Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 70 On the Correct Use of the Power of Everlasting

Take the pork tenderloin out of the refrigerator, cut it into strips, put it in a bowl, add scallions, ginger, cooking wine, light soy sauce, salt, etc., and marinate it until it is flavorful.

While the mixture is marinating, prepare the flour, crack an egg into it, add water, and stir it into a batter.

Now, Su Yu is at least a veteran in the field of cooking, and the era of his disastrous cooking is finally over.

With that, the ingredients for the crispy fried pork were basically all prepared. However, the pork tenderloin still needed to be marinated for a while, so Su Yu took this time to start thinking about the next dish.

"How about... I make some drinks?" Su Yu thought to herself. It seemed she had never actually made any drinks before; she'd always only made main meals.

Luckily, we still have some tree fruits at home, as well as sheep milk from our little lamb mount, so maybe we can make some fruit-based milk drinks.

Moreover, goat milk is of high quality and is very suitable for making special dishes.

As for other drinks, there doesn't seem to be anything suitable to make. He doesn't have the right ingredients for things like soft drinks, herbal tea, or coconut milk. But he could try milk tea; goat milk combined with tea leaves from the Sprout Deer should make a pretty good-tasting milk tea.

However, it's also true that there are many different flavors of fruit, since there are many kinds of fruit available at home.

With that in mind, Su Yu immediately set to work. After juicing the tree fruits, Su Yu also prepared a cup of fruit milk.

This fruit milk actually has special effects. After drinking it, it can quickly restore the Pokémon's stamina and heal their injuries.

"Hmm... Stamina recovery potions and healing potions? No wonder they're drinks made from tree berries."

Many berries have the ability to restore a Pokémon's HP, so Su Yu wasn't surprised by this.

He also summoned Frost Milk Fairy and asked her to try the taste of this fruit milk.

"I specially used mangoes to make this, so this fruit milk should be quite sweet. Would you like to try it?" Su Yu said.

Upon hearing this, Soap Fairy raised the cup of fruit milk with both hands and took a sip. But once she started, she couldn't stop.

"Mmm~!" It's delicious!

After downing the entire cup in one go, Somali Fairy licked her lips and commented.

"Is it good? Then I'll make more later and save some for you guys to drink tonight."

"Alright, then you can continue cleaning. I can handle things in the kitchen," Su Yu said.

Upon hearing this, Alcremie also left the kitchen.

Su Yu glanced at the pork loin and, seeing that it didn't seem to be marinated enough, started making dumplings.

After all, how can we celebrate the Lunar New Year without dumplings?

As Su Yu was wrapping the items, a system notification suddenly sounded in his ear. Opening the system, he discovered he had achieved some strange and unusual accomplishment.

"Congratulations, host, your ranch has achieved four major Pokémon-related pillar industries: crab claws, green onions, goat milk, and wool, thus achieving a special accomplishment."

"Reward the host with 1 unit of Eternal Power and 1 unit of Minor Body Defense Enhancement Potion."

What the heck? Is this how this achievement is triggered?

Su Yu was very puzzled. After thinking about it for a while, he guessed that the tropical dragon must have delivered the scallions to the restaurant.

As for this reward...

Su Yu knew about the Power of Viridian. It was a special power described in the special episode, originating from the blessing of Viridian Forest. It could enable the owner to communicate with Pokémon and had healing abilities.

The system directly rewarded Su Yu with the power of Viridian, skipping Viridian Forest and giving him a "Han" (tout) directly. However, this "Han" Viridian power was not much different in ability from the original.

It's even possible that Su Yu, with his powerful physique, could be even stronger than the original.

"But... why give me this?" Su Yu was very puzzled. This ability didn't seem to be of much use to him.

He doesn't need to understand each other's thoughts; he can directly understand the language of Pokémon, which is enough to understand their feelings.

He doesn't need healing power at all; with the freshly made mango milk, he can achieve the same effect with just the fruit milk.

"This seems a bit like a double-edged sword..." Su Yu thought to himself.

If you had given me the power of Aura, that would have been great, but why did it have to be the power of Eternal Moon...?

"Gah..."

Just then, Farfetch'd, who was helping with the spring cleaning outside, suddenly ran in. In its arms was a flowerpot, and in the flowerpot was the very same green onion it had brought with it when it first came to the ranch.

At this moment, the scallion turned yellow and withered again, which made the scallion duck very anxious.

Seeing this, Su Yu asked with great confusion:

"That's strange. Didn't your scallion recover a few days ago? Why is it turning yellow again?"

Could it really be because of Ghost-type Pokémon?

With so many Pokémon in the ranch, including powerful Tropius, there's no reason why they wouldn't have noticed the Ghost-type Pokémon hiding in the shadows.

How could it absorb the life energy of this scallion?

Shaking his head to clear his mind, Su Yu carefully examined the scallion and asked:

"You've kept the scallions indoors these past few days and haven't taken them outside, right?"

"Quack." Upon hearing this, the green onion duck nodded.

"That's strange... and these symptoms clearly indicate that life energy has been drained. Oh well... I'll have a Ghost-type Trainer come over to take a look next time."

"As for this scallion..."

Su Yu thought of the Everlasting Power he had just acquired.

Manipulating the special energy within his body, Su Yu attached it to his hand, and immediately, Su Yu's hand glowed green.

This energy was infused into the scallion, and gradually, it recovered. The withered leaves fell off, and new, tender leaves sprouted in their place.

But that wasn't the end. With the infusion of Su Yu's energy, the scallion actually began to grow again, looking even stronger than when the scallion duck had carefully tended to it.

Even the length of this scallion is five centimeters longer than before.

"Huh?" Upon seeing this, Su Yu rubbed his eyes and looked at the scallion again. He had a feeling that the words "Enhancement +1" had just floated out from the top of the scallion.

So... this is how the power of the Everlasting Rock is used?

Su Yu knew how important the green onion was to Farfetch'd. And for Farfetch'd, becoming stronger was almost equivalent to Farfetch'd becoming stronger.

The giant green onion duck, seeing that its green onion had not only returned to its original form in Su Yu's hands but had also become stronger than before, was completely dumbfounded.

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"Gah!" Can you do that one again? The one you just did!

"Big Green Duck is excited," said Big Green Duck.

Following this trend, YaYa quickly imagined what it would be like to carry a 45-meter-long green onion on her shoulder and let her opponent run 43 meters ahead.

These remaining two meters are the final act of respect for one's own steadiness!

However, Su Yu could only helplessly shrug and say:

"That's it. This power isn't without its losses; it's all generated from the energy within my body."

"This one round alone has almost completely drained my energy. You want me to do it again? Are you trying to squeeze me dry?"

"Quack..." Upon hearing this, Duck waved its hands in a panic, indicating that it absolutely did not mean that.

Rancher, you provide me with food and lodging, and I, Duck, will never waver. I'll even work hard every day to grow scallions to repay you...

"Ahem... I didn't mean anything by it, there's no need to be so nervous."

"Alright, go out and have fun then. I still need to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner!"

Seeing this, Su Yu started to shoo them away. One thing after another had happened, and he hadn't even cooked a single dish yet…

I'd like to recommend a book by a friend; if you like *Under One Person*, you might want to give it a try.

One Person: I, a Zombie, Joined a Chat Group

The story of a zombie who created his own internal alchemy cultivation method joining a chat group.

(End of this chapter)