novelonline Chapter 1161 The Veins of the Spirit World
Chapter 1161 The Veins of the Spirit World
Chapter 1161 The Veins of the Spirit World
Deep within the spirit world.
The hibiscus was enveloped in a faint white light.
She said it was the light emanating from the clothes, which had been used to protect her body from illness during her long-term activities in the spirit world.
After all, spirit mediums are human, while the spirit world is a world of ghost Pokémon and the dead.
This faint glow was obviously not enough to dispel the darkness, so the Night Demon used its single eye as a flashlight.
The road ahead is clearly visible.
Kashiwagi silently put away his super-powerful flashlight with 150,000 lumens, not giving this amazing weapon a chance to appear.
Seeing that they were getting further and further away from the gate to the spirit world, Furong stopped and pointed to the top of his head.
"You have a talent for being a spiritual medium."
Beside the paper spirit hat, two deep blue flames swayed in the wind, like will-o'-the-wisps.
She continued, "These two flames are essentially a manifestation of your soul, and normally they need me to ignite them."
"But it just burned on its own, proving that your mental power is strong enough to leave your body."
At this point, Furong suddenly recalled Bai Mu's past experiences—
This is a remarkable person who came back from the dead.
Although Fuyo and her grandmother had different views on the concept of "resurrection," they argued for a long time about what happened to Kashiwagi after they returned.
To be able to regain life is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
She explained it in detail.
In short, the special abilities of humans in the Pokémon world, though varied, are fundamentally related to mental power.
After all, humans cannot use attribute energy.
They can only train their bodies and minds.
The urban legend that the boy woke up as Yongira is not entirely unfounded.
Mysterious spiritual mediums also roam the spiritual realm.
As long as one can separate their spiritual power from their body, they will have the possibility of communicating with spirits and traversing the spirit world.
Furong coaxed, "How about trying spirit communication? It's really interesting! You can hear all sorts of different people and Pokémon telling you stories!"
"...if there is an opportunity."
Kashiwagi used the phrase "Next time for sure".
Outstanding effect!
Furong looked disappointed and muttered, "Okay, I'll definitely do it next time."
Having already been put off for almost a year, she knew very well that this would probably take even longer.
Kashiwagi is indeed not very interested in listening to other people's stories at the moment.
The simulator was enough to satisfy his curiosity.
However, a spiritual medium should definitely try it out—communicating with and summoning souls. What if he could use it a hundred years from now?
If we could turn this into a Ghost-type Pokémon, that might not be bad.
of course.
It would be best if it could maintain a human form.
His goal is to become a man who lives a long and prosperous life, like Wu Si and AZ!
I didn't stay in one place for too long.
The two continued their journey deeper into the spirit world.
Like the Violet Hotel he had seen before, the spirit world connected to Mount Songshen also has a "Mount Songshen".
The environment, however, appears more dilapidated, resembling a map from the game Dark Souls.
"Amazing, right?"
Furong spoke eloquently: "Some people say that the spirit world is the opposite of the world and belongs to the antimatter realm."
"Antimatter realm?"
Kashiwagi instantly thought of the third son of a certain god.
According to legend, Dialga symbolizes time, Palkia symbolizes space, and Giratina was banished due to its violent nature and exists on the other side of the world, symbolizing the antimatter realm.
Will it come to the spirit world?
Hard to say.
The animated theatrical version explicitly mentions the Reverse World.
Giratina lived there and was extremely hostile to the intruders.
The Reverse World shares many similarities with the Spirit World, yet it clearly does not belong to the Spirit World.
At least not at the moment.
The two pushed open the decaying iron gate and left the long underground tunnel completely.
What is visible to the naked eye is the first layer of "Sending Off the Gods Mountain"—countless weeds break through the ground, surrounding many broken tombstones, making it an exceptionally gloomy and terrifying dilapidated cemetery.
Furong was clearly familiar with the place, humming a tune as she strolled along, as if she were wandering in her own backyard.
Perhaps that's not wrong?
But don't be fooled by the quietness of the cemetery; it's actually quite "lively."
As the two walked forward, they often encountered one or two ghostly Pokémon that would dart out from around corners; their appearances were often unusually ferocious.
Just like some artists' real-life Pokémon drawings, which tend to lean towards the bizarre and exotic.
But whenever they discover that the visitor is Furong, they scurry away like mice seeing a cat, and their ferocious appearance immediately reverts to its original form.
Kashiwagi and the other Pokémon instinctively turned to look at her.
