Trainer? I'm just an ordinary hot spring owner.

There were large chunks of mud on his face and neck. The mud on some parts of his neck had dried up and formed large scabs. The condition of his clothes was even worse. Weeds, mud, and unknown materials had stained his entire body. His trouser legs and feet were even heavier, and one could see a series of muddy footprints left on the way here.

Behind him was a Pokémon that looked very much like a pony, with light-colored patterns on its body and mane that continued to its head, making it look like it had a middle-parted hairstyle. Its eyes were very distinctive, not the big, cute eyes of other Pokémon, but a horizontal pupil in the middle of the white eye, very much like the Greek letter Θ. Its limbs had protruding parts at the junction of the feet and legs, and a circle of wet mud was wrapped around the junction.

This Pokémon also has a lot of mud on its body, on its head, mane, back, face... and even has strands of mud on its tail. It can be said to be as dirty as it can be.

When the trainer steps on a bunch of mud spots, the Pokémon will naturally not be far behind, with four legs, double the enjoyment.

The condition of his body and the mess of his Pokémon naturally made the young trainer in front of him feel extremely ashamed, but he had to bite the bullet and say, "Hello, can we take a bath here?"

"Of course." Jiang Cheng smiled calmly, without showing any emotion on his face. This is how the hot spring business is. In addition to recuperation, it also has the function of bathing. Customers who come here to take a bath will always have various problems. You can't just watch the thief eat meat without watching the thief get beaten. Every industry will have its own difficult moments.

Jiang Cheng naturally recognized this Pokémon, Mud Donkey. When he saw this Pokémon, Jiang Cheng understood why the trainer in front of him became like this. Mud Donkey is a Pokémon that is very rare in other places. It has the innate body of an ox or horse and is the king of stress resistance. It can carry luggage that is 50 times heavier than itself and move naturally. Even ants call it an expert when they see it. You should know that the weight of these little guys has a minimum standard of 110KG. Moreover, after smearing the mud made by eating soil on their feet, they will not slip no matter how bad the road conditions are. They can run agilely and are extremely useful Pokémon for humans. Because of this, this little guy was once on the verge of extinction due to human overhunting. Now only the Alola region has wild Mud Donkeys surviving.

But Mud Donkeys are not all good. They have special habits. They have to play with mud every day, eat dirt and make mud. Playing with mud is their daily homework. If they can play with mud, it will be very simple to live with them. However, if they can't play with mud, they will accumulate stress and disobey discipline. They are also more independent. In other words, this is a Pokémon that has its own way of doing things written into its characteristics.

It was obvious that the little trainer in front of him most likely did not allow Mud Donkey to do his daily mud-playing homework, which led to the accumulation of stress, which suddenly exploded today and caused Mud Donkey to play with him to his heart's content. Now he came here in a dejected manner to give himself and Mud Donkey a bath.

Being a Pokémon trainer does not mean everything will be fine after you capture a Pokémon with one ball. Pokémon is a life, an elf from another world. They have their own ideas and habits. They are independent individuals. Humans must learn how to coexist with them, adapt to their habits, find a balance between their own lives and the lives of Pokémon, compromise and support each other, instead of treating them as stamps to be collected or tools to achieve their own goals.

How you play games is a personal freedom and there is nothing wrong with it. After all, everything in the game is virtual. But doing so in real life is really disgusting.

In particular, abandoning a child is not a human being.

"Great!" The little trainer showed obvious joy on his face. "I thought I was going to be rejected again. We have been to many hot springs before, and the owners said that if we go in, the whole hot spring will be covered with mud. We have been searching for a long time before we found this place. If you, the director, don't accept us again, we really don't know what to do!"

"Did you hear that, Mud Donkey? We can take a bath now!"

Listening to his trainer's words, the mud donkey just ruminated on the mud in his mouth with a calm face and responded lightly: "Mud boy~"Θ-Θ

Chapter 218: The mission for Apprentice Bear!

The trainer's happiness has nothing to do with it, it just thinks it's noisy.

