You're the only one who knows how to battle Pokémon?

He had no right to blame Budcrown for anything. From a human's perspective, he really owed this Pokémon.

Ji Bei was very clear about the "beloved horses" that Bud Crown mentioned. They were two Pokémon called "Snowhorse" and "Ghosthorse", which were Bud Crown's former mounts.

The statue in the center of the village is of the Rape Crown King riding a horse.

However, because the statue had no color and had been eroded by time, Ji Bei was not sure whether it was a blizzard horse or a spirit horse.

But helping the Crown of Flowers to find one of them is certainly within our ability.

"It doesn't matter, I will take action."

Chapter 91: Where Moen is

This time in the Crown Tundra, Gladion and Lillie are looking for Morn, and Marie and Xiaoyou are trying to capture legendary Pokémon. It can be imagined that they will stay here for a while, so helping the Crown Crown find his beloved horse is just a piece of cake.

The Bud Crown King nodded. It understood that Ji Bei and the others were ready to help it. It said with Gladion's body: "Then, if you have any new discoveries, come to me again."

After saying this, it stopped using its supernatural power, and Gladion regained consciousness. He looked at the departing Budcrest belatedly and asked in confusion, "Is this Pokémon the statue in the center of the village?"

Ji Bei was very happy. This guy really cared about Pokémon and had no idea that he was being manipulated. "Yes, that is the legendary King of Plenty, but its power has declined. We are trying to find a way to help it recover its former glory."

He basically explained the legend of the King of Plenty, but didn't tell Gladion that he had just been manipulated.

This is to protect his mental health and prevent him from having an emergency reaction.

The others also tacitly maintained agreement, including Xiaoyou.

As Mary said, she is still quite reliable when she needs to be serious.

"In the legend of the King of Plenty, it seems that the beloved horse of the King of Rape Crown has some vegetables that he really likes to eat." Ji Bei recalled.

"The radish from the Crown Snowfield is a famous local specialty. Perhaps it is the radish."

He just saw some information in the village chief's room.

Xiaoyou became interested: "Jibao! You didn't forget that radish was one of the ingredients in yesterday's cooking? There are still some left."

“Can it be used to fish for horses?”

"Girls, stop talking about horses!" Ji Bei explained: "I think ordinary radishes won't work. We need radish seeds."

He came to the farmland in the village. The land here seemed to be covered with a thin layer of ice fog, obviously affected by the harsh natural environment.

In fact, the only thing left in the Crown Snowfields that still retains some vitality is the farmland on this piece of land. This is because the people in this village still remember the Bud Crown King, and there are still some remnants of its grace in the fields.

The land around Dongning Village is completely uncultivable.

The village chief paced around here, revealing an unhappy expression: "It seems that the land of the Crown Snowfield is really coming to an end. Even the farmland in the village has lost a lot of vitality."

The people living near the farmland didn't look very happy either. It was obvious that the harvest from the land was not good.

In this situation, asking for radish seeds requires a very thick skin, but Ji Bei just happens to have it.

After asking three, four or five companies, I finally made some progress with an uncle.

"Are you looking for radishes? Even in the Crown Snowfield, it's the coldest season now, so it's hard to find radishes. There are only some radish seeds."

"What I'm looking for is radish seeds." Ji Bei was a little surprised.

"That's a coincidence, but I can't give it to you for free unless you can take out eight giant ores to exchange with me." The middle-aged uncle said happily.

To be honest, the price is a bit high. After all, the radishes from the Crown Snowfield are not golden radishes, and radish seeds cannot produce gold.

In comparison, the value of the ultra-giant ore is comparable to that of silver.

However, there seems to be no other way to obtain radish seeds. Collecting eight Gigantamax ores is not a difficult task for so many trainers on their side.

The Crown Snowfields are filled with giant nests, and their number is even comparable to the wilderness areas of Galar.

This is probably because rare goods are in high demand.

"Okay, but this is the price. Don't regret it." Ji Bei agreed.

The uncle nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know my limits."

"It's just that the harvest this year is so bad that we can't survive."

"Since you are trainers, it shouldn't be too difficult for you to obtain the Gigantamax Ore. In our Frozen Village, only these carrots are of value."

He shook his head and sighed.

Ji Bei was silent. It seemed that the people living in the Crown Snowfield were not having a good time recently.

In fact, this might be the climate that the Crown Snowfields should have, and nature is returning to its proper state.

In the past, it was only because of the generous bestowal of the power of abundance by the Bud Crown that this land could produce repeated harvests despite the severe cold and feed batch after batch of people and Pokémon. That was a miracle.

But miracles don't happen often, especially when people have forgotten the existence of the Flower Crown King. Now, the Crown Snowfield has become barren, and a large number of young people have chosen to venture into the outside world. In places like Dongning Village, one can only see some middle-aged and elderly people.

They abide by the land where they have lived for generations, but this land can no longer respond to them.

Unless the Bud Crown King regains its strength, it will be able to make plants flourish and the land fertile again.

"Let's go, it looks like we have to fight the Maxima Nest."

"Of course, this is just by the way. Now our priority is to find Mr. Moon. It should be enough to fight him on the way there and back." Ji Bei made a decision.

Lilia nodded in agreement and commanded her Pokémon: "Magiana, please."

"Beep--"

Magearna's mechanical body emitted a red light, pointing in a certain direction. The light was stronger than ever before, as if indicating that the destination was not far away.

