A faint, teeth-grating creak sounded, and the carriage's wooden door slowly opened.
Immediately afterward, a rich herbal fragrance wafted out of the carriage. Facing the wooden door, Ren Ye peered inside with wide bovine eyes, only to discover that the enormous compartment was empty. All that remained on the floor was some dried-out soil and the withered stems and leaves of medicinal herbs.
There's nothing in here?! Judging by how cracked those clods of earth on the floor are... this carriage must not have been used for a long time. Has it just been sitting here? Ren Ye muttered inwardly, then tiptoed over to inspect the other carriages parked alongside it.
He spent roughly seven minutes checking the compartments of the dozen or so carriages parked outside the stable, only to discover... that just two of them held large quantities of goods.
Those two compartments were packed with finely crafted medicine mortars, pestles, medicinal-powder sieves, smelting firestones, Alchemical Furnaces, and more. In short, everything piled inside was related to refining medicine and pills, and it was all brand-new, like mass-produced merchandise. Every item of the same type looked identical, and all were wrapped in shockproof, moisture-resistant yellow paper.
These things are probably all accounted for, right? Ren Ye studied the goods in the compartment. After a brief internal struggle, he made his decision. Motherfucker... those natural treasures are bound to be accounted for too! Since I've already decided to steal, I need to adopt the attitude of "if you can carry it, don't leave it." Being scared of everything will never get anything big done...!
"Heh, time for an extra helping."
The Little Bad King certainly had a knack for thinking on his feet. Originally, he had only intended to steal some natural treasures and leave, but he had never