Chapter 443: Jangmo-o's Trial
After the spar, Basalt gave his cousin some pointers as usual, suggesting she spend some time consolidating the basics of elemental energy application.
After all, learning moves is just the foundation; using moves well is the fundamental factor determining how far a trainer can go in the future. If a move can't hit, it's just a waste of stamina.
Little Cousin benefited greatly.
Thus, his mom's birthday banquet ended perfectly. Basalt's performance earned her plenty of face.
The next day, his dad came to find Basalt, asking him to help solve the Rattata problem on the mountain. Rattata caused great damage to the roots of fruit trees and had to be cleared periodically.
Back in his third year of high school, Basalt often helped with this, so he was quite adept at it now.
First, let Bronzong cover the area with psychic power, hypnotizing the Rattata hiding underground through the tunnels. This way, the Rattata would walk out of the holes one by one, lining up to enter the specially made iron cages.
The moment the cage door closed, Bronzong's hypnosis stopped, and the Rattata woke up as if from a dream.
"Rat~tat~a~ Rat~tat~a~"
They struggled frantically inside the iron cages, but to no avail. The specially made iron cages wouldn't be broken by these wild Pokémon that hadn't even reached Beginner level strength.
"Xiao Hua, you're really something!"
His dad gave a thumbs up, sighing with emotion. Basalt's rat-catching skills were better than professional rat hunters; too smooth.
"This is nothing!"
Basalt chuckled, "Dad, just watch! Tomorrow, our family will definitely have a bumper harvest!"
"Bumper harvest?" His dad didn't understand.
Basalt laughed and released Excadrill, shouting, "Till the land!"
"Ex~ca~"
Excadrill understood, instantly transforming into drill form, opening a shallow hole in the ground and loosening the topsoil within a meter range, fully releasing the nutrients contained within.
After doing this, Basalt threw another Pokéball and ordered, "Cradily, first use Life Dew, then Grassy Terrain!"
"Cra~dily~"
On its own land, Cradily didn't dare take root to absorb energy and water. Instead, it splashed a small pool of crystal-clear water droplets, landing precisely on the roots of each fruit tree.
At the same time, Cradily's roots inserted into the ground, surging and outputting Grass-type energy.
Pop pop pop pop pop pop~
On the ground, countless small grasses sprouted from the soil at a speed visible to the naked eye. Before long, a large, even green lawn formed.
His dad and Pidgeotto were stunned. This operation... awesome! Because they could all feel the vigorous vitality in this mountain forest, at least several times richer than before.
At this time, the look in his dad's eyes towards Cradily and Excadrill changed instantly.
"Xiao Hua, Excadrill and Cradily have this ability, why didn't you say so earlier? If you had done this last year, our harvest would have increased by at least twenty or thirty thousand yuan."
His dad complained endlessly to Basalt, feeling like he had missed out on a hundred million.
"Dad, Mole and Lily follow me to play matches, earning hundreds of thousands in minutes. For a matter of tens of thousands, there's no need to trouble them specifically, right? Besides, they didn't have that strength last year!"
Basalt shook his head with a wry smile.
These two elders, one trying to swipe his Carbink all day long, and the other eyeing Excadrill and Cradily; he always felt like he had entered a thieves' den. He couldn't stay in this home anymore!
Staying at home for a few more days, Basalt took time to visit Coach Mi Junhua. This devoted guy was still bitterly waiting for Teacher An to return.
Incidentally, Basalt invited a few high school classmates out to play. Hearing Basalt's invitation, they were overjoyed, especially Class Monitor Liu Chen. Although everyone was in the same class in high school, the gap in life after graduation was quite large. Some became Breeders, some became Move Tutors, and some engaged in industries unrelated to Pokémon. Class Monitor Liu Chen had enrolled in the police academy, vowing to be irreconcilable with evil forces.
After resting for about a week, Basalt felt he couldn't stay any longer.
So after thinking twice, he tried calling Bai Xinxin again.
As the woman of a Dragon-type Master, Senior Sister had extremely rich experience in cultivating Dragon-type Pokémon. Asking her for advice on cultivating Jangmo-o couldn't be wrong.
But to Basalt's disappointment, Bai Xinxin's phone still didn't connect.
"What on earth is Senior Sister doing?" Basalt frowned slightly.
Since Bai Xinxin was defeated by Kong Linfang, causing South River University to miss entering the top 3 universities in China, Bai Xinxin had disappeared for a long time. Basalt had even specifically asked the arrogant Mou Kangzhuang about this. Only after learning that Bai Xinxin just went to some place for ascetic training did he rest assured.
