You are not allowed to date a trainer.

Chapter 38 Jinguan Hero
In the early morning, the sun shone into the hotel room. Qin Zhen was lying on the bed, fiddling with his new mobile phone. The door of the bathroom was closed, and the sound of a running shower could be heard from inside.

After a while, the sound of water stopped. As the door was opened, the dense fragrance of osmanthus spread with the mist. A small figure wrapped in a bath towel walked out of the bathroom and stopped in front of Qin Zhen's bed.

With a "rustle", the bath towel was lifted from the bottom, revealing a deep Klein blue.

"Qin Zhen, don't you hate getting up early? Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity to sleep in a little longer?" Teng Teng Snake asked, "Is that cell phone so fascinating to you?"

Teng Teng She's tone was very resentful at this moment, and the way she looked at her phone was even more strange. Qin Zhen couldn't help but sit up straight and hid the phone behind him, thinking to himself, girl, are you jealous of electronic devices now?
"I was just watching the Leaf Storm tutorial video." Qin Zhen said, "Let's see if I can enrich your arsenal of weapons, Vine Snake."

Leaf Storm, a less popular Grass-type move, is incredibly powerful, far surpassing more well-known Pokémon special moves like Firebolt and Freeze Ray. However, the side effects are also quite dire. Using Leaf Storm severely impacts the Pokémon's control over elemental energy, effectively reducing the user's Special Attack.

Coincidentally, the Vine Snake has a characteristic: it likes to go against the grain.

This feature will reverse the changes in the elf's own abilities. If it was originally increasing, it will decrease; if it was originally decreasing, it will increase.

In other words, with the support of the opposing forces, Snake's use of Leaf Storm will actually "significantly increase its special attack," making it stronger the more it attacks. This is a very rogue and brainless way of playing.

"That is to say, as long as I learn the Leaf Storm, Qin Zhen, you won't look at that phone anymore, right?"

"That's about right." Qin Zhen couldn't help but joke. "Back then, I stared at you, Teng Teng Snake, all day long, okay?"

"Okay." Vine Snake slid back under the towel, huddled for a while, then leaped onto the bed and sat down in front of Qin Zhen. "What should we do?"

"Well... first, Snake, you need to release the grass energy in your body and materialize it into controllable leaves. This is the most difficult step. The video recommends that we visit the nearby Agricultural University. The grass-type Pokémon there often control natural energy to help teachers and students ripen crops, so they are very familiar with it..."

"Is that right?"

The short little hand stretched out in front of him, and above that hand, a slender willow-shaped leaf was fluttering up and down in the air flow.

Qin Zhen suddenly shut his mouth.

………………

"Qin Zhen, stop staring at me like that!"

"That won't do." Qin Zhen sat in the last row of the bus. He held Teng Teng Snake's face in his hands, staring into her blue eyes that were almost burning with shame. He replied seriously, "But I promised you, Teng Teng Snake, if you can learn Leaf Storm, I will stare at you all day long."

“But haven’t I learned it yet?”

"The most difficult step has been taken. Now we just need to increase the number of leaves produced step by step. That's what the video says."

"So you still haven't learned it? You badass trainer, you're just deliberately bullying me... Stop looking!"

The little queen who always shows a cold and arrogant face is secretly begging for mercy to you alone. The power of such a trick is really terrifying. Qin Zhen shuddered all over as if he was electrocuted. The vine snake took the opportunity to stretch out the vine whip and gently pressed it against his cheek, making him turn his head to look outside.

"Look outside! We're almost at the station!"

Qin Zhen smiled, turned his head following the power of the Vine Snake, and saw the pandas holding a martial arts conference.

"This... Have I traveled through time again?" Qin Zhen rubbed his eyes, suspecting that he was still asleep.

Bossy pandas! Lots of bossy pandas!

A large number of domineering pandas gathered in the station. Each panda wore a specially made old cloth robe, outlining a majestic and sturdy figure. Many of the domineering pandas also wore specially made hats on their heads, with black gauze hanging from the edge of the hats, covering their faces.

Qin Zhen looked at their attire and couldn't help but have an idea in his mind: If the domineering pandas were to take up the broadswords and swords on their thick backs and carry them on their shoulders, wouldn't they be like the passionate Bashu heroes walking out of martial arts novels?
At this moment, the bus suddenly braked and the driver started cursing. Qin Zhen turned his head and saw a group of domineering pandas with swords and knives trotting past the front of the bus. They looked hurried, as if they were going to besiege Guangmingding.

"..."

The bus stopped, and Qin Zhen got off with Teng Teng Snake, looking confused. At this moment, a chubby old man came up and asked with a smile, "Dear boy, are you going to Siguniang Mountain? Do you want to hire a guide?"

