Then Eddie, Diantha, and Lysandre were carried out of the Cave of the Sea God by Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres respectively.
After sending the three people outside the Cave of the Sea God, the three birds left directly. Lugia was still sleeping, so they had to continue to guard it and could not leave the Cave of the Sea God for too long.
After the three Legendary Birds left, Diantha breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Huh~ It's finally over!"
Eddie nodded when he heard this: "Yes, is there any problem with your mission this time?"
Diantha nodded and said, "Don't worry, it's no big deal. I'm not the only one who has failed in exploring the Cave of the Sea God over the years."
In order to prevent the sleeping Lugia from being disturbed, Diantha decided to give up the mission and not announce the existence of the three Legendary Birds and Lugia.
"That's good." Eddie nodded, agreeing with Diantha's approach.
At this time, Lysandre suddenly asked: "Where are Xerneas and Yveltal now?"
Eddie's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, and then he said casually, "Who knows? You don't want to look for them, do you? I advise you to forget it. Anyone who dares to touch the taboo will not have a good end."
Lysandre shook his head and smiled: "You think too highly of me. Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid!"
Eddie nodded: "Then you must remember what we said today."
After hearing this, Lysandre still smiled and nodded.
Then the three of them returned to Coumarine City together.
As soon as they returned to Coumarine City, Lysandre and Diantha said goodbye.
At this time, Eddie took out two Water Stones and handed them to them, saying, "This is for you!"
Diantha waved her hands and said, "How can this be possible? This is a gift from the three Legendary Birds."
Lysandre also nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, we cannot accept this if we don't do anything for it."
Eddie stuffed two Water Stones into their hands.
"Take it, just consider it as a parting gift. I know this thing may not mean much to you, but it is a token of my friendship. Don't you consider me a friend?"
Lysandre was more straightforward. After hearing what Eddie said, he put away the Water Stone neatly.
"Okay, then I'll accept it. We'll be friends forever!"
"Okay, you guys are already like this, if I still refuse, it would seem like I'm a bit ungrateful." Seeing this, Diantha no longer refused.
When they parted, Lysandre said to Eddie and Diantha, "Keep in touch in the future!"
"Keep in touch!"
"Keep in touch!"
After Diantha and Lysandre left, Eddie released Captain Talonflame and rode it towards Prosper Peak.
As soon as Captain Talonflame appeared in the sky above Prosper Peak, his subordinates discovered him, and a group of birds gathered around him chirping, expressing their longing for their leader over and over again.
Eddie said helplessly: "Okay, if you want to talk to each other, just let me go first!" It's only been a few days since we last saw each other, what's the big deal!
When there was a commotion in the sky, Eli, who was busy below, looked up and saw Eddie.
"Eddie, you're back!" Eli shouted and waved.
After getting off Captain Talonflame's back, Eddie asked Eli, "Did anything happen at home during the days I was away?"
Eli shook his head and said, "Don't worry, everything is fine." He seemed to have thought of something, "By the way, your admission letter has been sent!"
The middle school that Eddie applied for was the Fourth Middle School where Eli was currently studying. Because it was close to the Fifth Junior High School, the admission letter was sent out exceptionally quickly.
"Okay, I understand. Brother Eli, thank you for your hard work these past few days."
Then Eddie went to check out the situation at the construction site. Just as Eli said, everything was going smoothly. The construction team was extremely efficient, and half of the task had been completed in such a short time.
In the evening, Eddie and Eli returned to the Bluebird Orphanage together and had dinner with everyone. At the same time, they saw their admission letters from Director Eleanor.
A month later, he will enroll in the Fourth Middle School of Coumarine City.
The next day, Eddie returned to Prosper Peak again and counted the fruit trees and seeds brought back from the Cave of the Sea God one by one.
At present, Prosper Peak has been fully developed, and there is no vacant space to plant other fruit trees, so if Eddie wants to plant these newly acquired fruit trees, he has to buy another piece of land.
The problem was that he had no money.
He did make some money in the past two years, but most of it was used to pay off debts, and the remaining money was not enough for him to buy another piece of land.
After thinking for a long time, Eddie went to the Coumarine Gym to meet Master Ramos again and handed him a Water Stone.
Seeing the crystal clear Water Stone with almost no impurities, Master Ramos asked in amazement: "Where did you get this?"
Eddie explained: "I went out for a trip, and this is what I got from the adventure."
"You are really lucky. Evolution Stones of this level are hard to come by." He then asked, "What are you planning on giving this to me?"