"Let's go, it looks like our father is very close." Gladion appeared calm on the outside, but he was very excited on the inside.

Moon's disappearance was the starting point of his pursuit of strength, so that he could protect Liliae even when his father was not around.

Now, it seems that I can finally see my father and give myself a complete explanation.

They crossed mountains and rivers and saw a lonely wooden house in the snow.

This wooden house is covered with ice and snow, but the wooden door is always new, which obviously tempts people to come here often.

The direction pointed by Magearna's light is this wooden house.

"Is father here?" Gladion asked, and Magearna nodded in affirmation.

Liliae jogged along, eager to knock on the door, and Ji Bei immediately followed to prevent her from encountering any accidents.

If I remember correctly, Moon was living with a different-colored Xuwuid at this time, and it was playing the role of Moon's daughter, Liliae.

As for the Pokémon-type Lusamine, she is more or less a bit yandere. Who knows if she will suddenly attack and hurt people when she sees the real owner, in order to prevent her from taking Moon away.

It is already stupid to restrict Pokémon with human moral standards, not to mention that the other party is not a Pokémon in the conventional sense, but an Ultra Beast from another world.

Chapter 92: True and False Liliae

"coming."

As expected, there was no response to the knock, but someone came to open the door.

He was an old man with messy golden hair, a beer belly, a slightly rough physique and an untidy beard.

Seeing so many people, he actually showed a look of joy: "There are so many people visiting, my little home is going to be lively, please come in! Welcome!"

After seeing him, Gladion and Lillie immediately became excited: "Father!"

Even though they hadn't seen each other for many years, they could still recognize from their memories of the photo that the man was Morn, their father.

Xiaoyou and Mali also looked at each other.

"So, is this the end?"

"Something's not right, Yuu, it may not be that simple."

Although she is not from Kyushu, Marie is one of the few Galars who can read people's expressions and is more sensitive than Xiaoyou.

She could see the confusion on Moen's face.

"Father? Do I look like your father?"

"Hahaha, I also have a daughter named Liliae, she's about the same age as you guys, it's a good opportunity for us to get to know each other."

Morn smiled cheerfully, apparently not minding Gladion and Lillie's "mistake".

"Liliae?" Everyone was puzzled.

Zoroark sighed slightly, it was unusual that Moon couldn't even recognize his Pokémon now.

There was no doubt that the real Liliae was right beside them at this moment, looking at her father with a very rough look, expecting him to give her a hug.

This is obviously very strange and even a little creepy.

Fortunately, Gladion and Liliae were both smart people. They controlled their emotions and followed Moon, wanting to go into the wooden house and find out what was going on.

As soon as they entered the room, everyone was stunned.

Because there was no light in the wooden house, all the windows and doors were tightly closed, like a secret room.

This place was filled with dust and cobwebs, extremely dirty and messy. It was hard to imagine that this was a house inhabited by humans. It looked like no one had lived there for many years.

Moon seems to still be able to speak, so logically he should be able to take care of himself, but this does not seem to be the case.

Gladion and Liliae showed distressed expressions, but they kept silent in order not to upset their father.

There is no doubt that Moon's condition is not normal. We need to collect information first to find out why he has become like this.

Who is pretending to be Liliae, to the point that Moon doesn't even recognize the real Liliae?

The answer is Xuwu Yide.

Moon excitedly introduced "Liliae", his daughter, to everyone.

But in fact, the object he introduced was not a human being at all, but a small Xuwuide with a golden body!

The Gladion siblings immediately became alert after seeing this Pokémon.

Because of this Pokémon, their family has suffered a lot, and now they have some PTSD.

When Xuwuide saw these humans, his first reaction was not to attack, but to turn around and run away.

According to Moon's memory, it certainly knew that it was pretending to be Liliae, and it also knew that the Liliae in front of it was the real one.

Only Moen was a little confused: "Lillie? Hey! Liliae!"

"Really? What's wrong with this girl? I don't remember her being shy."

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. She's not usually like this. Maybe she's in a bad mood today?"

"Please don't mind it. We are sorry for disturbing you." Ji Bei responded politely without showing too much unnatural expression.

He winked, signaling Nangong Ye and Mary to stay and buy time so that Gladion and Liliae could quickly investigate the truth.

"Meow." New Leaf Meow came out of the Poké Ball and volunteered to follow.

The weather in the Crown Snowfield is very cold, but it can still remain active if it stays in a house.

Although it hadn't been here in the past few weeks, it had more or less heard Liliae talk about some of the things that happened here, so it still knew some key information.

Mirror!

There are no mirrors in this house because Xuwuide is afraid that after looking in the mirror, Moon will remember his original self, and then they will not be able to live together anymore.

Having said that, Xinye Miao also knew that this was completely unnecessary worry. After all, the last Xuwuidu still lived with Liliae's family.

It tries to see if it can find a mirror in the room.

At the same time, Liliae was also looking for useful clues. She opened the window, wanting to let a ray of sunlight into this dark room.

Could it be that my father really has forgotten everything? Why did he mistake Xuwu Yide for me?

Liliae was very confused, and she couldn't help showing some sadness.

However, she followed the beam of sunlight into the cupboard and found something in it, but she didn't notice that a jellyfish-like Pokémon was approaching from behind her.

Xuwuide's tentacles have been glowing purple, which is a symbol of using poison skills.

At this moment, she suddenly heard the cry of Xinye Meow.

"Meow!"