**Chapter 28: The Legendary Birds' Gift of Thanks**
"I will definitely do my best!" Bai Feng said with a serious expression.
While Lugia's sanity was still present, Articuno shattered the Ice Block that had frozen its Spiritual Body, allowing its Spiritual Body to return to its Original Body.
Articuno instructed Bai Feng, "Lugia won't be able to stay conscious for long. You must work together with it to remove Yveltal's Tail Feather as quickly as possible!"
Bai Feng nodded and quickly walked over to the Black Egg, placing his hand on it.
The Instant Bai Feng touched the Black Egg, countless Scarlet Energy began to surge towards him, clawing and gnashing.
However, the Instant the Scarlet Energy touched him, the Golden Finger Energy within his Body immediately seemed to boil, launching a frantic counterattack against the Scarlet Energy and quickly repelling the intruding Scarlet Energy.
This Scarlet Energy seemed to have a consciousness. After being suppressed by the Golden Finger Energy, they actually began to fear it. They circled Bai Feng's Body, constantly probing, but no longer dared to rashly drill into his Body.
Bai Feng controlled the Golden Finger Energy to enter the Black Egg. The next second, his consciousness was drained. He felt as if he had arrived in a Starry Sky, and in the center of the Starry Sky, a giant Lugia was suspended.
However, this Lugia was completely black, looking full of evil and ominous meaning.
"You're here!"
The pitch-black Lugia suddenly opened its eyes and looked directly at Bai Feng.
"Y-Yes." Bai Feng felt a bit overwhelmed by the powerful pressure from Lugia.
"I've troubled you this time!" Lugia said calmly. "If it doesn't succeed, please leave as quickly as possible, otherwise it wouldn't be good if I hurt you!"
The Lugia that had regained its sanity was a very kind Pokémon.
The next second, Bai Feng was by Lugia's side. At this moment, Bai Feng was not in a physical state either, but in the same Spiritual Body state as Lugia. His Spiritual Body entered Lugia's Body along with his Golden Finger Energy.
Bai Feng himself didn't know why this was happening; he was just acting on instinct.
He saw milky white light bands suddenly emerge from Bai Feng's Spiritual Body. He controlled these light bands to invade Lugia's Body.
The light bands formed by the Golden Finger Energy continuously moved within Lugia's Body and quickly found the Yveltal's Tail Feather that Articuno had mentioned.
Yveltal's Tail Feather was actually clearly lodged in Lugia's Heart! No wonder it had such a huge Influence on Lugia!
Yveltal's Tail Feather was strip-shaped overall, completely black, emitting a terrifying eerie light, and at the same time, a continuous stream of Scarlet Energy kept emerging from within it.
Is that it?
Bai Feng cautiously controlled the light band formed by the Golden Finger Energy to approach. The Instant the light band made contact, countless Scarlet Energy surged violently, like hot oil meeting boiling water, and launched an attack on Bai Feng's Golden Finger Energy.
But Bai Feng's Golden Finger Energy was not to be trifled with. The Instant the Scarlet Energy attacked, they raised their "little whips" and lashed out fiercely. The Scarlet Energy instinctively recoiled after being whipped.
From this point of view, Bai Feng's Golden Finger indeed had the effect of suppressing Scarlet Energy. It was just a pity that it was still too weak at the moment, and after a brief burst, it quickly fell into a disadvantage.
Even though Yveltal's Tail Feather had detached from its Original Body, it was still essentially from a powerful deity. With Bai Feng's current Strength, he truly had no way to contend with the power of a deity.
However, just then, streaks of blue-purple light bands suddenly descended from the sky, binding Yveltal's Tail Feather tightly in the blink of an eye. The speed was astonishing.
This was Lugia making a move!
Lugia was able to grasp Yveltal's Tail Feather so Smoothly thanks to Bai Feng attracting all the Scarlet Energy's attention.
Although the Scarlet Energy seemed conscious, it actually only had pure instinct. When facing something that could suppress it, like Bai Feng's Golden Finger, even if the opponent wasn't strong enough, it would still be instinctively attracted to the opponent.
The Scarlet Energy completely didn't expect someone to launch a sneak attack at this Time, so it turned its head to go back and deal with the blue-purple light bands.
Taking advantage of this Time, Bai Feng controlled the light band formed by his Golden Finger Energy, also binding Yveltal's Tail Feather with lightning speed.
