Chapter 336: Under the Pouring Rain, the Toedscruel Holds the Umbrella for You

Even knowing that the medicinal liquids fermented by the two Shuckle brothers had a high probability of differing in quality, Luo Mu still planned to give two portions of the three secret seasoning samples—the Sour Herb—to the oddly-colored Shuckle sister for fermentation, while giving the remaining portion to the sensitive Shuckle brother.

This was not only to protect the Shuckle brother's mental health, guiding him step by step to become confident and cheerful.

It was also to create comparable samples for reference.

Of the three medicinal liquids, Luo Mu planned to keep one portion fermented by the Shuckle sister in cold storage at the farm, while contacting Dai Ke regarding the other two portions to have someone sent to collect them.

While treating the Volcarona, he intended to utilize the cutting-edge medical research institute where Dai Ke was treating the Volcarona to analyze the specific effects of the secret seasoning medicinal liquid and determine whether there was any difference in efficacy between the two portions.

Only by obtaining this information could Luo Mu apply the right remedy to solve the hidden danger of the Shuckle brother's sensitive personality.

As for the risk of the prescription leaking, aside from the fact that a medical amateur like himself, who hadn't even seen the door of proper medicine, had created a prescription with little reference value, the raw material itself—the secret seasoning—was something nearly impossible to replicate easily.

With the destination of the three Secret Seasoning: Sour Herbs decided, Luo Mu turned his gaze to the eleven blocks of peat neatly arranged on the floor of his room.

These were the miracle items Terry had mentioned that could enable Pokémon incapable of evolving to complete their evolution; although he didn't know where Terry had gotten this information, as stated before, this Peat Block item could help Ursaring evolve into a Pokémon named Ursaluna.

The evolved Ursaluna was brimming with intense beauty; if the Ground-type Pokémon in his team didn't already have the new ace, Mega Swampert, Luo Mu would have insisted on raising another Ursaluna to become one of his main forces, no matter what.

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Even if Arceus himself came, giving it a hundred thousand lives wouldn't be enough to withstand this world-destroying strike.

However, although the plan to make Ursaluna a main force had run aground, the Ursaluna treasure-hunting plan could still be put on the agenda!

Ursaluna is a Pokémon that lives in the Crimson Mirelands of Hisui, using peat to forge a solid body.

Its hands possess a full five claws, making it even more skilled at digging into the ground than the Sandslash in the farm, and they have a sensitive nose capable of sniffing out the scent of treasures, often discovering various items and treasures buried underground in the games.

In the Hisui region, Ursaluna even received special mysterious protection from the Alpha Pokémon of the Sinnoh region, Arceus, and is therefore widely worshipped in the Hisui region.

As a Ground-type Pokémon, although Ursaluna cannot learn the move Plow, there is absolutely no problem with it helping Mudsdale share some of the work of loosening the soil.

After all, as the farm's development progressed, the planting area had become increasingly vast, and Mudsdale often needed to stay in the farming district for half a day just to complete the daily plowing.

Luo Mu was not some demon who liked to exploit Pokémon, so naturally, he also needed to put the matter of raising a Ground-type Pokémon to share the burden for Mudsdale on the agenda.

Occasionally, Luo Mu could even ride it to travel around the wilds of the Paldea region, embarking on a true treasure-hunting journey.

After deciding to raise a Teddiursa or an Ursaring in the future and evolve it into Ursaluna, Luo Mu recalled the young, rash Ursaring he had encountered previously in the Silver Mountains, feeling slightly regretful that he hadn't swindled it away back then.

Even though it was already late at night, Luo Mu still bothered the System to help him select a block of peat with good quality and rich Ground-type energy, carefully storing it away.

But another problem arose.

How should the remaining blocks of peat be handled?

Luo Mu felt he couldn't possibly catch ten more Ursaring just to use them all up.

As for selling the peat blocks externally, Luo Mu hadn't even considered it.

Theoretically belonging to the category of priceless treasures, where using one block meant having one less, why would he, being fully fed and with nothing better to do, take them to exchange for money? It wasn't as if he couldn't earn money; fame and fortune were not such unattainable things for him.

Luo Mu felt that these items, which had appeared in the Great Crater of Paldea for unknown reasons, should have a more meaningful method of utilization.

"Ah, right, they can be used as rewards."

Murmuring this sentence, even under the bright lights, Luo Mu's eyes remained frighteningly bright.

In addition to his retired profession as a Trainer and his main job as a farm owner, he also had a part-time profession as a teacher.

Although his teaching quality might not compare to those of famous instructors, there was absolutely no problem with not misleading students and providing suitable advice and resources.

Hearing Nimo's second Pokémon was an Ursaring evolved from a Teddiursa that he had helped her catch; using a Peat Block would allow it to evolve into Ursaluna, achieving a further improvement in strength.

It seemed that Paul, who was scheduled to enroll next semester, also had an Ursaring in the future, which could also be evolved into Ursaluna using a Peat Block.

