Pokémon: All About the Breeding House

Chapter 281 Xiao Mao: Shopkeeper, I caught that ray of light!

"Store Manager."

Xiao Mao shouted happily.

Fang Yan nodded, then shakily dismounted from Latias's back. Immediately afterward, a red light flashed on his belt, and Ninetales jumped out of its Poké Ball. Fang Yan then felt a gust of hot air envelop him.

Fang Yan, feeling more comfortable, breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you for your hard work, Latias."

Then he patted Nine-Tails' head and said, "Thank you."

Then he looked at Xiao Mao, patted him on the shoulder, and nodded, "Not bad, you look like you've grown taller again."

Xiao Mao grinned but didn't say anything.

Have you seen Ash Ketchum lately?

Fang Yan mentioned it briefly.

Gary nodded. "I saw him. I heard he's challenging the last gym. He said that after he finishes challenging the last gym and Dawn finishes participating in the last Contest, they'll go to the breeding house to rest as a break before the Contest."

Fang Yan nodded, "That's a good idea."

"By the way, store manager, this is the owner of Donggang Pavilion in Water Vein City."

"Hello, owner of Donggang Pavilion."

Fang Yan reached out his hand, and Dong Gang also reached out and shook Fang Yan's hand.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Fang Yan asked them, "Where are those two armored dragons?"

Xiao Mao led Fang Yan to the two armored dragons. Fang Yan squatted down to observe them, but found that he couldn't discern anything, so he focused his attention.

After glancing at the text in the introduction, Fang Yan finally understood what had happened.

【Shield Dragon】

Gender: Male

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[Description: It is about to undergo evolution, but is feeling unwell. The steel-like shield on its face is causing it unbearable pain before its transformation, making its already fragile body even more vulnerable.]

After Fang Yan stood up, Xiao Mao asked, "Manager—"

Fang Yan said with a smile, "Don't worry, if I'm not mistaken, it should be a sign of pre-evolution."

Xiao Mao and Dong Gang exchanged a glance, then breathed a sigh of relief. If it was just because of evolution, then it was alright.

It's not a big problem unless it's some hidden disease.

"However, they seem to be a bit weak, which is why it's so obvious. I'll boil some Chinese medicine for them to drink. I estimate they'll evolve in the next few days."

He continued speaking in dialect.

Xiao Mao nodded, then led Fang Yan into the kitchen.

Fang Yan released Miss Goth to help him brew Chinese medicine.

After decocting the medicine, Fang Yan brought it to the two armored dragons, blew on it to cool it down a bit, placed it in front of them, touched their shields—it was icy cold—and said gently, "Drink it, you won't feel so bad after you drink it."

Sensing the friendliness emanating from Fang Yan, the Shield Dragon nodded and then lowered its head to drink the Chinese medicine.

He took a sip, found it bitter, and then withdrew his body.

Fang Yan pushed the bowl forward, "Good medicine tastes bitter, it's normal to be bitter. Even if it's bitter, it's better than feeling unwell. Cheer up, if you drink it all in one go, it won't taste so bitter. After you finish drinking it, I'll give you something sweet to eat, something very sweet."

The armored dragon hesitated for a moment, then lowered its head and drank the Chinese medicine in the bowl in one gulp. Fang Yan clapped his hands when he saw this, "Great job."

Then he looked up at Gengar and said, "Gengar, thank you for your help."

Gengar smiled and pulled out a can of Sweetie. Fang Yan opened the lid, and the aroma of Sweetie attracted all the Shieldon around. Fang Yan smiled, scooped out a spoonful, and fed it to the Shieldon that had just drunk Chinese medicine. The Shieldon felt surrounded by happiness after eating Sweetie, and squinted its eyes and let out a comfortable cry.

Seeing this, the other shield-necked dragon, which dared not drink Chinese medicine, also drank all the Chinese medicine in one go, and then Fang Yan fed it a spoonful of sweet soup.

Seeing that the other armored dragons also wanted to eat sweets, Fang Yan grinned and asked, "Want to eat sweets?"

The group of armored dragons instantly surrounded Fang Yan, nodding repeatedly.

Fang Yan slammed the lid on. "Want to eat them? It's not impossible, but they can only be eaten after you've finished your Chinese medicine. If you want to eat them, you can only do so after you've finished your medicine."

Two of the shieldless dragons immediately retreated, but one of them still asked where the medicine was. Hadn't those two shieldless dragons drunk it all?

Fang Yan snapped his fingers. "Miss Gothic."

Miss Goth then floated out of the kitchen with a large pot of Chinese medicine and poured a bowl for everyone.

Fang Yan looked at the Chinese medicine placed in front of each Shielded Dragon and said, "Well then, everyone, whoever finishes drinking first gets to eat the sweet treat first. But you need to be careful, there's not much sweet treat left."

Gengar: ?!

Did I take the wrong one? I took a full jar.

It even peeked inside and discovered that it was a full jar.

Only then did I feel relieved.

He patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

I was so scared! I thought someone had stolen my sweet treat.

Upon hearing Fang Yan's words, the armored dragons quickly lowered their heads and drank all the Chinese medicine in the bowl. Then, keeping his promise, Fang Yan fed each of them a sip of sweet soup.

They were so happy that they lay down on the ground.

Fang Yan put away Sweetie and returned it to Gengar, then went to Xiao Mao's side. "I've given them all Chinese medicine as a precaution. The two Shieldon drank different Chinese medicine. I'll be staying here for the next few days. Do you have a place to stay? I'll go back after they evolve."

"Yes, thank you, Manager Fangyan."

Donggang quickly expressed its gratitude.

He saw that the Shield Dragon was in much better condition.

Fang waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to be polite, "After all, helping Pokémon is also a principle of our breeding center."

Miss Goth and Miss Skirt, carrying their luggage in dialect, followed Donggang to their room to unpack.

Fang Yan and Xiao Mao wandered around the research room.

"So you've decided to locate the research institute here?"

He asked in his local dialect.

Xiao Mao shook his head. "I'm just here to check on the condition of the Shield Dragon. I'll be leaving soon; I've already found a suitable place to build a research institute."

Fang Yan nodded, "Remember to let me know when the time comes."

Xiao Mao nodded, "I think I'll go back after the League Conference."

Fang Yan was taken aback. Was the Alliance Conference about to begin?

When does the League Conference begin?

"Two weeks later."

So fast? Fang Yan really didn't know.

"Are you confident?"

He asked in a dialect.

Xiao Mao grinned, then took out the wooden plaque around his neck, which had a keystone embedded in it.

A knowing smile in dialect.

"Manager, I've caught that light."

Xiao Mao said.