[{"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-467":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},1865298,2473,"Chapter 467 - 366: Fenghou","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-467",467,"\u003Cp>Eastern Yi Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A village shrouded in gray mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire village is deathly silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally, there are sounds of bodies shifting, accompanied by the grinding sound of teeth chewing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zombies walking the streets leave behind bones stripped clean and continue moving forward in small groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are searching for possible survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a certain house, a mother and her daughter are hiding under the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mother covers her daughter’s mouth with one hand, holding her close with the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chewing sounds came from just outside their house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rustle, rustle, rustle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soft scraping sound of footsteps dragging on the ground is clearly audible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear is evident in the eyes of both mother and daughter; as the sound draws nearer, they instinctively hold their breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The footsteps fade, indicating that whoever it was had left their home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they could even breathe a sigh of relief,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>creak—creak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piercing sound suddenly rings out as the old window frame creaks in the breeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The footsteps halt abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mother and daughter exchange a horrified look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl grips her mother’s arm tightly, trembling with tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mother gently soothes her back with one hand, though she too is drenched in cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squeak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp, drawn-out noise of a door being pushed open drives their fear to its peak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl’s mother suddenly looks resolute; whatever she decided, she suddenly withdraws her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one last loving glance at her daughter, the mother suddenly bolts out from under the bed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her high-pitched scream pierces the night, overshadowing the girl’s sobs and catching the attention of the zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the creatures can react, she dashes out the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, there was nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, the sound of chewing is once again clearly heard outside the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl desperately clamps her hand over her mouth, not letting a single sound escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The process feels interminably long, but eventually, the chewing sounds cease again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl does not immediately crawl out from under the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maintaining absolute stillness, she waits a little longer before slowly releasing her hands from her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she tries to crawl out, a ghastly, shriveled, and twisted face suddenly appears at the bedside!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to suppress it, the girl screams as the owner of the twisted face—a decayed zombie—leans down, reaching a skeletal hand under the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pale finger bones effortlessly wrap around the girl’s ankle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... don’t... save me, help!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl struggles desperately, but her strength is no match for the zombie, and her body is inevitably dragged out from under the bed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow of death looms over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a moonlit flash of a sword pierces the night, sweeping past the girl’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the zombie dragging her head is cleanly severed, dropping to the ground and rolling near the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three figures appear at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alas, still a step too late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the girl’s eyes, a tall, burly Jiuli warrior looks at the mangled, unrecognizable corpse of a woman by the door and sighs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside this Jiuli warrior stands another young man, who looks more like an ordinary person, handsome in appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right hand holds a long sword, and as the night deepens, the sword’s blade becomes bathed in moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sword must have been the one that slew the zombie in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last person is a beautiful young woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is holding something, from which a faint red glow emanates, extracting pale red air from the deceased woman’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Strictly speaking, at least half a month too late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, the three people here are none other than Han Zhan and his companions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This was our first target location.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Fenghou, I believe that’s what it’s called?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wu could not have expected that just one meeting with Chi You would lead him to be assigned the \"great\" task of rescuing the Jiuli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About Fenghou, in the reflective images on water, Chi You had already provided an introduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a creature with long white legs and a bloated body, and a head with four faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the images seen before, this was the only Yellow Emperor Tribe Great Power leading a horde of zombies, though now it had turned into a complete monstrosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ve been inside the gray mist for over half an hour, and it took us this long to find this village.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lingzhen was just collecting Demon Blood for the Demon God’s Heart. Even small amounts add up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she put away the Demon God’s Heart and snapped her fingers, sending a surge of Life Spiritual Power into the traumatized little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The life-filled spiritual power soothed her excessively stressed body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s trembling gradually subsided, and finally, she managed to speak with a still-frightened voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you... here to save us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mama, please save my mama, I beg you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this request, Li Lingzhen fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s too late; if we arrived a bit earlier, even if there were just a breath left, the Creation of Living Beings power could truly revive the dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But she is already completely dead, and the Creation of Living Beings cannot bring her back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the girl puckered her lips, wanting to cry, but forced her tears back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She emerges from the room, kneels before her mother’s ravaged body, and bows deeply several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, she silently begins digging into the ground beside her, wanting to give her mother a proper burial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need for all that trouble.\" Han Zhan quietly observed this, and finally spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the Heaven’s Origin Power, the soil beneath the girl’s mother disappeared and then reappeared to cover her after burial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go. Time is of the essence; we still have more of the Jiuli people to save.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing, Han Zhan addressed the girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, Han Zhan, are you sure you want to take her with us?\" Li Wu interrupted, \"Wouldn’t it be safer for her to stay here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps you’ve forgotten the Great Chief Chi You’s special instructions before we left. He said, ’Guard the Jiuli.’\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What does it mean to guard the Jiuli?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If all the Jiuli people perish, can that still be called guarding the Jiuli?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This statement itself is a trap with ambiguous meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zhan’s words brought silence to Li Wu once again, as he reconsidered the meaning of guarding the Jiuli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the girl also wiped her eyes and stood up resolutely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will go with you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1090,"2026-06-10T05:31:13.180Z",1,"novelbin.me","5901d1e8ef430339484e5b2dd36e1d76ab06b2165d6e2869821e173e702309cf","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-468","i-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-chapter-466",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-contracted-all-ancient-divine-artifacts-cover.jpg"]