Chapter 371: The rumor that Shinji Grape Academy is haunted makes me sick!
The status of the Saltstone Clan in Padia is like that of the Milkcan Clan in the Johto region.

With the high-value rock salt they produce, no one cares whether they are good at fighting or not.

From ancient times to the present, the people of Padia have always thought this way, so almost no one would use the Salt Stone Clan to fight. This also caused Shinji to not understand the Salt Stone Clan's moves, and therefore issued wrong commands.

The moment Luo Mu's voice fell, the Forest Turtle slammed its head into the salt stone wall. Even though the chassis was as stable as the salt stone wall, the Forest Turtle staggered due to the impact of the green grass slide and almost lost its balance.

In terms of weight, the two Pokémon are not much different, but in terms of size, Forest Turtle is slightly larger, and its attack on Salt Rock Barrier is extremely effective, which can produce such remarkable results.

Before Shinji could show any joy on his face, he heard the forest turtle suddenly let out a painful roar. He anxiously looked between the forest turtle and the salt stone fortress.

He found that the forest turtle's head was covered with white salt sprayed from the salt rock pile, and these salts seemed to have extremely strong corrosive properties, firmly embedded in the forest turtle's head, and gradually grew larger over time, causing the forest turtle to roar in pain.

Shinji's expression changed, and an incredible guess arose in his heart.

Could it be that the move called Salting is not a rock attack that is harmless to the Forest Turtle even with its defense, but a move that puts the Forest Turtle into an abnormal state like poison and burns!?

"This is trouble, the forest turtle is sleeping"

"I'll just remind you that the salted state will last until you put the Forest Turtle back into the Poké Ball, or until the battle is over."

"The abnormal state removal effect attached to the Sleep move cannot remove the Salted state. After all, it is not an abnormal state."

When Shinji suddenly froze, Luo Mu reminded him with a smile.

After hearing what Luo Mu said, Shinji's eyes widened and he finally understood where his decisive decision-making mistake went.

From the very beginning, we have to be on guard against salting in salt stone piles!
"Since you won't give the order, I will give the second order, Iron Wall!"

An order that made Shinji's expression even uglier was issued by Luo Mu and implemented on Yanshi Lei.

In an instant, the body of Yanshilei was covered with a layer of metallic color, as if the hardness of its body had increased significantly.

"Tsk, Flying Leaf Swift Knife!"

Although things were gradually getting out of his control, Shinji still forced himself to cheer up and gave orders to the Forest Turtle, which had already distanced itself from the Salt Stone Barrier to avoid being sprayed with salt by the Salt Stone Barrier again.

Enduring the pain brought by the blocks of rock salt that grew from salt pickling, which felt like it was being pickled itself, the Forest Turtle gathered grass-attribute energy, and countless sharp crescent-shaped leaves shot out from both sides of its body, covering the body of the Salt Stone Mound.

Luo Mu raised his lips slightly and said with full of courage: "Take it, and let's do the Iron Wall again!"

Shinji:? ? ?
You still dare to be greedy for enhancement! ?

As the sound of flying leaves and slicing knives faded away, Yan Shilei's even harder body appeared in Shinji's sight.

Luo Mu didn't know whether Shinji realized that when he used the salt stone fortress to fight him, he had a deeper purpose besides wanting to disgust him, but he still issued the fourth order that made Shinji explode.

"Self-regeneration!"

As a faint green light appeared on the Salt Stone Relic, even the damage caused by the Green Grass Slide at the beginning and the Flying Leaf Knife now were healed by the Salt Stone Relic.

Everything is back to the original point.

It can be said that the following battle made Shinji feel so nauseous that he would feel sick whenever he thought of the scene in the years to come as a trainer.

It was so disgusting! He had never seen such a disgusting way of fighting. He couldn't feel the joy of Pokémon battles at all. Fighting like this was simply a torture!
Luo Mu and Yan Shilei perfectly demonstrated what it means to use stillness to overcome movement. They used this fighting style to let Shulingui and Shinji attack fiercely while I remained motionless.

Apart from occasionally throwing a few small moves like collision, rockfall, and mud shooting when he was bored, he basically just waited for the helpless and furious Forest Turtle in its salted state to scrape him, and when he felt that the scraping was enough, he used the self-regeneration he had just learned to make the efforts of the Forest Turtle and Shinji come to nothing.

However, salting continued to consume the Forest Turtle's physical strength, and the small moves of the Salt Stone Fortress, which had weak attack power but were extremely insulting, made the Forest Turtle enter a red-temperature state.

Even after being beaten like this, Luo Mu still felt a little regretful.

