Chapter 58: Artifact Refiner Localization
A sumptuous lunch was quickly prepared. Since it was a housewarming feast, Lu Li prepared a true grand feast, at least more lavish than the last one.
Yu Lili looked longingly at the delicacies on the dining table. If the dishes weren’t all served yet and Lu Li was still busy in the kitchen, she would have started eating long ago.
Worried about waste, Yu Lili impatiently shouted, “Lu Li, that’s about enough. The two of us can’t eat that much.”
“It’s fine, just one last dish left.” Lu Li said as he brought out a pot from the kitchen. After placing the pot on the dining table and lifting the lid, the enticing aroma instantly filled the villa.
Even Charmander was drawn in by the smell.
“This is…” Yu Lili looked at the dish on the table in full surprise.
Lu Li smiled and introduced, “Braised Slowpoke tail. I didn’t expect the decoration company to be so generous as to leave behind such a precious ingredient.”
A Slowpoke’s tail was a rare ingredient that ordinary people couldn’t buy even if they had money.
In this world, humans were strictly forbidden from harming Pokémon without cause. Long ago, humans preyed on Pokémon, but with the establishment of the Alliance, such behavior had been explicitly prohibited.
But it wasn’t possible to cut off everything completely, like the precious ingredient of a Slowpoke’s tail.
Unlike other Pokémon, a Slowpoke’s tail was regenerative, and after reaching a certain age, Slowpoke would shed its tail frequently, just like a snake sheds its skin.
Some shrewd merchants targeted this trait of Slowpoke, raising them in large numbers and harvesting their tails on schedule.
The price of a single Slowpoke tail could reach nearly ten thousand, and higher quality ones might cost even more.
“Then I won’t hold back.” Yu Lili picked up the chopsticks and shouted energetically.
“Fire~”
Charmander tugged at Lu Li’s pant leg with a displeased expression.
Lu Li looked down at Charmander and asked curiously, “You want some too?”
Charmander nodded.
Charmander was an omnivorous Pokémon, unlike Tropius which was herbivorous. Slowpoke tails weren’t just loved by humans.
Lu Li scooped a portion into a small bowl for Charmander, then served himself a portion.
After personally tasting the flavor of the Slowpoke tail, Lu Li finally gained a clear understanding of this delicacy.
Slowpoke tail was truly the kind of delicacy that tasted great as long as you knew how to cook.
Yu Lili, who had no resistance to delicacies, collapsed onto the sofa again.
Yu Lili lay on the sofa with a bulging belly, wearing a satisfied expression as if life was now complete.
Lu Li handed her the digestive tablets he had prepared earlier.
Lu Li casually admonished, “As a Trainer, having such weak willpower against temptation won’t do.”
A Trainer unable to resist temptation was a terrifying thing, especially when traveling outside. In the wilderness, many Trainers had lost their lives due to greed.
“This is my only hobby.” Yu Lili didn’t take Lu Li’s words to heart.
As a foodie, Yu Lili felt she truly couldn’t let down this table full of delicacies.
Lu Li felt somewhat speechless inside but didn’t continue lecturing Yu Lili.
After all, everyone was in adolescence and not at an age to listen to advice. Some things only needed to be said once; repeating them would just annoy people.
“You rest here first. I have something to do.” Lu Li stood up and said.
“Go, go.”
“Once I can move, I’ll properly explore this villa.” Yu Lili said lazily.
Lu Li nodded, then headed to the villa’s basement.
With spiritual power fully activated and confirming no mental fluctuations around, Lu Li entered the artifact refining room.
“Gym Leader-level Psychic Type Pokémon. Gym Leader Yu is really going all out. That should be one of his first tier Pokémon, right?” Lu Li muttered softly.
Psychic Attribute plus Steel-type, Lu Li instantly identified the Pokémon.
Bronzong!
Among ordinary Pokémon, only Bronzong had that attribute combination. Others were either pseudo-legendaries, divine beasts, or Paradox Pokémon.
Ever since Yu Lili arrived at the villa, Lu Li had sensed a hidden Psychic Type Pokémon in the shadows, but he hadn’t pointed it out.
After all, it had no malicious intent, and how could a rookie Trainer possibly detect a hidden Gym Leader-level Psychic Type Pokémon?
After confirming no anomalies around, Lu Li took out a Berry.
The Berry was the main material for manufacturing Poké Balls, characterized by being inedible, with particularly hard skin and shell, and no smell.
Forming hand seals with both hands and summoning a high-temperature flame, Lu Li tossed the Berry into the flames.
According to standard Cultivation World settings, equipment involving spatial types was extremely difficult to refine, as spatial attributes were one of the most mysterious attributes.
Normally, a novice artifact refiner couldn’t possibly succeed in refining a spatial magic tool on the first try.
But the Pokémon World was different.
Thanks to the existence of the magical Berry, even ordinary people could craft the legendary spatial magic tool—Poké Ball—with a set of blacksmithing equipment.
In the Pokémon World, Poké Balls were considered crafts, not even high-tech products.
But in the Cultivation World, this thing would be a proper spatial magic tool—one that could hold living creatures—its prestige nearly crushing most other magic tools.
“First, remove the skin… then install the capture net… finally…”
Lu Li carefully controlled the flame and continuously scoured the Oran Berry with Steel-type energy.
Half an hour later.
A Poké Ball that didn’t look very standard was produced.
His guess was verified; he had been just one step away from success.
Lu Li felt an indescribable emotion. The difficult problem that had plagued him for years was solved just like that. Back then, he had been only a paper’s thickness from success.
If he had met Yu Lili earlier, he might have completed the localization of artifact refining long ago.
However, producing one Poké Ball was just the beginning. In the Pokémon World, for Item Makers, crafting a Poké Ball was merely the start.
But all things are hardest at the beginning. With a good start, the rest would be much easier.
Determined to press the advantage, Lu Li first sealed his sense of smell with energy, then took an Oran Berry from his backpack.
The Oran Berry had a particularly pungent smell that normal people could hardly endure, so Lu Li sealed his sense of smell in advance.
Oran Berries could be used to make Great Balls, which had the effect of improving capture rates for wild Pokémon weaker than oneself.
This thing could be called the most favored Poké Ball among Pokémon hunters, with higher manufacturing difficulty than ordinary Poké Balls.
With experience from the first time, Lu Li was much more composed this round.
Soon, the Great Ball was successfully refined. Though its appearance was a bit off, its effect was the same as a standard Great Ball.
After another verification, Lu Li even considered directly refining a Master Ball, but unfortunately, he didn’t know the recipe.
