**Chapter 93: Zhi Huo's Obsession**
Seeing Bai Feng's wide, round eyes, Zhi Huo found him very cute and couldn't resist pinching his fair, tender little cheek.
But before Bai Feng could react, she quickly withdrew her hand and looked at the Larvitar by Bai Feng's feet, saying, "Are you looking for Ore for this little guy?"
Bai Feng nodded. "Yes."
"Then you definitely didn't get much gain," Zhi Huo said gloatingly.
Uh...
"Indeed, I didn't." Bai Feng was momentarily unsure what to say.
"Never mind, how about I give you some?" Zhi Huo suddenly said at this moment.
Bai Feng was stunned by her sudden decision. Such a valuable stone, just giving it away?
Is this the domineering aura of a rich woman?
Zhi Huo clapped her hands, and a Goodra walked out of the Villa. It was holding a pile of Silver-Gold Stone in its arms.
A Goodra! A Pseudo-legendary! A rich big sister! Bai Feng's mind couldn't process it all for a moment.
Rumble~
The Goodra walked up to Bai Feng and dumped the stones from its arms in front of him.
The moment it saw the Silver-Gold Stone, the Larvitar dove headfirst into it, leaving only its little backside wiggling outside.
"Hahaha... Little guy, don't be impatient, this is all yours." Zhi Huo laughed heartily. She didn't have much else at Home, but she had plenty of Silver-Gold Stone.
Bai Feng said awkwardly, "Sister Zhi Huo, isn't this too much?"
Zhi Huo waved her hand dismissively. "It's just a few stones. Don't be so hesitant, just take them."
Hearing this, Bai Feng had no choice but to hand the Space Backpack to the Larvitar and let it put the Silver-Gold Stone inside.
At this moment, Bai Feng noticed that Zhi Huo was constantly staring at Bai Ye.
"Sister Zhi Huo, is there something wrong with Bai Ye?" Bai Feng asked curiously.
"This Gardevoir is called Bai Ye?" Zhi Huo asked.
Bai Feng nodded and replied, "Bai Ye is my Mother."
Zhi Huo was startled by this and then said with surprise, "You were raised by this Gardevoir?"
Bai Feng nodded.
Zhi Huo pondered for a few seconds, then looked at Bai Ye and asked, "May I examine your body?"
"Gar..."
Bai Ye hesitated for a few seconds but finally nodded. It couldn't refuse the request of a rich woman.
Zhi Huo got up from the chair, walked over to Bai Ye, and began her examination. She touched Bai Ye here and there, then said with surprise, "Your Mother's Energy Quality is very high!"
Bai Feng was even more surprised. She could tell just by touching? Or did this sister actually possess a Special Ability?
Then Bai Feng heard Zhi Huo say, "And its body's Energy structure..." Zhi Huo stopped halfway through her sentence.
"Is Bai Ye okay?" Bai Feng asked a little nervously.
Zhi Huo withdrew the hand she had placed on Bai Ye. "Don't worry, your Mother is very well, surprisingly well."
After thinking for a moment, she said to Bai Feng, "Wait for me here for a bit." With that, she walked towards the Villa.
When Zhi Huo came out again, she was holding an exquisite wooden box. She placed the box in front of Bai Feng and said, "This is a Gift for you."
Bai Feng asked doubtfully, "What is this?"
Zhi Huo gently opened the wooden box. Inside lay a beautiful necklace, with a dazzling, brilliant pink diamond set in the center, and it was a very large one.
"This... this is too valuable." Bai Feng said with a look of apprehension, pushing the box back. "I can't accept it."
He didn't understand why Zhi Huo would give such a valuable Gift to someone she was meeting for the first time.
Zhi Huo picked up the diamond with her slender fingers, looked at Bai Feng, and asked, "Do you know the origin of this diamond?"
Bai Feng shook his head. Did this diamond have some historical story?
Zhi Huo asked again, "Then have you heard of the Mythical Pokémon Diancie?"
Bai Feng nodded, then guessed, *Could this diamond be related to Diancie?*
"Legend says that Diancie is a special variant of Carbink."
Zhi Huo said with certainty, "That's not a Legend. Diancie is indeed a mutation from a special Carbink.
And the diamond before your eyes is the first diamond created by a newly born Diancie..."
As she spoke, Zhi Huo seemed to fall into a memory.
Bai Feng was incredibly astonished at this moment. He didn't understand why Zhi Huo knew such a Secret, or how she could possess such a precious diamond.
