Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 180, Page 179: What's going on? How come you've all become geniuses?

Following behind Tanjiro was, of course, Xerneas, the god of life.

Seeing that Anjie was actually at home, Tan Xiaoshi and Piaoxiangtun started calling out from afar:

"Clap~ Clap~" Anjie, you're back!

"Cough cough~ cough cough~" Anjie, we're back!

Running all the way to Anjie's side, the two Charcoal Little Soldiers quickly dismounted from the Fragrant Pig's back and then hugged Anjie's legs.

"Cha-cha~ Cha-cha~" Anjie, I miss you so much.

The crybaby Tan Xiaoshi rubbed his face against Anjie.

"Clatter~ Clatter~" Me too.

"Good boy Charcoal Servant also said."

Anjie's two legs were each held by one of the two Charcoal Little Servants. The Fragrant Pig had nowhere to rub against, so it could only jump and hop around Anjie.

"Cough cough~ cough cough~" Anjie, when did you get back?

Anjie crouched down and patted each of the four Pokémon on the head, saying, "I just got back last night. You guys have worked hard these past few days!"

"Clatter~ Clatter~" It's not hard work.

"Cough cough~ cough cough~" It's not hard work.

All four Pokémon shook their heads at the same time.

The obedient little Tan Xiaoshi grabbed An Jie's arm and said with a face full of tenderness, "Clatter~" An Jie is the one who has worked the hardest.

The crybaby Tanjiro and the two fragrant pigs nodded in agreement.

Because of their capricious requests, Anjie traveled all the way to the Kanto region to find ingredients.

An Jie was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this, and shook her head, saying, "I didn't suffer much. Besides finding ingredients, I also learned a lot on this trip, which is a rare experience."

At this moment, Xerneas finally came over and called softly, "Angel, it's been a long time."

"Long time no see, Xerneas," Ange said with a smile as he stood up. "Congratulations on your recovery."

Xerneas smiled and said, "Thanks to your help."

Anjie shook her head. "It's nothing. I'm glad I could help you."

At this point, Xerneas added, "Compared to my last visit, your Nibel Plateau has changed a lot."

The reason it arrived later than Charcoal Servant and Fragrant Pig was because it had just wandered around the area and even caught a fleeting glimpse of Dream.

Xerneas knew Mew because a long, long time ago, Mew wasn't as rare as it is now; it could be found on every continent.

Unfortunately, it can no longer be seen now.

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So when it first saw the dream, it was very surprised.

Anjie's face lit up with pride upon hearing this. "Of course, this is the result of everyone's hard work. The Nibel Plateau will only get better and better in the future."

Upon hearing Anja's words, Xerneas smiled and said, "I believe you can do it."

"By the way, Xerneas, what are your plans for the future?" Angel asked.

He remembered that Xernias used to wander around the Carlos region and then regularly visit the sleeping Yveltal in the Forest of Oruans.

Upon hearing Ange's words, Xerneas fell into deep thought.

After a long while, Xernias suddenly looked up at Ange and asked, "I'd like to settle down on the Nibel Plateau for a while. Is that alright?"

Anjie was taken aback at first, then her face lit up with delight as she said, "Of course, I'd love to!"

"Then please take care of me from now on," Xerneas said with a smile in his voice.

It made this decision after careful consideration, including on the way to the Leningrad Plateau.

If things had gone according to plan, it would have remained dormant in the form of a giant tree for a thousand years before it could recover.

However, this process was skipped entirely because of Anjie's existence, which meant that it had an extra thousand years of free time.

For countless years, it has been working tirelessly to maintain the ecology of the Carlos region. Now, with a sudden extra thousand years, it thinks... it can use it freely, right?

The second reason is that Yveltal settled here.

It has no antagonistic relationship with this old friend, nor is their relationship as hostile as people think; on the contrary, they actually have a very good friendship.

Their opposition is only reflected in their respective responsibilities.

However, it cannot be denied that its old friend is very prone to going berserk due to its duties; otherwise, it would not have to appear near it every time it causes a mass extinction.

Moderate mass extinctions are a natural truth, but rampant mass extinctions are another matter.

Now, because of Ange, its old friend has been unable to transform into a cocoon of destruction and slumber for a long time, so it must stay near its old friend.

