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"Wind Ball, use Will-o'-the-Wisp!" Melissa didn't hold back and launched the first attack.
As the Wind Ball spun around in place, streaks of blue Gengar emerged, like malevolent spirits seeking death, lunging towards Electivire.
"Discharge!" Xiao Mao commanded.
"Whoa!!"
The electric energy within the Electrified Beast erupted, sending out bolts of electricity as thick as an arm, shattering all the ghostly flames emanating from the Wind-Traveling Ball, and the current also struck the Wind-Traveling Ball.
"ball...!"
The ball of wind howled in pain, stopped floating, and fell towards the ground, its tiny eyes now bulging like XX eyes.
"Driftball is unable to battle." Xiao San announced, "Gym Leader Melissa's three Pokémon have all been defeated. The winner of this Gym Battle is challenger Gary."
"Oh my god...!"
Melissa covered her temples with both hands, unable to believe that she had lost so badly. If it weren't for the Dream Demon's shared fate, she would have been defeated in a 1v3.
The battle is over.
"Congratulations, Gary! Your Pokémon are incredibly strong. If I could be 20 years younger, I would definitely pursue you," Melissa congratulated him.
Xiao Mao: "?(???ω???)...!"
Xiao Mao felt a little embarrassed by being confessed to so openly.
Despite her age, Melissa is still a very charming woman. If she wanted to, many young men would probably fall at her feet.
"Here, this is the Ruins Badge, proof of defeating the Family Gym." Melissa stopped teasing Gary and took out her own gym.
"Thank you."
Xiao Shigeru accepted the badge.
[Ding! Mission complete. Rewards have been sent to your inventory.]
After receiving the badge, Shigeru also left the Family Dojo.
Once outside the dojo, Shigeru immediately checked his spatial backpack.
[The Money-Grubber's Coin Pouch: Contains 999 Money-Grubber's Coins. After Money-Grubber evolves, if its potential is below Champion, it will be directly promoted to Champion.]
"...The Money-Stealing Spirit's Coin Bag!!"
Xiao Mao was also stunned when he saw the reward.
The Money Spirit is a Ghost-type Pokémon unique to the Padia region. Once you collect 999 Money Spirit coins, it can evolve into the strongest AOE Pokémon, Saifu.
In particular, Cypher's Golden Body ability makes him immune to the effects of his opponent's moves; he is immune to almost all moves, but his own energy can be reduced by his opponent.
Furthermore, Saifu has a base stat total of 550, which is comparable to that of a legendary Pokémon.
As for why, it's because the threshold for becoming a legendary Pokémon was lowered by the Martial Arts Urshifu. It used to be 570, but since the appearance of the Martial Arts Urshifu, the threshold has dropped to 550.
As for the Ultra Beast with a base stat total of 540, it is a spirit from another world, and strictly speaking, it is not a spirit from the spirit world, so it is not included in the calculation.
The system reward for Zhao's "Wealth-Seeking Spirit" is a coin pouch containing 999 coins, which can directly evolve the Wealth-Seeking Spirit, truly bringing its potential to the champion level.
As a rich and handsome man, it's perfectly reasonable for Xiao Mao to raise a dog that rivals the richest man in the world.
"Go directly to the Parthian region to buy it?"
Shigeru was wondering if he should go to the Padiya region, since he wasn't in a hurry to collect badges anyway.
"Let's get a money-grabbing spirit."
Without much hesitation, Xiao Mao decided to go to the Padia region to capture a Money-Gathering Spirit.
Money-stealing spirits aren't exactly rare, at least not in the Padia region. They're quite numerous, and you can find them in some antique shops.
The Moneypick is also a very weak Pokémon, with only two racial moves: Fright and Tackle, making it only slightly stronger than the likes of Caterpie.
The key point is that the Money-Gathering Spirit itself cannot evolve, and there aren't many Money-Gathering Spirits that can evolve.
532: Heading to the Parthian region
For a Money-Gathering Spirit to evolve into a Rich Man, it must have 999 gold coins. These gold coins cannot be ordinary gold coins; they must be Money-Gathering Spirit gold coins.
Well... only gold coins that have been nurtured by the wealth-seeking spirit's own energy can become the wealth-seeking spirit's coins.
The Money-Gathering Spirit is special; its body emits an energy that can nurture gold coins. Once nurtured, the gold coins will connect with the Money-Gathering Spirit. When 999 such gold coins are collected, the Money-Gathering Spirit will assimilate with these gold coins and evolve into a Rich Man.
Nurturing a single gold coin requires a year of the Soul of Wealth's time. If you try to nurture a gold coin on your own, it would take 999 years to collect 999 coins, which is almost impossible. No one can guarantee what will happen during those 999 years.
In the past, humans would make gold coins as a form of currency, but now paper money is used, and no one uses gold coins as currency anymore.
If humans discover gold coins, most will sell them or hoard them, which leads to fewer and fewer gold coins in circulation, thus reducing the likelihood of a Money-Seeking Spirit evolving into a Rich Man.
Even in modern times, very few trainers possess a Cyclops, because without human help, a Pokémon cannot evolve into a Cyclops on its own.
Since the gold coins are not in circulation, if the Money Spirit wants to collect all the gold coins, besides collecting 270 gold coins himself, he can only steal gold coins of the same type.
However, the more gold coins you accumulate, the less the Money-Gathering Spirit can move. You have to keep an eye on it at all times, otherwise, if you go out to look for gold coins, your house will be raided and you'll be finished.
The coins from the Money-Grubber are all real gold coins. Not only do other Pokémon want them, but humans and some Pokémon that love shiny items also want them.
It can only be said that the coins of the Money-Gathering Spirit are extremely rare, which makes it much more difficult for the Money-Gathering Spirit to collect 999 coins. It is almost impossible for him to collect them all in his lifetime by himself.
