Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

Soon, the Pokémon were full and satisfied.

The special Pokémon asked, "What brings you to this forest?"

"Chakka~ Chakka~" We came to find ingredients.

The well-behaved Charcadet explained the reason.

"I see," the Pokémon nodded knowingly. "In that case, as a reward for eating your food, I'll take you to a place."

With that, it chose a direction and leaped towards it.

Seeing this, the two Charcadet quickly packed up their things, then flipped over and climbed onto the back of the Lechonk, chasing after the Pokémon.

"Meh~ Meh~"

Ursaring also wanted to follow, but suddenly a mist spread through the forest. In the blink of an eye, the Charcadet and Lechonk were gone, and Ursaring stomped its feet in frustration.

The Charcadet and Lechonk ran and ran behind the Pokémon, not knowing how long they had been running, until a rocky tunnel appeared before them.

"Follow me."

The Pokémon looked back at the Charcadet and Lechonk, and stopped to wait for them for a while.

Following the tunnel, the Charcadet and Lechonk soon saw a glimmer of light. When they got closer, they realized that the light was coming from another exit of the tunnel.

Emerging from the exit, the Charcadet and Lechonk found themselves in a valley, where large patches of bean pods grew. The bean pods were already ripe, and some had even burst open due to over-ripeness, with the beans inside falling to the ground and rotting into the soil.

The Pokémon said to the two Charcadet and two Lechonk, "These are special beans called Tandemaus Beans. They have been growing here for a long time. You can pick them as you please."

"Chakka~" Does this place have an owner?

The well-behaved Charcadet asked.

Because the weather was relatively dry and the bean pods were too ripe, picking them was not easy. They would burst open at the slightest touch, so the four Pokémon looked troubled after picking for a while.

At this time, the Pokémon said in a gentle voice, "Let me help you."

As it spoke, purple light emanated from its eyes. In an instant, all the beans were controlled by a mysterious force, floating into the air and drifting towards where it was. Now, they didn't even need to shell them.

"Come here," the Pokémon called to the Charcadet and Lechonk.

The four Pokémon quickly ran to its side.

"Open your backpacks," it said.

"Chakka~ Chakka~"

The well-behaved Charcadet stepped forward, took off its backpack, and opened it.

Under the control of the Pokémon, the beans turned into a torrent, pouring into the backpack with a rustling sound.

Soon the backpack was full, and there were still nearly half of the beans left. The four Pokémon scratched their heads in distress.

What to do?

At this time, the Pokémon said with a smile in its voice, "I'll put the beans in the tunnel ahead. You can come back and get them next time."

"Chakka~ Chakka~"

"Oink oink~ Oink oink~"

The four Pokémon jumped up and down excitedly and thanked the Pokémon.

After the beans were picked, the four Charcadet and the Pokémon left the tunnel together.

"Let's part ways here," the Pokémon said. "I hope I'll have the chance to eat food made with Tandemaus Beans next time."

"Chakka~ Chakka~"

"Oink oink~ Oink oink~"

The four Pokémon invited it again.

"Okay, I will definitely go if I have the chance," the Pokémon said, then leaped away and disappeared in front of the four Charcadet.

"Chakka~" Goodbye!

"Oink oink~" Goodbye!

The four Pokémon shouted.

After a long time, the well-behaved Charcadet saw that it was getting late. It withdrew its gaze from the distance and said to its three companions:

"Chakka~ Chakka~" Let's go home.

"Chakka~"

"Oink oink~"

"Oink oink~"

The crybaby Charcadet and the two Lechonk nodded in agreement.

So the two Charcadet rode on the two Lechonk, heading home in the setting sun.

However, as they walked, they suddenly realized that they seemed to be lost.

The four Pokémon stood blankly in the forest, not knowing which way to go for a moment. This forest was too big.

"Chakka~ Chakka~"

The crybaby Charcadet was scared and pouted, wanting to shed tears.

