Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 28 Selling and Purchasing Top-Grade Moonstones

Upon hearing Ming Yichun's words, Qingyuan did not hesitate at all and immediately took out a top-grade moonstone and the moonstone that Pipi had given him.

The moment Ming Yichun saw the top-grade Moonstone, her eyes were immediately drawn to it.

She didn't even glance at the moonstone that Pipi had given her; she simply reached out and took the top-grade moonstone into her hand.

"So beautiful! This is absolutely stunning!"

Ming Yichun held up the top-grade moonstone with both hands, shouting with a face full of infatuation.

Seeing this, Qingyuan was a little confused, but he wisely refrained from disturbing the scene.

After a long while, Ming Yichun reluctantly withdrew her gaze from the Moonstone and spoke to Qingyuan.

"Sir, this is the Moonstone you're looking to sell, isn't it?"

Hearing this, Qingyuan nodded.

"How about this, I'll offer eight million Alliance Coins to buy this Moon Stone? What do you think?"

Hearing this, Qingyuan was somewhat surprised, although this Moon Stone was indeed very rare.

However, the scope of application for Moonstone is still too small; it can only help a few Pokémon evolve.

Unlike the Water Stone and Fire Stone, which not only help Pokémon evolve but can also be directly absorbed by Pokémon to increase their growth rate.

Although no one would directly give such a top-quality evolution stone to a Pokémon to absorb and use.

However, outside of auctions, 6.5 million Alliance Coins is the high price Qingyuan is hoping for.

Unexpectedly, poverty still hindered Qingyuan's imagination.

Judging from Ming Yichun's appearance, Qingyuan could confirm that Ming Yichun hadn't bought it for the elves.

It's probably just for collection and appreciation, but Qingyuan really can't see what's so appealing about this moonstone.

Although the moonstone emits a faint white light due to its abundant energy, it is not yet beautiful.

Just as Qingyuan was pondering, Mingyi Chun thought that Qingyuan was not satisfied with the price, so she quickly spoke up.

“Mr. Qingyuan, the price I offered is already quite high, although this Moonstone may fetch a higher price at the auction.”

"But the auction in Hualan City just ended, and it definitely won't be held again anytime soon!"

"Since you're here, you must have the intention of selling it. How about this, including the Moon Stone, I'll offer you 8.6 million for these two Moon Stones, to make it an auspicious number!"

Just as Qingyuan was about to agree, Mingyichun unleashed another series of attacks.

"Happy cooperation!"

After hearing Ming Yichun's words, Qingyuan reached out his hand to Ming Yichun without any hesitation.

That low-quality moonstone could only fetch a maximum of 400,000 Alliance Coins. With this, Qingyuan could earn an extra 200,000, and he really couldn't think of any reason to refuse.

Seeing Qingyuan's rapid change, Ming Yichun was momentarily stunned and stood there, unable to react.

But her expert mind quickly brought her back to her senses.

"Happy cooperation!"

Ming Yichun held Qingyuan's hand and said with a smile.

Although Qingyuan gained a slight advantage, it was only a few hundred thousand Alliance Coins.

For her, it was all small change; the important thing was that she got her hands on the Moonstone with a 98% coverage rate.

She doesn't have an evolution stone collection with such a high coverage rate yet.

"Happy cooperation!"

Qingyuan replied with a smile.

"The transaction is now complete, Mr. Qingyuan. I'll take my leave now. We have many props in our shop; feel free to take a look if you're interested. I'll give you a 10% discount!"

After instructing the staff member next to her to transfer the money to Qingyuan, Ming Yichun carefully put away the Moon Stone and smiled at Qingyuan.

"Oh? Miss Mingyi can make that decision?"

Ming Yichun's words shocked Qingyuan, because this was the Alliance's shop!

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Mingyi smiled mysteriously and made a three-point gesture with her hand.

"I own 30% of this store, so giving you a discount is a piece of cake!"

Upon hearing this, Qingyuan nodded, cupped his hands, and smiled at Mingyi Chun.

"Then I thank Miss Mingyi very much!"

"You're welcome. If you have any more good stuff like this next time, be sure to order some from me!"

"Sakura, give my contact information to Mr. Aoyuan."

"I have something to attend to, so please excuse me. Mr. Qingyuan, we'll meet again next time!"

After saying this, Ming Yichun bowed to Qingyuan and left the appraisal room.

At this moment, the cashier, Xiaoying, handed Qingyuan a note and a picture book.

"This is Ms. Mingyi's contact information, and this is our shop's item catalog. Please take a look, sir!"

"Thank you!"

Upon hearing this, Qingyuan thanked him and then carefully put away Ming Yichun's contact information.

Then he sat down on the sofa and started looking at the picture book.

Although the various props in the catalog dazzled Qingyuan.

But in the end, he still chose three items based on what his elf needed.

These three items are: Soft Sand, which increases the power of Ground-type moves by 10%; Silver Dust, which increases the power of Bug-type moves by 10%; and Charcoal, which increases the power of Fire-type moves by 9%.

After the discount, the three items cost a total of three million Alliance Coins from Qingyuan.

This once made Qingyuan feel very distressed, and Xiaoying also told him that the items could still be worn out.

These three items, when carried by Scorpios, will have their energy almost completely depleted in about six to nine months, which is commonly known as rendering them unusable.

These words made Qingyuan, who was already feeling the pinch, feel even more pain.

However, Qingyuan felt it was worth it to be able to boost the Pokémon's combat power.

After paying the bill, Qingyuan left the Alliance Store with the three items and his 5.6 million Alliance Coins.

After leaving the store, Qingyuan walked directly towards the Silver Company's store without any hesitation.

After spending three million to acquire the Protect skill disc, he headed towards the Cerulean City Pokémon Center.

After entrusting the Scorpions and the others to Nurse Joy for treatment, Qingyuan sat down in the waiting area and started looking up information about Sand Scale Fruit in his Pokédex.

Just after buying the skill disc, Qingyuan made a special trip to the berry shop to see if he could make energy blocks.

While buying tree fruits, he saw a sand-scaled fruit.

Upon seeing this tree fruit, Qingyuan remembered that Scorpions and others could also improve their various attributes by consuming different tree fruits.

With a little money in his hand, Qingyuan immediately wanted to buy three sand scale fruits for Tianxie and the others to try.

However, after questioning the owner of the fruit shop, he finally accepted the fact that there was only one sand-scaled fruit in the huge fruit shop.

Qingyuan, who believes in ensuring that his partners receive equal treatment, strives to obtain more Sand Scale Fruits.

That's when the idea of ​​exchanging Alliance Contribution Points for Sand Scale Fruit arose.

However, looking at the two large gray characters "Sold Out" on the sand jujube label...

Qingyuan had no choice but to accept that the alliance didn't have many good things like sand scale fruit in stock.

Since it's impossible to distribute the benefits equally, Qingyuan will have to make things difficult for Scyther and Charmander.

After all, the starter Pokémon is always the most special one for a trainer.

Even though Qingyuan wanted to treat everyone equally, he couldn't help but lean towards Scorpio when faced with this choice.

To compensate, Qingyuan bought two tree fruits, Choco Fruit and Passion Fruit, which increase resistance, to make up for the Flying Mantis and Charmander.

Of course, Scorpio also has custard apples to increase Scorpio's resistance to ice.

Strictly speaking, this doesn't really count as compensation for Scyther and Charmander.

However, given the circumstances, this is the only option for now.

After all, he couldn't just not buff Scorpio's resistance to ice.

Although a four-fold weakness to ice is a symbol of strength, it is truly difficult to withstand.

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