Luxury

Zuo Yi left the pet store that morning with barely anything left in his savings.

By the time he returned to Linjiang Old Residence that afternoon, not only had his account balance been wiped out, but he had also maxed out quite a bit of his credit card limit.

Money really did flow away like water!

Besides buying Taike a doghouse and a Space Capsule Backpack, Zuo Yi took Bao'er on a major supermarket shopping trip. Steaks and beef alone cost him two or three thousand, and he also bought over a hundred pounds of beef bones for Taike to snack on.

He bought Bao'er plenty of snacks, nutritional milk powder, and more. Then he got a motorcycle child safety seat for his Harley. Since it was a specialized imported model, that cost him another thousand-plus.

Still, the money was well spent. With it, Zuo Yi could legally and properly take Bao'er around the city. They would no longer need to take buses or taxis into town, making daily travel much more convenient.

In fact, even without the safety seat, Zuo Yi was fully capable of keeping Bao'er safe.

For example, if he rode his Harley head-on into a heavy tank at high speed, the one wrecked would definitely be the latter.

But order was Zuo Yi's most important belief.

Obeying the laws and regulations of the Main World was itself an expression of upholding order!

It was just that, very often, strictly upholding order came at a very, very high cost.

So poor~

Sitting in a recliner beneath the eaves, Zuo Yi watched Bao'er frolicking with Taike in the courtyard, his brows furrowed with worry.

That morning, he had used materials worth 300 million to make Bao'er a wooden sword. Now, he was worrying about money.

As the saying went, if you only spent and never earned, even a mountain of gold would run dry. Raising a daughter was not cheap these days, and with an additional foodie magical pet to feed, Zuo Yi felt that he really needed to find another way to make money.

His credit limit was high enough that overdrawing by two or three hundred thousand was not a problem for now, but money borrowed from the bank still had to be repaid. Finding ways to earn more was the proper path.

And it had to be honest money, clean and aboveboard!

Zuo Yi rubbed his chin and sank into thought.

"Daddy!"

Bao'er ran over excitedly and threw herself into his arms, panting for breath.

Zuo Yi wiped away her sweat and smiled. "Stop playing. You're all sweaty. Go take a bath later."

"Mm."

Bao'er lifted her flushed little face and nodded.

Zuo Yi chuckled. "You must be hungry, right? Daddy will cook for you now."

Woof!

Taike chased after her and rubbed hard against Bao'er's leg, wanting her to keep playing with him.

Zuo Yi shot him a glare, and he could only tuck his tail and slink miserably back into his doghouse.

Zuo Yi went into the kitchen, lit the stove, and started preparing dinner.

That afternoon, he had also bought a cookbook of home-style dishes at the supermarket. He planned to improve his cooking skills so Bao'er could eat healthy, delicious food every day from now on.

After a busy spell, Zuo Yi ended up making three dishes and a soup for dinner: braised beef, steamed perch, blanched choy sum, and tomato egg soup.

Other than the tomato egg soup, the other three dishes had all been made according to the cookbook.

Though it was his first attempt, they turned out fairly well. At the very least, they were edible.

That made Zuo Yi rather proud and gave him quite a sense of accomplishment.

"Sweetheart..."

He set the dishes on the dining table and called upstairs, "Come down and eat!"

"Coming!"

Bao'er came running down with a thump-thump-thump, followed closely by Foodie Tai.

Although Zuo Yi was not particularly fond of this fellow, he had prepared food for him too: two pounds of beef, two steaks, and two large beef bones, all seared directly with Battle Aura flames before being seasoned.

Taike still ate with great delight.

Zuo Yi and Bao'er polished off all three dishes and the soup.

Of course, Zuo Yi ate most of it.

Zuo Yi had worried that the food he made as a beginner would not suit Bao'er's taste, but she ate with great relish and was not picky at all. It made this newly minted dad feel absolutely wonderful.

After dinner, Agu cleaned up as usual. Bao'er ran to the living room to watch television, while Zuo Yi brewed a pot of black tea and watched Tom and Jerry with her.

As for Taike, he lay beside the sofa, hugging a beef bone and gnawing on it without pause.

One thing was certain: he would gnaw that bone down until not even scraps remained. He might still be a pup, but his teeth were absurdly strong!