There is a third reason: the food made by Anjie is so magical that it always fills the animal with energy after eating it.

And it tastes absolutely delicious!

For these three reasons, Xernias decided to settle on the Nibel Plateau.

"Please take care of me in the future, Xerneas," Angel said with a beaming smile.

How could he not be happy that the god of life and the god of destruction had both settled on his Nibel Plateau?

Moreover, when Xernias proposed settling on the Nibel Plateau, he seemed to hear a system notification tone.

Does this mean he has achieved something again?

If feeding a second deity yields results, there's no reason why settling down with a second deity wouldn't lead to success!

"Oh, right!" Anjie suddenly said, "You guys came back so early this morning, you probably haven't had breakfast yet, have you?"

"Clatter~ Clatter~"

The crybaby Tan Xiaoshi nodded, clutching his stomach with a pitiful expression.

"Come on, I'll get you some food!" Angie waved his hand and led the five Pokémon into the house.

Xernias's food was readily available; Ange simply placed two plates of World Tree Tofu in front of it.

Anjie made a bowl of tomato and egg noodles for both Charcoal Servant and Fragrant Pig.

The four little guys have been working hard these past few days, so Anjie plans to give them some extra nutrition.

Now he doesn't need any more lucky eggs.

He can now travel freely between the Tree of Beginning and the Nibel Plateau. When Ange runs out of Chansey eggs, he can continue to find Chansey to exchange for more.

Each Chansey can lay an average of one egg per day. This egg is produced by skill-based egg-laying and has nothing to do with Pokémon eggs.

Anjay decided to go back and talk to the Chansey group, asking them to supply him with eggs in exchange for food.

This way, he has ingredients, and the Chansey eggs have food—a win-win situation!

After reverting to his deer form, Xerneas ate the World Tree tofu again and found that he felt different. The feeling of a large amount of life force surging and flowing through his body was so magical and wonderful!

Because it had received a boost of life force, Xerneas's antlers emitted a seven-colored glow, which was very beautiful.

(Note: Yggdrasil Tofu is the exclusive food of Xerneas and Yveltal. Although it contains a large amount of life force, ordinary people and Pokémon cannot digest or absorb it, and it will only make them sick.)

Tanjiro and the others were wolfing down their food when they felt the warm aura emanating from Xerneas and looked up. They were immediately drawn to the beautiful light emanating from Xerneas's antlers.

So lovely!

Xerneas quickly devoured both plates of World Tree Tofu.

Seeing this, Anjie smiled and asked, "Would you like another bowl of tomato and egg noodles?"

"Crunch~ Crunch~" It's delicious!

The crybaby Tanjiro held up his half-eaten bowl and said to Xerneas.

"Cheek~" Mmm~

The obedient little charcoal servant nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Xerneas smiled and then turned to Ange, saying, "Then please bring another bowl of tomato and egg noodles."

"Alright~ wait here!" Anjie said as she went into the kitchen, and soon came out carrying a big bowl of noodles.

"Eat up!" Ange placed the noodles in front of Xerneas.

After thanking him, Xernias lowered his head and began to taste it.

The moment Xerneas took a bite of the noodles mixed with tomatoes and jelly eggs, his appetite was instantly whetted.

This dish, called Tomato Geely Egg Noodles, may not provide the same vitality as World Tree Tofu, but it offers an ultimate enjoyment for the taste buds.

too delicious!

Anjie smiled with satisfaction as he watched the five Pokémon eat with relish.

Soon the five Pokémon finished their breakfast. The two Samurai rubbed their bellies and lay back to back on the chairs, while the two Politoed were lazily lying on the ground.

Xernias said to Ange, "Your cooking is delicious."

Anjie smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment. If you want, you can eat this kind of delicious food every day from now on."

Xerneas said with a smile, "That's something to look forward to."

Suddenly, Anjie remembered something and looked at the two Charcoal Sprites, asking, "Charcoal Sprites, do you want to evolve?"

Upon hearing this, the two Charcoal Servant jumped up from their chairs and looked at Anjie with expectant faces.

"Chaka~ Chaka~" Can we evolve now?

"Chaka~ Chaka~" I want to evolve! I want to evolve!

