Chapter 481: Starting to Learn How to Control Mental Power
Three days later.
The uncle who had climbed mountains in Cyllage City for 28 years was truly not to be underestimated.
With just one phone call, he organized a climbing team of fully around twenty people; every one of them was an uncle or auntie with over 10 years of climbing experience.
During these three days.
Will's group of three had been preparing for this climb that would take at least two weeks or more.
Honestly speaking.
Three days' time.
For a beginner like Cynthia and an underground creature like Diancie, it was completely insufficient.
After all, what they were challenging was a mountain in the professional domain, not an artistic peak used for sightseeing.
This little time was completely insufficient for Cynthia and Diancie to complete technical training; at most they could learn some theoretical knowledge, and buy equipment that was professional enough and had a high enough protection factor.
Of course.
The main one was still Cynthia.
After all, Will has quite a bit of climbing experience, just hasn't climbed such a high mountain.
But it cannot be ignored, his and Diancie's levels are placed here after all; the strength of their physiques and power allows them to face ninety-nine percent of the difficulties.
At the foot of Mount Xiaoyao.
"Really, just one look makes my legs weak."
Cynthia looked up.
Truly having a clear and concrete cognition of the phrase "towering into the clouds".
"It's still not too late to give up now."
The uncle grinned and laughed beside them.
For him, giving up is a common occurrence, and he doesn't feel it's shameful either.
Giving up on things you can't do, what's shameful about that.
That's called understanding the times.
"I won't give up, and I have Lucario."
Cynthia reached out and hugged Will beside her; no pressure could be seen on her face.
"Hehe, such a good relationship~"
An auntie couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing seeing this.
The Delphox beside her also showed an auntie-like smiling expression.
"Yeah, being shameless like this every day."
Diancie spread her hands, shaking her head helplessly.
"How is it shameless."
Will reached out and patted the big hat on top of Diancie's head.
"Alright, since the decision has been made, let's begin."
The uncle patted his chest, cheering himself up.
The Sudowoodo beside him also took a sharp breath, puffing out his chest, looking full of confidence.
The middle-aged team of around twenty people set off grandly.
Generally, an entry-level climbing team.
A commercial team basically has less than 20 people, among which 6~12 are clients who are non-professional climbers.
An independently trained team only needs to be composed of 4~6 people, just requiring the climbers to have some skills.
A large team like theirs, with over twenty experienced climbers, and also bringing a bunch of Pokémon.
Whether they can persist for over ten days to climb to the final summit aside for now.
At least during the process of this climb, presumably no major problems will occur.
But sometimes having many people doesn't necessarily mean it's safe.
A team with many people is also more likely to have other problems occur.
For example, delaying timing due to decision-making differences or something.
But in this middle-aged team, the probability of such a situation occurring is relatively low.
Everyone is amiable uncles and aunties; heard they have been climbing together for several years, full of tacit understanding.
Just started climbing.
Cynthia and Diancie were both full of energy, occasionally looking at those Pokémon leaping through the mountain forest.
"Don't just think the journey will be worry-free because there are many people now."
The uncle walked over and spoke to the relaxed Cynthia and Diancie.
"Why say so?"
Diancie asked, puzzled.
"Among these twenty or so people, only about seven have summited Xiaoyao. It will probably be similar this time; maybe every passing day someone will drop out of the team. After all, everyone still has their own lives, and can't leisurely take over ten days to climb like when they were young."
The uncle swept a glance at the people present, sighing with emotion.
"Eh? Will the uncles and aunties leave?"
Cynthia said somewhat regretfully.
She thought this whole journey would be this lively.
With so many uncles and aunties accompanying them, and so many Pokémon, even climbing the mountain wouldn't feel so tiring.
But if the accompanying people start to gradually decrease, it will make the fatigue on this journey increasingly obvious, and start to feel mentally exhausted.
"Well, no helping it, everyone has their own lives. If we were still as young as you, we could also spend over ten days climbing Xiaoyao without any scruples."
The uncle shook his head helplessly, then said with a smile,
"Alright, just properly enjoy your youth and the scenery along this journey. The most important thing is, feel the joy brought by climbing."
"Oh!"
Pure climbing is boring.
Especially when physical strength is sufficient and energy is still considered vigorous.
This point is beyond doubt.
In the past when Will and Meowscarada climbed mountains together, they basically had to rely on playing with wild Pokémon to relieve boredom, otherwise it was truly too boring.
But this journey won't be.
Pokémon chased and played around the trainers.
Cynthia and Diancie petted here for a while, and rubbed there for a while, playing extremely happily.
It was the same on Will's side.
If a Pokémon came close to him, he would reach out and tug their ear or tail.
Most Pokémon wouldn't mind.
After all, humans often do this; they are already used to being suddenly touched in their hearts.
But there were also some Pokémon with a strong sense of boundaries who would look at Will blankly.
