Age of Elves: I started flashing with my handheld.

Using a vat of wine as tuition?

It seems this "Mind Monkey" master must be quite fond of wine.

Nanfeng, carrying a jar of wine, hailed a taxi at the entrance of Qiantang University and headed to the old town of Nancheng.

We have arrived at the location given by Master Xinyuan.

They discovered an old house near the river, with several large, faded characters written on the door frame.

Ancient Family Taoist Temple.

Gym?

Nanfeng knew there was a Taoist temple in Qiantang, but the temple was named after the province, so it should be called Qiantang Taoist Temple, and it wasn't even in this old town.

Could it be an old dojo?

Decades ago, there were many more martial arts schools in China than there are now. It wasn't just one school per province; often, a single city would have seven or eight. Only in recent years, when the Chinese government aimed to regulate martial arts schools and even establish official positions for them, have these private schools gradually disappeared.

Therefore, the "Gu Family Taoist Temple" in front of us is very likely the Taoist temple before it was officially regulated.

"Knock knock," Nanfeng reached out and knocked on the door, but the door was not closed. After knocking twice, it opened by itself.

The old wooden door creaked open with a rustic sound.

The dojo's interior is simple and open. Standing at the entrance, Nanfeng can see directly into the dojo, from the doorway to the very end.

In the dilapidated courtyard, an old man with white hair reclines in a rocking chair. Beside him is a stone table next to a withered jujube tree, on which sits a teapot and teacups. At the old man's feet lies an elderly cat, and under the jujube tree sits a frail, aged dog.

Further inside is an old-fashioned hall, with the character "静" (quiet) prominently displayed in the center.

This character "静" (quiet) seems to possess some kind of magic. The moment Nanfeng saw it, he seemed to calm down completely, and all the distracting thoughts in his mind vanished.

It was as if nothing in this world could stir his emotions anymore.

"Are you Nanfeng?" The white-haired old man woke up when he heard the door open.

"It's me. Hello, are you Master Mind Monkey?" Nanfeng asked.

Upon hearing Nanfeng's address, the white-haired old man chuckled, "Little Bai, did you ask you to address me like that?"

Nanfeng shook his head; he just felt that this was the right way to address him.

“I wouldn’t call myself a master. I’m just a half-elder of your teacher. You can just call me Gu Lao. My surname is Gu and my given name is Qinghe.” Gu Qinghe gestured for Nanfeng to come in.

"Old Nanfeng!" Nanfeng called out and hurriedly came in, handing over the wine jar that the teacher had asked him to deliver.

"Oh ho, you even brought wine, let me see!" Gu Qinghe's eyes lit up when he saw the wine in Nanfeng's hand. He immediately reached out and snatched it, opened it, and the rich aroma of the wine filled the dojo.

"Fire Dragon Roar?"

"Tsk tsk, it seems Xiao Bai cares about you quite a bit. I haven't smelled this scent in years."

Nanfeng had never heard of this kind of wine before, and guessed that it must be brewed from tree fruits unique to the elven world. There are also many similar wines on the market.

"If you're paying for this Fire Dragon Roar, then I'll have to teach you something worthy of its value," Gu Qinghe smacked his lips and raised his chin at Nanfeng.

"Come on, release all your Normal and Fighting-type Pokémon. Let's take a look at the painting of stillness in the room first."

Nanfeng didn't know why, but she did as instructed.

Throw out the Poké Ball.

Blaziken, Superpowered King, Hyperactive Speech, and Smeargle all make an appearance.

After the four elves appeared, they all focused their attention on the painting of the character "静" (quiet) in the room, and immediately all four elves quieted down.

Even hyperactive monkeys with the Energetic trait are like this.

Super Power King immediately sat down cross-legged, his gaze calm and thoughtful.

Blaziken stood for a long time before finally sitting down cross-legged.

The hyperactive ape stood there blankly, seemingly lost in thought, and didn't sit down for a long time.

Tutu's eyes lit up as if it had seen some rare treasure. It ran forward to get closer to the painting of the character "静" (quiet), but only dared to look from the doorway and did not dare to move forward. Then it took out the paper it always carried with it and used its tail to trace the character "静" it saw on the paper.

