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

It's been almost two days since the game ended, and Old Deng has disappeared somewhere, still nowhere to be seen.

Didn't I say I had to be home before 10 o'clock?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the angrier he became, the more he thought about it. Lu Yuan felt it was necessary to teach him what the rules were.

Just as Lu Yuan was about to call the arrest team, the doorbell suddenly rang.

"Ding-dong-"

Chapter 128 Apprenticeship

"Ding-dong-"

Could it be Old Deng so late at night?

Thinking this, Lu Yuan borrowed a leather whip from Jili Dan.

"Snapped!"

The crisp crack of the whip pierced the air and echoed in the spacious living room.

Feeling the power transmitted through the whip in his hand, Lu Yuan nodded in satisfaction:

"Hmm, very good, well maintained."

At the same time, the sleeping Scorpion King hanging on a crooked tree in the backyard suddenly woke up as if it had been electrocuted.

It looked around in terror, its gaze quickly sweeping over the ghost-type Pokémon that were either standing or floating.

Night watchman, wandering night spirit, demon of the night, dream demon...

However, the Scorpion King's gaze would not linger on them for more than a second; it was searching, searching for the figure that haunted its dreams.

But no matter how hard it searched, it couldn't find that figure, which made it increasingly uneasy.

It involuntarily squinted its eyes slightly, but dared not close them completely, leaving a crack to continue peeking around, while mentally reviewing the things it had done recently.

Lu Yuan pushed open the door aggressively, still holding the leather whip in his hand.

The door was slowly pushed open.

The middle-aged man that Lu Yuan remembered did not appear; instead, he was replaced by two girls dressed in fighting outfits.

A barefoot girl with short gray hair and brown skin.

And a fair-skinned girl with a high ponytail and blonde hair, wearing roller skates.

"Rainbow Bean, Korni?"

Lu Yuan called out after recognizing the person who had come.

"Why are you two here?"

"I'm sorry to bother you so late at night, Master..." Cai Dou said, while her gaze involuntarily fell on the leather whip in Lu Yuan's hand.

Seeing the doubt in Cai Dou's eyes, Lu Yuan quickly hid the whip behind his back.

"Well, I have a habit of jumping rope at night, and the ropes at home were all broken by Gastly, so I found a whip to replace them." Lu Yuan casually made up an excuse for himself.

Cai Dou didn't have too many doubts.

There were only Lu Yuan and Chansey in the room, so it was impossible to say that the whip belonged to Chansey, that would be too far-fetched.

"By the way, what's going on here..." Lu Yuan asked, relieved.

"It's like this, Master. You left in such a hurry that day, I haven't had a chance to congratulate you on winning the fighting tournament." Cai Dou first gave a standard 90-degree bow, then said somewhat apologetically:

"And then, in order to improve my fighting skills, I...I, I want to train with my master!"

After hesitating for a moment, Cai Dou shouted.

"Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble."

"I will also help take care of anything that happens at the dojo."

"Also, please accept this as payment for my accommodation!"

Lu Yuan: !!!

When Cai Dou handed him a thick stack of envelopes, Lu Yuan's hand twitched involuntarily.

Hey, what are you doing? This is your apprentice's money! How dare you take your apprentice's money? I despise you!

What do you mean, "I wanted to take it myself, so don't mess with it if you're so capable"?

Hey, hey, what are you doing? Put it down, put it down!

Touching the heavy stack of envelopes, Lu Yuan estimated that it contained about twenty, thirty, or forty thousand yuan.

"Don't talk to me like that. Since I've taken you as my disciple, I'll take full responsibility for you. Tell me which room you want to go to, and I'll arrange it for you personally," Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"No need to trouble you, Master. Just give me a place to rest." Cai Dou waved her hand.

At this moment, Lu Yuan noticed the uneasy Korni standing to the side: "Are you here to keep her company?"

“No, it’s not…” Korni suddenly stopped, recalling his grandfather’s words.

That was right after Lu Yuan's match ended.

Grandpa approached him and asked, "Korni, did your Protestant friend Cai Dou become Lu Yuan's apprentice?"

Korni replied, "Yes, not only Cai Dou, but Lu Yuan also taught Ah Li tactics, and Ah Li often joked that he was Lu Yuan's half apprentice."

Grandpa patted her on the shoulder and said to her earnestly, "Korne, listen to your grandpa, go and become Lu Yuan's apprentice too. I believe that as a qualified mentor, I can definitely help you achieve twice the results with half the effort in your trainer's path!"

Grandpa is really something, insisting that I become his apprentice. How can an excellent fighter just take on apprentices like that?

She even said she would give this to Lu Yuan, saying that it would definitely satisfy him.

Korni took out an exquisite wooden box from his backpack and handed it to Lu Yuan, saying, "This is something my grandfather taught me to give you."

What did Cocobo give you?

Lu Yuan took the wooden box, opened it, and saw a black and gold bracelet lying quietly on it.

The bracelet is engraved with a gemstone that sparkles with seven colors.

Keystone!

With the Lucario Mega Stone he gave me before, I now have all the necessary items for Mega Evolution.

Lu Yuan was overjoyed, and his gaze toward Korni became doting: "Is there anything else your grandfather wants to say to me?"

Korni was unaware that her grandfather had given the keystone meant for her to this man in the future. She hesitated for a moment before saying, "Grandpa also said that he would let me become your apprentice... Of course, you can refuse if you don't want to."

"Of course, no problem. How about I arrange a room for you next to Cai Dou's?" Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"I knew it! How could this be... What did you just say! You agreed!" Korni seemed somewhat incredulous.

The champion of this year's Fighting Expert Tournament agreed to take him as his apprentice so easily?

Just because of that wooden box?

Without thinking much, she took Cai Dou's hand and said, "That's great, Cai Dou. Now we're considered fellow disciples. You entered the sect earlier than me, so shouldn't I call you senior sister?"

Korni excitedly hugged Aya.

Cai Dou was also very happy for her friend. Along the way, she was still struggling with how to get her master to agree to accept Korni.

"Alright, alright." Closing the wooden box in his hand, Lu Yuan smiled at the two of them and said, "It's getting late, let me take you upstairs to choose your rooms."

"Chicken Egg, lead the way."

"lucky~"

Chansey let out a cheerful cry, clearly delighted to have a new member in the family.

The next day, early in the morning.

"Ding-dong-"

The doorbell of the Wutong Martial Arts Hall rang again.

Cai Dou, who had gotten up early to exercise, opened the door after hearing the noise.

There was a beggar lying by the door, dressed in shabby clothes and reeking of alcohol, looking like he had just been pulled out of a cesspool and dried in the sun.

"Who...who are you looking for?"

After a long silence, Cai Dou finally spoke up and asked.

"I, I, cough cough, I'm looking for Lu Yuan, he's my son... cough cough." The beggar's voice was hoarse, and he couldn't say the rest, so he simply stopped.

When Cai Dou heard that the beggar had come to see her master, she shouted upstairs, "Master, someone is looking for you."

"coming."

"what--"

Lu Yuan yawned and walked out of the room.

He was exhausted from preparing for the fighting competition and studying tactics the other day.

Korni came out of his room after hearing the noise.