"Why are you standing so close?"
Jiang Chen, holding a flashlight, turned to look at Xiao Luoxue.
At this moment, Xiao Luoxue was very close to Jiang Chen, almost touching him.
"I'm afraid of the dark. I feel safer when I'm close to you."
Xiao Luoxue said, moving even closer to Jiang Chen.
"You're not afraid of the dark too, are you?"
Seeing Ling Wanqiu also leaning closer, Jiang Chen asked her.
"Yes, I'm afraid of the dark too."
Ling Wanqiu's reason was the same as Xiao Luoxue's. Their "fear of the dark" was, of course, fake, but since they didn't mind getting close to him, why would Jiang Chen mind?
"Actually, you can get even closer. I don't mind."
"Pervert."
Ling Wanqiu and Xiao Luoxue rolled their eyes at Jiang Chen, labeling him a pervert.
"Calling me a pervert is too much. If I were really a pervert, your innocence would have been gone a long time ago."
Jiang Chen thought they were the perverts, coveting his good looks.
"This cave is quite large. I thought it would be very narrow inside."
"Aggron also lives inside. How could it be small here?"
Jiang Chen's gaze swept over the surrounding Arons, his disappointment growing increasingly obvious.
Pokémon with good talent were indeed hard to find. Since entering, he had encountered over a dozen Arons, but most of their talents were only Elite-tier.
He hadn't even seen a few Arons with pseudo-Elite Four talent.
"In my opinion, all these Arons we've encountered are pretty much the same. How do you distinguish between good and bad talent in Arons?"
Ling Wanqiu's face was filled with curiosity.
It wasn't just Ling Wanqiu who was curious about this question; Xiao Luoxue was also very curious.
Was his eyesight that good? Even their fathers weren't that impressive; they could tell the quality of talent just by looking at it.
"You can consider this one of my superpowers. I can accurately know a Pokémon's talent."
Jiang Chen explained briefly.
"There's such an ability?" Ling Wanqiu's eyes widened.
"By the way, I feel like I have superpowers too."
Saying this, Ling Wanqiu took out a spoon, then used her psychic power, psychokinesis, to bend the spoon.
"Is it really a superpower or just a trick?"
Xiao Luoxue took Ling Wanqiu's spoon and examined it carefully. There were no tricks involved. Could Ling Wanqiu really have superpowers?
"Of course it's not a trick. Would I intentionally deceive you?"
"I only discovered it recently. I didn't expect that I actually possess superpowers."
Knowing that she had awakened superpowers, Ling Wanqiu was actually quite pleasantly surprised after the initial excitement. Who wouldn't want to master some special abilities themselves?
"That's a good thing."
Jiang Chen roughly understood how Ling Wanqiu's psychic power came about. It shouldn't be an autonomous awakening. If he wasn't mistaken, it was the Mysterious Stone Slab that gave Ling Wanqiu her psychic power.
Jiang Chen's Aura power came from a system gift package, and his psychic power was obtained through the Psychic Stone Slab, the Mysterious Stone Slab.
He guessed that Ling Wanqiu might also have gained psychic powers due to being around him a lot, being influenced by the Psychic Stone Slab.
"My psychic powers won't go out of control, will they?"
After awakening her psychic powers and the initial excitement wore off, Ling Wanqiu felt a bit worried in her heart. After all, there were many examples of psychic powers going out of control.
"Don't worry, your mental energy is very stable, there's absolutely no possibility of it going out of control." Jiang Chen released his mental power to sense it.
Generally, people whose psychic powers go out of control are those who awakened them at a very young age, and whose awakened psychic powers are also very strong.
Their young age and insufficient mental maturity prevent them from controlling this power, hence the risk of losing control.
"That's good."
Ling Wanqiu was relieved. She was worried that her psychic powers would go out of control and harm the people around her.
As they walked, Jiang Chen suddenly stopped, his eyes gleaming as he stared at an Aron. This Aron was smaller than the other Arons.
However, its talent far surpassed that of other Arons.
