Pokémon: Master System.

The mysterious Flareon trainer with the giant crystal lamp captured a shiny Aegislash. It's obvious that this person is Miyano Ranjin, whom Xia Yu and Long Yanning encountered.

Another Dusknoir with near-Elite Four level strength was captured by a League trainer.

This is excellent news for Xia Yu. The capture of two Ghost-type Pokémon means that he only needs to wait until the weekend to use the items to go treasure hunting.

However, he seems to be in danger now, having incurred the wrath of someone like Yu Haoran. It's best not to run around recklessly, or perhaps he should call Long Yanning along.

Xia Yu thought of his long, white legs. He figured it would be much safer to invite Long Yan Ning along, and he could also treat her to a meal.

Oh right, I also have a reward. I can go to the treasure vault and choose one item. It seems that Gengar's Mega Stone and Dynamax Wishing Star have also arrived. I don't even think I've opened the package yet.

Xia Yu couldn't help but look forward to the weekend, and even her appetite improved, so she quickly ate two more bowls.

"Xia Yu?" Su Muzi looked at Xia Yu who appeared in the cafeteria and said with surprise.

It has been more than ten days since the two last met. Xia Yu suddenly disappeared after becoming famous, which made many students in the training camp vaguely speculate that Xia Yu had given up the path of a trainer and focused on scientific research.

Seeing Xia Yu again, Su Muzi was naturally overjoyed: "You haven't been to training for so long, where have you been?"

"Something came up and I was delayed for a while," Xia Yu said honestly.

"Add me as a friend quickly, so I can reach you if I need something."

"What do you need me for?" Xia Yu said, but still took out his phone and added Su Muzi as friends.

The two chatted as they finished their meal and walked toward the training ground.

Xia Yu's appearance still attracted everyone's attention, especially Shen Zijun, whose heart sank when he saw Xia Luo and Su Muzi walking together.

Long Yanning frowned slightly when she saw Xia Yu and Su Muzi appear together, but seeing that Xia Yu quickly immersed himself in training, she didn't say anything.

The students have gotten used to this tough training and have all thrown themselves into it.

Long Yanning walked to Xia Yu's side and said to him, "Xia Yu, come here for a moment."

"it is good."

Following Long Yanning to a secluded corner, making sure the surrounding classmates couldn't hear, Long Yanning crossed her arms over her chest, saying in an unremarkable manner: "Come to my dad's office at 6 pm tonight, he needs to talk to you."

"it is good."

After saying that, Long Yanning turned to leave, but Xia Yu quickly called out, "Senior Sister Long."

"Call me teacher during class."

"Okay, Professor Long, are you free this weekend? I'd like to invite you to dinner, and maybe..."

Before Xia Yu could finish speaking, Long Yanning turned and walked away, coldly saying, "No time."

After Long Yanning took two steps, a voice came: "Let's talk about it when you make it to the national finals."

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Chapter 86 Two Evolutionary Modes

As night fell, Xia Yu arrived at Long Fan's office. Long Fan was reclining on the sofa, with the classic game "Legend" endorsed by a famous movie star on the computer screen.

"You're here?" Long Fan saw Xia Yu come in and gestured for Xia Yu to sit on the sofa next to him.

"Master." Xia Yu greeted him. Why not cling to such a powerful figure? Long Fan had the strength to challenge for the championship. If he succeeded, Xia Yu, as his disciple, would naturally rise to prominence and be able to do whatever he wanted in the capital.

Long Fan smiled, quite pleased with Xia Yu's address of "Master." He slowly said, "I've discussed taking you as my disciple with Elder Lin. We won't stand on ceremony. But there's one thing I must emphasize: now that I've taken you as my disciple, we're family. You mustn't betray your family in the future."

"Yes, Master." Xia Yu replied earnestly. He could feel the kindness that Long Fan and his daughter Long Yanning had shown him, and he naturally kept this kindness in his heart.

“I’ve already heard about what happened yesterday from Yan Ning. You need to be careful with Yu Haoran. That’s just his personality. He’s lawless, vindictive, and narrow-minded. Be careful when you go out in the future, and don’t go to secluded places alone.” Long Fan instructed, “He would never dare to make a move in the capital with me here, but you must be careful outside.”

"Besides that, there are a few other things I need to tell you. The first thing is about your pseudo-legendary Pokémon, Dragapult." Long Fan frowned and looked at Xia Yu seriously, saying, "Among all pseudo-legendary Pokémon, Dragapult and Metagross are the two most special pseudo-legendary Pokémon, and also the two most difficult to train, because their evolution is very difficult. There are currently two known evolution methods: one is competition, and the other is splitting."

