Chapter 237: Shadow Of A God In The Green Hell
After all, they might not be able to control that evil god, but the Ideal Messenger can now be considered half one of us.
A spiritual light flashed in Lu Li’s mind. If the Ancient Sword Leopard was truly in the secret realm deep within the Qingyun Mountain Range, then its location could only be within those 100,000 great snow mountains.
And it was precisely that snow mountain range Ekaterina was exploring back then.
“Speaking of which, did I cause this myself?” Lu Li thought with a wry smile.
“Don’t worry, if there’s danger, I’ll move. However, the Ancient Sword Leopard doesn’t seem to have any intention of appearing, and it’s not convenient to move my large fortune here abruptly.”
Lu Li rejected Ekaterina’s suggestion.
The hidden secret realm in the Qingyun Mountain Range definitely held a great secret, and Lu Li truly didn’t want to give up just like that. Most importantly, the orchard wasn’t easy to transplant, and neither was the garden.
After hanging up Ekaterina’s call, Lu Li finally began to get into work mode.
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Nandu.
After hanging up the phone, Qu Suxin’s lips curved upwards, and she chuckled softly, “Interesting.”
Ekaterina calling him proactively and giving him such important information for free was something Qu Suxin truly hadn’t expected her to be so generous.
Beasts of Calamity…
After pondering for a moment, Qu Suxin turned and entered her family’s secret room.
The Qu family’s secret room was more like a huge library. Following the catalog index, Qu Suxin pulled a thick leather-bound book from a bookshelf.
During the Atlantis Empire era, a merchant sold four treasures brought from the East—a cauldron, a sword, bamboo slips, and jade—to the king. That night, the four treasures suddenly transformed into Pokémon and wreaked havoc, causing the destruction of the royal city.
It was said that the true forms of the four treasures were Pokémon. Having traveled and absorbed much desire and curses over a long period, they became active upon being handed to the king due to his desire, causing them to stir.
The once-prosperous empire thus fell, and the four Beasts of Calamity also vanished in that disaster.
Later, when historians studied the Atlantis Empire, they discovered that the Beasts of Calamity were very likely divine beasts that had grasped authority, and even evil gods.
Moreover, most scholars believed these four evil beasts actually originated from the Zhou Empire of the Second Era.
“Ancient Sword Leopard…”
Qu Suxin gently whispered, her right hand caressing the text on the ancient pages.
The Atlantis Empire was in the West, near the Iberian region. Why would the disaster beasts that disappeared in that place resurface in the Jiuzhou Region?
Could it be because these four divine beasts originated from the Jiuzhou Region?
Qu Suxin did not know if the appearance of the Ancient Sword Leopard was a good thing.
If it were an ordinary divine beast, it would undoubtedly be a great boon, but according to historical records, the Ancient Sword Leopard was a divine beast that had destroyed a powerful empire.
Having found the information she wanted to know, Qu Suxin returned to her office. After much deliberation, she ultimately decided to play ignorant.
Let alone him being only Champion Level in strength, even if he were Master Level, she wouldn’t dare to face a Tier 3 God who wielded authority.
If the sky falls, the tall ones will bear it. This kind of matter should be left to the Elder Council to worry about.
With that thought, Qu Suxin reported the matter upwards.
After reporting, she worriedly called Lu Li again, unable to help herself.
Lu Li was truly stumped.
These elder aunts really liked to worry unnecessarily, but their good intentions were still appreciated.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Li continued to research the barrier.
A day passed in the blink of an eye.
Having finally achieved Pokémonfication of the barrier, Lu Li couldn’t wait to emerge.
In this world, there were no Spirit Stones. When setting up formations, only Evolution Stones could be used as a substitute.
In terms of quality, Evolution Stones were equivalent to top-grade Spirit Stones in the cultivation world. The difference was that Evolution Stones had attributes, and the energy within was Attribute Energy, not Spiritual Energy.
Setting up the barrier required 36 Evolution Stones. Fortunately, he had swept through the Shin family before; otherwise, he would have had to buy them at the market.
After setting up the barrier, Lu Li used a spell to clear the residual Dark Attribute Energy within it.
Having said all that, Lu Li turned to look at the Tropius.
“It should be fine now, right? The barrier has not only isolated the cold current but also the malice,” Lu Li asked with a smile.
Tropius nodded happily. Now it finally didn’t have to worry about the orchard having problems.
“Trop~”
It’s fine now, it’s gone.
Tropius chirped excitedly and then impatiently began to inspect the fruit trees.
