Pokemon: Daily Intelligence Updates

If you desire to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.

When a Slowpoke dons the King's Rock, it must endure the weight of Shellder.

From this moment on, it will become extraordinary.

A Slowking's IQ reaches as high as 200, its brain functioning like a sophisticated calculating computer.

Even though Slowking doesn't have a Mega Evolution form, if Xia Mu had to choose between Slowking and Slowpoke, his first choice would be Slowking.

The Slowbro had already finished evolving, and they surrounded the remaining Slowpoke.

At that moment, a Shellder suddenly burst out of the pond, biting down hard on the Slowpoke's head.

To be precise, it clamped down on the King's Rock along with the Slowpoke's head.

A cracking sound was heard, as the Slowpoke's skull protested violently.

Like Psyduck, when Slowpoke's head suffers a severe impact, it unleashes a massive amount of psychic power.

This psychic power converged on the Shellder, synchronizing it with the Slowpoke.

They gazed at each other, their minds merging in that instant, as a burst of white light enveloped them, and they evolved.

Like Slowbro, their bodies began to stand upright, freeing their hands.

A majestic Slowking appeared.

Wisdom shone in its eyes.

Xia Mu could sense that this Slowking possessed incredibly terrifying psychic power.

The remaining five Slowpoke had all evolved into Slowking, and Xia Mu looked towards the largest one.

He felt that this Slowking should be a green-grade potential Pokémon.

When he saw the Slowking's data, Xia Mu revealed an expression that said, 'Just as I expected,' the Slowking's potential was even higher than he had imagined.

It must have been the superb King's Rock provided by Lorelei that was the finishing touch, and the fact that both the Slowpoke and Shellder had high potential to begin with.

【Pokémon Name: Slowking】

【Gender: Male】

【Potential: Blue】

【Ability: Regenerator】

【Level: 40】

【Type: Psychic/Water】

【Moves: Confusion (Mastered), Psychic (Mastered), Psychic Fangs (Mastered), Calm Mind (Mastered), Water Gun (Proficient), Hydro Pump (Proficient), Surf (Proficient), Wonder Room (Proficient), Teleport (Proficient), etc.】

【Tutor Moves: Stomping Tantrum (Mastered), Icy Wind (Mastered), Ice Beam (Mastered), Shadow Ball (Mastered)】

【Status: This is a Pokémon evolved from a Slowpoke and Shellder provided by Lorelei. When the Shellder bit onto the King's Rock, it completed its final evolution, its strength increasing several times over.】

When Lorelei saw the Slowking appear, she immediately jumped up.

“Ahahaha, Slowking has appeared! Truly worthy of being called Master Xia.”

Lorelei was now like a little fan of Xia Mu, going from Little Xia, to Xia Mu, to Master Xia.

Although the Slowking's level wasn't particularly strong for Lorelei, she had always longed to catch a Slowking.

Now that her wish had been fulfilled, she was as happy as a child who had received a hundred pounds of candy.

“However, that Slowking might be a dark green-grade potential Pokémon, or even higher.”

“The reward I originally prepared for Master Xia is a bit insufficient.”

“Luckily, I have a top-grade Water Crystal here, so I'll use that as Master Xia's reward.”

“He also has a Shellder, so he should like it.”

This Water Crystal was originally collected by Lorelei specifically to evolve Water-type Pokémon.

However, Lorelei's Shellder accidentally came into contact with a Water Stone vein and evolved into Cloyster.

So this top-grade Water Crystal was left unused, becoming a dusty collectible.

When all the Slowpoke and Shellder had finished evolving, the entire evolution ritual came to an end.

Xia Mu had many inspirations, and couldn't even bother introducing himself to others.

He and Dr. Nishinomori V were both writing furiously, summarizing the observed evolutionary process into theory and writing it into their notebooks.

Before long, Dr. Oak, who loved instant noodles the most, received a paper from Xia Mu.

He put on his glasses and carefully looked through the paper.

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, showing that Dr. Oak was happy at this moment.

“Wonderful, this explains how Slowpoke evolves from shallow to deep.”

“There is a lot of data to support the theory.”

“There are also videos of the evolution, it seems Xia Mu does things very carefully.”

“This paper can be the headline of the Pokémon Researcher magazine.”

Dr. Oak immediately came to a conclusion.