"Whoosh~"

Suddenly, at this moment, a black shadow flashed over their heads.

"Chakka~ Chakka~" It's a Komala!

The crybaby Charcadet suppressed its tears and shouted loudly.

"Chakka~ Chakka~" Komala must be going home too, let's follow it!

The well-behaved Charcadet said cleverly.

"Oink oink~"

"Oink oink~"

The eyes of the two Lechonk lit up.

Although the Komala was just flashed by something, it has disappeared now, but the two Lechonk have their proud noses!

Sure enough, after sniffing with their noses, the two Lechonk easily found the scent left by the Komala. They ran wildly along the scent and soon came to the edge of the forest, and saw the lush green grassland of Nibel Plateau in the distance.

When they returned home, it was already dusk, and other Pokémon had already started eating dinner.

From afar, the well-behaved Charcadet, with its excellent vision, saw Anjie standing anxiously on the fence, looking around. After seeing them, Anjie's face showed happiness and relief.

He jumped off the fence and walked quickly to the four Pokémon, his face full of worry. "Why are you so late today? I was so worried."

Although the words were slightly reproachful, for some reason, the hearts of the four Pokémon were warm, as if they were filled with something.

"Come on, let's go home and eat. Are you hungry?"

Anjie picked up the two Charcadet from the backs of the two Lechonk.

"Chakka~ Chakka~"

"Oink oink~ Oink oink~"

The four Pokémon described today's experiences to Anjie as they walked.

"Is that so? You also invited a Sawsbuck to eat at home? Of course, no problem. If Deerling knew, it would definitely be happy."

Under the vague description of the four Pokémon, Anjie regarded the mysterious Pokémon they encountered as Sawsbuck.

The four Pokémon had never seen Sawsbuck either, and felt that Sawsbuck and that Pokémon were indeed a bit similar, so Anjie said it was Sawsbuck, and they thought it was Sawsbuck too.

So the misunderstanding arose.

After dinner, the four tired Pokémon yawned and went back to the staff dormitory to sleep, leaving the backpack filled with Tandemaus Beans to Anjie.

Originally, Anjie didn't expect them to bring back anything remarkable, but when he opened the package and looked at the bag full of beans, he was stunned.

"These are Tandemaus Beans?"

He grabbed a handful of beans and observed them in his palm. Each green bean was plump and shiny, and was indeed a rare Tandemaus Bean.

And Tandemaus Beans are one of the important raw materials needed for the Doubanjiang recipe rewarded by the system.

Doubanjiang is a special recipe. Ordinary beans cannot be used as raw materials for making it. Special Tandemaus Beans must be used.

But there are no Tandemaus Beans sold on the market. It is said that Tandemaus Beans are only wild and are hard to come by. If you hear that there are Tandemaus Beans sold on the market, the possibility of fakes is as high as 99.9%.

He was previously troubled about where to find Tandemaus Beans to make Doubanjiang. He didn't expect it to come so easily!

So many Tandemaus Beans are enough for him to make a lot of Doubanjiang.

Anjie had thought about growing Tandemaus Beans himself, but like Waterside Herbs, the system store does not sell Tandemaus Bean seeds, only a Tandemaus Bean Planting Guide.

After he bought it and read it, he found that the reason why Tandemaus Beans cannot be grown artificially is because they need Pokémon to cultivate them with Grassy Terrain.

But Pokémon that can learn Grassy Terrain are very rare. It's a bit unrealistic to use them to grow beans.

Now that he has the seeds of Tandemaus Beans, Anjie has the idea of planting them, but Grassy Terrain is indeed a headache.

He remembered that Gogoat can learn Grassy Terrain. Let's ask tomorrow to see if any of them know it.

There are so many Gogoat on the plateau, there can't be none that know it, right?

Speaking of using Rolling Beans to make special recipes like Doubanjiang (fermented broad bean paste), An Jie thought of another high-end recipe: Qing Tuan (green sticky rice balls).

