I haven't decided on a name for my Pokémon trainer yet.

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After searching the desert for a whole day without finding any spirits without shadows, Ye Feng guessed that his deduction might be wrong.

So, carrying Kirlia, they left the desert before nightfall. Desert nights are very cold, and Ye Feng had changed out of his winter clothes after entering the secret realm. He didn't have enough warm clothing to spend the night there. Since they hadn't found the Pokémon they were looking for, there was no point in keeping it.

夜晚

Ye Feng lay on the grass, an energy cube in his mouth, eating it like candy, while Kirlia slept quietly beside him.

"Over the mountains, over the sea, there's... Oh my god, why is he singing again?" Ye Feng shook his head, banishing the strange song from his mind, and silently recited the contents of the paper.

The first guess, "desert," is definitely wrong, but if it's not a desert, then where is it? And what about a shadowless sprite? A ghost? But there are no ghosts in this world.

What exactly is it...?

As Ye Feng was thinking, he suddenly felt a tickle in his nose and couldn't help but sneeze. Then he suddenly felt sleepy, but he didn't think much of it and assumed it was because he was tired from the day. He closed his eyes and went to sleep.

In the darkness, a pair of eyes suddenly lit up, looking at the sleeping person and elf lying on the grass, and slowly curved upwards, as if they were smiling.

Chapter 62 Escaping the Maw of the Giant Carnivorous Flower, Revisiting Familiar Places

Ye Feng rode his speeding motorcycle across the grassland, feeling the wind blowing in his face. In a word, it was wonderful!

However, perhaps due to the excessive movement of the Growlithe during its run, Ye Feng felt his body bouncing uncomfortably. Moreover, for some reason, when Ye Feng tried to touch the magnificent mane of the handsome and imposing Growlithe, he found that his limbs were immobile and he couldn't make a sound when he tried to speak.

"Could this be a dream?" Ye Feng wondered to himself, and then... he woke up.

Huh? Ye Feng opened his eyes and looked at the sky, which was moving up and down. He felt a little strange. What was going on with the sky? Suddenly, he realized that it wasn't the sky that was moving, but himself that was moving up and down.

Ye Feng turned his head and was shocked to find that his hands and feet were entangled in vines, and he was being carried away by a group of giant carnivores. Kirlia beside him was in the same situation.

"Um, may I ask you all, where are you taking me?" Ye Feng asked with a dry laugh, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

"Ah~~~" The giant carnivores didn't care when they saw that Ye Feng had woken up. They continued to hop forward, but the vines wrapped around him even tighter.

"Kirlia, Kirlia, wake up! We're going to be eaten!" Ye Feng desperately twisted his body, but Victreebel's vines were too tight and he couldn't break free. He could only shout for Kirlia.

"Kirullian?" Finally, after Ye Feng's repeated calls, Kirullian woke up and looked at Ye Feng with a confused expression.

"Quick, use Charm, or we'll be eaten by the Victoire!" Ye Feng shouted anxiously. He had heard that Victoires loved to set traps to catch prey that entered their territory, and he had probably wandered into their territory by mistake. Someone as small as Ye Feng was no match for these Victoires, let alone Kirlia.

Kirullian realized her predicament and quickly started singing.

As the song began, the giant food plants started to daze, one after another lying on the ground laughing foolishly, drool flowing continuously from their huge mouths. At the same time, the vines that had been binding Ye Feng and the others naturally loosened.

"Don't stop, keep going." Ye Feng gently picked up Kirlia, carefully passed through the crouching Victoire, and then ran off at full speed, completely unaware that his backpack was peacefully hanging on the vine of a Victoire behind him.

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"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

Having finally escaped the territory of the giant carnivores, Ye Feng leaned on his knees, panting heavily. He looked back and thankfully, the giant carnivores hadn't caught up with him.

"That was close, I almost got eaten." Ye Feng slumped to the ground, still shaken. This secret realm was indeed dangerous! He never expected that even taking a nap would almost turn him into food.

