Chapter 47: Celebi Wants Praise

The special effect possessed by the statue of Celebi is the ability to recall moves, as well as immunity to attacks from Pokémon in the forest—a remarkably practical capability!

Guangtai simultaneously recalled the theatrical release "Celebi: Voice of the Forest." In that movie, when Ash and his friends entered the forest with Celebi, they were not attacked by any Pokémon; in fact, Pokémon led by Ursaring even took the initiative to guide the way for them.

Celebi, known as the Guardian of the Forest, is revered by all Pokémon and has left behind unique legends across numerous eras.

As for recalling moves... In the real Pokémon world, Pokémon rarely forget moves they have already learned, but similar situations do occasionally occur.

For instance, "moves that can be learned before evolution, but can no longer be learned after evolution."

"Cele!"

Celebi stroked her own sculpture, looking exceedingly happy!

At the same time, she also sensed the incredible power contained within this sculpture. Although she could not fully understand it, it seemed to have a profound connection to her.

It is very similar to the statues carved for her by people in ancient times!

随后, she fluttered around Guangtai's workshop, poking this and touching that. Seeing that moss was being cultivated in some flower pots, she reached out and touched one.

Guangtai instantly received feedback with information.

【Rare Material: Light Moss.】
【Description: A single-use glowing moss. If the Pokémon carrying it is attacked by a Water-type move, its Special Defense will increase.】
【Knowledge Gained: 1】
【Moss Master: Transplanting Light Moss onto stone has a chance to transform the stone into 'Moss Rock'.】

"Celebi completed a piece of craftsmanship work, gaining experience and growth!"
"Learned the move: Helping Hand."

Well, I harvested myself.

Guangtai muttered inwardly.

Most of the names of people in the Pokémon world originate from plants, and he was no exception. Guangtai is a type of moss and also a held battle item. For some Pokémon weak to water, this glowing moss can effectively help them resist attacks from Water-type Pokémon.

"If it's transplanted onto a Pokémon like Onix, they might no longer be afraid of water either. What should such a Pokémon be called then? Mossy Onix?"

"If an ordinary Onix wears a coat of moss and lives like that for a long time, will it end up gaining an additional Grass-type?"

While he was thinking along these lines, Guangtai completed another craft production—this was thanks to Celebi's help. The moss cultivation craft was completed, and a new material clue was acquired!

【Rare Material: Unique Forest Sapling.】
【Acquisition Location: Ilex Forest / Viridian Forest / Eterna Forest / White Forest / Pinwheel Forest / Petalburg Woods...】
【Corresponding Craft: Unique Tree Cultivation Craft.】

"Bi!" Celebi looked at the glowing moss pot with great delight. She seemed carefree, with nothing in the world able to make her unhappy.

As for the sculpture symbolizing the plates and Arceus, she had already taken a peek at it last night!

"Labi!" Celebi pointed at the glowing moss pot, expressing her wish.

After repairing the shrine, she hoped to transplant these glowing mosses onto it as decoration.

Guangtai did not expect her to have such a request, but this was fine as well. Having moss as decorative embellishment would make the shrine appear even more aged and sacred. He gave Celebi a thumbs-up:

"What a wonderful idea!"

"Bi!" Celebi stroked her chest, looking very proud.

Guangtai also smiled:

"It seems you are very satisfied with my craftsmanship. Then tomorrow, we'll go help you repair the shrine. After all, you've helped me a great deal too."

"However, to fully unleash the craft of ancient carving and relic carving, I still need ancient rocks or stones from ruins. The stones from the Sinjoh Ruins are almost used up."

Guangtai scratched his head. While relic stones were the easiest to obtain, he lacked a reliable means of transportation, making trips to the Sinjoh Ruins rather inconvenient. Besides, those ruins served a special purpose; if he went back and forth repeatedly, Gramps and Volo would probably think he was running a wholesale business.

"Do you know anywhere that has ancient rocks or relic stones?"

Faced with Guangtai's inquiry, Celebi's small hand pressed against her chin, her tiny head lifted slightly, and memories flashed in her dual-colored eyes.

Before long, she let out a joyful cry!

"Cele!"

Yes, there is a ruin!

To the northwest of the Sinjoh Forest, there is a collapsed and ruined relic. Moreover, it isn't an important ruin; there is nothing of value inside, just some strange stones.

As for the cause of the collapse, it seemed to be because of a Pokémon battle?

That ruin had been caved in for a long time!

"Labi!"

Celebi described the situation of the ruins in detail. Meanwhile, the Doublade on the side translated with a series of hums, and the Petilil shook its leaves, contemplating how it should fight those Voltorb if it returned to the forest and encountered them.

Deep within the Sinjoh Forest, powerful Pokémon divided territories among themselves. If someone invaded another Pokémon's domain, a battle would erupt, so it was completely normal for an unlucky ruin to be damaged in the crossfire.