The raw material for making Qing Tuan is a thing called Emerald Green Grass, but he searched all the information and couldn't find out what kind of grass Emerald Green Grass was.

It was really frustrating.

Just then, Diancie walked over.

"An Jie, there's a mission, do you want to accept it?"

An Jie said without hesitation: "Accept it!"

"Got it!"

As Diancie's voice fell, An Jie received a system prompt. He opened the taskbar and saw that there were several more tasks on it.

[Ingredient Collection Task 1] Collect Rolling Bean Seeds — Completed, reward pending.

[Ingredient Collection Task 2] Capture a female Combee — Pending.

[Ingredient Collection Task 3] Collect Abundant Grain Seeds — Pending.

[Ingredient Collection Task 4] Collect Mushy Mushroom Spores — Pending.

[Ingredient Collection Task 5] Collect a certain amount of Solid Rock — Pending.

[Ingredient Cultivation Task 1] Successfully plant Rolling Beans — Pending.

[Ingredient Cultivation Task 2] Cultivate the female Combee into a Vespiquen — Pending.

[Ingredient Cultivation Task 3] Successfully plant Abundant Grain — Pending.

[Ingredient Cultivation Task 4] Successfully plant Mushy Mushrooms — Pending.

Seeing this series of tasks, An Jie was dumbfounded. So many at once?

This looks like a series of tasks.

Moreover, whether it is Abundant Grain or Mushy Mushrooms, like Rolling Beans, they are not ordinary ingredients. They are not sold on the market, and the normal way to obtain them is only by collecting them in the wild.

Everyone knows that anything that can only grow in the wild cannot have a high yield. Whether it is Rolling Beans, Abundant Grain, or Mushy Mushrooms, they can only be collected by adventurers in the wild, but encountering them depends on luck. Therefore, even if adventurers collect them, they will only sell them secretly through their own channels or use them themselves, and it is impossible to sell them on the market.

So An Jie was very headache. Where was he going to find Abundant Grain seeds and Mushy Mushroom spores!

And also Combee.

Combee are very special Pokémon. Most of the members of the group are male, and only the Queen is female, which means that female Combee are very, very rare.

Where was he going to find them?

This system is really making things difficult all of a sudden.

And that Solid Rock, damn it, it's actually one of the ingredient collection tasks!

Although most Rock-type Pokémon do eat minerals...

Fortunately, the system didn't go crazy and give him a cultivation task to cultivate Solid Rock.

There is no time limit for system tasks, so let's take it slow, no rush.

In addition to Rolling Beans, An Jie also saw Miracle Seeds and Sun Stones that Charcadet and Lechonk found in the forest in his backpack.

Miracle Seeds can be carried by Pokémon.

Sun Stones can evolve Gloom into Bellossom, but his employees only have Oddish, not Gloom.

But you can let Helioptile use it first. The Sun Stone can evolve it into Heliolisk.

I'll go talk to Helioptile later! Thinking this way, An Jie put away both things.

When the time came, he took his apprentices to the training room for special cooking training and to cultivate Aura, while Metagross went to the staff dormitory alone.

In the classroom where it had previously taught Blue Croc and Buneary about breeding courses, quite a few Pokémon had gathered at this moment, including Blue Croc, Lairon, Drillbur, two Farfetch'd, two Charcadet, and Espeon.

Seeing Metagross enter the door, the Pokémon stood up at the same time and shouted to it: "Hello, Teacher!"

They learned this from TV. They didn't watch TV for nothing.

Metagross motioned everyone to sit down, and then began to teach everyone according to the content of its lesson preparation.

When An Jie and the others finished their practice, Metagross's lesson also ended, and then the Pokémon went back to sleep.

Before going to bed, An Jie received the reward for [Ingredient Collection Task 1]. He didn't expect that the reward was also valid after the seeds were obtained.

Congratulations, Master, for completing [Ingredient Collection Task 1] Collecting Rolling Bean Seeds. Reward: Individual Value +2.

