I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

Zhulan tilted her head, revealing a bit of cuteness: "Do you know him?"

"I know him." Xu Li smiled. "I was able to destroy the Shadow Organization back then thanks to the information Disqiu 'transferred' to me. I wonder if the Shadow Organization wants to know this information."

Xu Li explained the matter of Disqiu.

Zhulan nodded slowly: "So that's how it is."

"Now that we've finished talking," she then looked behind Xu Li, at the 'little girl' who had been hiding behind him from the beginning. She met his big, secretly peeking eyes, and said with a smile, "Whose family is this little girl?"

"Don't get me wrong!" Xu Li quickly raised his hands, "She's a Pokémon."

Zhu Lan, her blonde hair cascading down, looked at Xu Li suspiciously, "Really?"

"It's true!" Before Xu Li could speak, Latias sensed Xu Li's emotions and hurriedly stood up to explain. A white light flashed, revealing its true appearance.

Xu Licai said: "How could I lie to you?"

"So that's how it is." Zhulan touched Latias's head and looked at Xu Li's expression of 'don't doubt me so easily'. She smiled and said thoughtfully, "But..."

“There’s another one.”

……

Xu Li didn't understand what Zhulan meant. He only knew that she was like an erosive golden flower at night, making Xu Li feel as if his body was not his own when he woke up in the morning. He felt weak and had no energy.

"Awake? Ali... I'm fine..."

This feeling is back!

Xu Li looked at Zhulan with fear as she half-opened her eyes, her face full of unwillingness. "Don't come over here!"

"The Lily of the Valley Conference is about to begin!" Xu Li quickly found an excuse, "Xiao Zhao is the first one."

"Besides, you can't!" Xu Li looked at Zhulan's tired expression and said clearly.

"I can do it..." She narrowed her eyes and slowly revealed a somewhat persistent smile. Her fair face slowly fell and she muttered, "There's still more than half an hour left...wouldn't it be better if you hurry up..."

He still couldn't resist.

Finally, when Xu Li arrived at the Lily of the Valley Conference, the battle on the field had already been going on for a while, so he found a place to sit down.

Xu Li's face was filled with helplessness. Faster? He couldn't do it!

Then he looked at the situation on the field. Xiaozhao sent out a paper sword to point at the opponent's dream demon.

Today was the Round of 16. The match had already taken place in the central arena, a 6v6 all-out battle. On the overhead display, Xiao Zhao's Ferocious Mushroom icon had dimmed, clearly having lost its combat capability in the previous battle.

However, the opponent had already dimmed three Pokémon. With a sneak attack from Paper Sword on the vital point, the opponent's Dream Demon icon above also gradually dimmed.

The opponent can no longer pose any threat to Xiaozhao.

Xu Li narrowed his eyes slightly, just wanting to take a break and replenish the energy he lost last night, but suddenly he heard a warm breath in his ears, and his arm was quietly hugged.

"Husband..." accompanied by a soft voice.

A familiar voice sounded to Xu Li, and he turned his head slowly in disbelief. He saw Lusamine's smiling face.

She hugged Xu Li's arm tightly and said happily: "I finally found you! Husband~"

Xu Li: “…”

Although the touch felt great, right now he just wanted to rest alone.

He changed the subject: "Why are you here?"

"Hmm..." Lusamine thought for a moment and said, "I guess what you want to ask is, will we break up?"

"Don't worry, husband. Our Aether Foundation has moved to the Sinnoh region. This Lily of the Valley Tournament is also sponsored by the Aether Foundation."

Xu Li: “…”

That's not what I meant to ask.

Noticing Lusamine's advances.

Xu Li said helplessly: "Let's watch the game."

"Okay!" Lusamine smiled, gently leaned her head on Xu Li's shoulder, and responded softly, like a girl who had just fallen in love.

……

Although Lusamine made some small movements occasionally, she did not disturb Xu Liqiang too much. He raised his eyelids and watched the game.

Teru quickly ended the battle. With her strength drained, she collected the paper sword that had slashed down her opponent's last Pokémon into a ball, and then she directed Roserade to secure a decisive victory over the last Blue King.

Soon, it was time for the match between Satoshi and Shinji.

In the end, Ash won, relying on Infernape's Infernape.

Even though Shinji has gradually begun to view and ease the relationship between Pokémon correctly, he still cannot resist Infernape, who has received careful guidance from Xu Li Infernape and has further resonated with Xiaozhi.

After the game, the dusty Xiaozhi shook hands with Shinji with a sincere smile and said: "Infernape, it's a great kid!"

Shinji: "Hmph... not bad indeed."

"My Electric Beast is great too!" He said this, and turned and left while looking at Xiaozhi's incredulous happy expression.

……

Because of Dakoto's involvement, Zhulan has been very busy except at night; Nazzi has a sore butt and just wants to stay in the room.

So Lusamine watched the quarterfinals, semifinals, and semifinals of the Suzuran Tournament with her.

In the lower half, Satoshi, who had defeated Shinji, made it to the finals without Darko's obstruction. Meanwhile, Teru also made it to the finals with ease.

It seemed that the match in the top 16 that used three Pokémon was the strongest opponent she had ever encountered.

In the final battle.

Xiaozhi was full of confidence. After the referee finished reading the words, he threw the Poké Ball and said, "It's you! Swimming Ring Weasel!"

