Starting from Suicune Town, Li Muhua also considered letting people learn more about Suicune's past history.
Now it seems that this is not a very good method after all.
In everyone's eyes, a Gardevoir suddenly appeared beside Mu Li.
Then a white light flashed, and the onlookers who were filming only felt a blur before their eyes, and the entire production team actually disappeared.
"What was that? An illusion?" Everyone was dumbfounded this time, especially the sasaeng fans, whose expressions were even more varied.
These sasaeng fans make money by taking photos and videos of these celebrities, but they have never encountered such a crew.
They all disappeared without a word.
At this moment, Mu Li and the others had already arrived on an island.
"This is one of the small islands on Yunmeng Lake," Mu Li explained, "but there are some interesting discoveries here."
Under Mu Li's guidance, everyone came to the very center of this small island.
Everyone originally thought that the central area was just a small platform, but upon closer inspection, they found that it was not so.
The small platform in the middle turned out to be a circular tray, connected to a cylindrical pillar below, and in the very center of the tray, there was a small splash of water constantly bubbling out from a small hole in the center of a bead.
"This water is... underground water?" Li Muhua recognized the water source on this pillar at a glance.
Mu Li smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right, this is underground water. By the way, the water quality here is very clear. If you're interested, you can fill some up. It's a very good choice to take it back for brewing tea."
At the mention of brewing tea, Li Muhua's eyes immediately lit up. He took out a large army-issue canteen from his backpack and filled it directly with water.
Mu Li said exasperatedly, "Li Professor, what will you do if you run out of water to drink then?"
Li Muhua chuckled, put away the canteen as if it were a treasure, and said, "Look at what you're saying. How can I run out of water to drink in Yunmengze? What's more, there are so many Water-type Pokémon!"
It has to be said that the existence of Pokémon has reduced the difficulty of human survival in the wild to the lowest level.
"But you said there were some interesting places here; you're not just talking about this spring, are you?" Li Muhua asked suspiciously.
"Of course not," Mu Li said exasperatedly, "Actually, this spring has another name: Sacrifice Spring."
"Sacrifice Spring? Does that mean it's used for sacrifices?" Fu Peiyao asked.
Mu Li nodded, scooped up some spring water, and forcefully scattered it into the sky. The water droplets sprinkled into the sky, forming a brief rainbow glow: "This is where the ancients summoned Suicune a long time ago for sacrifices."
"Every autumn, which is harvest time, people would hold sacrifice ceremonies here, just like on the Kapu Islands," Mu Li explained, "Suicune would appear here at that time every year, like an agreement."
"Wow, an agreement between humans and Pokémon, how romantic!" Mu Qingqing couldn't help but exclaim.
"It is indeed very romantic." Mu Li couldn't help but recall the ceremony on the Kapu Islands and sighed slightly, "It's a pity that later, those people left here."
"Ah? Left? Why? Where did they go?" Mu Qingqing's breathing hitched, and she quickly pressed for answers.
Mu Li shook his head and said, "I don't know, I don't know where they went, but the reason they left might be because the floods in Yunmengze were too severe. It's just that they left too suddenly, even Suicune doesn't know why they left, nor does it know if they will come back..."
"Ah, how could this be... Even a farewell would have been nice..." Mu Qingqing said with some sadness.
"Who says it isn't..." Mu Li also sighed, "Since then, every year on the agreed-upon day, Suicune will return here... because it is unsure when those people will return... It doesn't want those people to return full of hope to see it, only to not find it."
As he spoke, many people's eyes were already red.
Pokémon are just that pure; they might wait for countless years for an agreement that wasn't even verbal.
Mu Li couldn't help but think of a certain Gengar who had agreed to meet its Trainer; he didn't know he had been abandoned by his Trainer.
Or perhaps he had long known he was abandoned, but was unwilling to believe that reality, so he kept waiting in place, waiting for that person to return.
If he hadn't met a better person, he might have spent his whole life waiting there.
Sometimes Mu Li also felt that humans simply weren't worthy of having such good Pokémon.
Pokémon will use their entire lives to help their Trainers achieve their wishes because of a promise, yet so many Trainers abandon them simply because their Pokémon are weak.
Perhaps the reason that world didn't have Pokémon before was because that world wasn't worthy of such beautiful creatures.
Precisely because he once sought and failed to obtain them, Mu Li now cherishes every Pokémon he encounters even more, not because of their strength or other factors, but simply to thank the Pokémon for appearing in his life.
This beauty alone is enough for him to feel fortunate.
"But how did you know this story?" Wang Yijia asked curiously after snapping out of his emotions, "Didn't you say 'ancients'? Aren't all those people already gone? Where did you hear about it?"
"Exactly," Mu Qingqing suddenly came to her senses, "You're not trying to fool us, are you?"
The awakened crowd accused him, "You're not really using such a touching story to fool us, are you?"
Mu Qingqing's gaze towards Mu Li was even tinged with anger.
"Please, what would I gain by fooling you?" Mu Li said exasperatedly, "Those people left, but isn't there still a Suicune that comes here every year? This story was told to me by Suicune."
Everyone was stunned.
Almost no one had ever encountered a Legendary Pokémon, and they had also overlooked the fact that Legendary Pokémon can speak.
"What you're saying does make some sense," Wang Yijia's eyes still held some suspicion, "But are you that familiar with Suicune? It would even tell you these things?"
Mu Li was speechless: If it weren't to give you some fun in finding Legendary Pokémon, do you believe I'd call it over right now?
Forget Suicune, if you wanted to see Ho-Oh, it would just be a matter of doing a dance!
Considering that dance was indeed a bit embarrassing, Mu Li still gave up on the idea of proving himself.
The only two people who didn't doubt this matter, besides Fu Peiyao, were Chichi.
Fu Peiyao purely believed in Mu Li's character and even more so that Mu Li wouldn't lie to her, while Chichi felt that Mu Li had no reason to lie to them.
Forget about a Suicune, he has three Legendary Birds in his bag, and a Giratina flying around at home.
For such a small matter, what's there to lie about?
Unless this guy suddenly went crazy.
Just then, however, Jigglypuff suddenly jumped out, ran to the lake, and put a little lake water in its mouth.
"Bori Bori! This water tastes wrong!" Jigglypuff frowned and waved at Mu Li.