Not a trainer this time

A method that can help the evolution of Yanshibao...

Naoki's first thought was to gain experience through battles to achieve the effect of exercise, so as to help Pokémon evolve.

How about letting it compete with other salt rock fortresses?

This is not a bad idea.

Generally speaking, the evolution of Pokémon is the accumulation of life levels. When the accumulation reaches a certain level, it will undergo transformation and become a more powerful existence.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide sufficient nutrition and energy for Yanshibao.

This is very satisfying. Later, he can make a few more servings of the rock salt fried soil that Yan Shibao likes to eat.

That thing can increase the physical strength of Salt Stone, making it stronger and healthier.

Thinking of this, Naoki asked the other four Yanshilei to share their evolution experience with Yanshibao first, and then he went back indoors and checked the inventory in the locker.

Then I found that there are still a lot of rock salt at home, but the soil used to make rock salt fried soil is gone.

That kind of soil is produced in Anza Town, and it contains various nutrients, which are very suitable for Pokémon with rock and earth attributes.

Cave town...

It's a pity that the distance between Xuezha Town and Zhuqin Town is too far, and he still has no way to go there to dig it himself, so he can only buy it from the Zhuqin Market.

The ingredients at home are almost finished, so I can stop by to replenish them.

At nine o'clock in the morning, after finishing the work on the ranch, Naoki told the motorcycle lizard and Guleton, and then rode a goat to the town.

They first went to Zanqin Market to buy a bunch of berries and meat steaks, and finally went to the stall selling soil to buy a large bag of soil.

The stall owner saw that he would come over every once in a while, and asked with a smile, "Do those Pokémon like to eat?"

"That's right." Naoki nodded with a smile.

There is no need to worry about the rock salt fried soil going bad, so every time he will fry a large pot and store it, so that he only needs to take out a part of it every day and feed it to Yanshibao.

"You just have to like it!" said the stall owner, "I heard that Bangila's cub Yukila ate this kind of soil when he was a child!"

"Bangira will bury the eggs deep underground after laying eggs. When the eggs hatch into Yukira, it will eat up the surrounding soil and then go to the ground."

"The more such soil there is, the higher the probability that Bangira and Yukila will inhabit!"

"Is there such a thing?" Naoki only knew that Yukira was born underground.

"Well!" The stall owner had a natural expression, and he did not forget to remind: "So if you find this kind of soil in the wild, you must leave the vicinity, because Bangira has a very strong sense of territory. If you treat you as an intruder or worse!"

"That's right." Naoki nodded, not paying much attention to this matter.

It just so happened that other people came to buy soil at this time, so he turned around and left, riding a goat back to the pasture.

The ranch is still a thriving and lively scene.

Zhishu returned indoors with a few big bags of things. He glanced at the old-fashioned pendulum clock on the wall. Seeing that it was still early, he began to make rock salt fried soil for Yan Shibao.

The Pokémon were all playing outside, and the room was very quiet, only the sound of the spatula being turned, and the cry of the Pokémon could be heard from outside.

Naoki listened to it, and it should be Guluton teaching the motorcycle lizard and the fast dragon.

Soon, a large pot of soil was fried, and Naoki poured them into the pot and put them on the floor to cool.

And at this moment, Ba Dahu suddenly flew in from the outside: "Hey!"

Naoki turned his head to look: "Huh? What's the matter?"

Ba Dahu pointed outside in disbelief, as if he wanted him to go and have a look: "Hey!"

Seeing this, Naoki put down his work and followed Ba Dahu to the outside.

To be precise, it came to the side of the farmland.

This time without Ba Dahu's reminder, he found something was wrong.

Because the originally flat land in the farmland bulged out very obvious bulges, as if something had drilled through it.

Moreover, what is even more distressing is that there are a few more bite marks on the newly grown seedlings in several fields.

"Hey..." Ba Dahu flapped his wings lightly, with a sad expression on his face.

At this time, something suddenly started to move underground.

Immediately afterwards, a Pokémon with an oval brown head and a red nose emerged from below.

Is that... a gopher? !

The conjecture in Naoki's mind was confirmed at this moment.

It seems that the instigator of all this is this little gopher!

Zhishu immediately said: "Ba Dahu, grab it and use hypnotic powder!"

"Hey!"

Seeing the destruction of the farmland, Ba Dahu was also very angry. It flapped its wings, and phosphorous powder, which can make people sleepy, sprinkled from it.

Seeing that it was about to hit, the gopher seemed to have sensed something, retracted into the ground with a swish, and moved quickly underground.

Soon, the gopher stopped and got out of the ground again.

This time it set its sights on the one-man-one-handed big butterfly at the edge of the field.

"Squeak!"

Then, it retracted to the ground again, as if deliberately making trouble.

Seeing this scene, several black lines appeared on Naoki's forehead.

Gophers, a Pokémon that like dark places, spend most of their time underground and survive by eating tree roots and the like.

Because the soil after the gophers pass by will be properly turned, and their feces will also make the soil fertile, making it the most suitable field for farming, so many farmers will carefully cultivate them.