As for ancient rocks, Guangtai himself didn't even know what kind of stones counted as ancient rocks. Were they classified from a geological perspective?

If so, there would simply be far too many stones that could be called ancient. A thousand years is an ancient rock, but are rocks a hundred million or a billion years old considered ancient rocks as well?

However, the Pokémon world itself didn't seem to have been born all that long ago.

"Anyway, let's go take a look at the ruins tomorrow!"

With Celebi's sculpture, Guangtai could safely venture deep into the forest. Those wild Pokémon would not attack him—this effect was far superior to that of a Cleanse Tag!

A Cleanse Tag could repel weak Pokémon, but it would lose its effect against powerful ones with higher levels.

At this moment, Celebi suddenly spoke up:

"Bi!"

There are many Pokémon acting restlessly in the Sinjoh Forest recently, and they have even left their habitats.

"Eh? Is that so?" Guangtai thought of the Scyther incident mentioned in the village, but Celebi patted her small chest with an expression that implied everything was fine:

"Cele, Bibi, Labi!"

It's fine, just follow me in and there won't be any problems. Those Pokémon won't attack us!

With her head held high and her little chest puffed out, she was completely different from the Celebis Guangtai remembered seeing in the anime.

Could this Celebi's personality be "Arrogant" or "Brave"?

Guangtai took out a Pecha Berry to treat Celebi. She took it and began eating happily, showing not a trace of unhappiness. But when Guangtai offered her a Rawst Berry, Celebi shook her head.

A Rawst Berry could restore one-third of maximum HP, but if fed to a Pokémon that disliked spicy flavors, it would become confused.

"I see, the personality is Brave."

No wonder she took the initiative to approach him. Generally speaking, mythical Pokémon of this kind disliked getting close to humans, but with a Brave personality, such a Pokémon loved trying out whatever she encountered.

"Cele?"

At this moment, Celebi flew over to the workbench, and while eating the Pecha Berry, she stood on tiptoes and poked Guangtai.

Are there any other materials needed?

After being translated by the Doublade, Guangtai pondered:

"Can you get me a sapling from Ilex Forest?"

In the Johto region, the finest wood came from Ilex Forest. Guangtai had chopped plenty of wood from the outskirts of Sinjoh Forest, but it hadn't triggered any crafting recipes. Therefore, he wanted to cultivate a tree from Ilex Forest to see what made it so miraculous.

Even the charcoal burned using wood from Ilex Forest possessed incredible special effects.

And now was precisely the time to use the crafting knowledge he had acquired.

"Cele~"

A sapling from Ilex Forest?

That's no problem at all!

Celebi once again patted her chest, indicating that he could leave it to her. Although the Celebi worshipped in Ilex Forest wasn't her, all Celebi could use the shrines across various regions to travel through time, so there was no issue!

Saying this, she quickly flew outside the house and, under the gaze of Guangtai and his two Pokémon, performed a time jump!

The radiance of time and space flowed, and shortly after, she returned, using telekinesis to control a sapling from Ilex Forest, which landed right in front of Guangtai!

"Cele!"

Celebi smiled beamingly, then proudly raised her head again.

Time travel, pretty impressive right!

I traveled directly from here to Ilex Forest, then pulled up a sapling and came straight back! Since Ilex Forest has a shrine too, I could travel right over there, you see!

"Tr—truly amazing!"

Although he had seen it countless times in the games, experiencing it firsthand felt entirely different, so Guangtai's praise came straight from the heart!

And Celebi became even prouder!

Guangtai touched the sapling from Ilex Forest, and information instantly flooded into his mind:

【Rare Material: Ilex Forest Sapling.】
【Description: A unique Ilex sapling from Ilex Forest. Although the entire forest consists of Ilex trees, this kind of tree cannot be found anywhere else. Once the sapling grows into an Ilex tree, it can be used to burn the highest-quality 'Charcoal'. In the shaded areas covered by the canopy of the Ilex tree, time will be treated as 'night'.】
【Acquired Crafts: 2】
【Unique Charcoal Burning Craft (C-): Acquired the technical knowledge to burn top-grade charcoal. Charcoal burned using wood from Ilex Forest will possess special effects.】
【Unique Tree Cultivation Craft (C+): Saplings acquired from specific forests can be planted in any region while retaining the unique effects of their original forests.】

Two tree-related crafts—this was something he had already foreseen when finding the clues earlier.

To think it could work like this!

Guangtai had previously discovered that the two material clues spawned by Celebi both contained the option for Ilex Forest. He hadn't expected that the long-held assumption of one craft corresponding to one material was actually incorrect; certain materials might correspond to two or more crafts, requiring only a cleverer triggering method.

However, even if he hadn't obtained the second craft right now, heading to other forests in the future would still allow him to acquire it. Crafts wouldn't run away, and neither would materials.

"I thought today's work would be a bit lighter, but it looks like it's going to pile up again!"