**Chapter 81: Helioptile's Evolution, Chikorita's Awakening**

**Chapter 81: Helioptile's Evolution, Chikorita's Awakening**

This day, Bai Feng returned home from school and suddenly saw Larvitar running towards him, shouting and yelling.

"Yo~ Yo~ Yo~"

As it shouted, it gesticulating wildly, its face full of anxiety.

Did something happen to Helioptile?

After hearing Larvitar's words clearly, Bai Feng took off running, heading straight towards the Lightning Rod Location.

When Bai Feng arrived at the Lightning Rod Location, the other Pokémon from the Orchard were already there, and Zapdos was also present.

In the past few days, Zapdos had been bringing Helioptile here every day.

Seeing Bai Feng appear, the other Pokémon consciously made way, and Bai Feng finally got a clear look at Helioptile.

At this moment, Helioptile's body was wrapped in a large amount of golden lightning, dense and numerous, as if it was about to transform into a lightning cocoon to envelop it.

At the same time, a milky white light flashed across its body from time to time.

This is...

Bai Feng looked at the light and found it a bit familiar. It seemed to be... the light of evolution?

But Helioptile didn't use a Sun Stone!

Actually, after continuously absorbing Zapdos's lightning over the past few days, Helioptile's last bit of hidden energy circuit had been lit up. It was only because the Sun Stone Bai Feng was trading for hadn't arrived yet that its evolution was delayed.

"What's going on?" Bai Feng asked.

"Ree~"

Just then, Zapdos made a sound. From its words, Bai Feng finally confirmed that Helioptile was evolving.

"But..."

Helioptile didn't use an evolution stone. Does this comply with the rules of evolution? Nothing will go wrong, right?

As if guessing Bai Feng's thoughts, Zapdos explained the reason to Bai Feng.

Although many Pokémon need the help of evolution stones to evolve, evolution stones are not actually necessary.

Pokémon evolution is a leap in life form. This is very difficult for some types of Pokémon, so evolution stones are needed to provide them with an opportunity to break through obstacles.

In other words, even without an evolution stone, if something else or some other condition is sufficient to help a Pokémon obtain this opportunity, then evolution can still be completed.

It's just that such things or conditions are not easily obtained. Relatively speaking, evolution stones are much easier to acquire.

Now, with the help of Zapdos's powerful lightning power, Helioptile obtained this opportunity, and evolution naturally followed.

"So that's how it is!"

Bai Feng breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. It was just a pity that the Sun Stone he had gone through so much trouble trading for was now useless. Since they had already sent the evolution stone, he couldn't very well say he didn't want it anymore.

After an unknown amount of time passed, all the electric current wrapped around Helioptile's body was absorbed into its body. The lightning cocoon disappeared, and in its place, the light of evolution completely enveloped its body.

Within the milky white light, Helioptile's body began to grow taller. Its original quadrupedal stance changed to upright walking, its tail grew longer and longer, and its figure became more slender.

"Aipbo~"

With an excited roar, Helioptile... or rather, Heliolisk now, the light on its body suddenly burst open, and Heliolisk appeared before everyone in its brand new form.

Compared to Helioptile, Heliolisk's body size change wasn't actually very large. Even standing upright, its height was only slightly over a meter. However, after evolution, its temperament underwent a huge change.

The former Helioptile was quiet and seemed very honest. The current Heliolisk, however, was very lively. It constantly switched between its two feet on the ground, jumping around, never keeping both feet on the ground at the same time.

While jumping around, the umbrella-like organ around its neck, like a scarf, opened and closed, and at the same time, electric current flashed rapidly across it.

That umbrella-like organ is Helioptile's power-generating organ, which Pokémon researchers call the neck frill, and it is extremely important to Helioptile.

After venting its inner joy, Heliolisk finally noticed Bai Feng. In the blink of an eye, it arrived beside Bai Feng and hugged Bai Feng's waist.

It was only because Bai Feng wasn't very tall right now; otherwise, Heliolisk wouldn't have been able to reach his waist.

However, compared to before evolution, Heliolisk's speed seemed to have become faster. Bai Feng almost didn't react in time just now.

Bai Feng patted Heliolisk's head and said to it with a face full of joy, "Congratulations! You finally evolved!"

After sharing its good news with Bai Feng, Heliolisk solemnly thanked Zapdos. If it hadn't been for Zapdos's help, it wouldn't have been able to evolve so smoothly.

