"Why is the key with the teacher?"

Lin Xuan couldn't help but be a little curious, because the box was not in Jinhui Gym, but the teacher specially asked him to come and pick it up. The box itself was not at the teacher's place but the key was not there. It always sounded a bit strange.

"Because this box and the contents inside originally belong to your Jinhui Gym, I just haven't kept them here yet."

The old man waved his hand somewhat casually, and then said to Lin Xuan.

"Is this from Jinhui Gym?"

"Well, by the way, in order to thank you for bringing the little belt back for me, I will give you a gift!"

The old man walked aside as if he remembered something, and then began to rummage through the boxes, not knowing what he was looking for.

Naturally, Lin Xuan quickly stopped him. After all, he didn't get any reward for saving Pippi.

"No need. It's just a matter of convenience for me to bring Pippi back. There's no need for this."

"That won't work. Pippi is my darling, and it's not that precious... Just let me look for it again!"

The old man continued to search as he spoke. Lin Xuan looked at this insistent look and did not stop him. After all, the other party could not find it after searching for so long. It should and is indeed not a valuable thing, so he should keep it.

It should be fine.

"Huh~ I found it. Pippi must have accidentally dropped it here while playing with it."

The old man finally found what he wanted under the cabinet on one side, and then took it out. Before handing it to Lin Xuan, he didn't forget to blow a few breaths to blow off the dust on it.

When Lin Xuan saw this scene, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. It seemed that it was indeed not a valuable thing... Forget it, that's not what he came for anyway.

While thinking this in his mind, Lin Xuan poured himself an extra glass of water. He was indeed very thirsty.

But before Lin Xuan could think anything more, the old man placed the stone-like object on the table in front of Lin Xuan.

"Pippi accidentally picked this up when he went out to play before. It seems to be some kind of fossil, but I don't understand it or what it is. If you are interested, you can check it out yourself."

"Cough cough cough!"

Lin Xuan almost coughed out as soon as she took a sip of water.

Fossils? Fossils of Pokémon?

"Pokémon fossils?"

"Maybe, but I don't know much about this. You can check it out yourself."

The old man said nonchalantly that Pippi had been keeping this thing there since he picked it up. The most common use was to play with it as a ball. Not to mention other things, this thing was still hard enough and would not fall no matter how hard it was dropped.

Will break.

In other words, Lin Xuan is not a relevant practitioner. Otherwise, if those researchers saw someone throwing something suspected to be a Pokémon fossil as a ball, they would be so angry that they would spit out a mouthful of old blood and perform a powerful performance.

[Blood spurting] skill.

"This is too expensive, I can't have it."

Lin Xuan shook his head decisively. If it was just an ordinary fossil, it would be fine, but if it were a Pokémon fossil, it would be much more precious. Especially if it was an active fossil...

At present, the technology of fossil resurrection has not been fully popularized, but as a senior researcher Lin Xuan still knows some inside information, has been researching it, and has even achieved considerable results.

But the success rate seems worrying. If you smash a lot of active precious fossils, it may not be possible to revive one, so it has not been announced. If you want to improve the success rate, you have to continue the experiment, and this kind of active ancient fossils

Nature is indispensable.

There are two types of fossils, those that are active and those that are completely inactive.

The former has the possibility of resurrection and retains some ancient genes, while the latter is a simple collection, and the value between the two is not the same.

"It's okay. Don't think that I don't know anything because I live in the mountains. This thing may indeed be worth some money, but it's useless to me. I usually just use it as a ball for Pippi to play with. I don't need it either. It's okay to give it to you.

I’ll give it to you.”

The old man seemed very free and easy. He was not short of money anyway, otherwise he would have sold this thing long ago. He lived in the mountains not because he was poor, but because he simply liked to be clean.

"this……"

"Take it."

Lin Xuan was not a hypocritical person. The other party obviously didn't care about the value of the fossil, so there was no need for him to think too much about it, so he simply accepted it.

"Thank you very much."

"I want to thank you. My little skin is much more important than any fossil."

At the old man's warm invitation, Lin Xuan also sat in the hut for a while, taking a look at the fossils.

Lin Xuan himself doesn't really know much about fossils, but... he has a mobile phone! Can't he just take a photo and search for some?

