[Silver Iron Pine]:
"Arbor, reaching up to forty meters in height."
"Prefers moisture, is fairly drought-tolerant, favors deep loam, and can endure poor soil."
"After its leaves fall, they turn into a special silver ore with excellent magical conductivity."
"The soil where it takes root will be altered by its roots, gradually forming a special iron ore layer. Combined with the silver ore, it can enhance magical effects."
Within the Dimensional Plane, Ron planted a Silver Iron Pine seed in the newly exchanged twenty-square-meter Cultivation Space.
Half an hour later, the Silver Iron Pine had fully matured.
Using his thoughts, Ron took out a silver ore leaf, then removed some iron ore from the soil and briefly sensed the effects of both.
That was all this plant seemed capable of on the surface, and Ron could not think of any use for it.
Perhaps it could replace some of the materials used in magic arrays?
With Demon-Devouring Bamboo and Silver Iron Pine together, could a normally functioning magic array be inscribed without any other magical materials?
With that thought in mind, Ron did not forget to grow a new Parasitic Wood and toss it into the Silver Iron Pine's Cultivation Space, wanting to see whether it could strengthen the Silver Iron Pine's effects.
What happened, however, was utterly jaw-dropping. Though the Parasitic Wood was extremely fond of the Silver Iron Pine and charged at her like a lecher spotting a beauty the moment it saw her, thrusting itself forward to pierce her—
It simply could not pierce through. In the end, its roots went limp and drooped listlessly to one side.
"..." Ron's eye twitched. He had never expected the Parasitic Wood to fail to even poke through a single layer of membrane, declaring defeat outright.
The system: "Upgrade mission