Manor Lord in the Pokémon World

Chapter 146 The Weeping Shadow on the Eastern Mountain

Fangzhou gave the wind sprite a sharp rap on the head, saying, "Well, this is how you use Lugia's feathers, is it?!"

"Eek~"

Using a silver feather as a hair dryer?

What a waste!

The wind sprite scratched its head sheepishly and handed the silver feather to the ark.

"Beep beep beep~" (This was obtained from the Jigglypuff Guild through a trade; the Ethereal Dragon said it was a very important treasure.)

Fangzhou nodded. It was indeed very important; Lugia could control ocean currents, which in turn affected the weather.

Ocean currents are also flows, and air currents are also flows.

Ark ultimately decided to give Lugia's feather to Baby Dragon, even though it already had a Rayquaza scale.

Two legendary resources should be able to help it quickly increase its strength and gain the power to control celestial phenomena.

Once it evolves into Salamence, it should be able to control the weather just like Dragonair.

Fang Zhou sighed inwardly, wondering if he could make it in time for the Heavenly Omen Selection Sacrifice; there were less than ten days left…

"Alright, everyone, let's get back to work. Drying the containers is up to you."

The wind sprite and the blue cotton bird nodded, no longer daring to slack off.

"Rotom~ Rotom~" At that moment, Rotom's voice came from outside, and then a hairdryer flew in from outside.

"Rotom!" Rotom hovered over the hairdryer, indicating that he wanted to help as well.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you to help me out, Rotom," Ark said with a smile.

On the other side, CocoDora had already cut up all the star fruit.

"Coco?" (Is that so? Is there anything else I need to do?)

Fangzhou patted its hard head. "No need, thank you, Cocodora."

Fangzhou placed a plate of starfruit on the table. "Kirullian and the Poisonous Moth, come and help remove the small seeds in the middle with toothpicks."

This method produces a clearer wine with less astringency.

"Dululu~"

"Suri Suri~"

The two Pokémon used their psychic powers to control Toothpick and Ark, getting them busy together.

Once this step is completed, that's basically it.

On the other side, the Wind Fairy and the Blue Cotton Bird carried over several clean and dried glass jars.

"Okay, thank you."

"Roar~" The Great Sage watched for a long time and asked if it needed any help.

For example, mashing star fruit?

In its mind, starfruit wine is simply made by crushing starfruit into juice and then mixing it with alcohol.

It had seen the Ark make watermelon juice before and knew how to do it.

Hammer it hard! Hammer it hard!

Fangzhou shook his head. "No, we're fermenting the starfruit, not crushing it. But there is something we really need your help with."

Ark retrieved the rock sugar that Kirullian had weighed out.

He specifically bought yellow rock sugar, which will have a better effect.

"Great Sage, could you please crush the rock sugar a little?"

Crushing the rock sugar can speed up the melting process.

By the time most of the star fruit seeds had been picked out, Monkey King had basically finished his task as well.

Finally, it was time to can the Pokémon's turn, and they all gathered around to watch Ark's operation.

Fangzhou first laid a layer of starfruit slices at the bottom of the jar, then a layer of rock sugar.

Add another layer of star fruit, then a layer of rock sugar, and repeat this process until the jar is about seven or eight tenths full.

Then cover the top layer with rock sugar.

Then take out a bottle of baijiu (Chinese white liquor) and slowly pour the prepared base liquor into the jar.

"By the way, baby dragon, come here. I'll leave this step to you."

Baby Dragon watched for a long time, and Ark wanted to give it a sense of participation.

In this way, all Pokémon participate in the brewing process of starfruit wine.

While instructing the Baby Dragon on how to pour the wine, Fangzhou explained to the Pokémon beside him, "The key to this step is to completely submerge all the starfruit and rock sugar in the wine to prevent the starfruit on top from coming into contact with air and spoiling."

Oh ~

Everyone nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

I never imagined there was so much to learn about making starfruit wine. Farming is much simpler.

Snapped!

Ark tightens the bottle cap to ensure a good seal, then attaches a label to the bottle indicating the brewing date.

The fifth day of summer.

I stood up and stretched my limbs, finally feeling that the task was complete.

Next, we'll wait for the star fruit to ferment into star fruit wine!

"Aosi~" The tropical dragon stretched its neck and peered in, asking when it would be possible to drink starfruit wine.

Fangzhou stroked his chin. Brewing requires patience; the longer it takes, the better the flavors blend.

It will take at least 30 or 40 days. If you calculate the time, we basically have to wait until the summer is almost over before we can drink it.

Then you will need to use clean gauze to filter the wine into another clean glass bottle to separate the star fruit pulp. The filtered wine can be sealed and stored for a longer time.

Star fruit slices soaked in alcohol can be eaten directly, but they will have a stronger aftereffect, or they can be used to make desserts.

There were a total of seven jars. Ark moved all the jars to a shady place, and now all it could do was wait.

"Alright, it's getting late, everyone go back to sleep, especially your precious dragon, starting tomorrow, we'll be having intensive training."

The baby dragon raised its head and let out a spirited cry, indicating that it understood.

……

At night, when everyone is fast asleep, some nocturnal Pokémon begin to move.

As usual, the speaker cricket wandered around the eastern hill. It was an unsung hero in the night, responsible for mediating conflicts everywhere.

Recently, it has expanded its sphere of influence, cough cough, patrol range to outside Weibai Town, and has reduced patrols in Weibai Town.

I made a special trip back today, and as soon as I got back, I saw a poisonous moth and a poisonous rose fighting on the east mountain.

As usual, after the two sides were almost evenly matched, one of them fell to the ground and the speaker ran over to hand him a grapefruit to restore his stamina.

After receiving several words of thanks, the speaker felt its figure had grown taller.

If I, the speaker, can't be called a hero, then who in the world can be called a hero?

As Speaker Cricket came down from the East Mountain, he unexpectedly saw a figure crying pitifully by the roadside.

Hmm? Who's crying?

The Speaker Scratcher makes its grand debut!

Upon closer inspection, it revealed a light yellow body with three leaves on its head.

Isn't this a lily root doll?

Why are you hiding here crying?

Based on his long experience, the speaker started by offering a pomelo.

"aiyi!"

The lily root doll was startled when it saw the pomelo fruit suddenly appear in front of it.

Turning around, I was relieved to see that it was the Speaker Squeeze.

It took the grapefruit and, guided by the cricket, explained why it was crying.

Someone destroyed the medicinal herb field it had painstakingly cultivated, pulling up all those dogwood berries! Waaaaah~

The speaker squeak gasped.

The world is going to the dogs and people's hearts are no longer what they used to be.

The cricket could only comfort it, telling it not to be sad, because if the herbs were planted in the wild, they would easily be stolen by some malicious Pokémon that happened to pass by.

A sudden inspiration struck it.

"Doo doo doo doo~" (I know a human's manor, it's very cozy and safe. Do you want to go there to grow medicinal herbs? If you grow them there, they definitely won't be stolen.)