Chapter 599 The Isolated Island (The End)
Chapter 599 The Isolated Island (The End)
At midnight on the last day, Zhou Feng held the array plate and stood suspended in mid-air, surrounded by the other five people.
A dazzling golden light burst forth from above the array plate, and soon a purification array appeared before everyone. Centered on Zhou Feng, the six people sat cross-legged within the array, their expressions solemn, their hands forming hand seals, and their mouths silently chanting the salvation incantation...
The once calm sea suddenly became turbulent, with howling winds.
One after another, vengeful spirits appeared on the sea surface, their faces as ferocious and terrifying as before, surrounding Pei Yun and his group of six.
However, upon seeing the mutilated corpses on the dock, the thick resentment gathered on these vengeful spirits began to dissipate unconsciously, the closer they got to the magic circle, the faster it dissipated...
Just as Pei Yun had predicted, these vengeful spirits did not attack them in the same way they had attacked the three squads before. Instead, they numbly walked into the magic circle.
The moment they were purified, they finally regained their consciousness from their previous lives. Their horrific deaths returned to their original appearances. One by one, ordinary people, as ordinary as could be, nodded to Pei Yun and his group with gratitude or smiles. Finally, their souls turned into specks of golden light, which gathered into a long golden river and flew into the distant sky...
The first rays of sunlight were already rising on the horizon, but there were still no ships on the sea. Pei Yun checked the time; there was only half an hour left until six in the morning.
Pei Yun instructed Zhou Feng and the others to continue maintaining the purification array. She addressed the victims who had spent the night on the shore, saying, "Now that the great revenge has been taken, why not let go of your obsessions and be reincarnated..."
Fu Lingchen and the other four were shocked by Pei Yun's words. They immediately realized that not only the vengeful spirits on the sea, but also the victims on this isolated island were vengeful spirits.
No wonder they didn't need anyone from outside the island to save them; only they themselves could save themselves. Only by letting go of their obsessions could the vengeful spirits return to their origins; otherwise, they would be trapped on this island forever...
This isolated island represents their unwavering conviction!
The vengeful spirits on the isolated island had not completely lost their consciousness. Upon hearing Pei Yun's words, they were stunned, and then revealed relieved smiles.
The spirits bowed gratefully to Pei Yun and his group of six, glanced one last time at the corpses behind them, and then lined up one by one to voluntarily enter the magic circle...
The moment they stepped into the magic circle, their souls, which had turned into specks of golden light, did not dissipate. Instead, wisps of their souls coalesced into a golden "gate"...
"The 'door' has appeared!"
"We can go out now..."
"Does this mean we've completed the trial of this 'door'?!"
Pei Yun and his six companions were overjoyed. Just as they were about to step into the "door," a figure suddenly emerged from it!
The six people were stunned. The young man who came looked somewhat like Qin Meng, but Pei Yun, who had interacted with Qin Meng, knew that the person in front of him was not Qin Meng's consciousness.
The man's expression was gloomy and cold. He said, "I am the spirit of the artifact. You have completed the trial of this 'gate' very well, and even converted the dead souls and vengeful spirits within the 'gate,' making the 'gate' disappear completely. This is truly beyond my expectations..."
The spirit looked at Pei Yun, its eyes filled with disbelief and an indescribable complexity. "...Master's original purpose in crafting this artifact was not to test future generations or set up trials, but out of pity for the vengeful spirits within the 'Gate of the Dead.' Master wandered through various worlds, and the vengeful spirits within the 'Gate' were souls who couldn't let go of their obsessions and refused to reincarnate. So Master created the 'Gate,' which is me, to keep them within it. This way, they wouldn't gradually lose consciousness and harm innocent people, and they would also have a glimmer of hope, hoping that one day they could be redeemed..."
The six people were stunned upon hearing the spirit's explanation. He continued, "There are thousands of 'gates' within the 'Gate of the Dead.' Some people have successfully converted the simple and ordinary 'gates' and made them disappear. However, no one has ever successfully converted the vengeful spirits inside the difficult 'gates.' You are the first and currently the only people to have successfully converted a difficult 'gate.' This has truly astonished me!"
