Chapter 35 — Looted (1/2)

If the people who’d spilled their blood, sweat, and tears to acquire those items were to learn that Yun Wu had deemed said items worthy of serving as mere padding for her space dimension, how many of those people would die from anger?

When Long San saw her start to casually throw things into her dimension, a thoughtful smile flickered across his eyes. Perhaps in this entire world, only this woman would be so audacious.

“There’s nothing good here. Let’s go to the fifth floor.” Yun Wu said before giving a slight nod and turning around to head for the staircase that led to the fifth floor.

She assumed that the fifth floor would be filled with the most precious, top-grade treasures… but when she got there, she saw that she couldn’t have been more wrong. The entire floor was empty, save for a black box that was sitting atop a high platform.

There was only a box? It must contain an extraordinary treasure then!

Unable to hold back her curiosity, she immediately stepped toward to seize the box. However, before she could touch it, a larger hand grabbed her and pulled her back a few steps.

“Friend, let me do it, let me do it. I love stealing treasures.”

She furrowed her brows as she watched Long San stride past her. The man used his body to block her view of the platform, and then he reached out to open the box.

Hiss…

The moment he came into contact with it, a tiny and poisonous crimson-red snake darted out from nowhere and bit him on the back of his hand… but strangely enough, the poison didn’t affect him. It was the snake that ended up dying.

Long San turned his hand over and hid the dead snake by sliding it down his sleeve. A faint white glow enveloped his hand before the bite mark on it disappeared without a trace. By the time Yun Wu reached his side, Long San had already resumed his previous “sidekick” image and fawningly delivered the box to her.

“Friend, here. Quick, open it and see what’s inside.”

Yun Wu narrowed her eyes. She grabbed his hand and ran her scrutinizing gaze over it a few times.

Smooth and without injury.

A deep crease formed between her brows.

“Friend, why are you looking at my hand? I just wanted you to see what kind of treasure is inside,” Long San asked, seemingly nervous.

The expression in Yun Wu’s eyes darkened with doubt. “I clearly just heard the sound of a snake attacking, how come…”

“What… snake? Where? Where? Snakes are so scary!” Long San cried out. Swiftly, he launched himself at her and clung onto her body.

And with that, all of her doubt was abruptly replaced by anger.

“Stand up properly! If you dare casually hug me again, watch me slice you into mincemeat,” Yun Wu snarled. She hated when people touched her. As she peeled the “timid-as-a-mouse” Long San off of her body, she could barely refrain from kicking him away.

Perhaps her warning had really scared him because despite his shaking legs, he obediently settled down. Another irritated glare was sent his way before she finally opened the box. Immediately upon seeing its contents, her lips started to twitch. Aggressively.

A red bean?

She’d thought that even if it wasn’t some rare treasure, it’d at least be something like a special item or a pill! However, what laid before her eyes was a tiny red bean. Moreover, it was an old and shriveled up bean. She picked it up and turned it left and then right, but no matter how she looked, it was still just a red bean.

Having all of her anticipation deflated like that made her feel a bit upset. She furrowed her brows and cursed, “Is everyone in the imperial family retarded or something? How is this little dried up bean a treasure?”

She hadn’t noticed the look of shock that appeared in Long San’s eyes when he first caught sight of the bean.

“That… isn’t a red bean, it’s a seed. Don’t throw it away, go back and plant it into the dirt.”

Yun Wu turned her head and squinted, “Seed? How do you know?”

“My, my homeland has this kind of seed. It will blossom into a beautiful flower. Really, I’m not lying.”

Blossom into a beautiful flower?

After one more glance at the red bean, she thought for a moment and then tossed it into her space dimension. She actually didn’t like flowers that much, but if she could one day live a life of leisure, then she wouldn’t mind taking the seed out to help her nurture her own temperament.

There was nothing else in the room.

“Let’s go collect some interest.”

Since the Flower of a Thousand Lives was still nowhere to be found, it was probably already taken out of the treasury beforehand. If that was the case, then the only thing they could do was return to the Imperial Beast Forest and act accordingly.

By the time they reached the third floor, Long San had already understood what she meant by “interest.”

Anywhere she went would be swept bare, and soon, the third floor was left with only empty shelves. This level of cruelty made even him raise his eyebrows.

By the time they reached the second floor, Long San, who was standing behind her, was wearing a funny smile on his face. His eyes were dyed with its usual devilish glow as he murmured to himself, “What a cute little pipsqueak!”