Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 130 The Grass Under the Sky Tree, the New Effect of Grass Cake

Then, the little sheep started "teaching" the students' Pokémon.

The so-called classes are actually mainly about imparting some concepts and tips about the moves.

The mounts, Wooloo, and Tropius each have their own strengths in learning moves, and therefore, they are each responsible for guiding a group of Pokémon.

Just then, Dedora and the others happened to pass by. They were quite curious to see their mounts, the sheep, "teaching" the new Pokémon.

Seeing this, Su Yu explained to them what the little sheep they were doing.

Upon hearing this, Scyther showed great interest, saying that it also wanted to be a teacher and give lessons to these Pokémon.

"Huh? You?"

"It's not that it's impossible. With your skill level, you're more than capable of teaching these Pokémon."

Su Yu nodded and agreed to the matter.

Seeing that the Scyther could also be a "teacher," the Drummers were also very tempted, but Su Yu smiled helplessly and shook his head, saying:

"You guys are no good. With your abilities, you're completely out of the running for 'teacher,' and you don't have any particular strengths."

Upon hearing this, Dongdong Mouse looked quite disappointed.

Su Yu could only pat the dummy's head and comfort it:

"It's okay. As long as you are willing to work hard, you may be able to reach the standard of a 'teacher' after a while."

"If I happen to be in town these next few days, I'll buy you some equipment to help you train your electrical skills. If you want to become a teacher, keep working hard!"

Hearing Su Yu's words of comfort, Dongdong Mouse nodded and didn't seem so disappointed anymore.

Su Yu was thinking... if he wanted to help Dongdong Mouse become stronger faster, perhaps making a suitable dish would be the fastest way?

More than 100 kilometers north of the pastoral area, there seems to be a thunder-filled plain. I'll find some time later to go there and see if there are any suitable ingredients.

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After dealing with the students, Su Yu went to check on the Sky Tree. Compared to a few days ago, the tree had grown considerably taller.

Moreover, a patch of waist-high grass had actually grown under the tree?

"What's the underlying principle?"

Judging from the appearance, the grass under the tree is much taller than the other ordinary grass around it. Moreover, there are white energy specks floating on the grass, which looks quite magical.

Judging from the appearance, these grasses must have been influenced by the Sky Tree to grow into their current form.

This is not surprising, after all, when the Sky Tree was infused with energy, in addition to the Caterpie's Flying-type and Bug-type energy, there was also a much larger amount of... Grass-type energy from the mount, the sheep.

The grass-type energy infused by the little sheep mount may be the reason why the Sky Tree can grow so tall. After all, grass-type energy is the foundation of the Sky Tree's powerful vitality.

This made Su Yu feel that if he planted the pasture seeds that Uncle Yang gave him here, they might grow even taller.

"Perhaps these herbs can be used to make a new dish?"

Su Yu thought to himself.

Without calling for the flying mantis, Su Yu immediately grabbed a sickle, harvested a batch of grass, and brought it back to the house.

Following the recipe for grass cake, he quickly prepared a batch of dishes using these herbs as ingredients.

These newly made grass cakes are not only far more efficient at replenishing energy than grass cakes made from ordinary pasture, but they also have two special effects.

They are "Grass-type Energy Regeneration Lv1" and "Speed ​​Lv1".

"These special dishes I make now seem to have some kind of built-in buffs. Is it because my cooking skills have improved?"

Su Yu asked, puzzled.

Returning to these two buffs, Grass-type Energy Regeneration is easy to understand; it speeds up the energy recovery of Pokémon that uses this dish.

As for "Speed ​​lv1", it adds a speed buff to the user. Su Yu guessed that this buff came from the flying-type energy carried by those special grasses.

"Not bad. Actually, the most useful one here is 'Grass-type Energy Regeneration'. Besides, the improved quality of the grass cakes means I don't have to make so many grass cakes every day anymore; I can make less."

Su Yu thought to himself.

Previously, in order to replenish the grass-type energy of his mounts, the little sheep, Su Yu had to make a lot of grass cakes every day, which took at least an hour.

Now that there's higher-quality forage available, Su Yu is somewhat relieved from this task, which is a relief. After all... spending an hour every day doing this kind of thing is just too grueling.

Then, he summoned a little sheep mount and had it test the speed change after eating the grass cake.

As it turned out, after eating the grass cake, the little sheep's speed increased significantly, running like the wind.

"It's better than nothing, this bonus..."

What the little sheep mount needs isn't speed. This speed buff just adds another way to play with the little sheep mount.

Soon, Su Yu also learned what kind of new gameplay this special bonus brought to the little sheep mounts.

That evening, after hearing bursts of laughter from Pokémon outside, Su Yu curiously went outside and saw this scene.

—Alcremie, Drumstick, and Patchletz are each sitting on the back of a little goat, running around as they please.

These little lambs are incredibly fast, darting around the grassland. They seem to have even planned out a race track, competing to see who can run the fastest.

One of the galloping lambs almost bumped into a walking grass that had come to watch out of curiosity. Luckily, it turned in time, or it would have crashed into it.

"Be careful, don't run around like that!"

Seeing this, Su Yu had no choice but to shout. Upon hearing this, the little sheep mounts calmed down a bit and stopped running around so wildly.

Su Yu was about to go back inside when several Oddish curiously followed him. They were intrigued by the smell of food emanating from inside the house.

"What's wrong? Do you want something to eat?"

Su Yu didn't know if Oddish could eat human food, so he brought some energy cubes and gave them to the Oddish.

"That's it~"

Since the Oddish seemed to lack hands, Su Yu had to feed them one by one. After eating the energy cubes, the Oddish made happy sounds, seemingly finding the energy cubes quite delicious.

"Oh...right, I went to town during the day and bought you some special fertilizer."

"I've heard that long-term use of this fertilizer can help you quickly learn the poison powder technique, and it seems to also enhance your skills in other powder-based techniques. Shall I use this fertilizer on you for the next period of time?"

Because the type of fertilizer needed to be changed, Su Yu decided to inform the Oddish in advance that if any Oddish were unwilling, then that Oddish would not be given this fertilizer.

However, to Su Yu's surprise, the Oddish did not show any aversion to this fertilizer after hearing the news; on the contrary, they showed great interest.

"Then what?" If we use this kind of fertilizer, won't we become stronger?

"Uh... in a way, that's true."

For Pokémon, learning a new move undoubtedly represents an increase in their strength.

The Oddish seemed extremely happy about this. They squinted their eyes, nodded, and wiggled their round bodies.

"That's it~"

It would be wonderful if we could become stronger. The reason Oddish and the others were driven out of the forest was precisely because they were too weak, weren't they?

If they had learned powerful moves like Sleep Powder back then, they would never have been driven out. Instead, the Pokémon in the forest would have had to make room for them.

"Um... in that case, you'd probably become a scourge of the forest."

Su Yu imagined that situation; given the rate at which the Oddish absorb nutrients... by then, the forest would probably soon become barren.

(End of this chapter)