Chapter 10: Light Clay

According to memory, that was drawn by the original owner a few days after returning, through extremely limited wild activities and exploration, as well as the first trip to the village, and roughly sorting out the terrain nearby through communication with the villagers.

Guang Tai returns to the house, takes down the map, and looks at the surroundings in contrast to the map.

First is the main body of the Sinjoh Ruins. It is actually the remains of a temple, far from the village, hidden in the deepest and highest part of the ancient spirit peak. To enter the spirit peak, one can only do so in summer. Once entering the autumn and winter seasons, the place will be covered by a sky-filling blizzard. So the mark on the simple map is "?", in the upper right corner.

It is said that ruin investigators or explorers from other regions come over from time to time to carry out investigation activities, but most have no gains.

This is also normal. After all, there are too many ruins in the Pokémon world. Sinjoh Ruins... If one doesn't know its truth, one would only think it is a temple ruin located in the north of Johto and the Indigo Plateau.

In the cold winter season, this place will be cut off by blizzards, and the Sinjoh Ruins deep in the mountains will also be blocked by heavy snow. To enter the ruins, one must pass through the wall of ice and snow.

Due to being located at the edge of the Indigo Plateau, the climate is cold, and the snow in the mountain valleys is almost never-melting all year round. The village is hidden in the mountain hollow, relying on the ancient spirit peak, retaining a small piece of land to multiply, and the sowing season every year only just begins until June.

In the northwest, there is a large forest called the Sinjoh Forest. The forest is full of tall and ancient trees. In some places, even sunlight cannot shine in.

The east is a continuous nameless mountain range, mostly based on rocky mountains. These tall and continuous mountains form many deep canyons. In the middle of the canyons, there are some scattered and fragmented moist areas, and the ancient spirit peak where the Sinjoh Ruins are located is the highest peak of the eastern mountain range. Many rivers and streams flow out from the spirit peak, passing through the village and the forest.

The south leads to the Johto region, mostly huge and tall Indigo Plateaus. Even Mt. Moon and the Unown mountain range are part of it. Opposite the plateau is Blackthorn City in the Johto region.

And the due west is also a nameless huge plateau and mountain range. From the map, it can be seen that this plateau extends from the north of Ecruteak City and the Battle Frontier to the far north, until it enters outside the map. Just the tip of the iceberg revealed on the Johto map, its scale is not inferior to the Indigo Plateau.

He shifted his gaze back from the distance and looked once more at the wasteland near the workshop.

Although, due to the nature of his work, an item craftsman like him who takes on any job often operates in the mountains and fields of different regions, which leads to his work location changing frequently, destined not to stay in one place for too long.

Now that he has obtained the special ability to acquire knowledge and craftsmanship, it is even more necessary to move around.

However, his work in the Divine Capital has only just begun, and this abandoned workshop should also be restarted.

At the very least, he will still be staying here for a relatively long period, and there is one type of item that cannot be separated from the land.

That is "potions."

From the medicinal herbs of ancient times to today's Full Heals, Full Restores, and other medicines, their essence has not actually changed. The medicinal herbs of the Pokémon world have incredible effects; if it is a common injury, one only needs to drip the juice of the herb onto it to see immediate results.

And after being made into a potion, the effect is even more astonishing; that is the result of mixing the medicinal properties of different herbs, but this production process varies across different regions and for various types of medicine.

Mint, herbs, Revival Herbs—these are also common medicinal items that require human cultivation; it would be very difficult if one relied solely on searching in the wild, and some specific herbs do not grow in all regions.

Therefore, when out and about, keeping a supply of various herb seeds and planting them anytime, anywhere, is a very important matter.

Guang Tai himself also has some herb seeds. Every time he works in a new place, he leaves some behind after planting, or he goes to a local pharmacy to purchase them, while also buying some vegetable and plant seeds for emergencies.

Seeds, unlike fresh vegetables, have a fairly long lifespan as long as they are stored well.

Guang Tai himself is not a herbalist, but even if he is not an expert in herbs, he can still make ordinary healing medicine; this is the craft of the local Sinnoh people, using healing grass as the material.

"I should go to the village to replenish my stock."

In the original owner's memories, there should be pharmacists and craftsmen in the village. The pharmacists have herb fields where he can go to buy some herb seeds for replenishment, or transplant some herbs over, and take the opportunity to see if there are any rare herbs here.

As for ordinary crop seeds, he just needs to find the villagers to buy some. To be honest, Guang Tai feels he will be staying here for at least a few months, so the source of food is very important.

As it happens, it is now summer in the Divine Capital, and the plants are greedily absorbing the warm air and growing wildly.

