Chapter 41 Preparing for the College Cup U19

Xia Yu was not bothered by the sudden appearance of the task. According to the system's nature, the rewards for such tasks were generally very good. He had to participate in the competition and get as good a ranking as possible. However, the time was too tight. There was only half a year left before the competition, which left him too little time.

You should know that many people have started training Pokémon since childhood, and now their initial Pokémon combat power may have reached the lord level or even the overlord level.

As for Xia Yu's two Pokémon, Buzzbat is only of ordinary level. Although it has the blessing of dragon scale items and is growing very fast, it is about to break through to the rare level, but it is still too slow. And the forest lizard has just completed its evolution and is still consolidating its strength. It is still a long way from breaking through to the elite level.

After the elite level comes the lord level. It is difficult or even impossible for a forest lizard to reach the lord level with normal training in half a year. The minimum requirement of the mission is to reach the top four in the preliminaries, that is, the top four in Xingguang City. In fact, this difficulty is not great. Xingguang City ranks last among the 18 cities in the entire Western Shu Province. The combat power of the younger generation is generally not strong. The average combat power of the top four last year was mostly at the elite and quasi-lord levels.

As long as Xia Yu's forest lizard can break through to the elite level, with its quasi-championship qualifications, there is a great chance of making it into the top four, but the top four in the qualifiers is not Xia Yu's ultimate goal.

He wanted to strive to get into the top two in the main competition, which instantly made the difficulty increase. The Pokémon of the top two players in Xishu Province in the past five years were basically all lord-level, and occasionally there would be Pokémon of overlord-level strength.

Even if his buzzing bats and forest lizards have incredible talents, they must at least reach the lord level of strength.

Lord level must be reached!

Xia Yu spent the entire afternoon thinking about the competition, and even his study efficiency dropped a lot. Until school was over, he still hadn't thought of a good solution.

After school in the afternoon, it is time for evening self-study in the evening. However, because many students are preparing to take the trainer exam, the management of evening self-study is quite relaxed. Students can go home to train Pokémon by themselves or go to the gym or special training class to train Pokémon. Only those students who do not have Pokémon will attend evening self-study in the classroom.

In the past, Xia Yu was also a member of the evening self-study army, but now he would definitely not continue to stay in the classroom to study. There were two Pokémon waiting for him at home. He packed up his things and prepared to go home with Fatty Wu.

The two had just walked out of the classroom when they happened to meet Zhao Ruohan, who had also just packed up and was about to go home. He remembered that Zhao Ruohan always had to attend evening self-study classes, so why wasn't she attending today?

"Aren't you going to evening self-study?" Xia Yu asked with a frown.

"Yeah. I have to help my brother set up the stall." Zhao Ruohan responded. It was the time for setting up barbecue stalls in the evening, and Zhao Ruoxuan naturally couldn't handle it alone, so she had to go to help. It would be a waste of money to hire someone else, so she was reluctant to do so.

When Xia Yu heard what Zhao Ruohan said, he frowned slightly and asked, "Which university do you plan to apply to and what major do you plan to study in the future?"

"My first choice is definitely Imperial Capital University, majoring in Pokémon training or nursing." Talking about the future can make Zhao Ruohan forget about her family's situation temporarily, and her eyes are full of yearning. Her grades are very good, similar to Xia Yu's, so she may still be able to get into Imperial Capital University.

"You help your brother with the stall every day, can you get into Didu University?" Xia Yu said bluntly. Although Zhao Ruohan's grades are very good, setting up the stall until one or two in the morning every night like her will not only delay her studies, but also affect her rest and the quality of classes the next day.

"I will try my best." Zhao Ruohan's face was also a little disappointed, but more determined, and she whispered: "And thank you for yesterday."

"It's a small matter." Xia Yu waved his hand. He felt that with Zhao Ruohan's grades, she had a chance to get into a good university. It would be a pity if she was dragged down by her family. Thinking of this, Xia Yu couldn't help but ask, "How much does your father's medical expenses cost?"

"No... not much money." Zhao Ruohan gritted her teeth, as if she didn't want to say it.

“Just tell me when I ask you,” Xia Yu asked with a frown, raising his voice, which startled Zhao Ruohan.

"The doctor said the surgery will cost three hundred thousand." Zhao Ruohan replied in a low voice, burying her head in her chest, blushing and not daring to look up at Xia Yu.

Three hundred thousand is not a lot for many families and they can scrape it together by gritting their teeth, but for a family like Zhao Ruohan's, it is a huge sum of money.

"Okay, I understand." Xia Yu responded, and left with Fatty Wu without saying anything else.

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When Xia Yu arrived home, the nanny had already prepared the meal.

The older brother was lying on the sofa, doing nothing. Ever since he stepped down as the gym leader of Honglian City, he stayed at home every day, doing nothing, and basically did nothing except training Pokémon.

"Xiaoyu, you're back." The parents looked at Xia Yu enthusiastically and said.

"Yeah." Xia Yu put the bag on the sofa. After saying hello to his parents, he went to see the two little guys, the buzzing bat and the forest lizard. Well, the forest lizard was already a big guy. After feeding them some energy cubes, he returned to the table to eat.

"Dad, Mom." Xia Yu said, "I have something I want to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?" Xia Yong has been very proud recently. He is in a very good mood. The construction and development of the secret realm is going smoothly. It is expected to be completed and put into use in two months. By then, it will be a continuous source of income. Just look at the Flame Secret Realm and you will know that if the Xia family has a 20% stake, the annual income is absolutely exaggerated and unimaginable.

"I want to sign up for this year's high school U19 Pokémon Contest."

"It's a good thing to participate. We can use it as a way to gain experience for the gym leader ranking competition in the future." Xia Yong supported it without hesitation.

Xia Yu continued, "Dad, I want to get into the top four in the qualifiers, or even the top two in the main tournament."

When Xia Yong heard his youngest son's words, the smile on his face froze. He paused and said, "You have great ambition. Dad supports you."

Although he said this, Xia Yong did not think that his youngest son could make it into the top two in the main tournament. You know, the College Cup U19 Pokémon Tournament has been held for nearly 30 years, and so far only one player from Starlight City has made it into the top two in the main tournament, and that was twenty years ago.

In the past twenty years, Xingguang City hasn't had a player who made it into the top two in the main competition. If this wasn't his own son, Xia Yong would definitely slap him in the face, asking him what kind of bullshit daydreaming he was doing all day long.

Lin Xuemei, who was standing by, rolled her eyes at Xia Yong, then turned to Xia Yu and said, "Mom supports you. Young people should be ambitious. Don't be like your dad. He always ranks last in every gym competition. How dare he do that?"

"I'm at a disadvantage because of my attributes. If I were a dragon gym leader, you can see where I would rank."

"Mom and Dad, I have really thought about it seriously." Xia Yu quickly interrupted his parents and brought the topic back to the point, saying solemnly: "I'm not kidding. I've checked the information. To get into the top two in Xishu Province, at least all Pokémon must have lord-level strength, and some even have overlord-level Pokémon strength."

"I have two Pokémon now. Buzzbat is at the common level, and Forest Lizard is at the rare level. If I continue to train Pokémon like this, there is absolutely no chance of raising their strength to the lord level. There is no hope of making it into the top two either, so I want to participate in special training or go out for half a year to train and raise my Pokémon to the lord level."

"No!" Lin Xuemei directly rejected her youngest son's proposal: "You absolutely cannot go out to practice alone, it's too dangerous."

Xia Yong also refused directly: "You can't go out to practice. There are many people eyeing the secret realm shares in our hands. You can't go out to practice alone."