Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 53 The New Grass Cake (Please read on Tuesday)

After deciding to make grass cake, Su Yu sought out Alcremie. Making a new dish wouldn't be possible without Alcremie by his side.

The main ingredient was ground grass, along with powdered sugar, fried glutinous rice flour, and some Moo Moo fresh milk. In addition, Su Yu also found the leaves of the vine monster he had previously purchased.

These leaves have a refreshing taste and are used as a fragrant leaf in some regions.

After shaping the cake into a rough cake form, Su Yu placed the grass cake into a steamer and steamed it for a while.

While waiting for the pastries to steam, Su Yu turned on the TV and sat down to watch for a while.

Seeing that there was a TV to watch, Frost Fairy immediately ran over, obediently climbed onto the sofa, and sat down next to Su Yu.

The television program playing at that moment was an interview program about ranchers running their ranches. When Su Yu turned it on, the program crew was interviewing a rancher who specialized in aquaculture.

When asked by a reporter what experience he could share in running a ranch, the rancher waved his hand and said loudly:

"I don't really have much experience to share. The reason my ranch is so successful is all because I have a very capable Water-type Pokémon."

"It manages my aquatic products very well, and even the Pokémon in the fishpond recognize it as their big brother and all listen to its instructions. That's why my ranch is able to operate so smoothly."

As this was said, the scene shifted to a Golduck diligently feeding and catching fish every day. While the Golduck was working, its rancher was lounging comfortably in a deck chair, basking in the sun.

Seeing this, Su Yu complained, "...What kind of ranch management experience is this? If all the shows taught ranchers to manage their ranches like this, wouldn't all the ranches be in chaos?"

That being said, if Su Yu really had such a capable Pokémon, he'd probably be happy to slack off too.

Anyway, no matter how powerful I am, I'm not as powerful as my Pokémon. If I'm not just lying around feeding them, what else am I supposed to do?

"I really wish I had a Pokémon like that..." Su Yu said half-jokingly.

Just then, the grass cakes in the steamer seemed to be cooked. Seeing this, Su Yu quickly ran over and removed the steamer. In a cloud of white steam, Su Yu gradually saw the appearance of the grass cakes.

With its emerald green color and mooncake-like shape, Grass-type Pokémon should really like it.

At this moment, a system notification popped up.

"High-quality grass cake: A sweet cake made with premium grass grown on pastures and infused with Moo Moo fresh milk. It is soft, chewy, and sweet, making it an extremely delicious cake."

"It can effectively replenish Grass-type energy after consumption and can be used as a daily staple food. In addition, the quality and quantity of milk produced by milk-producing Pokémon will be improved after consuming it."

A special boost for milk-producing Pokémon?

Perfect timing!

Just these past few days, the lambs I ride have also started producing milk.

Immediately, Su Yu took the pastries and went to find his mount, the little sheep. When he found it, the little sheep was using a ramming attack to butt heads with the other sheep, bumping into each other repeatedly.

Seeing this, Su Yu asked in confusion:

"Do you guys really enjoy fighting that much? Every time I come to find you, you seem to be fighting."

"You don't need to guard the ranch like Growlithe and the others..."

Upon hearing this, one of the woolly sheep refuted Su Yu's point of view. It stated that it was other people's business if they were strong; true strength only came from being strong oneself.

"Hmm... what you said makes a lot of sense. You must be the one who started the daily battles..." Su Yu felt like he had caught the culprit.

But while there's some truth to what the Woolstaff said, his ranch is already destined to produce a Zerg Overlord; he doesn't want to end up with a Sheep Overlord instead.

However, there was one exception among the flock, which was the one that Su Yu had taken to the field every day to use the grassy area.

Rather than practicing combat moves by bumping into each other, the little lamb seemed to prefer lying quietly on the grass, contemplating nature.

At this moment, the little lamb was lying there. The green, leaf-like wool around its body was shimmering with the light of the [Photosynthesis] technique, continuously absorbing the energy contained in the sunlight.

It looks like they are contemplating nature and experiencing the growth of life.

"Oh, by the way, I came here this time to bring some new food for you to try. I don't know if it suits your taste."

As he spoke, Su Yu took out the freshly steamed grass cakes and handed them to the lambs.

Seeing this, the lambs gathered around. They sniffed the grass cake, then opened their mouths and ate it.

"How is it? How do you feel?" Su Yu immediately asked his mount, the little sheep.

However, the little lambs on their mounts shook their heads at this.

"It doesn't seem to be working that quickly, or maybe I'm not eating enough."

Su Yu thought to himself.

But it doesn't matter, he harvested a lot of hay this time, and the hay cakes were originally intended to be their staple food. They'll have plenty of hay cakes to eat for the rest of the time.

"By the way, we could try making a grass cake with hay. Maybe with higher-quality ingredients, we could achieve even better results."

Without hesitation, Su Yu returned to the kitchen and immediately made another grass cake using fresh hay, following the same method as before. After adding tree berries as a garnish, the system gave a notification.

The original affix has been upgraded from "normal quality grass cake" to "superior quality". The bonus for Grass-type Pokémon remains the same, but an additional bonus has been added.

"There is a high probability that a Pokémon that has accumulated enough evolution energy will evolve."

A Pokémon that has accumulated enough power to evolve?

Su Yu immediately thought of the woolly sheep.

The Woolblade sheep have been on this ranch long enough, and according to Su Yu's observations, they should have evolved by now.

Furthermore, as they evolve, the speed and quality of their wool production will inevitably improve. At that point, the ranch will be able to generate more income.

So, holding the grass cake, Su Yu went to the lambs and fed it to the woolly sheep.

Under Su Yu's expectant gaze, the woolly sheep ate the grass cake, but nothing changed even after the cake was finished.

"What's going on? Is the accumulated evolutionary energy insufficient?" Su Yu asked in confusion.

It seems we'll have to feed the woolly sheep more milk pudding in the days to come.

For the Wooloos to evolve, they probably need to accumulate Normal-type energy. It's likely that because they eat too much grass cake and hardly any milk pudding, they haven't accumulated enough Normal-type energy, which is why they can't evolve.

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(End of this chapter)