Elf, standing on top of Pokémon

Jinling Island, inside the market.

Chen Kang is taking his Pokémon shopping.

Of course, the only Pokémon following him were Gardevoir, Mantis, and Frostnoodle.

The Flame Chicken hated the environment in the secret ocean, so he went to train in the Poké Ball.

The Big Steel Snake was playing with the Carapaceosaurus in an uninhabited area of ​​Jinling Island, while the Gyarados was still in the sea. Unlike the Flame Rooster, he particularly liked the environment of the mysterious ocean.

The giant pincer mantis didn't want to come out originally, but he couldn't resist Gardevoir's coquettishness, so he had to come out together. He was definitely not interested in shopping, so he probably just acted as a bodyguard.

The market that Chen Kang is currently in is actually not big. Strictly speaking, this is not a normal market. It is not in the safe zone, but on the periphery. It is specially used to trade the harvest of secret realm exploration for trainers who enter the secret realm. of.

This also means that most of the items in this type of market will be materials, resources, intelligence and the like.

Markets like this can be found in basically every large safe zone in a secret area.

However, due to the location of Jinling Island, there are actually relatively few Pokémon resources in the market. Most of them are specialty products. It can be said that it has gradually become commercialized.

Of course, there is nothing we can do about it. After all, who calls this a safe zone? The number of high-level trainers must be much smaller than those in non-safe zones.

In addition, a large number of students have recently entered the secret ocean, so the commercialization here has become more serious, which can be seen from the items for sale at the stalls.

Most of the things sold by the vendors here are pearl necklaces native to the mysterious ocean, super large conches, ocean Pokémon models, various seafood snacks and the like.

Therefore, many students were confused and lamented that this secret ocean seemed to be no different from Blue Star's seaside scenic spot, and the vendors sold similar things.

Only a few people understand the truth inside.

"I have to say that these trainers are quite ruthless. They even do such things just to make money."

Looking at Gardevoir and Frost Milk Fairy who were curiously looking at pearls in front of a street stall, Chen Kang had some complicated thoughts in his heart.

Being able to set up a stall in the secret area of ​​the ocean, even if it is only in a level three security area, means that the vendors in front of him should be at least ordinary level trainers.

The life of these low-level trainers is actually no better than that of ordinary people. Their low strength prevents them from exploring resource-rich non-safe areas unless they are lucky enough to be involved in the newly emerged secret realm.

But even in this case, the danger is obviously greater than the gain, after all, they are too weak.

There are many existences like them around the world. You must know that not everyone can successfully reach the professional level. After all, the span between elite trainers and professional trainers is indeed too large. Six professional level Pokémon, But not everyone can get it.

In fact, it is difficult for not only ordinary people, but also most college students to reach the professional level.

As for your question about why Chen Kang’s University of Magic and other top universities don’t seem to have difficulty in advancing?

The reason is very simple. A very cruel fact is that many students at the same level as Chen Kang in the training department have already repeated the grade in their sophomore and junior years or been dismissed by the school.

The reason for their departure is that they cannot keep up with the school's average progress, that is, they cannot complete the so-called "holiday homework" (mentioned before). Among these students, those who are closer to completing their homework will repeat the grade, and those who are far behind will repeat the grade. It's to directly persuade you to quit...

It is precisely because of their repeating and leaving that the average level within the school is guaranteed.

This kind of last-place elimination system is even crueler. After all, the last-place elimination system will only exclude the last place or the top three, but this one means getting out if the conditions are not met.

This is also the reason why most students with flexible minds and relatively ordinary families do not take the training department, but switch to other departments, because you can also be a trainer in other majors, and the competition is smaller than the training department.

The only disadvantage of this is that non-training department students cannot enjoy the various subsidies and rewards of the training department. The advantage is that even if they are slow on the road of being a trainer, they will not be dismissed by the school and can still learn some skills. Get close.

In fact, Chen Kang's original plan was to study the Department of Breeding, but Chen Kang was so stupid that he never thought about other majors when he applied for the exam. Perhaps only a stupid young man like him would be so stubborn and headlong into it. Let's get on with the training.

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Going back to reality.

Gardevoir and Frost Milk Fairy each picked out a pearl necklace, and Chen Kang paid for it.

Looking at the dyed pearls on the hands of the two Pokémon, and looking at the two thousand cash missing from his wallet, Chen Kang had to lament that these guys had really dark hearts.

A few pearls from the secret ocean were worthless at all, but after the insides were dyed lustfully and strung together into necklaces, he actually dared to accept a thousand strands from him. This conscience must have been snatched away by the big wolf dog.

But after thinking about it, it didn't matter. As long as Gardevoir and Frost Milk Fairy were happy, he wasn't short of money anyway, and money couldn't buy the depth of bond.

"Giant Pincer Mantis, do you want to buy something?"

Thinking of this, Chen Kang turned around and asked the Giant Pincer Mantis, who had been standing next to him motionless with an expressionless expression.

"Hasa."

Giant Pincer Mantis shook his head. He hasn't seen anything he wants yet. If he really wants something, he won't be polite to Chen Kang.

"Okay, pay attention to yourself."

Chen Kang nodded, he believed what Giant Pincer Mantis said.

Except for Frosty, almost all of Chen Kang's Pokémon have no idea about money. Whenever they see something they want, they will tell Chen Kang first, and Chen Kang usually won't refuse them.

Of course, they have basically never asked for anything particularly valuable (excluding various resources). Currently, the most expensive ones are only on clothes, trinkets, and various other items that have been deceived by advertisements and online anchors. He only spent tens of thousands of yuan on his small items, which were nothing to Chen Kang.

Continuing shopping, Gardevoir bought some small gifts for the Flame Chicken and the others who didn't come. She even bought Philomeni, a companion she didn't deal with very well.

Frost Milk Fairy bought a large bag of specialty tree fruits and various food raw materials from the secret area of ​​the ocean.

After a period of confusion about the giant claw mantis, I bought a model of the giant claw mantis (ocean skin) from a handicraft stall. It is actually a DIY model with sea blue skin, rocks attached to the body, and the claws turned into crab claws. Giant pincer mantis.

Giant Pincer Mantis has never seen anything like this before. When I bought it, I asked Chen Kang if this was another evolutionary form of himself. Chen Kang’s answer was of course no. This is just a DIY work. There are currently no marine discoveries. Mantis is a Pokémon species.