At this point, he gazed intently at Pei Yun once more, and a golden necklace appeared out of thin air in his hand, with a small golden key hanging from it. He presented this to Pei Yun: "...You played the most crucial role in this 'door,' and this 'key' is an extra reward for you. You can explore its uses when entering other 'doors' later..."
"Thank you very much, spirit." Pei Yun happily accepted the key.
The spirit waved its sleeve again, and six golden orbs appeared in the sky above the six people: "You have excellently completed the trial of this 'gate,' and I will reward you in accordance with the temple's arrangements..."
Upon hearing this, the six people's eyes lit up as they examined the six golden orbs floating in mid-air. They couldn't see what treasures were inside, nor could they discern from the oppressive aura which orb contained a more powerful treasure.
However, that was not the point. For a moment, Fu Lingchen and the other four looked at Pei Yun. Before Pei Yun's team came in, they had already agreed that the distribution of the treasures would be decided by the team leader.
As a member of another team, Yu Feng didn't expect Pei Yun to share any treasures with him. In his opinion, it was already good enough that Pei Yun was able to help him complete the trial mission.
When he was working with Pei Yun's team, they had already figured out the ultimate goal of the mission and had already made a plan. He was just doing the errands. Without him, the progress of the mission would not be affected at all.
In his view, the success of this trial mission was due to Pei Yun, and it wouldn't be unreasonable for her to take all the credit.
At this moment, Pei Yun spoke up: "Fortunately, the spirit of the artifact rewarded us with six treasures, otherwise it would have been difficult to distribute them..."
She looked at her five companions, "We'll each choose one treasure, and if we don't like it, we can exchange it..."
Upon hearing this, Pei Yun's four members were not surprised. They had been in contact with Pei Yun for some time, especially Fu Lingchen. They all knew Pei Yun's generous nature, which was why they were willing to follow her arrangements.
Upon hearing Pei Yun's words, Yu Feng's spirits lifted. He looked at Pei Yun with disbelief, unable to hide his joy, and asked nervously, "Fellow Daoist Pei... do you mean... I can also get a share of the treasures?"
“You also contributed, so you should naturally get a share.” Pei Yun nodded.
Although this person was a member of Guo Cai's team, he had never attacked anyone in their team and had worked hard to cooperate with them to complete the mission. Pei Yun always distinguished between gratitude and resentment.
Upon hearing Pei Yun's words, the five of them didn't stand on ceremony and happily stepped forward to begin selecting treasures.
The treasure Pei Yun obtained was a low-grade Heaven-level spirit sword, with the small characters "Fang Lan" engraved on the top of the blade.
Her smile immediately brightened, and she said happily to Fu Lingchen beside her, "This sword is of a higher grade than the dual-spirit sword you forged..."
Fu Lingchen glanced at her irritably, then turned away and ignored her. He was looking at the treasure in his hand—a black brick. He examined the treasure carefully, not understanding what it was.
“Once we get outside, I’ll use my myriad phenomena to take a look at it for you…” Pei Yun also curiously took the treasure and examined it for a while.
Fu Lingchen nodded. Although he didn't know what kind of treasure it was, he didn't intend to exchange it with anyone else.
The other four received different things: Zhou Feng received a manual related to magic arrays, He Changxuan received a top-grade earth-level alchemy furnace, Minglu received a collection of a hundred talismans, and Yu Feng received a top-grade earth-level talisman brush.
They didn't know what was inside before they made their choices; they selected based entirely on intuition. However, apart from Fu Lingchen's treasure, everyone else received treasures that perfectly suited their tastes, which made everyone suspect that this might not be a coincidence.
"You can leave now..." The spirit glanced at the six people expressionlessly.
Pei Yun and the other five bowed to the artifact spirit before turning and entering the "door"...
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