The last time I left the Qianlong Gym, it was still winter, but this time it was already midsummer.
The gymnasium that seemed particularly desolate when we left was now filled with colorful flowers.
But although the scenery is beautiful, it still can't change Menas' sadness.
Menas, who had been looking forward to reunited with his little girlfriend all the way, felt quite sad when he came out to a familiar place but did not see the familiar her.
The two dragons bid farewell to each other. By the lakeside, Menas was looking at the lake where he and Hackron had played, and he was in a daze.
Everything seems like yesterday.
I didn't expect this guy to be a love interest.
Xia Chen patted Menas helplessly and said comfortingly: "If our love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night? In half a month at most, we can go to Long Island to find you a wife."
"Fuwu."
Nodding without interest, Menas got into the lake, seemingly wanting to be alone for a while.
Xia Chen did not disturb him and turned back to the gym.
She met Long Yue who seemed to be looking for her. She bowed slightly and said, "Xia Chen, my father is waiting for you in the reception room."
Xia Chen smiled and nodded, and followed Long Yue to the familiar reception room.
Compared with half a year ago, Tatsuno seemed to have changed little. He was still the handsome middle-aged guy with a slight vicissitude. He greeted the guests who came from afar to sit down.
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then got down to business.
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Long Ye took a sip of tea and said, "I believe Xiaoyue has told you about Long Island, right?"
Xia Chen nodded and thanked sincerely: "Yes, thank you very much for giving me this precious qualification."
Tatsuno replied: "I don't have this qualification. The Elders Council on Long Island agreed. In the past few hundred years, you are the first person who is not from the Yulong family to land on the island."
Although he said this, Xia Chen knew that without Long Ye raising the matter, how could those dragons have mentioned letting him land on the island for no reason.
Xia Chen silently recorded this feeling in his heart.
Tatsuno continued: "Before landing on the island, let me tell you something about Dragon Island. First of all, humans cannot land on the island for more than five days at a time. This is the rule of Dragon Island. Even if I go there, I must abide by it."
"But including the sea area between the islands, the entire Dragon Island is almost half the size of Jiangnan Province, so you'd better think about the elves you want in advance. If you go there and choose at the same time, you will definitely not have enough time. .”
Xia Chen nodded repeatedly and recorded this precious information in his heart.
Tatsuno took out another map that seemed to be made of some kind of animal fur and placed it on the table.
"This is a map of Long Island that our ancestors spent more than ten generations on dozens of times landing on the island. Although it cannot be as detailed as modern maps, the topography is still generally complete."
After a pause, Tatsuno said: "The most important thing is the distribution map of elves. I have the map here. You can come and borrow it at any time."
Xia Chen took it with both hands, nodded and thanked: "Thank you, Uncle Long!"
He was a little touched. From allowing himself, an outsider, to land on the island, to lending him a unique map of Dragon Island, Tatsuno simply treated him like one of his own family members.
Moreover, his keen observation also noticed the surprise in Long Yue's eyes when Long Ye took out the map just now.
The importance of this map in their home is self-evident.
When he heard Xia Chen's changed name, Long Ye also smiled.
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After taking the map, Xia Chen scanned it carefully from top to bottom.
From the map, Long Island is an archipelago consisting of three main islands and several small islands.
The three main islands are inhabited by different types of dragon elves because of their different landforms and climates.
The main island to the north is mostly made up of valleys, and most of them are home to flying dragons, or elves related to dragons, such as violent flying dragons, three-headed evil dragons, desert dragonflies, fire-breathing dragons, etc.
The terrain of the main island in the southwest is dominated by jungle vegetation, and the climate is tropical. It is home to elves such as the Ankylosaurus, the Applewrap Dragon, the Tropical Dragon, and the Explosive Turtle Beast.
The main island in the southeast has the largest area and richer topography, and is home to the most elves.
And the Kuailong of the royal family lives on this main island.
In addition, Biting Land Shark, Banguiras, Mysaurus, Doron Baruto, Styrophysosaurus
Most of the quasi-gods are distributed on this island.
After looking at it for about five minutes and firmly imprinting the contents on the map in his mind, Xia Chen handed the map back.
Long Ye said in surprise: "Stop watching?"
Although the map is not big, it is very rich in content. The distribution of dozens of elves is not something that can be memorized in five minutes.
Xia Chen scratched his head and said, "I have a better memory and I have memorized everything. How about you do a random check?"
The role of superpowers is not just for fighting. The powerful mental power also allows Xia Chen's brain to be more fully developed.
Although Xia Chen is far from having a photographic memory now, he can definitely remember a map with a small amount of information.
Naturally, Long Ye would not be so bored to conduct spot checks. In the end, this was Xia Chen's own business, as long as Xia Chen had this confidence.
On the contrary, he was more concerned about another thing, "I heard from Xiaoyue that the power of your Menas's dragon-type moves now exceeds 1.3 times?"
Xia Chen said modestly: "Yes, thanks to the cultivation secret book you gave me, Menas's strength has now reached the senior level."
