“Anyway, during this time, you should rest well here. After all, there are no volcanoes nearby for you to quickly recover to your peak condition. If you fly out in a weakened state, you might really be captured by others, you know?”
Moltres was surprisingly quiet, just nodding without speaking, as if it had something on its mind.
Luo Mu squatted beside Moltres's right wing, carefully lifting a corner of the bandage to observe the healing of Moltres's wound, nodding in satisfaction.
Although the orange flames burning on Moltres's wings were still in a subdued state, its external injuries were recovering very quickly, with most of the scars almost healed.
However, due to the lack of nutrient intake and its body likely prioritizing full recovery of its injuries, energy restoration was somewhat slow.
This situation was quite easy to resolve.
Finding some items or tools containing high-quality Fire-type or Flying-type energy for Moltres to absorb, or making medicinal meals from expensive ingredients, could also effectively replenish Moltres's energy.
Unfortunately, Luo Mu currently could not provide these conditions.
Not only did the farm's construction require money, but there were also nine mouths and one egg at home that needed money, and his savings had been dwindled to only 60,000 alliance currency by Qi Shu's actions.
He was practically on the verge of bankruptcy.
The next day, at the experimental fields in the farm area.
Luo Mu squatted in the strawberry field, stroking the vigorously growing green stems and leaves of the plants, a smile on his face.
Today was the fourth day since the strawberries were planted. Although he didn't know how long it would take for strawberries before his transmigration to grow to this extent, under Eldegoss's timely and quantitative cultivation, it should only take half a month to a month for them to grow flower buds, bloom, and bear fruit.
In this world, Grass-type Pokemon are truly a huge help to agriculture.
However, Eldegoss's energy was limited. Besides the failed potato field, there were also four other fields—tomatoes, eggplants, cabbage, and cucumbers—waiting for Eldegoss's attention.
Having only one Pokemon cultivate them was truly overworking it, but unfortunately, Gossifleur still had some time before evolving. Luo Mu could only try his best to supplement Eldegoss's nutrition and tell it that it didn't need to rush the cultivation of the fields; letting them grow naturally was also fine.
Leaving Serperior, Eldegoss, and two temporarily carefree Gossifleur to look after this plot of land to prevent it from being eaten by passing wild Pokemon, Luo Mu then moved to the area below yesterday's battlefield between Dragonite and Moltres, which was the lake area.
Dragonite's Thunder not only struck Moltres, but more of the lightning was unleashed onto the ground.
Normally, Dragonite and the others would consciously restrain the power of their moves to avoid causing too much change to the surrounding environment.
This large pit, it could be said, was formed under Luo Mu's instruction.
“Meow!”
Luxray ambled over, and upon closer inspection, its fur was still standing on end, with electric currents occasionally seen moving through it.
Luo Mu did not stroke its fur as usual, because touching Luxray in this state with bare hands could easily scorch his palm.
Looking at Luxray, Luo Mu asked, “How much of the residual electricity has been absorbed?”
Luxray twisted its head to look at the large pit behind it, confirming for the fourth time that there was no residual electricity, before turning to nod at Luo Mu.
“Thank you for your hard work.” Luo Mu nodded slightly, and only after receiving Luxray's confirmation did he dare to step into the center of the large pit.
Luo Mu's nostrils flared slightly, smelling the lingering burnt odor in the air, and he looked around, falling into thought.
Although this large pit was nominally called a large pit, it was not much larger than a normal fish pond. When filled with water, it would only be about 3 meters deep, and its area would be about four to five mu of land.
However, for initial fish farming and housing smaller Water-type Pokemon, it was sufficient.
As for a true lake, that would have to wait until the farm had developed to a certain extent and had a solid foundation before gradually expanding it until it deserved the name “Lake Area.”
As for how to fill the lake area with water, Luo Mu had already considered it.
His farm was connected to the wilds of South Area 4, and a long distance further ahead was the South Paldea Sea.
And in the wilds of South Area 4, there were a few lakes relatively close to the farm from which water could be diverted. Luo Mu planned to survey that area today, and if suitable, he would have Swampert divert some of the water from that lake, and then refill the diversion channel.
There was only a little over a week until Orange Academy started, so he had to complete the basic construction of the farm during this time.
Luo Mu returned home with Luxray and began to organize the items needed for exploring in the wild.
This trip was not only to survey the lake environment for suitability for diversion, but Luo Mu also planned to resume his old profession of “treasure hunting” in the wild.
He recalled that when he first transmigrated, he obtained his first capital in the wild. The reason he was able to train Luxray and the others to their current level was largely due to the numerous opportunities to find valuable items in the wilds of the Paldea region.
Luo Mu replaced his usual canvas bag with a more worn, well-used large backpack.
Since he couldn't afford a spatial backpack, this was already the largest capacity backpack he had.
Luo Mu was full of confidence for this trip, and the source of his confidence was the golden finger in his mind that had little sense of presence.
Luo Mu reminded in his mind: “Remember to notify me when you detect something good.”
“No problem! In exchange, you must remember our agreement!”
Luo Mu's lips curved slightly upwards, saying, “Don't forget to maintain your condition daily and continue your training, so you don't waste your strength, right?”
“Since I promised you, I will naturally do it.”
Although communicating with the system, Luo Mu did not stop his actions. After counting the necessary items, he immediately called the Luxray lying on the ground and walked out of the house.
Without rushing to depart directly, Luo Mu walked from the main entrance around to the back of the small Western-style house, where a simple small shed was built, and the recuperating Moltres was sleeping underneath.
Moltres maintained a chicken-like squatting posture, its flaming wings tucked in. Beneath it, a Pokemon egg incubator stood quietly.
Because this scene was so much like a hen incubating an egg, Luo Mu couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
Moltres: “?”
Moltres, which had been resting with its eyes closed, looked at Luo Mu strangely. Its intuition told it that this person was thinking something disrespectful.
Moltres, usually short-tempered, managed to restrain itself from getting angry. It wasn't because it couldn't defeat the Luxray beside Luo Mu, which was even more troublesome than Dragonite and had carried it by the neck for a day and a night; it was just that Moltres was too lazy to bother with Luo Mu.
Moltres silently hypnotized itself in this way.
