Chapter 323: Moon-watching Watermelon Picnic

I returned home and saw Zhihuixing flapping its leaf fan, using its telekinesis to control the oval green-skinned and black-striped fruits to rinse the dirt in the kitchen sink, and then neatly stack them in a fruit basket beside them.

"Thanks a lot."

Luo Mu's eyes lit up, and he quickly ran to Zhi Huixing, gently tapping the surface of the watermelon, listening to the "dong dong" sound that represented ripeness, and looking at the fruit basket full of watermelons in the living room, he felt deeply moved.

Perhaps, this is what is called watermelon freedom.

Even if he had to stay in the toilet for a long time tomorrow, Luo Mu was determined to prepare a sumptuous watermelon feast for the moon-watching tonight.

Rolling up his sleeves and putting on an apron, Luo Mu called over the Cang Yan Blade Ghost who was silently practicing his sword skills outside the house, and immediately planned to show off his skills.

First we need to decide on tonight's menu.

Since watermelon is the main character, it is natural to make as many different watermelon foods and drinks as possible.

The first is the most classic watermelon juice, which is very simple to make.

Just remove the pulp, squeeze out the juice using a juicer, and then remove the pulp and watermelon seeds.

Of course, if you like the taste of the pulp, you can leave the pulp.

Depending on personal taste, you can add some Three Bees honey for flavoring, or you can add Moo Moo fresh milk or goat milk in a fixed proportion to make watermelon milk, or you can prepare some tea leaves to make tea water, remove the tea leaves, and blend it with watermelon juice to make the watermelon tea that was sold in many milk tea shops before Luo Mu traveled through time.

With the Blue Flame Blade Ghost, Luo Mu selected a watermelon and placed it in front of it. As the Blue Flame Blade Ghost completely absorbed the heat of the sword, it wielded the sharp purple sword flexibly in the kitchen. After a while, the watermelon was perfectly peeled, leaving only the tempting red flesh, and even the juice inside had not flowed out.

Then, Cang Yan Blade Ghost helped Luo Mu process nearly ten watermelons. The red flesh lined up on the kitchen table exuded the unique fruity aroma of watermelon, which made people salivate.

But this was only the first step in the process. Luo Mu found a clean wooden barrel and placed it there, then put a layer of filter cloth on it. He then looked at Zhi Hui Xing who was eager to try, signaling that it could start moving.

Zhi Huixing nodded slightly and waved his fan lightly. His mental power instantly attached itself to the watermelon flesh, lifted it up and placed it on top of the wooden barrel. As Zhi Huixing began to increase the strength of his mental power, the watermelon flesh was compressed inward by the powerful force. The juice continued to drip down, and the watermelon seeds were blocked by the filter cloth, leaving only the purest watermelon juice.

During this period, thanks to Zhi Huixing's superb control of telekinesis, not a drop of watermelon juice fell on the kitchen floor, walls or ceiling.

In this way, Luo Mu, Cang Yan Ren Gui and Zhi Hui Xing divided the work and cooperated with each other. One picked the watermelons, one cut the watermelons, and one acted as a juicer to squeeze the watermelon juice.

In just two hours, dozens of barrels of watermelon juice were squeezed out and filled the ground around the kitchen.

Most of the food on Luo Mu’s menu requires watermelon juice when making it. This is also the most basic preparation procedure and cannot be taken lightly.

Next, Luo Mu took out the specially purchased popsicle molds, poured watermelon juice into them and inserted wooden sticks into them. He handed them to the Pokémon such as Serpentine waiting on the side, and asked them to take this batch of popsicle molds to the ice cellar and give them to Vulpix and Sandslash couple for freezing.

Next came the watermelon sorbet and watermelon ice smoothie. In order to make these, Luo Mu specially purchased several ice smoothie machines specifically for making ice smoothies. After the returning monarch snakes brought some ice cubes that Luo Mu had frozen there in the ice cellar, Luo Mu began to demonstrate to the monarch snakes and smart apes, teaching them how to use the ice smoothie machines.

Watermelon smoothie and watermelon sorbet seem to be just two words swapped, but in fact they are not the same thing.

Watermelon smoothie is a drink made by pouring watermelon juice, ice cubes, milk or yogurt into a smoothie machine and blending it into a smoothie-like state. It has a very rich taste.

