Pokémon: World of Wonder

Chapter 377 Fire Refining

When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Jiang Ye didn't know the strength of the person opposite him, but to be able to approach him silently was definitely the work of a master among masters, leaving no possibility of any trickery.

After all, the many eyes of the little guys around him at that time were not just for show.

"I understand. Do you have any other requests?"

"Requirements? Hehe, you're smart enough not to make a sudden move. Of course, there are more."

As he spoke, the old man stood still and casually stepped onto the soft sand. The next moment, without warning, the sand beneath Jiang Ye's Pokémon suddenly turned into some kind of fluid that seemed to be alive.

Aside from Silverclaw, the other Pokémon were instantly controlled by the sand. No matter how much they struggled or tried to use their moves, the sand remained as unmoved as a tough band, firmly binding them.

Silver Claw, having broken free from the sand's control, was immediately entangled again by a large expanse of sand around it.

He tried to use his sand power to fight against the energy in the sand, but found that once his sand power seeped into the sand, it was like mud sinking into a sea of ​​mud, without making a sound.

Once they had firmly grasped the silver claws, the sand began to move across the beach, slowly approaching Huang Qiren.

"My requirements are this: you can only leave your Pokémon with me for safekeeping, and you'll have to take care of your own food and lodging. Oh, and although I don't know what kind of Pokémon it is, bring over that weirdo from your little satchel and that red scarf too."

Jiang Ye sighed inwardly. Had he been discovered? Although it was expected, he still couldn't help but feel a sense of loss. This old man was probably at the Grandmaster level; escaping would be difficult.

Jiang Ye reluctantly took off his small handbag, then untied the red brooch from his belt and handed it to Huang Qiren. Huang Qiren took it and said, "What's there to be sad about? Let them follow your grandpa, and I guarantee they'll be completely transformed in a month!"

"Whether they can make it through this month or not, and ultimately become a burden, that would truly disappoint these little brats."

Jiang Ye didn't say anything, but looked at Huang Qiren with a determined gaze, then at everyone who was suspended in mid-air by the sand, and turned to walk into the dense forest.

The trees in the dense forest had sparse leaves, as if no one had been to the island for a long time. The tangled vines in the forest hung from the branches and treetops like snakes and ropes.

Every now and then, some Pokémon living in the trees would shuttle across the rope bridges made of these ropes. Jiang Ye parted the curtain of vines that looked like a green curtain, and at his feet was a square blue and white brick made of mud.

Jiang Ye stepped on it, and the slightly moss-covered brick easily deformed under his feet, just like a well-molded mud brick.

Looking up into the distance, one after another, blue stone bricks lay quietly among the trees, with vines, tree roots, and soil intertwined together like swaddling clothes embracing the stone bricks.

There are also some kind of stone pillars that appear on both sides of the road every now and then, with some kind of Pokémon carved on the top of the pillar, but as time has passed, their appearance has long been illegible.

Jiang Ye sighed inwardly, then composed himself and continued along the road that could hardly be called a road anymore. One month, six islands—time was too tight.

After walking for a while, Jiang Ye saw an "n"-shaped stone tablet on the roadside with some incomplete ancient characters written on it, which Jiang Ye could not understand.

However, in recent years, when high-ranking members of the Alliance royal family and other elites come to pay homage to their ancestors, they have thoughtfully added modern text to the stone tablet.

The imperial tombs of the Xia Dynasty are guarded by the royal family, and visitors are prohibited from entering.

Royal Family? How royal are they? Are they pseudo-legendary? Or are they ferocious Dragon-type Pokémon?

Jiang Ye, his mind racing with questions, suddenly remembered what Huang Qiren had said not long ago. It seemed that this so-called test was most likely to be directed at this royal family.

Jiang Ye drew his dagger and moved forward silently. The surrounding woods began to grow denser, and the moss clinging to the trees began to turn from green to red from the roots to the trunks.

This red color was very abrupt and unusual. Jiang Ye didn't notice it when he looked over here earlier, but now that he passed by the stone tablet, he realized that all the green plants in his eyes were now stained with a layer of red.

Even the rotten branches and mud bricks on the ground were stained with a layer of red. All the trees in the forest looked exactly the same, and there wasn't a single fruit tree.

Only a few small carnivorous and herbivorous Pokémon darted around in the forest from time to time, looking up at the tops of the trees.

Using the sparse tree trunks as a guide, Jiang Ye could see that on the upper parts of these trees, small red fruits were hanging on the branches, appearing and disappearing between the leaves, branches, and vines.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~!"

Hearing the whooshing sound in the woods, Jiang Ye instinctively pressed himself against the back of a crimson tree trunk. What was that sound?

Jiang Ye took out the ruby ​​and opened it. The next second, the ruby ​​started automatically recognizing the sound. In this situation, the ruby ​​didn't cause any trouble, but instead turned on full silent mode.

Apart from the occasional echoing cries of monkeys and the rustling of small Pokémon, the only other sound in the forest was Jiang Ye's breathing.

After a while, when the monkey cries gradually subsided, the analysis page popped up on Hongbao's screen, and Jiang Ye took a closer look.

Based on the analysis of the monkey cries since the start of the Pokédex, and after comparing the voices of various monkey Pokémon in the local database, it is preliminarily determined that the Pokémon population in the forest should be Chimchar/Infernape/Infernape.

Jiang Ye's eyes darted around. Although he was pursuing the path of a trainer, he hadn't neglected the basics. He even had some knowledge of the most basic local history of Huangyan.

According to the history of the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Dynasty in the textbook, there were a total of six dynasties. These six imperial tombs were buried on the Six Kings Islands according to the chronological order of the six dynasties.

The six dynasties are Chi, Xuan, Yuanbai, Diming, Qingzhao, and Huntian, representing the attributes of Fire, Water and Ice, Steel, Ground and Rock, Grass, and finally, Normal.

This is the imperial tomb of the Crimson Dynasty. Based on Hongbao's analysis, the so-called royal family should undoubtedly be Infernape.

"Human! Come here!"

As those words echoed through the woods, Jiang Ye instinctively felt a tingling sensation in his hands and feet. He could sense that some unknown "gaze" was fixed on him.

What should I do? I was thinking of sneaking closer to observe for a while, but I didn't expect to be locked on so soon after I came in.

Jiang Ye took a deep breath. Since it was a royal family group, they probably wouldn't resort to underhanded tactics, right?

Besides, they can speak human language, so they won't just punch me to death when I get there...

Jiang Ye comforted himself as he moved closer to the source of the sound, to the very center of the island.