Spirit, I can hear the voices of all things

Chapter 148: The Tower of the Dead in the God-Sending Volcano

The rotten wood demon, who was sensible, made a gesture to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.

At this moment, Furong emerged from the shadows holding a purple lamp.

If Xia Mu hadn't been paying attention to this place, perhaps Xia Mu might have been the first trainer to be scared to death.

The effect is a bit like shining a flashlight on your face in a cemetery, with the main purpose of causing surprise and frightening people to death.

Scare every one to death.

"I have been tracking this rotten wood demon for a long time. Thank you for helping me find it."

"Otherwise I'd be really depressed."

"This guy likes to bully weak elves the most, and once I find his trace, he sneaks away."

"To be honest, I've looked for this guy more than once or twice, and it sneaked away every time."

Furong said angrily while holding the cursed doll.

She looked at the crystal lamp spirit floating in the air, which was covered in gold, with some envy.

As the future Ghost King, she is very interested in collecting powerful Ghost Pokémon.

"This crystal lamp spirit of yours is so beautiful. It's a pity that I came too late. It would be great if I had this spirit in my hands."

Fleur said with a look of regret.

Seeing Furong's familiar demeanor, Xia Mu was a little speechless.

"By the way, does Sister Xi have any other news? The Lava Team has just been expelled by my grandparents."

"Huoyan, one of the three leading fires, was also cursed and has disappeared."

Xia Mu raised the letter in his hand and gave a token: "In fact, this time, it was not Xi who asked me to come, but Naqi from Yinyu City who asked me to deliver the letter."

"I just happened to have never been here before, so I volunteered to come here."

"Now, what is the situation?"

Xia Mu asked curiously.

"Since Xi recognized you, you should have heard some secret rumors from her."

Furong stood with her hands behind her back, like a playful girl next door.

"The orb was sealed here, but for some reason, it has been attacking the seal like crazy."

"It may be that the unusual movement from the orb attracted the attention of the Lava Team, so they sent people in here."

"But the person who came here didn't find the whereabouts of the orb, so it was discovered by our psychic."

"Grandpa and grandma's elves used a curse to scare away the intruders."

"If I didn't know you, you would be attacked by powerful elves right now in your Magma Team uniform."

Furong snorted coldly. At this point, Furong seemed to have opened up a chatterbox.

"Well, originally, as long as Xi can return to the original state with Rayquaza, our mission as a psychic clan will be accomplished."

"We don't have to guard the orb day and night. You know how tiring and stressful this job is."

"Aye, Dewen Manufacturing is the same, their ambition is really too big."

"Fortunately, Xi is fine this time, otherwise we would not allow the Zifuchi clan to enter the Sending God Volcano."

After listening to Furong's chattering, Xia Mu realized how high Xi's prestige was in the eyes of the major forces in the Hoenn region.

The reason why King Genji was unwilling to be the champion was that he wanted to leave the championship position to Xi.

But unexpectedly, something unexpected happened at this moment. All of Xi's elves were imprisoned in the Sky Tower, and Xi himself was cursed.

What's more, Rayquaza was actually imprisoned.

"I guess Dewen Manufacturing is secretly regretting now for making such a wrong move."

"Do they really think that if they get rid of Xio, we will support Daigo?"

"You're overthinking. We are now trying to persuade King Genji to take the championship position as soon as possible."

"He already had enough experience. Normally, the champion changes every four years."

"As long as Genji can stay as champion for four years, the situation of the people of Meteor will improve a lot."

"At that time, Heavenly King Genji and High Priest Yue will also have a chance to hold hands."

[Xia Mu:]

[Xia Mu: How brave is this Furong? She told me this information right in front of me. Aren't you afraid that I will tell others? ]

At this time, Furong turned around and looked at Xia Mu with a smile: "You must be wondering in your heart, why didn't I hide such an important thing, but directly exposed it."

"That's because I have a very special ability to sense the kindness and malice of human beings."

"Our allies who have good intentions towards us will not betray us."

"Moreover, we also have the ability to plant a curse on you without you knowing it, so that you won't say these words."

