Chapter 1042: Hall Master Reform

"I will definitely participate in the King of Kings Qualifying Tournament this year. I have already postponed it for two sessions." Xia Yu nodded gently, with a deep look in his eyes, and said to Xiao Wanyu: "But I won't go to North China."

"Then which area are you going to?" Xiao Wanyu showed a hint of curiosity in her eyes and asked Xia Yu with concern.

"East China."

"East China?" Xiao Wanyu showed a hint of surprise on her face. Although she had already stepped down as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of East China, she was still quite familiar with the situation in East China. She clearly remembered that the champion of East China was Long Fan: "Being in the same place as your master? Will it affect your promotion..."

Xiao Wanyu frowned, a thoughtful look on her face.

The first thing he thought of when he heard the word Huadong was Xia Yu’s master, Long Fan.

With Xia Yu's current strength, the Four Heavenly Kings is just a transition, and he will definitely ascend to the position of champion at an extremely fast speed.

And Long Fan is the champion of the East China region. If Xia Yu chooses to be the champion in the East China region, he will inevitably compete with Long Fan!

Although it is a very inspiring and passionate story that a disciple defeats his master and takes over the championship from him, it is based on the premise that the master is old.

Long Fan is now in his prime, and after accepting the trial of the Dragon Spiral Tower, his strength is still increasing. There is no need for the master and disciple to fight in a ring.

"I know what you are worried about. It won't have any impact." Xia Yu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Going to East China is the result of a discussion between me, Duan Guanjun, Li Guanjun and Master."

"On the one hand, my master is in charge of the East China region, and with the connections you left behind, I can take over the work quickly." Xia Yu spoke slowly, and paused for a moment before continuing, "On the other hand, I will not compete for the championship in the East China region. My role as one of the Four Heavenly Kings in the East China region is just a transition, and I can do some things on the way."

"I will compete for the championship in regions other than Duan Guanjun, Li Guanjun and my master." Xia Yu said solemnly.

"Yeah." Xiao Wanyu nodded gently after hearing Xia Yu's explanation, and looked at Xia Yu with bright eyes, her eyes shining: "No matter what decision you make, I support you."

Xia Yu listened to Xiao Wanyu's words with a faint smile on his face, and said, "I may go to East China after the New Year. This year's King of Heaven Qualifying Tournament has been moved forward a few months and is scheduled for March."

"So early? Is there something wrong?"

"Yeah." Xia Yu nodded, his expression becoming serious: "The Pokémon Association is preparing to reform gym owners."

"Reform?" Xiao Wanyu murmured softly, looked at Xia Yu and asked, "Are you going to abolish the museum owner system?"

"No." Xia Yu shook his head: "It's to change the way gym leaders are selected, and cancel the gym leader ranking competition and G-level league."

"This..." Xiao Wanyu showed a trace of worry on her face: "The gym owner system and the G-level league system have existed for decades. If they are suddenly cancelled now, there may be a lot of resistance."

"Well, there will definitely be resistance." Xia Yu certainly knew there would be resistance. Once the new gym leader selection system was implemented, all current gym leaders would have to be re-selected, which would definitely hurt the interests of those veteran gym leaders: "But now it has reached the point where it has to be changed."

“The previous system for selecting museum owners was formulated based on the situation at the time.”

"A few decades ago, gym leader-level trainers were extremely rare. To be able to become a gym leader-level trainer was to be a rare talent. As for the Elite-level trainers, they were even rarer. Therefore, the strength of a gym leader was restricted to not exceed the Elite-level."

"But the situation is completely different now. There are too many Elite-level trainers. It's unreasonable to restrict the strength of gym leaders." Xia Yu looked up at the heavy snow and said softly, "Take the High School Cup as an example. A few years ago, Elite-level trainers and even quasi-champion-level trainers have begun to appear in the High School Cup! Now the threshold for winning the High School Cup is getting higher and higher."

Xia Yu said this, turned his head and looked at Xiao Wanyu, and continued: "It is inevitable that trainers will become younger and more elite."

"The first batch of trainers knew nothing, let alone mega evolutions and Z-moves. They probably didn't even understand the evolution of Pokémon. They could only cross the river by feeling the stones, using the trial and error method, recording the Pokédex, and finding the right path. So their strength was not particularly strong."

"But today's young people are completely different. They stand on the shoulders of their predecessors. Many of them are even second- and third-generation Pokémon. They have ample resources from the start, including Pokémon with great potential, powerful move learning machines, perfect quality energy cubes, carefully formulated training plans, and so on."

"With so many resources, I can naturally reach a height that others cannot reach in their entire lives at the age of 18."

Xia Yu paused for a moment, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he looked at Xiao Wanyu and said, "Take Lele for example. She is only six years old, and she has Pokémon such as Metallo, Dragonite, Saifuro, Alpharon, and Dragonite."

"Isn't it because you dote on her too much?" Xiao Wanyu rolled her eyes at Xia Yu: "You basically gave her all these Pokémon. I only gave her a single-headed dragon."

Hearing this, Xia Yu shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "My own daughter, I am a little off topic. What I mean is that there are too many King-level trainers now. If the strength of the gym owner is restricted to below the King-level, it would be a little unreasonable."

"So... you plan to cancel this rule?" Xiao Wanyu said, "But if this happens, all the hall owners across the country will have to be re-selected. Those hall owners are absolutely unwilling to step down. In order to keep their positions as hall owners, many of them deliberately stay at the Quasi-King level and do not advance."

"If you cancel this rule, they will definitely do something bad in secret, and then there may be riots."

"I know." Xia Yu nodded heavily, with a gleam in his eyes: "That's why the King Qualifying Tournament will be held in advance. After the King Qualifying Tournament, I will take office as one of the Four Kings of East China as soon as possible, and then go to Sujiang Province to implement this policy in a pilot way!"

When talking about the previous Four Heavenly Kings, Xia Yu's tone was full of confidence.

Although the King of Kings Qualifying Tournament has not started yet, he has already opened the champagne in advance and is determined to win the so-called King of Kings Qualifying Tournament.

After several years of experience, he has absolute confidence in his own abilities. Even if it is a Pokémon that does not use Sakaki's identity, he has absolute confidence that he can win the championship!

"Should I accompany you to Sujiang Province?" Xiao Wanyu looked at Xia Yu and said, "I have some connections there and should be able to help you."

"Forget it." Xia Yu shook his head gently: "If I need anything, I will contact you then."

"After this reform, there will be no restrictions on the strength of all gym leaders in Sujiang Province. The gym leaders of each department will be the strongest trainers in each department except the Four Heavenly Kings!"

"The gym leader must be the strongest trainer in a province! Only in this way can all trainers be motivated to train hard and become stronger."

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Welcome to apply for the role of the museum owner, age 25+ is OK (everyone should be prepared to be rejected)