"I need some money now, so I wanted to ask if you have any way to help me sell it."
"Sold? You want to sell it?" Mr. Ramos blew his beard and glared at him, "Are you stupid? If you sell this good thing, it will be difficult for you to buy it back."
Eddie spread his hands indifferently and said: "What can I do? I'm short of money!" Anyway, after selling one, he still has three.
After hearing this, Master Ramos hit Eddie hard on the forehead and said angrily, "You idiot!"
After a long while, Master Ramos said again: "Okay, sell this Water Stone to me. How much do you want to sell it for?" Master Ramos really didn't want such a good thing to fall into the hands of others.
Although he is a Grass-type trainer, he does have both Grass- and Water-type Pokémon.
Studies have long shown that the purer the Evolution Stone used to evolve a Pokémon, the faster its power increases. This is why the purer the Evolution Stone, the more expensive it will be.
Eddie chuckled and said, "Please give it to me as you see fit. I don't know much about this business."
Master Ramos glared at him and said, "You just act cute. Every time you come to see me, something bad happens!" After saying that, he picked up the Water Stone and admired and appreciated it carefully against the light.
"Perfect! It's perfect!"
In the end, the Water Stone was bought by Mr. Ramos for four million PokéDollars.
An ordinary Water Stone on the market usually costs only about 100,000 PokéDollars, and a better quality one can probably be sold for around several hundred thousand PokéDollars.
But the one that Eddie took out could no longer be priced simply by its quality. It was a collection-level item. In addition to its use, its greater value lay in its collection.
Usually, this level of Evolution Stones 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, Eddie immediately started busying himself with buying land.
Because of his experience in buying Prosper Peak, this time he successfully spent more than three million PokéDollars to buy another mountain near Prosper Peak.
The area of this mountain is much smaller than Prosper Peak, so Eddie named it Mystic Mountain.
Because Mystic Mountain needed to be developed, Eddie continued to hand over the construction task of Prosper Peak to Eli, and he took Selene and the others to work on Mystic Mountain.
They only developed a small piece of land in the early stage and planned to plant the mature trees first. As for the seedling cultivation, it can be put off until later. Otherwise, it would be bad if the mature trees dried up and died due to untimely planting.
What surprised Eddie was that after testing, he found that the mature trees brought back from the Cave of the Sea God had indeed all reached A in energy rating.
This made him pay more attention to the fruit trees.
After all the mature trees were planted, Eddie began to grow seedlings from seeds and at the same time prepared new land for the new seedlings on Mystic Mountain.
The fruit seedlings germinated smoothly, and it was nearly a month later when Eddie planted them in the ground one after another.
Originally, Eddie was happy that he had a batch of A-grade fruit trees, but then problems arose. The mature trees began to wither, and the newly cultivated saplings became thinner and weaker, and they didn't look like they could grow up.
Eddie suddenly realized the problem.
These fruit trees originally grew in places with extremely high energy concentrations. After hundreds of years, they have long since evolved to adapt to that special environment. Now that Eddie has brought them out, how can they possibly adapt to the outside environment?
Seeing the fruit trees withering day by day, Eddie became extremely anxious. He couldn't eat or sleep well every day. Director Eleanor and the others started to get anxious because Eddie looks unwell.
In order to save these fruit trees, Eddie began to make other attempts. He dug some fruit trees from Prosper Peak and began to graft these two types of fruit trees.
Grafting is a very common method for cultivating fruit trees and improving fruit varieties. Eddie has read many books on the subject from Uncle Ramos, but this is the first time he has actually tried it.
He separated the trunks and branches of the two types of fruit trees and then divided them into two batches.
One batch used the roots of the fruit trees on Prosper Peak to graft the branches of the new fruit trees, and the other batch used the roots of the new fruit trees to graft the branches and leaves of the fruit trees on Prosper Peak.
Whether this batch of grafted fruit trees can survive in the end, and what they will grow into after surviving, only time will tell.
In a blink of an eye, it was time for Eddie to enter middle school.
He was so busy during this period that he almost forgot the concept of time. It was not until Director Eleanor reminded him that he realized that school was about to start.
The elementary school only teaches some basic knowledge about the Pokémon world. Eddie can learn by himself or even not go to school. But it is different in middle school. What is taught here are professional knowledge in various fields, and you can't learn anything by self-study.
That day, Eddie was dressed neatly and looked very respectable, and then, accompanied by Eli, he went to the Fourth Middle School in Coumarine City to go through the admission procedures.