Chapter 789: Foreshadowing for Mega Evolution

Because of Chen Qing, the award ceremony was held with extra grandeur. It was nearly midnight when Su Hao and Lucario returned to the villa.

At the entrance, Xia Jie and Incineroar were standing there like door gods, as if they had been waiting for him the whole time.

"Kao!"

Incineroar was full of excitement, walking to Lucario's side with vigorous steps, its fan-like palms patting Lucario's back without restraint, its expression full of admiration.

Good lad, you didn't embarrass us!

Lucario's expression was calm, accepting Incineroar's praise completely, without any feeling of humility or shyness.

Seeing the interaction between the two Pokémon, Xia Jie's mouth split open, looking Su Hao up and down, and said excitedly: "Good child, you performed really well!"

Under Su Hao's bewildered expression, he dragged Su Hao into the house: "Come in quickly, as a celebration, Grandpa has a few surprises for you."

Su Hao: "???"

Is the reward phase this sudden?

The villa area where Xia Jie lived was one of the retirement areas for high-level personnel specially built by the Shenzhou Alliance. Considering that Xia Jie, as a former trainer, must have some rare resources, the basement of the villa was built into a treasure storage room.

"Incineroar has initially mastered the explosive nature of fire, the power of Fire-type moves will surprise you."

Under the light of a single candle, Xia Jie showed off Incineroar's training results while walking down the stairs.

A flash of surprise crossed Su Hao's eyes. Incineroar had actually learned it so quickly, even though it had taken nearly a week to learn Blast Burn.

Xia Jie seemed to see through Su Hao's confusion and smiled: "Incineroar seems to have mastered the technique of using a certain energy to catalyze fire, right?"

"Yes........"

Su Hao was slightly stunned. Grandpa Xia was worthy of being the former Fire-type Elite Four member; he could even see the emotional energy technique that Incineroar had learned from Hatterene.

"That technique of using strange energy to catalyze a large amount of fire is similar to the Exotic Fire style, so it mastered it very quickly."

"Ah, this......."

Su Hao didn't expect that the emotional energy he had learned from that Hatterene in the Infinite Secret Realm could still exert its residual heat today to help Incineroar master new power.

"There are thousands of properties of fire. Let's use this explosive fire for now until we find a fire suitable for your Incineroar."

Xia Jie felt that one day Su Hao would find the fire of a Legendary Pokémon.

Su Hao nodded silently and said to Reshiram in his mind: "How about, let's condense another wisp of blue flame?"

Reshiram: "..........."

Soon, the stairs reached their limit, and the treasure vault at the end appeared before the two.

Xia Jie ignored the dust in the air and opened the wooden door that looked like nothing could stop it, letting Su Hao follow him in.

Su Hao followed him into the treasure vault. Although it looked very old and retro from the outside, the control of various rare items inside was very well done, and each item had a special storage method.

Fire Gems, Charcoal, and Fire Stones were the most common things here, piled together in a corner, looking very worthless.

Next were Flame Orbs, fur from a powerful Fire-type Pokémon, shells, embers, and a series of other collections.

Regarding these things, neither Su Hao nor Xia Jie lingered too much.

Because these things could be bought as long as you had money.

Su Hao also knew very well that Xia Jie would never give him these street-trash resources worth only a hundred thousand to a million; this was his pride as a former Fire-type Elite Four member.

The things around kept decreasing, and the items were scattered in different positions, but the value was indeed doubling.

While passing by an item, Su Hao looked at a round stone stored in a small box and let out a light "eh".

Grandpa Xia also collected a stone named 【Enhancement Stone】 in this world,

but it was actually a Mega Stone!

【Cameruptite: A magical stone that, when combined with a Key Stone, allows Camerupt to gain power beyond the limits of evolution】

Xia Jie stopped and turned to smile: "Interested in Enhancement Stones? If you need them, take them!"

Su Hao shook his head; capturing a Camerupt was not in his plan.

However, thinking of the Mega Evolution that would sooner or later be revealed by him, Su Hao felt it was time to lay the groundwork in advance.

Su Hao asked: "Grandpa Xia, how many Enhancement Stones have you collected?"

Xia Jie thought for a while and hesitated: "This thing is useless if you say it's useful, but it can indeed subtly influence specific Pokémon if you say it's useless."

"I've probably only collected four........"

Su Hao requested: "Can you let me see them?"

Although Xia Jie didn't understand why Su Hao was interested in Enhancement Stones, he still relied on his memory to find the other three boxes containing "Enhancement Stones".

Su Hao scanned them, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

【Heracronite】, 【Charizardite Y】, 【Key Stone】

Good heavens!

Su Hao was shocked by Xia Jie's collection.

Not to mention two Mega Stones, there was also a Key Stone that could resonate with them.

Then a strong sense of regret surged into Su Hao's heart. The items were clearly gathered, but Xia Jie still missed out on Mega Evolution.

Xia Jie didn't know what Su Hao was thinking, just tapped the corner of the table and explained: "Because it's really too useless, I only have these four Enhancement Stones in my collection."

"If you want them, I can give them all to you."

Xia Jie waved his hand and lined up the four boxes, his tone extremely generous.

Su Hao struggled for a moment in his heart, reason overcame desire, and he pushed the four boxes back, saying solemnly: "Grandpa Xia, do you still have channels to get these Enhancement Stones?"

The Mega Stones he had come into contact with were basically auctioned by collectors at auctions. There were basically no individual sellers on the market. I'm afraid Mega Stones were still very rare in this world.

Xia Jie thought for a moment, shaking his head and then nodding: "I really don't know the relevant people, but I can ask a friend to help you ask. She should have purchasing channels."

"Also....... do you really not want them?"

"These four Enhancement Stones are really useless to an old man like me."

"No need." Su Hao shook his head, he already had an idea in his mind, "If there is a chance, I hope Grandpa Xia can use the characteristics of these four Enhancement Stones to purchase more Enhancement Stones, the price is negotiable."

"It's best to acquire them from other alliances."

———————————— ===== CHAPTER 790 =====