"Look at the palm of your hand. Is there a black line? This is the curse."

"As long as you don't say it, the curse will never be activated. If you say it, this black line will spread along your arm to your heart, and then you will die from cardiac arrest."

There was a cunning gleam in Furong's eyes.

Xia Mu shrugged his shoulders. Meow Meow could easily remove this kind of curse.

The psychics are also a powerful force. According to Furong, in his previous life, Daigo resigned from the championship position and handed it over to Mikoli, but it was not voluntary.

Instead, it was the secret efforts of various forces in the Hoenn region that eventually allowed Daigo to pass the championship position to Mikoli.

Therefore, if Xi wants to become the champion, he will get support from many forces.

Furong brought Xia Mu to the top of the Songshen Volcano.

The fog here has become thicker, and you can't see your hand in front of you.

The surrounding air is chilly, as if you are in a natural refrigerator.

A large number of ghost shadows appeared around. These elves were all thousand-year-old ghosts. It could be said that each of them had strength close to the king level.

Some thousand-year-old ghosts who have mastered special areas can even be comparable to the king-level elves.

"Young man, please tell me why you are here."

In the thick fog, there was the sound of a cane hitting the ground.

Two black mirrors emerged from the thick fog.

They are the grandfather and grandmother who are in charge of guarding the God-Sending Volcano. They are also the ghost kings and powerful psychics.

"Grandpa, grandma, this gentleman is called Xia Mu, and Xi is temporarily hiding in his training house."

"This time, he ran errands for Master Naqi and brought you a letter."

The old man suddenly stretched out his hand, and the letter in Xia Mu's hand fell lightly into the old man's hand.

He opened the envelope and read it quickly. "Master Naqi asked me to take the resources back right now. She needs them urgently."

The old man sighed and said, "The resources Naqi wants are gone now. If it were normal times, we would have some in reserve."

"But now is a time of trouble. I can only point out the location and let Furong take you to collect it."

"Please tell Naqi that I'm terribly sorry."

After the old man and the old woman finished talking, they went straight into the thick fog and soon disappeared.

"They have to continue guarding the seal and cannot leave for the time being."

"I already know what Naqi wants. It's the flying crystal inside the wind sphere."

"This kind of flying crystal usually only condenses in the powerful Wind Ball. Under normal circumstances, we can easily leave the Wind Ball and look for its whereabouts."

"It's no use now. I can only point you in the direction, and then you use the Poké Ball to capture the Windy Ball and bring it here."

"We will use secret methods to extract the flying crystal from the body of the Wind Ball."

Furong directly picked up the purple lantern in her hand and slowly closed her eyes.

Black air currents emerged from her body and plunged directly into the shadow underground.

Her hair moved without wind, and soon, Xia Mu saw that one of Furong's hair turned white at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then turned into black ash and dissipated in the air.

At this time, Furong's eyelids began to move, and soon she opened her eyes.

"I have found their whereabouts in the Songshen Volcano tribe through my spiritual vision."

"It's on the tombstone on the fifth floor inside the Songshen Volcano. But you have to be careful. There are many powerful ghosts and elves in the Tower of the Dead inside the Songshen Volcano."

"This is the psychic amulet I made. It can let some powerful ghost-type elves know that you are a VIP who should not be messed with."

"This psychic amulet can also sense the whereabouts of the wind ball."

"You can capture the Wind Ball with the Poké Ball. After you capture it, we will screen and select the Wind Balls that may have condensed flying crystals and test them one by one."

“This time will be quite tedious, so you have to be mentally prepared.”

"By the way, Xi once told me that she would give you a set of training methods for the Crystal Lamp Fire Spirit."

"However, when I came back and looked through ancient books, I found that there are not many methods for training this kind of spirit. It is only recorded in the Zhonghe region. In order not to delay your spirit training progress, I have called the psychic in the Unova region, but so far, I have not received a reply."

Fleur said with a look of regret.

No reply means it is most likely a rejection.

After all, the elves' training secrets are all secrets that are not passed on.

