Ziyuan Town
A majestic city.
A sad atmosphere filled every place.
It would be nice if Shi Chun had Guisi by his side. Ibrahimovic should be more innocent. It's too sad here.
"What's this? You haven't seen that before, all kinds of deaths were very common..."
"And don't think I like this place, I don't like it~" Guisi complained from the side...
Pokémon tombstones and purple houses can be seen everywhere.
It really proves that Kanto is a region of colors...
Each place is represented by a color.
"Pokémon Tower..." arrived.
The Pokémon Tower is a seven-story cemetery where dead Pokémon are buried.
There are also many prayer masters inside. This profession specializes in praying for the passed Pokémon and praying for peace.
Shi Chun takes Guisi into the tower.
It was a gloomy yet warm place. Shi Chun wanted to take pictures, but finally put down the camera. Stop taking pictures. It's disrespectful.
"There are many Guisi families here, hehe..." Guisi could feel the call of his companions.
"The first and second floors are open to humans. You can live here for the next few days and study by yourself. I have no way to help you."
"Uh... ok..." Guisi's ghostly figure disappeared.
Shi Chun started walking around, and there were rows of photos, all of which were photos of humans and Pokémon, or were decorations of Pokémon during their lifetimes...
There was an endless stream of people coming to pay their respects with things.
Some people with excellent writing skills left some words for Pokémon. Shi Chun wanted to cry when he read them, so he stopped reading them. It was too sad.
Although... in such a serious place... uh... I'm just sorry...
Shi Chun saw a bald boy dressed like a prayer master here. "Excuse me, I want to ask you how you made this incense?"
Shi Chun couldn't tell without opening his eyes, and he was startled when he opened them...
Are there really ghosts in the world? It was all vague energy, which Shi Chun saw for the first time, and the place where the energy distance was the densest was the incense of the bald praying master. After being lit, people can calm down and concentrate... It seems to have other effects...
Shi Chunchao wanted to know what this was made of.
"This? This is specially used to sacrifice and communicate with Pokémon. Do you want to make it yourself? The process is simple but troublesome."
"You can buy it outside, but you have to check the store carefully. Some people's home-made ones are useless." The prayer master boy answered Shi Chun truthfully.
"I understand...this fragrance seems to be magical..."
"Of course, the culture of incense is older than incense. There are different incense in places such as worshiping ancestors, communicating with gods, worshiping heaven and earth, etc. If we break it down... each type of Pokémon has different incense..."
"It's just that most of the incense has been lost." The prayer master didn't feel sorry for it. "It's very convenient to make incense mechanically now, and it doesn't require the trouble of manual labor."
"Isn't this a matter of sincerity?" Shi Chun felt a little pity, how could such a heritage be lost?
This incense is indeed useful, not just for communication and sacrifice.
"Where there is a heart, there is a spirit." The prayer master began to perform his rituals silently...
Shi Chun was smelling the delicious fragrance and waiting for him to finish.
"Can you introduce an incense shop that has been passed down from generation to generation?"
The prayer master spread his hands, "The ancient incense that has been passed down will never open a shop."
"You know a lot, can you help me? I really want to learn..." Shi Chun is diligent and eager to learn, and never misses any learning opportunity.
"Oh...what's there to learn? Let's go..." The prayer master had no choice but to pack his things and then took Shi Chun to a nearby small village.
There was a family sitting there, and the yard was covered with all kinds of grass and flowers, including some that Shi Chun didn't recognize.
"Grandma, some people are curious about how you make incense. You can take care of it. I'm going to work." The prayer master pointed, "If you are curious, you can go and see... This is my home..."
Good guy, it turns out that the incense is made at your home.
"Thank you."
An old woman with squinting eyes, wrinkled skin and few teeth said "Ah... who..."
"Hello grandma, I am Shi Chun and I am very interested in your incense making." Shi Chun nodded politely.
"Huh? Who are you looking for?"
Shi Chun scratched his head, "Hello... I'm looking for you to see how to make incense."
"Ah? What are you buying?"
"It's not about buying something. I want to watch you make incense."