But this ascetic training lasted for half a year; would it be a bit too much?
Forced, Basalt dialed a number he had never called before.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
After three rings, the call connected.
"Hello Senior Brother Wu Kong, this is Basalt. Didn't disturb your cultivation, did I?"
Basalt's attitude was exceptionally respectful.
Wu Kong was a leading figure of the younger generation in China, a super genius who broke through to Gym Leader-level at the age of 22.
Half a year ago, because Basalt helped his Infernape break through, he owed Basalt a favor, promising then that once Basalt had a Fighting-type Pokémon, he could follow him for training for a period.
Coincidentally, Jangmo-o was also a Pokémon adept at fighting. Although it hadn't evolved yet and didn't possess the Fighting type, Basalt liked to prepare ahead. Moreover, Jangmo-o was only a step away from evolution and could evolve at any time.
"Basalt, I remember you. Are you looking for me because you captured a Fighting-type Pokémon?"
"Senior Brother is amazing at predicting!" Basalt flattered first, but Wu Kong pretended not to hear and asked:
"What Pokémon? What is its current strength approximately?"
"Jangmo-o, barely approaching the Advanced level."
Basalt estimated Jangmo-o's strength and added, "But my Jangmo-o is already on the verge of evolution and could evolve at any time."
"Jangmo-o? The cub of Kommo-o?"
Wu Kong on the other end was slightly surprised.
Among China's pseudo-legendaries, Dragonite was undoubtedly the most numerous, being the place of origin. Tyranitar, Metagross, and Salamence came next, followed by Garchomp. As for Goodra, Hydreigon, and Kommo-o, they were rare existences, exceptionally precious.
Unexpectedly, Basalt actually obtained a Jangmo-o?
"It seems my assessment of Basalt's potential was still too low!" Wu Kong sighed silently in his heart.
The Huaxia Alliance's control over pseudo-legendaries was very strict; unless one was a top genius, one couldn't apply for a pseudo-legendary at all. Of course, if there were elders in the family who made significant contributions to the Alliance, or were Pokémon Masters and above, that was another story. Because these people could consume their contribution points to exchange for pseudo-legendary Pokémon for their descendants, considered a benefit.
But in reality, not many of these big shots exchanged pseudo-legendaries for their juniors. This was because without high-level cultivation methods, raising a pseudo-legendary might not be as good as raising native Chinese Pokémon. After all, regarding the cultivation of these Pokémon, China had accumulated over a thousand years of knowledge. A thousand years of knowledge heritage was enough to bridge the gap in Pokémon base stats.
"I am currently cultivating on the edge of the Himalayas, at the junction of the Cloud Province (Yunnan) and the Tibet Province, very close to the Hengduan Mountains. Come find me!"
"Himalayas?"
Basalt's legs went weak.
The Himalayas were one of the most dangerous places in the world, famous alongside the Sahara Desert, Amazon Jungle, North Sea Snowfield, Bermuda Triangle, and other world-class dangerous places.
As far as Basalt knew, even on the small branches of the Himalayas, there were many Pro-level Pokémon. Crucially, the environment there was extremely harsh, with high altitude, ultra-low temperatures, and accompanying blizzards—absolutely a forbidden zone for humans. Without sufficient strength, going there meant death!
"Senior Brother, how about I wait at the Hengduan Mountains..."
Basalt was about to ask Wu Kong to pick him up, but Wu Kong only left a sentence "I'll send you the location" and hung up hastily.
"This..."
Basalt hesitated.
Basalt was naturally cautious ("gou" - timid/cautious/camping); he wasn't willing to do overly dangerous things. But Wu Kong's guidance would definitely be a rare growth experience for Jangmo-o; missing it like this would be too pitiful.
"Senior Brother Wu Kong shouldn't pit me. He must be... testing me!"
Basalt's eyes lit up, feeling it very likely.
Soon, Wu Kong's location arrived. Basalt opened it and saw the peak located wasn't high, about three thousand meters, inconspicuous among the many peaks of the Himalayas.
After the location, Wu Kong thoughtfully sent a message: After arriving at the Himalayas, let Jangmo-o fight its way up. This is a small test from me to it.
Basalt's eyes widened.
He felt the difficulty of this test was a bit too high. Was Wu Kong not afraid of testing Jangmo-o to death?
However, the goofball Jangmo-o appeared very excited upon learning about the test.
Brave baby, fears no test!
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