Chapter 239: The Trainer Who Abandoned Cangyan Cangyan Rengui

Based on this Miltank's performance, Luo Mu guessed that its Ability was very likely Grass Pelt.

While the Grass Pelt Ability in the game only granted immunity to Grass-type moves and boosted Attack, in reality, it could unleash unexpected capabilities.

The manifestation of the Grass Pelt Ability typically involved "eating" Grass-type energy, relying on the super-digestive power granted by the Ability to convert it into one's own strength.

A certain scholar researching Pokémon Abilities had once published a paper.

"On the Manifestations of the Three Abilities of Miltank."

The Grass Pelt Ability was described in exactly this way within it.

【Regarding the Grass Pelt Ability of Miltank: It possesses a very unique power; Miltank with the Grass Pelt Ability can not only consume more pasture grass but also utilize the powerful digestive capability granted by the Ability to absorb energy, to an extent far surpassing Miltank with other Abilities.】

【Therefore, the Moomoo Milk produced by Miltank with the Grass Pelt Ability is often much tastier than that produced by Miltank with other Abilities. After detailed data analysis, the nutritional value of the Moomoo Milk produced by Grass Pelt Miltank was also found to be significantly higher.】

All of this was knowledge Luo Mu had learned by borrowing documents from the Grandma Ju Zi Academy library, which proved useful at this moment.

Having extensive knowledge truly paid off.

"Moo?"

The Miltank, buried in munching pasture grass, suddenly noticed the burning gaze from behind; it lifted its head, curiously glanced at Luo Mu, and showed no sign of being frightened.

Instead, the Miltank was quite puzzled as to why Luo Mu was looking at it so intently.

Flashing a smile he considered full of charm, Luo Mu waved at the Miltank: "Hello there, Miltank."

"Moo~" The Miltank friendly extended a hoof in response to Luo Mu, appearing very cute.

Getting straight to the point, Luo Mu said: "To be honest, I am here to select one of you; will you come with me? Pasture grass will be plentiful!"

His own ranch area was countless times larger than Hanze's here, large enough to let Tauros run freely within; the pasture grass was also cultivated by Dhelmise using Grassy Terrain, with the soil tilled by Mudsdale, so its taste might not be worse than the pasture grass from their Johto hometown.

Luo Mu considered his conditions and treatment to be absolutely superior.

Under Luo Mu's flamboyant painting of a bright future, the Miltank's eyes clearly lit up with longing.

In reality, they had only moved here recently; although they had mostly adapted to the surrounding environment, the reduced scope of the ranch was causing some trouble for the Miltank.

Even when eating pasture grass, they had to restrain themselves slightly, fearing they would eat all the grass belonging to their kind and cause everyone to go hungry together.

The environment Luo Mu depicted was like paradise to the Miltank: vast land and endless fertile pasture grass.

The Miltank felt it had been a long time since it could eat grass to its heart's content.

Although filled with longing, the Miltank's gaze first turned toward Hanze; Hanze had treated them truly well, always thinking of them first whenever there was something good.

Although craving the offer, the Miltank could not bring itself to abandon Hanze for the sake of benefits.

Noticing the gaze cast by the Miltank, Hanze smiled, waved his hand, as if bidding farewell to the Miltank.

Although he was surprised that Luo Mu could pick out this special Miltank from among so many, he was not a man who broke his word; besides, Luo Mu's farm would surely provide the Miltank with a better life.

After all, he had witnessed with his own eyes how the Miltank had been suppressing its appetite during this period.

Having received Hanze's confirmation, the Miltank no longer held back, happily wagging its tail and ears as it accepted Luo Mu's petting.

"This is the Miltank's Poké Ball; I entrust it to your care." Hanze's expression was mixed with complex emotions as he handed the Poké Ball to Luo Mu, suppressing the reluctance in his heart.

"I will take good care of it." Luo Mu first looked Hanze straight in the eyes to make a promise, then added: "If you have time, you can visit my farm in Pingdie Town to see the Miltank; I will be waiting anytime."

Hanze nodded heavily: "Good."

Recalling the Miltank into its Poké Ball, Luo Mu had no further reason to stay at the Miltank House; after bidding farewell to Hanze, he directly left the Miltank House and walked into Xuezha Town.

Walking along the road, for some reason, Luo Mu always felt that he would have many opportunities for interaction with Hanze in the future.

Walking on the streets of Xuezha Town and looking at the familiar scenery around him, Luo Mu felt a slight sigh of emotion.

Come to think of it, although located further back, Xuezha Town was still one of the towns he had visited during the early stages of his journey.

At that time, besides his Luxio, his team only had his Serperior, which was still a Snivy; back then, he was basically no different from an ordinary novice Trainer, merely slightly better at battling.

The reason he traveled to Xuezha Town was also very simple and unadorned—he had run out of travel funds.

Raising Pokémon was very expensive; costs for food, clothing, shelter, and transport were merely a drop in the bucket compared to the expense of purchasing resources; at that time, his initial startup capital—the money earned from selling the Kingler's pincers—had already been spent.

Luo Mu could only halt his unstoppable journey of challenging Gyms and stayed in Xuezha Town to look for temporary work.

Originally, knowing no one and having no connections, he had planned to work as a daily-paid miner; fortunately, Xuezha Town happened to have good jobs oriented toward Trainers, otherwise, he might have settled down in Xuezha Town by now.

Familiarly making his way to the Pokémon Center established within Xuezha Town, Luo Mu once again fell into memories.

Xuezha Town relied on mining for its livelihood; jobs often required excavating mines discovered or dug in the wild, at which point conflict with wild Pokémon was unavoidable.

The Paldea region was among those that advocated coexistence with nature; even when mining, care was taken to avoid destroying the living environments of wild Pokémon.

However, conflict was forever unavoidable; no one knew whether the pickaxe they swung would strike the nest or territory of some wild Pokémon.

Thus, the job of accepting missions at the Pokémon Center to responsible for driving away wild Pokémon was born.

Trainers accepted missions to temporarily drive away wild Pokémon, bringing them to the Pokémon Center for care, and releasing them back into the wild after moderate mining in that area concluded.

This job only required Trainers to possess strong combat power; it allowed one to earn money while gaining practical battle experience, making it very suitable for Luo Mu at that time.

Just like that, Luo Mu temporarily stayed in Xuezha Town to work and save up travel expenses.

At that time, as a Trainer whose rank was not yet too high, although Luo Mu could accept some missions to drive away small wild Pokémon, for larger missions, he still had to team up with other Trainers to ensure completion.

Just like that, he encountered a Trainer who, after collecting six Mei Hui Zhang, returned home because he could not pass the seventh Gym—Kimura.

Furthermore, Kimura was the former Trainer of Cangyan Cangyan Rengui when it was still in its Charcadet stage.

Everyone should be able to guess what comes next; will you dislike this kind of face-slapping?

(End of Chapter)