"Ah? Who are you from the Mu Qing family?"
"=.="
"Are you deaf?"
After hearing this, the old woman who made incense yelled, "You brat, you are deaf! My ears are sharp, old woman! How rude do you dare to scold an old woman in front of her face... It's so bad."
"Do you think I didn't hear clearly? You sell soy sauce!"
Dizzy... Shi Chun was frightened by these words. You can only hear bad words, but you are deaf to good words, right?
"My name is Shi Chun! I heard that you are very good at making incense. I'm here to learn how to make it! Can you do it?" Shi Chun put his hands to his mouth as a loudspeaker and shouted...
"Why are you shouting so loudly?"
The old woman was not happy at all: "I heard it, I heard it, come in..."
Shi Chun had no choice but to follow the old woman into the backyard, as he didn't mind studying at all.
"Oh, it's really shocking. There are still young people who are interested in this craft."
"Isn't this the little fool I sent to you before I died... Hehe..."
Just stop talking...
"Grandma, you are poisoned." Shi Chun noticed that it was abnormal and poisonous.
"Ah? You know all this? Do you still want to learn?" The incense-making grandma was shocked. How did this child know?
"Learn! Why don't you learn?" Isn't it just poisoning? Things that I have to go through every day.
"Then the tuition for you is to help you cure the poison in your body." Shi Chun took out a bottle of blue potion from his backpack, "Drink it and you'll be fine."
"You had such a bad attitude just now. You didn't want to kill me, did you?"
"What good can I gain by killing you?"
Okay, the incense-making grandma didn’t hesitate and drank it...
As expected, I felt relaxed and my eyes could see clearly.
The poison in the body turns into a fart and goes out...
"You are really here to harm me..."
"…"as long as you are happy.
"Why are you interested in the art of making incense!"
"Because I think this formula is very interesting. I saw the incense burned in the Pokémon Tower. It seems that Pokémon really have the power to communicate with death... So I wanted to study the principle and what kind of herbs. What kind of plant is it made of…”
The incense-making grandma pursed her lips and smiled, "Oh~ it seems you have a lot of discernment!"
"This has been passed down from generation to generation by our ancestors. Of course it works..."
"It's just an old lady, I have been making it for so many years... I have always adhered to the recipe from the family process, but I have never encountered the Pokémon you said can communicate with the dead... It seems that the method recorded by our ancestors is really effective..."
"Old lady, I can't see you but you can see it, which proves that you still have some abilities..."
"Okay, okay, I won't say so much anymore. If you say so much, you will think that I am a verbose old woman just like my unfulfilled grandson..."
"Whether you want to inherit this craft or want to learn it, I will teach you because you are very destined..."
That's right, I just want to learn, not inherit this craft.
The incense-making mother-in-law took Shi Chun into the room and took out a tower of formulas.
"All the formulas are recorded on it, what medicinal materials, plants, stones, and fruits are all used... Take your time and read it, you are not allowed to take it away..."
"Thanks."
"After reading this, study with me..."
Making incense is really a craft. There are some plants that Shi Chun has never heard of, and they have magical effects when mixed together.
His memory is getting stronger and stronger now, and he can almost have a photographic memory. It has been deeply remembered in his heart. As a habit, Shi Chun will still take out a pen and paper and copy it down to consolidate his memory.
The most interesting thing is that their family also recorded a kind of incense that can communicate with the underworld. Not to mention the difficulty of making it, communication with the underworld also requires the right time, place, and people...
The grandma who makes incense said that she also has a lot of incense that she has never made in her life, but she doesn’t know.
Shi Chun also felt that he had thoroughly understood this knowledge. Basically, all incense making methods can be used to make incense.
The trip to Pokémon Home was delayed by another day...
It’s not an urgent matter anyway, learning is the most important thing.
"You are really a genius!" In the end, the old pharmaceutical lady could only say this to praise Shi Chun...
She only needed to be taught once and explained the method, and she got started immediately. The products she made were even more delicate than hers. After so many years of making incense, it could not compare to someone else's day.
The blow was too big...