Watermelon smoothie is simply watermelon + ice cubes blended into a smoothie without adding milk or yogurt. It purely allows you to experience the cool feeling brought by the smoothie, making it more suitable for cooling off in the hot summer.

After trying to make two kinds of smoothies and shaved ice, Luo Mu took out some Q-version molds, such as Q-version Pokémon in the shape of Pikachu, Charmander, and Togepi, which were very cute.

This is a jelly mold, which is used to make watermelon jelly with watermelon juice as the main ingredient. Just pour an appropriate amount of watermelon juice into the mold, sprinkle in an appropriate amount of jelly powder or gelatin sheets, and finally inject a little bit of clean water and send it to the ice cellar for freezing.

The operation is very simple. Zhi Huixing even learned it after just one glance and can also assist Luo Mu.

The last dish is one of the most common ways to eat watermelon.

Wash and cut watermelon and various fruits and tree fruits into pieces. Add appropriate amount of yogurt, honey or salad dressing according to your taste and stir to make delicious fruit salad.

Considering the herbivorous Pokémon such as Deere, Mudhorse, Lamb and Milky Can, Luo Mu also prepared some vegetables, which can be mixed into fruit and vegetable salad for them in the evening, which is both fat-reducing and delicious.

Luo Mu felt that these menus were enough to shut the Pokémons up and dazzle them.

Halfway through, Frosty Milk Fairy seemed to be planning with Victini and the others to make a huge fruit cake, and also asked for several watermelons from Luo Mu. Luo Mu didn't care, just looking forward to the surprise tonight.

The general preparations lasted until seven o'clock in the evening. After a busy day, Luo Mu supported his bent waist and received a massage from Zhi Huixing. Feeling comfortable, Luo Mu looked out the window.

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, while in summer, the days are long and the nights are short.

Not only was the sky not yet pitch dark, but even the sun seemed to have not set at all, emitting a warm glow.

Luo Mu was not in a hurry to go out. It would be better to wait until the night fell completely and the moon was hanging in the starry sky before going out.

After all, we are going out for a picnic, so we naturally have to choose the best time to go out.

According to Sanmao who found the area, there is not only a clear stream, but also an almost completely open-air lawn with a clear view of the sky. Recently, there have even been some small insects glowing green that have gathered there.

Luo Mu felt that the glowing little bugs that Sanmao saw were most likely fireflies. After hearing the news, Luo Mu directly changed the original arrangement of the dinner near the watermelon field and decided to gather in the watermelon field and set off from there to the wild area not too far away to have a picnic and watermelon party to enjoy the moon!
Enjoying Zhi Huixing's massage with just the right amount of strength, Luo Mu took a nap. When Zhi Huixing woke him up, the sky was completely covered by the night, with twinkling stars hanging on the dark curtain. It was already nearly ten o'clock in the evening.

This time, all the Pokémon in Luo Mu's farm came out in full force, but considering that the farm must be guarded by Pokémon, Luo Mu divided the Pokémon into two groups. One group guarded the farm, and the other group followed him to admire the moon and the stars. After a while, the two sides would exchange and replenish the consumed watermelon dishes.

The perfect picnic spot that Sanmao discovered was about ten minutes' walk from the watermelon field.

When Luo Mu and the Pokémon arrived carrying large and small bags of food, they were stunned by the beautiful scenery before them.

On the quiet and flat grassland, the night unfolds like a picture scroll in the eyes of Pokémon such as Luo Mu and Renchen Cat.

It happened to be a cloudless night, and the brilliant and boundless starry sky was reflected in the eyes of the two Hu Hus who were accompanying them, as if the entire universe was displayed before them at this moment.

The fruit worm looked up at the sky in a daze. The stars were shining, like countless sparkling diamonds inlaid in the black sky. At this moment, the fruit worm suddenly felt a desire to fly up to the sky and watch this beautiful scenery from a closer distance.

But it can't fly now, so it can only ask the tropical dragon to take it to the sky.

A bright moon hung high in the sky, casting a soft silver glow. Its light reflected on the grass and the nearby stream, making every blade of grass sparkle with crystal luster. The stream also shimmered in the moonlight, like a silver ribbon winding through the water.

Mimikyu, Frostmilk, Twisted Frog, and Twisted Frog closed their eyes and enjoyed the moonlight. As fairy-type Pokémon, they have a close connection with the moon. They can even use a move called "Moon Power" to attack with the power of the moon.

In the grass on both sides of the stream, as Sanmao said, large numbers of fireflies flickered with faint light and danced gracefully under the night sky, as if stars had fallen into the world.