The mud donkey was chewing mud as it pleased, staring at the evil creature watching it from the side of the bar. However, it was difficult to tell any emotion on its little donkey face, especially with its middle-parted hairstyle, which made the little thing look rather tacky.

Jiang Cheng was thankful that the little thing didn't start shaking its body in the lobby of his own hot spring spa, otherwise it would have been really terrible.

Jiang Cheng's previous career required him to go out frequently, so he often went out into the wild. It was common for him to wade in rivers and step on mud on the mountains. He and his colleagues had also fallen into mud pits. He did not have any aversion to this pair of trainers, but as the owner of a hot spring center, it would be really disgusting if such a clean hot spring center of his was splashed with mud everywhere by such a death swing.

Even now, Jiang Chengdu can hardly hold back the urge to call Rotom to clean up.

"What's your name, please?"

"what?"

"Name, sir. Let me help you register your cards," Jiang Cheng repeated with a smile.

"Ah... Oh, Yuki, my name is Yuki! I'm a student at the Alola Pokémon School! I'm the man who wants to become the king of the island!"

The trainer's eyes narrowed, and he gently rubbed his nose with his thumb, leaving a brown mark. He put his hands on his hips, puffed out his chest, showed the Geodude whose clothes were stained with mud, posed, and introduced himself with full energy.

After posing for a few seconds, he stood there without moving, and Jiang Cheng looked at him calmly.

A trace of embarrassment appeared on Yuqi's face. He immediately turned his head and grabbed Ni Donkey's neck: "Hey, hey, hey, Ni Donkey, we are introducing ourselves. Give me some face. You should cooperate with me at this time!"

'Nizi~'Θ~Θ

The mud donkey lowered its head and smeared mud on its hooves, completely ignoring its trainer.

"In fact, Mud Donkey is very obedient and a very powerful Pokémon. It cooperates very well with me and we are good partners who can talk about anything..."

Yuqi raised his head and continued explaining to Jiang Cheng.

"Okay, Mr. Yuqi, right? Please take your card and go inside, turn left to the B03 treatment room. You will pay here. Food and drinks in the hot spring need to be purchased separately, or you can press the service bell and our staff will deliver them to you."

Jiang Cheng introduced his business calmly, with no intention of continuing the conversation.

Who asked you?

"Oh, okay, okay." Yuqi took the bracelet handed over by Jiang Cheng and took out the muddy wallet. Fortunately, the money inside was still clean.

"Oh, by the way, guest." When Yuqi was about to leave with the donkey, Jiang Cheng seemed to suddenly remember something and called out to him.

"Yeah?" Yuqi turned his head and looked at Jiang Cheng.

"Your Pokémon is in such a hygienic condition. I feel that it would be difficult to wash it clean using normal bathing methods. If you need it, we have a special strong scrubbing service in our hot springs. Do you need it?"

"Really? Great! Please help me get one. I'm still worried about how to clean the mud donkey. It's great to have you here, boss!"

“You’re welcome, the price for this service is….”

"Ah...ah...ok okay..."

Yuqi came back, paid the money and took Ni Luzi to the healing room.

Watching the other person's figure disappear in the corridor, Jiang Chengli immediately put his hands around his mouth and started calling loudly.

"Rotom!!!"

"Got it, Loto! What do you want me to do? Loto!!" The Rotom Encyclopedia flew over from a distance.

"Quick, get the cleaning Rotom robots to come and clean this place up. I'll go to the door and tell Magikarp and the others to clean the corridor with water guns. Also, call Apprentice Bear over here."

The outdoor area is easier to clean. Just use a water gun to flush away the stains. The pool water generated by the system is always clean, which is one of the main reasons why the sun corals live happily.

"Roto!" Rotom immediately took action. A red robot in the corner immediately came over on small wheels, washing and mopping the mud stains on the ground, while Rotom himself flew to the backyard of the hot spring hall, where the bear apprentice was.

Apprentice Bear was still practicing basic skills. This time Jiang Cheng asked it to practice the back-support method, mainly to train the strength of the forearms, chest and shoulders. When it heard Rotom's call, it quickly trotted over to Jiang Cheng.

"Okay!" The little guy was full of energy.