He planned to ask his old friends to take a look at the paper as well.

Xia Mu used the Pokémon Transporter to send the evolved Pokémon back to Lorelei one by one.

The task was finally completed, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Dr. Nishinomori V, after watching the evolution, made an excuse to go back and write a paper, and slipped away.

The huge fountain quickly became deserted.

Xia Mu was filled with emotion.

However, when he went to the capital to attend university, this fountain would inevitably be handed back to the school for management.

With the college entrance examination approaching step by step, there were still more than half a year until the exam, and Xia Mu didn't plan to participate in anything other than necessary activities.

Even the breeding house, Xia Mu had closed down for a while, and now he only did business with regular customers.

Just doing business with regular customers allowed Xia Mu to maintain the Pokémon's food expenses and still have a slight surplus.

Xia Mu was already satisfied with just this.

At this moment, another Poké Ball was transmitted over through the Pokémon Transporter.

The Poké Ball burst open, and a Delibird appeared.

The adorable Delibird rummaged through its pocket, and a Water Crystal that looked like a cornflower blue sapphire appeared.

When Xia Mu saw this gem, he was immediately overjoyed.

The last element for Shellder to evolve into Dragon Slayer Cloyster had been collected.

Now, as long as Shellder defeats ninety-nine Dragon-type Pokémon, combined with the Everstone and the top-grade Water Crystal, Xia Mu had a 90% certainty of evolving it into a powerful Dragon Slayer Cloyster.

After delivering the treasure, the Delibird returned to its Poké Ball by itself.

Xia Mu also understood and pressed the Poké Ball's transmission switch, sending it back to Lorelei.

Lorelei was in the cottage reading a magazine, waiting for the Delibird to return.

At this time, the Pokémon Transporter activated, and the Delibird rushed out of the Poké Ball.

“Did you deliver the item?”

Lorelei looked at the Delibird.

The Delibird nodded, indicating that it had perfectly completed the task given by Lorelei.

“Good, with the addition of this batch of Slowbro and Slowking, our chances of counterattacking the League are even greater.”

“Lance shouldn't always say that the Ice-type army isn't strong enough.”

At this moment, Lorelei's phone rang, she answered the phone, and a hearty voice came from it.

At the same time, Xia Mu also arrived at the large courtyard where Long Xiao was located.

This place surpassed Ye Linglong's courtyard.

Long Shu and Long Xiao both looked at Xia Mu with smiles.

"Xia Mu, I'm really sorry to trouble you to come here."

"I wanted you to help me check on the condition of the Laji Algae."

"After it came to the Long family, its appetite increased greatly. The mountain of food is completely insufficient for the Laji Algae."

"I'm just afraid that it will get a stomachache from such overeating."

Hearing Long Shu's words, Xia Mu immediately became nervous. This was the精灵 (Jīnglíng, spirit/elf/Sprite, will use 'Sprite' as translation going forward) he sold, and if there was a problem, it would ruin his reputation.

He used the inspection equipment to check the condition of the Laji Algae.

He found that the cells of the Laji Algae had become very active.

"Didn't the breeders in your family check the Laji Algae?"

Xia Mu asked with a strange expression.

"No, the Laji Algae is very afraid of strangers. Once a stranger gets close, it will tremble all over."

"That's why I specifically asked you to come. Is there anything wrong with the Laji Algae?"

Long Shu asked with slight worry.

"Don't worry, there's no problem."

"This should be the Dragon-type bloodline within the Laji Algae that has been completely activated."

"It needs a large amount of Dragon-type treasures to satisfy its consumption."

Xia Mu gave a very professional answer.

"The consumption will definitely be high during this process. Once the Dragon-type bloodline in the Laji Algae is completely activated, its appetite will decrease."

"This is a good sign."

"As long as you consistently supply Dragon-type treasures, the Laji Algae will become a powerful Sprite."

Xia Mu replied to Long Shu with certainty.

"Then I'm relieved. By the way, Master Xia, now that you're here, please take away a month's worth of resources."

"In a few days, Long Shu and I will be attending the Dragon Clan Exchange Meeting. All the Dragon Tamer clans will participate."

"So we may be away from the Yan Huang region for a long time."

Hearing these words, Xia Mu suddenly had an idea.

"Mr. Long Xiao, there's a favor I'd like to ask. I don't know if you can help."