Ye Feng turned his head and looked around. Suddenly, he realized something was missing and jumped up: "Oh no, my backpack!"

"Ah!! Everything's in there!" Ye Feng cried out, his hands outstretched to the sky. "Damn Victreebel, Kirlia, come back with me and deal with them!"

Calm down! Kirlia was startled and hugged Ye Feng's leg tightly to stop him from becoming food—how could they possibly defeat so many Victoires?

"Don't stop me, Kirlia, your Energy Cube is inside too!" Ye Feng said.

"!" Kirlian paused, then clenched her fist and walked back, her movements even faster than Ye Feng's.

"Calm down, Kirlia! We can't beat so many Victreebel!" Now it was Ye Feng's turn to panic. He grabbed Kirlia and stopped it from going back to become food.

Kirlia waved her little hands angrily, cursing the Victreebels, but ultimately realized she was no match for them and had to accept her fate.

"It's alright, it's alright. There are plenty of tree fruits in this secret realm, so don't worry about going hungry," Ye Feng comforted Kirlia by patting her head.

Kirlian had no choice but to nod helplessly.

I never expected to lose my backpack on the third day. Now things are going to get tough.

The food is fine; the berries in the secret realm are plentiful, so there aren't any major problems. The biggest problem now is that we've lost our healing potions. There are many Pokémon in the secret realm that are no weaker than Kirlia. Although we can't defeat Kirlia without a trainer's guidance, they often appear in groups, and we're likely to suffer losses if we really fight. Once Kirlia is injured, we'll become very passive.

Ye Feng scratched his head, looked at the sky which had turned completely white, and looked towards the forest, saying, "Let's go, Kirlia, let's find some herbs to prepare."

Kirullian nodded and followed.

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In the forest, Ye Feng and Kirlia continued their journey, searching for herbs. However, Ye Feng didn't know what they would find. He could only tell Kirlia to pay attention to plants with unusual appearances, and then it was all a matter of luck.

Under a tree, Ye Feng looked up at the white flowers growing on it, which were somewhat similar to magnolia flowers. After carefully recalling them, he confirmed that this was the herb he was looking for—wood fruit leaf.

"I didn't expect to be so lucky, we actually found it." Ye Feng laughed and quickly told Kirulian to pick more.

Ye Feng hadn't held out much hope. He knew very few herbs, and the school hadn't taught him much about them. In fact, because there are now convenient and easy-to-use medicines, ordinary people don't bother to learn about herbs. Only trainers who frequently venture into secret realms and the wild would specifically learn a little—accidents can happen in the wild, and you can't always rely on medicine, like Ye Feng.

Ye Feng washed the wood fruit leaves and put them into his inner pocket.

I turned around and looked around, and for some reason, I felt that this place was somewhat familiar.

"Chirullian, do you feel like this place is familiar?" Ye Feng asked.

Kirullian looked at it, then nodded and shook her head somewhat uncertainly.

Hmm... Ye Feng pinched his chin, observed carefully, his eyes lit up, and he called out and ran towards a certain place.

Before long, Ye Feng arrived at a tree and looked up to see several unripe candlewood fruits growing on it.

"Chirullian, do you still remember this Candlewood Fruit tree?" Ye Feng asked with a smile, pointing to the few Candlewood Fruits.

Kirullian blinked, then remembered.

This is the tree where Ye Feng stole the Candlewood Fruit from the giant Pidgeot when he accidentally wandered into the secret realm last time.

"I still remember that time, we almost became food for the Pidgeot," Ye Feng said with a look of reminiscence.

Kirlia snuggled up to Ye Feng and rubbed against his thigh.

Ye Feng patted its little head and said, "However, we are not the same as we were back then. If that Pidgeot comes again, we will definitely beat it to a pulp!"

"Beep——"

As soon as Ye Feng finished speaking, a sharp scream suddenly rang out. Ye Feng was stunned for a moment, and his hair stood on end.

