In the dark and damp dungeon, Cheng Yu paid Marcus ninety gold coins. Marcus then told his men to open the iron door of the dungeon.
As soon as the iron door was opened, the wolf - race girl immediately showed a fierce look and lunged forward, as if ready to fight to the death.
However, the girl's limbs were bound by chains on the wall, and her range of movement was only two meters. She couldn't reach the door of the cell.
Orcs were born with a strong physical body, and their combat power was equivalent to that of two or three ordinary humans.
Seeing the girl's fierce appearance, Cheng Yu couldn't help but feel a little worried. "She's so fierce. Won't she bite me after I buy her?"
"Don't worry. The mage will perform a master - servant contract between you two. After the contract, she can't harm you, and you can do whatever you want with her."
Marcus still had a lewd smile on his face, deliberately emphasizing the words "do whatever you want."
"I'm buying her to be a waiter. Don't look at me with such a dirty look."
Being stared at by Marcus with that dirty look, Cheng Yu felt as if he had been dirtied.
At this time, a black - robed mage walked out from behind Marcus. Holding a staff, he muttered some incomprehensible magic incantations and cast a sleeping spell.
Under the influence of the sleeping spell, the fierce eyes of the Silver Wolf - race girl became calm, then gradually blurred, and finally she fell to the ground.
The black - robed mage took out a page of contract document and handed Cheng Yu a small knife at the same time.
"This is the contract document for the master - servant contract. Press your bloody fingerprint in the lower - right corner."
Looking at this contract document that resembled an indenture, Cheng Yu had a sense of déjà vu as if he was signing an employment contract with a heartless boss when he graduated from university.
However, this time, he was the heartless boss.
With a scratch of the small knife, blood flowed from his index finger.
Cheng Yu pressed his fingerprint in the lower - right corner of the contract document.
The black - robed mage took the contract document and walked up to the Silver Wolf - race girl. He cut the girl's finger with the small knife and pressed her fingerprint in the lower - left corner of the contract document.
Holding the contract document, the black - robed mage chanted magic incantations, and a mysterious red magic array appeared on the ground of the cell.
The contract document scattered into golden light and disappeared.
A triangular contract pattern appeared on the back of Cheng Yu's hand, and the same triangular contract pattern also appeared on the back of the Silver Wolf - race girl's hand.
Having become the master of the Silver Wolf - race girl, Cheng Yu had absolute control over her.
The contract magic consumed a lot of physical strength and magic power. The black - robed mage looked as tired as if he had been moving bricks for a whole day.
"The sleeping spell is effective on orcs for two hours. She will wake up after two hours."
Marcus waved his hand at one of his men behind him. The man walked up to the girl and untied the chains on her body.
"Brother Cheng Yu, this beautiful Silver Wolf - race girl is yours now."
Cheng Yu picked up the sleeping Silver Wolf - race girl.
Her body was soft and not very heavy. Maybe because she hadn't bathed for a long time, she was dirty and gave off a sour smell.
Having made a big deal, Marcus was in a good mood and sent a carriage to send Cheng Yu back to Bailu Town.
Back in Bailu Town.
Mina hadn't woken up yet. Cheng Yu put Mina on the bed, then sat by the window and opened the system panel.
A semi - transparent holographic panel appeared in front of Cheng Yu. The home page of the panel showed Cheng Yu's personal information.
Host: Cheng Yu
Cooking Skill Level: Max - level
Strength: 368
Defense: 368
Skills: None
Equipment: None
In the upper - right corner of the home page of the panel, the current positive emotional value of Cheng Yu was displayed: 5277.
This morning, the positive emotional value was 4966 points. That is to say, in just one morning, the positive emotional value had increased by 311 points.
Clicking on the mall icon, he entered the system mall interface, and many items appeared.
1 point of strength: 100 positive emotional values
1 point of defense: 100 positive emotional values
500 grams of scallions: 30 positive emotional values
A bottle of sesame oil: 20 positive emotional values
30 grams of pepper seeds: 50 positive emotional values
A large - sized steamer: 300 positive emotional values
Dishwashing liquid: 90 positive emotional values
Yeast: 20 positive emotional values
Plastic bags (100 pieces): 100 positive emotional values
Dragon - pattern Golden Knife: 5000 positive emotional values
...
In order to exchange for that Dragon - pattern Golden Knife, Cheng Yu had been saving positive emotional values. Today, he finally had 5000 positive emotional values.