Seeing this, Lu Li shook his head with a chuckle and then turned to leave the orchard.
Tomorrow, he had to accompany the Fairy Heavenly King to a secret realm, and he still needed to go back and make some preparations.
In just one night, Lu Li drew 20 Teleportation Talismans, 33 Alert Talismans, and 6 Barrier Talismans for himself.
Lu Li prepared Barrier Talismans because he was worried that the secret realm Qu Suxin was going to might be a cold place. Although he wasn’t afraid of the cold, Tropius and the others might not be.
For this outing, Lu Li planned to bring all his first-tier Pokémon.
Milotic, Tropius, Charmander, Onix, Beldum, Starry Sprite.
In less than three months, his first-tier team was already complete.
In the eyes of others, this was almost an impossible, even an outrageous, feat.
Even the scions of noble families couldn’t have assembled their first-tier team within three months.
The main reason was the extreme scarcity of Pokémon with high qualifications.
Knowing that Gardevoir was coming, Lu Li had been waiting in the living room for it for a while.
With a sound of air being torn, Gardevoir suddenly appeared in the living room.
Seeing an old friend again, Lu Li also wore a smile on his face.
After all, the one before him was a “pink on the outside, black on the inside,” and a killer of Ideal Messengers.
Its greatest achievement in this life might be having killed an Ideal Messenger.
Others might not know, but as an involved party, how could he not be clear?
Who else in the entire Pokémon Center at that time could have quietly taken down Rayne and then framed someone else, if not Gardevoir?
As for Rayne dying from Grass Knot?
Gardevoir wasn’t incapable of learning the move Grass Knot.
“Long time no see, Little Pudding,” Gardevoir said with a smile.
Lu Li rolled his eyes speechlessly at Gardevoir. Why did these aunts like to give people nicknames? And like calling people by nicknames.
While complaining internally, he maintained outward respect and also greeted Gardevoir with a smile: “Long time no see, Gardevoir.”
Gardevoir then noticed the Starry Sprite Lu Li was holding in his arms: “Is this the Starry Sprite the Lord gave you?”
Lu Li nodded.
Gardevoir used Psychic Power to carefully sense the Energy Origin of the Starry Sprite.
It’s really Psychic Power and Dark Attribute?
Gardevoir was somewhat surprised, as the Master Breeder had already identified the Starry Sprite’s attributes back then.
“It seems the Divine Cult’s technology is more terrifying than I imagined,” Gardevoir said softly.
Lu Li nodded in agreement: “It seems the Divine Cult was targeting your Qu Family last time.”
To defraud a Title Heavenly King, one can only say the Divine Cult is indeed something.
The Starry Sprite in Lu Li’s arms trembled upon hearing the name Divine Cult. The name Divine Cult was practically a lifelong nightmare for it.
Lu Li gently stroked the Starry Sprite’s fur and comforted it, “It’s okay. Once you recover, we’ll strive to become stronger and get our revenge.”
Listening to its Trainer, the Starry Sprite finally calmed down again.
Gardevoir’s eyes flashed with a hint of something unusual.
The bond between Lu Li and this ridiculously high-qualified Starry Sprite had already been established. Even if the Trainer had other intentions, they were likely useless now.
The Starry Sprite’s qualifications were indeed covetable. If it were someone without a background, it would be a huge problem.
But the issue was that Lu Li’s background was now practically sky-high.
Frankly speaking, the six generations of accumulation by the Qu family couldn’t compare to even a single toe of their Ideal Dragon.
This was the value of a Deity.
Gardevoir asked, “Are the preparations ready?”
“Yes, I’ve arranged everything at home. I just don’t know how long we’ll be gone,” Lu Li was concerned about the time.
Gardevoir replied, “At most 15 days.”
If Lu Li, a university student, was this busy, then Qu Suxin, as a Title Heavenly King, was naturally even busier. 15 days of free time was the longest she could carve out.
Lu Li nodded.
If it was only half a month, that was still within an acceptable range.
A purple light flashed in Gardevoir’s eyes, and the person and Pokémon instantly disappeared from the living room.
Wei, on the second-floor corridor, watched the empty living room with some nervousness.
“Arceus bless, Lu Li must return safely,” Wei prayed silently in her heart.
The Instant Movement of a Champion Level trainer could almost be described as outrageous. In the blink of an eye, Lu Li appeared in Qu Suxin’s office.
“This should be our first formal meeting, right?” Qu Suxin, who had been standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, turned around and asked playfully.
