Chapter 241 Purchasing Resources!_1

"The third step, which is also the most difficult and time-consuming one, requires rest or dream training. It's best to have a Pokemon that knows Hypnosis to assist. If you can wake up from sleep quickly upon sensing danger, then you'll have mastered the technique. After completing the third step, the 'intuitive perception' described in the second step will become much clearer," Fang Yuan said.

Fang Yuan noticed the follow-up note for this technique, which has certain connections to the "Future Sight" move. It's considered a foundation for learning the "Future Sight" move.

Future Sight... it's quite buggy, putting one in a state even more advanced than the Tianxin Stream Meditation Technique for a short period, entering a vague, predictive viewpoint, where the body instinctively follows this predictive state to launch an attack. The point of impact is where the opponent will move to in a few seconds or later, making it extremely hard to defend against.

The difficulty of learning it is among the highest for all moves.

Fang Yuan even heard that some powerful Psychic System Pokemon can clearly control this predictive state and directly see images of the future.

In comparison, the Solar Spirit's predictive ability should actually be called "foresight", as it's the result of intuitive prediction based on the sensation of airflow on the body.

As for the Future Sight move, it clearly starts to touch upon the domain of "time".

As for Pokemon that can control time, they do exist. Celebi, for example, can travel through time.

"Not bad..." Fang Yuan said with satisfaction after reading the last row of text. He believed that by taking advantage of the Solar Spirit's inherent predictive powers, it might be possible to take this opportunity to teach it the Future Sight move.

Since the Solar Spirit already has a talent for prediction and, combined with this meditation technique, it might just gain enlightenment by practicing.

Now, the Solar Spirit has already learned to meditate. Although it's different from the process of Mental Concentration, they lead to the same goal: to exploit the latent Mental power, greatly enhancing psychic strength.

"Let's give it a try," Fang Yuan gestured to the Solar Spirit.

...

Following the Tianxin Stream Meditation Technique, after practicing, the Solar Spirit discovered its ability to sense air currents through its fur was indeed greatly enhanced during meditation.

However, since it was not yet skilled at meditating, it wasn't very comfortable meditating and sensing at the same time. Sensing directly through the fur was, in fact, more convenient.

"It's good as long as there's progress," Fang Yuan nodded, realizing that since the Tianxin Stream Meditation Technique indeed enhanced the Solar Spirit's predictive abilities, mastering the Future Sight move was within reach.

"Once you complete the third step of training, you should be able to adapt to meditating and sensing simultaneously," Fang Yuan continued.

Upon hearing this, the Solar Spirit showed a troubled expression, sensing that the third step of training was going to be a big challenge. Predicting danger while sleeping was even harder than predicting danger blindfolded. It turned out that Fang Yuan wasn't the most devilish one—it was the founder of the Heavenly Heart Dojo who was truly merciless... The Solar Spirit could already foresee the image of itself waking up to an explosion and covered in wounds. Could this count as foresight?

Although there was no one to teach them, Fang Yuan and his Pokemon were thoroughly enjoying their self-study, and they could ask other apprentices about anything they didn't understand.

Thus, Fang Yuan planned to stay and learn for the full period before leaving. Aside from this reason, he also found that wearing the "Magic Robe" felt quite special—different from the feeling of wearing a "Red coat!".

"Come to think of it, could it be that wearing a cloak also comes with a special aura?" Fang Yuan recalled a Dragon Type Champion Trainer who wore a cloak and decided he should get one for himself as well. Perhaps one day, while exploring a secret location, he could encounter and capture a rare Flying-type Pokemon.

...

Two days later.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Inside the room, Fang Yuan was looking through materials when suddenly there came knocking at the door. Zhao Qing called from outside, "Our rewards have arrived."

"What is it?" Fang Yuan quickly got up, opened the door, and looked at her.

"Soft Sand."

Fang Yuan: "..."

Soft Sand is refined to the touch and contains special Ground-based energy. It has two uses: one is to carry it and integrate its special energy into an attack when releasing Ground Type Techniques to enhance their power.

The second use is to eat it—it's colloquially known as eating dirt—which has a slight benefit to the growth of Ground Type spirits but from a short-term cost-benefit perspective, it's more practical to use Soft Sand as an Elf Tool to carry and strengthen moves.

Musing, Fang Yuan thought that the output of the Cave Mystery really is just these kinds of resources. Soft Sand isn't bad, but it's the quantity he wondered about. With three Pokemon at home—a Trio Magnet Monsters, Chimchar, and Eevee—not one of them eats sand, and Eevee isn't so poor it has to eat dirt. So, he'd either keep it as a reserve or as a toy for Eevee.

"By the way, we've almost completely explored the types of resources in the secret realm," Zhao Qing reminded him.

After the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Flow Dojo returned, the exploration of the cave realm sped up significantly. In just a few days, most of the dangers in the Stone Cave Secret Realm had been mitigated. Besides that, the Trainer Association had also roughly explored the resources within the secret realm.

Fang Yuan's eyes brightened. He was more interested in rare resources seldom seen in the market than he was in Soft Sand, which was readily available.

"We found quite a few Moon Stones and some Fossils..." Zhao Qing shared the information she had with Fang Yuan.

Beyond rare Pokemon, Moon Stones, Fossils, and various other minerals used for industry or nurturing Pokemon were part of the haul.

Resources like Soft Sand were abundant, along with a complete vein of Hard Rock, Everstone Resources, and metallic ore for making metal coatings, which were the most coveted.

Listening, Fang Yuan was amazed at the value of these things, which certainly wasn't less than that of the Sand Scale Fruit Tree from Nanwu Town Secret Realm. Translated into money, the figures could easily be nine digits and above. A Super Miniature Secret Realm brought so many rare resources, so one could only imagine how a Large Secret Realm could enrich a small country overnight.

"No wonder there's a need to establish the Trainer Association to control secret realm resources. If one could privately enjoy a realm, becoming rich overnight isn't just talk—it would become reality."

...

The next day, some of the sellable resources were extracted, with the first batches sold at low prices to the Trainers who participated in exploring and guarding the Heavenly Heart Island Secret Realm.

Professional Trainers had first pick, followed by allocation based on contribution. When it was Fang Yuan's turn, his most desired items were still in stock, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

This stuff... it's rare outside and expensive. Being able to encounter it here and buy it at a low price really was lucky.