Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

"Please sit down." Mu Yulan gestured to Su Hao.

This is a minimalist office with bright lighting.

Su Hao sat somewhat awkwardly on the sofa, which fit his buttocks perfectly, was comfortable, and whose price was palpable.

The decorations and ornaments in the office also look very sophisticated.

He's still a bit confused.

How did I end up being invited into the office of the Shanghai Breeders Association branch president just for taking an exam?!

“Is black tea the only option?”

Mu Yulan took out some precious tea leaves that she had treasured for a long time from the cabinet.

This is something she uses to entertain important people; she usually doesn't drink it.

"Sure." Although he doesn't know how to appreciate tea, he can drink it without any problem.

Su Hao watched silently as Mu Yulan warmed the cup, washed the tea, and brewed the tea.

Only after Mu Yulan handed Su Hao a delicate teacup steaming with fragrant steam did she speak, saying, "I'll get straight to the point. I have an order here. Are you interested?"

Su Hao paused in his tea-drinking motion, then asked in confusion, "The order? You're looking for me?"

He just passed the junior breeder certificate exam today. What kind of orders could this branch president of the Shanghai Breeder Association possibly have for him?

"It seems you have no idea about your own abilities." Mu Yulan was extremely surprised.

She saw that Su Hao seemed unaware of what a perfect-grade energy cube meant, especially since this time the success rate was 100%. Even if the success rate decreased later, it would still be incredible.

Even a master breeder like her can't guarantee an 80% success rate when creating a perfect-quality beginner energy cube, since breeders like her rely entirely on experience and feel when making energy cubes.

People like Su Hao, who are practically blessed with good fortune, are ultimately a minority.

"Simply put, I need a batch of perfect quality Ghost-type beginner energy cubes. With your skilled craftsmanship and level, that should be easy, right?" She tapped on the desk.

A short while later, the female secretary dressed in a business suit who had been following Mu Yulan knocked on the office door with several contracts bound together.

"Please come in."

"Branch President, this is the contract you requested to be made."

She put down the contract, bowed slightly to the two of them, and left the office, acting like a mere tool.

"This is?"

Su Hao wondered, could it be that this branch president wants to sign a contract with him?

No way? I don't want to be a corporate slave!!

"As I just mentioned, do you know how rare the perfect-quality beginner energy cube you created is?" Mu Yulan sighed, it seemed she would have to start explaining from the beginning.

After all, according to the information she found, Su Hao had only attended a nurturing interest class for a short period of time when he was in kindergarten and elementary school...

His talent had reached such a level that she even admired him and wanted to take him on as a disciple, but that probably wouldn't work, as this child's talent as a trainer far surpassed that of a breeder.

Su Hao shook his head; he truly didn't know.

After all, this was the first time he had ever made such an energy cube. Normally, his portable manufacturing machine, which was like a blender, could only produce energy cubes of excellent and top quality at most.

Secondly, he had indeed never seen a perfect-grade energy cube on the market.

His father always used high-quality energy cubes, occasionally adding the rarest quality ones as a bonus.

"You probably know about the quality classification of energy cubes, but generally, only highly talented geniuses or higher-level breeders can make excellent energy cubes. As for breeders who can make perfect quality energy cubes, they are all destined to become master breeders in the future."

"To give you an example, I am now a master breeder, but when I turn around and make a basic energy block, I can only guarantee a 60% to 80% success rate of perfect quality. You just used the materials of only six energy blocks and made six perfect quality energy blocks."

"This means that even if your performance declines, you can still have a success rate that is no less than mine."

After speaking in one breath, Mu Yulan paused for a moment before continuing, "And I would like to entrust you, on behalf of my lineage, to produce a batch of..."

A perfect-grade beginner-level energy block.

After explaining the basic facts, Mu Yulan shared her thoughts and then looked at Su Hao, indicating that he could ask her any questions.

Su Hao said thoughtfully, "But since you said that others can also make perfect-grade energy cubes, why did you choose me? What if I just had an exceptional performance this time?"

He figured that since someone else could do the same thing as him, only with a lower material consumption rate, and basic energy blocks didn't require expensive raw materials like other advanced energy blocks.

Such a failure rate and "losses" should be no problem for the well-funded Breeders Association, right?

And what's called a failure is really just that the perfect-grade energy cube has been downgraded to a superior or excellent-grade one...

"It seems you misunderstood me."

“First of all, I have great faith in your abilities. After all, your special ability can even detect my Gengar, right?” Mu Yulan stomped on the shadow beneath her feet.

"Gengar?"

Su Hao suddenly remembered that he had indeed encountered a Gym Leader-level Gengar during the written exam, which was how he met Zhao Xing and the others.

