Due to the strength of each Elite Four member, almost all of them had their own assigned tasks—either guarding the borders or suppressing top-level forbidden areas. It was a significant matter to mobilize an Elite Four trainer.
What value did this Mystery Dungeon hold that warranted the league center sending an Elite Four member?
However, it was uncertain who the coming Elite Four would be, but Su Wen thought that his father would definitely meet this Elite Four trainer.
Wang Xuan confirmed the lunch menu and, seeing Su Wen still stirring his porridge absentmindedly, said with a smile, "Hurry up and eat; if you keep stirring, it'll get cold."
Only then did Su Wen realize that even Charmander had finished eating and was waving its claws as if trying to use Dragon Claw.
Accompanied by some pickled radish, Su Wen quickly finished his porridge and took Charmander to the backyard.
After a night's rest, Su Wen discovered that his Aura could once again fuse with Charmander's Aura.
He powered on the only detector at home and said to Charmander, "Charmander, we're going to start training now. Let's try absorbing the Fire-type energy from the air first."
After their previous fusion of Auras, Su Wen had a basic grasp of how quickly Charmander absorbed energy unconsciously.
Understanding Su Wen's intention, Charmander focused on capturing the Fire-type energy around it.
Thanks to the Charizardite X, the concentration of Fire-type energy surrounding Charmander was nearly comparable to that in Charicific Valley.
In such an environment, Charmander's active absorption speed was about six to seven times that of its unconscious absorption. After less than five minutes of focusing, Charmander relaxed its efforts and started to slack off.
Su Wen took a deep breath, suppressing his frustration. Although he had known that Charmander had been spoiled, this was too extreme. He remembered that the Pokémon of his father's trainers trained for hours at a time.
Looking at Charmander sprawled on the ground, feigning death, Su Wen rolled his eyes and gathered the Aura flowing through Charmander's body, directing the surrounding Fire-type energy to converge into Charmander.
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Charmander stared wide-eyed in confusion, feeling the energy inside its body swell, filling every corner. This extreme discomfort forced it to make an effort to absorb and accommodate this energy.
Su Wen stroked his chin, a glint of amusement in his eyes. While he could direct Fire-type energy into Charmander's body through his Aura, he couldn't help Charmander absorb it. Now, it was time for this little guy to stop slacking off.
To avoid harming Charmander's body, Su Wen tested a few times, controlling the energy influx to a level that Charmander could handle.
Feeling Charmander's absorption speed, Su Wen started assessing the situation.
If he compared Charmander's unconscious absorption rate to 1, then its speed during training was about 5, and under his guidance with the Aura, it was approximately 10.
After half an hour of training, Su Wen looked at the Charmander rolling its eyes, signaling it would rather burst with energy than continue training. He scratched his head, realizing that his Aura had reached its limit, so he severed the connection and took out an Energy Cube.
Bringing the Energy Cube to Charmander's mouth, it eagerly bit into it, wagging its tail in delight, lying on the ground much like a Snorlax.
The energy contained in this Energy Cube was only minimal, but it tasted fantastic, much like the candy given to a crying child.
Letting Charmander bask in the sun in the backyard, Su Wen returned to his room and took out the resources he had received from Zhu Tianxing for the month.
"Let's use the Fire Stone first." Su Wen held the Fire Stone, which glimmered in warm yellow-red tones under the sunlight, with flames seemingly flowing within it; it was truly beautiful.
Though he was uncertain about the specific purity of this Fire Stone, according to online reports, such extremely pure Fire Stones would definitely not have low purity.
Returning to the backyard, Su Wen discovered that Charmander was actually chasing a Butterfree, which trembled on the tree with its wings tucked in.
"Charmander." Su Wen beckoned, calling Charmander over, then pressed the Fire Stone against Charmander's body. "Try to absorb the energy within it." His Aura hadn't fully recovered, so, while he released his Aura, he didn't guide the Fire Stone's energy, letting Charmander absorb it on its own.
Upon hearing Su Wen's words, Charmander hesitated until Su Wen promised that after today's training, there would be plenty of Energy Cubes, which made Charmander reluctantly close its eyes.
The energy from the Fire Stone was extremely concentrated, and it was no wonder it could cause certain Pokémon to evolve.
However, this energy was not so easily absorbed by Charmander. It was as if it were trying to suck water through layers of sponge. From Charmander's tense expression, it was evident that it was indeed putting in a lot of effort.
After less than two minutes of absorption, Charmander plopped down onto the ground, exhausted, while the Fire Stone's color remained unchanged.
However, the efficiency of energy absorption was much faster than when absorbing Fire-type energy from the air, likely because the energy within the Fire Stone was very gentle.
After giving Charmander a short break, Su Wen activated his Aura to help Charmander absorb energy from the Fire Stone.
With Su Wen's assistance, the difficulty of absorbing energy shifted from sucking water through a sponge to using a straw. Charmander's entire body relaxed.
Su Wen was astonished by the speed of energy absorption; the efficiency from the Fire Stone far exceeded that of guiding Charmander to absorb energy from the air, being at least three times faster.
Furthermore, this was under the condition that Charmander was surrounded by rich Fire-type energy due to the Charizardite X.
In other words, if the Fire Stone could provide a long-term supply, then the speed at which Charmander could train for one hour could rival the training of other Pokémon for several hours.
Is this the power of pay-to-win?!
If that's the case, even if Charmander didn't particularly enjoy training, Su Wen could surpass other trainers through this incredible training speed.
However, using his Aura to extract energy from the Fire Stone was quite taxing on Su Wen's stamina and energy, and in this instance, it was Su Wen who couldn't hold on any longer.
Looking at Su Wen lying on the ground, panting heavily, Charmander glanced at the Energy Cube in its hand, contemplated for a moment, and eventually handed it to Su Wen.
"Roar~!" （｀?w?′）
Seeing the concerned expression on Charmander's face, Su Wen sat up cross-legged and smiled as he rubbed Charmander's cheeks: "You eat. I still have plenty."
After confirming that Su Wen didn't need it, Charmander happily stuffed the Energy Cube into its mouth. ヽ（￣▽￣）? Then, with Su Wen's permission, it continued to wreak havoc among the other Pokémon in the backyard.
Leaning against a large pomelo tree that had been transplanted, sunlight filtered through the lush leaves unevenly, casting dappled light on Su Wen, who was jotting down the test data in his notebook while pondering some questions.
"I haven't tested Charmander's upper limit yet, but I'm sure there is one. I'll wait for my Aura to recover before training; I must determine Charmander's daily absorption limit today."
"As for whether the Aura only has this special effect on my Pokémon, or if Charmander is unique, I won't know until I catch a second Pokémon."
"Training skills... Forget it, haste makes waste; I'll hold off on that for the first day."
Just as Su Wen was thinking about whether he had overlooked anything, his phone suddenly rang.
The screen displayed "Chen You" in large letters.
Su Wen raised an eyebrow. This guy, who never replies to messages or answers calls, has finally shown some signs of life.
As soon as he answered the phone, before Su Wen could say a word, Chen You hurriedly blurted out, "Su Wen, Long Xu has come to Yundu City!"
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