Wilderness Survival with Druid System

Chapter 88: Chapter 40: Deadly Poison Upon Blood

On the island.

Under the guidance of Zhuo Hongnian and Wang Zhi, the three arrived in front of a large tree.

But as soon as Yan Bian saw the full view of the tree, he couldn’t help but gasp in shock.

”Wow!”

Zhuo Hongnian and Wang Zhi were taken aback and quickly asked, ”What’s wrong?”

Zhuo Hongnian seemed to have thought of something and quickly said, ”I didn’t cut it down, I just found this tree to be very unusual.”

”Look around it, there’s basically no other vegetation, it’s as if it’s absorbed all the nutrients.”

”And the tree is very tall, over ten meters, it looks extraordinary, so I thought it might be a useful tree.”

”And there’s a bird’s nest up there, I was thinking if we could climb up and take down the nest, see if there are any eggs.”

Hearing Zhuo Hongnian’s words, Yan Bian clutched his chest and made repeated sounds of shock, ”Wow, wow...”

After holding it in for a long time, Yan Bian finally sighed, ”Zhuo, go back home and pay respects at your ancestors’ graves, burn more incense money. Don’t laugh, you too, fatty.”

”Your ancestors spent all their connections in the underworld to keep you guys safe and sound!”

Listening to Yan Bian’s sighs, Zhuo Hongnian shivered a bit, ”Mr. Yan, don’t mess around, what’s going on?”

”This thing is called Upas tree, also known as ’Blood Clotter’! Extremely poisonous!”

With one sentence, cold sweat broke out on Zhuo Hongnian and Wang Zhi.

They staggered back two steps.

Zhuo Hongnian forced himself to ask, ”Mr. Yan, stop joking, how can there be birds on an Upas tree? Shouldn’t they all be poisoned to death?”

”Those are starlings up there; they specialize in dealing with Upas trees!”

Yan Bian clicked his tongue, ”Starlings eat the seeds of Upas trees, they are resistant to the poison, but they do get diarrhea from the toxins and poop a lot. You see, there’s no vegetation on the ground because the starling droppings contain the seeds of the Upas tree, and these toxic droppings poison all the plants to death.”

”If nothing goes wrong, pretty soon this Upas tree will poison itself to death with its own seeds.”

Wang Zhi shivered, ”Damn, can this tree poison itself? So toxic?”

”Yes, it’s that toxic! That’s why for you two to survive, your ancestors put in some serious effort.”

Yan Bian said, ”I remember Zhuo has an injury on his foot, right? If you expose your wound and keep moving around here, if your wound touches the toxic droppings, it might just kill you outright.”

Hearing this, Zhuo Hongnian quickly walked back a distance.

He was frightened.

This world is too crazy; even bird droppings can kill!

”Let’s go, try not to come around here.”

Yan Bian had quite a bit of knowledge about Upas trees, ”We have no use for it, let’s go back and inform everyone not to come over.”

”Even if you paid me, I wouldn’t come back here.”

Wang Zhi said with lingering fear.

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In the evening, the group returned to the camp.

After a whole afternoon of practicing with the crossbow arrow, Chen Wen’s skills had improved significantly.

Now at a distance of twenty meters, he could already hit the target with reasonable accuracy.

”Crossbows are much easier to use than bows, and easier to train with.”

Lv Guocheng was stretching his back on the side, smiling and said, ”That’s why in ancient times, crossbows were prohibited for civilian use, while bows were more relaxed.”

”It’s just that nowadays, small crossbows have gradually become more accessible. One of my clients from the United Kingdom is skilled with both crossbow and bow.”

Listening to Lv Guocheng’s words, Chen Wen curiously asked, ”Mr. Lv, I have a question about you, if it’s convenient for you to answer — what’s your profession? It seems like you have clients all over the world?”

”Back when Shan was around, you mentioned your client was in Australia, and now there’s one from the United Kingdom.”

Lv Guocheng laughed, ”Nothing much, I deal with outdoor equipment.”