However, Zapdos didn't care whether Heliolisk thanked it or not. It had just helped out casually to thank Bai Feng. Anyway, besides recovering from its injuries, it had nothing else to do right now.

After Bai Feng and Heliolisk finished thanking Zapdos together, Zapdos said:

"Bai Feng, my injuries are almost healed. It's time for me to leave."

Bai Feng was startled upon hearing this, and then immediately said, "Then I wish you a smooth journey!"

Zapdos left as soon as it said it would. After nodding towards Bai Feng, it flapped its wings and flew high into the sky, disappearing from the sight of Bai Feng and the many Pokémon in the blink of an eye.

Heliolisk watched the increasingly distant Zapdos with longing eyes, its gaze revealing reluctance to part.

Seeing this, Bai Feng slapped it lightly and said irritably, "You're not still thinking about 'shearing its wool', are you?"

Heliolisk scratched the back of its head with a small paw and smiled sheepishly, neither denying nor admitting it.

After the other Pokémon dispersed, Bai Feng said to it, "You come with me."

Heliolisk nodded obediently and followed behind Bai Feng, hopping and skipping.

After returning home, Bai Feng placed his hand on Heliolisk and used Golden Finger Energy to check its physical condition.

After evolution, Helioptile's origin energy increased significantly, and its hidden energy circuit also expanded greatly.

Heliolisk's hidden energy circuit is located on its neck frill, in layer after layer, circle after circle, very complex.

But what surprised Bai Feng was that even though it had evolved to its final form, the complexity of Heliolisk's hidden energy circuit was still not as great as Bai Ye's.

It's important to note that Bai Ye wasn't raised by Bai Feng little by little from a Ralts. A lot of its potential had already been wasted, but even so, Bai Ye still held the advantage.

Bai Feng didn't know if all Gardevoir were like this, or if it was just Bai Ye, as he hadn't seen the hidden energy circuits of other Gardevoir.

Perhaps next time he encounters Calyrex, he should see what her Gardevoir is like! Bai Feng thought to himself.

To figure out Heliolisk's specific changes, Bai Feng took out the energy detection instrument Lysandre had given him and performed a check on Heliolisk.

Soon, Heliolisk's energy rating appeared on the instrument's screen.

Heliolisk

Energy Storage: A-

Energy Quality: A-

Bai Feng was a bit surprised. He hadn't expected that with Zapdos's help, it would make such great progress in just a few days, achieving a double A ranking.

Especially in Energy Storage, it had almost caught up to Bai Ye. Only the Energy Quality was still far behind. This was all thanks to Zapdos!

Bai Feng put away the energy detection instrument and then patted Heliolisk's small head with satisfaction. "Not bad, not bad. You're still the clever one."

If it wasn't clever, wouldn't it have failed to 'shear Zapdos's wool'? Look at Bai Ye and Enamorus, they are also Fairy-type Pokémon, but you didn't see it go to Enamorus to get some benefits. What a waste of resources!

However, Landorus and Enamorus had already helped Bai Feng a lot. He wouldn't push for anything else, lest these Legendary Pokémon think he was greedy.

Leaving a good impression on Legendary Pokémon was still very important.

However, while Bai Feng didn't encourage his Pokémon to 'shear the wool' of Legendary Pokémon, it was different if a Legendary Pokémon actively offered something.

After several days of recovering from injuries, Landorus and Enamorus were much better. They didn't want to stay cooped up in the Room all the time, so they came out to get some fresh air.

At this time, Chikorita was hopping and skipping in the Fairy Flower Flower Field in front of the house, and from time to time, it used the Grassy Terrain move to nourish the Flowers in the Flower Field.

The nourished Flowers instantly became vibrant and luscious.

Chikorita's behavior attracted Enamorus's attention. It slowly flew above the Flower Field and silently watched the cheerful Chikorita below.

Chikorita, darting back and forth among the Flowers, looked exactly like a cute Grass Pokémon.

Chikorita didn't notice Enamorus's arrival and continued to play in the Flower Field tirelessly while using Grassy Terrain to nourish the Flowers.

After an unknown amount of time passed, Enamorus suddenly spoke.

"Little one, do you like Flowers and Grass very much?"

Chikorita was startled by the sudden voice and immediately plopped down onto the ground. When it realized it was Enamorus, tears welled up in its eyes involuntarily.

Facing Enamorus, the inexperienced Chikorita showed fear.

⊙０⊙ Enamorus was also speechless at Chikorita's reaction. Are you trying to 'stage an accident'?

