[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts":3,"chapter-i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-298":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1865179,2473,"Chapter 298 - 197: Vessel of Greed","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-298",298,"\u003Cp>At the moment of finishing the diary,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan exhaled a deep breath of turbid air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The amount of information was overwhelming; he needed to take a moment to process it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The part of Frog’s diary about the Longevity Company corroborates something from before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some time ago, when the ancestor of Can Shang Company, Shang Jianyue, saw him at Julu Pass in North County, he had said some strange things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, he had already indirectly mentioned the Longevity Company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The diary revealed that the former chief scientist of the Longevity Company had reached a conclusion through his research that confirmed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the mutant cells in a body exceed the normal range, or even completely replace normal cells, can that person still be considered human?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Frog’s diary, Han Zhan found the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, there were clues about Frog’s identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was Mutant Walker 001, the most powerful Mutant Walker, who would certainly not die so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The diary recorded up to the 150th year of the Catastrophe, which did not mean Frog lived only that long; he must have been active somewhere for a long time afterwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Dream Demon?\" Han Zhan thought of the content on the last line of the last page of the diary and silently recited it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Han Zhan felt the constraint within his body disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body began to return to its original size at a speed visible to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one-hour duration of the Horseradish Wine had ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing Han Zhan did upon resuming his form was to put on clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He noticed three equally bare figures nearby, hastily putting on their clothes in embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, there was some distance between them, so it was not too awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting hit by a sword accidentally would be a nightmare for a month!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once all four were fully dressed, they regrouped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for saving my life.\" The words of gratitude felt awkward, but Zhan Ning forced them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the Horseradish Wine Han Zhan gave them, the explosion from the Mechanical Sect would have left them crippled at best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Knight’s Aura is most vulnerable to this kind of continuous saturation attack; it has always been their weak point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need to rush with the thanks. What do you plan to do next?\" Han Zhan waved his hand, showing little concern for Zhan Ning’s gratitude, and instead asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhan Ning and Yu Lian had been ordered by the Fallen Knights to hunt him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that they had succeeded, simply reporting back seemed inadequate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Lian shook her head, \"What else can we do but stay in the Medicine Valley a while longer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Fallen Knights ask, we can say we were ambushed by the Mechanical Sect, directing the enmity towards them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Lian had already devised a plan during the hour she was turned into microdust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren’t you going to consider returning to Buried Sword City with me? Even if you can’t enter the city, the outskirts should be a bit safer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha.\" Yu Lian scoffed at Han Zhan’s suggestion, \"You still haven’t figured out your own situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Surely you don’t think this hunting plan only involved me, Zhan Ning, and the Mechanical Sect? From what I’ve heard, the Life and Death Apostle is also directly involved!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With his strange ability, we have a chance to survive in the Medicine Valley, but going to Buried Sword City is likely a death sentence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Life and Death Apostle is here too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Yu Lian’s words, Han Zhan and Chen Zui exchanged glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There won’t be a problem. If his target is Buried Sword City, then the Abnormal Skeleton Spirit Sword won’t let him off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He can’t enter, nor break through,\" Chen Zui said with confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Nine is not something trivial; with the Abnormal Skeleton Spirit Sword there, trying to attack Buried Sword City isn’t taken lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Yu Lian and Zhan Ning were unwilling to go to Buried Sword City, Han Zhan did not persist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan and Chen Zui continued to pick Forgetful Grass, while Yu Lian and Zhan Ning chose a different path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They parted ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, in areas not affected by the Mechanical Sect’s attack, a large amount of Forgetful Grass was still thriving under the sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan’s picking went smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After collecting the herbs, he and Chen Zui didn’t linger in Medicine Valley and set off towards Buried Sword City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Life and Death Apostle had yet to appear, the Mechanical Sect’s second wave was pending, and the Fallen Knights hadn’t acted yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outside was dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re finally back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the two figures at the city gate, Elder Bing breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The commotion from afar earlier, was that your doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was the Virtual-Real Technology of the Mechanical Sect,\" Han Zhan briefly explained the trials they faced in Medicine Valley, without mentioning anything about Frog’s diary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This information was too confidential and important; the fewer people who knew, the better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Mechanical Sect, Holy Bishop, and Sun Never Sets Knight Order seem to be up to something,\" Elder Bing mused aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fortunately, the herbs were successfully gathered; we’re one step closer to the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next step was to methodically process the herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Mimosa and Forgetful Grass being key ingredients for brewing Separation Wine, Chen Zui, being the most experienced, naturally took on the tedious, repetitive task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan had time to sit down with Elder Bing and watch Chen Zui work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after they sat down, Dong Dachui appeared, wearing a dark face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his hand, he carried two items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword and a vessel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Dachui tossed the sword and vessel in front of Han Zhan, his thunderous voice echoing around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, your Moonlight Longsword, fully repaired.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Han Zhan grasped the sword, he felt its agility; the nicks on its blade were gone, truly in a fully repaired state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he looked at the other item on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a palm-sized gray pot-bellied vessel, appearing somewhat silver in its material, but leaning towards gray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at it, Han Zhan had an illusion of the spout grinning back at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is this item?\" Han Zhan asked, curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The attempt to reforged the Demon Crossing Cloth failed, resulting in this thing, which wasted quite a few materials,\" Dong Dachui answered honestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing \"failed,\" Han Zhan immediately stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Failed? What about my Tier Eight Cloth?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm down, calm down.\" Dong Dachui was startled by Han Zhan’s reaction, \"The reforge failed, so the Demon Crossing Cloth has naturally gone back to the forge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This pot is the byproduct of the failure; I thought it’d be useless to me, so I’m giving it to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Dachui, for once, was being generous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that the Demon Crossing Cloak was fine, Han Zhan calmed down from his outburst and curiously asked, \"What is this pot called?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vessel of Greed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1161,"2026-06-10T05:31:13.179Z",1,"novelbin.me","5d8d8acbbf97d25320d7571857aeaf16e414fd08d930273d27002eab189e4872","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-299","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-297",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-cover.jpg"]