[Aron]
Gender: Male
Strength: Ordinary Tier 3
Talent Potential: Champion
Type: Steel, Rock
Ability: Rock Head
Moves: Tackle, Harden, Headbutt
Champion-level potential. Encountering a Champion-level potential Pokémon in the wild was even rarer than encountering a pseudo-legendary.
Don't look at how many of Jiang Chen's Pokémon have Champion-level potential. In reality, Champion-level potential Pokémon are extremely rare. Otherwise, those Champions wouldn't even be able to gather six Champion-level Pokémon.
If a Pokémon's talent potential cannot reach Champion-level, it is impossible for it to become a Champion-level Pokémon.
"This little guy, I must capture it."
Jiang Chen walked over. This Aron did not retreat; it was not a timid personality. It even approached Jiang Chen.
"This Aron has good talent?"
Seeing Jiang Chen stop, Xiao Luoxue knew that this Aron's talent must not be bad.
"Among all the Arons here, none have talent potential that can surpass this one."
Champion-level talent, for an ordinary Pokémon, was already the pinnacle. Anyway, Jiang Chen had never seen an ordinary Pokémon whose talent potential reached the level of a Legendary Pokémon.
"Little one, I've prepared something good for you. Try it."
Jiang Chen took out a High-Grade Rare Candy.
Although Arons liked to eat iron ore, it didn't mean they wouldn't eat other things. On the contrary, Arons ate many things, and could even digest iron ore, let alone other things.
High-Grade Rare Candies were very nutritious. Jiang Chen believed Aron would definitely like them.
After feeding it some Rare Candies, Jiang Chen took out some food that Steel-type Pokémon liked. This food was made by Ning Ya.
The food contained mineral nutrients needed by Steel-type Pokémon. This food was prepared by Ning Ya for Jiang Chen's Metagross.
The food offensive worked well. At least, Aron's attitude towards Jiang Chen was very friendly now.
"Little one, if you're willing to follow me, you can eat food like this every day from now on," Jiang Chen tempted Aron.
It would be best if he could tempt it with food; that way, he wouldn't have to exert much effort.
Hearing Jiang Chen's temptation, Aron's small eyes indeed showed a hint of being moved.
Stretching out his hand, Jiang Chen picked up Aron. Aron did not resist. Although Aron's body was small, its weight was terrifying.
An Aron under forty centimeters tall weighed over fifty kilograms. Only because Jiang Chen often exercised and had great strength could he even pick it up.
"If you follow me, I can take you out to see the sky outside. Your talent is very good. If you stay here, you might be buried."
Staying here could indeed lead to it being "buried." Wild Pokémon could encounter all sorts of accidents, and one accident could lead to the loss of their life.
"Do you want to follow me and see the sky outside?"
Jiang Chen asked Aron.
Hearing this, Aron nodded its small head. Although it was still young, its heart was big, and it truly wanted to see the outside.
Not just outside the cave, but outside its group.
"Be my Pokémon. I will definitely not let you down," Jiang Chen took out a Luxury Ball.
Staring at the Poké Ball for a while, Aron then nodded its head again.
Jiang Chen's face lit up with joy. He then touched Aron with the Poké Ball. After touching it, Aron directly turned into a red light and entered Jiang Chen's Poké Ball.
"Let's go, let's head out."
The purpose of entering the cave was to capture an Aron he liked. Originally, Jiang Chen's goal was just an Aron or Lairon with Elite Four potential.
He didn't think this place would have an Aron with Champion-level talent.
He didn't expect it to exceed his expectations. Perhaps this was Jiang Chen's good luck. Encountering a Pokémon with Champion-level talent indeed required luck.
Walking out of the cave, Jiang Chen was in a good mood.
"This Aron's talent shouldn't just be Elite Four-level, right?"
Ling Wanqiu, who knew Jiang Chen very well, saw his good mood and guessed that this Aron's talent might be Champion-level.
While capturing a Pokémon with Elite Four potential was worth celebrating, Jiang Chen wouldn't be that excited. After all, Jiang Chen had too many Pokémon with good talent already.
Only a Pokémon with Champion-level talent potential would make Jiang Chen so happy.
"That's right. This Aron's talent is Champion-level."
Jiang Chen didn't hide it, telling Ling Wanqiu with a smile.
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