Not a trainer this time

Naoki had never seen this antique shop before, it must have just opened in the past few days.

The door of the store is a very heavy carved wooden door. When you open the door, an ancient and rustic atmosphere hits your face.

At first glance, the store is very empty. The bar counter is facing the door, and there are rows of shelves against the wall. Various antiques are displayed on the shelves.

A very well-dressed man wearing round glasses, slicked-back hair, was standing behind the bar using a feather duster to clean the dust next to him.

On the bar, a little lion was lying there lazily and snoring.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the uncle immediately put down the feather duster in his hand, and a beam of light shot out of his eyes: "Is there a guest coming?"

The little lion also looked up.

"Hello, boss!" Naoki greeted them with a smile.

"What do you want to buy?" The uncle put down the feather duster, walked up and asked: "Do you want to buy antique paintings for collection, or do you want to buy antique tea sets that evolve Smooth Tea and Lai Ai Tea? I have everything here. oh!"

Hearing this, Naoki was stunned. He knew what kind of Pokémon this Smoocha was.

"Si Mo Tea?" Naoki couldn't help but ask.

The boss looked surprised: "Have you never heard of this Pokémon?"

Naoki nodded truthfully: "I only know how to come to Sad Tea."

"That's it!" The boss didn't care and introduced with a smile: "Smoocha and Laibei Tea are both Pokémon that live in tea sets. They also need specific tea sets to evolve."

"However, come to think of it, there is no Smoocha inhabiting the Padia area, and those Pokémon live in the remote Kitakami Township!"

Kitakami Township... Naoki instantly understood. Although he had never heard of Smoocha's name, based on the three words Kitakami Township, it can be inferred that it is also a newly added Pokémon in the Zhuzi DLC.

Speaking of Smooth Tea, the boss seems to have a lot to say.

He sighed, walked to a shelf, pointed to the old-looking tea bowl on it, and said:

"Here, this is the tea set you need to use when Smoocha evolves!"

"It is said that they are Pokémon that were transformed into matcha tea due to the regret of the tea master who failed to reach the peak of the tea ceremony before his death."

"There are terrifying rumors circulating in Kitakami Township about Smoocha [if you waste food, you will be sprinkled with matcha by Smoocha, and then the essence will be drained from the body and turned into a shriveled corpse]!"

"How is it? It's scary, isn't it?" the boss asked.

Naoki: "..."

As he said this, he became more and more curious about Beishang Township.

In Naoki's perception, it was a pastoral town with developed agriculture and tourism, rich in red apples and rice.

What a place with outstanding people! How could there be something so terrifying?

"It feels like the rumors about the Laibei Tea and the Weisi Tea Pot must have been deliberately exaggerated." Naoki thought to himself.

However, that's not why he came here today.

Although this antique store has just opened, the types of antiques displayed here are very diverse.

Knight armors full of medieval colors, ancient books full of ancient texts, ancient clay pots used in the past...

When Naoki's eyes stayed on it, the boss on the side would take the initiative to introduce:

"That's the armor worn by the knights of the Kingdom of Padia during the Kingdom of Padia. It's been well preserved. It's been five hundred years and it's still not rusty."

"These are Pokémon observation notes left by some ancient scholars during the Padian Kingdom. Although the above content is common knowledge to modern people, for that ancient era, these notes were very rare and important."

"This? This is also a product of the Padian Kingdom. It is said that the king once used it to drink water."

"..."

Naoki stared at the clay pot that looked like a urine pot and fell silent.

At this moment, he suddenly saw an ancient treasure box about thirty centimeters tall and seemingly old at the other end of the shelf.

Naoki's attention was immediately drawn.

The boss followed him to the treasure chest: "This treasure chest, like the clay pot just now, also comes from the Padian Kingdom period."

"More than two thousand years ago today, when the Kingdom of Padia was ruling, the explorers at that time organized a massive treasure hunt. This treasure box was something that some explorers obtained during their exploration. The contents inside The treasure has been taken away and now only an empty shell remains."

"What about the price?" Naoki asked with interest.

If the treasure box is given to Suo Cai Ling, Suo Cai Ling can transform from the walking form into the treasure box form, and all the gold coins collected in the future can be stored in it.

Boss: "I won't hide it from you. All the treasures in this treasure box have been taken away. Now there is only an empty shell left. If you want it, just take it with 20,000 alliance coins!"

