Xerneas radiated a sacred light that made it impossible to look away. It slowly lowered its head, seemingly drinking water.
The enormous antlers atop its head glowed continuously, and the surrounding mist grew thicker and thicker. Cheng Tian and Su Han stared, spellbound. The scene looked like a painting.
After a long while, Xerneas finished drinking and raised its head.
For some reason, Su Han felt as though the Pokémon before her was looking at her and Cheng Tian. But it was so far away that she also felt it might just be her imagination.
Xerneas stood there for a while, then turned and left. The light receded into the distance, and the surrounding mist slowly dispersed.
"Was that a Legendary Pokémon just now?" Su Han could not help asking.
Although Cheng Tian had an answer in his heart, he could not say it aloud. "I don't know." He shook his head. "Anyway, let's head back first. The teachers must be getting worried."
"Okay."
"Hoot, hoot!" The Noctowl circling overhead suddenly called out, and Teacher Zhou hurriedly signaled for Exeggutor to stop.
"Did you find Cheng Tian and the others?" Teacher Zhou asked.
"Teacher! There are people over there!" Just then, the sharp-eyed Lin Lin suddenly shouted. "Exeggutor, let us down."
The people Lin Lin meant were Cheng Tian and Su Han. The two had spotted Exeggutor, with its neck a full seven meters long, from afar and immediately hurried over.
Teacher Zhou climbed down from the tree and unleashed a blistering scolding on them.
"You two! No organization, no discipline! Leaving the group without even reporting it! Do you know how dangerous that was?!"
Having done something wrong, the two could only obediently accept the scolding. "Teacher, we were both at fault this time. Please don't be angry."