Zeng Jin's fire-attribute Heavenly King Mula worked diligently at the Fuyan Gym in the first half of his life, and in the second half of his life he served as the Alliance Heavenly King for the Fangyuan Alliance. It can be said that he has been working for the official all his life.
Mula, who is now retired, doesn't want to touch Pokémon battles anymore.
If he hadn't been worried that his granddaughter wouldn't be able to support herself, Mulla would have gone on a self-driving tour for the elderly with the grandparents in the town.
"Asha, then this gym will be all handed over to you."
Mulla patted her granddaughter on the shoulder, and when she said these words, she felt even more relieved, and her whole body felt free and relaxed.
Well, although her strength is still a little bit behind... But Yasha is still young, and her strength will eventually improve little by little.
Although I don't think I can become the King of the Alliance like myself in the future, at least becoming a powerful gym trainer is not a big problem.
"As for your challenge, young man, it is impossible for me to accept it..."
Mulla turned to look at Xiaozhi.
At this moment, all the Pokémon on his body have retired, and he only has one Explosive Beast with him for emergencies.
These words immediately made Xiaozhi frown.
But Mulla soon turned his attention to the coal turtle next to him.
One has the same sunlight characteristics as Groudon, so the future is promising.
As he spoke, Mulla took out a piece of fiery red ore from his arms and placed it in the hollow of the coal turtle's shell.
"Then let me give you this fiery rock as a gift."
This is a special rock that Mulla found from Chimney Mountain... If a Pokémon carries this item, whether it is the characteristic Sunshine or the active sunny move, the number of rounds the weather lasts will be greatly increased.
After hearing this, Xiaozhi quickly forgot about the trouble of not being able to fight, and patted the Coal Turtle's shell with a happy expression.
"Wow, then you can go out and drive on a sunny day, and then go back!"
Only then did he understand why the coal turtle was said to be called Groudon Jr. in the previous illustrated book. It turned out to refer to the characteristics of sunlight.
"Hmph, as long as we continue to get stronger, Groudon will be called Little Coal Turtle in the future!"
Xiaozhi shouted loudly and arrogantly.
"Wu...?"
But the Coal Turtle tilted his head and almost burst into tears.
In this way, do you want to treat it as a tool for sunny days?
"hehe..."
However, Mura next to him quickly calmed down Xiaozhi's excitement.
After all, this is the Fangyuan region. To say that Groudon is a little coal turtle is the greatest insult to the God of Earth.
Maybe when Xiaozhi walks to the side of Chimney Mountain, the volcano will erupt directly because of the resentment of the earth's volcano, and he will die suddenly on the spot...
...
The next day, after taking a good rest in Fuyan Town, Xiaozhi and the three of them hit the road again.
At this moment, the three of them returned to where they were when they entered the town. Since Fuyan Town was surrounded by dead ends on three sides, they could only return the same way.
Yasha followed the guests all the way.
Although her face still clearly showed her strong dissatisfaction with Xiaozhi's behavior of wearing three clothes.
"Ha~"
Xiaozhi just turned his head and pretended not to see it.
It wasn't until a few people came to the path of flames that Yasha continued to speak:
"You have obtained four badges now...then the next gym should be the Chenghua Gym in Chenghua City."
This gym is the only gym in the entire Fangyuan region that has personal requirements for challengers...that is, challengers must obtain at least four badges to be eligible to challenge.
Although there is no obvious east-west division in the Fangyuan area, there is actually a sea in the middle, and the remaining three gyms are all in the eastern area of the sea.
"Then you go back to Zijin City along the same route, and then go west to Luyin Town. The Kalv Tunnel there has been opened, so you can take a shortcut back to Chenghua City."
Asha repaid evil with kindness and kindly showed the way for the three of them.
Upon hearing this, Xiaozhi naturally fixed his gaze and made a move to cross the flaming path in front of him again.
Buzz...!
But at this moment, Xiaozhi's backpack suddenly began to tremble inexplicably.
Xiaozhi: "?"
There shouldn't be any elf eggs in his bag, right?
Xiaozhi quickly opened his backpack and poured out all the contents.
Everyone was curious, and even Asha gathered around without realizing it.
Among the several devices and props, the source of the vibration was actually a conical orange-yellow scale.
It's more like a complete round scale, but it was broken and divided into cone fragments with sharp tips.
"I remember this is the dragon scale given by King Genji...?"
Xiaozhi put the things back into his bag and grabbed the fragmented dragon scale in his hand, feeling a slight tremor in his palm.
"Tianwang Genji?"
Yasha next to her was stunned, how could this guy know other kings?
Her grandfather and Genji were kings at the same time, but Asha had met the latter once before. He was a tough guy captain, much more domineering than his grandfather.
"It seems that Mr. Genji said at that time that this was the token of Meteor Falls...?"
Xiaogang also remembered something and recalled.
It seems that this is close to Meteor Falls, so does this dragon scale token react?
Is it so supernatural?
Yasha didn't know about the token, but she still knew Meteor Falls.
"Meteor Falls? Then you have to go north. After bypassing Chimney Mountain, you will find a huge cave all the way to the west..."
In this way, you can't take the inner flame trail, but walk directly from the surface of Chimney Mountain.
But speaking of it, this road can actually reach Chenghua City... It is equivalent to a small circle and a large circle.
"Okay, in that case, let's go to Meteor Falls!"
Xiaozhi fixed his gaze, held the dragon scale tightly in his hand, and immediately changed his route.
He remembered that King Genji mentioned that there were many powerful dragon-type Pokémon living deep in the Meteor Falls... and he just happened to be able to catch one!
So the three of them said goodbye to Asha and did not enter the entrance of the Blazing Path. Instead, they walked towards the stone platform stairs extending to the north next to the entrance of the cave.
It seems that this road has to climb directly through most of Chimney Mountain.
...
...
Chimney mountainside.
The climbing speed of Xiaozhi and the others is not very fast, but there are man-made staircases along the way, so there is no need to climb up with bare hands.
"Hey, I should have taken the cable car directly...!!"
Xiaolan couldn't help but said.
The aerial cable car passing over the heads of the three people from time to time made a few people envious.
This cable car track seems to only connect the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, without any stops in between... and the starting point is at the other end of the Flame Trail, and they can only watch helplessly at this moment.
"But the temperature here is really weird..."
Xiaogang touched his chin and sighed.
The temperature on the surface of Chimney Mountain is much lower than the surrounding area, and is only at the "normal hot" level.
Well, it seems that because Groudon has been away for too long, the temperature around the volcano is completely chaotic and irregular.
