Chapter 147: Ai Ke, Whip, Ploughing
The good news is far from just this one.
If the recipe for the Instant Feather is an unexpected gain, then the next good news is something long anticipated.
“Big Brother!”
“Quick, open the door! There’s good news!”
Bao Bao excitedly knocked on Lu Li’s room door.
After putting away the notebook, Lu Li opened the door, and a blue figure pounced into his arms.
“What good news?”
Lu Li asked helplessly.
Bao Bao excitedly explained, “Onix! It’s good news about Onix.”
Hearing this, Lu Li’s eyes lit up, and he excitedly asked, “Did it comprehend Special Ground Force?”
Bao Bao nodded heavily, then gestured while saying, “Yes, Big Brother, it was such a pity you weren’t there to see it. Onix just gently patted with its tail, and the surrounding land was all ploughed in one go.”
“Quick, take me to see.”
As soon as Lu Li finished speaking, he disappeared from the spot.
When he reappeared, he was already in a ploughed field.
Seeing Lu Li appear, Onix excitedly called out.
“Rock~”
Looking at Onix’s huge head, Lu Li put down Bao Bao and gently touched Onix’s head as it came closer.
“Did you succeed?” Lu Li asked softly.
Onix nodded heavily.
Lu Li glanced at the scope of this ploughed field and sincerely praised, “About 200 square meters, that’s some scope!”
The honest Onix couldn’t help but raise its head.
This was indeed quite something to be proud of. After all, it was only a Normal Level Pokémon right now, and a Field Skill like Ground Force was generally something only Gym Level Pokémon could comprehend.
Just this alone put Onix ahead of other Pokémon by more than one or two steps.
Lu Li sensed the energy in this ploughed field again and confirmed that Onix had indeed also activated Spirit Nourishing Technique when using Ground Force.
This meant that Onix’s Special Ground Force had truly succeeded.
“Trop~”
Tropius, who had hurried over from the orchard, excitedly called out. It had sensed the Grass-type Energy from over there while in the orchard.
One had to know that Ground Force had an outrageous effect in this world.
The basic ability of the Field Skill Ground Force was to turn the soil, making it easier for plants to grow, and it would boost the attack and Special Attack of Grass Attribute Pokémon.
As a Grass-type Pokémon, Tropius was the most sensitive to changes in Grass-type Energy.
“Trop~”
（Trainer, I have an immature idea…）
“No.”
Lu Li rejected Tropius without hesitation.
He could roughly guess Tropius’s idea—it was nothing more than hoping to pull Onix to the orchard to plough.
But the problem was that Onix had just comprehended this Special Ground Force Skill. If it accidentally lost control, the orchard would be destroyed.
Looking at the aggrieved Tropius, Lu Li helplessly explained.
After hearing Lu Li’s explanation, Tropius also looked regretful.
“Trop~”
（Little brother, you still need to practice.）
Onix: “…”
Onix, who had just been praised, indicated it didn’t want to talk to Tropius.
It was already hard for an Onix like me to comprehend Ground Force Skill, let alone a Special Ground Force Skill?
Onix felt Tropius was just picking a fight.
Of course, this wasn’t the most upsetting part.
The most upsetting was that Ground Force Skill was meant to assist Grass-type Pokémon, and the boost to itself was almost negligible?
This suddenly gave Onix the illusion that it was working hard for Tropius.
I practiced the skill, the boost goes to you, and then you still complain?
At this moment, the little ship of friendship capsized.
Onix turned its head, ignoring Tropius, and excitedly looked at Lu Li.
It had a look that said since it had worked so hard, it should be rewarded with something.
“See that batch of steel in front of my villa? That’s prepared for you. Once I get the Magic Furnace ready, I’ll power you up.” Lu Li quickly guaranteed.
Satisfied with Lu Li’s guarantee, Onix nodded.
Onix wasn’t interested in the Magic Furnace Lu Li mentioned; it only knew the Trainer was preparing a gift for it, and that was enough.
Although it had worked hard for Tropius, the Trainer was also working for it, and Tropius was working for the Trainer.
Thinking this way, the honest Onix suddenly felt it wasn’t at a loss.
“Trop~”
（Trainer, remember to make this big dumb one get familiar with the skill quickly. With this Special Ground Force plus my Grassy Terrain and Special Growth, the orchard’s Berries will definitely skyrocket.）
Worried that Onix would slack off, Tropius hurriedly urged.
Lu Li nodded.
“Rock~”
（Trainer, remember my reward.）
Onix also urged.
Lu Li looked around, then shouted to Charmander not far away, “Charmander! You too, hurry up and accumulate power to prepare for evolution.”
It wasn’t good to urge Onix, so he could only target Charmander.
After diverting the conflict, Lu Li patted Onix’s rock body and said, “Onix, come with me outside to plough a few fields later.”
Onix nodded.
Practicing Ground Force anywhere was the same, as long as it could follow the Trainer.
Afterward, Lu Li recalled Onix and returned to the villa.
Back at the villa, Lu Li dug out two bags of Wangwang Valley seeds from the seed warehouse.
In this world, the vast majority of farms chose to plant Wangwang Valley.
Wangwang Valley was a beautiful and vibrant grain. It was food loved by Land Pokémon.
This stuff was equivalent to rice in the Pokémon World. People like Ai Ke who couldn’t afford Energy Cubes generally fed their Pokémon with rice made from Wangwang Valley.
Humans could also eat Wangwang Valley, with the same effect as rice, but Wangwang Valley was much more expensive than normal rice. Families that could eat Wangwang Valley three meals a day were generally from wealthy families or noble families.
Then Lu Li called Ai Ke and asked him to bring people over to prepare for work.
Even before the villa was built, Lu Li had already planned the usage of all the nearby land.
The farm was built on the ploughed land before Golden Chicken Village, in the area behind the villa. There was no worry about wild Pokémon destroying the farmland, and since it was also quite far from the villa, there was no worry about farm workers going to the villa.
Ai Ke, who received the order, brought several mobile younger brothers to the farm.
By the time Lu Li arrived at the farm, Ai Ke and the others were already waiting for him there.
Seeing Lu Li arrive, Ai Ke hurriedly asked, “Boss, what’s our job?”
Lu Li handed Ai Ke a bag of seeds.
“These are Wangwang Valley seeds. What you need to do next is sowing. The rules are like this…”
Lu Li briefly explained the requirements for sowing Wangwang Valley.
Ai Ke and the younger brothers behind him listened attentively.
Moments later, Ai Ke looked speechlessly at the seeds in his hand and complained, “This simple?”
“Yeah! Working on the farm also fits your race’s talent. Planting Wangwang Valley is the same as planting cotton.” Lu Li said comfortingly with a smile.
Ai Ke, who got the reference, also joked self-mockingly, “Then I hope you won’t whip me.”
Ai Ke was mixed-race, and living in the Jiuzhou Region, he didn’t take such race jokes to heart.
