Pokémon: Master System.

Although the Lin family only has one Champion-level trainer, their status in the academic world is extremely high. As long as Elder Lin and Elder Qin are still alive, the Lin family will continue to enjoy its glory. However, since Lin Xueyun took over the laboratory in recent years, Yuanquanhe has not produced any outstanding results, leading many to speculate that if the two elders pass away, the Lin family's status in the academic world will definitely plummet.

"Mu Zi, where did you go after dinner last night?" A girl in a pink dress asked Su Mu Zi with a smile.

Su Muzi was slightly surprised, but she remained calm on the surface: "I didn't go anywhere."

"You're lying." The girl in the pink dress raised her voice, attracting the attention of those around her, but she quickly realized her voice was a bit too loud and lowered it, looking at Su Muzi with a mocking expression: "Last night I saw you secretly buy a bottle of water at the supermarket and head towards the training ground. Who were you going to deliver the water to..."

Everyone knew who was at the training ground at that time, and they all looked at Su Muzi with ambiguous expressions: "Muzi, when did you make your move? You were really quick. You even managed to snag a handsome guy like Xia Yu."

"Don't talk nonsense." A blush rose on Su Muzi's face, making her look stunningly beautiful. "You're overthinking it."

“If you don’t admit it, I’ll go ask Xia Yu,” the girl in the pink dress said.

"No, really." Su Muzi sighed as she recalled what happened last night. "I was just thinking that he didn't go to the dinner party by himself yesterday, and he looked a little pitiful."

"So our squad leader, Su, took pity on us and offered himself to us?"

"You brat, I'll tear your mouth off!"

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Xia Yu was oblivious to the girls' conversation; he was focused on training his Pokémon and didn't even notice Long Yan Ning appearing behind him.

"Ahem." Long Yanning coughed lightly.

"Is there something you need, Teacher Long?" Xia Yu turned to look at Long Yanning.

Long Yan Ning hesitated, wanting to remind him to focus on training his Pokémon and spend less time on dating, but she didn't know how to start: "It's nothing, just checking on how your training is going. You can ask me anytime if you have any questions."

"Thank you, Mr. Long. There are no problems for now." Xia Yu paused for a moment, then said, "By the way, Mr. Long, could you teach me the Dragon Pulse move this Saturday? I'd like my Pokémon to learn it."

“Dragon Pulse? I plan to talk about this skill later. We just talked about Dragon Breath in the first half of the month. Dragon Pulse and Dragon Breath are highly overlapping, both being Dragon-type special attack skills, so it's not suitable to talk about them this week.” Long Yan Ning thought for a moment and said, “How about this, I'll talk about it the week after next. This time I plan to talk about Dragon Claw.”

"Okay, thank you, teacher." Xia Yu said, "By the way, Teacher Long, when are you planning to visit the Yuanquanhe Laboratory? Could you please take me with you?"

“We won’t go for now.” Long Yanning shook her head. “We haven’t found those two Pokémon yet, and we haven’t even found Miyano Ranjin. It’s not safe outside. We’ll have to wait at least a while longer. By the way, how’s your paper on Z-Moves coming along? When do you plan to publish it?”

"It should be soon." Xia Yu wasn't too sure, since he hadn't written a single word in the paper except for being the first author; it was all written by his uncle. But his grandfather said it should be published soon.

"Alright, train hard and don't think about anything else. Focus on training. Right now, your only thing is to prepare seriously for the High School Cup. The rewards for the High School Cup are extremely generous. The top two in the provincial competition can go to the secret realm to choose some extremely rare Pokémon. Make the most of this opportunity and don't let anything else affect you." Long Yanning reminded Xia Yu again before walking towards another student.

Xia Yu scratched his head, wondering what was wrong with Teacher Long today, why she was saying so much? Was she reminding him to focus his energy on training Pokémon and put the experiments aside for now?

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Time flies, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Xia Yu's life was quite fulfilling during these three days. He wished he could split every 24 hours in half to spend them, balancing training and his thesis.

Firstly, in terms of physical training, the forest lizard in the distance is doing weight training, and behind it is the little fire dragon learning in a very good manner. Now the little fire dragon completely regards the forest lizard as its goal and looks up to the forest lizard in everything.

The buzzing bat, on the other hand, flies in the air, so the training mainly focuses on flight skills.

Of course, the hard work paid off. Shamed and inspired, Charmander's strength finally broke through from the common level to the rare level, and he learned the Smoke Screen skill.

During this period, Charmander had to battle Nova Bat once a day, with a record of two losses and one win. It was still unable to break Nova Bat's cheating combination move of "Shadow Clone + Ultrasonic". Its only victory was when it guessed the true form of Shadow Clone, and all the other victories were losses.

Meanwhile, the Forest Lizard has been undergoing intensive special attack training these past few days to unlock its potential. Xia Yu's plan is to train it to be a dual-wielder, capable of both close-range Leaf Blade and long-range Dragon Pulse attacks, providing all-around, no-blind-spot strikes.