"a ha ha ha……"
Furong smiled awkwardly, "I know them very well. These bad guys always like to scare people, and if they can't scare me, they'll run away."
really?
I do not believe.
The four pairs of eyes conveyed the same meaning.
Furong said, embarrassed and annoyed, "Never mind that! Let's hurry up and get this over with so Grandma doesn't find out!"
She walked quickly forward.
A smile spread across Bai Mu's face as he caught up with him and asked, "You must have quite a few friends in the spirit world?"
"of course!"
The girl immediately became proud when this was mentioned.
She waved her hand, and the Night Demon, which served as her flashlight, immediately flew into the depths.
The Shiny Gengar was tasked with lighting the way, but its unruly nature led it to use colored lights, turning the desolate and tranquil cemetery into a dazzling disco.
"Hehehe~"
It let out a series of strange laughs until its head was lightly patted by the cypress wood, at which point it obediently turned back into white light.
Furong couldn't help but exclaim, "Your Gengar is so lively!"
"Sometimes she's a bit too lively."
Kashiwagi also had a smile on his face, clearly not as disgusted as he said.
The two continued forward, and soon after, the Night Demon brought along Hibiscus's Pokémon friend—
A large group of shadow dolls.
These Pokémon, which resemble teru teru bozu (Japanese teru bozu dolls), enthusiastically surrounded her.
"Pop~ Pop~"
Some of the Wraith Dolls quickly turned their attention to Kashiwagi and the Pokémon on his body.
After circling around them several times, it locked onto Gengar.
"Pop~ Pop~"
The shadow dolls wore expressions of ecstasy.
Gengar's smile froze slightly.
Hibiscus explained at the right moment: "The Shadow Dolls love feelings of jealousy and resentment; these are their favorite 'food'."
How could Kashiwagi not know this?
He even knew that Wraith could sense these emotions through the horns on its head, and Gengar understood the same.
So the fat gray creature, enraged, waved its claws to drive it away.
"Gengga! Gengga!"
It looked up at its trainer with a wronged expression, as if trying to prove that it didn't have either of those emotions.
Kashiwa patted its head. "It's okay. Everyone has their little temper and moods. I don't mind, so don't overthink it."
It's perfectly normal for Gengar to have emotions.
As the saying goes, a person who is used to bringing laughter to others is not necessarily positive and motivated themselves.
The purpose of making the gray fat guy funny has little to do with his own emotions.
It's purely for laughs and to attract attention.
Love can certainly make flesh and blood grow wildly, but it cannot completely erase the scars after the wound has healed.
Pokémon are less adaptable than humans; they can be persistent in pursuing one thing for decades or even centuries.
Gengar's appearance makes it seem less ordinary, but it is actually just a very ordinary Pokémon.
Without the careful nurturing, tireless teaching, and the power of the simulator, it would never have reached its current height.
Gengar is very ordinary and common.
It's perfectly normal for such an ordinary creature to experience jealousy, resentment, and all the emotions that a normal Pokémon should have.
"Genga..."
With its eyes closed, it felt the warm touch from its trainer, and its emotions gradually calmed down.
The urgent pursuit of power made him restless.
Gengar realized this, but didn't know how to adjust it, so it could only rely on the wisdom of its trainer.
I'm confident the trainer will be able to arrange everything properly.
Furong averted her gaze from Gengar.
Her suggestion to go to the spirit world to obtain power stemmed from her curiosity about Gengar and Kashiwagi.
They have now become champions.
What makes Gengar so eager to improve itself, even to the point of rolling around on the ground and acting silly?
to be frank.
Gengar's performance during the day truly disillusioned Furu with the Pokémon of the Champion.
After all, neither Wallace nor Steven's Pokémon have behaved this... unreliably?
Of course, this is actually a filter that Furong herself is wearing.
Although she is one of the Hoenn Elite Four, most of her interactions with Steven and Wallace's Pokémon are on the battlefield, so she naturally cannot see what they are like in private.
Her own Pokémon also include characters with Gengar-like personalities.
The farce ended quickly.
Hibiscus bid farewell to the Shadow Dolls, led Cypress to the second floor, and greeted the Wandering Night Spirits who had been waiting there.
Her Night Demon Spirit originated from among them and has now become the strongest among them.
"Why didn't I see any evil spirits?"
Kashiwagi realized that he had been in the spirit world for quite some time, but he hadn't seen a single evil spirit.
Furong said, "Of course they were all driven away."
The first and second floors are close to the entrance to the spirit world. Wandering spirits guard these floors to prevent evil spirits from sneaking near the gate.