If they can evolve, they will become stronger, so they won't have to worry about encountering danger when they go out exploring!

"Alright!" Anjie said, taking out two evolution items from his system inventory—the Armor of Celebration and the Armor of Spells.

He said to the two Charcoal Samurai, "These are the items that can help you evolve, but you will evolve into different forms depending on the items you use."

As he spoke, Anjie took out the two evolved forms of Tan Xiaoshi that he had found and showed them to them.

He pointed to the Armor of Celebration and said, "Use it, and you will evolve into Crimson Armor Knights."

Then he pointed to the Spell Armor and said, "Use it, and you will evolve into Azure Flame Blade Demons."

Anjie then explained in detail to the two Charcoal Servant the differences between the Crimson Lotus Armored Knight and the Azure Flame Blade Demon, what each of them was good at, and so on.

After the introduction, he said, "The choice is now up to you."

Without almost any hesitation, the crybaby Tanji grabbed the Celebration Armor. Touching the Celebration Armor was like touching destiny itself.

The obedient Tan Xiaoshi also chose the Spell Armor without hesitation.

Seeing that the two Pokémon had made their choices, Ange smiled and said, "In that case, you should wear them!"

"Clatter~"

"Clatter~"

The two charcoal servants nodded and put on the two suits of armor without hesitation.

The Celebration Armor is a golden outer armor with red inner trim, while the Spell Armor is a purple outer armor with black inner trim.

Once the two Charcoal Squires put on the clothes, they instantly became majestic, just like ancient knights.

"Clap~" You're so handsome!

"Cut!" Yours looks good too!

They looked at each other, circled each other once, and then grinned at the same time.

Just then, blue and white light simultaneously shone on them and gradually enveloped their entire bodies.

In the light, the two Pokémon grew rapidly in size, from less than 1 meter to over 1.5 meters in the blink of an eye.

When the light faded, two brand new Pokémon appeared before Angel and his friends.

One of them was dressed in golden armor, with crimson arms and legs, a black and red helmet on its head, and a cluster of golden flames fluttering in the wind on its head.

This is the evolved form of the Crybaby Tanjiro – Crimson Knight, a Fire/Psychic type, a Fire Warrior Pokémon.

The other one was clad in a blackish-purple armor filled with resentment, with two longswords gleaming with a blue-purple light in its hands. Like the Crimson Lotus Knight, a cluster of flames flew above its head, but its flames were blue-purple.

This is the evolved form of the well-behaved Charcoal Knight – Azure Blade Demon, a Fire/Ghost type, and a Fire Swordsman Pokémon.

Seeing the handsome Azure Flame Blade Demon, Crimson Lotus Knight happily jumped into its arms.

"Ahhh~" We've evolved! We've evolved!

As he spoke, the Crimson Armored Knight suddenly began to sob.

It seems that even evolution hasn't changed its tendency to cry.

"Bra~ Bra~" Azure Flame Blade Demon patted the back of Crimson Lotus Armored Rider affectionately, coaxing it softly.

"Congratulations, Crimson Knight and Azure Blade Demon." Ange congratulated the two Pokémon. "Speaking of which, we've had quite a few Pokémon evolve recently."

Marill evolved into Marill, Skitty evolved into Elegant Cat, and now the two Charcoal Knights have also evolved into Azure Blade Demon and Crimson Knight.

The two fragrant pigs also congratulated Crimson Lotus Rider and Azure Flame Blade Demon.

"Oh my~"

"Brahmah~"

To express their gratitude to Ange for helping them evolve, Crimson Armored Knight and Azure Flame Blade Demon rushed towards Ange at the same time and gave him a big hug.

Anjie hugged them and said, "To celebrate everyone's evolution, let's have a barbecue tonight!"

Upon hearing this, Crimson Lotus Knight and Azure Flame Blade Demon scrambled to their feet, holding hands and jumping around.

Ange took the opportunity to use his Eye of Observation to look at the data of the two Pokémon after their evolution.

Crimson Armor Knight

[Attribute] Fire, Psychic

[Characteristic] Fire

[Gender] Female

[Level] 36

[Skills] Glare, Spark, Clear Smoke, Flame Vortex, Phosphorus Fire, Charged Flame Strike, Burnout, Smoke, Mental Impact, Magic Flame, Wide Area Defense, Flame Jet.

