Chapter 7

"Master, I'm right here." Xiaodie stood on a withered log not far away, waving to Ding Hao.

"Where were you just now?" Ding Hao walked over quickly, looking around but not finding anything new.

"Of course, I was helping you look for things. Master, this time you're going to get rich!" Xiaodie shouted excitedly.

"Really? What did you find?"

"An egg."

"An egg? How is that going to make me rich?"

"Master, you're so silly. Among all the creatures of the精灵族, only the highest-level Green Dragons and Golden Dragons are oviparous. The egg guarded by the centaur leader, what do you think this egg is?"

"A dragon egg?"

"Exactly! Congratulations, Master, you can have a pet now!"

"Is it that simple?" The old man didn't explain it clearly before he left. I didn't expect to get a pet so quickly?

"What Master needs to do now is to drop a drop of blood on the egg. Once the blood is absorbed, use your body temperature to hatch it!"

"How long will it take to hatch?"

"A few minutes, depending on the level of the creature inside."

"Will it attack me as soon as it comes out?"

"Even the highest-level creatures are very weak when they are born. Besides, after Master drops blood, it will only recognize you, not its parents!"

"Wow, really?" Ding Hao felt that the effort of the past two days was worth it when he heard that he could hatch the dragon as a pet.

"Moreover, when Master leaves the space to do things, it can help you farm monsters and earn money within a certain range!"

"Wow!" Ding Hao couldn't wait to take the dragon egg from the withered log. It was about the size of a soccer ball, different from ordinary eggs in that it was almost transparent, allowing you to see inside. To prevent accidents, Ding Hao carried the egg out of the forest to an open area without monsters.

Then he squatted down, cut his index finger with a battle axe, and dripped a few drops of blood on the dragon egg. He then held the dragon egg in his arms. One minute, five minutes... ten minutes... half an hour passed, and the dragon egg showed no signs of movement. Ding Hao was getting impatient and kept looking at Xiaodie, who looked very confident, so he had to continue waiting.

An hour passed, and finally, the egg started to react. Something began pecking at the shell. A minute later, a baby dragon finally appeared in front of Ding Hao.

The little guy rolled on the ground after emerging from the egg, then struggled to stand up, shaking its head and looking at Ding Hao. After a few glances, it suddenly burrowed into Ding Hao's arms.

"This..."

"Congratulations, Master, this is a Golden Baby Dragon."

"Golden Baby Dragon?" Ding Hao quickly picked up the little guy and examined it closely:

Golden Baby Dragon (Growth Type) Level 0, HP 1000, Attack 50, Defense 50... It's a tank. Ding Hao's first thought was that this little guy was so small, how could it have 1000 HP? This way, even if he fought monsters above his level, he wouldn't be killed instantly.

"Master, this little guy is so cute, take it to level up. Every 30 levels, it can reincarnate once. At the 7th reincarnation, it will become a Golden Dragon, one of the few high-level creatures in this space."

"... I call it 'little guy' because it's really small, Xiaodie..."

"Master is bullying me, I'm older than it..."

"Ah, let's go, Huang Rongwu."

"Huang Rongwu?" Xiaodie was stunned.

"Yes, I named it. A warrior born for glory, doesn't that sound good!" Since the baby dragon was at level 0, Ding Hao had to take it back to farm the big-eared monsters.

Huang Rongwu, after hatching from the egg, relied on Ding Hao. Although it couldn't speak, it understood everything Ding Hao said. At Ding Hao's command, it wobbled and followed behind him.

"Xiao Huang, go beat them up!" Although Ding Hao named the Golden Baby Dragon after his teacher, Xiaodie still called it Xiao Huang because of its golden color.

The baby dragon gave Xiaodie an unhappy look, then looked at Ding Hao, as if blaming Xiaodie for overstepping. Only after Ding Hao's approval did the Golden Baby Dragon charge at the big-eared monsters.

Although the baby dragon could only deal a few points of damage to the big-eared monsters each time, as long as Ding Hao followed up with a hit, the monster would die. After the first big-eared monster fell, the baby dragon seemed even more excited than Ding Hao, turning back to chirp at him.

Soon, the baby dragon leveled up under Ding Hao's guidance. Ding Hao quickly checked the baby dragon's stats:

Golden Baby Dragon (Growth Type) Level 1, HP 1500, Attack 80, Defense 80... Unfair, so unfair. I, the most combat-capable person on Earth, only gained 50 points in all combat stats after leveling up, but this little guy gained 30 points in each combat stat?

But then he thought about it, it made sense. Pets can't wear equipment, and although he had no equipment now, in the future, he would have bronze, even gold, and platinum equipment, which would provide significant stat boosts. Besides, it's a Golden Baby Dragon, the highest-level creature of the精灵族. If it were the same level as the big-eared monsters, it would be too embarrassing.

