The next day.
Fang Yuan found Uncle Shan and showed off Eevee's speed training results—Double Team.
Uncle Shan wasn't at the club yesterday, and Fang Yuan and Eevee didn't know who to show off to, but today was different.
"You've mastered Double Team?"
"Sand Attack, Quick Attack, Double Team, Bite, with these four moves working together, you'll have even more tactics available," Uncle Shan said.
"That's right, this way, the Little Phoenix King Cup will be even more secure," Fang Yuan said.
However… Eevee didn't think so.
What happened to them last time after Fang Yuan said "secure"?
They were chased by a Pidgeot…
Seeing Fang Yuan setting up flags again, Eevee, perched on Fang Yuan's shoulder, couldn't help but feel uneasy.
"Don't be careless. Although you and Eevee are working hard, if you want to climb to higher peaks on the path of a Trainer, hard work is just the most basic requirement. You have to know that there are many places like the Star Glory Battle Club in Modu. Can you guarantee that others haven't hired more professional private coaches?"
"Moreover, Modu also has several Trainer Dojos with long-standing traditions. If you're unlucky enough to encounter apprentices who have trained there, you won't get any advantages."
Fang Yuan's face turned bitter. Why did he have to dampen his enthusiasm again? Couldn't Uncle Shan say something he liked to hear?
"Buui!" Eevee nodded, seeming to agree with Uncle Shan's words.
Uncle Shan said, "Haha, I'm just scaring you. After all, the participants in the Little Phoenix King Cup are all Rookie Trainers like you, so you don't need to worry too much. It's not good to stress yourself out."
"Keep training hard, and you won't be worse than others."
Fang Yuan and Eevee sighed. After talking for so long, he still ended up giving them a pep talk…
However, what Uncle Shan didn't know was that in addition to the training tasks he had arranged for Fang Yuan and Eevee, they had also prepared hidden trump cards of their own.
Ability, Anticipation.
The tactical skill of Counter Shield with Sand Attack.
In half a month, as long as Eevee could master one of them, its practical combat ability would greatly improve.
The four Rattata at the Star Glory Battle Club were good teachers for Eevee, allowing it to feel Dark-type energy on the one hand.
On the other hand, Eevee also became more adapted to its Ability during the difficult battles with them.
It could be said that it had already touched the threshold of the Anticipation Ability. Its ability to passively sense danger based on instinct was about to become a divine skill for actively predicting danger.
Fang Yuan had always believed that Eevee's Ability was very powerful, so why hadn't anyone explored it in depth?
Now, Eevee was only one step away from mastering this Ability. When that time came, its reaction speed would definitely be more agile.
Therefore, in order to speed up the progress of mastering the Ability, Fang Yuan had already discussed it with Eevee. In the last week before the Little Phoenix King Cup, they planned to try battling the Rattata without relying on sight, only relying on the Ability.
...
"Wait a moment."
Just as Fang Yuan and Eevee were about to start their special training for the day, Uncle Shan called out to Fang Yuan.
As the person in charge of this club, he was very busy every day.
Naturally, he hardly ever supervised Fang Yuan and Eevee's training, only providing them with some resources to help. However, to Shan Mi's surprise, Fang Yuan and Eevee were very self-disciplined and rarely showed the impetuousness of teenagers. He could see this from Eevee's progress.
There weren't many Rookie Trainers he admired, but Fang Yuan was one of them.
So Uncle Shan wanted to talk to Fang Yuan about some extra things, not about Yang Han, but simply what he himself wanted to tell Fang Yuan.
"Do you know why I always used to discourage you?"
"You didn't want us to be too ambitious..." Fang Yuan said subconsciously.
"That's exactly the reason. Rookies should be down-to-earth. You've only just started on the path of a Trainer. I just don't want you to become arrogant and complacent because of a little achievement."
"But you shouldn't be that kind of person."
Fang Yuan and Eevee looked at each other. No, they are.
"Do you want to know how us old-timers who have been Trainers for many years divide the stages of Trainers?" Uncle Shan asked.
There's a story here.
Fang Yuan and Eevee nodded quickly.
"You are indeed outstanding among the Rookie Trainers of your generation, I don't deny that."
"But the range of Rookie Trainers is also very broad. Simply put, it refers to those rookies who have registered as Trainers and have been Trainers for less than a year. You should know this, right?"
"Due to the country's new policies, the vast majority of Rookie Trainers are now pre-senior high school students. Your main competitors are also these people, and your starting lines are not much different."
"Then, there are those Ordinary Trainers who have been raising Pokémon for a certain number of years. If you just randomly call out one of these Trainers, the basic quality of their Pokémon probably won't be worse than your Eevee's. At the same time, this type of Trainer is also the most numerous."
"And those top students who are heavily cultivated by major universities are an important class in the field of Trainers. For example, the members of our Provincial University's school team often represent the school in competitions in various cities. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they are the elites among Trainers."
"There is also a group of people who are close to being Professional Trainers, but have failed to pass the professional assessment due to various factors."
"Some of these people are still fighting for their professional license, while others have completely given up. However, most people have integrated into various industries in society for the sake of livelihood, such as Forest Rangers, police officers, bodyguards, referees... and my previous profession, a professional coach who provides training plans for other Trainers in various battle clubs."
"Finally, there are the Professional Trainers. They fight on the front lines, enjoy the resources in the Secret Realms, but also need to fulfill the obligation of guarding and developing the Secret Realms, and protecting ordinary people from the harm of Secret Realm disasters. Do you know why Yang Han couldn't personally teach you, but entrusted you to me? Because every Professional Trainer is very busy, far from being as glamorous as ordinary people see them. The mortality rate of the Professional Trainer group is very high."
"So, I said you have to be down-to-earth, the road ahead is still very long."
"It is indeed very long..." Fang Yuan silently took notes in his heart.
Rookie Trainer, Ordinary Trainer, Elite Trainer, Veteran Trainer, Professional Trainer...
The five stages of Trainers were thus elaborated from the mouth of Uncle Shan, a veteran, which was much more substantial and vivid than what Fang Yuan knew himself.
"Thank you, Uncle Shan, I understand what you mean, then Eevee and I are going to train."
"Alright, go ahead." Uncle Shan said.
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