Hearing this, Yao Yifei was instantly intrigued and began to examine the herb before her with interest. "Is this an Elven treasure?"
"No, it's the main ingredient for the Beauty Potion," Lu Li replied.
"I see," Yao Yifei said thoughtfully. She didn't ask for the Beauty Potion, but instead inquired, "Is this potion effective for elves that don't rely on beauty for evolution?"
"Yes, and the effect is significant," Lu Li nodded.
Yao Yifei requested, "Could you sell me a few?"
This was just icing on the cake for her. If Lu Li wasn't willing, she wouldn't force it, but she would lower her evaluation of Lu Li in her heart.
Lu Li didn't know Yao Yifei's inner thoughts. This was originally the compensation method he had in mind, so naturally he wouldn't refuse.
"No problem, but it will have to wait until after my college entrance exam. I'm busy these days," Lu Li explained.
Yao Yifei nodded. Her need for this wasn't urgent, and she was very happy that Lu Li had agreed.
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Qingyun City.
Returning in a disheveled state, Leng Qianqiu almost thought he hadn't returned to the real world for several years.
First, there were signs of the Kyushu Alliance becoming independent, then the legendary Phoenix King appeared, and now he even heard that the Gym groups in various cities could form elf legions.
Leng Qianqiu was directly stunned by these messages.
"Is it that crazy? Isn't the Alliance afraid that the Gym Leader forces will completely lose control if they do this?" Leng Qianqiu couldn't help but whisper in his heart.
For family forces like them, the Gym Leaders were actually the opposite of the aristocratic families.
The reason was simple: those Gym groups were equivalent to local forces, and most of the Gym Leaders in the cities were emerging forces that had risen in the last hundred years.
For the old aristocratic families, the rise of these emerging forces was bound to seize their interests.
Signs of a chaotic world.
These four words suddenly flashed through Leng Qianqiu's mind.
"If a chaotic world is about to descend, Rein... will you be the one to end it?" Leng Qianqiu murmured.
Rein was his good friend, the young master of the Electric-type aristocratic family, one of the eighteen major attribute families.
Moreover, Rein had an even more terrifying identity: a reserve Ideal Envoy. Although Rein was a few years younger than him and weaker, Leng Qianqiu had always regarded him as an equal.
Realizing that he couldn't stay here for long, Leng Qianqiu sighed.
"It seems that I'm destined to have no chance with that egg."
After regretting it in his heart, Leng Qianqiu said to the Jin family head opposite him, "My promise still stands, as long as you can help me find that egg."
"Is Young Master Leng planning to leave Qingyun City?" the Jin family head quickly asked.
Leng Qianqiu nodded and said, "I have to break through to the Gym level as soon as possible, so I can't stay here."
The Jin family head understood very well.
For trainers like them, there was very little free time. Leng Qianqiu had already delayed here for almost a week. He was currently in a stage of rapid growth, and wasting a week here was already the limit.
Leng Qianqiu said goodbye to the Jin family head and left Qingyun City with his Pidgeot.
"Do you think this Leng family young master is in such a hurry to go back just to break through to the Gym level?" the Jin family head suddenly looked up at the corridor on the second floor and said.
Yu Zhonggang sneered, "It's probably close to the truth, but the reason he's in such a hurry to break through to the Gym level should be because of the elf legion."
Leng Qianqiu was tempted by the idea of building an elf legion, or rather, the entire Leng family was tempted by this kind of thing.
Relaxing the restrictions on Gym Leaders and allowing them to build elf legions was not only beneficial to civilian trainers, but also to family trainers, and the benefits were considerable. Otherwise, this policy wouldn't have been passed.
A civilian Gym Leader could only build a small elf legion at most. A large elf legion was beyond what a civilian Gym Leader could afford.
The Jin family head comforted, "Even if the sky falls, there are taller people to hold it up. We just need to manage our own little piece of Qingyun City."
Yu Zhonggang nodded as a matter of course. Although he was also from a civilian background, he had now achieved a class leap.
The former civilian had become the current aristocratic family.
"An elf legion composed of 500 Elite-level Steelix will be the foundation of my Yu family," Yu Zhonggang thought excitedly.
Given the current situation, anyone with a little foresight knew that a chaotic world was about to descend, a new opportunity for reshuffling, an opportunity to become an aristocratic family.
For Gym Leaders like Yu Zhonggang who came from civilian backgrounds, this was a gamble.
