Chapter 84: Starting the First Experiment

Fang Yun looked at the metallic plant on the beach, then raised his head to gaze at the volcano ahead.

He wanted to infuse a fire attribute power into this metallic plant.

Moreover, he needed to ensure that the fire attribute power did not conflict with the original power of the metallic plant.

This was not a simple task.

If Fang Yun had a plant capable of surviving at the volcano's mouth and absorbing fire attribute energy, he could potentially make his cultivation work proceed more smoothly through grafting.

However, it was clear that he was not very lucky; the volcano before him did not have the plants he desired.

Therefore, to achieve his goal, he could only forcibly use the metallic plant to absorb the fire attribute energy.

Though this approach would undoubtedly cause significant damage to the metallic plant, with the vital energy in hand, it shouldn't lead to its death.

As long as it could endure the first wave of fire attribute damage, there would be a possibility of successful cultivation afterward.

After careful consideration, Fang Yun could only come up with this plan for the time being.

As for a comprehensive plan for cultivating fire attribute plants, it had not yet fully formed in his mind.

He could only say that he would cultivate while thinking through the process.

In any case, Fang Yun had long been prepared for a prolonged struggle regarding this matter.

Thinking of this, Fang Yun made his way back up the mountain.

However, this time, he would also bring the metallic plant with him to test the possibility of his earlier idea's success.

Two hours later, the metallic plant, dragged by the vines, reached a relatively flat area near the volcano's mouth.

Then, under Fang Yun's direction, the metallic plant's numerous roots began to burrow into the volcanic rock.

Given that the roots could penetrate even metal ore veins, the current rocks were certainly no obstacle.

However, it was ultimately not as convenient or quick as it had been on the beach.

It took two days for all of the metallic plant's roots to completely burrow into the volcanic rocks.

Only the parts that remained on the ground were left behind.

Looking at these remnants of the metallic plant on the ground, Fang Yun shook his head.

These things actually had little utility, and it seemed that he would need to replace them with other plants through grafting whenever possible in the future.

Ignoring the plants on the ground, Fang Yun focused his attention on the roots of the metallic plant beneath the surface.

During the two days that the metallic plant's roots extended downward, they had indeed reached the lava.

However, it was evident that the fine roots of the metallic plant could not withstand the temperature of the lava.

After just a short contact, those roots became soft and melted.

Thus, Fang Yun could only direct those roots to steer clear of the lava and grow within the stones surrounding it.

Seeing that the metallic plant had completed its preparations, Fang Yun felt a surge of inspiration as it began to absorb nutrients from the stones around the lava.

As streams of energy were absorbed by the metallic plant, Fang Yun could easily sense the attributes of this energy through his control over the metallic plant.

Most of the energy was fire attribute, with some being metal attribute and earth attribute energy.

The metal attribute energy quickly attracted the original metal attribute energy within the metallic plant, merging with it.

As a result, the remaining energy consisted largely of fire attribute energy, along with some earth attribute energy.

This energy continued to converge toward the center of the metallic plant, accumulating within the parts that remained above ground.

As the fire attribute energy gathered more and more, the temperature inside the metallic plant began to rise.

Fang Yun quickly noticed that the metallic cells within the plant started to deform and break due to the rising temperature.

Clearly, this temperature had reached the limit that the metallic plant could tolerate.

If the fire attribute energy continued to gather, a significant number of cells within the metallic plant would die.

That was something Fang Yun could not accept.

However, if he stopped now, although the fire attribute energy would be temporarily stored in the metallic plant, it would not be integrated into it.

This would completely contradict his original goal.

Fang Yun gazed at the metallic plant before him, falling into contemplation.

Then, placing his hand on the metallic plant, he began to channel vital energy into it.

With the infusion of vital energy, the cells inside the metallic plant started to rapidly divide and grow.

They quickly replenished the cells that had just been damaged.

At this moment, Fang Yun felt a surge of inspiration and continued to urge the metallic plant to absorb the fire attribute energy.

As the fire attribute energy continued to rise, the temperature within the metallic plant gradually increased.

A large number of cells began to sustain damage.

At the same time, Fang Yun intensified the infusion of vital energy.

Consequently, the cells within the metallic plant started to divide wildly, continuously replenishing those damaged cells.

One was destroying while the other was repairing, an endless cycle.

Before long, the temperature within the metallic plant reached that of lava.

The plants of the metallic plant on the ground next to Fang Yun had already begun to turn red.

Fang Yun had no choice but to use spiritual energy to shield his palm.

Even so, he still felt a burning sensation in his hand, and soon, he developed a burn.

However, at that moment, Fang Yun dared not pull his hand away.

If he lost the support of vital energy, the metallic plant before him might lose its life in an instant.

That would undoubtedly have a significant impact on his cultivation plan.

Enduring the excruciating pain in his hand, Fang Yun shifted his attention to the interior of the metallic plant.

He saw that the metallic plant's body was already filled with a large amount of fire attribute energy.

During the flow of fire attribute energy, other energies—be it earth attribute energy, metal attribute energy, or the deeply hidden wood attribute energy—were all forced into the corners.

Seeing that the temperature within the metallic plant was continuing to rise, Fang Yun felt that if this continued, the repair ability of the vital energy would likely be overwhelmed.

Thus, he stopped the absorption of fire attribute energy.

As the absorption of fire attribute energy ceased, Fang Yun continued to increase the infusion of vital energy.

The cells within the metallic plant kept dividing wildly.

This manifested in the metallic plant progressing toward its mature phase.

The mature phase that had not been completed in the cave now appeared atop the volcano.

A large amount of the coiled-up metal attribute energy, along with some wood attribute energy, was wrapped with some fire attribute energy and extremely scarce earth attribute energy.

They began to converge into the plants on the ground of the metallic plant.