Chapter 35: Craft

"Is there anyone buying spiritual cloth? I put it up just to make up the number of products. Their spiritual power is very ordinary, and for some mediums, it shouldn't be of much use, right?"

Xiang Guangtai originally thought that the sales of these spiritual cloths would be very good, but later he thought about it carefully. Those mediums should have better material sources, and the quality of his spiritual cloth is only ordinary. Maybe they don't look down on it at all.

I didn't expect it to be sold.

Then the way of delivery still has to be transferred from Cianwood City. The Charizard that came to pick up the goods should still be the one.

The delivery locations are Unova Undella Town, Johto Ecruteak City, Kanto Pallet Town, and... Hoenn Mt. Pyre?

"Hey, why is there an order from Hoenn... It's another client who refreshed in a distant region."

"However, if the address is Mt. Pyre, there is no way to receive express delivery. That is a place to soothe the souls of dead Pokémon. Is there a delivery point there?"

Without a Pokémon Center, there is no way to receive express delivery.

Xiang Guangtai gritted his teeth. Originally, it shouldn't be free shipping across regions, but considering that he had no clients in Hoenn, although he didn't know where this wild client came from, it was a good opportunity! Can't give up.

Free shipping is free shipping. Just treat it as opening up the market at his own expense.

Just like the free shipping for Unova clients last time!

Mt. Pyre is operated by an old couple, and that old couple, Xiang Guangtai remembered, seemed to be the grandparents of Phoebe, one of the Hoenn Elite Four.

Could it be that these charms were bought by Phoebe?

Or maybe it was bought by some psychic.

There are also many mediums and psychics practicing on Mt. Pyre.

Xiang Guangtai quickly processed those orders and waited quietly for that Charizard to pick up the goods. However, the order shipped to the Hoenn region chose express delivery. In order to leave a good impression on the new client.

If it is express, it probably won't be transported by Charizard. Maybe it's Dragonite picking up the goods, and then sending it to Olivine City and then shipping it to Hoenn by sea.

Compared to the Unova region, the Hoenn region is very close to Johto.

In the northwest of the Johto region, there are ruins moved by ancient Hoenn people, who built the Embedded Tower to worship Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza.

The delivery address naturally cannot be Mt. Pyre, but Lilycove City or Mossdeep City nearby.

Xiang Guangtai made a note and sent an email to this client, then left the computer and began today's work.

For a whole day, Xiang Guangtai was making crafts.

The stones from when he organized the land came in handy. Using ancient carving crafts for craft production can produce "imitation ancient crafts" for sale. These brand-new "imitation ancient crafts," in terms of appearance and even themselves, are completely ancient objects. If Xiang Guangtai didn't label them as imitations, he estimated that not many people would identify them.

Of course, to become an "ancient object," one must inlay ruin debris. Fortunately, he still had half a piece left, let Doublade cut it, split it in half, keep half, and cut the other half into smaller pieces.

In fact, making ancient sculptures can also use "Ancient Rock," but Xiang Guangtai doesn't know the source and clues of this material yet.

Doublade was also constantly exercising its stone-cutting technology at this time. After mastering the move Brick Break, it could finally perform violent strikes on these damn stones.

What Rock Smash, what Rock Smash!

And unexpectedly, because it became two swords, the efficiency was also improved—not just because of the two swords, its two consciousnesses were also competing with each other, wanting to prove that their side was the original version through "the technology of processing stone materials"!

"(⊙╰X╯⊙)!!!"

"Yo-woo, yo-pu!!!"

"This is really a fake Doublade." Xiang Guangtai looked at the two swords fighting each other again and could only spread his hands helplessly.

In the soft soil, berries were also planted. Just like what the flower shop sister in the Hoenn region said in the game, berry planting is very simple. You only need to bury the seeds or even the whole fruit, and the rest depends on the berries themselves. They grow very fast.

Not to mention Petilil's care.

However, some things began to show gaps.

Fiddlehead, this is a fern plant that can be used as a material for throwing items. After unfolding the leaves rolled into a vortex, it is a natural wrapping paper. In the village and on Volo's side, there is no such material.

It is one of the materials for making Sticky Globules.

If Fiddlehead can find other ferns to replace, then the materials for Sticky Globules also include Mud Globules and Apricorns.

Mud Globules are solid lumps of mud, which are relatively easy to obtain, but Apricorns are natural Apricorns with the pulp eaten, and Apricorns are not berries.

Apricorns are special fruits used to make Poké Balls. They are distributed all over the Johto region, but they are only sporadically distributed, and it is even less easy to see them in this ancient land.

In the Poké Ball craftsman in the Johto region, that is, the mountain behind Mr. Kurt's house, there are many Apricorns forming a large forest.

"I only have one white Apricorn brought by Petilil."

Now it can be basically determined that Petilil's habitat has Apricorns. However, to enter the Shenhe Forest, one needs to be fully prepared, and one cannot go too deep yet.

At the same time, Xiang Guangtai was also thinking about the clues of the three crystals.

