Pre-production for Making Berry Balls

"The bowl furnace for making Berry Balls is finally complete."

On a dirt slope, looking at the pit dug in the ground, Aiven put his shovel aside.

To make Berry Balls, the first step is high-temperature forging, which requires extremely high temperatures.

The bowl furnace Aiven made now is a simple forging furnace capable of producing high temperatures, sufficient for forging Berry Balls.

In his previous life, when training fire-type Pokémon, he often used this kind of simple bowl furnace to create high temperatures for auxiliary training due to limited conditions, especially when in the wild.

Of course, if he had the means, Aiven would naturally want to build a blacksmith shop, but he was just a small fruit farmer now, and his current conditions were indeed limited.

Making a bowl furnace is very simple.

It just involves digging a pit in the ground or on a rock, blowing air directly into the pit through a tuyere, and then filling it with red-hot charcoal. The maximum internal temperature can reach about 1150℃!

Chirp chirp chirp~

Beside him, Mukkuru, whom Aiven had called over, looked at Aiven digging the pit, completely confused about what he was planning to do.

"You'll know soon enough. Just follow my commands then," Aiven patted the proud little guy.

During this time, Mukkuru's feelings had been very complicated.

Last time, Aiven had asked it to spar with the Petilil, which Mukkuru had readily agreed to.

After diligent training, it felt that its current strength was definitely enough to catch up to the Luxray.

But reality was cruel. In front of the Petilil, it only lasted a few moves before being defeated and tightly bound by Leech Seed, which was a huge blow to the little guy.

In the following day or two, it trained even harder, but every time it sparred, it would be easily defeated by the Petilil.

Besides the Petilil, it could also clearly feel the progress of the Walking Grass Pokémon, which created a sense of urgency in its heart.

Under these circumstances, Mukkuru finally realized that Aiven could truly help them become stronger, but how could it get Aiven's help?

The proud Mukkuru naturally wouldn't ask for it directly.

It was at this moment that Aiven approached it, asking for its help with something, and in exchange, Aiven would help it with its training.

Watching Aiven busy himself, Mukkuru's mood was complex.

After a while, Aiven walked over carrying a pile of wood. Next, he needed to get some red-hot charcoal.

"Mukkuru, blow a strong wind here."

After placing the red-hot charcoal into the pit in the ground, Aiven said to Mukkuru in front of him.

Although it didn't know what was going on, Mukkuru still complied. For a flying-type Pokémon, summoning wind was a piece of cake.

Suddenly, the charcoal in the bowl furnace began to burn more fiercely. Terrifying high temperatures slowly emanated from the bowl furnace, and the heat blowing out made Mukkuru jump.

Feeling the terrifying heat emanating from the pit, Mukkuru's small eyes widened. It could sense that if it fell in, it would be instantly burned to ashes!

"It's done."

Aiven smiled. The next step was to control the temperature of the bowl furnace based on the wind's strength to achieve the high temperatures required for forging Berry Balls.

However, the subsequent forging was another big problem. After solving the high-temperature issue, Aiven started to worry again.

He looked at his thin arms and legs, still feeling that forging by himself was not very reliable.

The forging of Berry Balls couldn't stop once it started. It required precise techniques for striking, positioning, and force. If even one step went wrong, all the effort would be in vain.

"Actually, the simplest solution is to go to Meteorite City. It's rich in various ores, and the forging industry is also very developed," Aiven sighed.

Of course, he was just thinking about it. He didn't want to reveal the method of making Poké Balls yet. In this era, the appearance of Poké Balls would definitely cause a sensation and bring him a lot of unnecessary trouble for his farming plan.

However, he could take some time to visit the neighboring Meteorite City and perhaps catch a Pokémon suitable for blacksmithing there.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

It was now the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there was still more than a month before winter.

In the orchard, the berries showed clear signs of ripening. In another week, the first harvest could be made.

Over the next month, the Orange Fruits should yield two to three waves. Compared to the past, when they could barely harvest one wave, this was much better.

Additionally, the pasture grass was growing lushly.

Under normal circumstances, the pasture grass should be withered by the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, with the Digging Move of the Ironclad Rhinoceros, the grass could maintain its lush growth.

In the current grassland, the Walking Grass Pokémon were training the Sleep Powder move in neat rows.

After more than a month of training, these Walking Grass Pokémon had better discipline and could absolutely obey Aiven's commands.

At the same time, 20 more Walking Grass Pokémon joined the farm this month, bringing the total number to 50. The Walking Grass squad was beginning to take shape.

Aiven divided these 20 Walking Grass Pokémon into a second team and trained them using the veteran-mentoring-newbie method.

"It's about time to let them practice."

Looking at the Walking Grass Pokémon, led by the Petilil, sprinkling Sleep Powder from the leaves on their heads, Aiven was very satisfied.

After the Sleep Powder was sprinkled, Mukkuru, flying in the air, flapped its wings, creating a gust of wind that quickly dispersed the Sleep Powder in a specific direction.

Suddenly, tiny blue crystals appeared in the air, carried by the wind and drifting into the distance, creating a beautiful sight.

"Mukkuru, you did a great job."

Seeing this, Aiven gave Mukkuru in the air a thumbs-up.

During this period, due to the constant need to control the wind's strength to regulate the temperature in the bowl furnace, Mukkuru's control over wind had improved dramatically.