Chapter 29: New Problem
Then Bai Feng, Kalos, and Fu La Da Li were carried by Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres respectively, leaving the Sea God's Cave.
After sending the three outside the Sea God's Cave, the Legendary Birds left directly. Lugia was currently still sleeping, and they had to continue guarding it, unable to leave the Sea God's Cave for too long.
After the Legendary Birds left, Kalos let out a long sigh and said, "Phew~ It's finally over!"
Bai Feng heard this and nodded, "Yeah, was there any problem with your Task this time?"
Kalos nodded and said, "Don't worry, there were no major Problems. I'm not the only one who has failed to explore the Sea God's Cave over the years."
To prevent the sleeping Lugia from being disturbed, Kalos decided to give up this Task and not announce the existence of the Legendary Birds and Lugia.
"That's good." Bai Feng nodded, strongly agreeing with Kalos's approach.
At this moment, Fu La Da Li suddenly said, "Where do you think Xerneas and Yveltal are now?"
Bai Feng's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, and he immediately said casually, "Who knows? You're not thinking of looking for them, are you? I advise you to forget it. Anyone who tries to touch forbidden things won't end well."
Fu La Da Li shook his head and smiled, "You think too highly of me. Don't worry, I won't do anything foolish!"
Bai Feng nodded, "Then you must remember what you said today."
Fu La Da Li still nodded with a smile after hearing this.
Immediately, the three of them returned to Couriway Town together.
As soon as they returned to Couriway Town, Fu La Da Li and Kalos said their goodbyes.
At this time, Bai Feng took out two Water Stones and handed them to them, saying, "These are for you!"
Kalos waved her hand and said, "How can I accept this? This is a Gift from the Legendary Birds to you."
Fu La Da Li also nodded in agreement, "That's right, we can't accept a reward without contributing. We can't accept this."
Bai Feng stuffed the two Water Stones into their hands.
"Take them. Consider them a parting Gift. I know these might not be much to you, but it's my sincere intention. Don't you consider me a friend?"
Fu La Da Li was more straightforward. Hearing Bai Feng say this, he neatly put away the Water Stone.
"Alright, I'll take it. We'll always be friends!"
"Okay, since you're both like this, it would seem ungracious of me to refuse." Seeing this, Kalos no longer declined.
When parting, Fu La Da Li said to Bai Feng and Kalos, "Let's keep in touch!"
"Keep in touch!"
"Keep in touch!"
After Kalos and Fu La Da Li left, Bai Feng released Talonflame Captain, rode on it, and flew towards Fang Xing Mountain.
As soon as Talonflame Captain appeared above Fang Xing Mountain, its subordinates discovered it. A flock of Birds chirped and surrounded it, expressing their longing for their leader during this period tirelessly.
Bai Feng said helplessly, "Alright, if you want to pour out your hearts to each other, let me down first!" It's only been a few days, is it really necessary?!
While the commotion was happening in the Sky, Fuyu, who was Busy below, looked up and saw Bai Feng.
"Bai Feng, you're back!" Fuyu shouted and waved at the same time.
Getting down from Talonflame Captain's back, Bai Feng asked Fuyu, "While I was away these past few days, did anything happen at Home?"
Fuyu shook his head and said, "Don't worry, everything is good." As he spoke, he seemed to remember something, "Oh, by the way, your Admission Notice has arrived!"
The Middle School Bai Feng applied for was the Fourth Middle School that Fuyu was currently attending. Because it was close to Wu Chu itself, the Admission Notice was sent particularly quickly.
"Okay, I know. Brother Dong Yu, thank you for your hard work these past few days."
Next, Bai Feng went to check the Situation at the construction site. As Fuyu had said, everything was Smoothly. The construction team was extremely efficient, and in such a short Time, the Task progress was already halfway complete.
In the evening, Bai Feng and Fuyu returned to Bluebird Orphanage together, ate dinner with everyone, and also saw his Admission Notice at Director Meili's place.
One month later, he would enroll in Couriway Town's Fourth Middle School.
The next day, Bai Feng returned to Fang Xing Mountain again and counted the Fruit Trees and Seeds he brought back from the Sea God's Cave one by one.
Currently, Fang Xing Mountain had been fully developed, with no vacant space left to plant other Fruit Trees. Therefore, if Bai Feng wanted to plant these newly acquired Fruit Trees, he would have to buy another piece of land.
However, the Problem was that he had no Money left.
He had indeed earned some Money in the past two years, but most of it went to paying off debts. The remaining amount was simply not enough for him to buy another piece of land.
After thinking for a Long Time, Bai Feng went to Bi Yi Dojo again to see Grandpa Fu and handed him a Water Stone.
Seeing the Water Stone that was so crystal clear it had almost no Impurity, Grandpa Fu asked with a look of astonishment, "This... where did you get this from?"
Bai Feng explained, "I went out for a trip, and I got this from an adventure."
"You're really lucky. An Evolution Stone of this level is hard to come by." As he spoke, he asked again, "What are you planning to do by giving this to me?"
"I need a sum of Money now, so I wanted to ask if you have any connections to help me sell it."
