Pokémon: Back to high school, I became a Pokémon master

three days later.

At the southernmost point of the Great Xia Dynasty, there is an endless sea in front of it. The sea surface is calm and peaceful, but little do people know what kind of undercurrents are surging beneath the surface.

There were four figures standing on the shore, and Zhou Wenchao was among them.

He also knew one of them, Ye Qingge, whom he had met once in Xinjiang Province and who had gone through that great battle together. She was the divine beast wielder of the mythical beast Meroeta.

The other person is someone I don't know.

"Little Zhou, it's nice to see you again. I didn't expect you to have become even more handsome in just over half a year," Ye Qingge greeted first.

"Sister Ye is even more beautiful."

"Come, let me introduce you. This is Shangguan Fei, the divine beast rider of Suijun."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Shangguan Fei. I've heard Sister Xia and my cousin mention you before. Meeting you today, I can see you're truly a young hero. By the way, Shangguan Yan is my cousin." Shangguan Yan extended a hand to Zhou Wenchao.

"Nice to meet you." Zhou Wenchao shook hands with Shangguan Fei, surprised that the Shangguan family had a divine beast wielder. It seemed that the Great Xia Dynasty had a much deeper foundation than he had imagined.

“This is Shui Lian, a descendant of the ancient Water People,” Ye Qingge said, pointing to the last person.

Zhou Wenchao looked over at the sound and saw a girl with light blue hair, wheat-colored skin, a healthy-looking complexion, and a sunny disposition.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Zhou Wenchao, uh... the Divine Beast Tamer of Darkrai and Diancie." This sounded a bit strange, but since he had already said everything else, he felt he should say it too.

"Hello."

The two exchanged brief greetings.

Just then, a sea-blue sprite emerged from behind the water lily, revealing two antennae on its head, two yellow circles around each of its eyes, and a deep red gem embedded in its chest.

Grass!

The moment Zhou Wenchao saw the elf, only one thought kept echoing in his mind.

"Mana~"

The elf seemed very shy. After glancing at Zhou Wenchao, it immediately shrank back behind Shui Lian.

However, it seemed very interested in some kind of aura on Zhou Wenchao, and popped its head out again to look him over.

"If it's convenient for you gentlemen, please come and stay at our home," Shui Lian invited.

"it is good."

All three of them agreed.

Soon the three arrived at a small town, which was more like a village. It lacked the hustle and bustle of big cities, but it was exceptionally warm and cozy. The population was small, but everyone had one distinctive feature: blue hair.

"Gentlemen, please have some tea."

Shui Lian is not old; she looks a few years younger than Zhou Wenchao.

"Thank you."

After the group talked for a while, Ye Qingge broke the silence first.

"This mission assigned by the Alliance is much more difficult than before. Our goal is to find the Sea Temple hidden in the deep sea and work with you to retrieve something from it, but we don't know the specific details of the mission. Could you explain in more detail?"

She looked at Zhou Wenchao. In the past, the missions were all about finding ruins or legendary spirits, but this mission had an extra task: to retrieve an item.

“You’re in charge of this mission, and Qingge and I will assist you, but we need to exchange the intelligence we have,” Shangguan Fei said.

"it is good!"

Zhou Wenchao nodded. "Sister Xia couldn't come because of something, but she gave me some information. The item we need to obtain this time is a rectangular stone slab, roughly sea blue in color. The front and back should be engraved with different patterns. The front is a water pattern, and the back is most likely like that."

Zhou Wenchao drew the pattern of the Thousand-Cosmic Arm on a blank sheet of paper. "According to the Alliance's intelligence, this thing is most likely in the Temple of the Sea God."

He painted water droplets on a stone slab, which was the purpose of his trip.

When Ye Yayun first told him about this, he was somewhat skeptical, but after seeing the spirit behind Shui Lian, Manaphy, who was known as the Prince of the Vast Sea, he believed it.

"Is this it?" Shangguan Fei murmured. It was impossible for him not to be surprised, after all, this mission was SSS-level, which meant that it was the Alliance's top secret.

The purpose was just a seemingly ordinary stone slab?

"This... looks familiar?" Ye Qingge murmured. She seemed to remember seeing this thing somewhere before, but couldn't recall where.

Of course she had seen it before. During that epic battle in Xinjiang Province, Zhou Wenchao had used Arceus's Primal Stone Tablet, but at the time it was too far away and too blurry, so she naturally couldn't recognize it.

"Is there anything special about this thing? Or is there anything I should be careful about?" Shangguan Fei asked.

"If I had to say, it has a high affinity for water-type elements, which is very useful for water-type Pokémon. You can even comprehend water-type laws from it," Zhou Wenchao explained simply, without revealing the true function of the stone slab.

Of course, even if he said it, apart from divine beasts of the same attribute (here, divine beasts refer to those above level 100), only he and Yue Xiaowei could actively use this stone tablet.

After all, this thing requires the power of creation.

"Hmm." Shangguan Fei nodded and didn't say anything more.

"In that case, let me share what we know. The Temple of the Sea was built by the Water People in ancient times. They used some special methods to hide the location of the Temple of the Sea. Only the Water People of that time, or their descendants, know its location," Ye Qingge said slowly.

“Yes, I’ve heard from the older generation that we are the guardians of the Sea Temple, protecting its location from anyone. Unless…” Shui Lian began slowly.

"Unless what?"

"Unless the Prince of the Sea returns!"

"Manaphy?"

"Huh?! You know?!" Shui Lian stared wide-eyed at Zhou Wenchao.

Ye Qingge and Shangguan Fei both looked at Zhou Wenchao.

"Is there a problem?" Zhou Wenchao's lips twitched. Isn't that Manaphy you're holding? Why are you so agitated?

"How did you know?" Shui Lian asked.

"Uh... I once saw some related descriptions in a ruin, as well as some information provided by the Alliance."

"We only heard about this after we got here," Ye Qingge explained.

"About two years ago, my parents brought back a Pokémon egg and then disappeared. They've never come back," Water Lily said slowly, a strange tremor running through her heart.

“My parents told me that I must protect this egg, saying that it was our responsibility as descendants of the Water People. From then on, I always carried it with me. About a year later, the fairy egg hatched.”

Manaphy hatches from an egg. As descendants of the Water People, we possess a unique ability: the capacity to communicate telepathically with all water spirits. I learned that Manaphy is a Sea Prince revered by our Water People, the legendary master of the Sea Temple.

“Since then, I have been learning about our Water People and the Temple of the Sea. This was our mission, but Manaphy doesn’t get close to anyone except me. So I’ve always carried it with me.”

"Until recently, after I came of age, I learned some secrets about the Temple of the Sea."