Chikorita certainly didn't have the guts to 'stage an accident' with Enamorus. It stood up from the ground and answered Enamorus's question. The answer was naturally yes.

"Can you show me your Grassy Terrain again?" Enamorus said.

"Kikō~"

Chikorita readily nodded in agreement, then hopped and skipped in the Flower Field again, simultaneously using Grassy Terrain.

Watching its cheerful appearance, Enamorus's mood also couldn't help but improve.

Enamorus found that Chikorita's Grassy Terrain was indeed very different. It contained a very strong vitality, so it couldn't help but fall into contemplation.

After finishing using Grassy Terrain, Chikorita looked at Enamorus expectantly, as if saying, "Praise me quickly!" because Bai Feng would praise it every time after it used Grassy Terrain.

However, Enamorus didn't understand Chikorita's meaning. It looked at Chikorita and asked, "I'll give you a gift."

A gift?

Chikorita immediately nodded happily upon hearing this. It liked gifts the most!

Enamorus was seen digging and digging from the clouds beneath its body. Before long, it pulled out a ball of light emitting a green glow. The ball of light was as big as Bai Feng's head.

Looking at this ball of light, Chikorita's heart actually developed a desire to possess it.

Just as Chikorita was about to ask what it was, it saw the ball of light slowly transform into green rays of light drifting towards it.

Chikorita wasn't afraid. Instead, it eagerly took a step forward.

Each ray of light landed on the sprouts on Chikorita's neck and then slowly permeated into them.

After all the green rays of light entered the sprouts, the sprouts on Chikorita's neck became even more lush and vibrant, as if they were beautiful gems adorning its neck.

"Kikō?"

Chikorita slowly opened its eyes, feeling a bit confused for a moment, not understanding what had just happened.

Seeing this, Enamorus smiled and said to Chikorita, "Try using Grassy Terrain again and see."

Although Chikorita didn't understand why, it obediently did as it was told.

Azure energy rippled through the Flower Field, and the flower buds in the Fairy Flower Flower Field actually slowly opened their petals.

???

Chikorita, watching this scene, had a bewildered look on its face. Was I this amazing? I didn't even know!

In reality, the reason Chikorita could do this was because Enamorus used its power as the God of Spring to awaken Chikorita's hidden innate talent power.

If Chikorita's final evolution stage, Meganium, becomes powerful enough, it will possess the ability to make Grass and Trees regenerate. However, a small Chikorita certainly couldn't do that.

However, when Enamorus was observing Chikorita just now, it was surprised to find that Chikorita had already begun to slowly awaken this ability.

It's just that without external help, Chikorita would likely need a very, very long time to awaken this talent ability. Therefore, Enamorus used its divine power to give it a hand.

However, Chikorita is still very young, and its ability is not yet powerful enough. It can only manage to make flower buds bloom. To make Flowers and Trees come back to life, it still needs continuous training and cultivation.

Enamorus simply explained Chikorita's talent to it, but perhaps the explanation was too complex, as Chikorita didn't really understand much.

It only knew one thing: it had become amazing!

After saying everything, Enamorus left.

On the other side, after Bai Feng finished checking Heliolisk's body, he brought it out.

He planned to go to Fangcun Mountain with the Pokémon. He intended to cut down all the Fruit Trees on the mountain that had failed grafting today.

Just as he walked out of the courtyard gate, he saw a Fletchinder fly over. It was holding a package in its claws that was about the same size as its body.

It turned out that someone had sent Bai Feng's package to the Blue Bird Orphanage, so Dongyu asked Fletchinder to deliver it.

Because things needed to be sent over from the Orphanage from time to time, there was basically a Fletchling or Fletchinder stationed there every day now, specifically to help deliver things.

Just as Bai Feng was about to open the package, Chikorita came hopping and skipping over. It circled around Bai Feng repeatedly.

"Kikō~ Kikō~ Kikō~"

Bai Feng could only comfort it, saying, "Alright, wait a moment. We'll talk about it later if there's something. Let me look at the package first."

Hearing this, Chikorita obediently squatted to the side, quietly waiting for Bai Feng.

After Bai Feng opened the package, he was surprised to find that it was actually the Sun Stone he had been trading for.

"This is too much of a coincidence!" Bai Feng said with a wry smile.

Heliolisk had just finished evolving, and the Sun Stone was delivered.

However, the quality of this Sun Stone was indeed similar to the Water Stone he had sent out.

Never mind. Just consider it a collection. Whether it's a Sun Stone or a Water Stone, they seem to be the same.

(End of Chapter)