On the side, Lu Heng, who was dozing off, added, ”It’s a world-class brand. All the gear our show provided was from Mr. Lv’s company.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen leaned back in astonishment, ”Seriously?!”

He glanced at the brand name on his shoes, it was one of the top outdoor brands in the world.

Lu Heng laughed, ”For real, I’m just a junior member of Mr. Lv’s company. It’s pretty good; supposedly, there are senior members who can enjoy custom services. You know, foreigners started outdoor activities earlier than us, there are more of them, and it’s something rich people do, so you can imagine Mr. Lv’s connections.”

Chen Wen was truly surprised.

Lv Guocheng appeared just like the doorman in his residential area, but who would have thought he was actually a rich big shot.

”Oh, I just know a few friends.”

Lv Guocheng said nonchalantly, ”Let’s not talk about me, let’s continue discussing bows and arrows.”

While the three of them chatted, Yan Bian also came over.

He said cheerfully, ”Everyone, let me tell you something fresh.”

”Something fresh? Tell us!”

Chen Wen put down the crossbow, intrigued.

Yan Bian pulled Zhuo Hongnian and Wang Zhi, who were following him, to the front and told everyone about the Upas tree incident.

Hearing about the two young men’s reckless behavior, the others were also shaken but couldn’t help but laugh.

”Brave but lucky, you two will definitely become outstanding figures in the future!”

Lv Guocheng said with a chuckle.

”Outstanding figures, two prodigies, from now on you’ll be called Zhuo Prodigy and Wang Prodigy.”

Chen Wen laughed and directly gave them nicknames.

Zhuo Hongnian was a bit sullen, ”How was I supposed to know it was an Upas tree! I thought it was some kind of building material, you call me a prodigy, such a dirty insult!”

Chen Wen clicked his tongue, ”Since ancient times, ’prodigy’ was a compliment; it’s just that now it’s used as a meme to become derogatory. I meant it in the ancient sense, how is that an insult?”

Wang Prodigy nodded at this, speaking in a scholarly manner, ”Indeed, indeed, Brother Prodigy, why should we care about the opinions of ordinary people?”

”Brother Prodigy is absolutely right, so I won’t be Prodigy, since you’re not an ordinary person, you’ll be called Wang Prodigy from now on!”

Zhuo Hongnian laughed slyly.

Joking aside.

Chen Wen had an idea.

Physical attacks didn’t work on the Titan Triggerfish, what about magical attacks?

Chen Wen asked Yan Bian, ”Hey Yan, tell me about the Upas tree, is it really that poisonous?”

”Very poisonous indeed.”

Yan Bian nodded and explained, ”There’s one in the botanical garden back home, I took my son to see it. They explained that its official name is ’Blood Clotter’, if its poison gets into your bloodstream, it acts very quickly!”

”I heard that the ethnic minorities in our area, a long time ago, used to cut its bark with knives and collect the milky sap to coat arrowheads and blades for hunting.”

Hearing this, Chen Wen was surprised, ”This thing is highly toxic, could you still eat the hunted animals?”

Yan Bian chuckled and explained, ”Its poison is very effective, but it only works if there’s contact with blood. If you hunt with it, as long as you don’t have internal bleeding, you can eat it. They said, what’s it called again? I forgot the name, but it’s true that high heat can neutralize it, and it only works in the bloodstream.”

”I even ate wild boar hunted with Upas sap once with the minority folks before. It tasted really good!”

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen’s eyes lit up.

Well, isn’t this just a poison enchantment set up especially for me?

With this thing, why would I fear not being able to kill the Titan Triggerfish?

Unable to contain his excitement, Chen Wen shared his idea.

After Chen Wen finished speaking, there was silence all around.

Only the cries of unknown birds continued to echo.

Chen Wen scratched his head, unsure of what everyone thought, ”Guys, what do you think? Speak up, don’t just keep quiet, it’s scary.”

”It is scary.”

Yan Bian said quietly, ”Your idea is scarier than the Upas tree’s poison!”