"You little TuTu dog...you've got some talent!"

239. Learning Techniques by Observing Paintings

Innate wisdom? What innate wisdom?

Nanfeng didn't quite understand the meaning of "ancient".

"This painting of stillness was left behind by a martial arts bear master. It contains the ability to calm living beings. If it is an elf, it will be able to immerse itself in it and comprehend some of the martial arts bear master's moves," Gu Qinghe explained.

"Your TuTu dog wasn't immersed in the stillness of the calligraphy and painting; instead, it prioritized its own drawing instincts over the quietness of the artwork."

"If it can truly capture even a fraction of the essence of Martial Arts Bear Master's painting of stillness, it will be of great benefit to you and your spirit."

The calligraphy and painting of the character "静" (jing, meaning stillness) left behind by Martial Arts Master Xiong?

An unexpected southerly wind.

Kumashi is also a legendary spirit. However, it differs from ordinary legendary spirits that hide in dangerous areas and rarely appear before humans.

Before its evolution, the Martial Arts Urshifu, as a Kushala Daora apprentice, enjoyed walking among humans, learning, growing, and battling alongside them and Pokémon, and was always looking for a trainer.

The goal is to develop one's own fighting style.

This world isn't like a game or anime where there's a "Twin Tower" where you can evolve by looking up secret techniques.

The apprentice of the bear often integrates what he has learned into a unique style, thus evolving into a school of thought.

Even after evolving into Urshifu, it will still seek out renowned masters and powerful warriors across the land, fighting its way to the ultimate strength. As a result, among the currently known Fighting-type legendary Pokémon, it is also known as the strongest.

It is indeed possible that the martial arts bear master learned to write in the human world and left behind the character "静" (jing, meaning stillness/quiet).

As for the ability to comprehend martial arts techniques by observing still paintings...

If Gu Lao hadn't been there, Nanfeng would have pulled out his handheld console right then and there to check if any new moves had appeared in the Pokémon's skill bar.

After waiting for a long time, Super Power King was the first to stand up, put his palms together in front of his chest, and respectfully bowed to the calligraphy and painting in front of him, as if he had gained something.

"Your Mega Kingle should have learned the moves. You can recall it to its Poké Ball and switch to a Dark-type Pokémon. The Urshifu that left the 'Quiet' character is a master of one-hit attacks," Gu Qinghe reminded him.

Depending on the style they comprehend, the Bear Apprentice evolves into different forms of Martial Arts Bear Master. There are two forms in total. One is the "One-Strike Style", which is Fighting + Dark type and has the exclusive move "Dark Strike".

One type is the "Combo Style," which has the attributes of Fighting and Water, and its exclusive move is "Water Stream Combo."

The Urshifu that left behind the character "静" (quiet) is a Fighting/Dark type, so Pokémon of the corresponding type can learn the two types of moves that Urshifu might have left behind.

The reason for including Normal-type Pokémon is because the Normal type has strong compatibility. Even if the Urshifu that was left behind is a combo-based Pokémon, they can still get a share of the spoils.

Nanfeng took out a Poké Ball to recall Mega Kingle, and then sent out Greninja.

After viewing the painting of stillness, Greninja sat cross-legged and began to comprehend the techniques within it.

Blaziken wakes up, and Southwind switches out Tyranitar.

Tyranitar sat on the ground, tilting its head to look at the calligraphy scroll, but showed no sign of understanding any moves from it. Its gaze towards Nanfeng was filled with confusion.

"Banji? (Why did Master call me out?)"

“This child is not destined for this opportunity,” Gu Qinghe said with a smile.

Nanfeng could only silently recall Tyranitar; it seemed the kid's goofy nature was now confirmed.

After a while, Greninja finished understanding, Hyperactive Ape was the last to get up, while Teddy Dog was still drawing the character "静" (jing, meaning stillness) continuously. It had already drawn hundreds of "静" characters, so much so that Nanfeng had to go out halfway to buy it some paper.

By the way.

Nanfeng took the opportunity to check the elves' skill bars to see what they could gain.