How could those unreliable, cunning eyes possibly defend against such a huge "hole"?
"The order of the spirit world, is it?"
Kashiwagi was not too surprised.
Since Furong and her grandparents live here, and the Alliance allows ordinary people to come for funerals, they can naturally guarantee their safety.
If the spirit world's Sending-Off Mountain is in great chaos, the real-world Sending-Off-Off Mountain will certainly not be stable either.
We went up to the third floor.
He finally saw the evil spirit he had been longing for.
These things look no different from ordinary people, just like the guy I saw at the Violet Hotel before.
However, unlike Ghost Pokémon, they generally lack the ability to perceive things and will not take the initiative to approach Friesland and Kashiwagi to talk, using various seductive tones to speak strange, incoherent words.
"Don't pay any attention to what they say, okay?"
Before leading him into the third floor, Furong had already given him instructions.
The chaotic minds of evil spirits will cause them to try to tempt everything they see, commonly known as "talking nonsense".
If you believe them, they will try to take something away from you.
It could be spiritual power, or it could be physical power.
The spirit hat cannot completely block the attention of evil spirits; it can only prevent them from actively harassing the cypress tree.
The scent of a stranger will cause them to lose their last remaining "reason".
The existence of evil spirits is mainly related to their unwillingness to die; they will do everything possible to acquire things that will allow them to live on.
The two ignored one evil spirit after another.
These things watched the two figures leave unwillingly, yet were helpless.
The presence of Pokémon like Dusknoir makes them too afraid to act violently.
Fourth floor.
It's very spacious here.
But Kashiwagi could clearly sense an unusual aura.
Furong explained, "This place is very close to the veins of the spirit world. It's normal for you, as a living person, to feel uncomfortable. I couldn't get used to it at first either."
Her skin glowed even brighter.
The flames atop the cypress tree showed no obvious change, yet they continued to burn steadily.
Step out of the fourth floor and into the "outdoors".
Kashiwa felt the wind blowing in his face and the endless, pitch-black world.
Even with Gengar's enhanced Flash effect, it was still useless; all the light was completely absorbed.
The two arrived at the top floor, at the shrine that corresponds to the real world.
The central temple was filled with visible black mist, like a spring that kept gushing out.
To Bai Mu's surprise, there was a semi-transparent bubble at the top of the black mist.
"Welcome to the core of the Spirit Realm! The Vein of the Spirit Realm!"
Furong explained with a grin, "Planets have ley lines, and so does the spirit world, and there just happens to be one on Mount Sacred. I dare to boast that I'll let Gengar try it out, precisely because of this!"
Kashiwagi asked, "The Spirit Realm Vein... are you referring to this smoke?"
"Correct!"
Furong nodded and said, "As long as Gengar touches these wisps of smoke, there is a certain probability that he will be corrupted by the spirit world and gain its power."
Is it dangerous?
"To my knowledge, no."
The girl used a very precise way of putting it: "This thing is like a spring. Some Pokémon can absorb the spring water after they go in, while for other Pokémon, the spring water remains just spring water."
Kashiwagi: "...I understand. So what's that bubble?"
"Bubbles? What bubbles?"
Furong glanced at the temple with a puzzled look.
The moment Bai Mu raised his hand, the bubble disappeared into the smoke. "I saw a bubble, it was translucent, didn't you see it?"
"no!"
Furong's expression turned serious.
She believed that Kashiwagi wouldn't joke around in such a crucial place, and quickly ran to the temple to check on the situation.
No matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find any trace of bubbles.
Kashiwagi said seriously, "I'm sure I just saw bubbles."
"Um……"
Furong pondered for a moment and nodded. "I believe you, but I've never encountered anything like this before. Perhaps I should ask Grandma. Or maybe we should just let it go for today?"
She didn't overestimate herself.
The strange situation made her unsure whether Gengar could go safely again.
Bai Mu, also not wanting anything bad to happen, said, "Okay, shall we go out first?"
Just leave.
Two seemingly steady but actually equally cunning young men stepped back.
Just two seconds after rushing out, Kashiwa saw the bubbles again, and this time Hibiscus saw them too.
Because it was very large, as tall as a person.
A giant, crimson eye was watching them through the bubble, like a bloodshot eyeball.
Bai Mu's heart skipped a beat, and Fu Rong's eyes widened as well.
what--
thing!!
In an instant, a dark shadow stretched out from beneath their feet, forming a bizarre dragon shape!
(End of this chapter)