Manor Lord in the Pokémon World

Chapter 163 Energy Conversion Array

On the other hand, the mine has been there for almost a month now, and it will soon be nearing its end and disappear again.

We need to hurry.

Early in the morning, Cocodora arrived at the mine and began mining. It had been arriving earlier than usual these past few days.

Whispers from the miners could be heard nearby.

"This Coco Doraemon is really amazing. It mines more ore every day than we do, it's equivalent to the combined mining of the two of us."

"Yes, and it's very hardworking, coming every day. I don't even know who takes care of it, it's so nice."

"I'm so envious. I want a Pokémon like that too, then I won't have to do any chores."

Hearing the praises from the miners around her, Coco Doraemon proudly raised her little face, wagged her little tail, and huffed and puffed her way into the depths of the mine, carrying a large basket on her back.

As a native of this place, it naturally knows where there are more mines.

Ever since Ark discovered that the creation of the magic circle required some evolution stones, it instructed itself not to sell any more evolution stones, but to bring back all the ones it dug up. It even gave itself a basket, and it has already carried back several baskets.

CocoDora was in a particularly good mood today because it thought of something happy.

My pen pal wrote to me yesterday, saying he's almost there. Calculating the distance, he should arrive tomorrow.

So CocoDora plans to dig a little longer today and won't come back tomorrow. She'll stay in the manor all day tomorrow, waiting for her pen pal to arrive.

It wants to share all the delicious food it has saved with its pen pal.

Cocodora was full of fighting spirit and worked even harder to dig.

Suddenly, it heard a rustling sound.

It sounded like someone was talking, or like something was making a sound.

Strange, why is there such a sound here?

Could it be that some Pokémon is trapped and is calling for help?

CocoDora could only think of this possibility.

It slowly moved toward the direction from which the sound came, and heard that the sound seemed to be coming from inside the rocks.

Could it be that a Pokémon is trapped inside?

Although she thought it was impossible—after all, there weren't many gaps in the rock, so how could anyone squeeze through?—Cocodora still decided to smash the rock open.

With a loud bang, Cocodora crashed into the rock wall, successfully creating a hole in it.

But at that moment, the voice disappeared, as if it had never appeared, as if it were just Cocodora's illusion.

Coco Dora fell into deep thought, convinced that the sound she had just heard was not her imagination.

It couldn't help but recall what those humans had mentioned before, saying that they sometimes did hear such strange noises while mining.

Having lived here for so long, I've never heard it before. I always thought it was just that the miners were timid and mistook the Pokémon's cries for strange noises, and that the misinformation spread.

I never expected to hear it myself today.

Moreover, after sensing the commotion outside, the sound disappeared, as if it had run away.

interesting.

Cocodora became even more curious.

……

Inside the manor, the herb garden has already taken shape, with a large pile of calamus planted according to Ark's original plan.

The lily root doll is carefully observing whether the crops are ripe and occasionally applying some new fertilizer to them.

These fertilizers were provided by Ark, and they've been quite effective.

A large group of mushrooms followed behind it, chattering and asking about the effects of these crops.

The i-human lily root doll has successfully become a toy for the e-human mushrooms.

It initially refused, thinking it could farm on its own, but...

It's not up to them!

These mushrooms are extremely enthusiastic, just like the manor lord.

It was forced to accept it, and as it accepted it, it lost the strength to resist and became numb.

I've even started to enjoy it now and have become familiar with the mushrooms.

People with social anxiety are only socially anxious towards strangers, but not towards their close friends.

The mushrooms are very inquisitive and interested in herbs.

Since they are all Grass-type Pokémon, Lilyroot sometimes explains to them the uses of herbs it has researched.

Many plants are simply overlooked, but they are actually rare treasures.

Then it saw the first calamus plant it had planted, with bright green, upright leaves and a height of over 50 centimeters.

After carefully observing the leaves, Lily Root Doll, based on its rich experience, judged that it should be mature.

The rhizome of calamus is used. Once the underground rhizome is large and has accumulated sufficient effective substances, it can be dug up.

It quickly ran to summon the ark.

"Acorus calamus is edible now?!"

Upon hearing the news, Fangzhou immediately followed.

Wielding a hoe, he quickly dug out the rhizome of the calamus.

The rhizome was thick and robust, with an estimated diameter of 1 centimeter. Its surface was brownish-red, and the internodes were very distinct.

I picked it up and smelled it; it had a cool, spicy scent that was somewhat like camphor or mint.

Sweet flag (Acorus calamus): Grind sweet flag into powder and consume it with cabbage to enhance intelligence and enter a super learning state for a certain period of time.

Fangzhou was overjoyed to see the system notification in front of him; it was indeed useful. But his face immediately fell.

Spicy calamus paired with cabbage?

This doesn't look like something that would taste good. What kind of weird combination is this?

However, in order to discover the ancient script as soon as possible, and in order to discover the magic array as soon as possible, we'll give it our all!

As required by the system, first crush the calamus into powder, then take out the cabbage, crush the cabbage into juice, and finally mix them together.

Fangzhou shuddered as he looked at the green drink.

I smelled it, and it really did smell strange.

Amidst the expectant yet sympathetic gazes of the Pokémon, he took a deep breath, let out a self-motivating roar, tilted his head back, and opened his mouth wide.

"Ton ton ton!"

The taste... is indeed very strange.

It wasn't particularly bad, just sour with a slightly astringent taste, and a hint of raw grass, like lemon juice mixed with wild vegetables.

The next moment, he suddenly felt his head lighten with a "buzz," and a cool sensation spread from the top of his head, instantly calming and clarifying his previously chaotic thoughts.

This is... what it feels like to be fully engaged in learning!

Fang Zhou immediately sat down, not bothering to savor the strange taste, and grabbed the book "Analysis of Ancient Characters" to bury himself in reading it.

The previously tangled grammar and polysemous characters now seem to have come alive, no longer obscure and difficult to understand, but instead presenting a clear logical structure.

His lips unconsciously curled up, and he became completely absorbed in the moment.

After an unknown amount of time, a burst of wild laughter was heard coming from the cabin.

"Hahahaha! I understand! I understand! I understand, Daoist!"

Arcanine, disheveled, burst out of the small wooden house and waved his hand amidst the shocked gazes of the other Pokémon around him.

"Let's go! Prepare to set up the formation! I already know how to do this energy conversion formation!"