Chapter 63 A False Alarm, the Journey to the Secret Realm Ends

Was that Pidgeot? Ye Feng was shocked. He picked up Kirlia and ran without looking where he was going. His legs swung so fast they left afterimages.

"Beep!" The sound grew closer and closer, and Ye Feng felt that it was coming for him.

"No way, how could I be so unlucky? I could forgive you for chasing me last time, and it was wrong of me to steal your fruit; but this time... this time... this..."

As he ran, Ye Feng suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Wait a minute, wasn't that Pidgeot captured by the association? It shouldn't be here. And that cry sounds a bit off. Ye Feng realized this, slowed his pace slightly, and looked back in the direction of the cry.

"Beep!"

A Pidgey bird was flapping its wings, following behind them like a chick, and looked particularly excited.

Ye Feng suddenly stopped, turned around, and put Kirulian down.

Pidgey came to an abrupt halt in mid-air, flapping its wings and tilting its head to look at Ye Feng with a puzzled expression. Why isn't this human running anymore? We were having so much fun just now, keep running!

Ye Feng clenched his fists, making a cracking sound, and said in a low voice, "Kirullian!"

Kirlia was also furious. Ye Feng hadn't paid attention to his posture in his haste, and had been carried upside down the whole way, making him dizzy. So, she angrily reached out her hand towards Pidgeotto.

Pidgey sensed a strong sense of danger, realized something was wrong, let out a shriek, and tried to run away.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

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"You scared me, you scared me! Huh?! Is it fun?!" Ye Feng bent his middle finger and kept flicking Pidgey's head while cursing.

"Beep! Beep beep! Beep beep beep!" Poor Pidgey, bound by Kirlia's psychic powers, couldn't even protect its head with its wings, and couldn't dodge. It could only cry out helplessly.

"Beep? You dare to insult me!" The Pidgey's cry sounded somewhat similar to the voice of a certain censored censor, and Ye Feng couldn't tell whether it was insulting him or begging for mercy. Hmm, it was definitely insulting him, so he played even more enthusiastically.

"Pfft! Pfft!" Large tears fell from Pidgey's eyes as it looked at Ye Feng with a mournful expression. Its cry had changed, making Ye Feng hesitate to strike.

Ye Feng stood up, shook his slightly sore hands, and said to Kirlia, "Alright, that's enough. You've calmed down. Kirlia, do you want to try flicking a couple of times? It feels pretty good, and you seem to have a good head."

"Pfft?!" Pidgey shook its head frantically in terror when Kirlia's gaze fell on its head.

Kirlian remained silent for a while, choosing not to join forces with Ye Feng, but instead releasing the restraints of her Nen power.

Feeling a sense of relief, Pidgey let out a screech of relief and immediately flapped its wings to escape, crashing into a tree along the way. "Bang!" Judging from the sound, it certainly has a good head (not really).

Pidgey was just a minor incident, so let's leave that aside for now. The next issue is that Pokémon without a shadow.

Ye Feng considered many possibilities: Ghost-type Pokémon, such as the most famous Gengar family; those that use physical characteristics to hide, such as Geodude, Dextrot, and Kecleon; and those with special abilities to become invisible or hide in another dimension, such as Darkrai, Marshadow, Latios and Mew...

In short, there are many Pokémon that match the quest description, but putting aside the legendary Pokémon that appear later and whose existence is somewhat far-fetched, even the seemingly ordinary Pokémon listed earlier might not actually be found in this secret realm. So far, Ye Feng has encountered quite a few Pokémon, all of them fairly common, but none of them match the criteria.

Thinking about it this way, Wu Jiang probably didn't just come up with a task without considering whether it could be completed, right?

Ye Feng thought of Wu Jiang, who sometimes acted out of character, a 40-year-old man who insisted on pretending to be a 20-year-old, and fell silent for a moment.