However, even though their Pokémon could all evolve into Ursaluna, Luo Mu actually had no intention of simply giving the blocks to them for free.

"Hmm, let's make it a reward for completing a certain stage of achievements."

Just like the achievement system in games, when completing a remarkable achievement, various types of rewards would follow; this reward would become the driving force for them to advance further.

For instance, when Hearing Nimo completed the challenges of the upcoming several Gyms in the Paldea region in the future and successfully collected Eight Badges, Luo Mu would gift the Peat Block to her as a reward.

After students completed a certain important achievement, Luo Mu could send out the reward as an icing on the cake.

Perhaps even one day in the future, the perception that Trainers possessing Ursaluna were students taught by Luo Mu would be deeply embedded in the minds of Trainers worldwide.

Although this fantasy was slightly exaggerated, the logic was indeed sound.

Luo Mu had originally planned that after the farm developed further in the future, he would let his students come to the farm to select some second-generation farm Pokémon—that is, the offspring of the Pokémon currently in the farm—and entrust them to those students.

In this way, he would be making an outstanding contribution to Geeta's Paldea Development Plan.

Perhaps one day in the future, a group of students using high-quality Pokémon such as Ursaluna, Garganacl, Amoonguss, Blissey, Whimsicott, and Incineroar could become world-renowned?

Of course, it was possible that many Peat Blocks were buried underground in the Sinnoh region, or that someone somewhere in the world already possessed an Ursaluna.

But fantasizing wasn't illegal; while imagining the future, Luo Mu stored away the other few blocks of peat, picked up his phone, and began editing a message to the contact named "Carmine."

Although it was currently late at night, during their last contact, Carmine had mentioned that she was traveling to the Kitakami region to investigate a Pokémon called Bloodmoon.

According to Carmine's explanation, the Kitakami region had a time difference of at least twelve hours from the Paldea region.

Although it was currently late night in the Paldea region, it should still be daytime over where Carmine was; this was a perfect opportunity to ask Carmine about camera knowledge to prepare a camera for the Maillet that could be used to photograph the scenery along their travel route.

In this way, he could tour the scenery of various places around the world without leaving his home.

The next day.

Opening the room window, Luo Mu discovered that the weather today was extremely muggy, with the sky covered in dark clouds, indicating that rain was imminent.

Luo Mu had chatted with Carmine for about half an hour last night.

While being educated on quite a bit of knowledge regarding camera selection, he also learned that she had already traveled to the Kitakami region and begun investigating the background of Bloodmoon.

After ending the chat, unable to fall asleep, Luo Mu finally contacted Oranguru via his phone, having it come to his door and use Hypnosis on him before he successfully fell asleep.

Surprisingly, after receiving a dose of Hypnosis from Oranguru, Luo Mu slept exceptionally well; upon waking, he completely lacked the feeling of soreness, pain, and general discomfort everywhere that he had experienced after catching up on sleep yesterday.

If such a sleep-assisting Hypnosis from Oranguru had existed before his transmigration, probably quite a few insomnia patients would have flocked to it.

"... This is a bit troublesome; I still have to go to town today to ask Nurse Joy for instruction on medicine-making knowledge."

Luo Mu frowned tightly; to be honest, he did not like rainy weather.

When it rained, the ground was always full of puddles; even with an umbrella, taking just a few steps would inevitably cause rainwater mixed with dust to splash onto the tips of his shoes and the cuffs of his trousers, making someone with a slight mysophobia like Luo Mu feel very uncomfortable, as if his entire body were covered in crawling ants.

But today he had to go; the next few days were fully booked—he needed to confirm the training results of the Steel Armor Crow delivery team, receive the automatic milk extractor for Da Nai Guan, and prepare for the town's Pokémon Marathon.

It could be called extremely busy business.

With a soft sigh, Luo Mu finished his morning routine, picked up an umbrella at the door, and left without bringing any Pokémon from the farm, planning to head to town alone.

Not long after Luo Mu left.

Mimikyu slowly made its way to the door; today it had arranged to test Cloyster King's close-combat abilities.

But the instant it reached the door, Mimikyu sharply noticed that the shoes left there were gone.

This meant Luo Mu must have already left.

Mimikyu remembered that Alakazam had mentioned something about Luo Mu going to town today to learn something.

Before it could think further, a sudden boom of thunder cracked across the sky, and the next instant, the sound of rain pattering against the ground began outside the door.

Passing through the small door Luo Mu had specially carved for Pokémon of their smaller size, Mimikyu—though capable of slipping into shadows or phasing through walls—preferred to use the door the trainer had made for it; it gave the feeling of being cherished.

Outside, Mimikyu found Cloyster King already waiting at the door, holding two lotus leaves above its head.

In an instant, Mimikyu's mind flashed with Cloyster King's ability.

【Rain Dance】

Mimikyu: "."

Though it knew today's rain wasn't summoned by Cloyster King, the scene still stirred in Mimikyu a strange urge to complain.

(End of Chapter)