Age of Elves: I started flashing with my handheld.

Upon hearing that it was a "multi-province joint laboratory," the younger students immediately showed expressions of admiration.

A multi-province joint laboratory is a team composed of key research groups from several provinces, specially assigned to tackle a specific important topic. Being able to conduct research in a multi-province joint laboratory is undoubtedly an honor and an affirmation of one's capabilities.

However, Fang Cheng noticed that Li Tiantian did not react to his "self-expression".

No wonder she's the daughter of Li Jiangliu, a famous tree fruit expert!

"Then, let's set off," Fang Cheng said to everyone, then went up to Li Tiantian and invited her, "Junior, ride in my car, I happen to have some empty seats."

"No, you guys go ahead, I'm waiting for someone," Li Tiantian waved to the crowd, signaling them to leave first, while she remained standing at the hotel entrance.

"Waiting for someone?" Fang Cheng stopped and tentatively asked, "Is the junior waiting for her boyfriend?"

Li Tiantian glanced at Fang Cheng and shook her head slightly: "No, I'm waiting for a junior. He didn't travel with us before. His flight here was at 9:30 this morning, and he should be arriving soon."

Fang Cheng felt relieved upon hearing that it was just a junior student. "Oh, he's a junior. Then let my friend wait for him here. You've come all this way, so you should go early. The temperature in Ohara fluctuates a lot throughout the day, and it'll get quite hot by noon if you wait too long."

Fang Cheng even brought a wingman specifically for this kind of situation.

"Let's forget it. He's already on his way from the airport to the hotel in a taxi, it'll only take about ten minutes," Li Tiantian decided to wait for him.

Before Fang Cheng could say anything more, a sophomore suddenly poked her head out and asked, "Senior, are you waiting for junior Nanfeng? I heard he also signed up for this event, but I haven't seen him for the past two days."

Li Tiantian nodded, "Yes."

The second-year student's eyes lit up immediately, and she jumped to Sweetie's side.

"Then I'll wait too. Last time when Junior Nanfeng came for a club activity, I was giving a presentation to the new members, and when I turned around after I finished, he was already gone. It was such a pity."

Upon hearing that they were waiting for Nanfeng, the other female students all followed behind Li Tiantian.

"Let's wait a bit!"

Seeing that everyone was waiting, several junior students also went to stand up.

Fang Cheng was a little confused. Who was this junior of Nanfeng? And why was she willing to wait for him at the hotel entrance?

"Uh, is this junior Nanfeng quite popular at school?" Fang Cheng's wingman asked.

"I wouldn't say he's very popular, but he's definitely a prominent figure on campus!" a chubby-faced freshman girl replied.

Influential figures?

"What kind of 'storm' is this?"

"He's clearly a freshman in the animal husbandry department, but he won the freshman military training competition!" a baby-faced girl from the animal husbandry department answered, her eyes sparkling.

"Winning the freshman military training competition? That is indeed a good honor, but it only represents the initial strength. Some people are rich and it is normal for them to take the lead at the beginning. The juniors in the combat department should not lose confidence in catching up." Fang Cheng said with a smile. On the surface, he was telling the juniors to cheer up, but in reality, he was belittling Nanfeng, saying that he was just rich.

"Catch up?" Several freshmen from the combat department looked at each other, then shook their heads repeatedly. "(Okay) It's probably impossible for four years of university. Nanfeng defeated Zhou Yelin, the top student of the second year, at the welcome party. I feel like I won't be a match for Nanfeng even in my third year."

Fang Cheng's face immediately fell.

What a piece of trash this sophomore champion is, losing to a freshman? Utterly useless!

"Ahem, isn't he a student in the animal husbandry department? We animal husbandry breeders are judged by our breeding achievements. I used to be quite good at combat, but now I still have to pass the breeding exam to enter the multi-province joint laboratory."

Upon hearing that the competition would be based on breeding performance...

The new students in the animal husbandry department were in despair.

"But Nanfeng was recruited into Professor Lin Jian's lab team during his military training."

"Well... that's really impressive," Fang Cheng said, shutting up immediately.

Lin Jian's laboratory was a team that even his boss wanted to join but couldn't. Joining it would mean he would have a place in the breeding industry in China.

(Writing about everyday life is so hard...)

(One extra chapter, fifteen chapters still owed).

93. Famous People Among Tree Fruits

More than ten minutes later, Nanfeng arrived late, carrying Togepi in her left arm and Wobbuffet in her right, with Delibird following at her feet.

