Chapter 1151: Proud Long Wang

The Long Zhi Xiang is located in Unova.

Therefore, the ancestral land didn't build magnificent shrines like the Dragon Tamers of Johto and Hoenn.

There were only ancient temples and altars piled up with rocks.

The crowd was divided into three groups.

The innermost layer belonged to the elders and the Dragon Tamers of the current and past Dragon Kings; the middle layer belonged to the Dragon Tamers of the Long Zhi Xiang; and the visiting tourists generally stood very far away.

It wasn't that they didn't want to get closer; it was that the Long Zhi Xiang required them to stand in this position.

As the most sacred place in the Long Zhi Xiang, the altar couldn't allow outsiders to get too close; being able to watch the Long Wang's birth ceremony was already an exception.

On the altar, the Hydreigon lay prone at the core.

Grandma Dragon, wearing traditional attire, recited ancient languages; the voice was initially filled with sadness, but quickly became impassioned.

Like singing, like celebrating.

Whoosh—

A gentle wind blew from behind everyone.

Flowers, plants, and trees swayed violently, as if bowing to the altar.

"This isn't a natural wind..."

"Nonsense! Where is there a natural wind that blows from every direction!"

Soft conversations arose in the crowd, and quickly became quiet.

Only because clear light gradually shone between the altar and the ancient temple, a mysterious power presented itself before everyone's eyes and gathered toward the Hydreigon.

Suddenly.

Everyone present seemed to hear faint cheers.

*Long Wang descends! *

*A new Long Wang is born! *

*May the Long Zhi Xiang be safe, happy, and successful in all things! *

The cheers didn't distinguish between men and women, as if coming from thousands of people, and also like the simultaneous sound of leaves rubbing, sand jumping, and grass flying.

Hum!

Countless mottled emerald starlight jumped up.

They came from the earth, flew toward the glowing altar following the commotion of the crowd, and submerged into the Hydreigon's body, healing the injuries it had suffered.

Not just it; all the Pokémon that participated in the Long Wang competition and were injured were healed.

These faint starlight even surged into All Baimu's body.

"Oh?"

Grandma Dragon looked at him strangely.

It was the first time she had seen healing radiance react to a human; was the outside Dragon Tamer so peculiar?

Grandma Dragon couldn't help but look at the other Meteor People.

But the anomaly seemed to manifest only in All Baimu; Zinnia and the others were all normal.

Iris, who was closest, saw it and asked in a surprisingly low voice, "All Baimu, what's your situation?"

"Don't ask me, I don't know either."

All Baimu actually knew it had a lot to do with Arceus.

But what he didn't know was that a similar situation had happened once a long time ago, when he went to the Planet Artery located in Sootopolis City and took two large bottles of water.

As he left, a bit of light submerged into his body.

The ceremony continued.

When the injuries of all the participating Dragon-type Pokémon were healed, the Hydreigon's body slowly rose.

It wasn't moving by itself, but was caused by an invisible force.

The light between the stone temple and the altar quickly gathered toward the center, turning into a pillar of light that shot into the sky, swallowing the Hydreigon!

Rumble!

The air vibrated.

All Baimu looked up, clearly able to feel the Hydreigon's changes.

This change had little to do with its appearance; it was purely an internal upheaval, just like a normal mob in a game being given an elite or even boss template.

But its own modeling hadn't changed.

The "planner" had simply increased its stats and added a special buff.

"Shasang——!!"

The roar came from the pillar of light.

The Dragon-type Pokémon present, without exception, including Iris's Haxorus, all lowered their heads to show submission to the newly promoted Long Wang.

No matter how fierce the battle was during the competition, once the Long Wang was decided, one had to show respect!

No matter how fierce the dragon, it had to abide by this law at this moment.

Just as creatures are born to eat, it was engraved deep into the souls of Pokémon born in the Long Zhi Xiang.

The pillar of light converged.

The Hydreigon, with no changes in appearance, flapped its wings lightly, stopped in front of All Baimu, and happily nudged his chest with its big head.

"Shasang~"

"Congratulations, you've become a bit stronger again."

He said with a smile.

The Long Wang buff is lifelong, at most it will weaken when leaving the Long Zhi Xiang.

But for the current Hydreigon, every bit of improvement is worth rejoicing, even if it is insignificant.

Without the external help of 【Mega Evolution】, if it wants to defeat the two monsters in front, it must constantly improve itself to ensure the gap is narrowed.

And avoid widening the gap.

Grandma Dragon chanted the prayer, and the ancient language made All Baimu feel a sense of familiarity.

Seen in the calligrapher's memory?

Maybe.

He actually didn't understand it, just felt it was a bit familiar.

The onlookers saw the light go out and gradually made noisy sounds.

"Over? So fast!"

"How long do you want it to last?"

