Chapter 41: Planting Vines

Fang Yun had high hopes for these vines, after all, they were a type of spiritual plant!

Moreover, since so many days had passed since they were planted and they hadn't died, it indicated that these vines had the potential to mature.

If that were the case, he might truly be in for another spiritual plant harvest.

With this thought in mind, Fang Yun quickly walked to the corner and saw that five vines had grown to about a meter long, climbing up the mountain wall.

However, as he got closer, he realized that perhaps due to insufficient nutrients in this small area, the spiritual energy that had been condensed using the Spirit Rain Technique had been completely consumed by the sprouting of the vine seeds.

As a result, these five vines did not look particularly healthy and appeared somewhat weak.

Thus, Fang Yun sensed his remaining mana.

He then cast the Spirit Rain Technique once more.

As a small white cloud appeared in the sky, light rain began to pour down on the five vines.

With the rain nourishing them, the condition of the five vines improved slightly. They began to slowly writhe against the mountain wall, but the information they conveyed did not express the same sense of satisfaction as the spirit rice.

Instead, it was a chaotic and violent feeling.

Fang Yun pondered for a moment and thought that perhaps the ordinary energy in the soil was insufficient.

He then went to the area where he had previously planted soybeans and weeds, using the Ground Force Technique to gather ordinary energy from the soil into a portion of the land, which he then brought back to the location where the vines were growing.

With the infusion of this energy, the vines' condition improved significantly, and they started to writhe frequently along the mountain wall.

However, the emotions they conveyed became even more violent.

This emotion left Fang Yun a bit stunned.

Squatting down, he examined the five vines closely. He sensed the specific situation of the vines and speculated about what they wanted to express.

After a long while, Fang Yun looked at the spikes that had grown on the vines and thought about the somewhat violent information they transmitted.

Considering their inherent attack attributes, he seemed to have a guess about the emotions they were expressing.

Although these vines could be considered a type of plant, they possessed movement capabilities similar to animals.

While they couldn't autonomously leave their planting location, they could move their branches.

Thinking back to what he had learned from textbooks and other materials in his previous life about aggressive plants, Fang Yun concluded that these vines likely belonged to the same category of plants.

This was also the reason they could become magical plants.

So now, what they were trying to express was a need for some prey?

If that was the case, Fang Yun could indeed provide them with such things.

However, if they needed the flesh and blood of prey as a source of nutrition, the mountainous environment would obviously not be suitable for the vines' growth.

There were no prey on the mountain for them to hunt.

He also didn't have time to feed them.

So, he could only place them in the northern mountain range, where there were enough wild beasts.

Alternatively, he could take them down the mountain; the Fang family should have plenty of livestock that would be sufficient to feed these little things.

However, once they left here, he wouldn't be able to provide them with spiritual energy and mana.

He wondered which was more important to the vines: spiritual energy or prey.

After thinking it over, he realized that as spiritual plants, the absence of prey might affect their growth, but without spiritual energy, they would likely degenerate into ordinary plants, even if they didn't die.

Fang Yun couldn't accept this; he still looked forward to harvesting these vines when they matured to see how much life essence he could obtain.

If they degenerated, it would all be meaningless.

Since spiritual energy was more important, neither option seemed suitable for the vines' growth.

After contemplating, he thought that perhaps only the previous canyon could meet both needs for prey and spiritual energy.

Although there hadn't seemed to be any prey there in the past, it was still in the northern mountain range, and with a little effort to lure them, there should be some wild beasts.

Having made up his mind, Fang Yun dug up the five vines.

He let their branches intertwine around his arms, and after glancing at the spirit rice beside the spirit field and confirming there were no issues, he headed toward the canyon.

At this stage, although the spirit rice was very attractive to insects, like the previous green beetles, they mostly appeared at night.

So, Fang Yun could occasionally go out during the daytime without much concern.

He arrived at the top of the canyon.

After thinking about it, he realized that there was no need to actually enter the canyon for planting these vines.

The reason for bringing them here was simply that there was a possibility of wild beasts appearing, which would also allow him to easily supplement their energy and spiritual energy.

So, the location for planting these vines should be somewhere nearby where wild beasts were likely to appear, not taking them into the canyon itself.

With this in mind, Fang Yun took the five vines and circled around the top of the canyon a few times.

He then found a small river, which should be the upstream of the little stream inside the canyon.

Based on what he had seen in documentaries in his previous life, places with water sources should not lack wild beasts.

Planting these five vines here should be quite suitable.

Moreover, it was just a few steps away from the canyon, making it convenient for him to come and supply them with energy and spiritual energy.

As for whether these vines could deal with the wild beasts, Fang Yun had never worried about that.

After all, they were a type of spiritual plant, and they were aggressive as well. While he wasn't sure if they could handle demon beasts, dealing with ordinary wild beasts shouldn't be a problem.

After choosing the location, Fang Yun planted the five vines a short distance away from the riverbank.

Then, using the Ground Force Technique, he gathered energy from the surrounding area.

However, he only gathered a portion of it, unlike in previous places where he drained all the energy from the soil.

He was mainly worried that if the surrounding land lost its energy, all the plants above would wither and die.

If that happened, wild animals would definitely not dare to approach such a scene.

That would go against his original intention.

Moreover, Fang Yun also planned that even when he went to obtain high-nutrition soil in the future, he wouldn't drain all the energy, or else the plants above the areas he had extracted energy from would completely die off.

That was not something Fang Yun wanted to see.

After planting these vines, he summoned a rain of spirit energy for them.

Fang Yun then returned to the mountain. It was a crucial moment for the spirit rice, and although he should be fine leaving occasionally, he didn't dare to be away for too long.