Seeing a group of people staring at him from the doorway, Nanfeng realized that he had kept them waiting.

"Sorry, the flight is delayed," Nanfeng quickly stepped forward to apologize.

“It’s not late, we’re just about to set off,” Li Tiantian waved to Nanfeng.

"Then I'll order everyone a cup of milk tea," Nanfeng offered. Having lived for nearly forty years, he still knew how to get along with people, and more importantly, he wasn't short of money.

As soon as I returned to the group, the younger female and older female students all came up to greet me.

"Nanfeng, are these all your Pokémon? The Togepi and Wobbuffet are so cute!"

"Nanfeng, can I hug Pocoby?"

"Can I hold Wobbly?"

Poco and Wobbuffet didn't refuse to play with the older girls, so Nanfeng let them hold them.

I glanced down at the messenger bird.

Why don't you have anyone to hug you?

The messenger bird puts its hands on its hips, turns its head, and says, "A real boy doesn't need a hug!"

"Let's set off then. Everyone get in your cars. Nanfeng, come with me!"

"it is good"

Everyone got into the car, and Pocoby and Little Wobbuffet were returned to Southwind's hands.

Fang Cheng 923 stood aside without saying a word. The moment he saw Nanfeng, his heart sank.

Not only is he good at both battling and breeding, but he's also incredibly handsome?! He even carries around the ultimate weapon for picking up girls: Pokobi!

This is no longer as simple as God opening a door or a window for him; God has even lifted the ceiling of his house!

Competing with South Wind...

Fang Cheng felt that it was more realistic for him to hurry back to the lab to verify the data and try to avoid being kicked out of the lab this year.

.....

Abundant Forest, a Class D Dangerous Area (formerly Class B Dangerous Area), is famous for its abundant Pokémon resources and plentiful rainfall. Ohara City was established because of this dangerous area, but in modern times, it has been downgraded due to the influx of many trainers.

It is estimated that within two years, the Forest of Abundance will become a popular choice for ordinary people when going on outings.

Recently, rumors have spread that Mystic Berry has appeared in Hoenn Forest, which has led to an increase in the number of trainers adventuring there.

Nanfeng and the others parked their car at the city gate of Dayuan City. Once outside the city gate was the Fengpei Forest.

"Everyone, our goal is to find the Mystery Fruit, but don't limit yourself to it. You can also collect other tree fruits, but (bhah) don't collect too many. Leave some tree fruits for the wild elves..." Li Tiantian nagged along with her instructions.

Then, the students were instructed to travel in groups of four or five towards their planned destination. Although it was only a Class D danger zone, they still needed to be careful.

Nanfeng and Li Tiantian acted together, along with Fang Cheng and his wingman, Wang Zhou.

Upon entering the Abundant Forest, several middle-aged researchers were leading a group of young people dressed in miner's attire in the same direction.

"It seems the rumors about the ruins appearing in the Abundant Forest are true," Fang Cheng muttered to himself.

Ruins? Li Tiantian and Nanfeng looked at him curiously.

"Two days ago, a meteorite fell into the Abundant Forest, which caused a forest fire. After the firefighters arrived and put out the fire, they did not see the meteorite, but they found a relic buried underground," Fang Cheng explained, but then added a sentence.

"Of course, I've only heard about it. Even if it's true, the Archaeological Association of Ohara City has probably already gotten involved. I expect there will be news about it in a few days."

The group nodded; as breeders, they weren't particularly interested in archaeological research.

"Senior, where does the Mystery Fruit grow?" Nanfeng asked as they walked.

Information about the Mizhi fruit can only be found online by name. As for its growing environment, there are ten different posts with ten different places, such as volcanic areas, glacial regions, and some even say that it grows on the seabed.

It has extremely low credibility.

Nanfeng chose to act with the members of the Tree Fruit Society in the hope of obtaining some useful information from them.

"The growth of the Mizhi fruit does not require sunlight, so it often grows in dark and damp places," Li Tiantian actually knew some of this.

"It feels like a mushroom," Nanfeng pondered.

"Unlike mushrooms, the Mizhi fruit tree is very tall, at least two meters high."

“It’s dark and damp, and the space needs to be large. It’s hard to find this kind of environment in the wild. We can try to look for a place similar to a cave, with the water source as the center.” Li Tiantian suggested.

Since she brought everyone here to find the Mystery Fruit, she had done some research beforehand.

"Is it credible?" Nanfeng asked.

Fang Cheng, standing nearby, scoffed. "Your senior sister Li's father is a famous expert in tree fruits! She probably has some Mysterious Fruit at home."

