Chapter 52

Xiang Guangtai sighed with satisfaction.

There was no other work during the charcoal burning process, so he returned to the house and put all the items that could be put on the shelves on the shelves. As for wood carvings, the choice of Pokémon to carve didn't matter. This point was looser than stone carving; there was no need to test the effects one by one, and it was faster to carve.

"Speaking of which, what would happen if I carved a human?"

This thought arose in Xiang Guangtai's mind and could no longer be dispelled. In fact, Xiang Guangtai had thought about making some human sculptures to see what would happen at the beginning, but he had been busy every day recently, so he had never had the free time to realize this idea.

Do it as soon as he thinks of it. Xiang Guangtai began to carve wood. As for the character to choose... if he had to talk about "famous figures" he had seen recently, it must be Volo.

"Carving Volo, huh? Won't that attract Giratina? Forget it, let's change to someone else first."

"Hmm, how about Cynthia!"

Speaking of Volo, one would naturally think of Cynthia, wouldn't one!

Come to think of it, Volo, Cogita, and Cynthia all have the same face. Are the genes of the ancient Sinnoh people so powerful?

Xiang Guangtai soon began to carve. The carving knife kept cutting on the wood, and from time to time, he had to chisel away the parts he didn't like. Soon, a wooden sculpture of Cynthia was finished.

【Crafted Item: Small 【Ancient Wood Carving】 — Celestic Ruins style.】

【Description: A wooden statue carved in an ancient style, modeled after Sinnoh Champion Cynthia.】

【Crafted Item Effect: Archaeology — Can only obtain one piece of lost knowledge from a ruin.】

"Eh, why isn't there a description of 'some enthusiasts will buy it at a high price' this time? Is this thing unsellable?"

"The effect is archaeology, obtaining corresponding lost knowledge from ruins. This is Cynthia's profession. So that's it. After carving a character's image, the effect produced is linked to their profession. Then what if there is no extra profession, and they are just a Gym Leader?"

Xiang Guangtai immediately set to work and chose another Gym Leader who "should have no side job."

"Norman."

He is the father of the protagonist of the Ruby/Sapphire series. Depending on the character chosen, he becomes the corresponding father of Brendan/May. If it's in the anime, it's May's father; if it's in the manga, it's Ruby's father.

Norman is just a simple person pursuing powerful strength. Although in the Special manga, Norman seems to have a previous job as a League staff member, in the games and anime, he seems to have no side job and no League staff position, only the identity of a Gym Leader.

【Crafted Item: Small 【Ancient Wood Carving】 — Celestic Ruins style.】

【Description: A wooden statue carved in an ancient style, modeled after Norman of the Petalburg Gym.】

【Crafted Item Effect: Normal Power — Will affect surrounding Normal-type Pokémon. If they exercise around the sculpture for a long time, the strength of Normal-type Pokémon will become slightly stronger.】

"Oh, so it increases the corresponding attribute power!"

"Then what about someone who has neither a job nor a corresponding attribute?"

Xiang Guangtai soon carved a third character.

Red!

A guy who once became Champion but resigned, has no side job, and exercises on Mt. Bai Yin every day until he loses contact. He is known as the Mt. Bai Yin Mountain God and is also theoretically the strongest person in the Pokémon world... one of them?

【Crafted Item: Small 【Ancient Wood Carving】 — Celestic Ruins style.】

【Description: A wooden statue carved in an ancient style, modeled after Kanto Champion Red.】

【Crafted Item Effect: Heart of Battle — When a Pokémon gains effort values, the effort values of all the Pokémon you own will increase synchronously.】

"Is Red's wood carving used for grinding effort values?"

For almost the whole day, Xiang Guangtai was addicted to wood carving. His wood carving skills also made great progress unknowingly. The later characters began to become lifelike, getting rid of the slightly raw feeling at the beginning.

Finally, Xiang Guangtai thought carefully and still carved Volo out.

However, unexpectedly, the effect of Volo's carving was actually to increase intimacy with Pokémon?

I don't know if this effect is a spoof of him and his Togekiss. Although he treats Pokémon as tools on his lips and emphasizes that he is a Pokémon tamer, the Togepi he raised earliest, which needed intimacy to evolve, had already evolved into Togekiss.

It's really that what he says is unpleasant, but he cares extremely about his Pokémon psychologically.

"Putting these together looks like selling figures."

Xiang Guangtai silently complained, while looking at his hands. After a large amount of repetitive carving, his wood carving level had indeed risen visibly.

And the level of stone carving progressed relatively slowly, which was also because stone materials are harder to process than wood materials.

"Even if it's a basic craft, as long as it is repeatedly tempered over the years, it can become a unique and excellent craft."

【Due to the repetitive completion of some work, knowledge has been obtained.】

【Wood Carving Expert: Wood carving efficiency and technique +25%, carved works are more ancient and beautiful.】

June 27th, the weather is cloudy.

This month is about to end, and the climate in Celestic Town has become warmer.