Super Power King has a new Fighting-type move called "Resurrection". This is a move that can turn the tide in a desperate situation. The lower the HP, the higher the damage it deals, which is indeed very suitable for Super Power King.

Blaziken has mastered the art of "seeing through".

In the game, anticipating an opponent's attack is similar to "guarding," allowing you to completely block their attack. However, in reality, anticipating an opponent's attack is not that simple. While it can indeed defend by anticipating the opponent's attack trajectory, it can do much more than just defend.

It can dodge, and it can also counterattack!

With sufficient proficiency in the Foresight move, Blaziken can completely counterattack if its opponent lacks the speed and power to withstand its attacks.

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In other words, seeing through is considered a top-tier technique in close combat!

Blaziken understood and saw through it, and Southwind was very satisfied.

Greninja learned the "surprise attack".

This is also a good move. The effect of a surprise attack is that it is always faster than the opponent's attack, provided that the opponent's move is also an attack move, otherwise it will fail.

In reality, this effect also applies; what is tested is the trainer's ability to anticipate the opponent trainer's commands.

If the prediction is accurate, then the sprite can strike first!

However, Nanfeng still had some wishful thinking: as a Dark-type Pokémon, Greninja might be able to learn Urshifu's signature move, Dark Strike.

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It now seems that mastering exclusive moves is not as simple as it seems.

Finally, there are hyperactive apes.

The move it mastered is called "Mind's Eye".

Nanfeng remembered that when he was battling his teacher's strength, his teacher told him that there was one move that melee Pokémon had to learn: Mind's Eye.

Mastering the mind's eye is equivalent to unlocking the Byakugan from Naruto.

It provides 360-degree unobstructed vision and is unaffected by any eye-related moves such as smoke.

Its practical value even surpasses that of seeing through things.

Originally, Nanfeng didn't expect Qingjia Wang to be cunning, since this move was too difficult to learn, so he planned to let Qingjia Wang take the route of overwhelming force with sheer strength.

Unexpectedly, the hyperactive ape was quite lucky, managing to learn Mind's Eye from the martial arts bear master's stillness calligraphy.

All four Pokémon learned top-tier moves from the "Quiet" calligraphy, which greatly pleased Nanfeng.

"Let's call it a day," Gu Qinghe said, sounding tired.

"Your hyperactive ape needs to learn a million-ton punch and a crushing blow from Mount Tai, right?"

"Then let it stay here, and come back to pick it up next week."

"And TuTu the dog, it can stay here too, but remember to have someone bring it paper, otherwise if it scribbles and draws all over my yard, I'll kick it out immediately."

240. Dongning Dojo

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Bai Wenru took Nanfeng to Dongning.

Dongning is located in the central region of China, not far from the capital city of Beijing. Further north lies the vast grassland, and Dongning Province also has a large area of ​​grassland.

I remember seeing several ranches in Dongning province among the ranches I visited at the animal husbandry association. The area was quite large, and the prices were not low.

Flights often have to transit through Beijing first, and then transfer to Dongning.

The journey normally takes four hours, but Nanfeng's trip only took two hours. He took a flight at 7 a.m. and arrived at 9 a.m.

When Teacher Bai Wenru travels, Qiantang School naturally arranges a private plane to take him directly. Moreover, he is taking students from Qiantang University to challenge dojo trainers, so the school would definitely support it wholeheartedly.

In fact, this matter initially attracted some discussion.

Because... the trainer who went to challenge the gym in "Zero 37" was Nanfeng, a freshman in college.

Let first-year university students challenge gym leaders.

If this hadn't been proposed by Professor Bai Wenru, everyone would probably have thought it was a joke.

Although Nanfeng obtained the advanced breeder qualification certificate, breeder and trainer are two different professions.

The higher the level of a profession, the greater the difference in professionalism between the two professions.

Many master-level breeders may not even possess the combat strength of a Gym Leader. And that's just combat strength; in actual battles, they might be easily defeated by a Gym Leader of equal skill.

However, it was just a discussion; there was no opposition.

Since there was no point in opposing it, Bai Wenru took Nanfeng to handle the matter in his personal capacity.

The school only provided a chartered plane.