Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

Following in the footsteps of Master Shiba, the two came to a pool under a waterfall near Yuejian Mountain.

"This is where I camped before."

Master Shiba sat on a big rock beside the pond and washed his face with water.

“What a great place to hide away!”

Xiaogang looked around and found that the water here was clean, the terrain was flat, and there were several natural fruit trees around.

It turns out that a master should practice in such a natural environment!

"Master, what do we need to do next?"

Wang Yao put down his backpack and asked.

It took quite some time to walk from Deep Gray City to here. It was still morning when they set out, and now it was already past lunch time.

"I know...it must be practicing by sitting under a waterfall, or carrying rocks up a mountain!"

Xiaogang answered excitedly.

"First, we need to cut down the trees!"

"You can make axes with the stones from the river and chop down the big tree over there!"

Master Shiba sat upright on the boulder, closed his eyes and spoke in a deep voice.

"I understand - it turns out that you can practice by cutting down trees!"

Xiaogang suddenly realized.

This is right! This is what happened in TV dramas!

"Master Sheba, why don't you use the power of Pokémon?"

Wang Yao raised his hand curiously and asked a question.

"Trainer training is equally important. This is my way of training!"

Sheba replied slowly.

"Ayao! You have to show your manliness at a time like this!"

"We don't need the help of Pokémon, we can do it ourselves!"

With his idol right in front of him, personally guiding him to become stronger, Xiaogang's fighting spirit has been ignited.

"That seems to be the truth."

Wang Yao looked at Master Xiba's muscular body and instantly approved of this way of practice.

He actually brought a multi-functional folding shovel, but since he was practicing, he should just follow Master Shiba's request!

"Everyone, come out!"

However, taking advantage of the nearby pond and forest, Wang Yao released all the Pokémon.

This time he brought six Pokémon with him: crab, snake, insect, fish, cow and horse.

I originally wanted to exchange... but there is no one in the Oak Research Institute right now, and the Steelix at the ranch doesn't really need this kind of short-term special training.

Therefore, only Arbok was teleported over additionally.

Oh…and a fossilized pterosaur egg.

"Little Fire Horse, I'll leave this egg to you to take care of!"

Wang Yao’s little fire horse has the characteristic of attracting fire... but it is still somewhat related to the body of fire, so it should also have the effect of accelerating hatching.

"Eh?"

The little fire horse came closer curiously and nudged the egg in Wang Yao's hand with its nose.

"Move around here... don't run too far."

……

After arranging the Pokémon activities, Wang Yao and Xiaogang went to the river to select suitable stones.

"Ayao, that stone is very good!"

As an expert in rock-type Pokémon, Xiaogang is very experienced in selecting stones.

“…They all look similar, don’t they?”

Wang Yao took a look at the stone Xiaogang was pointing at and compared it with the one in his hand.

"You'll know if you just pick them up and touch them together."

Xiao Gang said confidently.

Keng——!

The two stones collided in Wang Yao's hands.

The stone chosen by Xiaogang was intact, but the stone in Wang Yao's hand broke into two pieces.

"A stone axe must be made of hard stone. Your stone is yellow in color. Although it has been washed smooth by the water, it is actually sandstone, which is soft and brittle."

Xiaogang introduced it very carefully.

"This stone is dark blue in color. I just kicked it and found it is quite heavy, so it must be very hard!"

……

The two men each selected a stone and smashed it against a larger stone, simply picking out the large pieces to make the blade surface.

Because of limited time, the meticulous work was omitted.

I picked up two sturdy wooden sticks in the woods, scraped off the bark with a knife, and chiseled a notch at one end.

Finally, he used the climbing rope that Xiaogang brought to tie the axe and the axe handle tightly together, and soon made two simple stone axes.

Wang Yao held the stone axe in his hand and chopped it twice. He felt that it was quite interesting to do some manual work occasionally.

Do!

Do!

Do!

Although Master Shiba asked the two to cut down a big tree...the two were very self-aware and each chose a small tree as thick as a bowl to test their axes.

Thanks to the hard stones selected by Xiaogang, the stone axe's logging efficiency is quite high!

He chopped the tree a dozen times from the front, then chopped it again from the back. After that, he bent the trunk and shook it hard a few times. A small tree as thick as a bowl and three or four meters tall was easily chopped down.

It takes more time to sharpen an axe handle than to chop down a tree!

Although the axe blade had several cracks, it was still sharp.

"Master Sheba! We've cut the tree down!"

After completing this step, the two ran to Master Shiba to continue seeking advice.

"Yes, as a beginner... it's okay to choose a small tree as your target based on your own abilities."

Xiba did not blame the two for being lazy. Instead, he praised their step-by-step training method.

"But that's not enough - you have to split the wood into pieces as long as your arms!"

Shiba stood upside down on the boulder, doing push-ups with one hand, while speaking to the two.

"Ok!"

"no problem!"

After receiving the instructions, the two ran to the fallen tree again.

But it's okay to use a stone axe to chop down trees...but it's a bit difficult to chop a whole small tree into pieces of wood.

Every time you cut a section, it is equivalent to cutting down another small tree of the same type...and it is even more difficult - after all, when you cut down a tree, you can rely on the weight of the crown to crush it while the trunk is still connected.

To split wood, one must use an axe to chop a large hole that almost goes through the trunk of the tree.

Fortunately, the trees they chose were only as thick as a bowl. Although it took some more effort, they still turned the small trees into two piles of firewood.

"call--!"

"Finally finished!"

Dropping the axe, the two continued to ask Master Shiba about the next step in his practice.

"Next, you have to go to the center of the pool and carry the big rocks to the shore and pile them up!"

Master Sheba was doing squats while carrying a thick log.

“The difficulty has increased!”

"Master Sheba must have noticed our progress!"

Xiao Gang said passionately.

"That's it!"

Although Wang Yao knew that this was probably in preparation for dinner... this kind of exercise was sometimes quite effective.

Therefore, he was happy to practice together with Xiaogang according to his interest.

Speaking of which, he seems to be a little lazier than his original self... The previous "A Yao" was always on the edge of danger!

Although he has had some dangerous experiences, thanks to the power of Pokémon, he has reduced a lot of pressure.

……

The depth of the center of the pool is about two meters.

If you want to move a stone from the center of the pool to the shore, you have to hold your breath, hold the stone and walk several meters in the water, and only come up to breathe when you reach the shallow water.

This is indeed much more difficult than cutting down a tree!

Fortunately, Wang Yao is quite good at swimming, and his skill of holding his breath underwater is even better than Xiaogang's.

At first, he just practiced moving some stones the size of a human head. After a few times, Wang Yao was able to use the buoyancy of water to move large stones weighing hundreds of kilograms!

However, the physical energy consumed in underwater sports is much greater than imagined.

Especially because neither of them had eaten lunch yet, Wang Yao and Xiao Gang were already exhausted and out of breath after just a short while of moving stones.