Chapter 117: Yulin

Normally, one shouldn't enter the Celestic Forest when the sky is getting dark. This is very dangerous.

But Steven couldn't hold back when he heard the clue about the Bai Shi of Gratitude!

Excavating rare stones is more important than anything else, and with Steven as a companion, Xiang Guangtai felt more confident.

In the Celestic Forest, the most powerful ones in the outer forest are just a Scyther Alpha and a Pokémon suspected to be Ursaluna, but in front of the Champion, these two Pokémon are not enough to look at!

Xiang Guangtai simply repaired Regirock's body. This craftsmanship made Steven marvel again. Afterwards, Steven and Regirock started chatting. With Xiang Guangtai acting as a translator, the person and the Pokémon became more and more compatible!

And Steven was also shocked to find that the Regirock in front of him could accurately give the formation reasons and locations of various stones. This is the knowledge reserve that only very powerful stone excavators have!

"Incredible, Rock-type Pokémon at most know that some stones are beneficial to their bodies and will stay in some mineral veins to prevent outsiders and other Pokémon from entering, but Regirock is different... Is this the result of learning from humans? Or does the giant itself possess this knowledge?"

If it weren't for the fact that Regirock is Xiang Guangtai's friend, or even can be seen as Xiang Guangtai's Pokémon, Steven would have had the idea of persuading Regirock to be caught by himself!

After all, a super assistant who can give various excavation suggestions and even help dig stones manually—how could he, as a gem collector, not want it!

This is simply a two-way rush, a dream pillar!

The setting sun sprinkled on the soil of the Celestic Forest through the gaps in the tree canopy. The giant led the way in front, Xiang Guangtai and Steven followed behind, and there were Doublade, Lilligant, Turtwig, Metagross...

That is the direction of the rock mountain ruins. After arriving at the rock mountain ruins, they continued to go deep into the forest and finally arrived at a deep valley. There are traces of trees being cut down nearby.

"Eh?"

Xiang Guangtai saw those big trees with traces of cutting, but what attracted Xiang Guangtai most were the broken walls and ruins left in the valley, as well as a large number of ancient tombstones.

"Regi... Regi Regi."

Regirock made a strange sound, seemingly mourning. Although it didn't sound much different from its usual voice, Xiang Guangtai could feel that Regirock's heart was actually a bit sad at this time.

"It said that after it woke up, it saw this cemetery—the tombs left by the ancient people of Celestic. After Celestic dispersed, it fell into a deep sleep, and when it woke up, it found these tombs."

Everyone stood quietly in the valley looking at this ancient cemetery, while Regirock stopped them, because if they went further...

That guy, it's out!

Whoosh——!

A black fist shadow suddenly flew out of the valley and smashed in front of Xiang Guangtai and Steven. Following that, a huge pitch-black figure gradually emerged from the void like a ghost!

Ghost-type giant, Dusknoir!

And the black fist shadow that just flew out was the Ghost-type move "Shadow Punch"!

This is a warning!

"Younon!"

Dusknoir didn't care about Xiang Guangtai and Steven, but locked onto Regirock directly!

Legendary giant...! What is the purpose of your visit here!

Dusknoir guards this ancient cemetery and is responsible for the soul reception work near Celestic. There is an ancient soul that is unwilling to leave and sleeps here in this ancient cemetery. Before leading that soul away, it will not let anyone damage this cemetery!

"Regi——"

Regirock didn't show weakness in the face of Dusknoir, directly accusing the other party of invading its temple before. Dusknoir explained, indicating that it was not its original intention!

It was because that Scyther had disturbed the peace of this cemetery and also used the "Thief" move to steal important items here, so it chased it out!

"Younon!"

So, if there is nothing else, leave here!

"Regi——"

Regirock indicated that it was here to take those white stones.

White stones... Dusknoir turned slightly and glanced at the most conspicuous white stone tablet in the cemetery.

There are indeed white stones nearby that are the same as the white stone tablet, but those also belong to the important items of the cemetery. Except for those strange flowers, the rest of the things cannot be taken away!

Those white stones have strange power. If the layout here is destroyed, it might cause the sleeping soul to be unable to wake up, and its work would not be completed!

"It seems that the negotiation failed." Steven pondered the situation in front of him. Metagross was by his side, staring at Dusknoir, and Dusknoir also noticed the power of this Metagross, suddenly becoming highly nervous.

With its power, can it really guard this cemetery?

"We have no intention of fighting you." Xiang Guangtai walked out and talked to Dusknoir using advanced Spirit Medium knowledge.

