Pokémon Farm

Chapter 14 Invites Xiaogang to His Home

The next morning, Xuan Mingtian stayed in bed as usual, reluctant to get up. After all, not everyone wants to go through school again. If possible, he would rather leave this opportunity to his future children.

"Garlic, you need to train hard starting today. This is not only to prepare for the beginner Pokémon battle in a week, but it also concerns your future title as the mobile gunner in the team. Let me tell you, you are the future leader of our family's special attackers, so you must study hard with your little tower sister during this time. When I come back tonight, there will be plenty of life essence." Xuan Mingtian said to Garlic.

"Dehua, and you too. As the eldest brother in the family, you must take good care of them and stop thinking about snacks all the time. Especially your little darling, you'll easily corrupt them if you do that. They weren't born with such strength like you; they need to be trained gradually."

The little cutie said, "Okay, okay, I'll just make sure they don't see me when I'm eating snacks."

Hearing what the little cutie said, I was speechless. The nickname "foodie" was absolutely right, but there was nothing I could do. After all, this was my own little ancestor, and I had to treat her well.

Then, without saying anything more to the little cutie, he went straight to the backyard and saw Potian walking back and forth on the plum blossom stakes. His graceful figure made him nod in admiration, after all, his learning talent was truly remarkable.

Xuan Mingtian said, "Potian, stop for a moment."

Upon hearing this, Potian immediately flew to his side: "Mantis..."

Xuan Mingtian said, "First, take the stone off the blade arm, then walk across the plum blossom stakes as fast as you can, and remember not to fly."

After quickly walking across the plum blossom stakes, Potian returned to him, his expression suggesting that he should inspect him.

Xuan Mingtian said, "Potian, I've watched you once. Although you walk fast on the plum blossom stakes, your steps are a bit unsteady. Now I'll teach you the horse stance. Watch carefully."

He then demonstrated a somewhat unorthodox horse stance to Potian and said, “Potian, do you see this? This is the horse stance. You get up almost an hour earlier than me every day, so practice the horse stance 30 minutes before you get out of bed in the morning and 30 minutes before I get out of school in the evening. This way, I can restore your life essence to normal in time after you finish practicing the horse stance. You need to know that to become a true master of the sword, your footwork must be stable during combat. Otherwise, if you fall, the whole battle will be at your disadvantage.”

As he spoke, he took out two Y-shaped alloy supports that he had prepared long ago from his backpack. The distance between the two sides of the Y-shape was only 2 centimeters, while the thickness of the back of the Blade Arm was only 1.7 centimeters.

"Potian, a swordsman not only needs the strength to break ten thousand pounds and the speed of a lightning-fast strike, but most importantly, accuracy. This is the training equipment I've prepared for you to practice your accuracy. You must first learn to slash towards the middle at the slowest speed, and you must slash with both arms at the same time. Practice from slow to fast. You'll only be considered successful when you can use both arms to slash through the middle of the training device at different times and at the fastest speed. Do you understand?"

Po Tian nodded firmly, then ran off to train without another word.

At this moment, Xuan Mingtian said to Little Dot, "Little Dot, and you too, you can keep this Everlasting Stone with you for now. It will prevent you from evolving, but it has one advantage: it will allow you to accumulate energy. Once you have accumulated enough energy, you can remove the Everlasting Stone and evolve instantly. However, you can only remove it after you have accumulated enough energy and I have given you permission. Moreover, your future training methods will be very similar to Potian's."

After the little one finished chirping, he continued training him in the slashing movements and skills that Potian had taught him.

After explaining things to the elf, I glanced at my watch and saw it was 8:59. "Oh no, I'm going to be late again!" I exclaimed. Without another word, I grabbed my backpack and ran to the classroom.

At 9:01, the homeroom teacher glanced at the time in the classroom, then looked at Xuan Mingtian's seat and said, "My goodness, what kind of student is this? He's late again." This made him wonder if he was even suited to be a teacher.

Xuan Mingtian, who had just arrived at the classroom door, shouted, "Teacher, I'm late again."

Despite the shout, no one in the classroom laughed at Xuan Mingtian. This was because the noble children and family members had already seen that Xuan Mingtian not only wore the school badge but also the clan emblem shaped like the Tree of Miracles on his chest when school started. Therefore, they dared not mock Xuan Mingtian. The other students, on the other hand, were there to learn, so they had no time to laugh at themselves.

The homeroom teacher said helplessly, "Alright, go back to your seat."

After giving the homeroom teacher an OK sign, he went straight back to his seat, which was the same as yesterday, next to Xiaogang's desk. The homeroom teacher saw this and chose to keep quiet, knowing that Xiaogang might not listen, might not do what he was told, and might not do it well.

Moreover, his seat was in the last row, since the last row is usually occupied by either top students or underachievers. Of course, Brock was an exception. When he traveled with Ash, he was proficient in all sorts of skills, such as cooking, raising Pokémon, healing Pokémon, driving vehicles (he could even drive a rocket), and acting as a guide.

Xuan Mingtian, who had just sat down, noticed the Poké Ball on Xiao Gang's waist and asked, "Xiao Gang, did you get the Pokémon you wanted?"

Because he knew that coming into this world was already incredible, he couldn't treat a real world like an anime. Besides, Brock's father was a gym leader, and it was impossible for the heir to only have a Pokémon at the age of 10.

Xiao Gang said, "Yes, Xiao Tian, ​​my father came over last night and gave me a small fist stone. But you're late again today, are you really okay?"

He calmly replied, "It's okay, Xiao Gang. Being a minute late isn't considered late. Only being more than 10 minutes late is considered late."