"Sell it? You want to sell this?" Grandpa Fu immediately puffed up his beard and glared, "Are you stupid? If you sell something this good, it won't be easy to buy it back."
Bai Feng shrugged indifferently, "What else can I do? I need Money!" Anyway, he still had three more after selling one.
Grandpa Fu heard this and fiercely knocked Bai Feng on the forehead, saying exasperatedly, "You prodigal son!"
After a while, Grandpa Fu spoke again, "Alright, sell this Water Stone to me. How much Money do you want to sell it for?" Grandpa Fu really didn't want such a good item to fall into someone else's hands.
Although he was a Grass-type Trainer, there were plenty of Grass/Water dual-type Pokémon.
Research had long shown that Pokémon evolved with Evolution Stones of higher Purity increased their Strength faster. This was also why Evolution Stones with higher Purity sold for more Money.
Bai Feng chuckled, "You decide the price, old man. I don't understand this business."
Grandpa Fu glared at him, "You just know how to act cute. Every Time you come to me, it's never for anything good!" After speaking, he picked up the Water Stone and carefully admired and appraised it against the light.
"Perfect! It's too perfect!"
In the end, this Water Stone was bought by Grandpa Fu for a price of four million.
On the Market, an ordinary Water Stone usually cost around one hundred thousand, and one with slightly better Quality could sell for several hundred thousand.
But the one Bai Feng took out could no longer be priced solely based on Quality. It was a collector's item. Besides its use, its higher value lay in collection.
Usually, Evolution Stones of this level were even more popular among collectors than expensive gems. In terms of appearance, high-Purity Evolution Stones were also more beautiful.
With the Money, Bai Feng immediately became Busy with buying land non-stop.
Because he had the Experience of buying Fang Xing Mountain, this Time he Smoothly spent over three million to buy another Mountain near Fang Xing Mountain.
This Mountain was much smaller in area than Fang Xing Mountain, so Bai Feng named it after a Mountain from the myths of his previous life, calling it Fang Cun Mountain.
Because he needed to develop Fang Cun Mountain, Bai Feng continued to entrust the construction Task of Fang Xing Mountain to Fuyu's care, while he himself took Bai Ye and the others to work on Fang Cun Mountain.
In the initial stage, they only developed a small piece of land, planning to plant the mature Trees first. As for the Seedling cultivation from Seeds, that could be done later. Otherwise, if the mature Trees weren't planted in Time, they might Wither and die, which would be bad.
To Bai Feng's surprise, after testing, he Discovered that the mature Trees brought back from the Sea God's Cave had indeed all reached A-Grade in Energy Rating.
This made him pay even more attention to those Fruit Trees.
Only after all the mature Trees were planted did Bai Feng start cultivating Saplings from Seeds, and at the same Time, prepare new land for the new Saplings on Fang Cun Mountain.
The Fruit Saplings sprouted very Smoothly. By the Time Bai Feng gradually planted them into the ground, it was already nearly a month later.
Originally, Bai Feng was happy to have a batch of A-Grade Fruit Trees, but then a Problem appeared. The mature Trees began to show signs of Withering, and the newly cultivated Saplings grew increasingly Weak, not looking like they would grow big.
Bai Feng suddenly realized where the Problem lay.
These Fruit Trees originally grew in places with extremely high Energy Concentration. After hundreds of years, they had long since Evolved to Adapt to that special environment. Now that Bai Feng had brought them out, how could they possibly Adapt to the outside environment?
Seeing the Fruit Trees wilting day by day, Bai Feng was extremely anxious, unable to eat or sleep well every day. Director Meili and the others saw this and started getting worried.
To save this batch of Fruit Trees, Bai Feng began to make other Trys. He dug up some Fruit Trees from Fang Xing Mountain and began grafting these two types of Fruit Trees.
Grafting is a common method for cultivating Fruit Trees and improving Fruit varieties. Bai Feng had read many Books on this topic at Grandpa Fu's Place, but this was his first Time actually trying it.
He separated the trunks and branches/leaves of the two types of Fruit Trees completely, and then divided them into two batches.
One batch used the Root of the Fang Xing Mountain Fruit Trees to graft the Branch of the new Fruit Trees, and the other batch used the Root of the new Fruit Trees to graft the branches/leaves of the Fang Xing Mountain Fruit Trees.
Whether this batch of grafted Fruit Trees could survive, and what they would grow into after surviving, would have to be proven by Time.
In the blink of an eye, it was Time for Bai Feng to enroll in Middle School.
During this Time, he was so Busy that he almost forgot the concept of Time. It was Director Meili who Reminded him, and only then did he realize that School was about to start.
Primary School only taught some basic Knowledge about the Pokémon World. Bai Feng could self-study, or even not go to School. But it was different in Middle School. Here, they taught professional Knowledge in various fields, and self-study wouldn't get you anywhere.
On this day, Bai Feng dressed neatly, looking presentable, and then came to Couriway Town's Fourth Middle School accompanied by Fuyu to complete the enrollment procedures.
(End of Chapter)