"Disciple Xiong, I have a very important task to give you. It will also be very helpful for your practice." Jiang Cheng looked at Disciple Xiong with a serious expression.

"Well?" Apprentice Bear didn't know what his master was going to do, but when he heard about a very important task and that it would help his practice, he immediately straightened his attitude, reached out and pulled the long hair behind his head, and his fighting spirit immediately rose.

"The old ape hangs up the seal, intending to turn back. You must know how to throw a punch, but you must also know how to retract it. You have enough strength now, but you lack the ability to control the strength. Now, I have a test for you."

Jiang Cheng half-knelt down, followed his disciple Xiong's gaze, and pointed in a direction.

"In room B03 over there, there is a mud-covered donkey. Your task is to use this set of equipment and a bath towel to rub all the mud off its body without hurting the donkey. Pokémon's body is relatively strong, which is suitable for your first stage of training. I have observed that although the bear apprentice lacks basic skills, you have studied boxing very hard before, and you have perseverance and persistence. You can learn it without on-demand training, which shows that you are talented. I believe that such a test is absolutely no problem for you. How about it, do you have confidence?"

After hearing what Master said, Apprentice Xiong's eyes lit up immediately. Surprisingly, there is such a training method! ! Moreover, Master praised me for my talent!

The old ape hangs up his seal...meaning to turn back...so much like a master! I want to do the same in the future!

Apprentice Xiong took the tool from Jiang Cheng's hand. He couldn't wait to start the postgraduate entrance examination! Cricket mud, I will definitely pass this little test!

"Bai ah!" Apprentice Bear walked towards the B03 healing room full of fighting spirit.

Jiang Cheng looked at his disciple Xiong's small back with satisfaction, leaned back on the bench with relief, took the ice cola, took a sip, and let out a long breath.

"I am originally from Wollongong~a lazy person~"

Chapter 219: Normal Business

Kneading mud is a physical job, but it is also a technical job. But in the final analysis, it is still a physical job.

It is a very tiring task to rub off the dead skin on the object's body while ensuring that the customer is not hurt.

When he saw the appearance of the clay donkey, Apprentice Bear knew that it was time for him to do something.

It's just so challenging, as it is.

But Apprentice Xiong's first reaction was not embarrassment, but excitement. As expected, the master gave him enough challenge right from the start. Such a body was the perfect material for him to use all his skills. He could fully display his various skills and insights on this extremely heavy mud shell. How could he resist such an opportunity?

How could I give up?

Even if there are two of me, I will rub them the same way! Endless bath towel! Come out!

"Mama!"

Little Xingyun was very clingy today. After being apart for half a day, the little guy seemed to feel Jiang Cheng’s kindness. Of course, he mainly felt the power of Jiang Cheng’s food.

There are no such delicious cakes to eat in the Ether Foundation. Although the people there are nice, they are not as nice as the people here.

I don’t know why, but when Xiao Xingyun looked at Jiang Cheng, she felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

"Little Xingyun is sticking to Jiang Cheng again." Liliae put her hands on her hips helplessly and looked at the little guy who was acting coquettishly in Jiang Cheng's arms.

"Mama" Little Nebula smiled broadly at Liliae and moved closer to her.

"You guy, stop trying to get close to me!" Liliae pretended to be angry and turned her head away, but she couldn't bear to open one eye. She looked at the little nebula rubbing against her face, and finally she couldn't hold back her smile.

How can I be hard-hearted when facing Little Xingyun?

But I still have to complain: "It's obvious that I spend more time with Little Xingyun, I don't know why, this little guy is closer to you"

"Hahaha, he wasn't kissing me, he was kissing the dessert."

Jiang Cheng smiled and tried to comfort Lilia, but after listening to what Lilia said, Jiang Cheng inexplicably thought of something.

When I went to find Kaguya Tetsuka before, I seemed to have had a dream.

In the dream, Solgaleo and Lunala, the sun and moon gods, played the role of Shafrin and gave their child, Nebula, to him to take care of.

Jiang Cheng could not remember many dreams. In most cases, the things he dreamed about would collapse exponentially after he woke up, and within an hour no trace of them would be left in his mind. But this dream was an exception. Even after so long, he still had an impression of it.