Because Walking Wake's crystal was brought out from the dream world for unknown reasons, but the remaining two, Brilliant Crystal, indicated that it was the physical form of Terastal energy. Xiang Guangtai knew that thing was probably the "Terastal Pit" in the game, and the appearance looked like a combination of many huge columnar crystals.

There is no such thing here, only in the Paldea region and the mountain pool in Kitakami.

And Ancient Crystal... related to the three legendary giants.

The three legendary giants, namely Regirock, Regice, Registeel.

Xiang Guangtai knew there was such a thing, but that was a card in the Pokémon card game. The appearance was square, old, and etched with strange textures, semi-transparent crystals. Its effect was closely related to the three legendary giants.

Perhaps, this kind of ancient crystal is the source of the "Clear Body" ability of the three legendary giants.

Since it is speculated that it is related to Clear Body, can "Clear Amulet" be made through this kind of ancient crystal?

"Clear Bell, Clear Amulet... There are really quite a few items that can be processed by crystals."

The carving work lasted for a day, and Xiang Guangtai made quite a few crafts.

The information of the crafts began to appear and be identified.

'Completed a craft production!'

'Craft: Small 【Ancient Stone Statue】—Shenhe Ruin Style.'

'Description: A stone statue carved in an ancient style, the shape is Snorlax, possessing lifelike carving and imitation ancient level, it is said that its carving style comes from the ancient Shenhe ruins. Because it is inlaid with ruin debris, it has become an incredible ancient object. Some enthusiasts will buy it at a high price.'

'Craft effect: Calm—can slightly calm external forces and calm the soul.'

'Obtained Knowledge: 1.'

'Ancient Sculptor: The items you carve will be full of ancient feelings, carving technology +25%!'

'Different "Ancient Craft" will have different effects, changing according to the craft style and other carving crafts.'

And what emerged later were clues about new random materials:

Clue:

【Rare Material: Hard Stone.】

【Acquisition Location: Near the foot of the ancient Spirit Peak, near the nameless plateau in the northwest, quartz plateau caves in the southwest, mountain roads, Shenhe Forest, Rock Mountain Ruins, nameless forest on the periphery, southern forest, eastern hillside woods.】

【Corresponding Craft: Lure Food Craft.】

It's Hard Stone!

Although it is not rare in terms of material level, Hard Stone is indeed something he needs! If he can't find the source, he has to buy it from Volo. This thing is a mineral beneficial to the body, basically rock salt.

Now that he knew the collection location of Hard Stone, Xiang Guangtai nodded with satisfaction.

As for the shape of the sculpture or figure, the reason why it is Snorlax instead of the common Rhydon... This is because Xiang Guangtai felt that his crafts need to have some characteristics.

Ancient people were also using Rhydon carvings, and modern people also put Rhydon at the door of the gym. If there are Rhydon everywhere, what unique and attractive places can his crafts have?

And Snorlax is... easier to carve than Rhydon!

Maybe after the carving skills gradually become proficient, he can also try to carve some characters and make them into stone figure figures?

This thing must sell better than ordinary stone carvings!

"For example, making stone figure figures of champions in various regions after getting authorization, the sales must be... No, I guess I can't get this kind of authorization."

Xiang Guangtai shook his head. To get the authorization of the champions, he has to get familiar with them. For him, this kind of thing doesn't even have a shadow for the time being.

However, if he sells Arceus stone carvings, Volo will definitely become a big client!

"Right, I said last time I would provide him with crafts... Then let's really make a few Arceus stone carvings."

Time flows, coming to night.

The first Arceus stone carving was made, carrying a strong ancient atmosphere.

For some reason, Xiang Guangtai felt that this stone carving felt more ancient than the previous Snorlax stone carving.

Is it because Arceus's image itself is inseparable from ancient times?

'Craft: Small 【Classical Ancient Stone Statue】 (Premium)—Shenhe Ruin Style.'

'Description: It is a "Premium" sculpture. A stone statue carved in an ancient style, the shape is Arceus, who is revered as the creator god in the Sinnoh region. Perhaps because the image itself represents mythology, the ancient object level of this stone statue has been improved. Some enthusiasts will buy it at a huge price.'

'Craft effect 1: Powerful Realization (Limited to 1 time per Pokémon)—You can vaguely hear the music of ancient Shenhe in the sculpture. After listening to it, the Pokémon will randomly realize a powerful move that can only be learned after evolution. The stronger the Pokémon before evolution, the stronger the move it can realize.'

'Craft effect 2: Shining Birth—Pokémon born from eggs under the influence of the sculpture will have more powerful individual talents, and there will also be opportunities to hatch/encounter new lives of different colors.'

'Strange message: Life born from eggs will always be exhausted, and then, as a new life, it will be born again.'

"This sentence is... the legend about eggs in ancient Johto."

"And... different colors?" Xiang Guangtai muttered, and suddenly a flash of inspiration appeared.

So this is an item for "hatching shiny"?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 36 =====