"Mainly feel there was no amazing performance; it's a Long Wang succession ceremony, at least have a big scene!"

"Don't think too much; this isn't formalism, they are pragmatists."

The process of loud thunder and small rain made many expectant tourists very frustrated.

They really wanted to see some visible huge changes, such as the Hydreigon instantly growing to a hundred meters, or its appearance changing like Mega Evolution—

None of that.

Just like the previous Long Wang Haxorus, it looked ordinary.

Of course, everyone knew that any real changes would have to wait for the battle moment, but who could wait that long?

Let's have a real fight!

Many people looked at Iris and All Baimu with burning eyes, wanting them to use Haxorus and Hydreigon to have a real battle using elemental energy!

Unfortunately, they couldn't get their wish.

The Long Wang competition consumed more than just the body for all the Dragon-type Pokémon; it also concerned their mental strength.

Even if successfully healed, the mental fatigue wouldn't decrease by half.

The Long Zhi Xiang festival officially declared an end.

The dragons howled and returned to their nests, eager to sleep and recuperate; the few with remaining stamina began to eat.

All Baimu and Iris also left separately; the two seemed to be watching the whole time, but actually used the Heart of the Dragon, which also consumed mental strength; their state wouldn't reach the point of falling down on the spot.

But neither forced themselves.

Battle is a lifelong thing; why rush for a moment?

This made the expectant tourists quite disappointed, so they had to continue visiting the various stalls of the festival.

——

Homestay cabin.

The Hydreigon was showing off to the Aggron.

"Shasang~ Shasang!"

Now the Long Zhi Xiang is its territory; even if the big monster Mega Evolves, it might not be able to beat it—

At least the Hydreigon thought so.

It occasionally secretly glanced at the Mawile, suspected of "pointing at the mulberry and cursing the locust."

Mawile, who was disturbed while watching a show, frowned, "Chiduo!!"

"..."

The Hydreigon immediately shut up.

Type effectiveness is really too unreasonable; why did heaven give it a 4x weakness to Fairy-type?

And why let Mawile appear in the Trainer's team?

The Hydreigon, which had no self-awareness as a latecomer, hummed and flew to pester All Baimu, wanting him to go to Blueberry Academy earlier to settle the matter of changing the Terastal type.

As long as its type changes, it won't be afraid of Mawile!

The Hydreigon thought very beautifully.

All Baimu said, "What's the rush? Going is definitely going, but not in a hurry."

The schedule for the next period has been arranged; Blueberry Academy will be visited in the second half of the year, just in time to test Kieran's level after he grows up.

There are new members of Ash who reached Champion level within a year; Kieran, at worst, should have Elite Four level, right?

If not, pretend I didn't say anything.

Knock knock!

Knocking on the door.

It was Zinnia who came to the door again, asking about his subsequent arrangements.

"If you plan to go to Hoenn, I'll leave everyone to your care; it's their second time taking a plane, so it's inevitable they'll be a bit unaccustomed."

"Okay."

All Baimu agreed directly.

He did plan to go to Hoenn for a tour, and by the way, keep an appointment.

"Do you plan to continue chasing Kyurem?"

"That's right."

Zinnia nodded. "Not to mention whether you can capture it, seeing a rare Dragon-type Pokémon is also good."

Actually, she wanted to encounter Zekrom and Reshiram more.

Compared to Kyurem's name as the evil dragon, these two giant dragons symbolizing ideals and reality had more positive images and were more in line with her yearning for Dragon-type Pokémon.

It's just that they were harder to find than Kyurem; some time ago, Zinnia had been to Eindoak.

It was rumored that Zekrom and Reshiram had appeared here, fought an extremely fierce battle, and finally caused the main body of Eindoak's castle to migrate.

It moved from the main urban area to another hill.

Since then, there had been no news of them; conversely, Kyurem had been tracked by her, digging out some traces.

"Go for it!"

All Baimu sincerely cheered for her.

Zinnia smiled slightly. "Get to the Masters Eight earlier; I heard that three Champions have become Masters Eight."

Three?

He opened his phone to check, and was shocked to see the news that Kalos Champion Diantha had defeated the ninth-ranked Flint and successfully advanced to the Masters Eight position.

The third Champion Masters Eight after Leon and Lance.

Flint is so miserable.

All Baimu vaguely remembered that his ranking had always been very high in the *Journeys* series, but every time he was mentioned, he was either losing to this one or that one.

A target for stronger people to score points!

He also saw Alain; the young man who occupied the seventh position in the *Journeys* series was currently ranked 38th in the Master Class, and several stunning performances had made him famous.

Missed the Kalos League, didn't miss the World Coronation Series?

Sorry.

This time you probably won't be able to get a Masters Eight position.

All Baimu turned off his phone, mixed a glass of juice for Zinnia, and the two chatted casually.

Outside the door.