Having decided to catch the Money Spirit first, Gary went to the Pokémon Center to check the flights to the Sinnoh region.
The search results showed that there are direct flights from the airport in Vessex to Padiya, with a flight every three days.
"We can take down the Veil Dojo while we're on the way."
After deciding on the route, Shigeru set off for Veiled City in the afternoon.
Veilstone City is located at the easternmost edge of the Sinnoh region. It takes half of the Sinnoh region to get from Homestead City to Veilstone City, but in the face of the invincible Garchomp, half of the Sinnoh region can be crossed in just one hour.
"This is really troublesome."
Xiao Mao looked at the color screen phone and felt a headache coming on. The current mobile phone technology is still too backward, and it is impossible to shop on a mobile phone.
Shigeru originally wanted to challenge the Veiled Gym, but he had to rush to the Padilla region, so he had to go to the airport to buy a plane ticket first.
Upon arriving at the airport, Xiao Mao purchased a ticket to Padiya at the counter. The ticket was for 9:00 AM the next day, and the plane would arrive in Table City in the Padiya region.
Tabletop is the largest city in the Padia region, and the world's oldest elf school, called Orange Academy, is located here.
Orange Academy is unique in that there is no age limit for enrollment, and the student age range is quite wide, from children to adults. Almost all the courses here are related to elves.
"It's past 3 o'clock, so we can only go for afternoon tea."
Xiao Mao was thinking that if there was enough time, he could challenge the gym, but when he looked at the time, it was already past 3 o'clock. If he went to the gym entrance now, it would be 4 o'clock, which would be closing time.
Helpless, Xiao Mao had no choice but to go have afternoon tea.
I also redeemed the move "Phantom Strike". Although most Ghost-type Pokémon are Special Attackers, Phantom Strike can hide in another dimension, making it very useful.
...!
The next day.
Shigeru arrived at the Veil Airport and boarded a plane to the Padiya region.
The Padia region is quite far from the Sinnoh region; the plane didn't arrive in Tokio City until after 3 p.m.
"Oh right, the crystal bead."
As Xiao Mao stepped out of the airport and looked at the bustling streets, he immediately thought of Taijingzhu.
In other regions, there is no crystalline energy in the air, so the crystalline beads cannot be replenished. However, in the Padiya region, the crystalline beads can absorb crystalline energy from the air and slowly recover.
Xiao Mao took out the Taijing Bead and found that the originally pitch-black Taijing Bead was now shining with a bright and dazzling blue light, which was very beautiful and obviously had been fully charged.
"It seems that the Taijing Bead was already absorbing Taijing energy when the plane entered the airspace of the Padiya region."
Xiao Mao carefully put away the crystal bead and set off to look for an antique shop.
Because they need gold coins, the money-gathering spirits don't stray too far from humans and often sneak into antique shops, as antique shops are among the few places in the city where gold coins are kept.
Many people still enjoy collecting ancient gold coins, since gold is a hard currency, and gold coins preserved from ancient times are even more valuable.
After all, gold and silver were used for transactions in ancient times. Every time a dynasty changed, the gold coins of the previous dynasty would be melted down and reforged into exclusive gold coins for the new dynasty. Generally, there are very few gold coins that have survived from the previous dynasty. The older the gold coin, the more valuable it is to collect.
Tabletop is a developed city in the Padia region, and it is usually the first stop for people coming from other areas, so naturally there are many antique shops here.
Xiao Mao didn't ask many questions and went straight to those bustling streets. He quickly found an antique shop and saw all sorts of items on the shelves as soon as he entered. That's how antique shops are; they have all kinds of things.
"Young man, is something the matter?"
Hearing the commotion at the door, the antique shop owner came out. When he saw that Xiao Mao was a boy, he didn't think that Xiao Mao was a customer. After all, a boy doesn't have much money on him. He might have come in to ask for directions.
"Boss, do you sell Pokémon here?" Xiao Mao asked.
"Young man, this is an antique shop, a place that sells antiques, not a breeding center," the owner reminded him.
“I know, but the Pokémon I want to catch are only available at antique shops,” said Gary.
The shop owner was a little confused. He did have two Pokémon, but they were his own and they usually cleaned the shop.
"Young man, what kind of elf are you talking about?"
"It's a money-gathering spirit, do you have any here?" Xiao Mao asked.
"Oh, it's a money-grabbing spirit." The shopkeeper suddenly realized that if it were a money-grabbing spirit, he would really have to look for it in an antique shop.
"Yes, do you have any here?" Xiao Mao asked.
"No," the shopkeeper shook his head. "The money-stealing spirit comes to antique shops to steal gold coins. We usually chase it away as soon as we encounter it; it's impossible for it to stay in the shop."
533: Searching for the Money-Gathering Spirit
For owners of antique and gold shops, "money-stealing spirits" are like thieves. They have to be wary of them every day because of their special nature. Gold coins that have been nurtured by these spirits will be cursed, and customers who buy them will also suffer bad luck.
Therefore, antique shops and gold shops are on high alert to prevent "money-stealing spirits" from nourishing the gold in their shops.
"Are there any money-grabbing spirits around here?" Xiao Mao asked.
"There are definitely none around here, but if you want to attract the Money-Seeking Spirit, you can buy some gold coins and put them outside. The Money-Seeking Spirit can find the gold coins on its own. Here are the gold coins that the Money-Seeking Spirit likes. Do you need them?" The shopkeeper immediately started promoting.
"I can't afford antique gold coins..."
Xiao Mao isn't stupid. Ordinary gold coins aren't worth much, but antique gold coins can be seven or eight times more valuable than gold coins of the same weight.