Chapter 45: Celebi's Visit

Back at the workshop with the wood, Xiang Guangtai saw over a dozen new orders on the computer as soon as he returned, and some people had even swept away the entire inventory of those sculptures, which made him very happy.

Not only that, but there were also requests for custom sculptures, and there was more than one such person.

【Avant-Garde Art】, 【Gible Senior】, 【Ice Doll】, 【Pokémon Observer】.

"The IDs are quite distinctive. The ones they want carved are Sudowoodo, Gible, and... Lapras, Cloyster, Dewgong, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle?"

"If that's the case, the remaining ruin stones are not enough. I have to find other ruins."

"Everything is moving in a good direction. Thank you, Bugsy! It must be you who helped me promote it!"

"Sure enough, having a Gym Leader as a client is much more convenient."

Whether it was active promotion or passive promotion, the products had started to be sold, and sales were constantly rising!

However, sculptures are fragile items. But his sculptures have no problem even if they are damaged; they can still exert normal effects unless they are completely smashed or beaten to powder, or the head is broken off so that the original Pokémon shape cannot be seen. Otherwise, just missing a hand or breaking a tail is just a minor injury, not a big problem.

It's just that it will look a bit ugly.

Xiang Guangtai had already tested this point. For this reason, he damaged a sculpture. Fortunately, the ruin stone part of the sculpture could still be reused, so the only thing damaged in the end was a piece of ordinary stone.

However, before the transportation process, Xiang Guangtai would naturally take protective measures. Some stone carvings were carved in pieces and then assembled. Such stone carvings were more convenient during transportation, and the damage rate would also be reduced.

When transporting stone carvings, it is also best to fill the cargo box with a large amount of foam sponge and cotton, and try to keep it stable during transportation.

So Xiang Guangtai applied for large-item transportation this time.

A stone carving figurine is indeed a small item, but together it is a large item.

However, he didn't have foam sponge and cotton here, so before he wanted to transport, he had to buy a batch from other places and use them as packaging for the stone carvings, which could also facilitate his future shipping process.

That Charizard will be busy now!

"The delivery locations are New Bark Town, Sandgem Town, Sinnoh Battle Frontier, Sevii Islands, Azalea Town... Eh, there is also Cortondo. Is it an order from the Paldea region?"

"Wild clients have refreshed!"

After contacting the Pokémon Center in Blackthorn City, Xiang Guangtai and Dou Jianqiao went to deal with the wood they brought back.

Dou Jianqiao used the double Fury Cutter again, continuously slashing a portion of the wood, cutting them into neat firewood. Moving the firewood into the cabin and stacking it in the corners of the walls and the warehouse, Cherubi also came to help in this process, and what surprised Xiang Guangtai was that her small body seemed to contain huge power.

She used her head to easily carry the firewood, although the leaves on her head were flattened, they would return to their original state as soon as she put down the firewood.

"Cheru~" Cherubi curled up her small skirt, indicating that since the last prayer, she felt filled with strength.

The enhancement of the attack individual value also increased her strength.

After dealing with a portion of the firewood, the sky unknowingly reached dusk. Seeing that there was still quite a lot of wood left on the cart, Xiang Guangtai decided to make the rest of the wood into charcoal.

The preparation process of charcoal is quite simple, however, the simpler things are, the harder it is to do them best, so the gap between high-quality charcoal and inferior charcoal can be seen at a glance, so Xiang Guangtai still needs to make sufficient preparations.

Although he could probably find charcoal in the village, it might not be what he wanted, and ordinary charcoal is not a rare material; it is just an ordinary kind of fuel.

The sky was already late today, so he had to wait until tomorrow to work.

At the same time, Xiang Guangtai changed the word in the house to "Celebi."

A strange feeling filled the inside and outside of the workshop. This workshop seemed to have come alive, and this vibrant power made the surrounding grass and trees change visibly to the naked eye!

Xiang Guangtai came outside the house and found that the biggest change was not the medicinal herbs and crops, but the fruit trees!

Those fruit trees were originally just small tree buds, and just by changing the word Celebi, those tree buds had grown visibly taller by a large margin!

If following the steps in the game, berry trees generally go through seven stages from "planted," "sprouted," "growing," "growing taller," "flower buds," "blooming," to "fruiting," and in the warm and humid Hoenn, it only takes five stages to complete the whole process from planting to fruiting!

"Directly from the sprouting stage to the growing stage!"

"So that's it, the effect of the Celebi word is 'growth stage skipping'... probably?"

Xiang Guangtai was quite surprised, and looking at other medicinal herbs and crops, they also had different degrees of growth, basically skipping a whole growth stage.

Especially the bean, it had almost grown to half a meter high and needed a shelf.