Bai Feng's Golden Finger Energy was not strong enough yet, but it did have a suppressive effect on Yveltal's power. The Instant it bound the Tail Feather, the Scarlet Energy emerging from it significantly decreased.
Taking advantage of this Opportunity, Lugia's power began to pull the Tail Feather outwards, and Bai Feng also quickly controlled his Golden Finger Energy to help. The two exerted force together.
The Scarlet Energy naturally didn't want Lugia and Bai Feng to succeed and began to frantically attack the two types of light bands binding the Tail Feather.
But neither Bai Feng nor Lugia paid any attention to the Scarlet Energy's attacks. They were solely focused on pulling the Tail Feather outwards.
Finally, the Tail Feather rooted in Lugia's Heart began to loosen, shaking slightly twice.
This really agitated the Scarlet Energy. They began to attack the two light bands even more frantically. The two light bands slowly became thinner and thinner under such a fierce siege.
But Bai Feng and Lugia still ignored this. They were solely focused on pulling the Tail Feather outwards.
Little by little... Finally, the Tail Feather was pulled out of Lugia's Heart by the combined efforts of Bai Feng and Lugia. That Instant, the Scarlet Energy seemed to become much weaker.
At the same Time, the two colors of light bands had become extremely thin, especially Bai Feng's Golden Finger Energy, which looked as if it could break at any moment.
"Lugia, let's continue!" Bai Feng shouted loudly.
Pulling the Tail Feather out of Lugia's Heart was just the first step. Only by completely expelling it from Lugia's Body could it be considered a success!
The two colors of light bands began to exert force again. Finally, the Instant Bai Feng's Golden Finger Energy light band broke, Yveltal's Tail Feather was completely pulled out.
S-Success!
"Human, thank you for your help!" At this Time, Lugia's voice sounded again, but its voice was full of fatigue.
"Y-You're welcome?" Bai Feng answered haltingly.
"Hehe..." Lugia suddenly chuckled softly. "I'm about to fall into a deep sleep to repair my Body. Before I leave, I'll give you a Gift."
After speaking, a bright purple light suddenly lit up in Lugia's eyes, and a purple mist was controlled by it and blown onto Bai Feng's Spiritual Body.
"W-What is this?" Bai Feng was completely confused.
"You'll know in the future." Lugia's voice seemed to become even more tired. "Alright, it's Time for you to leave."
As Lugia's words fell, Bai Feng's Spiritual Body's vision went black, and he immediately disappeared from the Starry Sky.
Articuno, who had been watching the Situation from the outside, only saw the Scarlet Energy on the Black Egg continuously rolling and boiling. The Black Mist rising from it almost completely submerged Bai Feng.
Because the Scarlet Energy was truly going wild, Articuno had to retreat a bit.
At this Time, its Heart was very conflicted. It was very worried about whether Bai Feng could hold on in this Situation, and also hesitated whether it should take Bai Feng away from here.
However, just then, Articuno saw a pitch-black strip-shaped object slowly being pulled out of the Black Egg.
Yveltal's Tail Feather!
Articuno was ecstatic. Bai Feng had succeeded!
The Instant Yveltal's Tail Feather was pulled out of the Black Egg, Bai Feng suddenly opened his eyes. The Black Mist and Scarlet Energy wrapped around him began to gradually disappear.
Bang~
At the same Time, after a crisp sound, the Black Egg transformed into a small-sized Lugia, tiny and very cute.
Although Lugia's size was small, the power it emitted was extremely terrifying.
The Lugia that had removed Yveltal's Tail Feather was still completely black, indicating that there was still a large amount of residual Scarlet Energy within its Body. This would have to be cleared by itself little by little; Bai Feng couldn't help with that.
"Hoo~"
Bai Feng plopped down on the Ground, feeling completely drained of Strength. His eyelids felt as heavy as if a large Stone was hanging on them.
At the same Time, he wondered in his Heart what Lugia had done to him before leaving. He looked left and right but couldn't Discover anything Different about himself.
At this moment, Yveltal's Tail Feather seemed unwilling to be expelled. After falling onto the Ground, Black Mist rose from it again, even forming the appearance of a miniature Yveltal, roaring and lunging towards Bai Feng.
