Pokémon: From Magikarp

"Linlang means exquisite jade and also refers to beautiful things. Linlang City is such a beautiful place."

"There is a poem that goes: 'The literary lapel is the mysterious garden, and the pen creates a treasure.' Therefore, the cultural atmosphere in our city is very high, at least as high as three or four floors. That's why the price of treasured paper is so high..."

In Linlang City in the central China region, Ye Wanshu stood at the airport gate and introduced Lin Shi and the other two.

Lin Shi, Gao Duo and Li Fan were all visiting Linlang City for the first time and were quite amazed at the moment.

Time has come to the end of the year again, and the winter vacation is approaching. After completing the final exams, several people came to Ye Wanshu's hometown together.

Their goal is the Linlang City Skill Machine Trading Conference held every three years.

In addition to its profound cultural heritage, Linlang City is also one of the largest skill machine production and trading centers in the Shenzhou region. The skill machine trading held at the end of every three years is said to allow you to buy all the skill machines you want.

Recently, Lin Shi has been busy with the construction of the research institute and the publication of papers related to his apprentice bear. Now that he has some free time, he plans to go out for a walk and buy some skill machines that the elves need now.

You know, he now has nine elves, including the ancient jade fish and the egg, the number has reached double digits.

With so many elves, the resources required are not just a little bit, and the same goes for the consumption of skill machines.

"Lin Shi, what's in your bag? Why is it so bulging?"

Looking at the schoolbag Lin Shi was carrying, Li Fan asked in confusion.

"The elf egg should be hatching soon, bring it out to gain some steps."

Lin Shi opened a corner of his schoolbag, revealing the elf egg with green patterns inside.

During this period, Lin Shi kept it next to the volcanic stone. The characteristics of Xiduolan's flaming body can accelerate the hatching of the elf eggs. Lin Shi estimated that the hatching time should be within these few days.

In order to avoid any accidents, Lin Shi brought it here specially so that he could witness the hatching of the elf at the first time.

"Let's go eat first. We're almost starving."

Gao Duo rubbed his stomach and made a suggestion to everyone.

The trade fair will officially begin tomorrow, so they came here a day in advance in order to appreciate the scenery of this ancient city.

"Old Ye, we're at your house, you're the one treating us..."

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A day's tour passed in a flash, and the highlight finally arrived. The next day, the four of them arrived at the trade conference building on time.

The trade fair will naturally not use an auction method. After all, if it did so, it would not be able to claim that you could buy all the skill machines you wanted, and it would not live up to its reputation of being held every three years.

However, in order to avoid scalping behavior by some people, in addition to extremely strict investigations, a regulation has been introduced that the same person cannot purchase three tickets of the same skill machine, which is considered to be more humane.

Skill opportunities are placed in different stores according to their attributes, and trainers can purchase them as needed.

"Then everyone please disperse first and gather here after you finish shopping."

"OK, if you don't have money, tell dad and he will give it to you."

Gao Duo patted his chest.

"Go away, father!"

Li Fan didn't tolerate him and immediately scolded him.

Lin Shi: ...

Ye Wanshu: ...

"Let me see what I should buy first..."

On the way, Lin Shi was thinking about the elf in his hand. When he looked up, a shop came into his sight.

"Water-type skill machine for sale?"

"Well, let's start from here."

Without any hesitation, Lin Shi walked straight in. It was called a store, but in fact it was more like a large shopping mall. After all, it had to accommodate customers from all over the world.

In order to fit the water theme, the decoration also uses the form of water elves. For example, the chandeliers are in the shape of stinging jellyfish and agate jellyfish, which is really spectacular.

The skill machine that Lin Shilai plans to buy is [Water Cannon], which is prepared for the Honey Snake, and it can serve as a new fusion element.

The learning threshold for the water cannon skill machine is relatively high, and the cost-effectiveness is average, so Lin Shi found it with almost no effort and bought it for 120,000 yuan.

Looking at the aqua blue skill machine in his hand, Lin Shi nodded with satisfaction. With it, and the help of Gyarados who has already learned the water cannon, he believes that Honey Snake will be able to master it quickly.

Then, Lin Shi continued to shop around and finally bought a [Diving] skill machine.

The Diving skill is very interesting, it is not only an attack skill, but also, like the [Flying] skill, can provide protection to a person, allowing him to ride even on the bottom of the sea without being affected by oxygen and water pressure temporarily.

Lin Shi specially prepared one for Gyarados, maybe he would have the chance to use it in the future.

After buying the [Diving] skill machine, Lin Shi no longer lingered and instead headed for the area of ​​skill machines with other attributes. After all, although the organizers were well prepared, some popular skills might still be sold out.

Then, Lin Shi went to other skill machine stores one after another and bought multiple skill machines.

There is Gyarados's grass-type [Powerful Whip], which is a powerful skill like the [Water Cannon] skill, but it is not very popular and is easy to buy.

Windy Dog's [Thunder Fang] and [Phosphorus], the former is to supplement the attack range and joint defense, and the latter is to further exert its fire advantage.

For the new apprentice Xiong, Lin Shi chose a [Rapid Return], which is a very practical skill, especially for Lin Shi who is about to participate in the competition.

In addition, there are skills such as [Destructive Ray], [Noise], [Vacuum Wave], [Loud Voice], [Tailwind], [Solar Beam], [Solar Blade], [Poison], and [Awakening Power].

Among these skills, Lin Shi felt that some would be useful in the future, and a few were relatively rare, which Lin Shi bought as a precautionary measure. They were all considered pretty good skills.

Moreover, when he bought skills, he tried his best to avoid buying skills that his elves already knew. After all, his elves had good learning abilities and could learn from each other. Even if it was a little slower, they would learn it sooner or later.

For example, after Gyarados learns [Stone Attack], Calamari can also quickly get started with Gyarados's instruction, which can save Lin Shi a lot of money.

"Huh, it seems to be almost done..."

Lin Shi took a deep breath. In fact, many of the skill machines made him envious, but he was still relatively restrained. Even so, it cost him more than one million.

For most customers who could only buy one or two skill machines, he bought more than ten at once, which was definitely a big deal.

After walking out of the general skill machine shop, Lin Shi planned to go back to meet up with Ye Wanshu and the others, but as soon as he went out, he saw a purple shop.

"A Psychic Skill Machine?"

Lin Shi murmured, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

"I remember that it seems to be able to learn that skill..."

Thinking of this, Lin Shi's eyes lit up and he walked in quickly.

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