These tiny lights complement the starry sky and the bright moon, forming a beautiful picture.

Victini, Puffball, and the three bees opened their eyes wide, not wanting to miss this fantastic view at all.

The night wind blew past, taking away Luo Mu's heat.

Watching the Pokémon moving around, he smiled, and with the help of Gorilla, Serpent, and Swampert, he spread out the huge picnic blanket, took out a smoothie machine and a series of semi-finished or sliced ​​watermelon desserts and drinks that had been prepared long ago from his space backpack, and called the Pokémon who were enjoying the beautiful scenery to come and enjoy.

Victini, Fruitworm, Tropical Dragon, Vulpix and other immature children surrounded Luo Mu, Monarch Snake and Zhihuixing, waiting anxiously for them to slowly crank the smoothie machine.

The Huhu siblings hid behind them and peeked in, and seemed to be very interested in the watermelon smoothie and watermelon sorbet.

Just when a few Pokémon were about to make trouble, the Fruitworm and the Tropical Dragon were glared at by the Monarch Snake, so they shrank their necks like quails and waited obediently where they were.

Victini and Vulpix were frightened by Luo Mu's kind look. Remembering that they still had to rely on Luo Mu for food, they did not dare to act rashly.

On the contrary, the Huhu siblings were very well behaved. Although they stared at the smoothie machine eagerly, they never showed any impatience. They were so well-behaved that it made people feel distressed.

Annoyed by the stares from a few eager Pokémon, Luo Mu took out a few watermelon popsicles from the mold beside him, took out some watermelon jelly and placed it in front of them, and sent them to play first.

You know, it's impossible to make hand-shaken smoothies and ice cream so quickly for dozens of Pokémon on the farm. After all, these two things are not popsicles and jellies that can be prepared in advance, they can only be made on site.

It was fine that there was no electric smoothie machine available in Pingdie Town, but until now Luo Mu still didn't understand why there were no electric smoothie machines for sale in the huge Padia area. Even though he made a special trip to Niaoguang City and searched the largest shopping mall, he still couldn't find any!

Although he had known for a long time that the technology tree in the Pokémon world was crooked, Luo Mu almost couldn't hold back when he saw it was crooked to this extent.

If he had known earlier, he would have bought some multi-functional juicers. He remembered that one could not only make smoothies but also milkshakes.

When he got tired of rocking, Luo Mu took a sip of the sweet and refreshing watermelon juice, and followed the Pokémon playing and fighting on the grass with a smile on his face that he himself didn't even notice.

After Luo Mu shook out another bowl of smoothie, Frost Milk Fairy came to Luo Mu and showed her signature smile that showed she wanted to try something.

Although Frosty Milk Fairy is still helping Luo Mu, it spends more time improving its cooking skills and learning how to make desserts.

Luo Mu thought it might give him some surprises, so he made way a little and let Frost Milk Fairy perform on her own.

The Frosty Milk Fairy put some sugar, moo moo milk and a few drops of guanan fruit juice into the smoothie machine in turn, shook it for a while, poured the slightly yellowish smoothie into the bowl, then used her ability to make a layer of cream to cover the smoothie, and finally put a strawberry on it to garnish it.

It seemed to imply that the taste of this smoothie was just like strawberry, sweet with a hint of sourness. "Is this... cream smoothie?"

Luo Mu widened his eyes and looked at the Frost Milk Fairy curiously.

"Maeve~"

Frosty Milk Fairy nodded slightly, leaned forward to sniff the flavor of the smoothie, then rolled her eyes around and handed the smoothie to Luo Mu with a smile on her face, indicating that Luo Mu should taste it first.

Luo Mu was also very curious about what the cream smoothie with sour guacamole juice from Frosty Milk Fairy tasted like. He picked up the spoon, scooped up the cream and smoothie together, and quickly put it into his mouth.

In an instant, a simple and rustic, yet very noticeable taste bomb exploded in Luo Mu's mouth!

The taste buds are first attracted by the taste of the sweet cream and the cool shaved ice. Then, as the temperature of the mouth causes the shaved ice to melt, a perfect sweet and sour taste blends perfectly with the sweet cream, creating a wonderful taste that is neither greasy like the cream nor sour like the shaved ice.

Luo Mu looked at Frosty Milk Fairy in surprise, praising her generously: "Great! Your taste for flavor combination is getting better and better!"