Of course.
Will petted other people's Pokémon.
Other people naturally would also come to pet him.
But the uncles and aunties' techniques were very tricky; the strength and method of petting wouldn't make Will feel uncomfortable.
Presumably, they hadn't petted few wild Pokémon during their climbing processes; this had already been petted out a set of experience.
That night.
Starting climbing from eight o'clock in the morning, in order to take care of the older uncles and aunties and newcomers like Cynthia, they rested and reorganized about four or five times in between.
At around nine o'clock at night.
They stopped at a place with an altitude of over a thousand meters.
Didn't even need to camp on the spot; the multiple caves left by previous climber seniors could completely be moved in with just a bag.
And the peculiar part is.
Mount Xiaoyao at night is not lonely at all.
The voices of wild Pokémon came from the distance, and nearby they could also meet some other climber teams who came to climb Mount Xiaoyao.
Everyone gathered around a few campfires, drinking warm soup, chatting together about what they saw today and the climbing plans for the next few days.
Don't say Cynthia and Diancie.
Even Will had never encountered such a scene.
Newly arriving, he was actually somewhat at a loss, unable to chat much with these uncles and aunties.
Fortunately, the number of Pokémon in the camp was also quite a lot.
Unable to chat with the uncles and aunties, casually hugging the dazed Espurr beside him to pet was also an interesting matter.
"Meow~"
Espurr's daze was interrupted, slightly a bit unhappy.
But was quickly conquered by Will's cat-petting technique; two paws looking like they were wearing little gloves constantly fiddled with the fluff on Will's chest, and the scallop-like big ears comfortably swung back and forth.
This scene made Will feel very cute watching it.
However.
This ear of Espurr cannot be casually lifted.
The organ they use to release mental power is covered right under the ear; the ears constantly drooping is actually sealing their own mental power.
According to the Pokédex introduction.
If Espurr's mental power loses control, it's enough to blow away everything within 100 meters.
But that should be the level of a Champion-class Espurr.
The Espurr in Will's arms is at best only Lv. 20; doesn't have that much capability.
Sniff sniff...
Will stretched his head and sniffed at the few hairs on top of Espurr's head:
"Oh, it's Wangwang brand body wash. I used to use it for Big Cat too. This brand is actually still around? Truly a century-old brand."
"Meow."
Espurr shook her ears.
She reached out a hand, her eyes blooming with blue glimmer, and subsequently, two skewers of grilled fish roasting on the campfire in the distance were moved over by her using telekinesis.
Espurr looked left and right.
Gave the skewer with more burnt parts to Will.
"Thank you."
Will smiled and reached out to stroke her head.
The reason why Espurr gave the one with more burnt parts to him was actually taking care of him.
This is on the mountainside with an altitude of over a thousand meters; the surrounding ambient temperature is only a dozen degrees.
Picnicking in this kind of location, there is a high probability of being unable to roast the food evenly or even roast it cooked.
More burnt parts.
Means the probability of this grilled fish being cooked is higher, and honestly speaking, the burnt fish skin is crispier and more fragrant to eat.
Espurr is a Pokémon with very high IQ.
Of course they can figure this point out clearly.
"How do you control your own mental power? Can you teach me?"
Will asked her.
He is currently trying to develop psychic power.
But this progress is truly not very optimistic.
Although telekinesis is the basic unit of psychic power, it is ultimately different from Aura.
Everyone has Aura.
The body will create it autonomously.
Telekinesis is different; that needs to be created actively.
But this is not to say the starting step of psychic power is harder than Aura.
For the vast majority of people.
The cultivation of Aura Power can't even find the door.
Aura Power absolutely depends on talent.
People without talent will never learn it in their lifetime; people with talent still have to depend on their degree of effort and disposition to decide whether they can completely master it.
This is also one of the reasons why humans who master Aura Power in the world are extremely few.
Just like Will himself.
His Aura seed originated from Sir Aaron, but his talent was higher than Sir Aaron's.
For him.
Controlling the direction and generation of Aura is as simple as controlling arm swinging and breathing; completely no need to learn.
Psychic power also depends on talent, but the path of effort also works.
People with talent learn fast.
People without talent will also have a time when they learn it if they study for a longer period of time, it's just that effort and harvest are far from proportional.
Someone like Will.
Belongs to the kind without talent, maybe just slightly better than human talent.
But Will isn't anxious anyway; at worst, he'll just go home and follow N to find his teacher to learn.
"Hiss, meow?"
Espurr took a bite of the grilled fish, resulting in her tongue panting from being burned, and then looked at Will doubtfully.
"Want to learn a bit, maybe it can be used in the future."
Will grinned.
"Meow."
Espurr nodded.
She reached out one hand, starting to teach Will how to control mental power.
Next.
Until she leaves following her trainer, she will be responsible for teaching Will psychic power.
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