Elf: No, it's because he was made the gym leader!

The world is going to the dogs! These days, there are still people pretending to be old men to take advantage of me?

Shortly after hanging up, Xiao Lan called again.

“Lu Yuan, why don’t you come over here? This beggar insists he’s staying here and won’t leave.”

"Hey ho ho, these days even beggars dare to be so arrogant."

Lu Yuan immediately got up and walked outside.

The main gate of Wutong Martial Arts Hall.

A middle-aged man, dressed in rags and with a stubble beard, hugged Xiao Lan's leg and cried, "This is clearly my home, why won't you let me go?"

This action startled Xiao Lan, who immediately pulled her leg back and said, "This... uncle, you're putting me in a difficult position!"

At this moment, Xiao Lan, as if she had found a savior, said to Lu Yuan who was running over, "Your 'son,' go talk to him."

son?

Upon hearing Xiao Lan's words, the beggar uncle immediately turned around excitedly.

He got up and rushed directly towards Lu Yuan's direction.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan reacted quickly, dodging the beggar's lunge by sidestepping, causing the beggar to miss.

Due to the great inertia, the beggar fell to the ground, covered in dust.

But he quickly got up, frantically brushing the dust off himself, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Son, it's Dad!"

His smug look almost made Lu Yuan slap him.

However, Lu Yuan was, after all, a well-educated and highly cultured person, and even if he couldn't help himself, he would never easily do something so rude and impolite.

"Chicken Egg, quickly 'invite' this out," Lu Yuan said to the pink giant egg behind him.

At that moment, Lu Yuan suddenly focused his gaze and clearly saw the beggar's face.

He does resemble the old man at home in some ways.

No, that really is Old Deng!

But that's not right. Putting everything else aside, Old Deng inherited my looks; otherwise, how could he have won over my mom?

How did you end up in such a sorry state?

"Are you really Lu Jing?" Lu Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, it's me, my dear son." Lu Jing was very happy that Lu Yuan had finally recognized him.

Just as Lu Yuan was about to speak again, Lu Jing quickly interrupted, "Son, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"

Good news?

These words actually came out of Old Deng's mouth?

Looking back, when I was little, I called my father like other children my age. But ever since Lao Deng tricked my grandma with a firecracker, saying it was candy and that it tasted better the more you chewed it, he changed.

Lu Yuan realized that he and Lao Deng were not the same kind of people at all.

Or perhaps he wasn't even human.

I often hear Xiao Lan say that she is the natural enemy of mankind, but it is obvious who is really the enemy.

He used all his underhanded tricks on his family.

So, while Lu Yuan didn't have high hopes for the good news Old Deng mentioned, he couldn't help but be curious.

"Good news," Lu Yuan replied.

He wanted to see what kind of ivory Old Deng could spew from his mouth.

Upon hearing that Lu Yuan wanted to hear the good news first, Lu Jing straightened up, his previous dejected expression vanishing.

"The good news is, look what this is." Lu Jing pulled a red and black Poké Ball out of his tattered pocket.

Precious Sphere!

It's just as famous as Ziru, but it's incredibly expensive. Aside from that, it's no different from a regular Poké Ball.

The appearance of the precious sphere contrasted sharply with Lu Jing's ragged clothes.

Lu Jing smiled and said, "Open your eyes wide and look carefully, come out now."

The precious sphere opened, and a flash of white light appeared.

Then an elf appeared, its body entirely golden and with a black belt around its waist.

Lu Yuan immediately recognized the elf: Sai Fuhao!

It is said that its entire body is made of 1000 gold coins. Whether in modern times or ancient times, the wealthy would tame a Sai Fuhao to show off their status.

Little Blue didn't recognize the spirits of Padia, so she took out her encyclopedia and scanned it.

"Beep~ Saifuhao, Steel-type, Ghost-type, Treasure Pokémon"

Ability: golden body

Special Moves: Tackle, Startle, Shadow Dancer, Strange Light, Stand, Metallic Sound, Shadow Ball, Regeneration, Power Gem, Gold Rush

Heredity: None

Description: It is said that its body is composed of 1000 gold coins, and it enjoys being close to people, able to instantly build rapport with anyone.

"There are Pokémon like this?!" Little Blue drooled as she looked at Saifuro's golden body.

Sai Fuhao is like an elf that Old Deng would tame.

The reason they're dressed so tattered must be because they're searching the world for gold coins from the money-gathering spirits.

Lu Jing suddenly spoke up: "This is no ordinary Sai Fuhao, it's an unusual Sai Fuhao, I guarantee there's only one like it in the whole world."

?

"Is there any difference between this color and the non-color?"

Aren't they all the same color?

If it were a Shiny Metagross or a Shiny Gardevoir, Lu Yuan could understand, but this Shiny Megatron... Old Deng is indeed Old Deng.

"Of course it's different! Look at this body, look at this gold color, it's completely different from the ordinary Sai Fuhao!" Lu Jing said, pointing to Sai Fuhao's body.

"This 'Odd Color Tycoon' needs to collect 999 fragments of 'Odd Color Money-Gathering Spirits' to evolve, otherwise there will be color differences. Look at this body, there is absolutely no color difference!"

Lu Jing proudly put his hands on his hips.

Then he said to Lu Yuan, "This Sai Fuhao is a gift from your father to make up for the regret of my absence from you these past few months."

Father, father?

Lu Yuan was immediately moved. Who said this sledgehammer was old? This sledgehammer is amazing!

"By the way, Father, what's the bad news?"

At this moment, Lu Yuan, who owns a wealthy family, intends to forgive Lu Jing no matter how bad the news he says.

Hearing Lu Yuan say that, Lu Jing, who had been all smiles, suddenly stopped smiling and said hesitantly, "Well, you'd better be prepared."

"Don't worry, I've already made preparations," Lu Yuan said, holding the valuable ball in his hand.

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"No matter what you say, I won't blink," Lu Yuan said, rubbing the valuable ball in his hand.

"Phew, I'm relieved to hear you say that." Lu Jing let out a long sigh of relief, as if a huge weight had finally been lifted from his heart. He composed himself and then solemnly announced, "Well, I have to say it now, our family has actually gone bankrupt."

"Oh, I thought it was a big deal, just bankruptcy!"

Lu Yuan, realizing what was happening, screamed in disbelief!

His eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at the humanoid creature before him; his once composed face was now contorted beyond recognition.

Lu Jing instinctively shrank back, muttering softly, "Why are you yelling so loudly? You scared me to death..."

"Just because of this rare 'Variegata' ball, our family went bankrupt?!" Lu Yuan pointed at the valuable ball in his hand, his face full of disbelief, and his voice unconsciously rose eight octaves.

In his view, this was too absurd, not something a human being could do.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jing quickly waved his hand in denial, saying, "No, Sai Fuhao spent my own savings."

Not Sai Fuhao?

Now Lu Yuan was even more puzzled. What could possibly ruin such a large family business?

After thinking for a moment, a possibility came to him, and cold sweat involuntarily poured down his back.

"You...you started your own business?"

Lu Jing smiled sheepishly after hearing this: "Very close."

"I invested in a project."

Lu Yuan: "......"

He still remembered his grandmother's repeated instructions before she passed away: whatever Lao Deng did, he was fine, but he must never, ever start a business or get involved in investments; he should just stay at home quietly and be a useless good-for-nothing.