The Jin family head suddenly changed the subject and reminded meaningfully, "How is that young man, Lu Li? There's not much time left for him to grow."
"Let's see how he performs in the college entrance exam competition. He's been targeted by the young lady of the Ekaterina family, his future is no longer something we can decide," Yu Zhonggang said with some regret.
He really admired Lu Li and was even willing to give Lu Li a chance to become a live-in son-in-law, but unfortunately, his wife had personally pushed such a talent into the hands of others.
"A genius who can't grow is worthless. The more dazzling the comet, the faster it falls," the Jin family head reminded.
Jin Fengjiao was his sister-in-law, so of course he would choose to side with Jin Fengjiao.
Yu Zhonggang just smiled bitterly and didn't talk much about it.
After a moment, the Jin family head quietly reminded, "Clean up Qingyun City. The higher-ups are also watching your ability."
"You mean..."
Yu Zhonggang looked at the Jin family head with some suspicion.
"A spy from Qingyun City ran to Nandou City to assassinate Lu Li, but failed. The Fairy-type Heavenly King personally spoke, telling us to clean up Qingyun City properly," the Jin family head said helplessly.
This was completely an unprovoked disaster for them. In the entire Asian Alliance, which first-tier city didn't have spies?
If it were that easy to clean up, the Asian Alliance wouldn't have so many spies.
"Well, I know what to do."
Yu Zhonggang nodded.
The higher-ups had spoken, so even if they didn't take it seriously, they had to put on a show, at least to save face for the higher-ups.
Lu Li, who didn't know that he had brought a devastating blow to Qingyun City's gray industries, was currently on his way to Nandou City.
Considering that there was a match at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, Lu Li embarked on the journey back to Nandou City after dinner.
With Yao Yifei, a Gym-level trainer, Lu Li didn't have to worry about being intercepted on the road.
After returning to the hotel, Lu Li specially spent money to book a room next door for Yao Yifei.
Yao Yifei originally wanted to stay at another hotel, but since Lu Li had already done this, Yao Yifei could only reluctantly stay.
Yao Yifei also knew the reason why Lu Li did this, it was nothing more than worrying about someone assassinating him again.
"Don't worry, you shouldn't be in any danger before the finals," Yao Yifei earnestly comforted.
"As the saying goes, caution is the parent of safety. What if those assassins go the other way?" Lu Li asked rhetorically.
Yao Yifei: "..."
Yao Yifei rolled her eyes at Lu Li speechlessly. "Okay, I confess, I just got the news that assassins from various regions have sneaked into the eastern region. Their target should be that high-profile reserve Ideal Envoy."
Lu Li wasn't surprised, it was all within expectations.
That new trainer named Rein was so high-profile, it was only natural that he was being targeted now.
After returning to his room, Lu Li began to meditate and cultivate.
Lu Li didn't dare to sleep in these hotels anymore, so he usually replaced sleep with cultivation.
The next morning, Lu Li went to the Elf Center.
Because it was the Top 10 competition, there were more reporters interviewing today. Lu Li secretly hid in the crowd and entered the Elf Center.
Lu Li thought that he could avoid the disturbance of those reporters once he reached the rest area.
But Lu Li was obviously too naive and didn't understand what politics meant.
The official news reporter from Nandou City personally brought a photographer to find him in the rest area.
Looking at the reporter in front of him, a trace of helplessness flashed in Lu Li's eyes.
This was one of the reasons why he didn't want to participate in the competition.
"Hello, student Lu Li."
The reporter holding the microphone greeted politely.
Although he was a little unhappy in his heart, Lu Li still nodded with a smile.
"I'm a reporter from Nandou TV. I would like to conduct a pre-match interview with you. Do you have time?"
Lu Li: "..."
Lu Li really wanted to say he didn't have time, but he still gritted his teeth and nodded.
"I heard that you are an ordinary trainer from a third-tier city?"
"Yes."
This reporter was somewhat polite, at least he didn't say anything about a civilian trainer.
An ordinary trainer, this was already very implicit.
The reporter continued to ask, "Then may I ask how you got to where you are today? Coming from an ordinary background, what would you like to say to the audience?"
Lu Li also felt that this reporter wasn't here for headline news. But on second thought, it was true, after all, he was a reporter from the official TV station. What they wanted was political correctness, not sensational news.
"Effort! Down-to-earth effort. You might not believe it if I said it, but I don't even sleep more than 4 hours a day.
