**Chapter 29: New Problem**
Following that, Bai Feng, Calyrex, and Lysandre were carried away from the Sea God's Cavern by Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres respectively.
After taking the three people outside the Sea God's Cavern, the Legendary Birds left immediately. Lugia is currently still sleeping, and they still have to continue guarding it, unable to leave the Sea God's Cavern for too long.
After the Legendary Birds left, Calyrex sighed in relief and said, "Phew~ It's finally over!"
Bai Feng nodded upon hearing this. "Yes, is there any problem with your mission this time?"
Calyrex nodded and said, "Don't worry, there's no big problem. I'm not the only one who has failed to explore the Sea God's Cavern over the years."
To prevent the deeply sleeping Lugia from being disturbed, Calyrex decided to abandon this mission and not announce the existence of the Legendary Birds and Lugia.
"That's good." Bai Feng nodded, fully agreeing with Calyrex's approach.
At this moment, Lysandre suddenly said, "Where do you think the current Xerneas and Yveltal are?"
Bai Feng's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this. He then said casually, as if it didn't matter, "Who knows? You wouldn't be thinking of going to look for them, would you? I advise you to forget about it. Anyone who attempts to touch the forbidden will not come to a good end."
Lysandre shook his head and smiled. "You think too highly of me. Don't worry, I won't do anything foolish!"
Bai Feng nodded. "Then you must remember what you said today."
Lysandre still nodded with a smile after hearing this.
Immediately, the three of them returned together to Biyi City.
As soon as they returned to Biyi City, Lysandre and Calyrex said their goodbyes.
At this moment, Bai Feng took out two Water Stones and handed them to them, saying, "These are for you!"
Calyrex waved her hand and said, "How can this be? This is a gift from the Legendary Birds to you."
Lysandre also nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, we didn't earn it. We can't accept it."
Bai Feng stuffed the two Water Stones into their hands.
"Take them. Just consider them a parting gift. I know this might not be much to you, but it's a token of my sincerity after all. Don't you consider me a friend?"
Lysandre was more straightforward. Hearing Bai Feng say this, he neatly put away the Water Stones.
"Alright, then I'll accept them. We'll always be friends!"
"Okay, since you're both like this, if I still refuse, it would make me seem a bit unappreciative." Calyrex also stopped declining upon seeing this.
When parting, Lysandre said to Bai Feng and Calyrex, "Let's keep in touch!"
"Keep in touch!"
"Keep in touch!"
After Calyrex and Lysandre left, Bai Feng released Talonflame Captain, rode on it, and flew towards Fangxing Mountain.
As soon as Talonflame Captain appeared above Fangxing Mountain, its subordinates discovered it. So a flock of bird Pokémon surrounded them, chirping noisily and eagerly showing how much they missed their leader during this time.
Bai Feng said helplessly, "Alright, if you want to have your reunion, let me down first!" It's only been a few days since we last met, is it really that big of a deal!
While there was a commotion in the sky, Dongyu, who was busy below, saw Bai Feng as soon as he looked up.
"Bai Feng, you're back!" Dongyu shouted and waved at the same time.
Getting down from the back of Talonflame Captain, Bai Feng asked Dongyu, "During the days I was away, nothing happened at home, right?"
Dongyu shook his head and said, "Don't worry, everything is fine." As he spoke, he seemed to remember something else. "Oh right, your Admission Notice has already been sent over!"
The Intermediate School Bai Feng applied for is the Fourth Middle School that Dongyu is currently attending. Because it's close to the Fifth Junior School itself, the notice was sent exceptionally quickly.
"Okay, I understand. Brother Dong Yu, thanks for your hard work these past few days."
Next, Bai Feng went to check on the situation at the construction site. Indeed, just as Dongyu said, everything was going smoothly. The construction team's efficiency was extremely high; in such a short time, the task progress was already halfway complete.
In the evening, Bai Feng and Dongyu returned together to the Blue Bird Orphanage, had dinner together with everyone, and at the same time saw his Admission Notice at Director Meili's place.
A month later, he would enroll in Biyi City Fourth Middle School.
The next day, Bai Feng returned to Fangxing Mountain again and counted out the fruit trees and seeds brought back from the Sea God's Cavern one by one.
Currently, Fangxing Mountain has been fully developed, and there is no available space to plant other fruit trees. So if Bai Feng wants to plant these newly acquired fruit trees, he would have to buy another Plot of Land.
However, the problem was that he had no more money.
In the past two years, he did earn some money, but most of it was used to pay off debts. The little bit left was simply not enough for him to buy another Plot of Land.
After considering for a long time, Bai Feng went to the Coupling Gym to see Grandpa Fu again and handed him a Water Stone.
Seeing that crystal clear Water Stone with almost no impurities, Grandpa Fu asked, astonished, "This... Where did you get it from?"
Bai Feng explained, "I went out on a trip. This was obtained from an adventure."
"You're really lucky. This level of Evolution Stone is rare." As he spoke, he asked again, "What do you plan to do with this?"