Zinnia's Salamence was a bit uncomfortable.

The source was the Hydreigon looking at it with a contemptuous gaze.

"Roar?"

Salamence asked Aggron about the other's condition; this young man was strange.

The big monster waved its claws casually.

Let it be arrogant for a few days; when has the Hydreigon not been like this after making progress? Used to it long ago.

Salamence showed pity; it didn't have much impression of the Hydreigon, only remembering that it was very good at fighting and had a very bad temper—

As if anyone had a good temper!

Salamence actually couldn't stand the Hydreigon's provocation; it wanted to let the other know how to write the word "fierce" for Salamence.

Helplessly, the Dragon Tamer was inside drinking tea, and it didn't want to cause trouble for Zinnia.

Endure!

Salamence turned its body away.

The Hydreigon let out a cold snort, "Sang!"

Weak dragon!

It was very bloated now; the blessing of the Long Zhi Xiang buff had triggered its arrogant inner personality and displayed it.

Its fierce nature was also because it looked down on other Pokémon.

It was just that it didn't have this strength before, causing it to have to restrain itself, appearing a bit cold.

Actually, it couldn't wait to show its face to all the guys it hated!

This could be seen from the Hydreigon crazily targeting Aggron and occasionally daring to provoke Mawile.

What it wanted was to test the waters on the edge of being beaten!

The Hydreigon decided to go patrol its "territory."

Mt. Silver is yours, right?

Long Zhi Xiang is mine!

"Shasang!"

The Hydreigon flew away smugly.

Aggron was speechless; it had never expected a juvenile dragon to be as mature as an adult or even an elderly dragon.

It's normal to like to bare teeth.

Evening.

The Long Zhi Xiang invited All Baimu to attend the banquet.

Iris wore her Champion dress, appearing both petite and heroic.

"All Baimu, how do I look in this? Is it very handsome?"

She spun around in place.

All Baimu nodded and said, "It really suits you, very queenly temperament."

"Right? Right?"

Iris was very satisfied with his flattery.

Suddenly, a black shadow flew out of her sleeve and lunged at All Baimu's face, "Lima~"

"Hmm? It's you."

He quickly caught it and found it was Iris's Emolga.

Remembering their first meeting, it was caused by it getting separated from Iris; for him, this lifesaver, Emolga had always liked him very much.

Yeah.

Handsome, gentle, and good at cooking.

If Iris hadn't treated it well, Emolga would have had the idea of jumping ship!

"Lima~ Lima~"

Emolga rubbed against All Baimu's palm, making Iris a bit jealous; she rarely saw it acting like a spoiled child!

The personalities of this pair of partners were actually somewhat similar, both very strong-willed and unwilling to give in easily, and had whimsical ideas and habits of doing things their own way.

"Give it back to me!"

She snatched Emolga back.

Emolga left All Baimu's embrace, saw it was the jealous Iris, and the idea of giving in took a turn, humming and turning its head to act spoiled with her.

All Baimu laughed loudly, "You two are really interesting."

It's normal for Pokémon and Trainers to approach each other, but very few approach each other from the beginning.

Can only say they are a match made in heaven!

The banquet continued.

All Baimu exchanged ideas on training Dragon-type Pokémon with many Dragon Tamers of the Long Zhi Xiang.

His generosity in answering questions also made everyone admire him very much.

The Dragon Tamers of the Long Zhi Xiang originally thought All Baimu was a person who was not easy to get along with—at least looking at his temperament.

Who knew that you can't judge a person by their appearance!

All Baimu, who became a guest of honor by his own efforts, also gained a lot of inspiration from others.

Believe that even if the Hydreigon leaves the Long Zhi Xiang and loses most of the blessing, it will definitely be able to improve its strength again in the future, right?

The wonderful banquet lasted until the second half of the night.

——

The next day.

The sky was bright.

All Baimu said goodbye to Grimsley and Drasna outside the Long Zhi Xiang.

"I heard Champion Cynthia is coming to Undella Town for the summer, and we are preparing to go there to collect materials."

"Champion Cynthia is going to Undella Town?"

He was a bit moved.

But after thinking about it carefully, he didn't follow.

As long as he continues to participate in the World Coronation Series, he will meet Cynthia sooner or later; it's not a rush.

"See you again!"

"See you again~!"

Grimsley suddenly threw a coin at him. "This is the spoils of war won by you; keep it as a souvenir."

All Baimu received it puzzledly and looked at the style of the coin.

Very simple and unadorned.

Probably been a long time, right?

The Pokémon world is similar to the previous life's Europe; countless dynasties in history were fleeting, and all kinds of coins were dazzling.

"Thanks."

He accepted this gift.

The two Elite Four left, and faint conversation sounds came.

"You gambled again?"

"Small gamble for fun~ a little bit of color~"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1152 =====