After receiving the praise, Frosty Milk Fairy held her cheeks with great joy. She took the bowl and spoon from Luo Mu and couldn't wait to take her new product to find other friends to taste it.

In a woods close to the mountain a little further away from the lawn, it was extremely quiet except for the sound of continuous chopping.

There were no Pokémon moving around in the quiet woods. The reason was that a Pokémon holding a pink and purple blade at the edge of the woods was constantly fighting with its simulated imaginary enemy. The blade in its hand slashed at the mountain covered with countless marks of slashes, and each blow penetrated three inches into the stone, leaving deep marks.

This Pokémon is the paradoxical Pokémon - Iron Warrior - who failed in his challenge to the Azure Blade and chose to practice alone, waiting to fight the Azure Blade another day.

Ever since his failed challenge to the Blue Flame Blade Demon, the Iron Warrior had found a quiet place not far from the Blue Flame Blade Demon's farm, where he could freely hone his swordsmanship skills.

Originally, there were some wild Pokémon living in this forest.

But when the Iron Warriors moved in, these Pokémon gradually disappeared.

Of course, the Iron Warrior did not attack these wild Pokémon. It had no interest in swinging its blade at the weak unless the opponent attacked or provoked it.

Just like when it was training in the wild of a town with many caves before, a Pokémon identified as Bankiras showed hostility and desire to attack it as it passed by. The Iron Warrior directly killed the opponent and chose to leave only after the opponent lost its ability to fight.

This time, the Iron Warrior was just training deep in the woods, and the wild Pokémon chose to flee because they were afraid of its power.

This is just right for the Iron Warrior, so that no other noise will disturb his practice.

Continuously swinging the pink and purple sharp blade, the Iron Warrior's mood, which should have been calm, became irritated because of a certain existence.

This clan... no, at least the current individual... the source code instructions at the beginning of its birth were to explore the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

The so-called pinnacle of skill naturally does not allow any failure in this area.

But on that day, after its defeat, it should have lost the meaning and value of continuing to exist, but the Blue Flame Blade Ghost allowed it to fight again next time, allowing the purpose it lost due to its defeat to be re-imprinted on the code that kept it running.

After that, in addition to replenishing his energy, the Iron Warrior was constantly practicing every minute and every second using the Blue Flame Blade Ghost in the database as an imaginary enemy.

But the more he practiced, the more annoyed the Iron Warrior became. Although he had already figured out a sword technique that would give him 100% certainty of defeating the Blue Flame Blade Ghost, he didn't want to move at this moment.

Once I really defeat the Blue Flame Blade Demon, does it mean that the current defeated individual has once again lost the purpose that supports his survival?
An emotion called "greed" inexplicably arose in the heart of the iron warrior.

There was a shocking buzzing sound in the air, and the Iron Warrior swung the pink-purple blade to split the boulder blocking the road in two in an instant. When he stopped to adjust his breath, he suddenly heard some movement coming from not far away.

The Iron Warrior, who was wondering whether he needed to conduct some actual combat drills, looked up. The powerful data eye was like a high-precision camera, constantly zooming in on the location where the movement came from.

When he saw that place clearly, the Iron Warrior paused.

A Pokémon wearing dark purple armor and wielding two flaming swords was cutting an oval sphere with green skin and black stripes. Based on the opponent's characteristics, the Iron Warrior could conclude that the opponent was the one who defeated him.

Glancing at the pink-purple blade in his hand, the Iron Warrior paused for a long time, which was unusual. Then, he slowly walked in that direction.

Under the beautiful starry sky of a summer night, Luo Mu finally finished the hand-shaken smoothies and shaved ice, and let every Pokémon taste this heat-relieving tool, and finally had some free time.

Holding a piece of watermelon that he had specially picked, Luo Mu found Vulpix and placed the watermelon in a cool stream. He let Vulpix use its freezing wind to cool down the watermelon and the surrounding stream water, quickly making a piece of iced watermelon.

Luo Mu found the Cang Yan Blade Ghost again and asked it to help him split the watermelon into two.

Then, he handed the other side of the watermelon to Zhi Huixing, who had been busy with him for a while.

Holding half a piece of watermelon, Luo Mu held a spoon and looked at the Monarch Snake who was sternly teaching the Fruitworm and the Tropical Dragon to learn grass-type moves. Luo Mu smiled, scooped a large spoonful of the pulp with almost no watermelon seeds, and quickly put it into his mouth.