Naturally, the appearance of each fossil cannot be exactly the same as in the game, but fossils of the same type will have some similarities, and if you look carefully, you can still distinguish some.

"This seems to be... a skull fossil or a shield fossil?"

After a simple search, Lin Xuan judged that the color and shape were similar, but no matter how much they were, he couldn't tell. He was not a relevant expert, but there seemed to be relevant institutions in Jinhui City. He just needed to send them there for inspection.

good.

"may be."

The old man didn't seem to care. At the same time, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of hot tea. It seemed that this was more important than the fossil in front of him.

Lin Xuan also knew that the old man really didn't care about the fossil. It was estimated that even if it was a truly active fossil, he might have the same reaction, so he put the fossil away and turned to look at the box.

"Do you know what's in this?"

Lin Xuan discovered a detail, that is, although the old man didn't care about the fossil and even threw it around like a toy, he had found it under the cabinet before.

But before that, the box was carefully kept in a drawer. The old man's attitude towards the two was so different that Lin Xuan couldn't help but become curious about what was inside.

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While drinking tea, the old man opened one eye and looked at Lin Xuan.

"I think!" Lin Xuan nodded decisively, but the old man's next words left Lin Xuan speechless.

"Go back and ask your teacher. If he is willing to tell you, you will naturally know."

"..."

"Since your teacher allows you to pick up this thing, it means that he still trusts you very much. If you ask, he will usually tell you. But I still have to keep it a secret, so I won't tell you~"

Lin Xuan felt that the old man probably didn't know his situation. After all, although he was a disciple of Jinhui Gym, he could only count half of it. If the things inside were really confidential, Luo Guan might not tell him.

As for the issue of trust... Luo Guan definitely trusts him, but probably not in the way the old man thought, but because of his other identities.

Of course, if Lin Xuan is willing to become an official disciple of Jinhui Gym, everything will have to be discussed separately. After all, then he will be the next gym leader of Jinhui Gym!

After sitting for a while, Lin Xuan also felt that it was almost time, so he said goodbye to the old man.

"I have to go back to the gym to give things to the teacher, so I'll leave first."

Lin Xuan said hello to the old man and then planned to leave, but the old man did not stop him and just waved his hand. After all, the weather was almost getting dark.

My family knows their own business. Once it's night here, there are no buses, so it's really troublesome to leave.

After leaving the hut, Lin Xuan returned the same way and called her teacher Luo Guan.

"Hey, teacher, I've got the box you asked for." Lin Xuan said straight to the point after getting through the call.

"Are you here now?" After saying this, Luo Guan's voice paused for a few seconds, as if he checked the time, and then said to Lin Xuan:

"Come back quickly, it's quite late."

"The main thing is that I just encountered something when I came here..." Lin Xuan did not show off and directly told Luo Guan what had just happened and the pit underneath.

"Is there a pit at the bottom of Qingming Mountain?"

Different from Lin Xuan's expected tone, Luo Guan was not as surprised as he imagined. Instead, he seemed quite calm and seemed to be caught in some kind of memory.

"teacher?"

Hearing that there was still no movement from Luo Guan, Lin Xuan couldn't help but make a voice to remind him.

"Oh, it's okay. I remembered something. You don't need to pay too much attention to the situation there. My teacher also took me down there for a visit. If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten that such a place existed."

"That's fine."

Lin Xuan heard that Luo Guan also knew where it was, so she didn't have any worries, but then she heard what Luo Guan said later.

"If you want to go for a stroll, you can. Logically speaking, there should be a lot of good stuff inside. Last time I just walked in and walked around for a few times and picked up a fossil. It's not too late now. You must be interested.

You can also go in and take a walk.”

"So where is that place?"

Lin Xuan asked Luo Guan as he walked forward.

"I haven't investigated it too deeply. According to the teacher, it should be the product of crustal movement long ago, so some special ores may be produced in that environment, suitable for rock and steel type elves."

"Then you're not worried that there's something wrong inside?"

From Luo Guan's tone, it seemed that he only knew about such a place, but had never been in it. This was obviously inconsistent with his status as the gym leader.

"The teacher went in. He said it was no problem and told me not to worry."

Luo Guan's words were very calm but decisive, as if what Qin Guan said was the absolute truth and could never go wrong.
To be continued...