Chapter 5: Face Value is Justice
“Brother Bai Shi, I wanted to know if the breeding house has any ‘Tangela’ pokemon eggs?”
While walking, Fang Yuan suddenly asked. In his cultivation plan, he did not expect that the most suitable Pokemon would actually turn out to be Tangela.
“Tangela?”
Facing the Question of Fang Yuan, Bai Shi, who was leading the way, was slightly stunned. He recalled the information and remembered that the announcement manual and the official website of the breeding house did not describe the Tangla in detail. First, their number was relatively small. Second, this kind of Pokemon was mainly distributed in the south.
Tangela was unpopular and not handsome. Why is this child named Fang Yuan interested in it?
Bai Shi couldn’t figure it out.
“Well… we don’t seem to have them here, but if you make a reservation now, I think it will get delivered within a week.” After thinking about it, Bai Shi replied.
“Never mind… let’s first take a look at other pokemon eggs.” Fang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Without it, it was still fine, and he didn’t like Tangela much.
Besides Tangela, what other Pokemons he could choose, Fang Yuan had been thinking about this on the way. If there was no Tangela pokemon, he could take a step back and consider Bellsprout or Oddish.
However, Fang Yuan also has other ideas.
Although it cost him a certain amount of energy to conceive the grass-type pokemon cultivation plan in the past half month, Fang Yuan was actually a little flustered.
Because he was not sure about the cultivation plan.
He has zero cultivation experience and was a pure rookie. In reality, the cultivation of pokemon was not as simple as "fighting and upgrading", so he had to be more rigorous. Therefore, instead of directly experimenting with his conjecture on the first pokemon, Fang Yuan decided to accumulate enough experience and scientifically verify the cultivation plan before putting it into practice.
Therefore, in addition to the grass-type pokemon, Fang Yuan also considered other types of pokemon.
Altogether, he picked out three types of pokemon.
First was the grass-type pokemon, Tangela, Oddish, Bellsprout ..etc, which were suitable for his conceived cultivation plan.
The second was Bug-type Pokemon that could use Psychic powers after evolution, like Caterpie, Venonat, Wurmple, and similar types.
These kinds of bug-type pokemon were very easy to cultivate and the growth cycle was also small. In one year, they could complete their natural evolution and possess certain strength.
And Psychic power move was a rare ability
However, it seems that in reality, bug-type Pokemon like Buterfree, Venomoth, Dustox could rarely master Psychic moves. This was different from how you could learn moves when leveling up in the game. There was a risk. If the pokemon can’t master the Psychic move, they won’t have a big advantage and Fang Yuan was not sure whether he could help them learn the Psychic move.
Baishi led them to different spacious rooms, carefully introduced one pokemon after another, and gave them appropriate advice.
“ This is a Nidoran pokemon egg…”
“This is a Meowth Pokemon egg..”
“This is an Eevee pokemon egg…”
“Pokemon like Eevee are normal-type pokemon and the normal-type is also known as the most adaptable type.”
“Besides, this is also the type of pokemon we recommend, Eevee has a docile personality and is easy to raise. Moreover, it has four evolutionary branches: thunder, water, fire, and grass. After evolution, its strength improves significantly. If the purpose is for the college entrance battle exam, then choosing it could maximize the guarantee of the pass rate. “
“We also sell matching evolution stones, which can be used when Evee enters the growth period. You can enjoy a 5% discount if you buy it with the pokemon egg.” Bai Shi introduced it with a smile.
“Eevee..”
Fang Yuan was unable to take his eyes off it, he didn’t care whether there was any discount or not. This was the third category of pokemon he picked out.
To his knowledge, Eevee has at least eight branches of evolution.
At present, the Pokemon Alliance has announced that there are 702 kinds of pokemon. Glaceon, Espeon, Umbreon, and Sylveon; these forms of evolution that the Eevee has evolved through other ways were not included in the 702 pokemon… Fang Yuan has verified this after researching a lot on the internet.
The pokemon have been part of modern society only for a few decades, so it was not surprising that their secrets have not been explored.
There were other such examples besides Eevee’s evolutionary branch.
For example, Slowbro and Slowking were still undiscovered.
The evolution pattern of slowpoke was still a mystery.
How Feebas evolved into Milotic was still not published.
What human beings didn't know was the secret of ordinary pokemon. On the contrary, they have obtained a lot of information about the legendary pokemon from the ancient mural in some of the secret realms.
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In fact, the price of Eevee was not expensive, because it has a docile characteristic and was not suitable for fighting. Its status in the eyes of the public has always been as a pet, but what was expensive was the evolution stone.
Even the worst-quality evolution stone was several times more expensive than the price of Eevee.
Eevee could reproduce, however, evolution stone was a non-renewable resource. It was very rare and could only be procured from the secret realm. Moreover, its monopoly problem was very serious. Every piece was sold at a very high price. The situation of sending it to other people casually like in animation would not happen to common people like Fang Yuan.
This breeding house was clearly also into the business of evolutionary stone. There was no doubt that Eevee and evolutionary stones were being sold as bundles. If the economic conditions allow, most of the families might have been moved by this.
However, if everyone’s perception of Eevee was only at the level of using evolutionary stone to become stronger, then Fang Yuan could be sure that Eevee was definitely one of the most underrated pokemon!
Espeon, Umbreon, and Sylveon, which require other evolutionary conditions but do not need evolutionary stone, have the same potential as their other branches of evolution.
Maybe it was because Fang Yuan had stood in front of Eevee egg longer than any other pokemon egg before, Fang Yuan’s father and mother looked at each other.
“What do you think of Eevee?” Fang Yuan’s father asked.
“Good, very good, it could be said as the best choice but…” Fang Yuan pondered, compared with grass-type pokemon and bug-type pokemon Evee was safer, it was easy to raise, have docile personality, strong adaptability, great potential, and was seriously underestimated….seems to be reserved for a lucky to pick.
“That’s it, you don’t have to worry about anything else. We can still afford to pay for the evolution stone.” Fang Yuan’s father patted Fang yuan on the shoulder.
Fang yuan stupefyingly raised his head, it is not because of this… forget it, can’t explain it to him. If he chose Eevee, he would definitely not let Eevee evolve towards the five evolutionary branches: fire, thunder, water, ice, and grass, this would be too extravagant.
However, Fang Yuan felt that things won’t go so smoothly. Moreover, it was very troublesome to explain to his parents why Eevee should be bought without an evolution stone….
He couldn’t directly just say that Eevee has other branches of evolution.
The question became a classic one out of three choices.
Before coming to the breeding house, Fang Yuan didn’t properly decide, but now that he has arrived here, he couldn’t hesitate anymore.
“I’d like to look around again.”
Fang Yuan asked Bai Shi to show him around again, especially to see the three types of pokemon eggs.
Bug-type Pokemon, grass-type pokemon…
As well, the Eevee's egg, which has brown stripes on a white background, and the patterns were as harmonious and comfortable as clouds.
When he made his choice, Fang Yuan thought he would be rational, but he found that in the end, the biggest factor in his preference turned out to be the face value.
Whether it was the face value of the Pokemon eggs, or the face value of the pokemon after hatching out of the egg, it was Eevee who can make Fang Yuan’s heart fluctuate……
Sure enough, face value is justice….
Looking at the Eevee Pokemon egg, Fang Yuan declared his final decision:
“This is it.”
(TN: 颜 is found in 容颜 (rongyan) which means appearance. Therefore, the word 颜 is commonly associated with appearances. 值 means to value or worth. Therefore, when it is placed together, its literal meaning is ‘face value’. It is used by netizens to measure the appearances of people.)