What Tam said makes sense, but... Guan Liyuan still feels that the Dragon God will be unhappy if he favors some over others.
Therefore, in front of each of the ten Dragon God statues during the Dragon Festival, there is a gift box of varying sizes with "Ayuan" written on it.
At the Dragon Festival, Guan Liyuan also met some "acquaintances", including Alice, whom he had only met a few times, and Long Xiaolong, who was defeated by Guan Liyuan...
The difference is that as the champion of the Alliance of Unova, Alice "returned to her mother's home" this time just to show her support and sat on the judges' seat like the elders, while Long Xiaolong was very motivated and also had a number that only the contestants had.
It was obviously a retirement competition, and after being messed up by Guan Liyuan, this old man named Xiaolong, who is actually Laolong, has not given up traveling, otherwise he would not appear here, and he also participated in the gift competition with the young people.
In addition, Guan Liyuan also met "Du", the champion of Johto, who actually took the time to come. The Dragon Festival in the Dragon Country is indeed famous!
What Guan Liyuan didn't know was that the reason why Champion Du was here was not only because of the Dragon Festival. After becoming the champion, Du was also busy with affairs. He didn't participate in the Dragon Festival last year. This time... it was because he knew that Guan Liyuan was in the Unova region, and it was very likely that he was in the Dragon Village, so he rushed here.
Guan Liyuan recalled that he had not had much contact with Alice and Du, and could only be regarded as having met each other. As for Long Xiaolong... I don't know if he will recognize me!
In fact, the elders of the Dragon Village also heard from the owner of Xia Ka that Guan Liyuan had entered the Dragon Village.
However, the elders of the Dragon Village didn't care much about this...
In their opinion, no matter who came to participate in the festival, they were all guests. It didn't matter whether they were tourists who happened to come in or famous trainers. At most, they had some expectations and could communicate with Guan Liyuan about the training and cultivation techniques of the dragon system... Is there any need to make a fuss?
This was partly due to the position of the elders of the Dragon Village. As a sacred place for the dragon system, it has never regarded any trainer or trainer as an opponent. This is both a self-confidence and an inclusive mentality.
On the other hand, although the Dragon Village is not isolated from the world, the elders also know the names of Guan Liyuan and Tianxia Diyiwu, but... they are not sensitive enough to Guan Liyuan, and their impression of him is probably only "a very powerful breeder" and "able to breed dragon-type Pokémon".
However, Shaka has a hunch that if these elders are not prepared, they may be shocked by Guan Liyuan later...
Guan Liyuan is more observing his "opponents" at this time, that is, the dragon-type trainers who also brought numbers and signed up for the gift competition!
There are more than Guan Liyuan imagined, the total number is 121, Guan Liyuan came late, so he was ranked 120, 119 is Nasran, 118 is Aida, and the only one who came later than Guan Liyuan... is Long Xiaolong.
Long Xiaolong should be confident that others will not wait until the last few days to come, and Guan Liyuan learned about this very late.
Among the people with numbers that Guan Liyuan saw, the youngest was only twelve or thirteen years old. He should not be a trainer, but he usually took care of a Land Shark, which was following him at this time.
It is worthy of being the Dragon Country!
Judging from his clothes, this kid should be a native of the Dragon Country. The style of his clothes is very retro, with heavy traces of handwork. He doesn't look like a rich family at all, but... he hasn't become a trainer yet, but he lives with the Land Shark every day. In the future, it must be logical for him to use this Land Shark as his initial Pokémon, right?
Using a quasi-divine beast as the initial Pokémon is the most low-key "show of wealth"!
Although he has not captured it, it is normal for his dragon scales and dragon teeth to have his aura if he has been taking care of the Land Shark.
The oldest... is naturally Long Xiaolong. This guy should appear on the judges' seat no matter how you look at it!
What also surprised Guan Liyuan was that Tam was not an ordinary person. Because it was a festival, he wore a formal bachelor's robe and seemed to be a dragon scholar in the Dragon Country.
Except for Long Xiaolong, the oldest ones were only in their thirties, and many of them looked like foreign dragon trainers.
The Dragon Festival started early in the morning, but there were prayers and other procedures before it. When the celebration began, in order to liven up the atmosphere, there was an entertainment competition for everyone to learn the dragon's cry.
You can learn the cry of any dragon-type Pokémon, and there is no great reward for winning, just a medal made of dragon scales by the Dragon Country as a souvenir.
However, it is very entertaining, and there is no need to sign up. Anyone who wants to go on stage can do so...
For example, Guan Liyuan saw that Musashi, who was dressed up in disguise, went on stage to perform an operatic imitation of the cry, regardless of the fact that he sneaked into the reserve.
The voice and melody were unexpectedly good. Although it was not very good from the perspective of imitating the cry, it also received a lot of applause.
Guan Liyuan was curious for a moment and also went up to howl twice.
"Hmm? Is this the call of Dragonite? It is said that on the sea, the sound of Dragonite searching for its companions can be heard hundreds of miles away..."
"Yes, it sounds far away. It must be a trainer who is very familiar with Dragonite!"
"Legend has it that Dragonite will rescue people who are in distress at sea. For those in distress at sea, this is also the sound of life."
"Let us thank Dragonite together! And applaud the trainer who came on stage to imitate Dragonite!"
said the judges on the judging platform.
This segment is pure entertainment. In fact, there is no need for judges. Whoever applauds the most wins.
Guan Liyuan feels that... his applause should be one of the largest.
I don't know if it's because I can't stand Guan Liyuan's complacency or if I just happened to be interested. After Guan Liyuan, Nasseran also walked onto the stage.
"Nana, Nana!" Aida waved to him from below, letting everyone know that the young man is called Nana.
Nasseran: ...
"Ya, Ya"
Nasseran called out twice in a baby voice, which was the call of "Ya Ya". As the first evolutionary form, Ya Ya's voice is also very "tender".
Some onlookers who were not very familiar with Yaya's voice suddenly looked at him strangely.
She is so pretty and is called "Nana". Now... why is the atmosphere getting more and more gay?
However, the elders on the jury and other experienced dragon masters couldn't help but look at Nasenran curiously, as if wondering why the voice was so similar!
If you close your eyes, it seems like a Yaya is barking again. The more familiar you are, the more you feel this way.
Then...
"Ya, Yaya"
Yaya kept barking. This time it was not Nasenran who was barking, but the Yayas around him who were responding!
It’s not over yet, Nasran continued to speak...
"Bao, baby~ round and round~ coo~ huhuhu~" At this moment, Nasran seemed to be performing "bbox", but he was not imitating various percussion instruments, but the calls of various dragon-type Pokémon, or Pokémon that may evolve into dragon-type Pokémon!
These Pokémon are exactly the Pokémon that are around the scene.
Many wild dragon-type Pokémon will also come to join in the fun today, especially some "little children".
And according to the regulations of the Dragon Festival, on the day of the Dragon Festival, no Pokémon can be captured except with the gift of the Dragon God!
The Pokémon around also responded to Nasran one after another, as if they were led by him to sing in chorus...
After a stunned moment, Nasran received the most explosive applause in the audience and won the medal of honor without any dispute.
After a sufficient warm-up, No. 1 began to present the gift...