"I need some money now, so I wanted to ask if you have a way to help me sell it."
"Sell it? You want to sell this?" Grandpa Fu immediately glared in exasperation upon hearing this. "Are you foolish? If you sell such a good thing, it won't be easy for you to buy it back."
Bai Feng shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "What else can I do? I need money!" Anyway, even if he sold one, he still had three left.
After hearing this, Grandpa Fu fiercely knocked Bai Feng on the forehead and said in exasperation, "You prodigal son!"
After a while, Grandpa Fu then said again, "Alright, sell this Water Stone to me. How much money do you want for it?" He really didn't want such a good thing to fall into someone else's hands.
Although he is a Grass-type Pokémon Trainer, there are indeed Grass/Water dual-type Pokémon.
Research has long shown that Pokémon that evolve using Evolution Stones with higher purity increase their power faster. This is also why Evolution Stones with higher purity sell for more money.
Bai Feng chuckled, "You can decide the price, Grandpa. I don't understand this business."
Grandpa Fu glared at him. "You only know how to act innocent! Every time you come looking for me, it's never for anything good!" After speaking, he picked up the Water Stone and carefully admired and appraised it against the light.
"Perfect! Absolutely perfect!"
Ultimately, this Water Stone was bought by Grandpa Fu for a price of four million.
On the market, an ordinary Water Stone is usually only around a hundred thousand, while those with slightly better quality can probably sell for around several hundred thousand.
But the one Bai Feng took out can't be priced simply based on quality. It's a collector's grade item. Besides usage, its higher value lies in collection.
Usually, this level of Evolution Stone is even more popular among collectors than those precious gems. In terms of appearance, high-purity Evolution Stones are also more beautiful.
With the money, Bai Feng immediately got busy buying a Plot of Land.
Because he had the experience of buying Fangxing Mountain, this time he smoothly spent over three million and bought another mountain near Fangxing Mountain.
This mountain's area was much smaller than Fangxing Mountain, so Bai Feng named it after a mountain from a previous life's mythology, giving it the name Fangcun Mountain.
Because he had to develop Fangcun Mountain, Bai Feng continued to entrust the construction task of Fangxing Mountain to Dongyu for supervision, while he himself took Bai Ye and a few others and got busy on Fangcun Mountain.
In the early stage, they only developed a small Plot of Land, planning to plant the mature trees first. As for the seedling cultivation of the seeds, it can be put off until later, otherwise, if the mature trees are not planted in time, it would be bad if they withered and died.
To Bai Feng's surprise, after testing, he found that the mature trees brought back from the Sea God's Cavern had indeed all reached Grade A in terms of energy rating.
This made him pay more attention to those fruit trees.
After all the mature trees were planted, Bai Feng then started cultivating seedlings using the seeds, and at the same time prepared new land for the new seedlings on Fangcun Mountain.
The germination of the fruit saplings was very smooth. By the time Bai Feng gradually planted them into the Plots of Land, it was already nearly a month later.
Originally, Bai Feng was still happy about having a batch of Grade A fruit trees, but then problems appeared. Those mature trees started showing signs of wilting, and the newly cultivated saplings also grew thinner and weaker, looking like they wouldn't be able to grow up.
Bai Feng suddenly realized where the problem lay.
These fruit trees originally grew in places with extremely high energy concentration. Hundreds of years have passed, and they had long since evolved to adapt to that special environment. Now that Bai Feng brought them out, how could they possibly adapt to the outside environment?
Looking at the fruit trees wilting day by day, Bai Feng was extremely anxious, unable to eat or sleep well every day. Seeing this, Director Meili and the others started getting worried.
To save this batch of fruit trees, Bai Feng started making other attempts. He dug up some fruit trees from Fangxing Mountain and brought them back, and started performing grafting on these two types of fruit trees.
Grafting is a very common method for breeding fruit trees and improving fruit varieties. Bai Feng had read many books on this topic at Grandpa Fu's place, but this was the first time he actually attempted it.
He completely separated the trunks and branches and leaves of the two types of fruit trees, and then divided them into two batches.
One batch used the roots of the fruit trees on Fangxing Mountain to graft the branches of the new fruit trees. One batch used the roots of the new fruit trees to graft the branches and leaves of the Fangxing Mountain fruit trees.
Whether this batch of grafted fruit trees can survive in the end, and what they will grow into after surviving, still needs to be proven by time.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for Bai Feng to enroll in Intermediate School.
During this time, he was incredibly busy, almost forgetting the concept of time. It was only when Director Meili reminded him that he realized school was about to start.
Primary School only teaches some basic knowledge of the Pokémon World. Bai Feng could rely on self-study and even not go to school, but it's different when it comes to Intermediate School. What is taught here is professional knowledge in various fields; you can't learn anything substantial by self-study alone.
On this day, Bai Feng dressed neatly and looked presentable, and then accompanied by Dongyu, came to Biyi City Fourth Middle School to complete the enrollment procedures.
(End of this chapter)