Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

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Xia Yan glanced at him.

Speechless.

To be honest, Anci had some bad luck. First, she inexplicably entered a series of caves under the dark ruins and was blocked by a fossil pterosaur for several days.

This time, they even entered the spirit world.

But upon reflection, Xia Yan realized he had no right to say An Ci was unlucky, because he had encountered the same situation.

Anci also looked at Xia Yan, pursed her lips, her expression somewhat complicated, and hesitated before speaking:

"I never expected you would actually come to save this humble monk."

Xia Yan: "......"

He gets really angry when this is mentioned.

He never intended to enter the spirit world, okay?

He took a deep breath. "So, why did you leave my name to ask for help?"

Anci gave an awkward smile, "I haven't been in Golden City for long, and I don't know many people, so..."

"Hehe—" Xia Yan chuckled in a strange tone.

Anci's expression became even more awkward as she fiddled with the prayer beads in her hands.

However, Xia Yan didn't blame him. In the end, it was because he had many questions that An Ci needed to answer, so after hesitating for a long time, he entered the villa and went to that room.

He didn't want to get involved, but he was unexpectedly drawn in by some uncertain factors.

"Do you have a way to leave?" Xia Yan asked, putting away his joke.

Anci also became solemn.

"No."

Well, it's pointless to ask.

There's nothing we can do but look to Casey.

But that's good. Now that they've found Anci, the two of them should have the power to protect themselves in this spirit world. They can go back to Casey to grow up, and then go out again after the crisis in Golden City is over.

Not bad.

"By the way, that scripture you read in the villa..."

Xia Yan thought of the scripture again. Ever since Cayce read it, she had undergone a great change. Not only did she learn meditation techniques, but she even started to use meditation to replace sleeping to some extent.

This is no simple thing.

Upon hearing Xia Yan mention "scriptures," An Ci's eyes lit up immediately.

Her pure eyes sparkled with excitement. "Xia Yan, can you understand it?"

Xia Yan shook his head. "No, but after reading that scripture, Casey learned to meditate, and her meditative state is rather strange..."

A hint of disappointment flashed in Xia Yan's eyes when he heard that An Ci hadn't understood, but when he heard that Casey had actually learned the meditation technique from it, the light in his eyes shone even brighter than before.

He piously clasped his hands together.

"Because that's something the mythical beast Phoenix King left us for the bell tower."

Ho-Oh?

Xia Yan's eyes lit up.

"It is said that the mythical beast Phoenix King once lived on the Bell Tower. At that time, a monk asked Phoenix King how to eliminate distracting thoughts because his mind was cluttered and his will was not firm. Phoenix King felt his sincerity and then passed on the method of meditation."

The monk, who had been taught by the Phoenix King, successfully eliminated distracting thoughts and focused on comprehending the scriptures, eventually becoming the abbot of the Bell Tower.

He then wrote down this method in a scripture entitled "The Phoenix King's Discourse."

I never imagined that the Buddhist scripture written by Anci had such an origin and story.

"Speaking of Phoenix King, have you heard the legend?" Anci asked, intrigued.

Ho-Oh is one of the top legendary Pokémon in the Pokémon world.

The most widespread legend about it is that it resurrected the three fallen spirits of the Burning Tower.

More than 700 years ago, two towers were built in Ecruteak City, one to the east and one to the west, representing the friendship between humans and elves.

Ho-Oh resides in the Bell Tower to the east.

But one day more than 150 years ago, a bolt of lightning struck the tower on the west side, and the tower instantly turned into a sea of fire. The fire burned for three days and three nights before a heavy rain finally extinguished the flames.

However, three unidentified spirits perished in the fire.

Then the Phoenix King descended from the sky and resurrected them, and they transformed into...

It represents the Flame Emperor who burned the tower.

The Thunder God represents the lightning that struck the tower.

And Suicune, representing the heavy rain that extinguishes flames.

These are the three Pokémon affectionately known as "Fire Dog," "Thunder Dog," and "Water Dog" by Xia Yan and other former Pokémon enthusiasts.

Speaking of this, we have to mention that certain wealthy person who will appear in the future...

cough cough.

Far away.

Xia Yan listened silently as An Ci recounted the origin of the scripture and the legend of Ho-Oh and the three legendary beasts that watched over humans.

He knew all this, but seeing Anci's devout expression, he didn't interrupt.

Moreover, as anyone who has played the game knows, Ho-Oh, although it is a Fire and Flying-type Pokémon, actually knows the move "Meditation".

“However, after that incident more than 150 years ago, half of this scripture was lost. Some say it was Phoenix King’s punishment, while others say it was Phoenix King’s dissatisfaction…” Anci said regretfully.

After his explanation, Xia Yan understood why Casey had changed like this.

It turns out that the scripture, when tracing its origins, actually leads to the mythical beast, the Phoenix King.

Although it was heavily modified and the second half was lost, it's still a good thing for Casey.

"Aren't you afraid someone will see it if you write it on the wall?" Xia Yan asked again.

Anci clasped his hands together again and said with a smile, "If anyone can learn it, then let them learn it."

He seemed to take things very lightly.

Anci's expression flickered, and she looked at Casey in surprise, "It... has life crystals on its body?"

"Hmm?" Xia Yan narrowed his eyes. "You can sense it?"

Then Anci took out a string of dark red Buddhist prayer beads that were quite different from the ones she had shown before.

It seemed to contain flames, flickering on and off.

The closer you get to Casey, the brighter the firelight seems to become.

“This monk’s prayer beads can sense unusual fluctuations in life energy.”

Xia Yan's eyes flickered slightly.

He nodded slightly to Casey.

Casey then took out the three life crystals, each about the size of a thumb.

Once inside the Sand Eater Fortress, they began to slowly evaporate uncontrollably.

It's visibly smaller now.

“I came to you before to ask what you meant by ‘abnormal life energy’ and ‘flame’ last time.”

Since the conversation had come to this point, Xia Yan directly voiced his doubts.

Anci's expression was complicated when she saw the three crystals of life.

He slowly said, "Because this humble monk discovered that someone is wantonly taking the lives of some spirits and absorbing their life energy..."

"A riot involving wild Pokémon around Goldenrod City..."

Anci nodded, her tone somewhat heavy.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be because of this that life energy has a strong attraction to wild elves. At the same time, the wanton harvesting of wild elves' lives makes them instinctively sense the danger."

The elves have very strong instincts.

They will flee in advance when they sense that a huge earthquake is about to occur, and they will evacuate in advance when a volcano is about to erupt. They may not even know what is going to happen, but their survival instincts are driving them to do so.

"That flame..."

Anci slowly raised her head, "A flame ignited with life."

"A crystal chandelier spirit?" Xia Yan asked tentatively.

But Anci said firmly, "No."

So......

Many thoughts flashed through Xia Yan's mind.

Suddenly.

Anci's expression turned serious.

Casey, who had been floating in the air with her eyes closed, opened them.

Togepi, who was tiptoeing slowly toward Farfetch'd, froze.

The green onion duck suddenly sprang up from the ground.

"Hiss!"