Allen smiled.
He calmly asked Angela, "Do you think a newly promoted Level 1 Warlock like me could possibly obtain a Level 4 poison?"
"What's more, this toxin is called 'Hanging Tree Pollen.'"
"As we all know, only naturalists are adept at extracting toxins from plant pollen."
"Hanging Tree Pollen?!" Tanya suddenly raised her eyebrows, her expression quizzical. "Is this toxin extracted from the Hanging Tree?"
Seeing Allen nod, Tanya glared at Angela fiercely, her voice rising an octave.
"What a coincidence, Angela! Isn't your mentor, Hubert , a Level 3 naturalist who has awakened the 'Hanging Tree Bloodline'?"
"Tell me, is there really such a coincidence?!"
"This..."
Angela was speechless.
"It seems the situation is more complicated than I originally thought."
Alan sighed and said to Angela calmly.
"You can't solve it now. Send a message to your mentor and junior sister, asking them to come and talk."
...
Nature Warlock Tower.
Bang!
Hubert slammed his palm down on the table, his face as gloomy as ice.
"Angela! What a useless piece of shit, always causing trouble!"
Only after receiving Angela's "Communication" did he realize the situation had gotten out of hand.
Being discovered with the poisoning was one thing, but the more troublesome thing was that they had brought Tanya into the picture.
Hubert looked down on Alan's mentor, Pantheon.
Pantheon, in his lifetime, would only reach the late 3rd stage.
However, he couldn't help but value Pansen's gifted daughter!
The bloodline of the giant-horned minotaur was far superior to that of ordinary minotaurs.
It was said that the upper limit of the giant-horned minotaur bloodline was as high as level 5!
Not to mention, Tanya possessed exceptional talent.
Within three years, she would definitely be able to advance to level 3!
Within ten years, she could potentially advance to level 4!
A breakthrough to level 5 within twenty years wasn't impossible!
At that time, Tanya would be only in her thirties, in the prime of her life!
If she could marry into a wealthy family and leverage her position to compete for the position of Vice President, she would be a sure thing!
Offending such a promising talent would have serious consequences.
Hubert had no choice but to bring his niece with him to explain in person.
Of course, he couldn't tell the truth.
To do so would mean completely rupturing his relationship with Pansen and his daughter.
If this got out, it would damage his reputation.
To cover up this outrageous lie, Olivia's help was indispensable.
"Angela was cleaning my office earlier and accidentally knocked over a bottle of potion, spilling a small amount of hanging pollen onto the heart of the woad tree. We didn't notice it at the time."
"Because of this small oversight, others misunderstood us."
"Now we must apologize in person and seek forgiveness."
The more Olivia listened to Hubert 's words, the more they seemed to displease her.
She was no fool.
Even if the other party was her uncle.
Such a lame excuse wouldn't convince her.
"Uncle, if that were true, why didn't Senior Sister Angela explain it to Allen?"
"Angela did explain it, but no one believed her!"
Hubert spread his hands, a wry smile on his face.
"That wild kid named Alan is a complete paranoiac!"
"He actually thought Angela was deliberately poisoning him. How inexplicable!"
Olivia twitched her lips, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
If she were Alan, discovering the tree heart he'd paid so much for had been poisoned, she'd definitely suspect someone else of ill intentions.
"Uncle, things have gotten this far. How are we going to end this?" Olivia asked with a frown.
"Alan and his sister no longer trust Angela. No matter how Angela explains, it's useless."
"So we have to find another reason to convince Alan and Tanya that this was truly an accident."
Hubert looked at his niece with an earnest look.
"Olivia, I'll have to put you in this situation."
"When we get to the dessert shop, just say you passed a flowering hangman tree while collecting pollen."
"I was careless and didn't notice the pollen landed on the tree's heartwood, which led to the misunderstanding. It wasn't intentional poisoning."
"Olivia, just say that. Is that okay?"
Olivia was about to cry.
Her uncle didn't even bother to make up a lie.
Who could he possibly fool with that nonsense?
But even though she thought about it, she didn't dare tell the truth.
She could only nod in grievance.
She gritted her teeth and took the blame that had come out of nowhere!
The uncle and nephew arrived at the dessert shop.
Olivia followed her uncle's instructions and told the whole story. She sensed the strange look Allen was giving her.
And Tanya's occasional sneers pierced her ears like knives.
It was obvious.
These siblings weren't stupid.
They'd already figured out she was talking nonsense.
She was lying, yet she acted like it was the truth.
Olivia felt increasingly aggrieved as she thought about it, sobbing uncontrollably.
She had to suppress her grievance and apologize to Allen.
A natural genius.
She was truly a delicate beauty.
That ugly face she had before was actually a magical disguise.
Olivia cried so hard, her eyes red and swollen, a sight to behold.
Alan remained calm, letting her senior sister decide everything.
Tanya, don't take no for sobs!
She refused to give in and extorted a large sum of money from Hubert before relenting.
Hubert handed Allen a pill.
"After taking it, it will help you resist the toxins in the hanging pollen."
"Repeatedly rinsing the heartwood with strong liquor will completely remove the toxins and guarantee no future problems."
Hubert suppressed his anger and told Allen how to remove the toxins.
This way, Allen received the male woad heart without spending a penny, plus a compensation of one hundred magic stones.
The magic stones were split in half between Allen and his senior sister.
The woad heart could still be taken back.
Leaving the dessert shop and heading back to the martial arts gym.
"That blue-haired girl was crying so heartily,"
Tanya said to Allen.
"You can tell she's genuinely upset."
Alan nodded, empathizing.
Level 4 poison, the extraction process is extremely complex.
It's not something you can just casually pass by a tree or "carelessly" produce.
Alan still didn't understand why Hubert was targeting him.
But it wasn't hard to guess that Olivia was taking the blame for her vicious uncle and her cute-looking, but sinister senior sister Angela.
Olivia 's family affairs had nothing to do with him.
He had no right to worry about them.
For Alan, the biggest gain today was obtaining the second type of woad heart.
Although he was poisoned.
But Alan was not afraid.
He didn't need to follow Hubert 's instructions. Cleaning the heartwood.
Directly touching the poisoned heartwood would actually bring greater benefits.
He had level 3 poison resistance.
The level 4 poison applied to the heartwood only caused him to hallucinate briefly.
After regaining consciousness, Alan was relieved to discover...
His poison resistance had risen to level 4!
A win-win situation!
Finally, Alan split open the woad heartwood.
They began to enjoy tonight's main meal.
Drip—
"Consume special ingredient: woad heartwood (male)!"
"Potential +1!"
"Physique +1!"