Long Xiao nodded: "Master Xia, just tell me. As long as I can do it, I will do it properly for you."

"Don't mention helping or not. It's just our duty."

Xia Mu said with a smile: "I've recently been researching how to evolve Shellder into a Dragon Slayer Clam. I saw a secret recipe in an ancient book. After Shellder defeats ninety-nine Dragon-type Sprites, with the help of Water-type + Ice-type treasures, it can evolve into a Dragon Slayer Clam."

"I wonder if I can ask your family's Dragon-type Sprites to battle with my Shellder. I'll gather enough heads, no, Dragon heads."

Old Master Long Xiao readily agreed.

"Long Shu, take Xia Mu to the family's training ground."

"Let those little guys have a battle with Shellder."

"Let those guys with soaring Dragon energy feel that there is always someone better."

"So they don't just stay at home all day, claiming how powerful they are."

"Snorting arrogantly, but in reality, they are the fighter jets among the weak chickens!"

Long Shu nodded. She put the Laji Algae into the Sprite Ball and then took Xia Mu to the training ground.

"Miss Long Shu."

"Miss Long Shu."

Wherever Long Shu passed, almost everyone stopped their work and respectfully said "Miss" to Long Shu.

When Long Shu pushed open the door of the training ground, Xia Mu found that it was really big.

"This is our Long family's special training ground."

"The Long family's disciples will train in the training ground."

"We will learn a lot of courses in the training, about Dragon-type Sprites and other Sprites as well."

"Most importantly, we are researching how to improve the Ice-type resistance of Dragon-type Sprites."

"But this research ended without success."

Long Shu introduced a few words to Xia Mu.

"Long Shu, there's a question I want to ask you."

"You have training grounds here, and many Dragon-type Sprites. Why are you so determined to get a Dragon + Poison-type Sprite?"

Xia Mu asked in confusion.

With the Long family's financial resources, even a Pseudo-Legendary could be bought by the Long family.

Moreover, the Long family has many cultivation secrets about Dragon-type Sprites. Long Shu choosing Laji Algae is equivalent to starting from scratch. This path must be extremely difficult.

Xia Mu really didn't understand why Long Shu would like a Poison + Dragon-type Sprite. Generally, girls wouldn't choose such a fierce Sprite.

"Because I was once saved by a Four Jaw Needle Dragon. Its huge figure was imprinted in my heart, making me feel a sense of security I had never felt before."

"So I secretly vowed in my heart that I must become a trainer of the Four Jaw Needle Dragon."

"That's why I secretly collect Poison-Dragon Sprites. I need to understand the weaknesses of Poison-Dragon Sprites and then find ways to defeat it."

"From that time on, my dream was to become a trainer of the Four Jaw Needle Dragon and constantly work towards this direction."

Long Shu said her thoughts.

Otherwise, as the Long family's Miss, what Sprite couldn't she get?

Only the extremely rare Four Jaw Needle Dragon has this treatment.

This is her lifelong dream, and she is constantly advancing towards this dream.

"But, to be honest, Master Xia, I still like my Laji Algae very much. I think I will stand at the peak of the world with Laji Algae."

In just a few days, Long Shu and Laji Algae had established a very deep friendship.

Xia Mu could feel the bond between the person and the Sprite from the eyebrows.

"It's good that you like it."

"I have three bottles of special detoxification potions here. If you are injured by Laji Algae or other Poison-type Sprites, they can save your life."

Xia Mu handed three bottles of purple potions to Long Shu.

After Long Shu took the potion, she gave Xia Mu a top-quality Dragon Crystal in return.

The Dragon Crystal emitted a proud golden light under the incandescent light.

At the same time, it was accompanied by bursts of Dragon roars. This was a good thing that money couldn't buy.

Dragon Crystals usually only appear in Dragon Tombs. It is said that they are transformed from the Dragon Balls of powerful Dragon-type Sprites after death.

"This is a gemstone I carefully collected. It has great benefits for Jangmo-o."

"You don't have to refuse my kindness, because you have already paid the price. We are equivalent to bartering."

Long Shu simply said to Xia Mu.

"Then I won't be polite."

The Dragon Crystal has great benefits for Jangmo-o's development. This is something that money can't buy.

This Dragon Crystal is enough for Jangmo-o to get through its growth period.