This is indeed very convenient! It can greatly reduce the time for plants to grow!

"Cheru~" Cherubi also looked at what happened in front of her in disbelief. She didn't know what Xiang Guangtai did, but the surrounding grass and trees seemed to skip a whole growth stage. Her small head didn't understand the current situation at all!

And Dou Jianqiao floated out, proudly indicating:

See, this is the power of special items, and that strange stone plate was processed with its help!

But this is not bragging, but a solid achievement!

Cherubi was surprised, then happily shook the leaves on her head, but suddenly, she seemed to think of something, and her happy mood gradually disappeared, turning into a bit of loss.

With such powerful power, there is actually no need for her to help take care of the land.

Then, what about the work and the reward for completing the work...

"Yo!"

Dou Jianqiao saw her melancholy, patted her leaves with two ribbons at the same time, and looked at Xiang Guangtai.

"The power of items is temporary. If the words on the stone plate are changed, this power will be lost, and a true planting master does not need any items to make plants grow lush and strong."

Xiang Guangtai also squatted down and stroked Cherubi's leaves:

"You don't have to worry, just do your normal work. Just like I said, the stone plate cannot always remain unchanged; it is just an auxiliary when planting land, and it cannot be used as the axis of work."

"Only the knowledge gained through work is the correct way to become stronger. Even if the first planting ends immediately, there are second and third plantings, right? No power is used without limit."

Xiang Guangtai's comfort made Cherubi happy again. She jumped in place, hugged Xiang Guangtai's palm, and her mood became good again.

"It will be very busy these days! Let's work hard together."

Xiang Guangtai entered the workshop with a happy mood, and Dou Jianqiao greeted Cherubi and returned to the house.

Cherubi still loved to stay in the soil. These two days, with the successive sprouting and growth of surrounding medicinal herbs, crops, and even berries, the vitality on this land became more intense, especially after the event just now...

When this land became completely quiet and all people and Pokémon entered their dreams.

This strange Pokémon flew down from the roof and landed in the medicinal field. She waved to the forest, and a Turtwig climbed from the forest to this land alertly.

"Na!"

Turtwig carefully observed the surrounding environment, and after confirming that there were no uninvited guests, it quietly climbed out of the bushes. The mud shell on its back carried several strange plants, among which the large red leaves were particularly eye-catching.

They were "Focus Band" and "Nature Mint"!

It came to the back of the black berry tree, quickly dug a small hole, and then lay into the small hole, stood its leaves on its head upright, and used the move "Synthesis."

The shell on its back and the surrounding soil seemed to melt together, nurturing all the plants on its body with the help of the fertile land, and began to rest with peace of mind.

However, this land was often visited by Voltorb... Turtwig thought uncomfortably, should it find a new place to live?

The forest has been really chaotic lately. Mantis, big bear, black ghost, rolling electric balls, and strange giants digging stones.

"Time!"

Strange ethereal laughter appeared in Turtwig's ear. It was immediately startled and opened its eyes wide, lifting its head from the small hole and looking left and right. The grass-green Pokémon appeared out of thin air beside Turtwig, scaring it!

A Pokémon I've never seen before... Turtwig was a bit nervous!

This Pokémon wouldn't also want the plants on its body, right?!

"Time," the grass-green Pokémon approached Turtwig, whispering in a low voice, then pointed in the direction Xiang Guangtai left, and Turtwig understood the meaning of the grass-green Pokémon. It looked at that direction hesitantly and shook its head again.

If it lives in a human's territory, the plants on its back will be pulled out!

The grass-green Pokémon shook her head, indicating that she saw many, many plants in that human's land, and the vitality of that land is quite rich!

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Celebi looked at the surrounding medicinal herbs, and after soothing the Turtwig, watched as the Turtwig hid in a patch of soil nearby. Afterward, it used its psychic powers to fly into Guang Tai's house, where it saw various strange materials, as well as that batch of sculptures displayed around the workbench and on the ground.

The sculpture of Arceus stared at Celebi, as if playing some kind of ancient music in its ears.

"Bi?"

Some wondrous scenes emerged in Celebi's eyes; they seemed to be sights that had existed on this land a long time ago. Celebi looked at those sculptures.

These sculptures gave it the same feeling as those stone statues that people had carved for it in the past.

In Ilex Forest, there was also a shrine, and the sculptures inside were left behind long ago. In even more distant forests, it had also once stopped, and many people had performed sculpting for it.

They possessed unique power, just like that stone statue in the forest, which could make the trees flourish.

By the way, was the prototype of that stone statue actually the Petilil outside?

So that's how it is. If it's this person, perhaps he could help it repair the damaged shrine!

The one left behind by the ancient Hisui people... the shrine that had long since been damaged deep in the forest.

(End of chapter)