In an instant, the most original taste of watermelon burst in Luo Mu's mouth, making him reveal a look of enjoyment.

Looking up at the starry sky, Luo Mu sighed: "Although the processed watermelon desserts and drinks taste good, the original watermelon still tastes the best."

Without using any super powers, Zhihuixing slowly dug out the fruit pulp by himself and nodded with an expression of approval.

Although humans' various craftsmanship has allowed for many ways to prepare different foods, for these Pokémon, the original flavor is particularly attractive.

After appreciating the starry sky enough, Luo Mu lowered his eyes and looked at the stream beside the lawn. At this time, the Frog King and the Mosquito-Lord were playing in the stream, four big milk cans and a slightly fat big milk can were rolling around on the lawn, and Victini was dancing among the fireflies happily like a child who had never seen the world.

It has remained like this for an hour.

It can be seen that Victini had never seen so many fireflies when she was in Aindoak, or she had never seen fireflies at all.

"You say it's new, but I've never seen so many fireflies before."

Before traveling through time, it was difficult to see fireflies or even butterflies in big cities. Even if there were, he was too busy with his 996 life to have the leisure and time to pay attention to these natural beauties.

The night sky in the city is always covered by dark clouds. Occasionally, the original appearance of the sky is revealed, but the twinkling stars are extremely sparse.

I don’t know if it’s because the night is getting darker, but the swarm of fireflies that just looked like stars is now increasing in number and is about to fill the grass near the stream.

Under the starry sky, the swarm of fireflies is like a second slowly flowing stream, as if it is the reflection of the Milky Way in the sky.

A summer melody with a light and beautiful rhythm came from afar. Perhaps in the grass somewhere, there are a few red insect performers, playing their carefully composed melodies under the moonlight, expressing the emotions in their chests.

“It’s so beautiful”

In the quiet night, Luo Mu let out a sigh, and the fatigue from a hard day's work was completely healed at this moment.

The Roentgen cat walked slowly to Luo Mu, lay down leisurely beside him, and accompanied him silently from beginning to end.

Luo Mu's eyes followed Victini's movement in the swarm of fireflies.

He saw Psyduck and Slowpoke staring at each other in the stream. Because of the gathering of fireflies, they both turned their dull eyes to the sky.
Marylou, Lulili and Yoyo lie quietly in the stream, feeling the breeze from the night sky and admiring the beautiful sight of fireflies gathering.
Time seemed to have completely stopped at this moment. The Pokémon who shared the sky and the planet with Luo Mu were admiring the beautiful scenery that they would never get tired of, and enjoying this peaceful moment.

The Roentgen cat looks up at the sky, and energy flows in its golden pupils. These eyes can not only see through things, but also give the Roentgen cat excellent eyesight.

In the night sky it saw, the stars were even more colorful. Roentgen Cat remembered that Luo Mu had mentioned this Pokémon.

Their name is small meteorites.

A pitch-black figure was tumbling in the night sky like a dragon. Even though it was far away, the Roentgen cat could still vaguely feel the other party's extraordinary oppressive force.

But the Roentgen cat was not afraid. It looked at Luo Mu, who was concentrating on enjoying the beautiful scenery and the free summer night melody, with a gentle gaze, and a hint of determination appeared in its eyes.

Just like the agreement we made when we first met.

Sooner or later, it will touch the unreachable legend in the sky.

　Recommend a friend's book~
　　The invasion of the source world and the rampage of source beasts were the beginning of the disaster, bringing endless casualties.
　　This situation lasted until the 32nd year of the Martial Arts Era. In this year of despair for all people, the most powerful man on Earth, the "Red Emperor", emerged from the endless nuclear explosion and powerfully killed three natural disaster-level source beasts, declaring that the nuclear explosion-level The arrival of the warrior.

　　In the 82nd year of the Martial Arts Era, Chen Yu traveled to this world and became a "premature infant". He originally thought that it would be a waste material stream, but he did not expect to awaken and awaken.

　　Restore your body by relying on the Buddhist "Yi Jin Daoyin Technique"

　　To improve your talent, there is the Taoist "Secret Book of Marrow Cleansing"

　　Improve your understanding, no need, my understanding is all-powerful, but I am only constrained by my weak body.

　　A few years later

　　I said, I just need to make a little move, and that will be the limit of the world
　　
　
(End of this chapter)