"Let's talk about the first evolutionary method: competition. If it's this evolutionary method, and Draco Messia evolves into Draco Chi, you'll need to find another Draco Messia."

Long Fan's words made Xia Yu's heart sink. In the game, Pokémon like Dragapult can evolve as long as their level is high enough.

However, this is reality, and he has always been curious: after Draco Messia evolves into Draco Messia, there is a Draco Messia perched on its head. Where did this little Draco Messia come from?

Unexpectedly, it turns out that you need to find another Draco Mesia in order to evolve.

"If it evolves into Dragapult, does that mean we need two more Dragapult Messias?" Xia Yu couldn't help but ask.

“That’s right.” Long Fan nodded: “The process of Doromisia evolving into Doromisia is actually a competition between two Doromisia. The stronger one will evolve into Doromisia, while the other will lose the ability to evolve and remain in the form of Doromisia forever. The same principle applies to the evolution from Doromisia to Doravato. This also means that if you use this evolution method and want Doromisia to evolve into Doravato, you need to prepare three Doromisia, and only one of them can evolve into Doravato. The other two will remain in the form of Doromisia forever.”

Xia Yu couldn't help but gasp. Three pseudo-legendary Pokémon—where did he find so many pseudo-legendary Pokémon? "What about the other kind?"

"Don't rush, we'll talk about it later. Competition is currently a more popular evolutionary method, and it's also the mainstream of evolution." Long Fan paused deliberately, picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and placed it on the table.

Xia Yu understood immediately and picked up the kettle to pour tea for Long Fan.

"Ahem, another evolutionary method is even rarer: split evolution. As the name suggests, it is when a Draco Mesia evolves into Draco Chi that a smaller Draco Mesia splits off and sits on its head. This smaller Draco Mesia does not have the ability to evolve. Similarly, when Draco Chi evolves into Draco Barut, a second Draco Mesia will split off."

Xia Yu was slightly puzzled when he heard this. Wasn't this evolution method better? Why was the first type of competitive evolution the mainstream? "Split evolution only requires one Draco Mesia, so why is competitive evolution, which requires three Draco Mesia, the mainstream?"

"Because of aptitude." Long Fan looked at Xia Yu and said seriously, "Split evolution has higher requirements for the aptitude of Draco Mesia, and it is also more difficult to cultivate, so the evolution is naturally extremely difficult. But competitive evolution is different; any Draco Mesia can evolve through competition."

"So you need to prepare in advance and decide which evolutionary path to choose. If it's competitive evolution, you'll need to plan ahead for the other two Doron Mesias. As for which of the two evolutionary paths, Doron Balut, is superior, the academic community has no consensus yet. You might be able to study it in the future," Long Fan joked.

Xia Yu sat on the sofa and pondered for a while, his mind still undecided about which evolutionary path to choose.

“Actually, you’re not in a hurry. Your Draco Messia hasn’t even hatched yet, so there’s no use in rushing. Besides, Draco Messia’s evolution is pretty easy; it only takes a maximum of three. Metagross is much harder to raise; a competitively evolved Metagross requires four Dumbbells,” Long Fan joked.

Upon hearing Long Fan's words, Xia Yu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and made a decision almost immediately.

We must adopt fission evolution!

"I've made up my mind. I'm determined to make my Doronmesia undergo split evolution!" Xia Yu said resolutely.

"Oh, are you sure? This could significantly extend your training period for Doron Messiah." Long Fan looked at Xia Yu, wondering how Xia Yu, who had just been hesitant, could make a decision so quickly.

Xia Yu smiled, convinced that his decision was absolutely correct, because in another world there was a guy named Daigo who had a shiny Metagross that could Mega Evolve.

If competitive evolution were used, it would be inexplicable that Metagross, a four-legged creature, would become an eight-legged creature after Mega Evolution, so the only explanation is split evolution.

Furthermore, there is another point that can prove that split evolution is the correct path. If it is competitive evolution, does Shiny Dumbbell evolve into Shiny Metallomon require two Shiny Dumbbells? Otherwise, the Metallomon evolved from one Shiny Dumbbell and one regular Dumbbell will have different colored hands, one gray and one blue.

In conclusion, Xia Yu is certain that fission evolution is the most correct evolutionary method!