"Mee~!" The swimming ring weasel also responded energetically.

It was such a joyful and passionate scene to see.

Xu Li laughed.

The master of reverse attributes, his reputation is well-deserved.

Xiao Gang in the audience suddenly covered his head with his hands.

"This idiot!"

If you pay attention to your opponent, you'll realize that Teru is a Grass-type trainer! Why did he send out Weasel?!

"We can only hope that Xiaozhi can use his unexpected tactics."

But it was the finals after all, and the audience were all wondering what Ash's intention or tactics were in sending out the swimming ring Itachi.

Xiaozhao's paper sword raised a leaf blade and killed the swimming weasel in one move. With the improvement of the monster, the attack was strengthened again.

Xiaogang: "..."

Professor Oak and Xiaozhi's mother Hanako exchanged a glance, and Professor Oak laughed and said, "Xiaozhi, this kid is at a disadvantage from the moment he enters the game..."

"But, I believe Xiaozhi is the type who becomes more courageous after setbacks! He was like this in the previous battle, too. I believe..."

But not long after, on the battlefield, Xiaozhao steadily and steadily devoured Xiaozhi step by step. Zhiyu Jian, who was enhanced by the beast, almost killed him with red eyes, but unfortunately he was killed by Infernape who exploded again.

Xiaozhao still has five Pokémon left, while Xiaozhi only has the low-health Infernape and Pikachu left.

Then Xiaozhao sent out Shucaiguai.

Faced with such a predicament, Xiaozhi's blood boiled and a light bulb went off in his head.

I remembered what Xu Li said before: It’s the tree that’s weird, it’s the tree that’s weird.

"Infernape, the tree monster isn't a grass type, it's a rock type. Let's use close combat!!"

"Pogu~!!" Infernape roared and rushed towards the tree monster with stomping feet.

At the moment when Infernape charged forward, Xiao Zhao recalled the time in the Red Lotus Wetlands when he mistook the Pencaiguai for a grass-type monster, a misunderstanding that was pointed out by Xu Li.

She smiled, now finally able to say with confidence: "It's not a weird tree, it's a tree!"

The Taijingzhu in her hand flashed, and at the moment when Infernape hit it in close combat, the Tree Monster was shining with the brilliant light of the grass-attribute Taijing. Without the weakness of fighting attributes, it could withstand the close combat of Infernape at its limit.

Then, the Taijing logo of flowers and plants on its head flashed again and slammed towards Infernape after it had finished close combat.

boom!

Double-edged head hammer!

The smoke dissipated, and the Taijing Grass Tree raised its head, holding up the two branches in its hands, which intertwined and shone with the "branches" transformed by the Taijing on its head.

"Hurry~!"

"I am the tree~!"

Xu Li: “…”

Isn't it because of the double-edged headbutt that Blaziken is so effective...

However, Xu Li was still happy for Xiaozhao.

Xiaozhi's eyes widened: "What is this thing..."

He had never seen Tai Crystal before, and there was a glint of curiosity in his eyes.

In the end, the Lily of the Valley Tournament ended with Xiaozhao winning the championship. Even though Xiaozhi's last Pikachu defeated the Treefolk and the Furry, he could not withstand Xiaozhao's sniper shot of the TreeOwl.

On the field, Zhulan was presenting an award to Xiaozhao.

Off the court, Xu Li, who was held by Lusamine, had no choice but to endure their gazes.

Suddenly, the limp little Z climbed onto Xu Li's body.

It said: "Suddenly..."

"That black bird, it seems, from far away, is asking for help from my cells..."

"A black bird?" Xu Li was puzzled. He looked at Little Z, the Zygarde core, and after a moment's thought, he asked, "Yveltal?"

Little Z blinked his one eye and nodded.

"Wuhei~!"

"Besides, it's so noisy..."

……

Carlos in a dense forest.

Yveltal, whose sleep was disturbed and who was irritable when she woke up, wanted to get angry.

But he saw groups of people around him wearing bright red clothes, fully armed, staring at him with fierce eyes and sharpening their knives.

It remembered Xu Li's teachings two thousand years ago: to control one's temper and not to squander the destructive energy in one's body on others.

Don't bother with this group of people!

The main reason is that this group of people looks too strong!

The experience of being captured by Xu Li two thousand years ago taught Yveltal a lesson: one should not underestimate the power of human beings.

Yveltal took a few steps back quietly, fluttered his wings and tried to escape.

But the other party refused to give in.

One of the red-haired women even shouted, "Grab it!"

Countless Pokémon attacks followed. In a hurry, Yveltal pulled out a small green bug from his pocket.

A series of fatal calls began.

Chapter 185: Daigo: Your victory is unfair!

Seeing that Little Z was extremely annoyed by the noise, Xu Li tried to connect with Little Z, the Zygarde core, and got the opportunity to communicate with Yveltal on the other side of Carlos.

But as soon as the connection was established, what came was Yveltal's ghostly howling voice. It seemed to realize that it was Xu Li who was listening on the other side, and the emotions in its words became more intense.

Probably means:

"It's really you, I miss you so much... Help, help, help... If someone else takes me away, you can't ride me anymore! Guuuuuu~ It hurts..."

Xu Li: “…”