Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 234 Farming in the Spirit Realm, the Spirit Horse Obsessed with Green Onions

After Gengar took out the black radish, Su Yu also took a radish and walked out from behind the rock.

Suddenly sensing a human, the Spirit Horse cautiously took a few steps back. Then, its sense of smell identified the human before it.

"Huh?" This is... that guy who's supposedly Arceus's messenger?

However, without Suijun's translation, Su Yu still couldn't understand Lingyouma's words. But he knew that Lingyouma's eyesight was almost completely deteriorated.

He held the black radish to the Spirit Horse's mouth, and after sniffing it, the horse immediately showed a delighted expression.

Seeing this, Su Yu put the black radishes he was holding on the ground, and the Spirit Nether Horse immediately started eating them.

This familiar taste reminded Him of the radishes that people used to offer Him when He was in the Crown Snowfield.

At that time, He had not yet been sealed in the spirit world by the so-called "Galar royal family" and was able to roam freely on the snowfield.

Watching the Spirit Nether Horse wolf down its food, Su Yu began to ponder. He had originally thought that Xin Dong would take the Spirit Nether Horse away as well.

It now seems that Lingyouma has reached an agreement with Xindong and has been left in the Spirit Realm?

"They don't even provide meals, forcing Lingyou to find them herself."

Su Yu was both amused and exasperated. If he hadn't happened to be there, the Spirit Nether Horse would have gone hungry for days.

And it's likely that Xin Dong and the others don't know that Lingyouma is quite a picky eater.

However, with the Spirit Horse around, Su Yu's plan to farm in the Spirit Realm became much easier to implement.

He glanced around and saw that the soil in this area contained a lot of ghost-type energy, making it quite fertile.

In contrast, the dark purple soil in the pasture has already begun to decline in fertility due to several rounds of crop cultivation. Compared to the pasture, the spirit realm is a much better place to grow those corrupted plants.

"Lingyouma, there's something I'd like to discuss with you. Is that alright?"

Su Yu then explained his plan.

At this moment, the Spirit Horse was still eating radishes. Upon hearing Su Yu say that he wanted to come here to farm, it raised its head and pondered for a moment.

Does the other party mean... that they want to come to their territory and grow crops, just like the humans of the past?

Lingyouma remembered that after each harvest, the humans would offer a portion of their crops to the Brilliant King and herself. So, this human probably would too, right?

"Whew~"

Thinking of this, Lingyouma nodded; He wanted to eat more black radishes.

But that kind of radish is not easy to grow; even the farmers who used to serve it found it very difficult to grow.

Currently, it seems that among the humans encountered in the past few days, only Su Yu has the potential to become a long-term meal ticket.

……

After reaching an agreement with Lingyouma, Su Yu prepared to return to the ranch and call some Pokémon over to start clearing the land.

Suddenly, the spirit horse bit the corner of his clothes.

Su Yu looked at the other party in confusion, but unfortunately Shui Jun was not by his side at the moment, so he could not understand what the other party meant.

Unable to explain further, Lingyouma used the power of [Spiritual Ambush] to open a passage on the ground.

Through this passage, Su Yu saw his ranch.

"Would you like to visit my ranch?"

"Whew~"

Lingyouma nodded. It wasn't originally a Pokémon living in the spirit world; it was sealed there.

Therefore, He preferred to go outside rather than stay in the pitch blackness of this place.

"Well... that's fine. But you can't wander around; you can only roam within my ranch."

Su Yu said.

Upon hearing this, Lingyouma nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile, Gengar was still tidying up other things he had taken out while digging for black radishes. Among them were several leeks from Farfetch'd.

The aroma of scallions suddenly brought back a memory. Several months ago, when He was still sealed away, He seemed to have unconsciously absorbed some life energy from the outside world.

Among them was this kind of scallion. And He remembered... it tasted pretty good?

And after returning to the ranch with the Spirit Horse...

Water Lord was the first to arrive, because He sensed the presence of the Spirit Horse.

Upon discovering that the Spirit Horse had followed Su Yu, the Water Lord breathed a sigh of relief. His fear was that the Spirit Horse might sneak out and cause trouble.

As for the other Pokémon, they weren't as wary as Suicune. Alcremie, who was tending her ducks, took a moment to come and check on them.

Out of curiosity, the dongdong rats also gathered around. During the battle in the Spirit Realm, Su Yu hadn't released them for fear of the aftermath. Therefore, this was the first time they had seen the Spirit Nether Horse.

However, through Su Yu's "storytelling," the Pokémon learned about the identity of the Spirithorn. At this moment, they were all carefully observing the horse.

Su Yu then said to the Spirit Nether Horse:

"You're free to roam around the ranch, just don't wander out of the designated area."

"Otherwise, I'm worried you'll cause a riot."

"Whew~"

The Spirit Horse nodded. Looking at the grassland in the pasture, it felt a long-lost vitality.

Being sealed in the spirit world every day, He was almost going crazy from being suffocated.

Immediately, He took off running across the grassland and soon disappeared.

Su Yu then summoned the Screw Mole, intending to work with it to level the field in the spirit realm.

Upon hearing Su Yu's call, the Screw Mole immediately came. Su Yu took it to the Spirit Realm, and after some hard work, they sowed all the seeds.

They summoned their little lamb mount to help with sprouting. Although the pumpkin spirits' Halloween tricks were gone, the environment in the spirit world was much better than that of the ranch.

Compared to the crops on the pasture, the crops in the spirit world seem to grow much faster.

"For the first batch of crops, let's plant these for now."

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Su Yu said this.

As for what happens next, we'll need to arrange for a Pokémon to guard this place.

Although the scent of the Spirithorn lingers here, it generally won't be eaten by Pokémon. But Su Yu is afraid that there might actually be some reckless creature that fears nothing.

If such a person appears in the spirit world, all these crops will be ruined.

"Let's look around in other places after a while."

With that thought in mind, Su Yu returned to the ranch.

At this moment, after galloping across the grassland, the Spirit Horse arrived at the edge of Moon Lake.

Here, He smelled a familiar scent.

After searching with its keen sense of smell, Lingyouma finally found the source of the scent on a fishing platform.

There seems to be a Pokémon fishing here?

Meanwhile, the leek duck was fishing while taking a bite of a pile of leeks, looking quite content.

It's fair to say that Farfetch'd has completely mastered the art of farm life. Few Pokémon seem to enjoy life as much as Farfetch'd.

Upon seeing the Spirit Horse arrive, the Farfetch'd was quite puzzled. The other horse seemed to be very interested in its leek.

"Huh?" You mean you want some too?

The giant green onion duck held up a green onion it had never eaten before and offered it to the spirit horse. It remembered that this horse liked to eat radishes, didn't it?

"Whew~"

Lingyouma nodded in agreement. He lowered his head, took a bite of a scallion, and nodded with great satisfaction.

Sure enough, it still tastes the same, and the texture is still excellent. It's far superior to the farmers who used to serve me.

Who is the person who can grow such excellent food? I really want to find them.

(End of this chapter)