What does this mean?

This means it wasn't a dream! I just had an inspiration that night and it passed! I let these two gods chatter in my mind!

I can only say, thank goodness this is the Pokémon world, if it were any other world, Jiang Cheng would be in big trouble right now.

Thinking of this, it seems to explain why Xiao Xingyun is more intimate with me than with others.

This is Liu Chan meeting his father-in-law, how could he not be close to him?

However, if I remember correctly, this should be a job for a fool, right? How come it was outsourced to me?

Jiang Cheng hesitated for a moment, but then he thought, the plot of Alola has been messed up by him. God knows where that idiot is practicing. Why bother so much? This Cosmoem, that idiot can carry it, but I... I really can't carry it. That little thing is as heavy as Kaguya Iron Fire. He still disturbed it.

The service at Jiang Cheng's hot spring center is quite good. In addition to providing hot spring services to guests, the hot spring center also has a washer-dryer, like in the case of Yuqi, which is specifically designed to clean guests' clothes so that they can be worn out cleanly.

It's not that he doesn't want to use Rotom, Jiang Cheng just wants to separate his own furniture from the public facilities of the hot spring center.

There is no way to do this for the kitchen, but for things like washing machines, it is best to try to distinguish them if possible.

Especially in a situation like Yuqi's, Jiang Cheng himself felt a little uncomfortable if he were really stuffed into the Rotom washing machine.

Jiang Cheng has a slight impression of the character Yuqi. He is a pure supporting role. There are not many students with names in the Pokémon school, and basically all of them are captains. Yuqi is an exception.

This guy was first KOed by someone using Rock Dog's reverse attribute in the battle with Satoshi, losing a lot of people, and then was eliminated in the first round of the Manalo Conference, completing the perfect transformation from his debut battle to the train station.

After washing, Yuqi...still looked so ordinary. But the whole Pokémon, Ni Donkey, looked completely new. Its fur was shiny and its face was refreshed. Obviously, the bear apprentice had completed the task very well.

Jiang Cheng happily opened the system and took a look at the condition in the healing room. Wow, the healing pool was almost turning into a mud pool. The originally green healing pool had now completely turned brown, and the ground was also covered with mud and water. Jiang Cheng quickly clicked on the clean-up button, and only after seeing the brown mud pool and the ground looking brand new did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Mud Donkey is not in a very good mood. Maybe he doesn't like being clean. He thinks it feels good in the healing pool. It's such a big mud pool and he can play in it freely. He has a lot of fun and is reluctant to leave now.

At this moment, the donkey was smearing the mud he had regurgitated on his legs.

After sending Yuqi and the clay donkey away, Jiang Cheng looked at his apprentice, "How is it? Is the effect of mastering power better than thinking about it on your own?"

The bear apprentice was so tired that he started to stick out his tongue. These two people (Pokémon) who rolled out of the mud pit gave him a big rub. God knows how difficult it is for him to get the mud lumps that have solidified on the mud donkey's hair off without making the other party feel any pain.

But in the end, his mission was completed, and in the process, he also vaguely realized something.

"Okay!" Apprentice Xiong nodded and puffed out his chest, wanting Jiang Cheng to assign him another task.

"Don't be so anxious. You completed today's task very well. You need to know how to clench your fists and also know how to relax them. Now, take a good rest. Give your body some time to relax and think about your previous insights."

After seeing Yuqi and Niluzi off, the team leader also said goodbye to his companions one by one. Jiang Cheng looked down at the time.

It's time to close.

PS: Please don’t join the book club of my previous book anymore. It’s for the previous book and it’s useless to join.

Chapter 220: The Little Candlelight Spirit's Second Visit

Whenever the store is about to close, Zhenyifa becomes very active.

At this time, the flapping wings will begin to patrol freely in the hot spring hall, deliberately not controlling its movements, bringing up gusts of gloomy wind along with its movements, and even deliberately fly near the guests, passing through the crystal chandeliers, making tinkling sounds.

This is her signal to urge these people to leave my territory!