Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 284 The Excited Professor Oak! (Bonus chapter for Xue Qinghe's master!)

"I did indeed capture two fossil pterosaurs in the cave!"

Qingyuan's eyes darted around, and he truthfully told Professor Oak.

"Send it to me! Send it to me!"

"I really want to study fossil pterosaurs!"

"After the research on the fossil pterosaur is completed, I'll add your name to the research paper, and you'll get half of the prize money from the alliance!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Professor Oak excitedly addressed him.

Professor Oak had already explained the benefits without Qingyuan even having to bring it up himself.

Qingyuan likes working with people like that.

"Look at you, Professor Oak, do you think I'm that kind of person?!"

"I was just about to go to your research institute to give it to you in person!"

"By the way, how much is Professor Oak's prize money?"

Upon hearing Professor Oak's words, Qingyuan first pretended to be embarrassed and said a few words before finally asking about his main purpose.

Professor Oak was caught off guard by Qingyuan's nimble turn.

Based on just those first two sentences, he thought Qingyuan was a really good young man.

Unexpectedly, his third sentence exposed him.

"The prize money for these kinds of papers is uncertain until actual results are achieved!"

"But with my name on it, the prize money will be at least 30 million!"

Professor Oak's annoyed voice came through the mobile communication device.

This immediately filled Qingyuan with excitement.

"Hey Professor Oak, I don't want the prize money. Can you give me some high-level resources instead?"

After his initial elation, Qingyuan paused to think for a moment before continuing to speak to Professor Oak.

For him now, money alone is useless; some high-level resources cannot be bought with money.

That requires status and connections.

Even if Qingyuan had the money, he wouldn't know where to buy those high-level resources.

Perhaps Joey and the Officer Jenny's family have some; we could trade them fossil elves for some money.

Qingyuan stared at the communication device in front of him, lost in thought.

"High-level resources?"

Hearing Qingyuan's words, Professor Oak breathed a huge sigh of relief.

He has no shortage of resources at all.

You have no idea how many advanced resources are needed to conduct the experiment in order to ensure its smooth progress.

Professor Oak's lab is filled with Pokémon, followed by various high-level resources.

These resources are more than enough to gather the 15 million needed by Qingyuan.

As you can see, Dragonite feeds Dratini scales directly to him, and Professor Oak doesn't say anything.

If Qingyuan were to ask Professor Oak for money, Professor Oak might hesitate a bit.

Because his lab was frequently bombed by elves, he spent most of his money on replacing experimental equipment.

But if you ask him for resources, well, sorry, he has as much of that stuff as you want.

As the "number one researcher of Pokémon," he has the confidence to back it up.

However, since Qingyuan often tried to swindle things from him, he wasn't prepared to agree to Qingyuan's request so easily.

"This is a bit difficult. You know Qingyuan, high-level resources are things that are valuable but hard to find!"

Looking at the communication device in front of him, Professor Oak feigned a troubled tone and spoke to Qingyuan.

"Professor Oak, I know this is difficult, but you are the number one expert in Pokémon research, you must have connections!"

"And I happen to have something to ask you. My two fossil pterosaurs are not of the same type. Isn't that strange?"

Hearing Professor Oak's words, Qingyuan remained calm and made a sincere request to Professor Oak.

Qingyuan was fiddling with two Aerodactyl Poké Balls.

He spoke to Professor Oak in a questioning tone.

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Professor Oak's breath hitched.

Then, without any hesitation, he shouted loudly at Qingyuan.

"I'll give you 20 million worth of high-level resources right away. Just send the fossil pterosaur over here quickly!"

"Two fossil pterosaurs with different attributes, this is a huge discovery!"

Hearing Professor Oak's excited words, Qingyuan couldn't help but smile.

Getting 20 million worth of resources is a piece of cake.

"Alright, Professor Oak, I'll be at your lab by 7 p.m. tonight. Goodbye!"

Qingyuan smiled and said something to the mobile communication device.

Before Professor Oak could react, he hung up the communication and stuffed it into his spatial backpack.

"You guys play by yourselves, I'm going to catch up on some sleep!"

"Charizard, be careful to conserve your energy, we need to fly to Pallet Town this afternoon!"

After giving some instructions to Scorpion King and Charizard.

Ignoring Slowpoke's resistance, Qingyuan simply hugged it and drifted off to sleep.

This trip to Professor Oak's lab is a good opportunity to get the King's Scepter.

It's time for Slowpoke to evolve.

Before it evolves, let's hug it more often.

After evolving, it has a shell on its head, which is prickly and hard to chew, and also hard to hug.

And there's the cat boss, I haven't seen him in ages, I really miss him.

This will give us a chance to see how much progress it has made over this long period of time.

And Nidoran...

As Qingyuan pondered these thoughts, he soon drifted off to sleep.

"That brat!"

On the other side, Professor Oak looked at the communication device that had been disconnected and was immediately filled with anger.

For someone like him who enjoys research.

You tell him there's a rare and valuable research topic, but don't let him start researching it too soon.

It's far more harmful to try to tempt someone who has been starving for three days by not letting them eat quickly and instead using enticing aromas.

"Beep beep beep thump thump thump!"

Just as Professor Oak was getting angry, the communication device in front of him suddenly showed an incoming call.

Thinking it was Professor Oak from Qingyuan, he quickly answered the phone.

"Moshi moshi. This is Professor Oak's lab."

"Hey teacher, can you get in touch with Qingyuan? I can't reach him!"

However, the voice coming from the other end of the communication device was not the one Professor Oak was expecting, but rather that of Aohara.

It was the voice of his disciple, Sakuragi.

"I can't get in touch with him. He just hung up on me. I can't even reach him myself!"

Upon hearing Sakuragi's words, Professor Oak replied irritably.

"Oh, I see. I'll hang up now, teacher!"

Upon hearing Professor Oak's words, Sakuragi responded and prepared to hang up the phone.

What do you want with Qingyuan?

Sensing something was wrong, Professor Oak asked Sakuragi in confusion.

"That Nurse Joy family member just delivered two fossil Pokémon and a bunch of data!"

"I noticed there's no data on Aerodactyls in there, so I wanted to ask if the people in Qingyuan, the first Evolution Stone Cave, have captured any Aerodactyls!"

"What's wrong, teacher?"

Upon hearing Professor Oak's words, Sakuragi looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Upon hearing this, Professor Oak immediately hung up on Sakuragi.

"That old hag from the Joey family!"

Professor Oak gritted his teeth as he stared at the black screen of the communication device in front of him.

It goes without saying that PhDs all over the world now know that Qingyuan is related to the Joey family.

They were the first to enter the fossil cave, and they might have information about fossil pterosaurs.

These are all his competitors in his research on fossil pterosaurs!

Thank you again to Xue Qinghe's lord for the God certification. This is the first time I've ever received such a certification!

I still owe you four chapters!

I'm so cool this morning at dawn! (●′?｀●)