In addition to the Salt Stone Fortress that went into battle, the self-regeneration of the other two Salt Stone Fortresses is still in practice, and they are obviously still some distance away from learning the main means of output, namely, attack and evolution. However, the hardness of the body has indeed increased greatly. It seems that the soil of the Silver Mountain mainly plays a role in improving physical fitness.

Until Shinji took the Forest Turtle, whose body was covered with rock salt crystals, back into the Poké Ball, those rock salt crystals seemed to have lost their carriers. After the Forest Turtle turned into red light and was taken back into the Poké Ball, it fell to the ground and then gradually dissipated.

He first patted Yanshilei's head and promised to give it a snack later and let it eat another bag of soil from the Silver Mountain. Then Luo Mu stood up again and looked at Shinji, who was lowering his head and wondering what he was thinking, and walked towards him.

When Luo Mu got closer, he could hear Shinji's mumbling, which he couldn't hear unless he got closer.

"The Forest Turtle's fighting style doesn't seem to be suitable for actively approaching the enemy. After it evolves, its body will become even more cumbersome. If it approaches the opponent rashly, it is very likely to be taken away by the sudden move, and even decide the outcome."

"In this case, it seems that the fighting style of the Saltstone Fortress can be copied, but the Forest Turtle doesn't have such cheating moves. If we want to win, we still have to consider the direction of training the power of the moves."

"Next time, next time I will definitely be able to put up a fight that will satisfy Teacher Luo Mu."

After stopping to listen for a while, Luo Mu's smile widened a lot.

Different from Neemo and Xiaozhi's passionate bond fighting style.

Shinji not only has a cool head, but also has a high tactical sensitivity. He will hardly make the same mistake a second time, as can be seen from his subsequent battle with Forest Turtle, in which he chose to use long-range moves.

Based on the tactical skills of Shinji in gaining advantage through rotation in the League Conference in the Sinnoh chapter of the anime, he is undoubtedly an excellent talent with the qualities to become a top trainer.

clap clap clap!
Luo Mu clapped his hands gently, drew Shinji's attention to himself, and announced: "You have passed my test. You don't have to go to the battle class with those classmates. You can go to the place specially prepared by the academy like Nimo and the others and receive my guidance."

Hearing this, Shinji, whose face was still filled with disappointment and unwillingness to admit defeat, was stunned for a moment. Then, he lowered his head and said in confusion, "But, I lost the battle."

The loser has no right to make demands on the winner.

Looking at Shinji who was stubborn and stiff-necked, Luo Mu held his forehead helplessly: "I never said from the beginning that if you can beat me, I will teach you how to fight Pokémon and how to become stronger."

Shinji was stunned, his expression tinged with disbelief.

Luo Mu continued: "Similarly, if I am not satisfied with you, I will not accept you as my student even if you beat me in a fight."

"Since I accepted you, it means you have met my requirements."

".Your idea is very good. Pokémon like Tortoise are suitable for standing still and oppressing the enemy with powerful attacks that make the opponent breathless. They can win without even moving their bodies."

Shinji's eyes widened slightly. With Luo Mu's enlightenment, the fog lingering in his heart seemed to have been dispelled for the most part.

The subsequent training direction of the Forest Turtle has therefore been fixed. While possessing strong defense, its moves are extremely powerful, making it a fixed turret!
At this moment, Shinji's eyes when he looked at Luo Mu changed completely.

Before, he just wanted to learn how to become stronger from Luo Mu, and then defeat Pyramid Pharaoh God Era and Regirock through continuous training, and his respect for Luo Mu was just superficial courtesy and education. But now, the respect in his eyes is real, a sincere respect for a powerful trainer and teacher.

Shinji bowed deeply to Luo Mu and said in a more respectful tone: "Thank you for your guidance. Shulingui and I have gained extremely important results!"

Luo Mu smiled and said, "Are you going back to the academy next? Do you have a second Pokémon with you?"

"I plan to return to the academy." Shinji nodded slightly, confirming Luo Mu's previous inquiry, and then shook his head, "At present, because I haven't started the journey yet, I haven't captured the second Pokémon yet."

"Oh, that's not it."

Luo Mu touched his chin. If Shinji had a second Pokémon, he would not have planned to call Flower Therapy Ring. He could have just let Shinji go to the Pokémon Center directly.

However, if you don't have any Pokémon with you, you may be attacked by wild Pokémon while walking in the wild on the way back to Zhuotai City. To be on the safe side, you should let the Flower Therapy Ring treat the Forest Turtle first.

Luo Mu quickly put forward his proposal, to which Shinji nodded very awkwardly, indicating that he would listen to Luo Mu in everything.

Luo Mu was a little surprised by Shinji's reaction, but at the same time he felt it was very reasonable.