A chilly atmosphere suddenly filled the office, accompanied by a strange "hehehe" laugh. A chubby purple creature, much fatter than a regular Gengar, emerged from Mu Yulan's shadow.

"Genger~~"

As soon as Gengar appeared, it pitifully tugged at Su Hao's clothes, its red eyes fixed on the box containing the Energy Cube that Su Hao had just made.

He had been eyeing the Ghost-type Energy Cube that Su Hao had made while he was in the shadows. After being hungry all day, he vowed that as long as Su Hao gave him two... one Energy Cube, his Gengar would forgive Su Hao for making him miss dinner.

Mu Yulan's kind smile towards Su Hao instantly changed, and she glared at Geng Gui with a warning look.

Gengar was afraid it wouldn't even get lunch today, so it could only huddle in the corner of the office wall, feeling sorry for itself.

“I did see this Gengar during the written exam,” Su Hao nodded in acknowledgment.

Mu Yulan nodded to indicate that she understood, and continued, "I just said that I was entrusting you on behalf of 'my lineage,' not the Breeders Association, because I am about to start contacting other people to make intermediate and advanced energy cubes, and these energy cubes also need to be of the best or perfect quality."

"To put it bluntly, considering the current budget, I think you can help us save money more."

“Of course, the fees you're owed will be no less,” Mu Yulan added.

She would never betray Su Hao. Even if Su Hao didn't have a father who was a gym leader, a mother who was a doctor, or the attention of the league, she wouldn't do anything to harm him based solely on his talent.

"May I ask, which lineage are you referring to?" Su Hao thought Mu Yulan was speaking to him on behalf of the Breeders Association.

So, the result was discussing personal matters during work hours...?

Mu Yulan finally got to ask Su Hao the question she had been wanting to ask, and she said directly, "My lineage refers to the Mu family, which has signed a contract with the spirit world."

"And I, on behalf of the Mu family, am ordering you a batch of perfect quality Ghost-type primary energy cubes, which will be used in the [Birth Festival] to be held in the spirit world on the Ghost Festival, August 30th."

Su Hao: "The Spirit Realm???"

He thought it was just about reversing the world.

Oh no, I don't know this part...

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Gastly family + Gigantamax

Chapter 171 Birth Festival

"It seems you don't know about the existence of the Spirit Realm." Mu Yulan was somewhat surprised.

She had assumed that Su Hao's father or mother had mentioned it to him.

Su Hao gripped his teacup tightly and replied earnestly, "I really don't know."

To be precise, his knowledge of the "Spirit World" consisted only of a few words in the Pokédex entry of a certain Pokémon in the game and the "Spirit World Gate" that appeared only twice in the anime.

The encyclopedia entry for the Night Demon states that tA uses the antenna on its head to receive radio waves from the spirit world, and after receiving instructions, it takes a person's soul to the spirit world.

In the animation, the Night Demon plays a role similar to a gatekeeper.

After a certain ruin was destroyed, an incredibly eerie gate opened, and a ghostly girl emerged, attempting to lure people into the spirit world.

The story ends with a night demon stopping the ghost girl and sealing the entrance to the spirit world.

Ghost-type Pokémon are rare, but there are still patterns to be found.

He had never heard a single word about the spirit world, which is related to souls and ghosts.

"Mr. Freeze! Mr. Freeze! Do you know about the spirit world?"

Thinking of this, Su Hao immediately chose to ask Articuno for help.

Articuno is an old bird that has lived for countless years. It should know about the mere spirit world, right?

"Croak! ...The spirit world? What's that? I have no idea."

After returning from Ice Feather Mountain, aside from serving as Su Hao's air conditioner for a while, the bored Articuno reverted to its previous cooped-up lifestyle, lying on its back in its Love Nest 2.0, built from the feathers it had collected during this time, sleeping soundly.

In his dream, He saw two of His four chief officers, General Giratina and Corporal Diancie, go to a huge cave in the very center of a perpetual forest tundra, defeat the evil dragon that was roaming the deepest part of the cave, and bring back the authority of ice to present to Him.

Having gained new power, His strength increased greatly, even causing an old acquaintance who claimed to be the Sea God but lacked the water attribute to bow down in worship.

Just as he was unifying the world and gathering a large army to conquer a certain alpaca whose face was obscured and whose body was surrounded by dazzling golden light, Su Hao woke it up.

"Just one last step... what a pity."

"What final step?" Su Hao asked, puzzled.

Articuno wiped non-existent drool from the corner of its mouth with its wing, and said seriously, "It's nothing, I really don't know about this [Spirit Realm] you mentioned..."