Just who was she?
At this moment, Zhi Huo snapped back from her memory. She looked at Bai Feng and said with a smile, "You must be full of Curiosity about why I know these Secrets and why I have Diancie's diamond."
Bai Feng didn't speak, just quietly waited for Zhi Huo to explain. He had a feeling Zhi Huo would tell him.
"Because I personally witnessed the process of a Carbink transforming into Diancie, and this diamond was given to me by Diancie itself!"
Zhi Huo spoke words that left Bai Feng astonished.
"If that's the case, Sister, why would you give this diamond to me?" Bai Feng asked doubtfully.
"Because I saw a possibility in your Mother!"
Zhi Huo suddenly said with a serious expression.
"Your Mother's body has a very special Energy structure. I once saw a similar structure in Diancie."
After Zhi Huo's explanation, Bai Feng finally understood. The "Energy structure" she spoke of was actually the Energy Circuit, and the special structure she mentioned referred to the illuminated Hidden Energy Circuits.
"The first diamond created by Diancie contains a large amount of Fairy Type Origin Energy. If your Mother can wear this diamond at all times, it will not only increase her efficiency in absorbing Energy but also enhance the power of her Fairy Type Moves.
Are you sure you don't want it?"
Zhi Huo's tone was full of temptation.
Bai Feng immediately hesitated. Of course, he wanted it, but it was too valuable. He didn't have the confidence to accept it!
At this moment, Zhi Huo said again, "I won't just give it to you for free. I need you to do me a favor."
"What favor?" Bai Feng asked.
"I want you to Cultivate a Diancie!" Zhi Huo said, enunciating each word.
Hearing this, Bai Feng just felt she must be crazy. He could Cultivate a Diancie? Wouldn't he be soaring to the heavens then?
"Sister... Sister Zhi Huo, you must be joking, right?" Bai Feng stammered.
Zhi Huo said with a serious expression, "I'm serious. Although I can't be sure if you can do it, I see a possibility in you! That's enough!
Those special Energy structures on your Mother are because of you, aren't they!"
Just as Bai Feng was about to say something, Zhi Huo directly interrupted him.
"Don't deny it. Not just your Mother, but the Heliolisk and Larvitar by your side also have these traces on them. I don't believe it's a coincidence."
Bai Feng just felt that this sister's eyes were like fiery golden eyes; she could see even this. Just who was she?
"But... but..." Bai Feng hesitated. The diamond was very tempting, but Zhi Huo's request was a bit tricky.
At this moment, Zhi Huo said again, "You just need to try your best. Even if you ultimately fail, I won't blame you, nor will I trouble you. I just..." Speaking up to this point, Zhi Huo started to drift off again.
After drifting off for more than ten seconds, she said again, "And you don't need to worry that I'll want the Pokémon you've worked hard to Cultivate. As long as you try your best, regardless of whether you ultimately succeed, I won't have any designs on your Pokémon."
Hearing this, Bai Feng breathed a sigh of relief. This was one of the important reasons he was reluctant to agree.
The effort and resources he put into Cultivating Pokémon weren't the main issue, but over time, bonds form between people and Pokémon. If he had to give the Pokémon away after that, who could bear it?
"If the Cultivation fails, Sister Zhi Huo really won't blame me?" Bai Feng confirmed again.
"Of course." Zhi Huo nodded. "The premise is that you have to try your best."
Bai Feng nodded and said, "Of course I will try my best. You can rest assured about that, Sister."
"That's good." Zhi Huo nodded with satisfaction. "I've already selected a suitable Carbink for you."
Zhi Huo had been preparing for many years to Cultivate a Diancie, and it took her a long time to find a suitable Carbink.
"Sister even prepared the Carbink?" Bai Feng said with surprise.
Zhi Huo glared at Bai Feng. "Do you think all Carbink are qualified to become variants? Those that can transform into Diancie are one in ten thousand among Carbink."
"So that's how it is." Bai Feng suddenly understood.
"Wait here!"
Saying this, Zhi Huo walked into the Grass in the Garden Plot of Land and searched for a while before coming out with a Carbink. This Carbink looked bewildered and shyly stared at Bai Feng, the stranger.
Zhi Huo pointed at Bai Feng and said to the Carbink, "Carbink, from now on, he will be your Pokémon Trainer. You must listen to him well from now on."
As for whether the Carbink was truly willing to follow Bai Feng, Zhi Huo didn't care.
It was also at this moment that Bai Feng realized this beautiful sister's Nature was actually a bit cold, not as kind as she appeared.
