Pokémon: The Climb

Rika can understand Kumi's decision. After all, there are not many people who can always stick to the path of a trainer.

She had been fond of Jiumei before, but only compared to others.

"By the way, Natsuki and the others will definitely be very happy if they know you are back. You can find time to get together with them." Rika suddenly said.

Jiumei was stunned, and then immediately asked: "Have Natsuki and the others left the gym?"

Lijia nodded: "Yes, actually after you set off for Kalos, they left the gym one after another."

The Natsuki and others Rika was talking about were the people Yang Yan met when he first came to Yuhong Gym.

As I said before, it is basically time for gym apprentices to leave the gym after they acquire Pokémon with high-level strength.

Those people were about the same strength as Jiumei at the beginning, so it was only a matter of time before they left.

When Jiumei came back this time, she had the important task of resigning as a gym apprentice.

Not only her, Yang Yan also needs this. His strength has long passed the point where he no longer needs this important identity.

"I understand, I will go find everyone in two days." Jiumei nodded.

After talking about Kumi, Li Jia looked at Yang Yan again.

"Yang Yan, although I am very optimistic about you and think you are very talented as a trainer, I never thought that you would win the championship the first time you participated in the alliance conference. Considering your age, this is very important for you in the alliance conference. It is extremely rare in history! You are really good, I believe you can achieve higher achievements in the future!"

"Master, you are so flattering. I still have a lot to learn." Yang Yan waved his hand modestly.

"I can prove this. Yang Yan was always studying with a book in his hand on the way back in the car." Kumi interjected with a smile.

"Oh?"

Li Jia was very surprised. Although Kumi sounded teasing when he said it, Lijia could certainly see the deeper meaning.

If Yang Yan's championship can be said to be due to his high talent, then it is very unusual that after achieving such an achievement at this age, he can still calm down to study and enrich himself.

In Li Jia's eyes, this is even a little scary!

You must know that even many adults will be happy to show off after achieving similar achievements, eager to take this opportunity to live a happy life that they could not even imagine before.

But Yang Yan, at such a young age, is able to neither be arrogant nor discouraged. Even though he has achieved remarkable achievements, he is still working hard and thinking of ways to improve himself. This mentality alone can make him stand out from the crowd. Most people in the world have several streets.

In the future, if Yang Yan cannot shine with his own dazzling light, Li Jia will write her name upside down!

He believes that even if Yang Yan encounters setbacks like Jiumei's during his growth, he will definitely stand up again. At most, it will only delay the time for the world to recognize Yang Yan.

"I didn't expect Yang Yan to be such a hard-working person. It's really surprising!"

Li Jia did not show any shock, and even the look in Yang Yan's eyes did not change at all. She only used an understatement to dismiss the topic.

"Since you are already the champion of the Alliance Conference, you will no longer need the status of apprentice in this gym. It just so happens that Jiumei is leaving. Let Meixiang help you go through all the procedures later."

The so-called procedure is actually very simple. It mainly requires submission of alliance reports, so it seems a bit formal.

"Yes."

They both nodded at the same time.

"By the way, I said before that if you make our Yuhong Gym famous in Kalos, I will give you some extra rewards."

"I thought about it and I can give you two choices." Li Jia raised her finger: "One is a walking grass with excellent qualifications!"

"As a gym apprentice, you have graduated. I, the gym owner, should give you a gym's special Pokémon as a graduation gift out of emotion and reason. With the promised reward and Pokémon, you will get a walking stick with excellent qualifications." It’s the most suitable.”

Jiumei looked at Rika and then at Yang Yan in shock. It was hard to believe what had just happened.

If Yang Yan nodded, wouldn't it be easy to get an excellent Pokémon that ordinary people can't even imagine?

You know, he just got three high-qualified Pokémon from the Kanto League some time ago, and now he just needs to nod his head and he can get another one right away!

Jiumei thinks why there is such a big gap between people's fortunes?

Of course, complaints are complaints. She knew that Yang Yan could achieve all this because of his hard work. She didn't work hard before, but now she's like this, and she can't blame others.

As for the gym owner giving Pokémon to the gym apprentices, what Li Jia said was true.

Of course, it is not necessarily given when you graduate, but more often when you first become a gym apprentice.

Those who will be selected to become apprentices in the gym are ordinary people from ordinary families, some are even poor, and they are usually people who have just become or are about to become trainers. Therefore, they have very few Pokémon in their hands, and they may not match the attributes of the gym, so they will basically take over the Pokémon given by the gym owner very quickly.

When Yang Yan became an apprentice at the Chenghua Gym, Qianli told him about this, but Yang Yan refused temporarily because he already had more Pokémon in his hand and the funds were tight.

Qianli didn't force it, he just asked Yangyan to consider the normal type more when conquering Pokémon in the future.

When he returns to Chenghua City to "cancel" his status as a gym apprentice in the future, Chisato will definitely give him a Pokémon like Rika, and it will most likely be a lazy one.

Yang Yan had no right to refuse, because this was the principle between the gym leader and the gym apprentices, and he could not and should not break it.

However, he was still surprised by Li Jia's proposal. Yang Yan believed that Li Jia must understand its higher potential value, but she was still willing to give it to him. To be honest, Yang Yan was very tempted.

But he didn't agree immediately, because Li Jia said he would give himself two choices, and he wanted to hear first what the second choice would be that could match the excellent Pokémon.

Li Jia saw that Yang Yan did not speak, so she continued: "Second, I have a formula that can improve the qualifications of grass Pokémon, which can help your Lizard King greatly improve the qualifications. The raw materials of this formula are very rare and valuable. It’s very high, and it’s difficult to collect them all. Even my family needs to collect one every six years on average. And the material cost of one is enough to buy two Excellent-level Pokémon!”

"But even so, I can't guarantee that I can improve the Lizard King's qualifications to the perfect level."

"I know that if this is the case, it is still not worth an excellent Pokémon. So in addition, I can also buy grass-type, poison-type, and super-type Pokémon from Yuhong Gym for you in the future. The rights to high-level energy cubes with three attributes. Of course, the three attributes cannot exceed the weight of one Pokémon."

"So Yang Yan, how do you choose?"