I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

The Dragon Horse has been slumbering on this island for countless years.

Once it opened its mouth, one could only imagine the smell.

Luckily, everyone else dodged quickly, but Huo Lie was the only one caught.

His face turned green, and he vomited instantly after catching a whiff of the odor.

Once the foul wind passed, Huo Lie had transformed into a pitch-black humanoid mud monster, thoroughly marinated.

Han Zhan, with the others standing far away, asked, ”What exactly are your consciousness dream bubbles made of?”

”Roasted Calamity Beast Meat.”

”What else?”

”Roasted Calamity Beast Meat.”

”Typical you.”

Han Zhan finally understood why the Dragon Horse was burping; it wasn’t because it had swallowed too many consciousness dream bubbles, but because all the dream bubbles were filled with Calamity Beast Meat!

Thus, delicacies couldn’t awaken the Dragon Horse.

This was a good trial and error.

Han Zhan waved his hand at Huo Lie from afar, signaling he could step back.

At least until the Dragon Horse awoke, he didn’t want to approach it again.

Everyone else felt the same way.

”Walk up, get close to the area shrouded by the Dragon Horse’s breath; once it smells the scent, it should activate the skill to devour consciousness dream bubbles.”

Han Zhan pointed out sharply.

With Huo Lie as a demonstration, others’ fear of the Dragon Horse’s immense size lessened significantly; Shui Rou was the second to step forward.

Like Huo Lie, her movements stiffened once she entered the Dragon Horse’s breath range.

At this moment, Han Zhan particularly noted a faint misty aura hovering over Shui Rou’s head.

Soon, consciousness dream bubbles started bubbling up.

Shui Rou’s bubbles were almost one-thousandth the amount of Huo Lie’s; they stopped shortly afterward.

The sleeping Dragon Horse smacked its lips, seemingly still wanting more.

”I’ve lived in Water Village from a young age, life was monotone with only training and hunting, not much interesting imagery...”

Shui Rou explained with a hint of apology.

”It’s fine, we have plenty of chances,” Han Zhan comforted.

Feng Ya was the third to step forward.

Her performance was similar to Shui Rou’s, failing to awaken the Dragon Horse.

Next was the Eight Diagram Giant, Tu Housheng.

Han Zhan had high hopes for him, evident from the new nickname he silently gave Tu Housheng.

As the Eight Diagram Giant, Tu Housheng towered over the previous challengers.

Yet standing before the sleeping Dragon Horse, he at best matched its nostril height.

The Dragon Horse snorted, and the misty aura reappeared.

This time, the process indeed became prolonged!

If Shui Rou and Feng Ya’s consciousness dream bubbles were gentle streams, Huo Lie’s were akin to small rivers trickling, and Tu Housheng’s became torrential rivers gushing!

The others watched in a daze.

Tu Housheng’s mind held so many secret thoughts? What are all these secrets?

”Look, a facial expression appeared on the Dragon Horse’s face!” Feng Ya pointed out in disbelief.

They stood at a distance just close enough to vaguely see the Dragon Horse’s face.

After devouring Tu Housheng’s massive consciousness dream bubbles, the Dragon Horse’s face revealed incredibly human-like expressions!

Its mouth curved upward slightly, and its closed eyes seemed to shift in the same direction. Witnessing this expression, Han Zhan immediately thought of a comedic dog face!

Han Zhan’s mouth twitched.

What exactly was Tu Housheng’s mind filled with? Could it truly be everyone else’s gossip!

The process continued for a full five minutes.

Afterward, Tu Housheng, like Huo Lie, ended up completely exhausted.

Looking at the Dragon Horse again, its smile almost reached the heavens, yet still showed no sign of waking.

”It should be soon,” Han Zhan pondered aloud.

”The Dragon Horse reacts based on both the quantity and content of the consciousness dream bubbles.”

”From initial bodily responses to now facial expression shifts, its reaction intensity is gradually increasing.”

”Don’t you feel this moment somewhat familiar?”

Familiar?

Yes, how could it not be!

This was exactly like their own responses when nearly succumbing to the sleeping curse and the consciousness dream bubbles they heard aided recovery!

”The Dragon Horse is an Ancient Divine Beast, having slumbered through unknown ages. Awakening it certainly can’t be like humans experiencing the sleeping curse.”

”For us, a single explosive consciousness dream bubble might suffice, but it still falls short for it.”

In sum, awakening the Dragon Horse needs dreams bountiful in volume and substance.

Han Zhan’s words reignited the group’s spirits. After all, they’d already faced enough social embarrassment, barefoot doesn’t fear shoes; the real trouble was finding a method to awaken the Dragon Horse.

Now that a method existed, things were looking up.

Four people had their consciousness dream bubbles swallowed; only Han Zhan and Shang Siteng remained.

”Let me go first,” Shang Siteng told Han Zhan before stepping forward.

It followed the familiar sequence.

Initially, everyone thought Shang Siteng’s age was similar to Feng Ya and Shui Rou. She even appeared younger.

Given her youth, the secrets in her mind could only be limited.

Unexpectedly, when bubbles started appearing above her head, everyone was dazed.

Her countless bubbles, no longer gushing rivers, transformed into turbulent seas, crazily poured into the Dragon Horse’s mouth!

Not just pouring; it seemed to be force-feeding the Dragon Horse, squeezing its nose!

The Dragon Horse devoured the terrifyingly abundant bubbles, producing continuous ”hoo-hoo” sounds.

”Look, the Dragon Horse’s expression has changed again!” Without reminder, Han Zhan, closely observing it, saw its previously raised mouth corner rapidly deflate.

Eventually, the upward curve transformed entirely downward.

With its mouth open, a sound akin to a pained wail emanated from its throat, deafening everyone!

”I don’t want to learn math!”

Han Zhan: ”...”

Everyone: ”...”

Fifteen minutes later, when Shang Siteng opened her eyes, the still closed-eyed Dragon Horse behind her already wore a suffering mask.

”So, all your secrets were just math problems? You cheat!” Han Zhan asked incredulously.

”No,” Shang Siteng shook her head, expression calm, ”Math is just a basic part. Most secrets in my mind involve Can Shang Company’s various research topics and outcome summaries, including formulas, principles, patterns...”

Alright, stop talking. Han Zhan quickly waved his hand; as a weak student, he was already feeling a headache.

He didn’t want to end up like the Dragon Horse sporting a suffering mask.

After swallowing another’s consciousness dream bubbles, the Dragon Horse’s facial expressions not only grew more ”diverse,” but it started speaking human words, likely nearing awakening.

Han Zhan, the final act, had already formed a plan by this point.