"Thank you, but I already have a guide." Qin Zhen shook his head and couldn't help but glance at the uncle's big beer belly. Unexpectedly, the fat uncle's eyes were alert and he immediately noticed Qin Zhen's sneak glance.

"Oh! My dear brother, you misunderstood. It's not me who is your guide, it's them!"

Qin Zhen was stunned for a moment, and looked in the direction the uncle pointed, and saw the group of domineering pandas dressed as heroes.

"Come on, come on!" The uncle enthusiastically pulled Qin Zhen over and patted the arm of a domineering panda next to him. "Look at those arms, they're all good kids! I'll carry you straight to the top of the mountain. Let me tell you, it's very comfortable!"

"What's the matter with them dressed like this?" Qin Zhen couldn't help but ask.

“Oh, this is a souvenir.”

"In memory of? In memory of whom? Hero Qiao or Hero Guo?"

"It has nothing to do with martial arts novels," the uncle waved his hand, suddenly switching back to formal Donghuang Mandarin. "But it does commemorate a great hero, the Jinguan Hero. It's a legend in our Jinguan City."

"Legend?" Qin Zhen glanced unconsciously behind his waist. His Poké Ball contained a real legendary Pokémon.

"Yes, it is said that there used to be a mountain god living on Siguniang Mountain. He was an evil god. If he was not happy, he would make it snow. Even in August, the snow could be three feet deep, making the villagers living at the foot of the mountain miserable."

"Oh... Ice-type, most likely a Snowfall move. Judging by its behavior, it might also have some evil attributes. Could it be that the mountain god is a very powerful Mara?"

"As soon as you said that, I knew why you came to Jinguan City. You went to the gym and came up empty-handed, right?" Since there was no business around, the uncle didn't mind chatting with Qin Zhen for a while. "Later, a powerful trainer passed by the mountain. After hearing about this incident, he climbed up Siguniang Mountain alone. The hero defeated the mountain god in its lair, preventing it from harming anyone again. The villagers thanked him, but didn't know his name, so they called him 'Jinguan Hero.'"

"He does good deeds without leaving his name. He is indeed a hero." Qin Zhen said with emotion.

"I thought so too," the uncle smiled. "Later, a man with superpowers, known at the time as an astrologer, passed by. He told the villagers that the mountain god wasn't dead, and that it would be resurrected in a hundred years."

"The villagers were terrified. A hundred years later, the hero who had defeated the mountain god might have died of old age. Even if he hadn't died, he might have been too old to fight the god anymore. What should they do? So the residents at the foot of the mountain came up with a plan. They dressed up as heroes and went up the mountain in groups. Unexpectedly, this plan actually worked. For so many years, Siguniang Mountain has remained beautiful and peaceful."

Qin Zhen was so engrossed in listening that he couldn't help but ask, "Uncle...according to the way things are, the person wearing this kind of clothes should be a human, so why did he turn into a domineering panda in the end?"

"Actually, it was originally worn by a human." The uncle rubbed his hands and chuckled. "But everyone who has seen the hero says he's incredibly tall. Even if an ordinary person copied his outfit exactly, the mountain god would see through them. The local overbearing panda has the perfect build. Even if he's a bit overweight, he can use the excuse of middle-aged weight gain to cover it up."

At this moment, heavy footsteps sounded behind Qin Zhen, and a huge black shadow was cast under his feet, completely covering the two of them.

Qin Zhen and the uncle were stunned, turned around at the same time, and were both stunned.

Wearing the same black gauze hat and the same Bashu hero attire, this bear elf that appeared out of nowhere was slightly shorter and thinner than its fellows beside it. But the moment it appeared, the eyes of the domineering pandas who were lazily looking around suddenly focused. They exchanged glances, moved their feet calmly, and surrounded the uncle and Qin Zhen, vaguely forming a protective formation.

"Qin Zhen, be careful, this guy is very strong." Teng Teng Snake reminded Qin Zhen in his mind.

"I know." Qin Zhen nodded. In fact, he didn't need Teng Teng Snake to remind him. Although the face of the elf in front of him was hidden behind the thick black veil, when it lowered its head to look at him, Qin Zhen clearly felt that the gaze as if it were real penetrated the black veil and fell on his face.

After a moment, the other party withdrew his gaze, took out a note from his pocket and handed it over.

——Are you Qin Zhen?
After Qin Zhen nodded, the second note was handed over.

——I was asked by the owner of Yuelu Pavilion to take you up the mountain.

　Hong Doni's Private Marseille (Bow) The useless author tried to update twice yesterday but failed. I won't sleep tonight and will stay up all night to try to rush out another chapter for the master.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)