Age of Elves: I started flashing with my handheld.

In addition, on Route 102, Nanfeng also found a bottle of wound medicine and picked two oranges and two peaches that could relieve poisoning from the fruit trees by the roadside.

Once you exit Route 102, you'll reach Petalburg City. First, go to the Pokémon Center for treatment, then head to the Petalburg Gym to find the protagonist's father.

The protagonist's father is the Gym Leader of Petalburg City, named Senri, whose signature Pokémon "Slaking" is very memorable. In the manga, he even awakens Rayquaza and appears atop Rayquaza's head to stop Kyogre and Groudon from battling.

Upon arriving at the Petalburg Gym, the protagonist had just caught up with his father when a green-haired boy named Dawn entered from outside. Dawn was a new neighbor who had moved to the Hoenn region and came to ask the protagonist's father to help him catch a Pokémon.

Nanfeng remembers this was a "beginner's guide" that taught players who were playing the Pokémon series for the first time how to catch Pokémon.

The protagonist's father, Senri, led the protagonist and Hikari to Route 102. As soon as they entered the tall grass, they were immediately thrown into a battle.

A wild Ralts leaped out of the bushes.

"Ah, this..." Nanfeng stared wide-eyed at the little green mushroom-headed sprite in front of him. "Ralts!"

Immediately, Nanfeng's eyes lit up, and he began to get excited.

"I remember this is the only place in the Hoenn region where you can catch Ralts."

Nanfeng hadn't encountered Ralts while traveling along Route 102 because Ralts is extremely rare. Even if you know it spawns here, it's still very difficult to find!

"Want to get one?" Nanfeng was getting restless after watching Qianli's father help Xiaoguang capture the Ralts in front of him.

Compared to Casey, Nanfeng prefers Ralts.

However, Nanfeng remembered that Abra's appearance rate was higher than Ralts', so he used to catch Abra in the Emerald version. But catching Abra also has a lot of luck involved. Before it evolves, it basically only knows one move, "Teleport". If you can't catch it with a full HP Poké Ball, it will teleport away.

Without an "instant save" function, this method of catching Pokémon would waste Poké Balls, so Ralts is still more cost-effective, it just takes more time.

Returning to the dojo with his father, Chiri said, "Son, you're still too green. Get four badges first before you challenge me!"

Nanfeng silently guided the protagonist away from the dojo.

Standing at the gym entrance, Nanfeng hesitated, wondering whether to go straight to fight Ralts or follow the story first.

"Let's try it first," Nanfeng quickly decided.

Although gym leaders will adjust the Pokémon they send out based on the challenger's strength, the Pokémon sent out by the gym leader should be at least level 15 or higher, and there should be 3 Pokémon.

I plan to travel from Petalburg City to Route 104, then to Petalburg Woods, and finally to the Rustboro Gym. Considering that I will encounter some Trainers and collect some items along the way, the process should take at most half a day. However, I don't think I can raise Torchic's level from LV7 to LV16 during this process, so I probably won't be able to beat Cuckoo even if I go.

Therefore, Nanfeng decided to farm shiny items here, which would also serve as a way to level up Torchic.

Nanfeng immediately controlled the protagonist to speed up and arrive at Route 102. Just now, Qianli's father started walking back and forth in the grass to catch Ralts for Xiaoguang and started to flash.

(The description is wrong; it should say that Ralts is on Route 102.)

(This is the author's newest Pokémon book, his Nth one. Feel free to add it to your collection.)

6. A fruitful harvest

"Hmm..." Nanfeng woke up in bed at five o'clock in the afternoon.

I was woken up by five serpentine bears licking my face. A turkey chirped gleefully nearby.

I got out of bed, stretched, and shook myself awake.

"It's so good to be young!" Nanfeng stretched comfortably. If it were her nearly forty-year-old body from her previous life, she would have had a splitting headache after staying up all night. Even if she woke up, she would be lying on the bed with her butt sticking up, her mind clear but her body still not enough sleep.

Wash your face and give yourself a pep talk after getting up.

Ahem, first thing to do is make dinner for the five Zigzags and Torchic, using the Orange Berries I got yesterday. I'll just make do tonight, and tomorrow morning I'll go to the breeding center and ask the breeder to create a custom Pokémon diet for them.

These little guys were the heroes of yesterday, they deserve a good reward.

Nanfeng started farming Ralts at 3 AM and continued until 7 AM, then went downstairs for breakfast before going to sleep.

Four hours of non-stop fighting yielded fruitful results!

In four hours, Nanfeng fought at least 300 battles and encountered a total of 13 Ralts, a probability of only about 4 or 5%.

The probability is too low.

This made Nanfeng hesitate, wondering if she should give up on the idea of ​​farming for a shiny character. She decided to lower the requirements to 2V: Speed ​​+ Special Attack V. If it's a boy, then Speed ​​+ Physical Attack V.