Perhaps... Cultivating a Diancie had become a kind of obsession for her, but Bai Feng didn't understand where this obsession came from.
The Carbink didn't dare to resist Zhi Huo at all, just obediently nodded, and then hopped over to Bai Feng's side.
"Carbink, let's learn a lot from each other from now on."
After getting closer, Bai Feng was surprised to find that the Beard on this Carbink's mouth was actually different from other Carbink. Other Carbink had a single long strip-shaped Beard, while this one's was composed of several heart shapes arranged side by side.
It was quite cute, unlike other Carbink, which looked like little old men.
Seemingly sensing Bai Feng's goodwill, the Carbink finally stopped being so scared and let out two affectionate calls towards Bai Feng.
"Since the deal is complete, this diamond is yours!"
Zhi Huo waved her hand lightly, and the diamond necklace on the table actually flew up directly and accurately landed around Bai Ye's neck.
Bai Feng said with surprise, "Sister Zhi Huo, are you a Psychic too?"
He hadn't detected even a hint of it before, and neither had Bai Ye, who was a Psychic-type Pokémon.
He suddenly felt that this beautiful sister in front of him was a little scary.
Zhi Huo gave a playful smile. "A Psychic? You could say that."
What did that "could say that" mean? Was she or wasn't she? Bai Feng didn't dare to ask. He was afraid if he asked too much, the beautiful sister might silence him.
"Come here, I'll tell you about Cultivating Diancie." Zhi Huo beckoned to Bai Feng.
Hearing this, Bai Feng had no choice but to sit back down on the chair.
Zhi Huo took out paper and pen and started writing and drawing on the table. Soon, several complex patterns appeared on the paper.
After Zhi Huo's explanation, Bai Feng finally understood. These were all Carbink's Energy Circuits; the simple ones belonged to ordinary Carbink, the complex ones to special Carbink, and the even more complex ones to Diancie.
The one for Diancie was drawn by Zhi Huo from memory and wasn't actually complete, but even so, its complexity far surpassed Bai Ye's.
Including the Hidden Energy Circuits, Bai Ye's Energy Circuits were currently the most complex Bai Feng had ever seen, but compared to Diancie's, they were insignificant.
Zhi Huo was indeed impressive. She had thoroughly Researched Carbink's Energy Circuits, even finding the Hidden Energy Circuits.
If she didn't have a way to illuminate the Hidden Energy Circuits herself, Bai Feng would suspect she might have already Cultivated a Diancie on her own long ago.
The Concept of Energy Circuits hadn't been mentioned in the Pokémon World yet, but Zhi Huo had already referred to it as "Energy structure" through her own Research and conducted in-depth Research. She was truly not ordinarily impressive.
The most concentrated part of Carbink's Energy Circuits was the center of their bodies, where circles upon circles of Energy Circuits were intertwined, like a ball of yarn, looking very complex.
Special Carbink, on this basis, also had an additional Energy Circuit core.
Zhi Huo didn't know exactly how to make a special Carbink transform into Diancie, but she understood that the most important point was to make that Energy Circuit core undergo a transformation.
That was the first and most important step for a special Carbink to transform into Diancie.
After saying all this, Bai Feng said to Zhi Huo, "Sister Zhi Huo, can I see the Carbink you have here?"
"Of course." Zhi Huo readily agreed. As long as it could help with Cultivating Diancie, she would agree to any request unconditionally.
"Come out, everyone."
At Zhi Huo's command, one Carbink after another walked out from the Flower bushes.
Bai Feng counted, there were at least a hundred of them.
Bai Feng suspected that this sister had raised all these Carbink for the sake of Researching how to Cultivate Diancie.
"Do you know why I can find so many Carbink?" Sister Zhi Huo asked.
Bai Feng shook his head, indicating he didn't know.
"Because beneath the Silver-Gold Stone Ore Vein you explored before, there was once a Kingdom of Ore a long, long time ago.
Later, the Kingdom of Ore was destroyed, and a large number of Carbink died with it. The ones you see now are their only remaining survivors."
As she spoke, a hint of sadness flashed in Zhi Huo's eyes.
Hearing this, the Carbink couldn't help but show sad expressions as well.
"Alright, you can look around freely."
Zhi Huo's sadness was only fleeting. She spoke to Bai Feng again with a face full of smiles.
Hearing this, Bai Feng nodded, walked into the group of Carbink, and began checking them with his Golden Finger.
(end of chapter)