Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 281 The Origin of the Tooth Marks on the Stone Slab!

After signing the contract with Joyna, Qingyuan picked up the ground-type stone slab that was 89% intact.

"According to our research, this stone slab was formed by compressing pure terrestrial energy!"

"You can let the Scorpion King absorb it directly, although the absorption speed is a bit slow, but the Scorpion King's strength will increase very rapidly!"

"You can also have the Scorpion King wear it as a prop!"

"It can increase the power of Scorpion King's Ground-type moves by 89%, and this stone slab is constantly gathering Ground-type energy!"

"With this stone tablet, the Scorpion King will always be in an environment full of energy."

"This will rapidly enhance the Scorpion King's strength, but the rate of increase will be much slower than direct absorption!"

Seeing Qingyuan's expression, Qiao Yina carefully explained the wonderful use of the stone slab to him.

"At Scorpion King's current level of over forty, how long would it take to absorb one percent of the stone slab?"

Upon hearing this, Qingyuan asked Qiao Yina with a curious expression.

"We've done an experiment; that Lucky Egg started absorbing when it was around level 40!"

"It took about six months to absorb one percent of the stone slab!"

"Later, when it broke through to the Heavenly King level, that time was shortened to one month!"

"Based on this experiment, we conclude that those below the Heavenly King level used the stone slab as a prop!"

"The boost that passively gathers energy for the spirit is greater than that from active absorption!"

"Once we reach the Elite Four level and test our foundation, we can absorb the stone tablets to rapidly enhance the Pokémon's strength!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Joyna took out her Pokédex and flipped through her previous experiment reports, explaining them to Qingyuan.

Watching Nurse Joyce explain things to him while looking at the Pokédex, Qingyuan couldn't help but feel a few black lines appear on his forehead.

Goodness, you didn't even memorize it yourself, and you still have to look it up now!

"So, the stone tablet is of a very high level, and it's difficult for anyone below the Elite Four level to absorb it!"

After listening to what Joynako said, Qingyuan thought about it carefully and finally summarized to Joynako.

"You're not wrong!"

Upon hearing this, Joyna nodded and said.

"That's it!"

Hearing this, Qingyuan nodded and then looked at the stone slab in his hand.

The stone slab is rectangular in shape, but a corner on the upper right side is missing, affecting its integrity.

However, the more Qingyuan looked at the gap, the more he felt something was wrong.

"Why does this stone slab look like it's been bitten by something?"

After observing the blue light on the stone slab carefully for a long time, he finally noticed something was wrong.

Isn't that notch in the stone slab just a tooth mark?

What the hell? Who has such good teeth that they managed to bite a piece off a stone slab?

"Cough cough!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Qiao Yina coughed awkwardly twice.

She really doesn't know anything else.

But Joyna knew the whole story about this stone slab.

The main reason is that the story told by the elder who obtained this stone tablet was truly dramatic.

Upon hearing Joyna's cough, Qingyuan looked up at her.

Since Sister Na is coughing, she must know about this.

Otherwise, why would she cough if he hadn't prepared any water for her?

What are you doing?

Seeing Qingyuan staring straight at her, Qiao Yina said somewhat shyly.

Why are you coughing?

Upon hearing this, Qingyuan immediately spoke up.

I choked on my water!

Upon hearing this, Joyna blushed and said...

Upon hearing what Joyna said, Qingyuan did not reply to her, but simply pointed silently to the table.

Following Qingyuan's finger, Qiao Yina noticed the contracts she had taken out on the table.

There wasn't even a cup. Upon seeing this, Joyna, who was already blushing, turned even redder.

There aren't two cups on the table, what are you going to drink water for?

"What, are you trying to drink water from a distance?"

"Teach me your amazing skills!"

Seeing Na Zi blush, Qing Yuan teased her without any politeness.

"Alright, alright, I'm really fed up with you!"

Upon hearing this, Joyna quickly waved to Qingyuan, signaling him to stop attacking.

"They didn't even provide a water cup, and I even brought you a favor!"

Looking at Qingyuan's smiling face, Qiao Yina rolled her eyes at him and said.

"It's not my fault! I wasn't even awake when you arrived!"

Upon hearing this, Qingyuan simply shrugged at Qiao Yina and said with a roguish expression.

Upon hearing this, Joanna rolled her eyes at him again.

"Fine, I don't want to hear it anymore. If you want to hear it, then shut up!"

Seeing this, Qingyuan, who had already received two eye rolls, had no choice but to go silent.

Seeing that Qingyuan had fallen silent, Qiao Yina slowly began to tell Qingyuan the story.

"Actually, the origin of this stone slab is quite unique!"

"This stone tablet was discovered by my cousin, a legendary Pokémon user, while she was completing a mission in Sinnoh!"

"She's called my cousin, but she's actually older than my mom!"

"According to her description, what she found first was not the stone slab, but a Regirock that had gone mad due to unstable energy within its body!"

"But Regirock is going berserk in a mountain, and my cousin is trying to prevent it from harming the villagers down the mountain!"

"And so she and her partner Suicune defeated Regirock!"

"The stone slab was later found on Regirock!"

"Based on the teeth marks on the stone slab and the reason for Regirock's madness, the clan determined that Regirock must have eaten the Ground-type stone slab!"

"But because it is rock-based, it couldn't be digested, which caused its internal energy to become unstable, leading to its madness. In the end, it was subdued by my cousin!"

After listening to Joyna's description, Qingyuan felt that he had taken in a lot of information this time.

He needs to process this properly.

Wow, it turns out the Joey family has several divine beast wielders, some even have two divine beasts!

And then there's Hagire, is he really that fierce? He even bites the stone slabs with his mouth.

Also, how can Suicune, the shameful legendary Pokémon caught in a fishing net, be so strong? Or is it just that Hagiret is too weak?

In short, Joyna's outburst completely blew Qingyuan's mind out.

"Are you OK?"

Seeing Qingyuan standing there in a daze, Qiao Yina waved her hand in front of him and asked worriedly.

"I'm fine, it's just that what you said was a bit too much for me to process right away!"

Upon hearing what Joynako said, Qingyuan quickly snapped out of his daze, shook his head, and addressed Joynako.