It is precisely because of this that I was able to meet my current partner and become who I am today," Lu Li said seriously.
Meditating and cultivating every day, not even sleeping for an hour, in terms of effort, Lu Li felt that he was definitely hardworking enough.
The reporter asked in feigned surprise, "Heavens! So hardworking? Don't you usually have any entertainment activities?"
Lu Li smiled and said, "My biggest entertainment activity is training with my elves. I really can't figure out what could be happier in the world than watching my elf partners become stronger little by little."
"I heard that in addition to your outstanding performance on the path of a trainer, you have also achieved considerable success in other professions?" the reporter continued to ask.
"Not really. Although many people say that I already have the level of a beginner breeder, the fact is that I don't even dare to apply for the exam now," Lu Li replied.
The reporter quickly asked, "You mean, you are not a beginner breeder yet?"
Lu Li nodded: "The fact is that I'm really not a beginner breeder. I don't even have a beginner breeder certificate."
Lu Li wanted to make his talent less dazzling, such as the talent of a breeder. It was enough for him to know, it wouldn't be good if too many people knew.
The reporter nodded with satisfaction. Lu Li's answers were all quite positive, humble and hardworking, and he spoke quite gently.
"Then are you confident about this competition?" the reporter asked again.
"Of course I'm confident! I absolutely believe in the bond between me and my partner."
Lu Li's mouth was full of words like "bond" and "partner", but as an experienced reporter, he knew that these were the words that both the higher-ups and the lower-level people wanted to hear.
The interview ended quickly, mainly because Lu Li was cooperative enough and the reporter in charge of the interview didn't deliberately make trouble.
After sending the reporter away, Lu Li breathed a heavy sigh of relief. This reporter was much more polite than the last one.
More than ten minutes later, as the announcer's voice sounded from the loudspeaker, Lu Li entered the competition channel.
This time, the opponent was a Poison-type trainer, and the opponent's initial elf had also entered the second stage of evolution.
After arriving at the competition venue, Lu Li squinted his eyes and looked at the purple-haired teenager opposite him.
The purple-haired teenager was called Gibu, and he was a child of the jungle.
The so-called children of the jungle are minority groups who are born in the mountains and grow up in the mountains.
They often have their own secret realms and unique elf breeding methods. Children of the jungle are generally good at Grass-type, Poison-type, and Bug-type.
Gibu was specializing in the Poison-type.
"Come out! Nidorino!"
A mouse-type elf with a purple body and dark purple spots, with a horn growing on its forehead, appeared on the field.
Nidorino is the evolved form of Nidoran. Judging from the color and size, this Nidorino actually had the strength of the Ordinary level late stage.
"This elf doesn't look like it has only been bred for two months," Lu Li thought with a frown.
However, considering that the other party came from a mountain village deep in the jungle, where even the Alliance's laws couldn't govern, it was normal for the other party to breed elves in advance.
What Lu Li cared about was not the other party's strength, but the meaning behind it.
Normally, Gibu shouldn't have been matched with him.
The matching mechanism of the college entrance exam competition is regular. According to the matching mechanism of the Alliance college entrance exam competition, Gibu's opponent should be a new trainer from an aristocratic family.
Because strictly speaking, Gibu and he could not be considered from an aristocratic family, and among the top ten, there were only he and this trainer named Gibu who were not from an aristocratic background.
Gibu took the initiative to say, "To be honest, you are the only opponent I have no confidence in defeating. I didn't expect to meet you so soon."
Gibu's tone was a bit depressed and bitter. Only the top five in the regional competition are qualified to participate in the Alliance competition.
If Gibu lost two games in a row, he would lose the qualification to participate in the Alliance competition, which would mean that Gibu would not only miss out on the rewards, but even be unable to enter Kyushu Alliance University.
Lu Li found that Gibu didn't seem to know that he was being targeted at all. Lu Li, who had a good impression of this young man, smiled and encouraged, "You can't do that. As an opponent, I think you should come to fight me with the determination to win."
"This is both a sign of respect for me and for your partner. What do you say?" Lu Li said, releasing Tropius.
Originally, he intended to release Charmander, but against an opponent like Jibu, Lu Li was willing to give his opponent the greatest respect: going all out within the rules!
After ending the conversation, Yu Zhonggang returned to the gym and immediately began making calls, rallying people and putting on a show of preparation.