Many things happened yesterday, charcoal burning, wood carving.

Today, Xiang Guangtai does not intend to carve wood, but focuses on custom stone carving, as well as making a large number of charms.

Also, about the production of the King's Rock and Cleanse Tag.

First, Xiang Guangtai processed charms with the Pokémon in the workshop, which didn't take much time.

Doublade was cutting fabric with a "swish-swish-swish" sound, but Xiang Guangtai found that when Doublade was cutting fabric now, it wasn't directly using the blade to cut, but had started using Psycho Cut.

The materialized blade of the heart was manipulated like a fine thread; Doublade's mastery of spiritual power had significantly improved!

"The Psycho Cut pulled into silk threads still retains powerful move power. This feels like a new move?"

If it continues to practice like this, will it be able to practice Space Rend one day?

Sp... Spacial Rend?

It's a pity that the Ghost type doesn't have any cutting moves, and the Ghost-type STAB moves that Doublade can use are only Shadow Sneak and Shadow Claw, and it doesn't know Shadow Claw yet.

So it can only practice Psychic-type cutting moves. However, if Psycho Cut is practiced well, it seems it will also be very powerful!

Xiang Guangtai didn't disturb Doublade, but began to prepare Ancient Rock and Ancient Crystal, preparing to make the Cleanse Tag and King's Rock.

Although he has unique grinding technology, the polishing of crystals must be careful. Thinking of Petilil's leaves, Xiang Guangtai had some ideas.

So Xiang Guangtai came to the medicine field, and Petilil immediately greeted him happily!

"Wawa!"

Xiang Guangtai picked up Petilil. Petilil made a pleasant sound, seemingly humming a little tune. Coming into the workshop, Xiang Guangtai told Petilil about the next work, and Petilil was also full of energy!

It had been waiting for this day for a long time! Finally, it could participate in the carving work!

It plucked the leaves from its head. After Xiang Guangtai carved the general shape of the Cleanse Tag and King's Rock, the next step was its work.

The natural King's Rock is actually a stone; it naturally became the shape of a crown, so the surface is uneven. However, the shape of the artificially made King's Rock is angular and shiny, just like the King's Rock in the side games, with obvious traces of human processing.

Xiang Guangtai was continuing to make the stone shell for the Cleanse Tag. This part was also made of Ancient Rock and needed to be carved.

After a while, until Petilil had finished polishing over there, Xiang Guangtai had finally finished here too.

【Petilil completed the craft work! Gained experience and growth!】

【Learned move: Encore!】

【Petilil obtained knowledge: Grass Polishing — Polishing precision for rocks and crystals +15%】

"Eh? Encore!"

Xiang Guangtai was stunned for a moment, looking at the somewhat excited Petilil, and secretly thought that the move he had been waiting for had finally appeared.

This move is the most important piece of the puzzle to achieve victory!

"Phew—I have to work hard too!"

Xiang Guangtai wiped the sweat from his head and embedded the polished Ancient Crystal core into the rock shell.

【Crafted Item: Cleanse Tag (Celestic Ruins style).】

【Effect: A crystal-clear pendant. After being held, stats will not be lowered by the opponent's moves or abilities!】

【Crafted Item Effect: Clean Spirit — Slightly purifies the hearts of humans and Pokémon. Because it was carved using the Celestic Ruins style, it has the effect of slightly strengthening spiritual power and eliminating fatigue.】

【Obtained Knowledge: 1】

【Heart of Clear Spirit: It is difficult for others to see through your heart, Psychic defense +20%.】

【Crafted Item: King's Rock.】

【Effect: After being held, when attacking and dealing damage, it sometimes makes the opponent flinch!】

【Crafted Item Effect: King's Demeanor — Pokémon's recognition of the holder +20%.】

【Obtained Knowledge: 1】

【King's Quality: Your charm +25%】

Clues for new materials:

【Sun Stone/Dusk Stone.】

【Acquisition Location: Regirock, Ancient Spirit Peak/Traveling Merchant.】

【Corresponding Craft: Environmental Carving Craft/Soul Forging Craft.】

【Due to the repetitive completion of some work, knowledge 2 has been obtained.】

【Charm Expert: Charm production efficiency and technique +25%, spiritual power on the charms seems to have increased.】

【Medium: Your spiritual power increased by 25%, and your application of spiritual power is more proficient.】

"The two most important evolution stones!"

Xiang Guangtai took a deep breath.

Among the three acquisition methods, the one from Volo is the simplest, but if he only has one stone, then he has to find a way for the remaining one.

Where is it so easy to encounter the legendary giant Regirock?

And it's normal for stones to be on Regirock; after all, this Pokémon will look for rare stones everywhere to repair its body, and evolution stones are also a type of rare stone.

Xiang Guangtai's mind gradually calmed down, and then he went to check the charcoal made yesterday, went to the hillside outside to take out the charcoal. These were charcoal made from Ilex Forest wood. Although the earthen kiln was a bit crude, the craft and materials could make up for the lack of equipment.

(End of chapter)