Chapter 69: Rare Flower

# Chapter 69: Rare Flower

When Bai Feng arrived at the Blue Bird Orphanage, Director Meili and Dongyu were not home, only a few children were there.

Caicaizi and Yangtai, the two older children, were writing summer homework inside the house. Yihui was sitting in the Yard holding Xiao Huang and spacing out, while Xiao You was with Limo digging for earthworms on the ground.

Seeing Bai Feng enter, Xiao You and Limo quickly dropped the small wooden sticks they were using to dig for earthworms and quickly ran to his side.

"Brother Bai Feng, you're here! You haven't come to see us for several days!" Xiao You complained with dissatisfaction.

Limo also looked at Bai Feng with an expectant expression.

"But I'm here now, aren't I?" Bai Feng said, patting Xiao You and Limo's heads. "Look what I brought you!" Bai Feng shook the bag of snacks in his hand.

"Wow, it's yummy!" Xiao You cheered.

Limo also beamed with joy.

"You're not angry now, are you?" Bai Feng handed the bag to Xiao You and said, "Take it and share it with everyone."

Xiao You quickly dragged the large bag of snacks, holding Limo's hand, and ran towards the house.

Bai Feng walked into the Yard, took Xiao Huang from Yihui's arms, and said to him, "Yihui, you go eat with everyone too. I'll watch Xiao Huang."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Bai Feng." Yihui nodded obediently, then quickly walked into the house, afraid that if he was a moment slower, the yummy treats would be all eaten.

The children were sharing snacks inside the house, while Bai Feng held Xiao Huang and cooled off in the shade of the tree in the Yard. Xiao Huang was very well-behaved, quietly lying in Bai Feng's arms without fussing, only his pair of bright, watery eyes restlessly looking around.

Just then, shouting suddenly rang out from outside the door.

"Anyone home? Delivery!"

Hearing this, Bai Feng immediately walked out holding Xiao Huang.

Seeing someone come out, the delivery person asked, "Is Bai Feng here? There's a delivery for him!"

"I am Bai Feng."

Bai Feng guessed it might be something sent by Teacher Omura's friend.

The delivery person nodded, took out a box from the space backpack behind him, and said, "Okay, please show me your identity verification."

After showing his identity verification, Bai Feng successfully received the package. He looked at the sender, and indeed, it said Teacher Omura's friend.

However, looking at the box in his hand, he felt it didn't seem like something that could hold any plants. Wouldn't plants die if they were put inside?

Returning to the Yard, Bai Feng couldn't wait to open the box. Inside, he saw a letter and a lotus-shaped Crystal Lotus lying there.

Huh? What about the promised rare plants? Why is it a piece of white transparent crystal?

Bai Feng picked up the crystal in confusion, but he didn't know what he accidentally touched, causing the petals of the Crystal Lotus, which were originally layered and gathered together, to slowly open.

"Is it that high-tech?" Bai Feng couldn't help but exclaim.

Just as his voice fell, a blue-white light beam projected from the center of the crystal. Then, a light screen appeared in front, showing two Pokémon battling: a Charizard and an incredibly huge Arbok.

The image was only a short dozen seconds long, but the content was incredibly shocking.

The Charizard in it opened its mouth and spewed a stream of intense flames to burn the Arbok, but the Arbok raised its tail and heavily struck the Charizard's neck, knocking the Charizard's head sideways, while the flames also sprayed elsewhere.

The Arbok seized the opportunity to flexibly coil around the Charizard, using its long and thick body to wrap around the Charizard's wings, neck, belly, and tail, making it impossible for the Charizard to move.

The Charizard tried to struggle, but its strength seemed inferior to the Arbok's. Finally, Bai Feng saw its head tilt, and then it fell straight down.

The Charizard's neck was actually twisted off by the Arbok! It was horrifying!

Although the image was only a short dozen seconds long, Bai Feng was stunned for a while after watching it. It was the first time he had seen such an intense battle, or rather, "slaughter" would be a more accurate term.

Although it was just an image, it didn't affect the shocking impact of the scene at all.

When Bai Feng recovered, he became very curious why Teacher Omura's friend would send him a Crystal Lotus with a recorded image. So, he picked up the letter in the box.

The envelope contained an explanation of the Crystal Lotus. Bai Feng hadn't expected that the Crystal Lotus was actually a plant, although it had been made into a specimen.

The original name of the Crystal Lotus is Time Flower. It is a unique plant found in a peculiar place in the Kanto Region. It is said that the Mythical Pokémon Mew and the Tree of Beginning it guards live in that peculiar place.

And the Time Flower is a derivative of the Tree of Beginning. Although it looks and feels like crystal, it is indeed a genuine plant.

This special plant has a characteristic: it records and preserves events that have happened around it.

In other words, the scene Bai Feng just saw was something that genuinely happened in the past. He just didn't know how long ago it was.

Most Time Flowers wither after playing a recorded image once, but the one Bai Feng just saw was relatively special. Additionally, it had been made into a specimen using special means, so it could play the image unlimitedly.

The Perilous Land where the Tree of Beginning is located is very high in danger level, as could be seen from the image Bai Feng just watched. Therefore, the number of Time Flowers brought out so far is not large, and most of them have been used for research.

This particular Time Flower belonging to Teacher Omura's friend was given to him many years ago by an old senior from the Kanto Region when he was invited there to do research. He had always treasured and kept it at home.

This time, hearing that Bai Feng needed a rare plant, he reluctantly sent the Time Flower over.

Although this Time Flower had lost its vitality, as a gift for an elder who loved plants, it was certainly sufficient.

After reading the content of the letter, Bai Feng deeply understood the preciousness of the Time Flower. He quickly made a telephone call to Teacher Omura, expressing his gratitude to Teacher Omura and his friend.

But Teacher Omura told Bai Feng not to worry about it. He had saved their lives, and now it was just a Time Flower, which was nothing in comparison.

Bai Feng knew that although Teacher Omura said so, the Time Flower was indeed something his friend cherished. Now that it had been reluctantly given away and sent to him, that friend was probably also feeling reluctant.

Bai Feng silently thought to himself that if he had the chance in the future, he must repay this great favor to the other party.

What a headache, he was using favors to repay favors!

But that's how life is. Either you owe me a favor, or I owe you one. In any case, just repay them slowly.

After putting away the Time Flower, Bai Feng stayed at the Blue Bird Orphanage for a while longer. He didn't return to Fangxing Mountain until Director Meili came back.

(end of chapter)