“Greetings, Fairy Heavenly King.”
Lu Li quickly offered his greetings.
One could only say that the title “Fairy Heavenly King” was not misplaced; Qu Suxin was indeed a fairy.
Lu Li complained inwardly.
Qu Suxin stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of her office. Sunlight streamed through the glass, casting a golden halo upon her.
Qu Suxin’s figure was full and well-proportioned, her curves exquisitely elegant. She wore a perfectly tailored black professional suit that accentuated her figure. Below the skirt, a pair of slender legs were visible, clad in high heels. Her face was stunningly beautiful, with features as exquisite as a painting.
Her slightly upturned phoenix eyes, with their flowing gaze, held a hint of charm and sharpness, as if they could see through people’s hearts.
Looking at the dazed Lu Li, Qu Suxin playfully asked, “How is it? Beautiful?”
Lu Li reflexively nodded, “Beautiful.”
Qu Suxin wasn’t angry and instead teased with a smile, “Since it’s beautiful, look more. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to see it in the future.”
Regaining his senses, Lu Li awkwardly rubbed the bridge of his nose and then shifted his gaze to Gardevoir beside him.
?
Why do I feel like Gardevoir still has a charming aura!
“Alright, enough teasing. Sit down.”
Qu Suxin gestured towards the sofa.
Lu Li nodded and obediently sat on the sofa.
“Do you know why I called you here this time?” Qu Suxin asked knowingly.
Lu Li nodded, “You told me last time.”
Qu Suxin nodded with satisfaction upon hearing this and then continued, “Do you know of the God of Life?”
“Xerneas?” Lu Li tentatively asked, a little uncertain.
The reason Lu Li lacked confidence was that in many legends, Shiny Ho-Oh… no, it should be Lord Ho-Oh was also called the God of Life.
“It’s good that you know,” Qu Suxin said, somewhat surprised that Lu Li, who had no background, actually knew Xerneas’s full name.
Xerneas continued, “Someone found traces of Xerneas in a secret realm within the South American Alliance.”
“South American Alliance?”
Lu Li frowned.
If there were a strength ranking among the five great alliances globally, the South American Alliance and the African Alliance would typically be at the bottom.
Moreover, the South American Alliance and the African Alliance were similar: one was a mafia-controlled alliance, and the other was a tribal alliance. They were quite alike.
This resulted in the secret realms of these two alliances being like public restrooms, accessible to the other three alliances at will.
Qu Suxin further explained, “The South American Alliance discovered a Super Large Secret Realm, which the Alliance named the Green Heart Secret Realm. It is located deep within a vast rainforest and is an undeveloped secret realm.”
“Deep in the rainforest… Amazonian secret realm…”
Lu Li was speechless at this point.
Putting aside other things, just combining these two elements made the probability of Xerneas being in that secret realm nearly 50%.
That region was known as the Green Hell, and it wasn’t even well-known regionally, because the wild Pokémon there were too powerful.
Champion Level Pokémon appeared in the overseas region, and not even in secret realms. Those who could venture deep into the Green Hell were at least Heavenly King Level, and even then, they wouldn’t be safe.
Because it was truly a paradise for wild Pokémon, humans were merely outsiders there, and the Pokémon there were extremely xenophobic.
For example, in the Qingyun Mountain Range, if a Gym Level Pokémon released its aura, even a Heavenly King Level Pokémon wouldn’t actively seek trouble.
However, in the Green Hell, as long as you dared to release your aura, any Pokémon with a little strength would actively seek you out and launch indiscriminate attacks.
This was the origin of the Green Hell.
“Are you sure the Green Heart Secret Realm truly exists? And that there are traces of Xerneas?” Lu Li asked somewhat uncertainly.
This all sounded like a trap.
After all, anyone who could venture deep into the Green Hell would certainly be a Champion Level Trainer, and if there were truly traces of Xerneas’s existence, why would they leak this information?
After all, Xerneas wasn’t an evil god; it was a legitimate good god, and among the divine beast ranks, it was considered lawful good.
It was almost on par with Ho-Oh.
Putting himself in their shoes, if he knew Ho-Oh was in a certain secret realm, he would shamelessly try to get acquainted, even if Ho-Oh looked down on him. Just being able to let his Pokémon see a Tier 1 God firsthand would be a gain in itself.
One could profit handsomely in secret; why would they create competition for themselves?
“Because the one who discovered this information was not an individual, but a guild,” Qu Suxin explained with a smile.