Articuno was quick-witted. A blast of Cold Air blew over, freezing it the Instant it appeared. This source of all evil finally couldn't cause trouble anymore.
It was also the Instant Yveltal's Tail Feather was frozen that, at the Lake Bottom of a Lake in the center of a Nameless Forest, a pair of Scarlet Eyes slowly opened and let out an angry roar.
Many Pokémon originally lived around the Lake, but startled by this roar, they fled in terror in all directions, no longer daring to approach that Lake.
After a burst of venting, the Scarlet Eye closed again. The surroundings of the Lake returned to calmness, as if nothing had happened.
After settling the not-yet-awake Lugia, Articuno told Bai Feng to rest for a while and that it would guard him.
Hearing this, Bai Feng didn't even think and immediately lay down and fell asleep. He was truly too tired.
By the Time he woke up again, it was already seven or eight Hours later.
After waking up, Bai Feng ate a few Berries and was fully revived. The fatigue on his Body was swept away, so he proactively offered to help Zapdos and Moltres remove the Scarlet Energy from their Bodies.
Articuno was overjoyed upon hearing this. Its two Partners were still unconscious. It hadn't dealt with them before because Lugia's matter was more important.
Now that Lugia's predicament had disappeared, Articuno naturally began to worry about its Partners' Situation.
Bai Feng stayed on the White Jade Pillar for another two days. While he was removing the Scarlet Energy from Zapdos and Moltres, Articuno went back to report that everything was alright to Kalos and the others.
After learning that Bai Feng had Smoothly completed the Task, whether it was Kalos, Fu La Da Li, Bai Ye, Popplio, Helioptile, or Talonflame Captain, they all silently breathed a sigh of relief.
Two days later, Bai Feng was carried back outside the Giant Pit by Articuno.
After putting Bai Feng down, Articuno sincerely said to him, "Thanks to your help this Time, Lugia was freed. You can make a request to us. As long as we can do it, we will definitely do our best to fulfill it for you."
Bai Feng's eyes lit up upon hearing this. There's such a good thing? But after thinking carefully, it seemed he really didn't have anything that needed the Legendary Birds' help with.
At this moment, he Had a brainwave. He looked at the Forest outside the Giant Pit and then said to the Legendary Birds, "Can I take some Fruit Trees and Fruit Tree Seeds from here back with me?"
"Just this?" The Legendary Birds were stunned upon hearing this. They completely didn't expect Bai Feng to make such a request.
No, this couldn't even be considered a request, because those Fruit Trees weren't planted by them; they just grew naturally when the Sea God's Cave was established.
Articuno nodded. "Of course you can. You can take any of the Fruit Trees and Seeds here that you fancy."
Bai Feng was ecstatic upon hearing this. Many of the Fruit Trees here had grown for thousands of years. Even if they hadn't been carefully cultivated, with the accumulation of Time, their Energy Rating had reached an extremely terrifying level.
If he used the Seeds they produced to cultivate Fruit Trees, perhaps he could cultivate Grade A Berries.
Grade A and Grade B were two completely Different levels of Berries. If Grade B Berries could still be bought on the Market, then it was absolutely impossible to buy Grade A Berries (exaggeration).
For any power or organization, Fruit Trees that could produce Grade A Berries were a form of foundation. They would only use Grade A Berries for themselves; selling them was impossible.
Moreover, because the Fruit Trees here had grown in a high-concentration Energy environment year-round, those that survived had undergone a certain degree of mutation. In Bai Feng's view, this had great research value.
"Then I won't be polite."
After that, Bai Feng began taking Bai Ye and the others to collect Seeds in the Forest. Kalos and Fu La Da Li, having nothing to do, ran over to help as well.
Articuno and the others were willing to give Bai Feng a reward, but they didn't show a good face to Kalos and Fu La Da Li, because the two of them hadn't helped at all. In their eyes, the two were simply adventurers who caused trouble.
The two had no complaints about this whatsoever. This experience alone had already left them in awe; everything else was secondary.
After a period of hard collecting, Bai Feng obtained a large amount of Fruit Tree Seeds, filling his Space Backpack to the brim.
Actually, he was also very tempted by many of the Fruit Trees, but his Space Backpack had limited capacity. It was already difficult to fit the Seeds. If he were to carry whole Trees, perhaps two or three would be the limit. That would truly not be cost-effective; it was more practical to carry Seeds.
