"Ying, ying, ying!"
Lin Feng was still lost in thought when Ice Ninetales' voice suddenly rang out beside him.
She had not even arrived yet, but her voice had already come first.
A moment later, Ice Ninetales came running over with the three Eeveelutions.
"Ying, ying, ying~!"
[We cleared the first stage!]
"Oh? You cleared the first stage?"
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow.
For the first stage, he had set up Ice-type Elite Four's Mr. Rime, Fire-type Elite Four's Charizard, Grass-type Elite Four's Venusaur, and Psychic-type Elite Four's Metagross.
Although some of these Pokémon had never been seen by the little group in person, Lin Feng could find battle videos of them online.
By studying those battles, he could roughly determine their data and create suitable opponents for their dream training.
As for the Ice-type Elite Four's Mr. Rime, Ice Ninetales had defeated it once before.
However, that battle had only been possible because Blaziken had already injured Mr. Rime beforehand, and Ice Ninetales had also caught it off guard.
This time, Lin Feng had deliberately increased the difficulty of the challenge.
The four Pokémon had to challenge the stage together.
Furthermore, throughout the entire battle, none of the three Eeveelutions could lose their ability to fight.
After all, they were a team.
Each member had their own role to fulfill, and they also had to learn how to protect one another.
That was something Lin Feng absolutely had to train into them.
So this was no longer a case of one plus three being greater than four.
For Ice Ninetales, it was more like one plus three was less than one.
The three Eeveelutions were simply too weak compared with her at the moment.
"Ying, ying~!"
Ice Ninetales hurriedly nodded in agreement.
"Vee, vee..."
The three Eeveelutions nodded as well, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
They had to admit that the challenge system Lin Feng had designed was actually very interesting.
Inside their dreams, they could experience all kinds of battles, record their performance, and repeatedly practice different situations.
More importantly, after repeatedly going through these battles in their dreams, the instincts they developed there could gradually carry over into their daily lives.
"Mr. Rime?" Lin Feng asked again.
"Ying, ying, ying!"
After receiving a definite answer, Lin Feng gave them an approving smile.
"You did great!"
But it was obvious that Ice Ninetales had not brought the Eeveelutions over just to receive that one compliment.
The three little ones were staring at Lin Feng with bright, expectant eyes.
"Alright, alright. I know what you want."
Lin Feng laughed and rubbed the heads of the Pokémon.
"Just wait. I'll make you something delicious tonight."
With that promise, the three little ones immediately became satisfied.
Lin Feng then glanced at their status panels.
[Pokémon: Umbreon]
[Ability: Synchronize]
[Potential: Red]
[Individual Values: ....]
[Strength: Level 51-53]
...
[Pokémon: Leafeon]
[Ability: Leaf Guard]
[Potential: Gold]
[Individual Values: HP (30), Attack (30), Special Attack (31), Defense (31), Special Defense (30), Speed (31)]
[Strength: Level 54-57]
...
[Pokémon: Sylveon]
[Potential: Gold]
[Individual Values: ....]
[Strength: Level 53-54]
The three Eeveelutions had actually made considerable progress during this period.
Especially after Lin Feng had created the Divine Wing Liquor Chocolates from Ho-Oh's Sacred Ash-like feathers, the Pokémon in the plantation had undergone a qualitative improvement in both their individual values and energy levels.
Just look at Leafeon.
It was now only one point away from having perfect 6V individual values.
After sending the little ones away, Lin Feng began thinking about what kind of food he should prepare for them tonight.
The three Eeveelutions could not be allowed to fall too far behind Ice Ninetales.
Umbreon was a Dark-type Pokémon.
Coincidentally, the Nightmare Stone he had obtained from Darkrai had almost completely exhausted the nightmare energy stored within it.
There was still some Dark-type energy remaining, though.
The stone itself obviously could not be eaten.
But he could add it directly as a seasoning ingredient and make a dish he had once heard about called Suo Diu.
As the name suggested, you simply took a little taste, then threw the rest away.
After passing through his hands, he could at least squeeze every last bit of value out of that stone.
As for Leafeon...
Ah Three's tastes were actually similar to Serperior's.
She liked sweet things.
Unfortunately, Lin Feng could not think of any particularly suitable special dish for her at the moment.
And as for Ah Nine...
"Hmm?"
Lin Feng suddenly brightened.
"Let's go see how the new wine is coming along!"
He had previously made fruit wine using Xerneas' antler fragments.
He wondered if it had finished fermenting yet.
Most of the Berries he had used were peaches from the central tree, so the main flavor should be that of peaches.
Thinking about it made Lin Feng a little excited.
He turned toward the livestock shed.
But before he could get halfway there, his private communicator rang.
Lin Feng was slightly surprised.
Who would be calling him at a time like this?
He picked it up.
Qin Shu?
"Eh?"
Lin Feng blinked.
He had only just been wondering where that girl had gone.
And now she had finally decided to call him.
He temporarily abandoned his plans to check on the wine and answered the video call.
The moment the connection came through, Lin Feng's expression changed.
The scene on the other end was clearly deep within a remote forest.
Towering trees rose toward the sky, while fallen leaves covered the ground beneath them so thickly that not even the color of the soil could be seen.
A forest this dense, with trees this enormous, clearly was not a landscape commonly found in the southern regions of Donghua.
She had traveled that far?
"Alright, the call is connected. Behave yourselves."
The girl muttered something to the Pokémon beside her.
Then she took a deep breath, suppressing the smile that was threatening to spread across her face.
She looked toward the camera and happily greeted him.
"Brother Feng, Brother Feng~!"
[You... where did you go?]
Lin Feng hesitated before asking.
It had been several months since they had last seen each other.
Qin Shu's skin was noticeably darker now.
Her formerly round face, which still had a little baby fat, had become much thinner.
She now had a healthy wheat-colored complexion.
Judging by Lin Feng's estimation, if the video call did not have its built-in beauty filter, she might almost have reached Mao's skin tone from the Alola region.
Her long black hair, which she had once loved tying up, had also been cut into a neat short ponytail.
Her entire body had become noticeably slimmer.
The real world was nothing like the anime world.
There, most wilderness areas had already been developed, or at least had some degree of human activity.
But in the real world, there were still countless untouched wilderness regions like this.
And besides ordinary insects, all kinds of strange Pokémon could be found lurking within them.
Standing beside Qin Shu were Blastoise and Meowscarada.
The camera shifted slightly.
Up in the trees was a Pokémon that had already evolved.
Noivern stood on a branch, carefully watching its surroundings.
Huh?
That little Noibat had evolved this quickly?
And there was another new Pokémon standing beside her.
It was a Farfetch'd.
More specifically, it was a muscular Farfetch'd carrying an enormous leek.
Its build was completely different from the ordinary Farfetch'd.
Clearly, it was the Galarian form.
The moment it noticed Lin Feng...
And the Blaziken that happened to flash past behind him...
Its eyes immediately sharpened.
It raised the enormous leek toward the camera.
The look in its eyes was unmistakable.
It seemed determined to prove which of them was stronger.
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