I, Xiao Mao, want to become a Pokémon Master!

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【叮！发布任务：获得白银大会冠军/奖励：中级神奇糖果X10、高级神奇糖果X10、铜色王冠X1、银色王冠X1、金色王冠X1、特性强化石X3（注：使用未参加过联盟大会的精灵拿下白银大会冠军，所有奖励翻倍。）】

Xiao Mao was stunned for a moment.

This time, the task issued by the system is somewhat special, with the condition of doubling the reward.

The Silver Tournament is a tournament where you can't use Pokémon that have participated in the League Tournament before. That means you can't use the Pokémon that Gary used in the Indigo League. If you do, the rewards won't be doubled.

Gary was a little worried. He would be facing Ash in the round of 16 at the Silver Conference. According to the original storyline, the two had a fierce battle with all their crew members. In the end, Gary's Blastoise was defeated by Ash's 2.8 Charizard, stopping in the round of 16.

If this requirement is in place, Blastoise and Tyranitar will be unusable, causing Gary to lose two of his top generals.

Xiao Shiu couldn't quite remember which Pokémon he used at the Pokémon League, so he quickly went back to the Pokémon Center to search online for recordings of the previous Indigo League to see how many of his Pokémon were banned.

The match videos can be found on the Kanto League's official website. The complete match videos of the champions are all saved. Shigeru was the champion of the last Indigo League, so naturally all of his match videos are saved.

Xiao Mao quickly glanced through the list and found that he had used 10 Pokémon at the Indigo League Ascendancy: Blastoise, Exeggutor, Gigantamax Rhydon, Pidgeot, Forsaken, Aerodactyl, Tyranitar, Zapdos, Eevee, and Arcanine.

267: Skill Masters of the Dragon Royal Family

“What a headache.”

The 10 Pokémon used in the Indigo League were all Gary's main Pokémon, and their levels were all relatively high. In particular, his strongest Pokémon, Blastoise, Tyranitar, and Zapdos, were not available for use.

It's worth noting that Ash will be using Pokémon bred in the Kanto region for this Silver Conference. With Gary's intentional or unintentional training, Ash's current strength is a notch above that of the original series.

Ash's Pokémon, which he trained in the Kanto region, are naturally quite strong. After their last meeting on Silver Rock Island, Ash's Pikachu was already level 58. It is estimated that by the time the Silver Conference comes around, it will likely reach level 60 and become a Champion.

Gary's other Pokémon are also quite strong. Charizard and Snorlax are definitely at the level of near-Elite Four members, not to mention Ye Yue, who defeated Ash.

Even though Ye Yue only reached the semifinals of the Silver Tournament, it shows that the contestants in the Silver Tournament are a level above the contestants in the Quartz Tournament.

The trainer who defeated Ye Yue, Dushe, was the champion of the Silver Conference. However, he was able to win because Ash severely injured Ye Yue's Blaziken, which hadn't recovered before the competition. Otherwise, Dushe wouldn't have had a chance to win. He was quite lucky.

Although his main Pokémon were banned, it didn't have a big impact. Gary had over thirty Pokémon, which was more than enough to handle the Silver Tournament.

Xiao Mao was just wondering if the system's missions for future League tournaments would also have such requirements, meaning that the Pokémon used in the Silver and Indigo Leagues would be unusable again.

After that, he went to the Sinnoh region to participate in the Lily of the Valley Conference. How did he deal with the legendary Pokémon? Judging from the battle between Ash and the legendary Pokémon, the Pokémon in the legendary Pokémon's hands were all at the Elite Four level, but still a bit short of the Champion level.

Therefore, in this Silver Tournament, Gary should try to win the championship with as few Pokémon as possible, otherwise he won't have any Pokémon to use in future league tournaments.

After determining which Pokémon were banned, Gary went to the house of the TM expert in Blacksmith City that afternoon.

We arrived at the door of the skills instruction expert's room.