Meanwhile, Xia Yu has been focusing on another thing these past few days: training his resistance to Ice-type attacks. Both Noivern's final evolution, Noivern, and Mega Sceptile have a fatal weakness of being four times weak to Ice, so Xia Yu must plan ahead and prepare in advance.

In addition, Xia Yu has recently been considering the choice of a fourth Pokémon, and this matter must be put on the agenda as soon as possible, because he recently discovered that his three Pokémon are completely countered by a single Pokémon. If they encounter it, it is very likely that the Pokémon will be wiped out in one fell swoop.

Chapter 72 Dragon Slayer Warrior

Xia Yu's three Pokémon, Noivern, Sceptile, and Charizard, are all completely countered by Azumarill, which has the Herbivore ability.

The image already flashed in his mind: a Marill with Belly Drum, directly beating Charizard with Water-type moves, then using Fairy-type moves to smash Noivern, and with its Herbivore ability super effective against Sceptile, completely ignoring Grass-type attacks. If Xia Yu encountered a Marill with this ability, he really wouldn't know what to do with it.

It's not just Marill; many Fairy-type Pokémon are quite effective against Xia Yu's team. After all, ever since Xia Yu received the mission to become the Dragon-type Pokémon Master, Fairy-type Pokémon have been his lifelong nemesis.

To solve the Fairy-type problem, you must catch a Pokémon that is super effective against Fairy-type, such as a Poison or Steel-type Pokémon.

It seems there aren't many options: Poisonous Algae Dragon, Duraludon, or the Golem from the Emerald Valley. As for Dialga, Jawsteel Dragon, and Eternatus, those are out of the question—too unrealistic.

First, we can rule out Poisonous Algae Dragon, as it's a pure Special Attacker. Xia Yu urgently needs to add a Physical Attacker, so that leaves Duraludon. However, Duraludon is also more geared towards Special Attackers.

This greatly troubled Xia Yu. The current situation seemed unsolvable. Was he destined to launch a full-scale attack, only to be completely overwhelmed by a single Lady Flower?

Xia Yu rubbed his head, really worried about his fourth Dragon-type Pokémon. It had to be Dragon-type, a physical attacker, and also Steel-type or Poison-type. Where could he find so many good things?

Or we could just get a Metagross, a Steel-type physical attacker, and then give up on the Dragon-type Pokémon Master quest. We're not going to put up with this.

However, the reward for catching four Dragon-type Pokémon is a Dragon Z Crystal, which is really great. The reward for catching five Dragon-type Pokémon is six A-rank Dragon Scales, and the reward for catching six Dragon-type Pokémon is an improvement in the stats of all Pokémon.

It smells so good, what should I do?

Xia Yu was even more conflicted when he thought about the generous reward. In the end, he made up his mind and decided to ignore everything else and just collect six Dragon-type Pokémon first. So what if they were weak to Fairy-type? He could just endure it. Being weak to Fairy-type was fine. A true man can bend and stretch.

After receiving the reward of six Dragon-type Pokémon, everyone's stats improved, with the Champion-level Sceptile and the Champion-level Charizard dominating the battlefield.

I'll catch other types of Pokémon to get my revenge then. A gentleman takes his revenge even after ten years. I will repay the humiliation the Fairy type inflicted on me tenfold.

Xia Yu was worrying about his fourth Pokémon when he suddenly saw Su Muzi, wearing a short skirt and a purple top, walking straight towards him from the crowd.

Su Muzi looks quite good today. Her knee-length skirt reveals her straight and slender legs, and paired with white sneakers, she looks very cute. Her purple top also has a lot of charm.

"Xia Yu." This was the first time they had spoken since their last battle. Su Muzi never expected that as long as she didn't go looking for Xia Yu, he would act as if he didn't recognize her at all.

"Beautiful Su, what's the matter?" Xia Yu asked Su Muzi.

Su Muzi didn't care about Xia Yu's attitude and handed him the water in her hand: "Here, this is the water I bought for you."

"Thanks." Xia Yu didn't stand on ceremony and turned on the tap to drink the water.

Su Muzi stood to the side, watching him quietly, her eyes shining with admiration. She looked at Xia Yu's face without saying a word.

The two's unusual behavior clearly attracted the attention of others, whose gazes frequently fell upon them. Shen Zijun's eyes even drifted over there almost imperceptibly. When he saw Su Muzi hand water to Xia Yu, he gritted his teeth so hard they almost broke; it was worse than death for him.

But Shen Zijun was quite shrewd; he pretended nothing was wrong and continued training his Pokémon.

"Hey, Brother Shen, look, Su Muzi is bringing water to that kid."

"Being handsome is great; women will throw themselves at you."

"If you ask me, Su Muzi is just an ordinary person. Besides being handsome, what does Xia Yu have that can compare to Brother Shen?"

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Facing the gazes of the crowd and listening to their discussions, Su Muzi didn't care. She generously allowed herself to be looked at. From childhood to adulthood, she had become accustomed to these gazes. Many girls secretly called her a vixen, but she didn't care. After all, she wasn't real money that everyone could like.