Hearing this, Xiao Gang's lips twitched, because Xiao Gang's squinty eyes made it impossible to see his own. Although he had seen Xiao Gang with his eyes pried open in his previous life, he could only describe him in one sentence: "Xiao Gang with his eyes open, he would scare Guan Yu."

At this moment, the homeroom teacher patted the blackboard and said, "Class, please be quiet and listen to me. Every year, our academy holds a Pokémon battle competition after the first week of school. All students will participate. Our competition is the beginner level, which is a competition between first-year and second-year students. Considering the first-year students, our top ten first-year students will battle against second-year students. Also, our top ten first-year students will receive separate prizes, which are not included in the beginner level competition. So, students, please train as hard as you can this week, but don't overtrain. And you can only use the Pokémon you've been given. Xiao Gang, you can use your own Geodude."

After the homeroom teacher finished speaking, the whole classroom erupted in cheers, with the loudest cheers coming from the ordinary students, who didn't want to miss the chance to win a prize.

At this moment, Xiao Gang asked, "Xiao Tian, ​​are you also participating in the academy battle competition?"

“Yes, I’ll be participating too. Why don’t you come to my dorm with me after school tonight? I’d like to see your little Geodude.” Xuan Mingtian replied.

"Okay, let's go together then."

……

The school bell rang, and the students of Class 1 returned to their dormitories one after another. Since the academy dismisses students at four o'clock in the afternoon, the students were all training their Pokémon at the training ground, all in preparation for the academy competition a week later.

At this moment, Xuan Mingtian had already brought Xiao Gang to the small courtyard.

"Little Tian, ​​is this really your dormitory?" Xiao Gang asked in a trembling voice. (Because Xiao Gang has squinty eyes, widening his eyes wouldn't have any effect.)

“Yes, Xiao Gang, welcome. Let me introduce you first. The front yard is a bit messy because I plowed the land and planted trees, fruit trees, melons, and vegetables the day before yesterday,” Xuan Mingtian replied.

"Xiao Tian, ​​you're amazing! You even know how to farm, and you've done it all so neatly, even the spacing between the plants is well-planned. Once the fruit trees grow up, they'll definitely make this place even more beautiful," Xiao Gang replied.

"It's alright, and my family also farms. There's a backyard too, which I use to train my Pokémon." After introducing the front yard and house, he led Brock to the backyard, where his Pokémon were.

Xiao Gang asked, "Xiao Tian, ​​are all these Pokémon you've captured? You're amazing! You're so young and you've already captured so many Pokémon."

"I guess so. Xiao Gang, you should release your Geodude too." Xuan Mingtian shouted after answering Xiao Gang, and the Pokémon all ran over.

Xuan Mingtian said to the elves, "Friends, this is my friend, Xiao Gang, and this is his friend, Geodude. Xiao Gang, these are all my friends."

After some introductions, Xiao Gang and the elves became familiar with each other, but Xiao Gang was instantly dumbfounded when he saw Po Tian, ​​just like the principal's expression when he saw Po Tian last night.

"Xiao Tian, ​​I've never seen a flying mantis like this before. It's amazing! The color, those double-bladed arms—you can almost feel the sharpness of those blades just by looking at them!" Xiao Gang said excitedly as he leaned towards Po Tian.

“Xiao Gang, I fell in love with it the moment I saw it in the Evergreen Forest, so I had a feeling that it was part of my team. Xiao Gang, don’t touch its twin blades, they’re very sharp. Even if you have to touch them, you can only touch the edge of the blades.” Xuan Mingtian kept giving Po Tian meaningful glances, meaning that he should touch them.

After touching it a couple of times, Xiao Gang said, "Thank you, Xiao Tian. I'm really too excited. After all, your flying mantis is truly amazing."

At this moment, I also scanned the Geodude using the panel.

小拳石

Attributes: Rock, Ground

Characteristic: Hard head

Qualification: Green

Skills: Impact, Round, Mud Play, Roll, Rock Polishing + Inherited Skills: Frenzy, Wide-Area Defense

Assessment: This little fist-shaped toy has inherited the excellent genes of its parents and is destined for greatness.

He pretended to examine the Geodude and said, "Brock, your Geodude is really strong. I bet it was bred by your family's Pokémon. After all, you rarely see such a robust Geodude in the wild."

Xiao Gang replied, "Yes, Xiao Tian, ​​these are the offspring of my father's Longlongyan."

"Little Geodude, this is for you." Xuan Mingtian then took a hard rock out of his bag and gave it to Little Geodude.

At this moment, Geodude was looking at Brock, and the meaning behind it was self-evident.

Xiao Gang said, "Xiao Tian, ​​this is too valuable, I can't accept it."

"It's alright, Xiao Gang. This is a gift for Little Geomancer. Please accept it. After all, I'm from the Mining Family. If you don't accept it, it means you don't consider me a friend."

"Alright then, I'll accept it. It would seem pretentious to refuse." Xiao Gang knew about Xuan Mingtian's family. After all, he was a future heir to a dojo. His father would tell him about the backgrounds of some people when he was in school, so it wasn't unreasonable for him to have a wealthy friend.

"That's more like it, that way we're all good friends. Xiaogang, this is a gift for you." Without saying a word, he took out a hundred-pound Seed of Miracle from his backpack and stuffed it into Xiaogang's backpack.

Before Xiao Gang could speak, Xuan Mingtian preemptively said, "Let's have a barbecue today. After Dehua finishes the barbecue, it's your singing time. Xiao Gang, come and help cut the meat."

Time flew by, and Xiao Gang returned to his dormitory after listening to Dehua's mini-concert. He couldn't help but sigh, "This is what it's like to have a rich second-generation friend. Although others might find this behavior a bit shameful, if your rich second-generation friend invites you to his house and gives you a gift worth a dojo, I think anyone would find it very appealing."