An Jie didn't think much about it and directly added it to Munchlax's attack. Munchlax's current data is as follows.

Munchlax (Evolution Stone)

[Attribute] Normal

[Characteristic] Thick Fat

[Gender] Male

[Level] 44

[Skills] Tackle, Lick, Defense Curl, Recycle, Covet, Bite, Stockpile, Swallow, Body Slam, Fling, Amnesia, Take Down, Play Rough, Seed Bomb, Brick Break, Payback, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, Fire Punch.

[Individual Values]

HP: 31

Attack: 29

Defense: 20

Special Attack: 31

Special Defense: 10

Speed: 31

As for the three daily task rewards, they were very average, so I won't say much about them.

The next morning, when An Jie took Munchlax, Sizzlipede, and Pawmi out for exercise, he saw Blue Croc and Lairon training in pairs from a distance.

Wooden stakes were also erected on the grass, and a Pokémon was taking turns jumping rapidly on the wooden stakes with one foot, exercising its speed and balance.

Who else could it be but Espeon?

Silently watching for a while, An Jie continued to run with Munchlax and the others.

Then, An Jie went to work at the Munchlax House. The two Charcadet riding on the two Lechonk also went out again. They were going to bring back the remaining Rolling Beans.

At noon, An Jie came back from the Munchlax House. He wanted to go to the kitchen to help cook, but he was pushed out by his three apprentices, Munchlax, Sizzlipede, and Gastly. They were responsible for lunch today.

Okay, An Jie was happy to relax. It was time for the old father to enjoy himself.

Having nothing to do, An Jie went to find the Skiddo.

The Skiddo were leisurely eating grass with the Gogoat. Now that the fruit trees had been planted and they didn't have to work, they were of course very comfortable.

Seeing An Jie coming, they happily surrounded An Jie.

An Jie petted them one by one, and then asked: "Does any of you know Grassy Terrain?"

The Skiddo looked at each other, and then shook their heads.

"None of you know?" An Jie looked disappointed.

The Skiddo and Gogoat shook their heads again.

An Jie: "That's a pity."

"Maa~ Maa~"

At this time, a Skiddo called out twice.

"Do you know who does?" An Jie asked in surprise.

"Maa~ Maa~" The Skiddo nodded.

"Good baby, come and tell me." An Jie urged.

"Maa~ Maa~" The Skiddo called out twice again. After listening, An Jie slapped his head. That's right, how could he have forgotten about Oricorio! One of the Oricorio seemed to know Grassy Terrain!

Too much time had passed. If the Skiddo hadn't reminded him, he would have completely forgotten about it.

The Skiddo told An Jie that besides Oricorio, Floette also knew it.

An Jie hadn't really paid attention to Floette, mainly because he wouldn't use the Eye of Observation to look around when he was okay, after all, he didn't need everyone to fight.

He did want to see the data of Komala and Metagross, but unfortunately he couldn't.

An Jie was about to say goodbye to the Skiddo and Gogoat when he suddenly remembered something, so he asked the Skiddo and Gogoat:

"If Oricorio and Floette are willing to teach you, are you willing to learn Grassy Terrain?"

This is a good skill!

The Skiddo and Gogoat looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, the Skiddo leader stepped forward and nodded to An Jie, indicating that they were willing to learn.

Anyway, they were idle, so if An Jie wanted them to learn, they would learn. It was a good way to pass the time.

An Jie narrowed his eyes happily when he saw this.

"You are all good children. I will go and discuss it with Oricorio and Floette."

Then An Jie found Oricorio and Floette. Through the Eye of Observation, one of the Oricorio and Floette really knew Grassy Terrain.

An Jie told them about the idea of cultivating Rolling Beans with the help of Grassy Terrain, and also discussed with them the plan to let them teach the Skiddo and Gogoat Grassy Terrain.

The two Pokémon readily agreed.