Xia Mu shook his head: "I already have the training secrets of the Crystal Lamp Fire Spirit."

"I'm sorry to trouble you during this time."

"I'll go catch the wind ball first."

The Wind Ball looks like a huge hot air balloon. The upper part of its body is purple, and the lower part is lavender.

The eyes are red with a yellow X-shaped pattern underneath them.

There are four ribbons wrapped around its body, which can be regarded as the hands of the wind ball.

This kind of Pokémon is not common in the Hoenn region, but it can be found everywhere in the Sinnoh region.

Xia Mu, who has the ability to listen to the voices of all things, does not need to subdue the wind balls one by one.

He could easily use his telepathic ability to find the wind-flying ball that contained the flying crystal.

In fact, Xia Mu was also very curious about why the wind ball could produce flying crystals.

Although it also has the attribute of flying.

Furong sent Xia Mu to the bottom of the volcano, then waved goodbye and left.

She still had a lot of things to deal with, so she didn't have time to take Xia Mu to catch the wind balls.

In Furong's eyes, Xia Mu's Crystal Lamp Fire Spirit is more powerful than ordinary ghost-type Pokémon.

As long as you don’t offend the big boss, you can crush him easily.

The interior of the Songshen Volcano is called the Tower of the Dead and has a total of eight floors.

The layout inside is similar to the outside of the Songshen Volcano, filled with many tombstones.

New ghost-type elves may be born here at any time.

Moreover, the types of ghost-type elves that are born are random.

A large amount of white paper money was scattered at the entrance of the Tower of the Dead, and white banners were hung all around.

The four characters "Tower of the Dead" were written in black on the sign at the door.

Before entering, Xia Mu heard a series of ghostly howling sounds coming from inside.

There was a gust of cold wind inside, so Xia Mu gathered the corners of his clothes and wrapped himself tightly.

As soon as he stepped in, he saw piles of tombstones.

As Xia Mu shuttled through the tombstones, a bottomless sense of fear gradually rose from the bottom of his heart. It was like countless cold tentacles, slowly wrapping around Xia Mu's heart.

There was dead silence all around, with only Xia Mu's footsteps echoing in the empty cemetery, as if every step was disturbing the dead souls sleeping there.

The crystal lamp fire spirit hides in Xia Mu's shadow. Once Xia Mu encounters danger, the crystal lamp fire spirit will rush out from the shadow and help Xia Mu escape from the teasing of the ghost elves.

There are many tombstones here, and they are like silent guardians, witnessing the passing of time and the end of life.

The words on the tombstone are already blurred, but some names and dates can be vaguely discerned. These marks seem to be the last marks left by the deceased in the world. Pikachu, Dodoli, and Psyduck. Judging from the flowers placed on the tombstones, the trainers of these Pokémons often visited them.

This is the sadness of Pokémon trainers. Compared to Pokémons, humans’ lifespan is still relatively long.

Some elves, especially insect-type elves, only live for ten years at most.

And elves like Pikachu don't have a very long lifespan.

This means that Pokémon trainers will bid farewell to their own Pokémon after a certain period of time.

Unless those Pokémon can break their own limitations and change their fate, they will have a chance to spend their lives with their trainers.

The cold wind blew gently, blowing over the broken tombstones, making a humming sound. Since it was night, there was not even a single trainer around to pay their respects.

In this silent night, these tiny sounds are infinitely amplified, as if they are the sighs and whispers of the dead.

Xia Mu couldn't help but shiver, feeling a chill on his back, as if something was watching him, waiting for the opportunity to rush into Xia Mu's body.

Xia Mu could feel that he was being targeted by a ghost-type Pokémon.

He tried to speed up his pace, but his legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead. Every step was extremely difficult, as if some invisible force was hindering Xia Mu's progress.

The surrounding tombstones seemed to be approaching Xia Mu. The shadows of the tombstones were stretched out long under the dim ghost fire, as if they were going to swallow Xia Mu.

At this moment, a dark shadow rushed out from a distance.

I'm too busy at home, please forgive me

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(End of this chapter)