If the Magikarp in the pond suddenly evolved into Gyarados, the scene would probably be very ugly.

"It's okay. Xiao Xia is an electric-type Pokémon trainer. She has bred over a thousand Pikachus for Qizhou City, and each one of them can thunder."

"Why do you want to raise so many Pikachus?" Qin Zhen was stunned.

"Because there are so many ponds, I can't keep an eye on them without raising so many Pikachus."

"Aren't there just seventy-two pools?"

"No, there are seventy-two famous springs, and there are more than twelve hundred springs of various sizes left."

"One thousand two hundred places!?"

"That's right. Although our gym leader is an Electric-type Pokémon, Qizhou City is actually a paradise for Water-type Pokémon and the ideal country for Water-type trainers in the Donghuang Alliance." The old man smiled. "It also has another name: the City of Thousand Springs."

(End of this chapter)