Chapter 61: Sacred Fire Slow-Simmered Carrot and Lean Meat Porridge

Although the Cang Yan Ren Gui, due to the two great flaming swords on its arms, cannot perform certain tasks that require flexible fingers, its grilling skills and ability to cut ingredients have long reached the realm of perfection.

Its blade rose and fell lightly and nimbly on the cutting board with a rhythm akin to playing the piano, and in the blink of an eye, a small basket of carrots was cut by the Cang Yan Ren Gui into neat little cubes.

Next, the Cang Yan Ren Gui began processing the other side dishes.

Lean meat, scallions, and fresh ginger were all transformed under its blade into minced meat, chopped scallions, and ginger slices.

Luo Mu took half a bag of rice from the ingredient storage cabinet and placed some dry firewood into the two stoves; just as he was about to ask the Cang Yan Ren Gui to ignite it with a spark, a sudden inspiration struck him, and he grabbed a small piece of firewood and hurried to the fireplace.

Moltres: "?"

Seeing Luo Mu squat down directly, hold the small piece of firewood in his right hand to the fireplace to ignite it, and say with a smile to Moltres, "Borrow some fire to cook."

Moltres: "........"

Moltres wanted to ask if he had any manners; it was one thing for him to use the flames of a legendary Pokémon like itself merely for warmth, but now he had actually progressed to wanting to use them for cooking!

Its dignity, pride, and style simply could not agree to such a thing!

"Oh, right." Luo Mu seemed to remember something, paused for a moment, and said to Moltres, "Let's have something different for breakfast this morning: carrot and lean meat porridge; the flavor will be relatively light, which should be to your liking."

Moltres: "!!!"

Just like a Sichuan Opera face-changer, Moltres's face transformed from total resistance to anticipation, completely ignoring the Growlithe sleeping on its back as it rolled over; after standing up, Moltres first flapped its wings, sending a gust of wind sweeping past that instantly extinguished the burning firewood in Luo Mu's hand.

In the next instant, Moltres opened its mouth and spat out a clump of fire that appeared even more stable, landing on the small piece of firewood to reignite it.

"The fire in the fireplace burns too fiercely and has been burning for several days already; this fresh flame is more stable and gentle, perfect for slow-simmering over low heat."

"By the way, I want to eat three bowls."

Moltres raised its right wing, which was engulfed in flames, and the fire upon it danced into the shape of the number "3".

The innocent Growlithe, caught in the crossfire, rolled onto the ground, yet even after suffering such treatment, it lay motionless on the floor, continuing to sleep soundly.

Luo Mu: "........."

After roughly understanding the meaning Moltres was conveying, Luo Mu felt that this legendary Pokémon, in reality, was not so different from ordinary Pokémon.

This law of "true fragrance" 【changing one's mind upon experiencing something】 was probably universal across the multiverse.

Holding the small piece of firewood, which was roughly equivalent to the Sacred Fire Torch of the Kanto League and the Johto League, Luo Mu helplessly went to the kitchen to ignite the firewood beneath the stoves with the sacred flame.

After skillfully washing the half bag of rice and waiting for the water in both pots to boil, Luo Mu added the rice to the rolling water, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.

While stirring, Luo Mu muttered to himself, "The Sacred Fire is indeed different; the scale and stability of the flame are terrifyingly steady; this level of control is truly impressive."

"Moreover... I'm probably the only one who uses the Sacred Fire to start a fire for cooking meals, right...?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Mu's expression became somewhat strange, and his tone grew uncertain.

"It needs to simmer a bit longer to become thicker; I'll go wake up those lazy ones first."

Luo Mu covered the two pot lids and said to the Cang Yan Ren Gui beside him.

The Cang Yan Ren Gui nodded slightly, carefully removed its apron and hung it aside, then split up with Luo Mu to begin waking the Pokémon.

Luo Mu went upstairs to wake Serperior and the others, while the Cang Yan Ren Gui was responsible for waking the Bai Pengpengs and the Growlithe.

When the Pokémon gathered in the living room, Luo Mu glanced at the pouring rain outside the door and asked puzzledly, "Why haven't Swampert and the others arrived yet?"

Luo Mu's gaze fell upon the Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou who had stayed here all night; normally, around this time, Swampert would already have brought the Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou and the others for breakfast.

Although the weather was not great, as Water-type Pokémon, Swampert and the Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou should have no problem coming over from Thunder Cry Lake.

Just as Luo Mu was considering whether to take an umbrella and go to Thunder Cry Lake to check, Swampert's figure slowly emerged from the curtain of rain, its steps heavy and steady, completely unhindered by the wind and rain.

Luo Mu opened the door for Swampert and looked behind it, only to discover that the figures of the three Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou were not following behind Swampert?

Luo Mu looked at Swampert with a face full of confusion; Swampert shook its head and began gesturing wildly with its hands and feet.

The general meaning was that the Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou were being greedy for sleep and planned to come over on their own a bit later, so Swampert had come ahead first.

Accepting Swampert's explanation, Luo Mu turned back to the kitchen, lifted the pot lids, stirred a few times until he felt the consistency was about right, then added the de-fished lean meat cubes and carrot cubes; after simmering for a while and waiting for them to cook thoroughly, he picked up a small spoon, sprinkled an appropriate amount of salt, finally garnished with chopped scallions, and served!

Sacred Fire Slow-Simmered Carrot and Lean Meat Porridge, please excuse the humble hospitality!

Carrying the two large pots of porridge into the slightly crowded living room, Luo Mu scanned the area but still did not see the figures of the three Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou.

Luo Mu frowned; more than ten minutes had passed since he entered the kitchen to perform the final steps, and even if the Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou juniors were prone to oversleeping, there should be a limit; they shouldn't be this lazy just because their boss wasn't there to restrain them.

For some reason, Luo Mu had a slight bad premonition; after setting down the pots, he looked at the Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou boss, who also seemed puzzled and anxious, and said in a low voice, "Let's go check anyway."

The Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou nodded heavily: "Wululu!"

Seeing that Luo Mu was going out, the other several Pokémon volunteered one after another, expressing their desire to act as bodyguards and follow along.

Although he felt there shouldn't be any danger on the farm, Luo Mu still chose the smaller Mimikyu to follow by his side; adding the Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou, he put on rain boots and a raincoat, and together they held an umbrella and hurried toward Thunder Cry Lake.

At the same time, within Thunder Cry Lake.

An unknown fish Pokémon, covered entirely in angular protrusions and looking full of a technological style, was rampaging recklessly in Thunder Cry Lake.

Its swimming speed was extremely fast, carving a white line across the surface where raindrops fell, while another blue figure on the lake surface was fleeing in panic under the pursuit of the mysterious Pokémon.

The Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou exerted all its strength to swim faster; its other two companions had already been injured under the attacks of that extremely fast mysterious fish-type Pokémon and had fallen into unconsciousness.

Only it, because its own swimming speed was faster than its companions', and because that Pokémon seemed intent on toying with it, managed to Zhou Xuan 【maneuver/stall】 until now under the attacks of the mysterious fish-type Pokémon.

However... the Wenxiang Wenxiang Kedou felt that it too was about to reach its limit.