Dusknoir felt the strong spiritual power on Xiang Guangtai. It carefully perceived and tried to establish a soul connection with Xiang Guangtai, but the next moment, its soul seemed to be pulled into another world instantly!

Void storm, distorted buildings, inverted heaven and earth, huge crystal prisms, and that black-winged dragon like a floating centipede!

"Gaa!"

The ruler in the shadows cast a glance at it. Giratina perceived the existence of Dusknoir through Xiang Guangtai's soul perception and felt very displeased with Dusknoir's unauthorized intervention in Xiang Guangtai's soul connection!

This is Celestic. Does a mere Spirit Realm civil servant want to establish a connection with the descendant of Celestic?

But the next moment, Giratina suddenly perceived a certain "thing" on Dusknoir. It was slightly stunned, and then poured all its Ghost energy into the soul connection with Xiang Guangtai! Dusknoir was scared back by this huge spiritual energy, its single eye contracted violently, and it waved its hands repeatedly!

The power of the Spirit Medium in front of it is too powerful!

After connecting... is that the ruler of the Distortion World?!

Dusknoir shed a trace of cold sweat, not knowing what the origin of the human in front of it was. It originally wanted to rely on power to expel this group of people, but now it seems it might not be able to do it...

Wait! Dusknoir suddenly realized something, its single eye wide open!

The Spirit Medium in front of it, could it be the guy who died and was resurrected mentioned in the Spirit Realm radio waves before?!

The human who won the resurrection match?!

【"That Dusknoir has something good on it!"】

Giratina's soul voice came, making Xiang Guangtai startled. He didn't expect Giratina, who was far away in the Distortion World, to be able to communicate with him on the soul level.

"... Perhaps I can help you lead away that soul that is unwilling to leave." Xiang Guangtai made a suggestion: "In exchange, please let us take away some white rocks."

"Younon..." Dusknoir extinguished the heart of fighting. The power of the human in front of it far exceeded its imagination. It was the first time it had seen a Spirit Medium who had a close connection with the giant ghost dragon that occupied an entire world! And he could be resurrected from the dead, even more powerful than itself...

Perhaps, the human in front of it can really help it complete its work!

So Dusknoir nodded, turned around, and brought Xiang Guangtai to the white tombstone.

Xiang Guangtai squatted down, wiped the white stone tablet with text on it, and at the same time summoned Doublade, removing those Cleanse Tags from Doublade's body.

Phoebe had said that his charms could allow souls with nowhere to go to go to the Spirit Realm for rebirth, which is a very useful item.

Although he doesn't know how to use spiritual power to transcend the dead, his crafts can do all this!

So, Xiang Guangtai pasted the Cleanse Tag on the white stone tablet and observed the information on the stone tablet:

【Precious Material: Bai Shi of Gratitude (Tombstone, cannot be used).】

【Description: A very ancient white stone, the surface is as bright as a mirror, made into the shape of a tombstone. It is said that if you carve words of gratitude on this stone, you can accurately convey your gratitude to your friends.】

This stone is...!

Xiang Guangtai saw this description and finally remembered!

So that's it, the Bai Shi of Gratitude is that stone!

In the Pokémon series work "Platinum," if you can get Professor Oak's Letter, you can go to the Seabreak Path. At the starting point of the road, there is a huge white stone!

When you write words of gratitude on the stone, you will see the Gratitude Pokémon "Shaymin," thereby entering the Seabreak Path and arriving at the Flower Paradise! And the end of the road was originally barren, but after Shaymin appeared, it immediately turned into a sea of flowers!

Xiang Guangtai vaguely saw some illusions.

That seemed to be the appearance of the ruins when they were still intact, a bit blurry.

Ancient city-states, houses built with mud and stones, people living on this land, children chasing and playing with each other.

Then, a little girl with a blurry face appeared.

From a girl to a young woman, from youth to middle age, and finally gradually aging. Although her background environment was blurry, it was also constantly changing.

The illusion disappeared, the settlement gradually disappeared and fell into disrepair, leaving only the last stone tablet.

On it were ancient characters written in Unown.

The setting sun shone through the leaves of the forest, dappled on this ancient inscription like golden rain.

【I will sleep here.】

【I pray to the gods.】

【Forever looking forward to it.】

【Only hoping that we will have a day to meet again.】

【The one I am most grateful to is the person named Xiang Guangtai.】

【Thank you for giving me life.】

The signature is...

【Yulin.】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 118 =====