"A famous tree fruit expert?!" Nanfeng's eyes lit up, and he looked at Li Tiantian in surprise, not expecting his senior to be so knowledgeable.

The title of "Berry Master" is similar to that of a breeding master. It is usually awarded only to those who cultivate a rare berry not previously included in a berry encyclopedia and publish their work.

Within the Dragon Kingdom, the number of people awarded the title of "Fruit Master" is less than one hand.

Li Tiantian gave Fang Cheng a cold glance, but still nodded and said, "I have indeed seen the Mysterious Fruit Tree, but it was at my father's friend's house."

Nanfeng nodded, it seemed that the information Li Tiantian had just provided was basically true.

"Senior, what rare tree fruits did your father research?" Nanfeng suddenly asked. If the price of the tree fruits was good, he wouldn't mind buying some to grow himself.

"Kabi fruit and pink peach fruit, that's all I know," Li Tiantian replied casually, quickening her pace forward, clearly not interested in her father's topic.

This was the first time Nanfeng had heard the names of these two kinds of fruit, since neither of them were wild native varieties, but rather specially cultivated fruit.

So I took out my phone to look up the uses of these two kinds of fruit.

Snorlax Berry is a rare berry bred specifically for Snorlax. It has an extremely strong satiating effect; once Snorlax eats one berry, it will be unable to eat anything else. It costs approximately 10,000 yuan per berry.

Pink Peach Berry, named for its appearance, is a type of berry that helps cultivate a Pokémon's charm. It's typically used by trainers participating in the "Beauty" category of Pokémon Contests to train their entry-level Pokémon. It can also be used to train Clownfish to evolve into Milotic by increasing its Beauty stat. Each berry costs around 30,000 yen.

Both types of berries are excellent; the Snorlax Berry is practically a must-buy for Pokémon that are being trained to breed Snorlax.

Pink peaches are top-tier Pokémon ingredients for any Coordinator.

Although the price is cheaper than the original tree fruit, the key point is that their sales will definitely not be bad, especially the pink peach fruit.

Li Tiantian's family must be rolling in money by now!

However, Nanfeng didn't need these tree fruits himself, and when he saw the price, he completely lost interest.

94. Treasure Hunt in Plenty Forest

Venture deeper into the Abundant Forest.

The surrounding areas have undoubtedly been thoroughly searched by trainers from Ohara City who heard the news.

As it turned out, Nanfeng, Li Tiantian, and the others didn't see any tree fruit along the way, and it's likely that the other small teams did as well.

The trainers who came to explore Ohara City are ruthless; they didn't leave a single one alive!

Without berries, there are even fewer Pokémon appearing in this area; most are Oddish, Pidgey, and Rattata, Pokémon that nobody is interested in raising.

They were also looking for tree fruit, but unfortunately, they found nothing.

Li Tiantian couldn't bear to see them like that, so she took out some snacks from her bag and fed them.

"I feel that in less than two years, in just a few months, the Abundant Forest will be upgraded from a Class D danger zone to a Class E danger zone," Li Tiantian remarked.

"I'm afraid even the two E-level danger zones won't last long," Nanfeng thought so too.

We arrived at a spacious meadow near a water source in the Abundant Forest, an excellent picnic spot. This was the target location set by the Tree Fruit Society; everyone gathered here first for dinner, and then split up to search in the afternoon.

"Senior Sister Tiantian, where's Junior Brother Nanfeng?" A sophomore asked as she saw Li Tiantian approaching with Fang Cheng and Wang Zhou, but Nanfeng was nowhere to be seen.

“He went deeper into the camp as soon as he arrived,” Li Tiantian replied.

She could tell that Nanfeng wasn't very interested in socializing with the Tree Fruit Society; he was probably the only one among them who genuinely wanted to find the Mysterious Fruit.

Li Tiantian didn't stop him, and Fang Cheng was happy to see Nanfeng, the third wheel, leave.

Deeper into the Abundant Forest, South Wind walked alone, accompanied by a messenger bird with Pocobi perched on its head.

"No wonder it was downgraded from a Class B danger zone to a Class D danger zone; the resources have been thoroughly looted!" Nanfeng couldn't help but complain.

He is currently using a treasure detector to search for elf items or rare berries.

Nanfeng had already tested it and found that rare tree fruits would also be recognized as treasures by the treasure detector. So after finding out the information he wanted, he left Senior Sister Li Tiantian's team and began to venture alone into the depths of the Abundant Forest.