Even with the requirements lowered, none of the thirteen Ralts met Nanfeng's standards, so he didn't keep any and put them all into the Pokémon Center's computer. Putting them into the computer was actually a way of transferring them to Professor Birch, who would then take care of them in Littleroot Town.

If a Pokémon like Ralts were sold in a breeding center, it would cost at least a million, so Nanfeng couldn't bear to release it.

In China, it is illegal to sell Pokémon without obtaining a professional qualification certificate.

So, Nanfeng is planning to take the advanced Pokémon breeder exam sometime, open a breeding center, and sell rare and powerful Pokémon like Ralts and Abra. Isn't that more profitable than being a scavenger?

"No, we can't lower the bar." After thinking it over, Nanfeng decided to continue. Even if they didn't go for a shiny Ralts, it was still necessary to get one with high initial IVs.

After all, I'm meant to be the main force in training. If I regret it when the gap appears after I reach a higher level, it will be too late.

It needs to be at least 4V or higher.

There's still no news about Ralts that we're training, but the scavenging team has collected nearly 200 items in these 300+ battles.

Nanfeng kept fifty regular Poké Balls, ten Great Balls, twenty bottles of healing potions, ten bottles of antidotes, and ten bottles of anesthetic antidotes, and sold everything else at the shop.

The current balance in Nanfeng Bank card is 15547.5.

Four hours and 15,000! That's even with nearly a hundred props left behind; otherwise, the income would probably have doubled.

Indeed, there's a lot to be gained from collecting trash!

Each elf was given three orange berries, and milk was taken out of the refrigerator as a drink. After preparing dinner for them, Nanfeng made himself a potato and beef brisket rice dish and enjoyed a delicious meal.

After dinner, Nanfeng recalled the Pokémon into their Poké Balls, then opened Bilibili, ready to listen to crosstalk while continuing to grind Ralts.

Just as I was about to turn on the handheld console, there was a sudden, loud knocking at the door.

"Boom!"

"Brother Feng! Are you home?!"

"Brother Feng!"

"Boom!"

It was a man's voice, urgent as if he would break down the door if Nanfeng didn't open it soon.

Nanfeng quickly put down the handheld console, got up and went to open the door.

A burly man stood outside the door. As soon as he saw Nanfeng, he rushed over as if in mourning, crying, "Brother Feng, you can't do something like this!"

Nanfeng kicked him without hesitation, yelling, "Get lost! I haven't even enjoyed the glitz and glamour of the world yet, why are you so upset!"

The burly man in front of him was named Zhang Tianming. He was Nanfeng's childhood friend, as well as their classmate in elementary, middle, and high school. He was one of Nanfeng's few close friends.

"Then why didn't you answer my calls? I thought you were going to do something drastic because you couldn't become a trainer."

"Really?" Nanfeng picked up his phone and saw that there were indeed more than a dozen missed calls, all from Zhang Tianming, with the dialing times ranging from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

"Oh, I played games all night yesterday and didn't go to sleep until 7 a.m. I just woke up and haven't had a chance to check my phone yet," Nanfeng said as she ushered Zhang Tianming in.

Once he was sure his friend wasn't thinking anything of doing anything rash, Zhang Tianming felt relieved. As they walked inside, he said, "Reconsider my suggestion from yesterday. I'll take you to catch a Poliwag near Cloudwater Wetlands. Even if you can't become a professional trainer right now, you can keep one and raise it casually. That way, when you finally decide to become a trainer, you won't have to start from scratch."

Yunshui Wetland is an E-level forest wetland outside Ancheng.

This world rates the danger level of areas with a high concentration of elves, with S being the highest and E being the lowest.

Cloudwater Wetlands is the area with the lowest concentration of Pokémon. It is home to many Water, Grass, and Flying-type Pokémon, including some rare ones. Therefore, it is the most frequented place for novice trainers near Ancheng.

Nanfeng neither refused nor agreed, but instead stroked her chin with one hand, thinking about something.

Seeing that Nanfeng didn't refuse outright like yesterday, Zhang Tianming immediately pressed his advantage, saying, "If you're worried about the hassle of raising mosquito tadpoles, then raise a Magikarp. You can feed it with leftovers, and who knows, it might evolve into a Gyarados someday!"

Nanfeng rolled her eyes at Zhang Tianming. "If I raise Magikarp with leftovers, will it still listen to me after it evolves into Gyarados? It might just swallow me whole."

"Okay, let's go to Yunshui Wetland tomorrow," Nanfeng said, though he had no intention of catching any Pokémon.

If you want to catch Pokémon, why not just stay home, drink cola, sing songs, and play games to get a 6V shiny Pokémon?

Nanfeng simply wanted to confirm one of her conjectures.

7. Yunshui Wetland, a Class E hazardous area

The next morning, Nanfeng, carrying a travel bag, set off from home with Zhang Tianming to Yunshui Wetland.

