It took less than an hour.
An Energy Cube with Peachy Fruit as its main ingredient was produced.
"Much faster than before..."
Looking at the dozen or so pinkish-white Energy Cubes in his hand, Lin Feng nodded.
B-grade Energy Cube—developed from Peachy Fruit. Its maker seemed to specialize in bringing out the fragrance of Peachy Fruit and had also added a small amount of yogurt. As a result, it did not fully activate Peachy Fruit's heat-clearing and detoxifying effects, but it could counter Poison-type skills released by Overlord-class Pokémon.
Cooking Effect: With a moderate touch of sweet and sour flavor, after being eaten, it allowed a Pokémon to become immune to 10% of Poison-type damage for half an hour.
This was the information provided by the Eye of Investigation.
If it had been the old Lin Feng, most of the Energy Cubes he made would have been ordinary ones. A B-grade Energy Cube like this, one that could further bring out its detoxifying effect... could only be made by advanced... or even top-tier Breeders.
Not to mention the Cooking Effect.
Was this the boost from being a God-tier Breeder?
He felt even more confident about keeping Snivy.
He returned to the farm.
Snivy was still diligently pulling weeds. Only an hour had passed.
It had already cleared half the weeds from one plot of land. At this rate, it would probably finish them all before nightfall.
The farm was huge. Apart from the Water Reservoir, every other area was enclosed by wooden fences. The deepest part connected to the forest, which was the Wild Area beside Wutong Town, while a vast paddy field lay in the middle.
Outside the fence stood a towering pine tree.
The area Snivy was clearing was the weed-covered planting area near the farm entrance.
"Good job. Come on, have something to eat."
Lin Feng waved it over.
"Snivy?"
Snivy curiously moved closer.
It had not expected this human to truly mean it when he said food was included.
The pinkish-white Energy Cubes gave off an enticing Peachy Fruit fragrance. After working for a while, Snivy could not help licking its lips. It glanced at Lin Feng, and after seeing his confirming expression, it finally could not resist picking one up and licking it into its mouth.
"!!"
As if a jolt ran through its entire body, Snivy's eyes widened. A warm, gentle feeling enveloped its body, and it began chewing rapidly.
How could it be...
So delicious?
Using Energy Cubes to Lure Snivy into Working~
Congratulations, Host. Snivy's Joy Value has increased from 10% to 30%. Reward: ten bags of Golden Fertilizer, one Rare Candy, and one Special Scale Fruit. (Permanently increases a Pokémon's Special Attack.)
"Is it good?"
Seeing the joy radiating from it and hearing the system announcement, Lin Feng knowingly asked.
"Snivy..." Snivy's bright eyes grew even brighter, and it immediately nodded quickly. But then it felt that was a little too obvious, so it slowed the pace of its nodding and even closed its eyes.
"As long as you like it, I'll keep providing Energy Cubes like these until you finish pulling the weeds."
Seeing Snivy like this, Lin Feng could not help laughing to himself.
This little guy...
It clearly loved the food to death, yet it still had to pretend to be reserved...
Its slightly lowered head, its somewhat evasive orange eyes...
That look... was honestly... kind of cute?
"Then how about this? While you're weeding, this type of Energy Cube will be your food."
"Snivy?"
Snivy looked at the Energy Cubes on the ground, then at the weeds it had already cleared from one plot. The movements of its hands immediately slowed.
Once the weeds were gone, there would be no more Energy Cubes?
But...
It could finish these weeds in a single day!
No, it had to slow down...
Otherwise, how could it stay longer?
With that in mind, even the speed at which it ate the Energy Cube slowed.
It took a full half hour to finish eating, then it threw itself back into the great cause of pulling weeds.
But this time, its weeding efficiency...
Even Lin Feng wanted to laugh when he saw it, but he still defended it. "If you want to practice pulling weeds, you can actually use Vine Whip. That way, you'll become more proficient at controlling the vines on your body."
"For example, the force and precision of Vine Whip can both improve through this kind of training."
He was not making it up.
With his God-tier Breeder knowledge, the training methods he devised were extremely effective.
"Snivy?"
Snivy stood up, its bright eyes fixed on Lin Feng as it nodded nonstop.
This human was so smart!
He had actually thought of such a method!
"Snivy~" That makes sense~
Not only could it train Vine Whip, but it could also slow down its weeding speed!
Its two vines began stretching toward the ground beside it.
"Heh..."
Seeing that, Lin Feng could not help smiling. He began pulling weeds as well.
He needed to clear out a plot of land today. At the very least, he had to plant some urgently needed crops, such as the plants used to make Super Potions and ingredients for simple Energy Cubes.
He weeded very quickly. In barely ten minutes, he had already cleared nearly half of the plot.
"Snivy..."
Snivy beside him became anxious.
Stop pulling them so fast!
Slow down~
If you clear them this quickly, won't I lose my Energy Cubes?
But Lin Feng continued doing things his own way. Very soon, the first plot was nearing completion, and every weed on it had been pulled clean.
All that remained was to borrow Sandshrew from that kid and have it plow the entire plot before planting could begin.
"Snivy..."
At that moment,
Snivy used Vine Whip to grab the cuff of his pants.
"What is it, Snivy?"
Lin Feng turned around curiously.
"Snivy... Snivy~" Th-this... pulling weeds... I ate your Peachy Fruit, so... this... should be my job...
Its words were somewhat disjointed, but he still understood what it meant.
It was roughly saying: this was my work, so you do not need to do it.
"Alright..." Lin Feng laughed helplessly. He crouched down to meet the eighty-centimeter-tall Snivy's gaze. Out of habit, he wanted to place a hand on its head, but Snivy nimbly dodged away.
Lin Feng was not bothered. "Alright, then work hard."
He stood up and walked over to the Water Reservoir.
In July, the rainwater that had accumulated inside had long since dried up in the sun. Only cracked earth remained, along with some withered weeds and branches.
Once those were cleared away, he could divert water into it and place Feebas inside.
No time like the present.
He followed the steps down into the channel and began cleaning.
Since it had to supply the entire farm, the Water Reservoir was quite large and rather troublesome to clean.
Because this was a fresh start, Lin Feng did not feel tired. Before long, he had carried out the weeds and branches and placed them beside the road.
After finishing all that,
he looked at Snivy, which was still "slacking off," and could not help shaking his head with a smile. "Snivy, do you want to take a break and come out with me?"
He was going to borrow Sandshrew from Grandpa Qin, and while he was at it, clear the Water Channel and divert the water in.
For now, two plots of land were enough for him to grow plenty of things.
"Snivy?"
Snivy's moving Vine Whip froze, then it quickly retracted it. Its expression visibly brightened. "Snivy~" Sure~
Doing this kind of work was boring. On top of that, it had to deliberately slow itself down, which made it even more boring.
"Come help me bundle up these weeds and branches. We'll toss them out."
"Snivy~"
Snivy readily agreed to that request. It bundled all the weeds together and followed Lin Feng out step by step.
They returned to the bluestone path.
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