Events of a Thousand Years Past (Thanks to Wangchuan Qiushui Dao Changsheng for the Top Supporter Badge!)

Hearing this, Ye Qing could not help feeling a little disappointed. Why did something always go wrong at the crucial part?

Old Master Zhang sighed, feeling quite regretful himself, but then changed tack and said, "Still, through my research over the years, I've managed to deduce a few things.

"Later, an extraordinary Pokémon seemed to have hatched from the Meteorite. It could grant any wish people made.

"In the end, because of this Pokémon, a powerful band of thieves set their sights on the village.

"The craftsman ultimately proved no match for them, and he feared his research would fall into these villains' hands.

"So, just before he died, he burned all his secrets in a great fire and destroyed every Berry Ball still in existence.

"This infuriated the leader of the thieves. Even after obtaining that mysterious Pokémon, he was not satisfied. He continued to burn, kill, and plunder in the village, then set a fire that engulfed the entire village and the surrounding forest.

"As the flames raged, the fire drew a group of green Pokémon. While fighting the fire, these Pokémon also wanted to protect the villagers and that mysterious Pokémon.

"In the end..."

This time, Old Master Zhang paused for a long while, but even afterward, he never arrived at a conclusion.

"What happened in the end, Grandpa?"

Unlike Zhang Sisi and Zhang Siyu, Zhao Ziran had never heard such a legendary tale. Before Ye Qing could speak, he eagerly pressed for more.

Old Master Zhang leisurely sipped his tea. "There's no ending. That part is completely lost. I can't just make it up out of thin air, can I?"

"But one thing is certain: his descendants preserved some of the craftsman's techniques for making Berry Balls. It was only in modern times that these were