Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 27 The Supreme Moonstone!

The next morning, Qingyuan got up early, before Li Ke woke up.

Qingyuan first walked around the giant moonstone, intending to knock some off and sell it for money.

Unfortunately, the Moon Stone was perfectly round, just like a large stone ball.

Qingyuan was reluctant to destroy its integrity, and he remembered that in the original story, the Pipi would dance in front of this rock when the moon was full.

The stone draws on the power of moonlight, allowing Clefairy to evolve into Clefairy without relying on a Moon Stone.

Qingyuan was unsure whether the Moon Stone would retain its power after he smashed it.

Besides, he and Pipi are friends, so he can't do something that would betray his friend.

In the end, Qingyuan restrained his greed and did not smash the giant moonstone to exchange for money.

Fortunately, there were some scattered moonstones collected by Pico and his companions next to the giant moonstone.

After taking a few pieces and finding that Piccolo and the others didn't stop him, Qingyuan completely let loose.

He began to seriously squat down and select moonstones.

No items that are too poor in quality, or too broken or too small.

Even though Qingyuan repeatedly raised his selection criteria.

However, given the sheer number of stones, he still managed to select three that were truly exceptional moonstones.

Based on the calculation that a common quality Moonstone costs 450,000 Alliance Coins in the Alliance Shop.

Any one of these Moon Stones from Qingyuan could fetch a price of several million or even tens of millions of yuan.

However, rarity is not defined by money, and selling such high-quality moonstones is only the most basic use.

Bartering is the best way to use rare items.

Whether it's a top-quality Moonstone, a top-quality Sharp Fang, or a top-quality Metallic Coating.

These things are actually valuable but unavailable for sale.

In short, you can't necessarily buy it even if you have the money.

Because, apart from Qingyuan, the people who have this kind of thing are not short of money, and they are definitely high-level resources.

After all, the world is only so big, and high-quality resources are limited, and they are scattered all over the world.

When dealing with people who are not interested in money, the only way to pique their interest is through barter, allowing you to obtain the resources you want from them.

Therefore, Qingyuan decided to sell one of the three Moon Stones and exchange it for Alliance Coins to meet his early resource needs.

Save the rest for later, and when you're stronger, trade them with others for rare, high-level resources.

After figuring this out, Qingyuan put away the moon stones.

After putting it away, Qingyuan looked down at the large pile of moonstones on the ground, feeling a bit conflicted.

He finally sighed and turned to walk towards the tent.

One shouldn't be too greedy. Three top-grade Moonstones are already a huge fortune. Let's leave the rest to the Pipi Clan.

Going too far will not end well. He refused to believe that over the years, no one else but him and Li Ke had discovered this place.

Besides, he hadn't done much for the Pipi tribe; obtaining three top-grade Moonstones was already a huge profit for him.

After returning to the camp, Qingyuan washed up before starting to make breakfast for Tianxie and the others.

While he was making breakfast, the Pipis, seemingly curious about what Qingyuan was doing, ran up to him one by one to observe his actions.

Looking at these adorable little creatures, Qingyuan, who had acquired tens of millions of Moon Stones, was overjoyed and became much more generous with his spending.

He took out all his general-purpose Pokémon food and distributed it to the Clefairy Pokémon.

After all, it is because of them that they were able to obtain the Moonstone, which is worth tens of millions of Alliance Coins.

If it weren't for the fact that the Scorpions' special elven food contained some things that only they could digest,

Scorpion and the others' food supplies will definitely be lost.

After breakfast, Li Ke was ready. After leaving Li Ke with enough supplies to last a week, Qingyuan took his leave.

Of course, before leaving, Qingyuan left the energy cubes of Scorpion and the others with Pipi and the others, only giving Scorpion and the others a three-day supply.

Some of the growth-accelerating energy cubes contain nothing else, so the Pipi can still eat them.

Having left the cave, Qingyuan, filled with excitement, no longer had any intention of training the spirits.

He put away Charmander and Scyther, leaving only Scorpion by his side.

