Lighting Lanterns in the Mountains and Seas

Chapter 589: Since We've Already Left Evidence


The room is not only large but also spacious and particularly luxurious.

There is an ice-blue long table that looks very high-end, seemingly a place for handling business, yet there is also a luxurious couch, making it seem like a place for rest.

There is also a full-length floor mirror that can reflect the entire body, a dressing table, and a robe hanging in the shape of a large 'T' on a coat rack, embroidered with blooming flowers and a phoenix, with extremely fine workmanship, possessing an indescribable nobility.

It's a woman's clothing, given the feeling in this room, it's unclear if this is a woman's room, but there is a faint pleasant fragrance.

The bead curtain and gauze curtain hanging at the door are evidently made from extraordinary materials.

A glance around the entire room, even without a discerning eye, one can see there's nothing ordinary here. The entire place exudes an extremely high-class sense of noble luxury and truly belongs to a wealthy family.

This aligns with Young Master Nan's family background, being wealthy.

Could this be Young Master Nan's home?

It seems wrong again; Young Master Nan's Wuyu Inn occupies only so much space. Based on previous experiences of entering and exiting the two-world portal, the exit should still be some distance from the target location, noted from the extension speed of the golden thread and the time spent at the exit.

Wuyu Inn can't have such a vast area.

Whose home in the vicinity of Wuyu Inn has it landed in?

This is entirely possible, but just happened to appear in someone's room; it seems rather coincidental.

Using his Right Eye superpower, he extended his vision to examine the surroundings, and with one scan, felt his heart pounding, discovering scattered people around.

He lost interest in further scrutinizing the interior environment, clenched the golden thread tightly, and approached the front window, finding the seam of the window closed so tightly that no outside scenery was visible. He gently poked open a slit in the window and peeked outside.

With this poke, he realized the window was unusual, feeling no resistance when pushing it open, and even exerting a little force didn't produce the typical creaking sound of other windows.

His Right Eye couldn't see the specific reality outside, so he switched to his Left Eye for a look and was shocked to pull his head back.

He even doubted whether he saw correctly, peering out again, only to see sprawling grand buildings and palaces, his room seemingly positioned at a high point, and the scattered personnel were clad in Heavenly Court armor, evidently guards.

The items had been sent to East Victory Royal City, so this couldn't be the Heavenly Court. Could the exit have landed in the Royal Court's core?

If that's really the case, this joke is too big.

Isn't it supposed to be far? The Royal Court core is distant from Young Master Nan's residence, according to previous exit experiences. The Death Refusing Incense's golden thread shouldn't stretch such a long distance, right?

Could it be that the item in Young Master Nan's possession ended up in the Royal Court's hands?

"Chun Tian, Chun Tian..." From the other side of the two-world passage, Wu Jinliang's voice vaguely came through.

Shi Chun immediately suppressed his voice to respond, "Quiet."

Not daring to speak loudly, given the eerie location.

Wu Jinliang couldn't hear at all, worried about trouble. Then, in a flash, he shot out and almost hit the wall, hurriedly pressed his hand to steady himself before landing.

Shi Chun turned to look at him.

Wu Jinliang was astonished, scanning around, asking, "Where is this?"

"Shh!" Shi Chun hastily gestured at him to be quiet with a finger near his lips.

Wu Jinliang immediately tiptoed to another window, gently poked open a slit and peeked outside. Upon looking, his face drastically changed, swiftly turned to the wall, squatted on the ground, his eyes darting, whispering, "Chun Tian, that scale outside... aren't we in the Royal Court center?"

Shi Chun lightly pulled back the window, "Ten to one, yes."

Wu Jinliang asked disbelief mixed with anxiety, "Did the item in Young Master Nan's possession end up in the Royal Court's hands?"

Shi Chun glanced at the entrance of the two-world portal, "What I'm worried about now is the item sent to Shen Moming. If the one in Young Master Nan's possession got misplaced, can Shen Moming hold onto his?"

Wu Jinliang's face drastically changed, instantly understanding his meaning. Now, even if they retreat to the Netherworld and find a way to communicate with Shen Moming through the Death Refusing Incense, they might end up in the Royal Court center again.

The key issue now is that being at the Royal Court center, there's no way to break out and escape.

He immediately took out the Mother-child Talisman and said, "I'll contact Shen Moming's team to ask."

Shi Chun stopped him, "If the item ended up in the Royal Court's hands, can you guarantee they aren't under Royal Court's control?"

Wu Jinliang was dumbfounded, "Then what to do? We can't just sit and wait here; judging by the time, the soul might be captured anytime now, right?"

Shi Chun pursed his lips tightly, decisively said, "After returning to the Netherworld, let's relocate and see."

Wu Jinliang pursued, "What if we still end up in the Royal Court? It's better now, at least in the room. If we appear in public view next time, caught in the act, it will be disastrous."

Shi Chun said, "That's not the worst, if they only got one item, they won't easily open the Soul Capturing Bag. If they got two, it's hard to say if they will open one to check."

"..." Wu Jinliang was stunned again. If that's the case, it means that once you enter the Netherworld, you may never be able to escape. He immediately complained, "Shi Chun, you're such a smart person, how could you not leave an extra escape route near Juku State? If it doesn't work, we can slip back to Juku State."

Shi Chun: "I'm talking about the worst case scenario. The possibility of the other party opening it uncontrollably is very low."

Wu Jinliang, both crying and laughing, said: "Is this something you can gamble on easily?"