Considering we were going to Yunshui Wetland the next day, Nanfeng stayed up for more than five hours on the first night and went to bed at 11 pm.

In five hours, I encountered fifteen Ralts, the best of which was a 3V Pokémon with high HP, high Attack, and high Speed. It's a pretty good prospect.

However, the requirements for southerly winds are relatively high; 3V is not enough, at least 4V or 5V is required.

The key point is that it's still that boy.

Gardevoir for men?

No male mothers!

No male mothers! (Very loudly)

No male mothers! (Voice cracks)

I'll say it three times because it's important.

Between Gallade and Gardevoir, Nanfeng prefers the latter.

The scavenging team earned as much as 23,000 yuan, and Nanfeng's bank account balance had reached 38,000 yuan.

Nanfeng remembered that in her previous life, it took her two years of work to save up this amount of money. In this life, at eighteen, she saved it up in just two days!

This made Nanfeng sigh.

Arriving at the city gate of Ancheng by bus, one is greeted by a wall nearly five meters high. In the history of this world, the ancient elves were also known as "monsters," and attacks on humans by elves were frequent occurrences. Therefore, it was natural to build many city walls, which have not been demolished even in modern times.

At the city gate, a squad of city guards stood watch, dressed in blue police uniforms, each holding a Growlithe dog and with a Pidgey perched on their shoulder.

He looks kind of handsome!

As the south wind passed by, I couldn't help but take a few more glances.

After leaving the city gate and heading north, we arrived at the gathering at the entrance of Yunshui Wetland in about ten minutes.

The place is bustling with people and vehicles, making it very lively.

Most of the people coming and going are trainers. When they are adventuring in Cloudwater Wetlands, they occasionally find some berries and Pokémon items. When they leave Cloudwater Wetlands, they go to the gathering at the entrance to sell their items to other people. Some merchants saw the business opportunity and set up stalls here to buy Pokémon items that trainers don't need, while also selling medicines such as healing potions and antidotes.

Zhang Tianming had already bought them before he came, and Nanfeng had stocked up on some in the Pokémon Center computer on his handheld console, which was more than enough.

Upon entering the Yunshui Wetland, Zhang Tianming sent out his spirits.

A garlic sprout turtle... cough cough, wrong, a Bulbasaur.

Although they were childhood friends, Zhang Tianming's family was much wealthier than Nanfeng's; Zhang Tianming's parents had become successful when he was in junior high school. If Nanfeng hadn't achieved such excellent results in the high school entrance exam, they might not have become schoolmates at all.

"Brother Feng, how's the Oddish? It only needs some sunshine to survive, so it's very easy to raise. Its final evolution is Bellossom and Vega, both of which are quite powerful," Zhang Tianming said, pointing to an Oddish running by the roadside.

Nanfeng took out a Poké Ball.

"But if it evolves into Gloom, the smell is unbearable. And if it evolves into Bellossom and Vileplume, it needs Evolution Stones, which are very expensive. Forget it, let's not waste the Poké Ball." Zhang Tianming put Nanfeng's Poké Ball back in with a look of disgust and continued walking inside.

"How about Arbok? Poison-type Pokémon are all sneaky and can be used for surprise attacks. Plus, after evolving into Arbok, it can use a move called Leer that can paralyze opponents. It's quite effective!"

Nanfeng took out the Poké Ball again.

"Forget it, Poison-type Pokémon are hard to raise. Ekans consumes a lot of meat every day, and it's not good-looking at all. Having it around will affect your ability to pick up girls in the future, Feng-ge." Zhang Tianming put Nanfeng's Poké Ball back in and continued walking inside.

"Just grab any one, no need to go to so much trouble," Nanfeng said, since he wasn't really going to keep one.

"How can we be careless with the first Pokémon!" Zhang Tianming said righteously. "We're just a couple more steps from Cloudwater Pond. We can fish there; I've heard that someone once caught a Feebas there."

Nanfeng opened her mouth, but didn't say that she already had an elf.

E-rank danger zones are basically safe. Either the Pokémon are gentle or their strength is low. So even ordinary people without Pokémon can avoid getting hurt here if they are careful.

With Bulbasaur leading the way, the two made their way smoothly.

Soon they arrived at their destination, "Yunshui Pond".

Calling it a pond would be an understatement; it's more accurately described as a small lake. Lotus leaves dot the surface, and a few tadpoles lazily sit on them, dozing off. Delicate pink lotus blossoms can be vaguely seen. Beneath the lotus leaves, the silhouettes of a carp and a goldfish flash by.

Around the Cloud Pond, three or four trainers had already set up parasols. These parasols could also be used as rain umbrellas.

Ancheng is rainy, especially during the transition from summer to autumn, and there are occasional typhoons, so it might rain while you're fishing.

Zhang Tianming skillfully set up the parasol.

After setting up two small stools and taking out a fishing rod, I prepared to cast the line.