Su Muzi remained calm, but Xia Yu couldn't take it anymore. With everyone staring at him after all that, he felt a little uncomfortable: "Is there something you need, Su Muzi?"

Upon hearing Xia Yu speak, Su Muzi's bright eyes crinkled with laughter, her eyebrows curved, and her smile shone like stars. She said softly, "Xia Yu, let's have lunch together at noon."

"I don't have time." Xia Yu naturally refused directly. He hadn't even taken a nap at noon for the past few days, as he needed to go back and finish his thesis and try to hand it over to his grandfather in the next couple of days.

Despite being rejected by Xia Yu, Su Muzi was not annoyed. Her bright smile made Xia Yu feel uneasy and inexplicably flustered: "Don't worry, I won't hold you back."

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At noon, Xia Yu casually ordered some food at the cafeteria. Just as he found a seat, he saw Su Muzi also bring her food and sit down opposite him.

"Su, what's wrong? Tell me." Looking at Su Muzi, Xia Yu felt a headache coming on and could only ask.

"I've read your paper," Su Muzi said directly, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she looked at Xia Yu: "The actions and language used in Z-Moves can amplify their power. You're amazing! How did you discover that?"

This morning, Su Muzi suddenly received a call from her mother, asking if she was in the same class as Xia Yu.

After receiving Su Muzi's affirmative reply, Su Muzi's mother told her that Xia Yu, who was only eighteen years old, had submitted a paper as the first author.

The paper demonstrates that the power of Z-Moves is amplified by actions and words, and is about 20%-40% higher than the maximum power of Z-Moves performed under normal circumstances.

The paper was personally verified by Dragon-type Champion Long Fan, who said that with Xia Yu's help, his Z-Move's power could be increased by 20% after the design of fixed language and actions. At the same time, the bond and resonance mentioned in the paper also opened up a new way of thinking for the academic community.

Could the bond between trainers and Pokémon be a significant factor influencing a Pokémon's strength?

Her mother was the first person to see the paper because of her work. The paper has not yet been published, but it will be officially published in about a day or two. Her mother also said that Long Fan praised Xia Yu highly, saying that he is an extremely outstanding young man. Although he is not strong enough now, his hard work and talent in scientific research mean that his future achievements are limitless.

It just so happens that Su Muzi is also in the Dragon-type Secret Realm Training Camp, so she made a special call to ask.

Su Muzi was already incredibly shocked after hearing her mother's words. Although she also felt that with Xia Yu's hard work, he would definitely shine in the future as a trainer, so she had always had a good impression of Xia Yu, which was why she brought him water and accompanied him in battles. However, she did not expect that Xia Yu would become famous academically first.

After hearing Su Muzi's words, Xia Yu finally understood why Su Muzi had this attitude; it turned out that she had seen that paper.

"Just lucky." Xia Yu was actually quite happy inside. He could tell how impactful the paper was from the way Su Muzi looked at him, but he had to maintain his aloof image: "I'm just an ordinary researcher."

Chapter 73 The Fairy King

Su Muzi and Xia Yu sitting together for a meal naturally attracted a lot of attention. The boys were naturally jealous of Xia Yu, secretly calling him a gigolo who only knew how to live off women. The girls, on the other hand, called Su Muzi a slutty vixen who couldn't resist handsome guys.

"I read in the paper that you've already designed the actions and dialogue for dragon and ice types. You're amazing. By the way, my mom wanted to ask if you could design the actions and lines for fairy types." Su Muzi paused slightly, then realized it wasn't appropriate to ask for help so abruptly, and quickly added, "It's okay, I was just asking casually, don't worry about it. It's fine if you don't want to, I can just refuse for you. If you agree, my mom said she'll give you a satisfactory price."

This isn't about money. Xia Yu certainly didn't want to design those embarrassing lines and actions again, especially since they were from the fairy type, his lifelong enemy. Wasn't this just handing bullets to the enemy?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

"You think you can get things done just because you're paid? No way! I, Xia Yu, would rather starve to death than bow down to a Fairy-type for money." However, he quickly realized that Su Muzi's mother possessed a Fairy-Z Crystal, meaning she was at least a Champion-level trainer. He hurriedly asked, "Who is your mother?"

“My mom is Uncle Long’s colleague. Her surname is Xiao, Xiao Wanyu.” Xia Yu frowned, recalling the name in his mind. Wait, why does this name sound so familiar? Fairy type, isn’t Xiao Wanyu one of the four Heavenly Kings of East China, the Fairy type Heavenly King?

Thinking of this, Xia Yu looked at Su Muzi. So Su Muzi's mother is the Fairy-type Heavenly King. Wait, if you're not the daughter of a Fairy-type Heavenly King, why are you here in the Dragon-type Secret Realm for training? Are you here as an undercover agent?

"Isn't your mother the Fairy-type Heavenly King? Why is she here in the Dragon-type Secret Realm for training?" Xia Yu looked at Su Muzi suspiciously, now seriously doubting that this guy's motives were impure.