Manor Lord in the Pokémon World

Chapter 161 The Herb Garden of the Hegen Doll

Upon seeing the prompt box that appeared before him, Fangzhou's eyes lit up.

It can actually increase the growth rate of plants and improve the skill level of farming and harvesting.

This is great stuff!

This is definitely the most useful manor feature the manor has acquired so far!

Fangzhou could roughly guess what the hoodoo mushroom had just said to the other mushrooms, probably that it wanted them to follow it from now on.

Subsequent water-type Pokémon rescue teams arrived one after another to join the cleanup efforts.

They worked until late at night until the wildfire was finally extinguished completely.

Before leaving, the town mayor chatted with Fangzhou on the wet grass for a few minutes and determined the objects of this year's sacrifice.

Rift Constellation.

"Rayquaza is in charge of calming chaotic celestial phenomena," the mayor explained. "So the competition won't be about praying for rain or clear skies, but about the ability to calm chaotic celestial phenomena."

The mayor paused, then forced a smile: "I see your Infernape is almost at the Elite Four level. That threshold won't be easy to cross. But the rewards for this festival happen to include something that can help it break through. I'll keep you in suspense for now; you'll find out when the time comes."

After saying that, he patted Fangzhou on the shoulder and rode the Wyvern into the night.

With the forest on fire, as the town mayor, he still had a lot of follow-up work to handle.

A number of Pokémon were rescued from the manor. Ark gathered them here and gave each Pokémon a bottle of Moo Moo Milk to help them calm down quickly.

He himself was starting to feel the strain.

I studied ancient scripts until very late last night, and now I'm up until midnight again. I'm so tired that I'm going back to sleep.

The next morning, when Fangzhou went outside, he saw that the wild Pokémon had gradually returned home.

The western mountains were almost completely black, with charred tree trunks standing crookedly.

The once lush vegetation is now just charred remains, and the air is filled with a pungent smell of smoke.

The once vibrant forests are now deathly silent, with only the wind sweeping across the scorched earth, scattering fine charcoal dust into the air.

Fangzhou couldn't help but feel a little emotional; this was the power of natural disasters.

Just then, the chirping of a cricket came from the speaker next to us.

Beside the speaker-shaped cricket was a lily root doll, cautiously watching the ark.

The speaker chirped a few times at Ark, and Ark could roughly guess what it was saying: it was asking if the lily root doll could live in the manor.

It looks like it's a friend of the speaker cricket.

At this moment, the poisonous moth next to it also came over. It was the one that had discovered the speaker cricket and the lily root baby yesterday.

Upon seeing the poisonous moth approach, the lily root cricket immediately shrank behind the speaker cricket, its whole body trembling again.

She's really timid.

The speaker introduced the origin of this lily root doll.

First, the herb garden that Dongshan had painstakingly cultivated was destroyed. Just as he was planning to move to Xishan to plant herbs in a different location, he unfortunately encountered a forest fire.

"How could anyone be so heartless as to destroy someone's planted medicinal herbs!"

Fang Zhou was indignant; he hated petty thieves who stole other people's things the most.

He was angrily rebuking someone when he felt a different gaze. He turned around and saw Kirulian giving him a guilty look.

Fang Zhou was stunned, and then it was like a bolt from the blue.

Holy crap.

He asked the lily root doll, "What kinds of herbs do you usually like to grow?"

Upon hearing the other party's earnest reply, Fangzhou suddenly felt uneasy.

It turns out that the wild dogwood I saw before was actually planted by Lily Root Doll.

He coughed lightly to ease the awkwardness.

Then he saw the lily root doll looking at him expectantly and cautiously, and Fangzhou immediately understood that the other party was still waiting for his answer.

He nodded quickly: "Of course, of course you are welcome to stay in the manor. You can plant whatever land you want on the manor."

The lily root doll immediately relaxed and smiled.

According to the speaker, this manor is very safe. In the future, there will be no need to worry about the herbs being destroyed or forest fires.

That's great, it's like things have turned around after all.

Fangzhou said cheerfully, "We have many Pokémon in our manor that are good at planting, especially the newly added Shroom. We can help each other out in the future."

Upon hearing the word "mutual help," the lily root doll immediately shrank its head.

No, no, no more mutual help! It's socially awkward; it can just quietly farm on its own.

Seeing that nothing serious had happened, Fang Zhou was about to head back, as he still needed to continue studying those particularly obscure ancient characters.

The mayor said that the festival would still be held as scheduled, so whether or not we can win the reward and help Infernape reach the Elite Four level depends on whether Shellder can evolve into Salamence.

Further, the question becomes whether he can master ancient writing and draw the magic array.

Oh no, the pressure has been put on me.

Fangzhou suddenly had a flash of inspiration and remembered the idea from before.

So are there any herbs that can make people smarter after consumption?

There was a big shot who grows herbs right next to them, and Fangzhou immediately went over, startling the lily root doll.

"Lily root doll, I just want to ask if there are any herbs that, when ingested, can make someone's hearing and vision sharpen, making them extremely intelligent?"

The lily root doll breathed a sigh of relief; it turned out the person wanted to ask about herbs.

Upon arriving in familiar territory, the Pokémon instantly became confident and, after careful consideration, quickly came up with a crop.

There is a herb called calamus, which can open the mind, calm the nerves, and improve intelligence.

Fangzhou saved him from the fire yesterday, so he is his savior. Lily Root Doll really wants to do something for the manor, so he asked if it would be helpful to plant some.

Fang Zhou nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, then I'll trouble you."

He then looked at the mushrooms beside him: "Mushrooms, then I'd like to ask you to help me grow herbs with the lily root doll."

Lily Root Doll: !!!

No!

The mushrooms nodded happily, and before the lily root doll could struggle to refuse, they gathered around it and carried it away together.

Seeing that a new plot of land had been reclaimed next to the original crops, and the mushrooms began to help plant herbs, Ark smiled.

Unfortunately, we didn't receive any information about increasing our farming experience points.

It seems that herbs are similar to fruit trees; planting them doesn't yield experience, so they are categorized as gathering herbs.

I originally thought I could gather resources and farm at the same time, and level up my proficiency in both skills at the same time, but unfortunately that's not the case.

The blue cotton bird was initially delighted to see the new group of companions who had arrived at the manor, but upon hearing that it had fought with the mushrooms before, its heart sank, and it moved closer to the mushrooms.

"Chirp chirp chirp~" (Although Ark is very gentle, once you enter our manor, you have to work hard, understand?)

The blue cotton bird took a few steps closer, adopting a fierce expression.

"Chirp chirp!" (Otherwise, hmph! Have you ever heard of a dish called chicken stew with mushrooms?)

The mushrooms trembled with fear, promising to work diligently.

The blue cotton bird raised its head, flapped its wings, and flew away contentedly.

At this moment, the speaker cricket asked Ark if it could pick some of the tree fruits from the manor.

Some Pokémon are reluctant to come to human farms, but now there is a food shortage in the forest due to fires, and Krillin wants to bring some berries to feed them.

Fangzhou waved his hand dismissively and picked whatever he wanted.

As Fangzhou watched the Speaker Cricket leave with a bag of tree fruits on its back, he was deeply moved. The Speaker Cricket was truly remarkable.

Fangzhou is currently planning to expand the scale of its fruit trees and plant some other fruit trees.

In the evening, Cocodora happily told Ark that her pen pal had written again, saying that he might arrive the day after tomorrow.

They were very worried after hearing about the fire nearby.

If they had been here yesterday, they could have been of great help.