Apart from the Soul-Capturing Bags they had just tossed into the room, Wu Jinliang had originally wanted to take the male corpse along as well, but Shi Chun had stopped him.
Only then did he remember that Shi Chun had deliberately stripped the male corpse naked, removing all traces of Nether Realm attire. He must have had some purpose in leaving it behind.
When the two landed again, they were already in the underground cave in the Nether Realm. Shi Chun released his control over the mass of golden threads, and the Two-Realm Passage immediately dispersed.
Only now did Wu Jinliang have time to ask, "Why did you leave that male corpse behind?"
Shi Chun pointed upward, signaling that they should talk as they left, and replied, "Only by using the Death-Defying Incense to revive the corpse can we prove that the seizure of the souls in the Royal Court's hands had nothing to do with us, because we're still trapped on Gathering Grotto Continent. Remember, we've been trapped on Gathering Grotto Continent all along. We never sent any Soul-Capturing Bags to Shen Moming or Young Master Nan."
Wu Jinliang looked baffled. Unable to untangle it all at once, he asked, "What do you mean?"
"Never mind what I mean," Shi Chun said. "Get us out first. We still have to hurry to another location and test the route through the bag sent to Shen Moming."
Wu Jinliang immediately took out the Ice Sheep and inhaled deeply twice before using the Earth-Diving Technique to push upward toward the surface. He was still sighing as he went. "If Shen Moming's route and those bags we just tossed down all fail to get us out of the Royal Court Grounds, and we can't return to Gathering Grotto Continent to prove we're still