[{"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-412":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},1865343,2473,"Chapter 412 - 311: Reward","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-412",412,"\u003Cp>Most of the Yellow Emperor Tribe’s territory has become the domain of the Kore?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now how far along are the Yellow Emperor and Chi You in their battle?\" Han Zhan asked another question he was most concerned about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t understand what you mean.\" Li Wu looked at Han Zhan blankly, \"Our two tribes have been at war, never stopping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has there never been a large-scale battle? The kind that could go down in history.\" Han Zhan continued to hint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" Li Wu continued to shake his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Kore have already invaded the Yellow Emperor Tribe; rather than saying we’re fighting people from the Yellow Emperor Tribe, it’s more accurate to say we’re mostly fighting the Kore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for those big figures in the Yellow Emperor Tribe, we haven’t seen them in a long time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wu’s words left Han Zhan silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you just come out of the Fu Xi Race to the Yellow Emperor Tribe? How come you don’t know anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come to think of it, the Fu Xi Race hasn’t appeared in the picture for a long time either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wu continued speaking to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two tore at the roasted part of the meat on the leg, its aroma spreading between their lips and teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The food somewhat soothed Han Zhan’s heart, which was overly shocked by the news he learned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they were full, they spent the night in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, some Jiuli people were waiting outside early and brought Li Wu the latest news from the High Priest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Priest Li Wu, the High Priest is very pleased with the information you reported yesterday. He has already sent the reward back to the altar, which I am here to deliver to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The messenger spoke as he took out a bundle wrapped in animal hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon opening it, a blood-red brick appeared before their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The High Priest must have quite the sense of humor, gifting you a brick?\" Han Zhan nearly lost his composure upon seeing this object that resembled a brick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up! A slave like you has no place to speak here?\" The originally subservient Jiu Li warrior glared angrily at Han Zhan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Jiuli Tribe, there is a strict hierarchy, and in this system, slaves are unquestionably at the bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can leave now.\" Li Wu waved his hand, interrupting the Jiuli warrior’s scolding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was worried that saying more would anger Han Zhan and cause unnecessary trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dismissed the messenger, closed the door, and carefully placed the blood-red brick on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the High Priest’s flesh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wu’s words left Han Zhan baffled—what was this, flesh? What flesh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s exactly the kind of flesh you think it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wu seemed to guess what was on Han Zhan’s mind and continued to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Priest’s flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a piece cut from the High Priest’s body, no wonder its surface still looks a bit blurred and crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did the High Priest acknowledge your performance, so he improvised with a seppuku?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a strange ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you talking about?\" Li Wu’s mouth twitched; even he was shocked by Han Zhan’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is our Jiuli Race’s way of enhancing our bloodline, by absorbing the flesh of those above us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it’s eating the raw flesh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan leaned back tactically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t quite understand this enhancement method of the Jiuli Race, and even found it a bit nauseating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, you’re going to eat it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan pointed at the \"flesh\" on the table, and upon closer inspection, it indeed showed muscle striations, veins... ugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I’m planning to sell it at the market.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sell it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan looked up at Li Wu, who spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man, over two meters tall, genuinely started to repackage the flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the High Priest’s heart meat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It contains a potent concentration of the Witch God’s bloodline power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if it’s sold at the market, it can fetch a good price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The five Jiuli warriors who went out with me this time, their descendants need this money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wu’s words made Han Zhan take another look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to somewhat understand why Li Hui, despite being a Priest as well, was stronger than Li Wu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Hui wouldn’t do something like this, would he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Him? He’s just a selfish, petty man,\" Li Wu said disdainfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Jiuli Village market, there were various stalls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many booths sold all kinds of strange things, while others sold more common goods like fruit, vegetables, animal hides, and stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Han Zhan saw no one selling white Holy Land, indicating that Holy Land is a \"non-tradable item.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Li Wu entered, several Jiuli Priests with white symbols painted on their foreheads, like him, approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Wu, we heard you got rewarded by the High Priest for the intel you provided yesterday?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Show it to us, don’t keep it hidden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let us take a look at the goods first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wu wasn’t doing this for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Known as a kind-hearted man in the entire Hejian Village, Li Wu was always good to the Jiuli warriors who followed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many times, he would sell the flesh gifted by the High Priest at the market, exchanging it for money to distribute to his warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wu didn’t say much, directly putting the flesh in front of everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment the flesh appeared, several Jiuli Priests’ breathing grew a bit heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan did not linger with Li Wu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t concerned about the results of their haggling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked Li Wu for some money upfront, then turned to browse other stalls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the market, there were quite a few non-Jiuli people like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were assigned to various stalls, hollering or doing some laborious tasks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few, like Han Zhan, could walk around freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of the slaves looked at Han Zhan with envy hidden in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Han Zhan stopped in front of a stall, spotting something familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Polluted herbs, still retaining some medicinal properties. Just remove the contaminated parts, and they can be used.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn Yellow Emperor Tribe, if it weren’t for them, how could the herbs I painstakingly dug up have been polluted by the Kore!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speaker was a slave, judging by his appearance and build, he was probably from the Yellow Emperor Tribe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words were hard to evaluate, so Han Zhan simply lowered his head, picked up one of the herbs, and quietly felt it in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, the herbs had indeed been severely corroded, with the Kore’s black liquid mixed with other medicinal components.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a mixture of tonic and poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normal people wouldn’t buy them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they did, extracting the useful parts would yield very little, with potential life-threatening risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Han Zhan wasn’t a normal person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised one of them and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seller, too, seemed momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew this batch of herbs was useless, and he was just hoping to recoup anything he could by selling them here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, someone really wanted to buy them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A complete herb used to sell for a thousand coins. Now that it’s polluted, its value has plummeted, so I’ll sell it to you for ten coins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten coins?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundredfold difference?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan glanced again at the other polluted herbs on the stall and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One coin each, and I’ll take them all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1246,"2026-06-10T05:31:13.180Z",1,"novelbin.me","bf9a4c94167e75da4ae9dad81652ac24420f106bcaa98a77c7e685c71fd22866","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-413","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-411",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-cover.jpg"]