“Just make your decision. There’s another thing: starting now, you can go to the forbidden area to cultivate every night. The dragon energy there is stronger and more suitable for you.” Long Fan handed a key to Xia Yu: “I also told Yan Ning to supervise you more every night.”

"Okay, Master."

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A day later, it was Saturday, and it was time for the skill learning class again. Because Xia Yu missed last week's skill learning class, he didn't hear Long Yan Ning explain the Dragon Claw skill. Fortunately, a skill is explained over two weeks, so Xia Yu can catch up.

Of the three Pokémon, Grovyle cannot learn the move Dragon Claw; only Charmander and Noboo can.

Xia Yu couldn't understand why the buzzing bat, with its tiny claws, could learn to use dragon claws, while he, the forest lizard, with its huge claws, couldn't.

"The core of the Dragon Claw skill is to gather dragon-type energy in the hand to form a dragon-shaped claw for attack. Its essence lies in the application of dragon-type energy and the training of the claw..."

Long Yanning spoke slowly and in great detail. During her explanation, she also had the veteran actor next to her, the Kommo-o, demonstrate. The explanation and demonstration took half an hour, after which everyone had free time to practice.

Perhaps to take care of Xia Yu who had fallen behind, Long Yan Ning specially walked up to him and gave individual guidance to the little fire dragon and the buzzing bat, while also having the staff-tailed armored dragon demonstrate a few more times for the two little guys.

And so, Long Yanning stayed in front of Xia Yu for a full half hour, explaining in detail the techniques for using the dragon claw, and also guiding the little fire dragon and the buzzing bat to practice repeatedly before leaving.

Watching Long Yanning's departing figure, Xia Yu thought to himself, "I am considered a personal disciple, and the treatment is indeed different."

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Chapter 87 Wishing Star

On Saturday afternoon, Xia Yu had a day off, but instead of rushing back to the Lin family, he went to the forbidden area of ​​the secret realm to cultivate. There, he unexpectedly saw Long Yan Ning, who was seriously training her six Pokémon.

No wonder Long Yanning only attends classes in the morning; it turns out she trains here in the afternoon. It seems that Long Yanning is just one step away from becoming a Champion-level trainer. With the potential of her two pseudo-legendary Pokémon, becoming a Champion-level trainer is only a matter of time. Such a young Champion-level trainer is rare in the entire capital.

Long Yanning's attire was different from her morning outfit. She wore shorts on her lower body, revealing her long and shapely thighs, and a crop top on her upper body, showing off her slender waist.

Xia Yu had noticed before that Long Yan Ning's waist and legs were her most attractive features, and now, with this outfit, they immediately caught Xia Yu's eye.

Of course, this is also because Teacher Long has a really good figure. The only drawback is that she has her own flat chest at a young age.

Perhaps sensing Xia Yu's gaze, Long Yanning blushed slightly, but maintained a cold expression and did not communicate with Xia Yu, continuing to train her Pokémon on her own.

Xia Yu was only looking at it for a moment. He immediately pulled back from the brink, composed himself, and summoned three Pokémon to train them.

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Two hours later, while Long Yanning was resting, Xia Yu immediately approached her and asked, "Teacher Long, are you free tomorrow?"

"Just say what's on your mind." Long Yanning unscrewed the mineral water bottle and took small sips. Sweat dampened the strands of hair on both sides of her face, sliding down her rosy cheeks.

"Teacher Long, I'd like to go to the capital for a visit, but I recently offended Yu Haoran, so I'm worried about my safety. I'd like to ask you to come with me. Are you free?"

Xia Yu's original intention was to use the disposable treasure-hunting device to search for treasures in the capital, with Long Yanning as his bodyguard. However, he certainly couldn't say directly that he was going to find treasures, so he just used the excuse of going shopping.

Long Yanning initially wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, she realized that Xia Yu had been in the capital for a month and hadn't had a proper chance to explore it yet. Looking at Xia Yu's expectant eyes, she couldn't bear to refuse and said coldly, "Just this once. What time tomorrow?"

"I'll contact you then, I'll call you in advance."

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After training ended in the afternoon, Xia Yu rushed back to the Lin family home. He was delighted to see Old Master Lin and Old Madam Qin again, and Old Master Lin, in particular, spent a long time talking with Xia Yu after dinner.

He asked him about his signature Z-Moves, any new experimental hypotheses, and so on. Old Master Lin was increasingly satisfied with Xia Yu; the grandfather and grandson talked for nearly two hours until Xia Yu reminded Old Master Lin that it was time to sleep and rest, at which point their conversation ended.