Shigeru looked at the house in front of him. It was a very simple house, quite different from the witch's mansion on the Seven Islands. This made Shigeru doubt the skill level of this expert.

Xiao Mao went up and knocked on the door.

"Who?"

An aged voice came from inside the door. Then, the door opened, and an old man with a hunched back stood inside. The old man looked very old, at least 80 years old.

"Hello Grandpa, are you a skill expert?" Xiao Mao asked.

"Yes." The old man nodded slightly and said, "Judging from your appearance, you're not from this town, are you?"

"My name is Shigeru, and I come from Pallet Town in the Kanto region. I heard that there are experts in teaching arcane skills in Inkstone City, so I came here specifically to learn from them," Shigeru said.

The old man nodded and continued, "Since you've come to learn ultimate skills, you should know that only specific Pokémon can learn them. Which Pokémon of yours will learn them?"

"It's a fire-breathing dragon."

"Charizard? You can learn that. Show me your Charizard," the old man said.

Although the old man looked mysterious, Xiao Mao doubted his teaching ability, after all, the old man was too old.

Following the old man's instructions, Shigeru released Charizard.

"Oh..." Upon seeing the Charizard, the old man finally opened his slightly narrowed eyes and commented, "Your Charizard is well-trained and has considerable potential. It is qualified to learn Blast Flare."

"Grandpa, when can we start teaching?" Xiao Mao asked.

Although some questioned the old man's abilities, there was nowhere else to learn ultimate skills at the moment, and they couldn't very well go to the Seven Islands now.

"It can be done tomorrow, just pay two million," the old man said.

"Two million...!"

Xiao Mao's eyebrows twitched violently. It wasn't that he couldn't afford the money, but the Seven Islands only charged one million, and you wanted two million? This was a rip-off.

Xiao Mao is willing to accept being ripped off, but only if he doesn't know the price; he'll just consider it paying an "intelligence tax."

Now that Xiao Mao knows the cost of teaching ultimate skills, he can't stand it if you insist on charging 200 million.

"Secret skills are very difficult to learn, so two million is not expensive at all," the old man reminded him.

"Is there a 100% guarantee that I'll learn it?" Xiao Mao asked.

"No, I'll only teach you for a month. Whether you learn it or not depends entirely on your own destiny," the old man said.

"The Seven Islands only offer one million for teaching ultimate skills, but you want two million, grandpa? Isn't that a bit too expensive..." said Shigeru.

The old man was taken aback, not expecting that Xiao Shi had learned from other skill experts. But the old man calmly said, "Then your Charizard still hasn't mastered Explosive Flare, which means the skill expert you found isn't good at teaching."

"I learned how to use a water cannon, not an explosive flame, and I've already mastered it," Xiao Mao said.

The old man broke out in a cold sweat, realizing that the young man before him was not so easily fooled, but he wouldn't lower the price either, and casually said, "This is my price. If you think it's too expensive, then go learn on the Seven Islands."

"No need, just learn here," Xiao Mao said.

Consider it a rip-off. Anyway, two million isn't too expensive, and Shigeru doesn't have time to go to the Seven Islands again.

The Seven Islands are quite far from Blacksmith City, and it takes a long time to travel there and back. Moreover, Gary wants to join in the fun with Celebi, so it's impossible for him to leave the Johto region anytime soon.

"Can I pay by card?" Xiao Mao asked.

"of course can."

The old man went back into his room and retrieved the card reader.

Xiao Mao glanced at the numbers on the card reader, swiped his card, and paid two million.

Teaching will begin tomorrow.

the next day.

Xiao Mao arrived at the old man's house as promised.

"Grandpa, where are we going to train?" Xiao Mao asked.

Learning advanced skills still requires practice, but this is a city, so it's definitely not feasible here.

"follow me."

