Shi Feiyang told everyone to clear the battlefield and gather all the people who had been abducted to Buddha Light Mountain, then assess them one by one.
There were men and women, the oldest in their twenties and the youngest in their teens. Some had been seized by the demonic monks for use in practicing their arts, some for their pleasure, and others to serve as menials. The final count came to more than two hundred.
Everyone worked together, treating the sick and injured with spiritual herbs and dispelling possession and evil influences with immortal arts. Then they asked each person's name and place of origin and escorted them home one by one.
The demonic palace held vast quantities of gold, silver, gems, and other valuables. Shi Feiyang had everyone gather them all together. Gems lay in heaps, and gold and silver rose in mountains. He told everyone to take whatever caught their fancy, but the Sword Immortals all maintained their reserve, disdaining such worldly possessions. Shi Feiyang therefore distributed generous amounts among the people being sent home.
The demonic monks had abducted these people from all over the world and brought them to the Wheel-Turning Temple. They had suffered many terrors along the way, and some had endured considerable torment. They had thought their lives were lost, only to find themselves suddenly rescued and given great bundles of gold, silver, and jewels besides. Knowing that immortals had slain the fiends, they were all grateful and bowed in thanks for the immortals' compassion.
Some who were educated and knowledgeable knelt and begged to be accepted, pleading to follow the immortals as attendant boys and girls and guard their mountain caves.
Shi Feiyang had no intention of accepting them. He asked Jiang Shu and Ling Hun, who were preparing to establish