Twenty thousand alliance coins... wasn't very expensive for him, and he could earn it back with a bottle of goat's milk.

But there is no official alliance price for this kind of thing, it all depends on the preference of the person selling it.

Naoki didn't know whether he had lost money or gained money, so he was going to try to haggle the price.

So, Naoki began to use his little bargaining experience: "Ten thousand!"

boss:"……"

"You are exaggerating. Even the decorations sold in the store are not that cheap!" The boss looked at the corner of his mouth: "What's more, this thing has been around for two thousand years, and it is still an antique worth collecting."

Naoki: "What about fifteen thousand? In addition to this, I can also have long-term cooperation with you."

"Oh?" The boss suddenly became interested: "What kind of long-term cooperation?"

Zhi Shu had long since caught a glimpse of the two ancient Padian gold coins placed on the shelf. He pointed at them and said, "I want as many of these ancient coins as I want."

Hearing this, the boss turned around and saw the two ancient coins he put on the shelf.

Those ancient coins also came from the Pardian Kingdom, were minted by the kingdom, and were circulated in the market.

Some modern collectors specialize in collecting these historic coins for collection.

But because most of these ancient coins are scattered, the ones sold on the market are not very expensive. The general price fluctuates around 50,000 alliance coins.

It is far different from other antique tea sets that cost 200,000 yuan.

"You want that?" the boss asked.

"To be honest, I met a fortune-seeking spirit at home not long ago. Seeing that it liked this kind of coins, I wanted to see if I could build a good relationship with it by giving it coins." Naoki Tell the truth.

"Suo Cailing?" The boss looked surprised.

The boss was originally confused that this young man did not look like someone who likes antiques, because it could be seen from his eyes.

Those antiques worth thousands of gold just now were like cabbages on the roadside in his eyes. He just glanced at them and looked away.

After hearing these words, he finally understood the reason!

"Do you want to help Suo Cai Ling collect coins and help it evolve into Saifuhao?" The boss was shocked.

"Huh?" Naoki was also a little surprised: "Do you know Pokémon like Saifuhao?"

"Who in our line of work doesn't know about Saifuhao?" The boss explained: "Because Suo Cai Ling was a Pokémon born in the kingdom two thousand years ago, and their existence is closely related to these antique treasures. Inextricably linked."

"Because Suo Cai Ling was born from the explorer's greed for treasure!"

"That's it..." Naoki murmured and nodded.

The boss continued: "No one knew that the Suo Cai Ling could evolve until two hundred years ago. It was said that a collector became friends with a Suo Cai Ling that was collecting coins everywhere."

"In order to make his beloved Suo Cai Ling happy, the antique collector spent a lot of money to collect a lot of ancient gold coins from all over the world."

"Then, the money-seeking spirit merged with these gold coins and evolved into a Pokémon named Saifuhao!"

"Since then, some people who like Saifuhao have also started to learn to collect coins. However, Pokémon like Socaifu are too timid and will run away when they see humans. It is difficult for ordinary people to conquer them."

"In addition, those coins are difficult to collect, so to this day, no second Saifuhao has been born in the Padiya region."

"Is it so exaggerated?" Hearing these words, Naoki was also shocked.

He only knew that Sai Fuwan was rare, but he did not know that Sai Fu Fu was so rare.

Only one has appeared in two hundred years...

"Of course!" The boss nodded: "I won't hide it from you. Some antique shops also sell ancient gold coins, and the price mostly fluctuates around 50,000 alliance coins."

"One piece costs 50,000, and one thousand requires 50 million alliance coins! This price is simply unaffordable to ordinary people!"

"Moreover, most of the ancient gold coins currently on the market were found by some trainers from ancient ruins and ancient tombs."

"Those ancient ruins are very dangerous. Although they are filled with gold and silver treasures, in order to prevent others from robbing the tombs, the owners of the tombs and ancient ruins will place very dangerous mechanisms and powerful Pokémon guards in the ruins after death."

“Once they sense an intruder, those Pokémon will pursue the person with evil intentions to protect their former owner’s grave.

Naoki, who just had thoughts of tomb robbing, said: "..."

Forget it, let's try another method, it's too unfriendly to fight and kill.

"I want these two ancient gold coins and this treasure box." Naoki said, "If you collect ancient gold coins in the future, you can contact me directly and I can pay you an additional fee."

"Of course it's no problem!" The boss agreed: "But I also have a condition."

Naoki thought calmly, then nodded and said, "You say it."