To keep them, farmers plant trees around the crops that gophers like to eat, and use this way to let them help till the land.

But sometimes, gophers will also eat the crops planted by farmers, causing disasters to farmers.

Just like now.

So, he met a gopher who deliberately made trouble? !

Damn it, that's the crop he planted so hard!

"Greton!"

Facing the provocative gophers, Naoki chose to call for reinforcements without hesitation.

Gu Luerton, who was basking in the sun not far away, heard the shout, and rushed over like a rocket.

"Ah hiss!"

"Grab it!" Naoki ordered.

Hearing this, Gu Leton cast his eyes on the field, and after seeing the instigator who made Naoki angry, a speechless expression suddenly appeared on his face.

In the next second, it released a terrifying aura from its body.

The gophers who had been making trouble in the farmland suddenly felt an invisible coercion and terrifying aura.

It immediately realized that there was a very powerful Pokémon here.

The gopher made a panicky squeaking sound, and then instinctively retreated to the ground to escape.

But how could Guluton give it this chance?

Therefore, Luton stepped on the ground fiercely, and the huge vibration caused the tunnel dug by the gopher to collapse instantly.

Then, it rushed forward, and with a claw knife, it "stunned" the gopher who had no time to retreat in the future.

Having completed the task, Leton hid his merit and fame, and retreated to Naoki's side.

Naoki stepped forward to check the damage of the farmland.

Fortunately, Ba Dahu discovered it early, and the movement track of the gophers has not spread to other places. Only a small piece of farmland was affected, and two corn seedlings were eaten.

Seeing this scene, Naoki breathed a sigh of relief.

He walked up to the unconscious gopher, trying to pick it up, but failed with all his efforts.

The lower body of the gopher seemed to be firmly welded into the ground.

"Holy shit, is it so difficult to dig?" Naoki was a little surprised, no wonder no one knew what the underground part of the gopher looked like.

Ba Dahu flew forward and asked, "Hey?"

Naoki thought what it should do when it asked, after a little thought, he answered with a sneer:

"Certainly can't just let it go."

The "comatose" gopher shuddered.

Naoki noticed this scene, and thought to himself, what a guy, he still pretends to be dizzy!

That being the case, wouldn't it be unreasonable for him not to cooperate?

Naoki pretended to be very angry: "This guy is really hateful, he must be punished properly!"

Hearing his tone, the comatose gopher began to tremble.

Although it can escape through the ground, it may not be able to escape in front of that terrible Pokémon.

Naoki glanced at the gopher out of the corner of his eye, and said to Guleton and Ba Dahu:

"How do you think this bad guy should be punished?"

Ba Dahu said angrily: "Hey!"

Guluton: "Ahhh..."

Naoki said deliberately: "In this case, then lock it up and starve it for a month! Roast the gopher with jet flames, then put it in the ice cellar to freeze, and finally throw it into the river!"

Hearing these words, the gopher trembled even more exaggeratedly.

devil!

This human is a monster scarier than the red-skinned Pokémon!

Ba Dahu imagined that scene, and felt that it was too cruel. Although the gopher was very naughty, it was not to blame.

It couldn't bear to say: "Hey..."

"Squeak!" Gopher Heart said yes, it didn't have any malicious intentions, it just wanted to play tricks on this human!

Hearing Ba Dahu's words, Naoki "snorted coldly" and said:

"It's not impossible to let it go, unless it stays to help me work to offset the damage it caused."

Gu Luerton, who was at the side, looked at the two singing together, and for a while didn't know what to say.

It knows that Naoki is just talking about it, and won't really do it.

But the gophers don't think so.

In its view, this human is really the most terrifying creature in the world!

Its brain seemed to be speeding up, and it began to imagine that it was locked up, roasted by fire, frozen, and finally thrown into the river.

very scary……

The gopher felt sorry for the first time, but at this moment. It suddenly heard the human say that it is not impossible to let it go.

Hearing this, the gopher quickly opened his eyes, and nodded repeatedly under Naoki's "surprised" gaze.

"Squeak!"

it will! It is willing to stay and work to offset the damage it caused!

Naoki: "..." So unintimidated.

He looked at the gopher who "voluntarily" stayed to work in front of him with great interest.

In fact, the first time he saw the gopher, he had the idea of ​​keeping it.

But this gopher was too mischievous, and even played a game of whack-a-mole with him, so he made a bad plan and asked Gu Luden to scare it.

"Are you really willing to stay and work?" Naoki asked.

The gopher nodded in a panic: "Squeak!"

Naoki couldn't believe it: "Could it be that you plan to escape while I'm not paying attention?"

The gopher shook his head quickly: "Squeak!"

"Very good, then let me see your sincerity." Naoki led the way in front: "Come with me! I just have a job for you."

The gopher hurriedly followed.

Naoki signaled Guleton with his eyes to let him continue to play with the fast dragon motorcycle lizard.

But Guluton didn't want to play anymore, because the motorcycle lizard and the fast dragon were also attracted.

Several Pokémon were curious about what Naoki planned to do with the gopher, so they gathered together to watch.

Seeing this, Naoki didn't say anything, but brought the gopher to the salt house.

