Zhuqing Breeding Center.
Piplup settled in a small lake near Li Wei's home, while Turtwig and Eevee were in the enclosed grassy area and bushes, with Berry trees planted by Li Wei's family nearby.
These Berries could satisfy Piplup's requirement to forage for itself.
Anyway, after eating the Pokemon food made by Li Wei, it was hard to say if it would still be willing to eat Berries.
The weather had already warmed up.
Before the next winter arrives, they will build a transparent greenhouse so that Turtwig can stay warm during winter.
Comrade Leon's Scizor and Wen Hui's Ninetales will be the main guardians of this area.
"Shaymin!"
Shaymin played hide-and-seek with Turtwig and the Eevee.
This was Shaymin's hobby.
"Shaymin, don't run too far!"
"Shaymin!"
Seeing Piplup, Turtwig, and Eevee safely settled, Li Wei nodded with satisfaction.
"We still need to recruit one more person; Luo Ye shouldn't have to nurture Berries and look after these Pokemon."
Comrade Leon patted his chest, "Leave it to me! I already have an idea."
It would have been fine if his father hadn't patted his chest, but once he did, Li Wei lost confidence.
Considering the people he had recruited were indeed good, Li Wei chose to trust his father.
Currently, Li Wei's mother, Wen Hui, and Rui Xi, who was interested in it, were primarily in charge of breeding.
Li Wei mainly provided theoretical guidance.
In reality, as long as suitable venues and appropriate temperatures are provided, Pokemon will breed sooner or later.
This is their nature.
Late March,
Spring had arrived, and everything was recovering.
Today was the day Li Wei went to Hearthome City to participate in the preliminary round of the Youth Breeder Competition.
Yesterday, Li Wei's family received good news: his grandfather had arrived.
Li Wei's grandfather, Lien, although over 70, was still strong and robust.
His grandfather came because of Li Wei's participation in the competition.
"You just focus on the competition; you don't need to worry about the Breeding Center."
His grandfather showed great support for Li Wei participating in the Youth Breeder Competition.
After all, his grandfather and Li Wei's parents had both participated before, but none of them managed to win the final Champion title.
This was also a kind of regret.
And his grandfather wanted Li Wei to win the Champion title.
This was originally Li Wei's goal.
Regarding the Breeder Competition, he had a side quest—Raise Fame.
This quest required Li Wei to at least reach the top eight,
but the reward was determined by Li Wei's final ranking.
This time, his grandfather didn't plan to leave; he intended to stay in Jubilife City, arriving with many bags.
Yesterday, Gengar kept pulling luggage out of its stomach, almost scaring the customers.
Of course, Celestic Town would always be their hometown, and they still had to go back for the New Year.
At the same time, his grandfather also brought Xiao Meng Jie along, suggesting that she open a breakfast shop in the cafeteria.
Due to his grandfather's teachings, Xiao Meng Jie also had extensive experience in planting Berries.
After opening the breakfast shop in the morning, she would transform into the Breeding Center's Berry caretaker, planting Berries with Luo Ye.
His grandfather was treating Xiao Meng Jie completely as a disciple.
Comrade Leon claimed credit from Li Wei,
"I was the one who got your grandfather to bring Xiao Meng over; aren't I amazing!"
When Li Wei mentioned needing someone to plant Berries, Leon thought of his grandfather and Xiao Meng in Celestic Town.
Speaking of planting Berries, everyone combined couldn't compare to his grandfather.
Even though his grandfather hadn't bred Pokemon for many years, he was still very skilled.
At 7:30 AM, after finishing breakfast, Li Wei prepared to depart.
"Son, good luck in the preliminary round!"
"Don't worry."
"Metagross, let's go."
Li Wei sat on Metagross.
It was just the preliminary round; his grandfather didn't even pay attention.
Li Wei brought Lucario and the others; he didn't need to bring anything else, not even a bag.
Metagross flew at full speed, with Dragapult flying alongside as escort.
At 8:29 AM, Li Wei successfully arrived at the venue.
Hearthome City attached great importance to hosting this Breeder Competition, having cordoned off a very large area in the suburbs for the preliminary rounds.
Although the competition didn't start until 9:30 AM, the venue was already packed with people.
Especially since the site wasn't just filled with contestants, but also their families who came to support them...
It was truly bustling with noise.
"Look! Silver Metagross!"
"Next to it is Dragapult!"
"It's Li Wei!"
Even though the preliminary venue was packed with people,
the Silver Metagross and the widely acclaimed Master ClassLi Wei were simply too dazzling.
Walking through the crowd, Li Wei seemed to have his own spotlight.
"Li Wei, we support you!"
Witnessing such unified and enthusiastic cheers, all eyes immediately turned to Li Wei.
Some contestants looked bewildered,
"What's going on?!"
"He has fans in the preliminary round?!"
"But he is quite handsome."
His companion explained with a smile: "You don't have an Eevee Net account, do you? That person is an Eevee Net Up, I'll find it for you."
Li Wei's Eevee Net video account had already surpassed 200,000 followers.
He already had a certain fan base.
Upon learning that Li Wei was participating in the Youth Breeder Competition, his fans had already prepared a cheering plan.
A male fan suddenly appeared in front of Li Wei,
"Can we take a photo after the preliminary round? An autograph is fine too!"
Li Wei's mouth twitched; he really wanted to ask him if he was here to compete or to chase celebrities.
"Yes, you can."
A little girl held up a sign with a Q-version drawing of Li Wei and a slogan,
"Protect the best King Hoothoot in the world!"
Li Wei occasionally had things to do, so he would post updates on his video account to request leave.
Because he would always add the three words "Gugugu," his fans called him King Hoothoot.
"Thank you."
A staff member was holding a loudspeaker, broadcasting repeatedly,
"Contestants participating in the preliminary round, please use the right passage!"
After confirming his identity with his ID card, Li Wei received number 27.
Passing through the right passage, there was a very large competition venue,
filled with computer desks as far as the eye could see. There were hundreds of computers on them.
This was just one session; the preliminary rounds would last for three full days.
Of course, contestants only needed to participate for one day.
This was just one preliminary venue in Hearthome City, considering the preliminary venues in multiple regions like Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn,
Li Wei estimated the number of preliminary participants to exceed 6,000, possibly even tens of thousands.
The preliminary round was divided into two parts; the first part was a written test.
A recording continuously played in the examination room,
"Please find your seats. The written test officially begins at 9:30 AM. You only have 20 minutes for the exam, so please make the most of your time."
This time, there were very few questions, only 20 multiple-choice questions, each worth five points, and one optional bonus question.
They were all basic knowledge questions about Berries.
But these basic questions were enough to filter out many Trainers with insufficient foundational knowledge.
Li Wei quickly finished the 20 questions, and because he was bored, he did the bonus question.
Design a Berry dish for Dragonite, requiring the use of at least 3 basic Berries.
Shouldn't this question be given to the Dodo bird?