Individual Value

Blood volume: 31

Attack: 31

Physical defense: 28

Special Attack: 31

Special Defense: 29

Speed: 31

Blue flame blade ghost

[Attribute] Fire, Ghost

【Characteristics】Shattered Armor

[Gender] Male

[Level] 42

【Skills】Stare, Spark, Startle, Smoke of Purification, Flame Vortex, Phosphorus Fire, Shadow of the Night, Charged Flame Strike, Burnout, Smoke Spray, Sword Dance, Shadow Claw.

Individual Value

Blood volume: 31

Attack: 31

Physical defense: 27

Special Attack: 31

Special Defense: 29

Speed: 31

Anjie was stunned after reading it.

No, that's not right! His Tanjiro's IVs were originally quite average! I've never heard of evolution increasing IVs.

Could it be the effect of an evolution item?

That's not right either; I've never heard of evolution items increasing individual values!

Wait! Anger suddenly realized something and looked sharply at Xerneas.

If we're talking about any opportunities Tanjiro might have encountered while he was away, then the only one that comes to mind is the god Xerneas!

Since that's the case... Anjie quickly used his observational eye to look at the two fragrant pigs.

Fragrant Pork

[Attribute] General

【Features】A lingering odor

[Gender] Male

[Level] 49

【Skills】Tackle, Tail Wag, Echo, Charm, Mud Shot, Dig, Headbutt, Self-Motivation, Yawn, Ram, Noise, Self-Destruction, Earth Power, 100,000 Horsepower, Mind Hammer, Mount Tai Press, Delicious Feast.

Individual Value

Blood volume: 31

Attack: 31

Physical defense: 26

Special Attack: 30

Special Defense: 31

Speed: 31

Fragrant Pork

[Attribute] General

[Features] Aroma Curtain

[Gender] Female

[Level] 48

【Skills】Tackle, Tail Wag, Echo, Charm, Mud Shot, Dig, Headbutt, Self-Motivation, Yawn, Slam, Noisy, Self-Destructive Charge, Earth Power, 100,000 Horsepower, Mind Slam, Mount Tai Press, Delicious Feast.

Individual Value

Blood volume: 31

Attack: 31

Physical defense: 30

Special Attack: 31

Special Defense: 29

Speed: 27

Things are different now, everything is different! The individual stats of his two hogs used to be not very good, but now they have become geniuses.

Besides Xerneas, Angel couldn't think of anyone else who could bring about such a huge change in them.

Thinking this, he couldn't help but look at Xerneas with a strange gaze.

Xerneas, puzzled by Angel's gaze, asked, "Is something wrong with me?"

Anjie replied, "No, I just feel that something is off about Tan Xiaoshi and Piaoxiangtun's return this time, so I'm trying to figure out what the reason is."

Upon hearing this, Xerneas fell into deep thought, and after a long while, he looked up at Ange and said:

"Their changes may be related to me."

Anjie asked, "What do you mean?"

Xerneas replied, "When I eat the food you make for me, I often feel my life force overflowing. So, on the eve of returning to my current form, a large amount of life force surged through my body. At that time, Tanjiro and Piaoxiang were by my side."

I think their bodies will change, perhaps because they absorbed my life force.

Xerneas possesses the ability to share his life with other living beings, especially when he is in his tree form.

When it eats the special food made by Anjie, this ability is amplified infinitely, and naturally, Tan Xiaoshi and Piaoxiang Tun around it are also "affected".

Normally, this phenomenon would almost never occur, but Xerneas was in a special state at the time, on the verge of transitioning between the giant tree form and the deer form, and his life force was too abundant. All these coincidences brought about a miracle.

All I can say is that the two charcoal-cooked servants and the two fragrant pigs got incredibly lucky.

After listening to Xerneas's explanation, Ange suddenly understood, "So that's how it is!"

No wonder they absorbed Xerneas's life force! No wonder the auras emitted by the four Pokémon became much stronger!

Good luck, guys!

Xerneas asked, "Is something wrong with them absorbing my life force?"

Anjie shook her head. "Nothing's wrong. I benefited from it. I should thank you."

Xerneas shook his head and said, "No, that's all your own doing."

(End of this chapter)