35 Chapter 35: Teapot Trouble
Today marks the sixth day since Rex departed for Petalburg City. According to the map, he only needs one or two more days to reach Oldale Town.
During these few days, he has been traveling long distances and indeed needs some good rest.
Rex is no longer living like he did when he first crossed over, with survival as his top priority.
He can now live without worrying about food and clothing, and can consider how to make his life better and more colorful.
During this time, Rex encountered many wild Pokémon and engaged in battles with some territorial Pokémon, which quickly enriched the battle experience of his Mareep and others.
However, unfortunately, he didn't encounter any Pokémon that aroused his desire to capture. He has already overcome the situation of insufficient Pokémon numbers and doesn't want to capture Pokémon just because, like Ash from the anime.
The reason Ash could capture so many Pokémon arrogantly is mainly because he had Professor Oak to rely on, who kept the Pokémon he captured in Oak's Pokémon Research Lab's ecological park and also helped take care of them.
But even so, Rex doesn't believe that Ash can train so many Pokémon simultaneously. Most likely, he just captures them and keeps them in captivity. For Pokémon, it's like living in a different environment without much change.
Rex doesn't want this. After all, his family doesn't have mines, and everything needs to be achieved through his own efforts.
Apart from Pokémon that can bring income to his farm, the Pokémon he captures in the future must be able to grow with him or be very appealing to him.
"Heracross, what's wrong?"
At noon, while Rex was eating the dry food he had prepared earlier, complemented by fruits from his own farm, as he was about to reach Oldale Town, he didn't plan to make a fire to cook today. He intended to have a good meal after arriving in Oldale Town.
While Rex was halfway through his meal, Heracross suddenly ran up to him and gestured with its front limbs.
Normally, after finishing the Energy Blocks he prepared, Heracross would go to the nearby forest to find nectar or tree sap to eat.
After gesturing for a while and seeing that Rex couldn't understand its meaning, Heracross directly picked up Rex and ran off in a direction.
"Um, Heracross, do you want to take me somewhere?"
Rex felt a bit speechless about his current situation, but he thought that Heracross must have found something and wanted him to investigate, so he allowed Heracross to carry him.
After a while, Heracross brought him to a cliffside. However, the environment here was a bit messy, scattered with some rubble, likely rocks fallen from above.
"Heracross, there's only a pile of rubble here. What do you want to show me?"
Rex was now put down by Heracross, but he didn't see anything unusual.
At this moment, Heracross pointed to the back of a large rock and waved to him. Rex then went around to the back of the rock to take a look and immediately noticed something unusual.
"Is this... Polteageist?"
Behind the rock, Rex found three Polteageist. However, their conditions weren't very good, with their porcelain bodies covered in cracks.
Among them, the most severely injured was the larger Polteageist, with a large crack on its teapot lid, causing the tea stored inside its teapot to flow out along the crack, emitting a scent of herbs and spices.
Rex had actually smelled this fragrance before, but he thought it was the scent of flowers in the forest and didn't pay much attention to it, not expecting it to be emitted by Polteageist.
However, after seeing this scene, Rex could connect all the dots.
It should be the sudden falling rocks from the mountain that injured the Polteageist living at the bottom of the cliff.
Then, the severely injured Polteageist's teapot lid cracked, causing the tea to flow out, which happened to attract Heracross, who was out looking for sap.
After Heracross was attracted over, it found the severely injured Polteageist, so it went to bring Rex over because Heracross knew that only he had the ability to treat Polteageist with such serious injuries.
Looking at the Polteageist on the verge of death and the other two Polteageist showing signs of sadness beside it, even though Rex, a human, was just standing by watching without any other actions, he still felt sympathy.
"Polteageist, don't worry, I can help treat you!"
Rex said to the two smaller Polteageist nearby.
Upon hearing Rex's words, the originally lifeless eyes of the two Polteageist suddenly emitted a glimmer of hope, staring at him with pleading eyes.
The situation was urgent, so Rex walked directly in front of the Polteageist, placed his right hand on its body, and released his ability. Immediately, a burst of warm light enveloped the severely injured Polteageist.
After a few seconds, the light dissipated, and what appeared before everyone's eyes was a Polteageist with its teapot intact.
"Polteageist?"
The Polteageist, which was almost dying and unconscious, suddenly felt a surge of vitality enveloping itself at the last moment.
It no longer felt pain and lifelessness. Opening its eyes, it saw a human hand placed on its teapot lid. It knew that this human had saved its life.
"Polteageist, Polteageist!"
At this moment, the smaller Polteageist waiting on the side saw their companion fully recovered and shouted excitedly.
However, although their injuries were relatively minor, such violent movements still aggravated their injuries, especially one Polteageist whose spout was already swollen and red, and it howled in pain.
"Alright, alright, don't get too excited. Let me treat your injuries as well!"
Rex then placed one hand on one Polteageist's body and treated their injuries.
"Let's leave this place. I'm afraid more rocks will fall later."
Seeing the recovered Polteageist happily examining their recovered bodies, Rex couldn't help but remind them.
After all, he felt a bit scared staying in this place. If more rocks fell later, he would be in trouble, and he had already used up his treatment quota for today.
"Polteageist, Polteageist!"
After hearing Rex's words, the actions of the Polteageist froze for a moment, then their eyes revealed a fearful expression, and they quickly moved away from the cliffside, showing that they were indeed quite frightened by the falling rocks.
Later, Rex brought the Polteageist to his campsite and gave them a few Energy Blocks to replenish their energy.
"Polteageist, do you have any plans for the future?"
Rex looked at the Polteageist in front of him and thought about bringing them to his farm.
Polteageist store tea in their teapot bodies, and after fermenting inside, the tea gradually mixes with their essence, turning into a flavorful brew without them noticing.
This tea tastes very delicious and is extremely popular, being a favored beverage among tea connoisseurs. Not only that, this tea can also be used to make
various secret medicines, so the price of this tea is quite high.
"Do you want to consider joining my farm? I can provide you with plenty of tea leaves, allowing you to brew a large amount of tea!"
Rex tempted them and then took out the remaining tea leaves from his backpack and handed them to the Polteageist, allowing them to experience the quality of the tea leaves produced on his farm.
Sure enough, after eating the tea leaves Rex gave them, the Polteageist all showed satisfied smiles. They felt that these were the best tea leaves in the world, and if used to brew tea, they could definitely brew the most delicious tea.
"Polteageist, Polteageist!"
After discussing for a while, the Polteageist agreed to join Rex's farm and live the life of workers from now on.
"I believe you won't be disappointed. Go, Poké Ball!"
After Rex assured them, he threw out Poké Balls and captured the Polteageist.
Rex knew that the reason he could easily capture the Polteageist was mainly because he saved their lives, which made the Polteageist completely trust him. Moreover, Polteageist didn't live well in the wild; they had difficulty obtaining enough tea leaves for brewing tea.
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