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Saying this, Xia Chen suddenly thought of one thing. The level of strength of Menas and Xianbu seemed to be a bit vague.
The reason for this is still due to the fact that he has not fought a close battle for a long time.
Or facing an enemy like the super-sized Yveltar, the few battles with Mingyi after returning were completely unsatisfactory.
Her Monarch Snake has just reached the senior level. Although it is already outstanding among her peers, it is not good enough compared with Senbomenas and others.
Now that we have arrived at the Qianlong Gym, it seems like a good opportunity?
Although my two fairy-type elves seem to be able to restrain the dragon-type elves, the gym has always been a place where you are stronger and I am stronger.
Unless your strength has surpassed that of the gym leader.
Xia Chen, a veteran gym leader like Long Ye, didn't believe that he only had a few king-level elves in his hands.
As for the profession of gym leader, because he competes with people of all levels of strength all the year round, he can best control his own strength. It is simply the best mirror to reflect his strength.
After withdrawing his thoughts, Xia Chen suddenly said seriously: "Uncle Long, I have a request."
Long Ye put down the tea cup and said with a smile: "Why, which of my daughters do you like?"
Xia Chen almost couldn't hold back the breath he just mentioned. I treat you as a brother, but you still want to be my father?
He said helplessly: "I'm not joking with you, it's serious business."
Longye looked a little more serious, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Xia Chen said solemnly: "I want to challenge the gym!"
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Xia Chen passed the senior trainer test in Baike City in the Kalos region in March this year.
Although the Qianlong Gym is a gym in the Donghuang area, the trainer certificates of the nine major alliances are universal, so Xia Chen is actually qualified to challenge the gym.
This is a very rare thing for a trainer who has only debuted for a year.
When Xia Chen was traveling in Carlos, he also thought about challenging the gym, but at first he did not reach the qualifying level and was not qualified. Later, he was entangled with trivial matters and had no time to fight.
So this is his first time to challenge the gym.
Seeing the senior trainer's certificate that Xia Chen took out, Long Ye had no reason to reject it, both emotionally and rationally.
It so happened that there was no one else challenging the gym at this time, so after simple preparations, Xia Chen stood on the main arena of the Qianlong Gym as a gym challenger.
Xia Chen's first gym match in his career as a trainer is about to begin.
Although it is an unknown gym competition, the Qianlong Gym is the most famous gym in the Donghuang area after all. On weekdays, there are always some local citizens who come here for a walk or two when they have nothing to do.
Seeing that there was something lively to watch, many people bought drinks and snacks and stayed in the audience.
In addition to some apprentices from the Qianlong Gym, there were only a few dozen people watching the match.
Not long after, Tatsuno, the gym leader who finished selecting the Pokémon to fight, returned to the arena.
Both sides are ready.
On the sidelines, Long Yue was the referee for this gym competition. After the two stood still, she began to announce the rules of the gym challenge.
"This game adopts international standard 3v3 rules. When any elf on both sides loses the ability to fight, or one side admits defeat, the game ends. Do both sides have any objections?"
An old man and a young man said in unison: "No objection."
Long Yue nodded, "Then, the game begins!"
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"Come out, Coconut Tree!"
"Menas, prepare to fight!"
Two white lights flashed, and the starting elves from both sides appeared.
A tree-like elf with an extremely long neck and an otherworldly-looking elf that looks more like a snake than a dragon stand on both sides of the battlefield.
As the leader of a dragon-type gym, Tatsuno naturally sent a coconut egg tree in the form of Alola, with dual attributes of grass and dragon.
The attribute of Caojialong is four times water resistance, which seems to completely match the pure water-type Menas.
But in fact, this kind of attribute combination has the same fatal weakness as the Earth Dragon and the Flying Dragon, which is four times weaker than the ice.
But this does not mean that the Coconut Egg Tree is completely at a disadvantage. As long as you are always wary of Menus' ice moves, the attribute advantage of the Coconut Egg Tree is still there.
For Tatsuno, the gym leader, this is not difficult to do.
And the onlookers who often come here to watch games are also very aware of Tatsuno's strength.
So, after seeing the two starting elves, many people immediately laughed out loud.
"Haha, I love seeing four times the resistance. I don't know what evil this young man has done. He is quite unlucky."
"But it's rare for a museum owner to use this elf, so he just happened to do it."
"I have seen it once. This coconut egg tree is not too strong. It is still far away from the elite level. As long as the challenger changes to an elf, it will be easy to defeat."
"It's hard to say. The coconut egg tree won't be able to withstand the freezing beam from Menas."
"Is this your first time watching Dragon Hall Master's game? As the saying goes, the person who knows you best is always your enemy. No one knows how to counter ice-type moves better than Dragon Hall Master!"
"That's right, just keep an eye on it. In less than two minutes, this gym challenger will definitely change the elf."
"Stop chatting, the battle has begun!"
"What the hell, why don't you change and just hit me? Is this young man so brave?"
In the not-too-dense auditorium, there were bursts of surprised cries.
Because on the field, in a match that they thought was completely unwinnable, Xia Chen did not choose to change the elves, but directly attacked!
(End of chapter)