Moreover, besides purchasing seeds, he also needs to go collect rags.

"Yo?"

Guang Tai turned around and saw Honedge floating over.

Ghost-type Pokémon are also Pokémon; they are not true ghosts after all, and they also need to rest.

"Good morning, Honedge! Let's start working!"

"Yo!"

Honedge seemed a bit excited, although it had no idea what it was going to do, it just issued an inquiry:

Is it time to chop vegetables again?

"No, today we will first tidy up the house; in the afternoon, we need to go to the village once."

The abandoned workshop had indeed been deserted for a long time. After the original owner returned, only the living room, the studio, and the basement were used. There were still four rooms that hadn't been used, with old wooden chairs inside placed askew and covered in dust; just opening the door made one cough incessantly.

Honedge floated inside, and a somewhat chilly feeling enveloped it, making it feel very comfortable!

"Why are you so happy? Speaking of which, the feeling this house gives people is really uncomfortable. It seems the information displayed was not wrong; the old house has already bred resentment, and this is indeed a supernatural place."

A house that hasn't been used for too long is like this. Guang Tai looked at the layout of the first room: a rectangular table with some old glass bottles placed on it, and beside the rectangular table was a cabinet with three layers of storage areas above and two large drawers below.

Some metal utensils and tools for making medicine were placed on the storage area, and beside the cabinet was a small, long bookshelf with some old, rotten books placed on it, their spines already damaged or even fallen off.

"Looks like a medicine-making room."

This was Guang Tai's first impression. Those bottles, jars, and metal utensils, plus the rotten books, indeed fit the stereotype of a medicine-making room. However, Guang Tai only lightly touched those books, and they seemed like they were about to turn into ashes immediately; that powdery feeling made Guang Tai dismiss the thought of taking one out to look at.

These books hadn't been touched for many years, and they would "shed debris" if flipped through even slightly; normal reading was probably impossible. But Guang Tai thought that book restoration was also a craft, he just didn't know if he would have the opportunity to obtain this technique.

"After planting the herbs and harvesting them, I can come to this room to make medicine; there are quite a few ready-made utensils here."

After this, the second room was quite empty; it looked like a forging room. The surrounding walls were also made of stone, and at the end of the room was a medium-sized furnace connected to a huge chimney, with some old pipes around it that were covered in rust and presumably could no longer be used.

On the other side of the wall were some empty storage boxes, inside which there were still some leftover charcoal dregs. The wall of this room seemed to be able to open; Guang Tai saw a wooden stake stuck in a wall that looked like a door panel.

Guang Tai saw Honedge float to the side and pick up a large, rust-covered wrench from a corner.

"In the future, I can do small-scale forging here... it's just like a blacksmith shop in a game."

The third room contained some hardened lumps of soil, as well as some discarded, poor-quality pottery jars. Guang Tai picked up a pottery jar, and the Ancient Treasure Hunter's knowledge activated simultaneously, seeing the appraisal information on it.

【Craft: Discarded Modern Pottery Jar.】

【Description: A completely failed craft; no one would buy it even if sold cheaply. Generally speaking, this is trash.】

Alright, nothing happened; these were just ordinary pottery jars that failed in production.

"Is this a pottery room?"

Guang Tai, filled with curiosity, headed to the fourth room. However, the result left Guang Tai somewhat disappointed; the fourth room was empty, with nothing in it, though an empty room is also the easiest to clean.

The big cleanup started quickly. Guang Tai and Honedge organized and wiped down the things that had been left behind. It took an entire morning to clear away all the dust in the rooms. During this process, Guang Tai discovered something strange.

Sure enough, sometimes deliberately observing makes it harder to find good things, while unintentional cleaning might clear out strange and curious items from certain corners.

It was a lump of light green clay emitting a faint glow.

【Rare Material: Light Clay】

【Effect: When a Pokémon holding this uses Light Screen or Reflect, the effect lasts longer than usual.】

【Acquisition Craft: 1】

【Unique Pottery Firing Craft (C-): The pottery produced will retain the effects of the raw materials. Ground-type and Rock-type Pokémon will be very fond of the pottery fired this way, which slightly enhances their elemental energy.】

In the game, Light Clay can be obtained by repeatedly digging in the Underground of the Sinnoh region, and its rarity is "Very Rare."

"If I use this thing to make pottery, will the pottery also glow?" A strange thought suddenly popped into Guang Tai's mind.

Clay is originally a material for making pottery; if one uses Light Clay to do pottery...

"Is the pottery in my house mature pottery? Will it set up a Light Screen by itself?"

(End of chapter)