In the anime, he is shockingly polite when meeting elders like Shirona and Professor Oak, not to mention Shinji now when he doesn't have extreme thoughts.

On the way to the infirmary to find the flower therapy ring, Luo Mu curiously asked Shinji: "Do you have any plans for the subsequent capture of Pokémon?"

Shinji paused, thought carefully, and then answered: "I have some ideas at the moment. When the Forest Turtle evolves into the Earth Turtle, its attributes will increase to the ground attribute, and its weaknesses are insects, fire, flying, and ice. I want to capture a rock-type Pokémon now."

"Nice idea."

Luo Mu's eyes lit up. The rock-type Pokémon almost perfectly complemented Stowe's weaknesses and could form an effective joint defense.

His gaze fell on the Yanshilei who was following him quietly beside him.

"It's a pity that my saltstone fort has only been raised for a few months, so there is still no sign of elf eggs. Otherwise, I would definitely help you pick out an elf egg and entrust it to you."

Listening to Luo Mu's regretful voice, Shinji thought about the scene when he was commanding Yanshilei to fight against others.

I have to say, once the person I’m disgusted with is someone else, I suddenly feel better.

At this time, Luo Mu suddenly asked again: "By the way, how about Baby Bear and Circle Bear? Do you have any plans to subdue them?"

Shinji didn't think about it this time, but answered immediately: "Because I was planning to travel to the Kanto region, I thought about taming Baby Bear or Kumaru. Kumaru has an excellent physique and is very worth training."

Luo Mu reminded: "There are also baby bears and circle bears in the Padiya area."

Shinji was a little confused: "You seem to want me to tame the cuddly bear?"

Looking at the house that came into his sight and the two brothers, Windy Dog and Mahua Dog, running towards him, Luo Mu directly made a promise to Shinji: "There will be a surprise for you, provided that you pass the challenge of the eight gyms."

"By the way, Nemo also has a Teddy Bear, and she should finish challenging the rest of the gyms during this time. Then you can see the surprise she gets."

After he finished speaking, Luo Mu stopped looking at Shinji who was lost in thought and just got into a horse stance, ready to wait for the big guy of Arcanine to hit him.

Don't let it knock you away this time!

After letting the forest turtle receive the treatment of the flower therapy ring, Shinji politely said goodbye to Luo Mu and set out on the road back to Grape Academy.

Luo Mu, who had some free time, called King Lei Guan and Zhi Hui Xing to discuss the issue of the fields.

In order to appease the tempers of the two big guys, Ghost Horse and Snowstorm Horse, it is necessary to replicate the black radish and ice radish that can only be grown in the Crown Snowfield in the Padya area.

But there is actually no good solution as to how to replicate this situation.

The field for growing black radish is built next to the ancient cemetery, and the field for growing ice radish is built next to the snowy valley.

So, if you want to create a field suitable for growing black radishes and ice radishes, do you need to replicate the environment there, or is it enough to just have a sufficient amount of ice or ghost energy?

The environment of the Snow Valley Remake is okay, but the one of the Ancient Cemetery is a little bit bad.
When the meeting discussed this point, Luo Mu, Zhi Huixing and Lei Guanwang still made the same decision.

"Practice is the only criterion for testing truth!"

the other side.

At dusk, the sky is filled with sunset glow.

Accompanied by Shulingui, Shinji walked through the wild and returned to Zhuotai City and Grape Academy, wondering whether his clothes were really not suitable for him.

Grape Academy allows students to release Pokémon and carry them with them, provided that the students must assume all responsibilities arising from the Pokémon.

The forest turtle is very steady and reliable, and Shinji is very confident in it.

Walking in the purple-hued campus of Grape Academy, Shinji looked around from time to time, his eyes falling inconspicuously on his classmates who were also wearing school uniforms. He thought that they seemed to look good in it, even a bald uncle who was probably in his fifties could wear this school uniform.

Sure enough, that sentence was just something Teacher Luo Mu said to tease me.

Thinking of this, Shinji breathed a sigh of relief and felt a lot more relaxed.

At this moment, his ears suddenly picked up the whispers of two girls sitting on the bench next to him in the school.

Normally, Shinji wasn't the type who liked to eavesdrop on other people's conversations.

Maybe he was in a very good mood, or maybe the topic the two girls were whispering about aroused his interest.

Shinji chose to stop and listen to the two girls' quiet conversation.

".Have you heard that there is a ghost in our school recently!"

"real or fake!?"

"It's true! Some people say that it's the resentment of the students and teachers who were expelled that formed the ghosts!"

"I heard that many shiny gadgets in the teachers' and students' rooms have disappeared!"

(End of this chapter)