The boss looked full of admiration: "If one day you really breed a Saifuhao, you must bring it over and let me see it with my own eyes!"

Naoki smiled: "Okay."

He left the ranch’s phone number for his boss, paid the money, and then returned to the ranch with the treasure box and two coins.

As soon as Naoki got off the Motorized Lizard carrying the seafood he bought in the town, the Kuailong and Hackosaurs from Kuailong Island gathered around and looked at the bags containing the seafood with curious faces.

"Ouch?"

Naoki opened the bag and took a look at them: "I bought them from the town..."

He originally wanted to let the dragons try it at noon, but looking at the eyes of these guys, it was obvious that this was not the first time they had seen these things.

For fast dragons living in the sea, these small fish, shrimps, shells, etc. should also be on their diet.

The fast dragons from a distance also ran over and surrounded the bag of seafood with the working fast dragons.

The eyes of the Hackrons were bright. They looked at the seafood, then at Naoki, and then a look of surprise appeared on their faces.

"Wow!" Does Naoki also like to eat these things?

In this case, they can catch more on their way back to Kuailong Island at night and bring them back to Zhi Shu tomorrow morning!

Zhi Shu didn't know what the Hackosaurs and Kuailosaurs were thinking. He handed the bag of seafood to his sister Ai Guanshi to save for steaming at noon.

He himself carried the treasure box and two coins to the tavern.

During the day, the tavern was empty. A beam of sunlight shone in from the window, and the dust floating in the air could be clearly seen in the light.

It seems that my brother, who cares about me, has just finished sweeping the floor.

Zhi Shu looked around and found no trace of the Suo Cai Ling, but he was certain that the Suo Cai Ling was still here, just hiding.

He didn't do anything specifically. He just placed the treasure box and two ancient gold coins in the shadow under the bar, and then said to the surroundings:

"Suo Cailing, I saw a treasure box and two coins outside today, so I brought them back to you. Remember to come over later and see if you like it."

After saying that, there was silence in the air and no reaction.

Naoki didn't care either. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and left.

As time passed by, the footsteps became farther and farther away, until they could no longer be heard, and Suo Cailing quietly poked his head out of the darkness.

It carefully observed its surroundings, and then turned its attention to the big treasure box and the two coins placed next to it.

Suo Cailing did not run over immediately. He stared at these things blankly, then jumped onto the bar and looked in the direction of the entrance.

Suo Cailing was very confused.

Why should that human being be so nice to it? And give it such a precious gift?

It clearly did nothing...

*

After leaving the tavern, Naoki began to go home and deal with the seafood.

After he cleaned all the shells and conches, it was noon.

Zhi Shu was about to steam them in a pot when he suddenly heard the voice of Mayor Thomas coming from outside.

"Is Naoki at home? Good afternoon, Motor Lizard! Ah, Gulton? Hello to you too!"

Hearing this voice, Naoki was a little confused.

Huh? Why did Mayor Thomas come to the ranch at this time?

He put down what he was doing, turned around and came outside: "Mayor Thomas, what can I do?"

Mayor Thomas smiled and nodded: "The town recently received an invitation."

"Invitation?" Naoki became even more confused. He quickly called Mayor Thomas to come in and sit down.

The two sat down on the sofa, and then Mayor Thomas told the purpose of the trip.

"It's like this. The harvest here in Zhiqin Town was very good last year, providing a lot of fresh vegetables and crops to other places in the Padiya region. For this reason, Zhiqin Town is also getting better and better in terms of agricultural planting. It’s becoming more and more famous.”

"Not long ago, the town received an invitation from Beishang Township. The other party wanted to hold an agricultural exchange meeting with us. They specially invited an experienced farmer from the town to Beishang Township to exchange planting ideas with the farmers there. experience."

"After unanimous consultation with everyone in the town, we are going to send you to attend the exchange meeting, so I came here today to ask if you have time."

Naoki understood. He had just heard the terrifying rumors about Kitakami Township from the owner of the antique shop today, and was thinking of going there when he had time.

Didn't you expect that the opportunity would come now?

Although he does not have much experience in farming, he relies on gophers to cultivate the land, goats to grow crops, and fast dragons to water the fields...

But it doesn't matter, he can go over there and preach to King Lei Guan!

Thinking of this, Naoki immediately asked: "When?"

Mayor Thomas replied with a smile: "It will be in three days, but Beishang Township is quite far from our place, so we will have to take a plane there by then."