At this time, several salt rocks were playing on the grass outside, and there was no one in the salt house.

Zhishu stood on the wooden floor and said to the gopher: "Help me dig a big hole here and dig it all the way down. Can you do it?"

The gopher was startled, it looked around, and thought that this place is too big, and it will have to work for a long time...

But afraid that the human would think it was useless and lock it up again, the gopher still nodded repeatedly.

"Very good." Naoki did not forget to hit a sweet date with a stick: "Work hard, during this period, I will provide you with food."

"Squeak." The gopher didn't dare to think about it.

Naoki left Luton here to help it, such as destroying the planks, breaking the underground stones and so on.

And he went to prepare lunch for all the Pokémon.

Today's lunch was still a simple sandwich and steak. When Naoki cooked the meal and went to the salt house to check the situation, the gopher not only didn't take the opportunity to escape, but also dug a big hole there.

Seeing this scene, Zhi Shuxin said that this gopher is quite simple and upright, and he won't run if he says he won't run, and there are obviously many opportunities to escape by digging holes underground.

Naoki asked Gu Lerton to eat first, and then called the gopher who was busy.

The gopher poked its head out of the ground tremblingly. It thought it would be scolded by the human, but it didn't expect to be greeted by a food with a tempting aroma.

The gopher swallowed.

Naoki smiled and handed over the sandwich: "This is your food, eat it!"

The gopher didn't dare to move.

Seeing its appearance, Naoki felt that it might be really frightened.

He thought about it carefully, and comforted him, "Relax, as long as you don't destroy my farmland, I won't hurt you, and neither will any other Pokémon in the ranch."

"When you help me dig a hole, you can leave if you want. I won't stop you anymore. During the time you are working, I will provide you with food every day."

Hearing this, the gopher blinked: "Squeak?"

It looked at the sandwich in front of it, then at the human.

For some reason, the gopher suddenly felt that this human being was not so scary when he was not angry.

It carefully ate the sandwich.

With the first bite, the gopher's two small eyes lit up.

"Squeak!"

It has never eaten such delicious food!

Gophers eat faster.

Soon, the entire sandwich was eaten, and the stamina recovery effect inside brought the gopher back to its best condition.

Looking at the expression of the gopher, Zhi Shuxin said that it should not sneak away now.

After eating, the gopher continued to dig a big hole.

And Naoki turned around and went back to the house, counting the money he earned these days.

With the evolution of Salt Stone Treasure, the rock salt production in the ranch has been greatly improved.

Today is April 16th.

If this continues, by the end of next month, he will probably have saved enough money to build a house, and he can go to Keri to expand the cabin into a big house with a bathroom, a cellar, a living room, and a separate kitchen.

"Huh, it's really exciting!"

After closing the ledger, Naoki went to check the pot of rock salt fried soil again.

Seeing that the soil inside had cooled down, he took a pot and found the salt stone treasure that was enjoying the shade under a tree.

With a bang, Naoki placed the pot in front of Yanshibao, and looked over with encouraging eyes:

"Eat it! After eating this pot of soil, you should be able to evolve!"

What this salt stone treasure lacks is not strength, but its physical fitness is not as good as other salt stone barriers.

Congenital malnutrition can only be made up through acquired efforts.

Even though it has been eating very nutritiously since it came to the ranch, its overall quality is still a little worse than other salt stone treasures.

And these rock salt fried soil can improve the physical strength of Yanshibao. As long as it becomes stronger, it may be able to meet the physical conditions required for evolution.

If it can't evolve after eating, then let it go to practice with other Pokémon. I believe it won't take long before it can evolve into a salt rock barrier.

"Salt..."

Yanshibao looked at the pot of soil Naoki specially made for it in front of him, which was not available in other Yanshibai.

It was so moved in its heart that it immediately cheered up and began to eat the soil in front of it.

However, it had just finished lunch, and its stomach was already bulging. After eating a few big mouthfuls, Yan Shibao lay down on the grass weakly, and let out a weak cry.

"Salt..." It's about to die...

Naoki looked at this scene dumbfoundingly: "You silly boy, stupid, I mean I want you to eat it slowly as a snack, if you can't finish it at one time, save it for the next time."

Hearing this, Yan Shibao was a little embarrassed.

Naoki picked it up and weighed it a few times: "Well, it's much fatter than when I first met you."

"Yanyan~" Yan Shibao happily coquettishly followed him.

Whether it is it or other salt stone barriers, I am very grateful to Naoki in my heart.

Zhishu not only takes care of them like a salt giant, but also prepares all kinds of delicious food for them in different ways every day.

Even if it is a salt and rock giant, it is not as good as Naoki!

Zhishu simply hugged Yanshibao in his arms, and together with him, they enjoyed the cool breeze in the shade of the tree.

Looking at the vast wilderness in front of him, he felt filled with emotion: "After you have successfully evolved into salt giants, I won't be able to hold you in my arms!"

"Salt salt!"

Yan Shibao's eyes were full of fighting spirit.

It doesn't matter! When the time comes, Naoki can't hold them, so let them hug Naoki!