The old man casually rode his electric bike and took Xiao Mao to the northern outskirts of Yanmo City. In front of a lake, there was a cave that looked like a dragon's mouth.

When they arrived, Xiao Mao was dumbfounded. If he remembered correctly, this was a dragon's lair, leading to the Dragon's Sacred Domain.

"Grandpa, this is the dragon's lair of the Dragon Clan, right? Outsiders aren't allowed to approach, are they?" Xiao Mao asked doubtfully.

“That’s for sure, but I’m not an outsider,” the old man said.

Xiao Mao was startled. He realized that he didn't know the old man's name. Since the old man dared to take him to the dragon's lair, it meant that the old man was a member of the Dragon Taming Clan.

"Grandpa, are you from the Dragon Clan?" Xiao Mao asked.

268: Dragon Sanctuary, Outrageous Dragonite

"Of course, my name is Yu Longxian. You don't know me, yet you want to learn my ultimate skills?" Yu Longxian said with amusement.

Xiao Mao did inquire with people in Yanmo City, but he didn't learn the name, only the address of Yu Longxian's residence.

"I did ask around, but no one in the city has told you your name," Xiao Mao said awkwardly.

“That’s normal. I’m usually quite low-key. Most of the younger generation have gone out to work, and I’m not a name that young people in the city know,” Yu Long said casually.

"So, Mr. Dragon Master, are you planning to teach my Charizard in the Dragon Sanctuary?" Gary asked.

"You're overthinking it. We're just teaching on the outskirts. Don't even think about going into the Holy Domain; it's not allowed there," Yu Longxian said, waving his hand.

is it?

Xiao Mao expressed his doubts.

In the storyline, Ash did enter the Dragon Sanctuary and even fought with the Dragonite there.

Apart from a Dragonite and some wild Pokémon, there was nothing else in the Sanctuary. Many of the wild Pokémon were Dragon-type.

Xiao Mao really wanted to go inside the Dragon Sanctuary, but since it wasn't allowed, he naturally wouldn't dare to trespass.

Next, Yulong Xian led Xiao Mao to a mountain wall, had Xiao Mao release Charizard, carefully explained the key points of the Blast Attack skill, and also released a Typhlosion.

【LV75 Firestorm Beast♂/Champion】

Xiao Mao was shocked. He never expected that Yu Long Xian had a champion-level Typhlosion, with a level of 75, which was higher than all the Pokémon Xiao Mao had.

As expected... experience matters.

This Yulong Xian really knows how to hide his strength. But Xiao Mao is very curious. Yulong Xian is clearly a member of the Yulong family. Even if he doesn't raise dragon-type Pokémon, he should at least raise a Pokémon with "dragon" in its name.

What's going on with this Firestorm Beast?

Despite the doubts, Yulongxian's Typhlosion was still very strong. It was much larger than Kenta's, and the flames it emitted were extremely hot, even arousing Charizard's fighting spirit.

"Charizard, Typhlosion is now your teacher, remember to respect your teacher," Gary reminded him.

"Roar."

Charizard nodded, suppressing its fighting spirit, and decided to wait until it learned Blast Flame before having a good, intense battle with Typhlosion.

Typhlosion had no idea that Charizard had such intentions, but it still diligently taught Charizard the essential skills.

Having learned a special move once before, Gary knew that for Charizard to successfully master Explosive Flame, the bond between it and its trainer was indispensable, and Gary had always been there for Charizard.

A week passed quickly, and Charizard still hadn't mastered Blast Flare, but it was starting to use it quite well. It was believed that it wouldn't be long before it mastered it.

Just like the shrine maidens before, Yulong Xian gave guidance and then let Xiao Mao and Charizard train on their own near the mountain wall. Every two days, he would check on Xiao Mao and Charizard's progress and offer a few pointers from time to time.

On this day, Gary and Charizard were training here as usual when suddenly, a huge roar came from the other side of the mountain wall.

"The Sacred Domain of Dragons?!"