novelaction Chapter 625 The Chosen One (The End)
Chapter 625 The Chosen One (The End)
Pei Yun's expression froze. The countdown was already displayed on the screen. She came to her senses and looked at the vengeful spirit lying on the ground, unable to get up. There was no remorse on its face, only resentment towards reality and greed for power.
Ten seconds later, a dazzling white light flashed before her eyes. When she opened them again, she was back in the Imperial Garden, just like when she first entered this mission. A boy with a dirty face was rushing towards her, carrying a bag of snacks...
Pei Yun glanced at him, and at that moment, she made a decision. She directly removed the badge she wore on her chest, and a cold voice instantly rang in her mind: "Badge removed, mission failed."
Her figure gradually became transparent until she disappeared, having been teleported out of the "Trial Gate".
Pei Yun found himself teleported to the foot of a giant tree that seemed to reach straight to the sky. Looking up, he saw stars twinkling in the sky, with shooting stars occasionally streaking across the sky. The trunk and branches of this giant tree were extremely thick, and the tree body faintly exuded an ancient aura. Pei Yun even felt a familiar power of time and space.
Purple crystal fragments floated around the tree, their refracted light illuminating the space in a dreamlike way...
"...Why give up when you have a chance to start over?" At this moment, the spirit of the artifact emerged from behind the tree.
"Greetings, Senior Spirit." Pei Yun bowed and explained, "Because Zhao Chen's vengeful spirit doesn't need my help, and I don't want to save such a vengeful spirit."
Why?
"The vengeful spirits in the first two trials suffered injustice and cruelty in their lives. They were innocent victims, having done nothing wrong. Their past lives deserve my sympathy, and I want to help them find liberation and start anew in their next life. As for Zhao Chen..."
Pei Yun paused here, "Zhao Chen's hands are stained with blood. As a ruler, he has no regard for the people; all he has is ambition, desire, the power he wants to control, and endless life. The vengeful spirits in the first two trials were forced into becoming vengeful spirits, but Zhao Chen became a vengeful spirit because his inner desires were not satisfied, and he could not find release. Perhaps this is human nature. When you taste the power, you will find its allure. I once fell into the illusion of power while searching for a spiritual herb, and thinking about it now still makes me a little scared. This incident also made me realize that the Resurrection Tree is a celestial tree. Even if I can really break through this 'Trial Gate,' I cannot monopolize it. The temple will not agree..."
The spirit was somewhat taken aback by her words. He gently stroked the Resurrection Tree before him and murmured, "I thought you could give the Resurrection Tree a new lease on life, but I never expected..."
"Reborn? What do you mean by that, senior? Wasn't the Resurrection Tree left at the Gate of the Dead because it made a pact with Ancestor Qin Meng?"
The spirit glanced at Pei Yun's puzzled face and said, "What do you think has kept those vengeful spirits in the Gate of the Dead from being consumed? What do you think has kept you unharmed even if you die? It's all thanks to the immortal power of the Resurrection Tree. But as time goes on, the Resurrection Tree is bearing too much resentment and is starting to feel the strain. I hope more people like you will appear to lighten the burden on the Resurrection Tree..."
"Then why not reach an agreement with the temple to allow more people to enter, instead of having to wait for specific times to enter..."
Upon hearing this, a rare hint of sarcasm appeared on the spirit's expressionless face: "...Because opening the Gate of the Dead requires the Soul Returning Tree to consume a large amount of immortal power. As a result, instead of the original Soul Returning Tree being able to produce one Immortal Soul Crystal every hundred years, with the immortal power being consumed, the Soul Returning Tree may need to produce one Immortal Soul Crystal every several hundred years. Naturally, the higher-ups of the temple are not happy about this..."
As she spoke, the spirit gently stroked the trunk of the Resurrection Tree once more. The branches of the Resurrection Tree swayed slightly, and a fist-sized, amethyst-like immortal soul crystal slowly floated down from above and landed in the spirit's hand.
"Although you failed to break through the third 'Trial Gate', you successfully broke through two difficult-level 'gates' before, making them disappear. This Immortal Soul Crystal is my reward for you."
"Thank you, senior." Pei Yun happily accepted the Immortal Soul Crystal, and a rich immortal power, along with the aura of time and space, surged into her body.
Pei Yun quickly put the Immortal Soul Crystal into the jade box, and then put the jade box into his spatial storage before he felt relieved.
The spirit, seemingly unintentionally, reminded them: "This is the core space of the Gate of the Dead; those outside cannot see what's happening here."
Pei Yun understood the other party's implication. This meant that the outside world did not know that she had obtained the Immortal Soul Crystal. The Immortal Soul Crystal was a semi-immortal level treasure, which was perfect. If others knew that she had it, it might bring about her death.
"And there's the key necklace I gave you. With this golden key, you don't need to wait for the door to open before entering. Just inject spiritual energy into it, and you'll be teleported here directly. I hope you can dissolve these 'doors' as much as possible to lighten the burden on the Resurrection Tree..."
Pei Yun solemnly bowed to the artifact spirit and the Tree of Resurrection, promising, "This junior promises to senior that when the opportunity arises in the future, this junior will definitely return here again and do his best to dissolve these 'Gates of the Dead'..."
The spirit nodded slightly, a barely perceptible smile appearing on its lips: "Let's go. I'll teleport you out. Everyone else who came in has been teleported out. Those old guys are probably worried that the Soul Return Tree has recognized you as its master..."
……
The spirit was right. When the temple master and elders outside saw Pei Yun fail the mission at the third "gate", many of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief. But strangely, Pei Yun was not immediately teleported out, and her figure disappeared from the screen. Many people were worried that the spirit would really make the Soul Return Tree recognize her as its master.
So when Pei Yun appeared in the square, almost everyone's eyes were drawn to her at the same time, and she became the center of attention.
Faced with so many probing gazes and the invisible pressure emanating from them, Pei Yun was momentarily overwhelmed. He felt as if a heavy stone was pressing on his chest, his breathing became unsteady, and his soul seemed to be being watched closely, causing it to stagnate slightly.
She activated the Chaos Pearl within her body and used the Four Refinements of Divine Soul to protect her soul, only then did she feel her mind become much clearer.
"Palace Master." Pei Yun walked up to Lu Anxu and bowed. After speaking, she wanted to return to her own group. She had already seen Fu Lingchen and the other three standing in the crowd of participants, greeting her with cheerful expressions.
Lu Anxu stopped her, knowing that the high-ranking officials of the temple needed a clear answer, and that even if he didn't ask, the temple master Qi of the Dao Temple would.
"Pei Yun, you failed the final third test. Did the artifact spirit say anything to you?"
“Reporting to the Palace Master, after failing the third trial, I was teleported to the core space of the Gate of the Dead. The spirit of the artifact said that I failed the third ‘gate’ mission and he will not acknowledge me as his master, but…” Pei Yun paused here, which made some people present who had just relaxed start to worry again.
Pei Yun took out the key necklace she was wearing around her neck. "The spirit of the artifact hopes that I will have the opportunity to enter it again in the future to resolve those 'doors'. With this key, even if the door is not opened, I can be directly teleported inside..."
Pei Yun originally intended to conceal it, but then she thought that since the "Gate of the Dead" was usually kept in the treasure vault of the Dao God Temple, even if she could be teleported directly in, there would probably still be strange phenomena that would alert the people in the temple. It would be better to tell the truth now.