They headed towards Cerulean City along the main road built by the Alliance.

It must be said that the main road built by the alliance is very convenient, as it eliminates the need for them to pave their own way.

They encountered few Pokémon along the way. From Mt. Moon to Cerulean City, Qingyuan only encountered two groups of Pokémon blocking the road.

This would be impossible on a side road, even a newly cleared side road, where the elves would not have blocked the way more than twice.

Of course, the drawbacks of the main path also became apparent. With such a small number of spirits, it was impossible for them to serve as training tools for the spirits.

However, the main road is still very useful for traveling.

In just three hours, Qingyuan arrived in Cerulean City through the tunnel on Mount Tsukimi.

Upon entering Cerulean City, Qingyuan headed straight for the Alliance's item shop.

Because of his previous purchases in Nibi City, he is now out of money.

Moreover, he had become a tycoon on Mount Tsukimi, so his immediate priority is to quickly convert the Moonstone into money.

"Welcome, sir. How can I help you?"

As soon as Qingyuan entered the store, the cashier at the counter smiled and asked him a question.

Upon hearing this, Qingyuan didn't keep him in suspense and went straight to the counter to speak.

"Hello, I'd like to sell evolution stones!"

"Yes, sir, please follow me to the second floor!"

Before Qingyuan could say his second sentence, the cashier spoke up.

At the same time, she came out from behind the counter and began to lead the way for Qingyuan.

Following the young lady, Qingyuan arrived at an appraisal room on the second floor.

"Please wait a moment, our store's intermediate appraiser will be here shortly!"

Upon hearing this, Qingyuan plopped down on the sofa in the appraisal room.

Alliance Appraiser was a popular profession in the Alliance during the last century, with four levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Grandmaster.

An intermediate-level appraiser's status is equivalent to that of an intermediate-level breeder, and this intermediate-level breeder should not be underestimated.

An intermediate breeder is perfectly capable of caring for thirty Pokémon of level 40 to level 60 at the same time.

Furthermore, it allows them to maintain peak performance at all times and make some progress.

Intermediate appraisers can accurately identify the effects of various spirit items and determine the extent of the boost that item can provide to a spirit.

For example, with evolution stones, Qingyuan can only tell that the quality of the evolution stone is good, but a level 3 appraiser can tell the energy coverage within the evolution stone.

And this is used to value the evolution stone.

However, as time went on and the Alliance's technology became more and more advanced, some identification machines were able to replace appraisers in observing the energy coverage of evolution stones.

This has led to a decrease in the number of new generations of appraisers, since low-level appraisers rely on appraising evolution stones to make money.

Now that your machine has replaced my role, I have no choice but to change careers since I don't have the financial support.

Unexpectedly, there was an intermediate appraiser in the Alliance Shop in Cerulean City.

And in order to identify his evolution stone, she even brought it out.

As Qingyuan sat on the sofa waiting, he wondered what this intermediate appraiser would be like.

Qingyuan didn't have to wait long before footsteps sounded at the door of the testing room.

Qingyuan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a girl in pink casual clothes walking into the house.

Qingyuan was very surprised to see this. He thought that this Level 4 appraiser would be an old man with gray hair, but he didn't expect it to be such a young girl.

"Hello, my name is Ming Yichun, and I am an intermediate appraiser at this store!"

Ming Yichun walked up to Qingyuan, extended her hand, and said politely.

Upon hearing Ming Yichun's words, Qingyuan snapped out of his daze, quickly stood up, and gently grasped her hand.

"I am Qingyuan. Miss Mingyi, you are truly young and promising!"

Hearing Qingyuan's words, Mingyichun smiled happily and said.

"No, it's all thanks to the support of the family!"

Upon hearing this, a knowing look flashed in Qingyuan's eyes. She was indeed a woman from a prominent family.

Only members of large families have access to numerous treasures and develop a keen eye for them.

After exchanging pleasantries, Ming Yichun got straight to the point.

"Then, Qingyuan Trainer, may we begin now?"

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