Fu La Da Li was a person with high emotional intelligence. He seemed to see Bai Feng's predicament, so he packed up his own things and then proactively handed his emptied Space Backpack to Bai Feng.
"If your Space Backpack isn't enough, take mine."
Bai Feng hesitated, "Isn't this too much?" Space Backpacks were usually very expensive.
Fu La Da Li said indifferently, "It's just a Space Backpack. I'm giving it to you. If it weren't for you this Time, we don't know how long Articuno and the others would have blamed us!"
"Alright then, thank you!" Bai Feng happily accepted Fu La Da Li's Space Backpack.
"Take mine too!" At this Time, Kalos also said.
This Time, Bai Feng didn't act coy anymore and directly accepted the Space Backpack handed over by Kalos.
Fu La Da Li's and Kalos's Space Backpacks were much larger than Bai Feng's own. Especially Fu La Da Li's, which was the type with the largest space currently on the Market. Its value was immeasurable, almost comparable to Bai Feng's entire current net worth.
Although Kalos's wasn't as good as Fu La Da Li's, it was equally valuable.
After seeing the capacity of the two Space Backpacks, Bai Feng decided that after returning, he would return them to Fu La Da Li and Kalos once he had cleared out the Fruit Trees.
They were truly too valuable; he felt unworthy of receiving them.
Even for wealthy people like Fu La Da Li and Kalos, such a Space Backpack might not be much, but Bai Feng had his own scale in his Heart. He didn't want to take too much advantage of others.
Many of the Fruit Trees here grew exceptionally tall. Therefore, even with the Space Backpacks gifted by Fu La Da Li and Kalos, Bai Feng could actually still only take away a very small portion.
After collecting the Seeds and Fruit Trees, Bai Feng and the others returned to the side of the Legendary Birds, waiting for the Legendary Birds to send them away from the Sea God's Cave.
It had taken Bai Feng and the others a lot of effort to get in, but according to Articuno, they had their own shortcuts for entering and exiting the Sea God's Cave.
However, when Bai Feng returned, Articuno brought a few items in its beak and placed them in front of him.
"These are..." Bai Feng asked doubtfully.
Placed in front of Bai Feng were six crystal-clear deep blue crystals and a dark green Pokémon Egg.
The deep blue crystals were undoubtedly Water Stones, and of a terrifyingly high Purity.
As for the dark green Pokémon Egg, Bai Feng couldn't recognize what species it was. After all, besides Lugia's Black Egg, Bai Feng hadn't encountered any other Pokémon Eggs.
"Caw~" For you!
Articuno said.
Bai Feng had genuinely helped them solve a major Problem that had troubled them for thousands of years. The Legendary Birds felt it was too stingy to only use some Fruit Trees as compensation.
Because of Kyogre, a large amount of Water Stones were born in the Sea God's Cave. Unfortunately, these Water Stones were useless to the Legendary Birds and were usually only used for the Evolution of a small number of Water-type Pokémon living here.
So the Legendary Birds picked out a few with the highest Purity and gave them to Bai Feng. As far as they knew, Water Stones of this level should be quite valuable outside.
In addition to this, they also knew that human Trainers liked to pursue rare Pokémon, so they chose another Pokémon Egg and gave it to Bai Feng.
This Pokémon Egg was found by Moltres outside.
Because the Sea God's Cave was not very suitable for Fire-type Pokémon like Moltres to live long-term, Moltres would go out every once in a while. This Pokémon Egg was obtained by it from a dying Pokémon mother during one of its trips outside.
In Moltres's opinion, this Pokémon was quite rare, so after discussing it with Zapdos and Articuno, it decided to give it to Bai Feng to raise.
"What kind of Pokémon Egg is this?" Bai Feng asked doubtfully. To be honest, if it was just ordinary, he didn't really want to raise it.
"I won't tell you yet. You can look forward to it. From a human's perspective, it should be considered a very rare Pokémon," Moltres said with a slightly playful tone. Having solved Lugia's Problem, it now felt incredibly relaxed, to the point where a hidden side of its personality was released.
"Alright then, I'll look forward to it."
Since Moltres said so, then this might indeed be a rare Pokémon, and it was even very likely a pseudo-legendary.
It's definitely something to look forward to.
(End of Chapter)