"So that was it."
Now that Ye Qing understood what had happened, he was even less inclined to disturb them, though he was also very interested in this Evolution Ceremony.
But just as Ye Qing was about to say goodbye, the Ivysaur finally returned and told its companions to clear a path.
Diancie dutifully translated, "Big brother, he said their Clan Leader has agreed to let you in."
"Okay, let's go. Behave yourselves."
Ye Qing was delighted. He reminded Gabite and Infernape, who were still bickering, not to make a scene and forget their manners.
Any Pokémon capable of becoming a Clan Leader was extraordinary in both strength and intelligence. It never hurt to be careful.
Infernape obediently fell silent and walked beside Gardevoir.
After they passed through a dense stretch of woodland, the entire valley came into view.
It was a valley enclosed on three sides by rock walls over ten meters high. It was not particularly large, roughly the size of a soccer field.
A waterfall cascaded from the top of the rock wall ahead like a silver river hanging from the sky. Below it, a thirty-meter-wide river divided the valley in two, and many Grass-type Pokémon, including Bulbasaur and Ivysaur, lived along its banks.
Ye Qing counted them carefully. There were actually twenty or thirty Bulbasaur and Ivysaur combined!
Aside from Bulbasaur and Ivysaur, there were also friendly, gentle Pokémon such as Oddish, Sunkern, and Lilligant. Quite a few Lombre and Lotad could also be seen floating on the river.
In the center of the valley stood a dead tree stump, with an enormous Venusaur lying atop it, quietly studying Ye Qing and the other visitors.
Nearby, two Venusaur slightly smaller than him attended him.
More important than any of these, however, were the six berry trees