After watching Tom and Jerry, Zuo Yi took Bao'er upstairs to bathe and sleep.

By the time Bao'er went to bed, it was already past eight in the evening. Zuo Yi sat at her bedside, coaxing her to sleep.

Only after she had drifted into dreamland did Zuo Yi quietly leave the room.

Before leaving, he grabbed Taike, who had been playing dead in the corner, and hauled him away.

Carrying Taike, Zuo Yi entered the study connected to the master bedroom.

He tossed the fellow down, switched on the desk lamp, and sat at the desk.

Taike, having no idea what was happening, trembled violently.

He wanted to run, but he did not dare move recklessly. Bao'er was not around—his greatest backer was gone!

Yet after tossing him aside, Zuo Yi ignored him.

He took several materials and tools out of his Spatial Ring.

Zuo Yi planned to make Taike a collar and leash so Bao'er could take him out for walks in the future.

He had not bought ready-made ones at the pet store because ordinary items could not restrain this fellow at all.

Zuo Yi first cut out a piece of dragon hide.

The dragon hide was silvery white, thick and tough in texture. A faint glow rippled across its surface, and it gave off an icy chill.

The items stored in Zuo Yi's Spatial Ring were precious things he had accumulated over decades through hundreds of planar wars and adventures. Nearly all the materials were top-grade.

This piece of dragon hide was no exception. It came from a silver dragon nicknamed Frost Silverwing.

Zuo Yi had slain that giant dragon in a Frozen Plane and harvested a great deal of material from its body. He had used up much of it over the years, but some still remained.

He folded the dragon hide into a long strip and secured it with rivets forged from Scarlet Essence Copper, quickly finishing a leather collar.

Though the collar looked simple, its value and function were beyond imagination. Dragon hide could resist both physical and magical attacks, and it possessed extraordinary elasticity.

Frost Silverwing had been famous throughout the Frozen Plane. It loved taking human form and causing trouble in the human world. Its hide could stretch and contract freely, extending dozens or even hundreds of times its original length with ease.

Furthermore, the Frost power contained in the dragon hide could effectively suppress the restless bloodline power in Taike's body, preventing him from accidentally causing unnecessary trouble.

Zuo Yi reached out, grabbed Taike, and slipped the dragon-hide collar around his neck to test it. The size was perfect.

Taike had no ability to resist in Zuo Yi's grasp. Although he hated having this thing around his neck, he could only obediently endure it.

After finishing the collar, Zuo Yi took a bundle of dragon sinew and cut off a section over a meter long to use as a leash.

The dragon sinew also came from Frost Silverwing, harvested from the silver dragon's wings. It was therefore also called Dragon Wing Sinew. Compared to the main sinews in the dragon's body, it was much thinner, but no less tough.

Even using the indestructible Falling Star Dagger, Zuo Yi had to infuse it with Battle Aura to cut it.

Dragon Wing Sinew was even more elastic than dragon hide, and far tougher than Dragonblood Vine Tendril. Even in Sadea World, there could not be a more luxurious dog leash than this.

Zuo Yi secured one end of the Dragon Wing Sinew to a dragon toe bone. The roughly three-inch-long dragon toe bone made a perfect handle, and it was very beautiful as well.

Next, Zuo Yi took out two pieces of Falling Star Core Iron.

Falling Star Core Iron came from the core of stellar meteorites and was one of the finest materials for forging Law Weapons and crafting Rune Weapons.

This type of Meteoric Iron was scarce and exceedingly expensive.

Zuo Yi placed a small piece of Falling Star Core Iron in his right palm.

The next moment, the Meteoric Iron silently rose into the air and hovered about half a foot above his hand.

An incomparably scorching flame suddenly surged from Zuo Yi's palm, rising to envelop the Meteoric Iron. The bright blaze instantly illuminated his face and the entire study.

This was the supreme Blaze Zuo Yi had ignited with his own Battle Aura!

Under the searing heat of the Battle Aura Blaze, the Falling Star Core Iron rapidly melted into a glowing red sphere of liquid.

Under his control, the molten Meteoric Iron kept twisting and changing, gradually taking the shape of two delicate, linked leash hooks.

Just then, a sudden warning flared in Zuo Yi's heart!

The Gargoyle guarding the courtyard sent him a telepathic message.

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