Chapter 7: Venomous Bloodline
"Alan! What do you think about what I talked about last time?" Instructor Carter asked with a smile.
"What is it? I forgot."
"Ahem... it's the vintage wines your father collected. I begged him several times, but he refused to sell me even one bottle. What a stingy guy!"
Instructor Carter put his arm around Allen's shoulders, with a more flattering look on his face.
"Alan! The boys in school all praise you for your loyalty. Now it's time to verify whether the rumors are true. Can you help me get a bottle of good wine from your father?"
"I'm sorry! That batch of wine was brewed by my father himself. He saved it for my sister's dowry. Are you thinking..."
Alan finally managed to swallow back the words "You're dreaming".
"You want to buy some wine, it's no use asking me, go ask my sister!"
"Come on! Don't you know Kelly's temper?" Mr. Carter scratched his head in dismay. "How dare I mention this to her?"
Alan wanted to persuade him to give up as soon as possible, but then he changed his mind and realized that Instructor Carter was a frequent customer of his tavern, had a good relationship with his father, and had a certain social status. It was not worth offending him just for a bottle of wine.
After a brief thought, he slowly said, "Instructor, if I can get you that kind of wine, how are you going to thank me?"
"How can the loyalty between men be tarnished by vulgar transactions?!" Instructor Carter pretended to be indignant.
Alan sneered and turned away.
"Hey! Wait a minute!"
Instructor Carter found that this kid was not fooled, so he had to chase after him with a flattering smile on his face.
"Alan! As long as you can help me get some wine, I will accept you as my personal disciple and teach you all my lifelong martial arts!"
"No way unless you teach me the real skills!"
"Hey! What you said is really hurtful. What I teach in class is real Kung Fu!"
Alan was too lazy to beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "Last time you got drunk at my pub, you said you had two special moves, one was called the hound step, and the other was called what was the punch? Teach me these two special moves first, and I'll buy you some wine!"
Carter rubbed his unshaven chin and said with a bitter face:
"Alan, I'm not hiding anything from you! 'Bone-piercing Strength' and 'Hound Steps' are both tier 1 magical skills that require magic power to use. You must first awaken the warlock bloodline and open the magic power pool before you are qualified to learn these two skills."
"How can I awaken my bloodline talent and open the magic pool?"
"You must first go to the Glass Garden, find Ms. Sora, and undergo a bloodline talent test."
Instructor Carter explained patiently.
"If you detect a low-level bloodline talent, you will receive an entry-level training tutorial. If you detect an average or higher talent, you will have a chance to get a recommendation letter for admission to the Warlock Academy."
"After that, you can meditate according to the tutorial to stimulate the potential of your bloodline. When you reach a certain level of practice, you will open the magic pool and become a primary warlock apprentice."
"When that day comes, it won't be too late for you to come to me and learn magical martial arts!"
"I see." Alan nodded thoughtfully.
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The principal, Ms. Sola, is a master gardener.
He built a greenhouse, called the "Glass Garden", and cultivated many exotic flowers and plants.
Every Saturday, when the campus is cleaned, some students are always assigned to clean the principal's garden.
Alan has been on duty twice and is quite familiar with the environment here.
As soon as I walked to the glass door, I heard rustling sounds.
Look down.
A vine as thick as a wrist was crawling towards them like a green python.
If I hadn’t been here twice before, I would have been shocked!
Alan took off the school badge and showed it to the animated vines.
The activated vine stretched out a slender branch and touched the uneven pattern on the surface of the school emblem, as if verifying the identity of the visitor.
After a while, the animated vines retracted their branches, making way for the garden gate.
Alan breathed a sigh of relief and went forward to knock on the door.
No one answered for a long time.
"Is the principal not here? " Alan asked the animated vines.
There was no response from the other party.
It seemed that he didn't understand what he said.
Alan stood at the garden gate, wondering whether to come back another day.
At this moment, I suddenly received a system prompt!
"Unknown level 2 toxin detected!"
"Insufficient samples, unable to identify!"
Alan's heart skipped a beat!
Level 2 poison?
Where is it?
Take a deep breath.
The scent of flowers wafting from the crack in the door lingered around his nose.
The toxin detected by the system should come from some plant in the garden!
After hesitating for a moment, Alan took a step forward and tried to push the door.
Crunch——
The glass door was not locked and slowly opened in front of him.
Alan turned his head and looked at the animated vines. After confirming that the monster had no intention of stopping him, he said to it seriously:
"I'm the student on duty to clean the garden!"
He didn't care whether the activated vines could understand him or not and walked straight in.
The animated vines swayed, looking somewhat lost.
After a slight hesitation, it followed Alan closely, crawling into the garden to supervise the boy and prevent him from causing any damage.
Alan walked into the spacious and bright garden, and the system prompts immediately started ringing.
Various identification reports on food ingredients, medicinal materials and toxins flashed across the screen in his mind!
The principal, as expected of a natural sorcerer, planted many flowers and plants with medicinal value in the garden.
As the saying goes, medicine and food have the same origin.
Plants that can be used as medicine can usually also be used as food ingredients, which greatly enriches the food illustrations that come with the system.
Allen is more concerned about the flowers and plants that contain toxins.
As he walked along, he pretended to appreciate flowers and plants, touching the petals and leaves, and using the system to identify them.
At least ten poisonous plants have been discovered so far, most of which contain level 1 toxins. With his poison resistance, he is completely immune.
One of the white flowers, the leaves contain level 2 toxin.
Alan was delighted to see the prey and reached out to pick the flowers and leaves.
Swish!
A soft green vine reached out and wrapped around his wrist.
Alan looked back at the animated vines and retracted his hand awkwardly.
It seems that the principal has given instructions to this "gardener".
Students who come in to clean can only look but not pick them.
However, Allen was unwilling to give up the good things that were right in front of him.
After a little thought, I came up with an idea.
This time, he did not pick flower leaves, but picked up fallen leaves in the flower bed instead.
The activated vines did not stop.
Maybe he thought of his action as cleaning up garbage.
This shows that this kind of animated plant has limited intelligence.
Alan thought secretly, picked a relatively fresh fallen leaf, put it into his mouth and chewed it slowly.
The hot and spicy juice immediately filled my mouth.
"Oh my god!! This force is so strong!!"
It feels like chewing a tobacco leaf, my head is buzzing, and I can't help but feel snot and tears coming out...
"Ahem... Ugh!"
After spitting out the leaf residue in his mouth, Alan took out a handkerchief to wipe his tears.
After a long while, the spicy and choking feeling that went straight to the top of my head slowly subsided.
When I opened the system, I was secretly delighted!
A small fallen leaf brought him unexpected huge benefits.
Virus resistance has been upgraded to level 2.
In addition, his bloodline has also changed.
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Bloodline: Human (nearly pure blood), Ogre (about 5%), ( Beastman ≤ 1%), Venom (≤ 1%)