Of course, this is his pet, the stronger the better. Not only that, but the baby dragon, which was about the size of a rooster when it hatched, grew to the size of a goose after leveling up.

According to Xiaodie, it would be his laborer in the future, responsible for farming money when he wasn't in the space. Ding Hao then took the Golden Baby Dragon to farm centaurs. The baby dragon quickly reached level 2, and its stats skyrocketed again.

HP 2000, Attack 110, Defense 110... Seeing the baby dragon could now handle centaurs on its own, Ding Hao decided to pack up and go back. He had been farming monsters for two days, and the centaur leaders were much more generous than the big-eared monsters. In two days, he earned 24,000 copper coins, which he exchanged for 20 gold coins and left the magical space.

This time, Ding Hao went to a different bank and directly quoted 1,500 to get 30,000 cash. When he got the cash, he felt that his efforts were not in vain. At least farming monsters in the magical space was faster than working on a construction site. Moreover, the Golden Baby Dragon would continuously farm money for him in the magical space...

Thinking about it, Ding Hao felt happy. The problem of earning money was finally solved. Tutoring fees, material fees, and tuition were no longer a concern. Now that he had money, he decided to buy a phone. In class, the students from wealthy families always sent messages and played WeChat... Even Su Jin always read web novels on her old phone.

Yungang was a small county with few phone stores. Ding Hao was afraid of buying a fake, so he went directly to the mobile service hall.

"Sir, we are having a promotion. Buy a phone, get free minutes... The iPhone 5S is only 5288, the more you spend each month, the more free minutes you get. No need to change your number, and you can upgrade to 4G directly..."

"Can you give me a discount?" The salesgirl's enthusiastic pitch made Ding Hao a bit interested. It was also because he was too poor before and had never owned a phone, but he had some knowledge about the iPhone 5S. Although many students had phones, few had the 5S, and those who did came from wealthy families.

Should I buy one to show off? Ding Hao thought about the Golden Baby Dragon still farming money for him in the magical space and made up his mind. Right, Xiaolin's phone was broken by Yu Feng. Yu Feng was probably thinking about how to get back at him and wouldn't buy a phone for Xiaolin...

"Can I borrow your phone to make a call?"

"Sure." Seeing Ding Hao interested in the product she recommended, she immediately took out her phone and handed it to him.

"Hey, Xiaolin, wasn't your phone broken by Yu Feng? I'm picking out a phone now. Come to the mobile service hall on Leyang Road."

The county was small, and Xiaolin soon arrived on her bicycle. Seeing a young woman in her twenties patiently introducing the iPhone to Ding Hao, Xiaolin frowned, thinking, "This guy, doesn't he know an iPhone costs over 5,000?"

What surprised Xiaolin even more was that when Ding Hao saw her, he said to the salesgirl, "Give me two, I want the gold one. Xiaolin, what color do you want?"

"Ding Hao, are you crazy?" In Xiaolin's view, Ding Hao must be crazy. One costs over 5,000, two would be over 10,000. Her family couldn't afford it, so she quickly pulled Ding Hao aside.

"Ha ha, I'm not crazy, I'm fine. Look, I have money in my pocket."

"Even if you have money, you can't spend it like this. Don't you need money for school? For university in the future? You can't just get some money from helping an old lady and spend it all, then ask for more when you run out."

"How could I do that? Am I that kind of person?"

"Then why are you spending so much? Why buy this? Look at the people on the street, even those with jobs or civil servants, how many use this? Ding Hao, you weren't like this before. If you want to buy one for yourself, go ahead, but I don't want one. My family can't afford it."

"I'm offering to buy it for you. Uncle and Aunt have helped me a lot, and you've helped me with my studies. That day, your phone was broken because of me."

"I don't want it even if you pay. If you really want to, buy me a cheap one, like 200 or 300. I heard that cheap smartphones are only 200 or 300 now..."

"Ha ha, actually, I have a way to earn money now..." Ding Hao felt that the Xiaolin in front of him was so down-to-earth, the Xiaolin he knew. Although girls love beauty and may have a bit of vanity, Xiaolin stood firm and wasn't swayed by material temptations, which was truly rare.

But for the current Ding Hao, 5,000 yuan was nothing. The Golden Baby Dragon could earn him at least 10,000 yuan a night farming centaurs. However, the most important thing now was to get Xiaolin to accept it.

"What way to earn money? You're not...?" Xiaolin covered her mouth, looking at Ding Hao with an exaggerated expression. She occasionally glanced at his gradually firm chest muscles.

"Can you be more pure? I'll tell you the details later. But rest assured, I can earn at least this much every day." Ding Hao held up five fingers in front of Xiaolin.

"Five hundred?"

"Add a zero."

"What can you do to earn so much money every day?"

"Anyway, it's not illegal, not a crime, not against morality, and not charity. So you can rest assured..."