"So let's just try it." Shi Chun said, and directly threw out a corpse brought from the Netherworld. Seeing the Netherworld clothes on the body were too conspicuous, he promptly stripped it completely.

Recently, he's been doing this often, so Wu Jinliang understood immediately. He was a bit anxious and said, "You're going to test the Death Refusing Incense here?" He stood up and gently stomped the ground, "It's not easy to escape underground here. In the Royal Court, I don't have that kind of ability!"

Shi Chun: "Don't bother trying to escape; there's no time. Let's do it here. My Cultivation Technique can slightly control the spread of the incense smell. Once we leave, it doesn't matter if it spreads."

Wu Jinliang exclaimed, "Shi Chun, don't be stupid! Even if it's effective, it won't matter without souls captured outside!"

Shi Chun: "Stop nagging, I have a plan. Quickly!"

Well, based on past experiences, Wu Jinliang still believed he wouldn't be foolish at the critical moment. He immediately took some Death Refusing Incense and ignited it with a flame.

Shi Chun quickly cast a spell to guide the smoke towards the corpse from the Netherworld.

In his other hand, the golden thread trembled, showing signs of retreat. It made him feel uneasy, but he didn't interrupt Wu Jinliang...

The majestic palatial buildings of the Royal Court stretch far, and the connection between the left and right wings served as the residences of the Left Minister and the Right Minister.

At this time, inside the Right Minister's Mansion, in a tower with closed doors and windows, a grey-haired elder in plain clothes was pacing back and forth. He was the person who had previously taken the letter from Young Master Nan.

A few people were standing beside him, including a disheveled man in black clothing who was fiddling with two Soul Capturing Bags in mid-air, tossing them around in a way that was puzzling to others.

The man in black finally stopped and tied one of the bags shut, then reported to the pacing elder, "Reporting to the Right Saint, indeed, there are souls captured in the bag. However, it wasn't a person in life; it seemed like a dog."

"A dog?" The elder stopped and turned, looking a bit surprised.

He specifically sought someone versed in Netherworld cultivation to identify it, yet it turned out to be a dog.

He couldn't understand why a dog's soul would require such effort.

Just as he was about to ask if there was a mistake, given the vagueness of 'seemed,' his gaze suddenly fixed directly on the knotted Soul Capturing Bag.

Though not a Netherworld Cultivator, his cultivation had reached a level where he could detect certain abnormal changes nearby.

Suddenly, he noticed the Netherworld Cultivator's complexion change, swiftly grabbing the other Soul Capturing Bag, and casting it toward the void.

In his mind's eye, he saw the soul escaping from the Soul Capturing Bag. He quickly tried to catch and trap it again, but it was useless, as it still managed to emerge from the bag walls. He exclaimed urgently, "Right Saint, this is bad, the soul wants to escape, the Soul Capturing Bag can't control it."

The ability to escape from the Soul Capturing Bag meant it was definitely not an ordinary soul, aligning with the reason the item was secretly delivered in the first place. The elder immediately ordered, "Capture it at all costs!"

What could the Netherworld Cultivator do? He could only desperately wave the Soul Capturing Bag to chase, bursting through the window quickly in pursuit.

This action immediately alerted the guards of the Right Minister's Mansion, but the elder floated into the air and waved his hand, instantly dismissing all the guards.

Chasing and chasing, very quickly they tracked to the defensive boundary of the Royal Court. The Netherworld Cultivator dared not to trespass. Once the elder arrived, he reported urgently, "Right Saint, this soul is unusual. Regular souls wouldn't run so far; they'd already disappeared into the Nether by now. This soul isn't returning to the Netherworld; instead, it seems to be going somewhere."

No need for him to say; the elder also recognized it was no ordinary soul. Otherwise, why go through this trouble? He immediately asked, "Where did it go?"

"Over there." The Netherworld Cultivator pointed toward the elevated terrain of the Royal Court.

The elder promptly flashed to the Royal Court guards, personally negotiated with them, then signaled the Netherworld Cultivator to proceed, but this time followed by a team of Royal Court personnel...

Meanwhile, inside the room, Shi Chun had already seen the scenario he expected. The Netherworld corpse was now sprouting golden threads, confirming his judgment: Netherworld creatures could indeed be used to move between realms.

"It's done, let's go back to the Netherworld." Shi Chun called Wu Jinliang to halt and casually threw a few Soul Capturing Bags inside the lavish room.

Wu Jinliang glanced over after stopping, asking, "What does this mean? Why did you throw them away?"

Shi Chun replied, "They certainly can't open them all immediately. After we enter the Netherworld, first try if Shen Moming's side has uses. If not, quickly attempt to contact and open this side."

"Ah, since we've already left a heap of evidence that people have been here, then..." Wu Jinliang quickly turned his head, first jumping to the icy blue desk to touch it, murmuring "Good stuff, good stuff," and promptly stashed it in the Qiankun Bag.

He then moved to the treasure mirror, posing in front of it, twisted his body, and exclaimed, "This is a treasure mirror. Simply turning your body reveals your intention. Look, it can show your side view, facing it directly lets you see your back. Good stuff, good stuff."

Naturally, he stashed it away again.

He then jumped to the lavish garments to stroke them.

The golden thread under Shi Chun's control was trembling violently. He glared back, furious, "What are you dawdling for? The souls are captured, and they're here. Let's go!"

So Wu Jinliang didn't bother touching and admiring everything, ignoring all distinctions, and simply scooped up everything in the room that could be carried, then hurriedly followed Shi Chun into the passageway between realms.

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