"System, exchange a Dragon - pattern Golden Knife for me."
[The host consumes 5000 positive emotional values to exchange for a Dragon - pattern Golden Knife. The remaining positive emotional value is 277 points.]
A golden kitchen knife appeared in front of Cheng Yu. Picking it up, it felt heavy. There was a golden dragon pattern engraved on the blade of the kitchen knife.
There were many daily necessities in the system mall. Cheng Yu usually only exchanged for items that didn't exist on the Cersei Continent, such as monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, baking soda, etc.
Before, some people saw that Cheng Yu made a lot of money selling fried rice with eggs and also wanted to make money by selling it. But the fried rice with eggs they made couldn't compare with Cheng Yu's at all.
First, Cheng Yu had max - level cooking skills and had mastered the control of heat and the amount of seasonings to a perfect level.
Second, Cheng Yu added monosodium glutamate to his fried rice with eggs to enhance the umami flavor, and there was no monosodium glutamate on the Cersei Continent at all.
"Exchange the remaining 277 points for strength and defense." Cheng Yu said to the system again.
[The host's strength +1, defense +1]
The information on the attribute panel changed.
Host: Cheng Yu
Cooking Skill Level: Max - level
Strength: 369
Defense: 369
Skills: None
Equipment: Dragon - pattern Golden Knife
When the system was first awakened, the basic values of Cheng Yu's strength and defense were both 10 points.
That is to say, the strength and defense attributes of an ordinary person were around 10.
In half a year, apart from exchanging for daily necessities, Cheng Yu had exchanged all the remaining positive emotional values for strength and defense.
The other world was too dangerous. Increasing the strength and defense attributes a little bit made him feel more at ease.
At this time, there was a commotion from behind.
Cheng Yu turned his head and saw that Mina had woken up. She was sitting cross - legged on the bed, sleepy - eyed, with her snow - white animal ears drooping.
"You're awake." Cheng Yu asked with a smile.
Seeing Cheng Yu, Mina's anger instantly flared up. She jumped up from the bed and pounced on Cheng Yu like a hungry tiger, "Human, die!"
"Damn it!"
Cheng Yu's face changed.
Didn't that guy Marcus say I could do whatever I want?
Just as Cheng Yu was complaining about Marcus, the triangular contract mark on Mina's hand glowed with black light.
A piercing pain hit Mina. She fell from mid - air and landed on the floor with a thud. Her beautiful face twisted into a mask of pain.
Cheng Yu heaved a sigh of relief. This master - servant contract really worked.
With her long hair in disarray, Mina lay on the floor, her pretty face against the floor, looking sideways at Cheng Yu. "Damn human, what have you done to me?"
Cheng Yu raised the back of his hand to show the contract mark and grinned crookedly. "Cute little doggy, you're my slave now. Don't even think about rebelling or running away, or you'll be backlashed."
"Damn it... despicable human."
Mina stared at Cheng Yu intently, her eyes full of hostility.
Cheng Yu admitted that the method of the master - servant contract was indeed not honorable. But if he didn't buy Mina, some other wealthy merchant would.
In the hands of other wealthy merchants, Mina's fate might be even more tragic.
Before, an animal - loving person said that when the owner touches a dog's head, it will make the dog happy and strengthen the bond between the owner and the dog.
Wolves should be the same, right?
With a try - it - out mentality, Cheng Yu squatted down and reached out to touch Mina's head.
Hmm~
Mina bared her teeth and stared at Cheng Yu viciously. Before Cheng Yu could touch her head, she endured the pain and bit at Cheng Yu's hand.
Reacting quickly, Cheng Yu had been on guard and withdrew his hand to dodge Mina's attack.
"Damn it. Who the hell said that touching a dog's head can strengthen the bond between the owner and the dog?"
Missing her bite, Mina's upper and lower jaws collided violently. Her teeth ached so much that tears almost came out.
"Are you hungry? I'll make you some fried rice with eggs."
This was a mobile asset that cost ninety gold coins. He couldn't let her starve to death or become emaciated.
Mina turned her head away, looking stubborn. "I'm not hungry. Even if I starve to death, I'll never eat anything from humans."
Ignoring Mina, Cheng Yu got up and walked towards the kitchen.
A quarter of an hour later, a bowl of fragrant fried rice with eggs was placed in front of Mina.
"If you're hungry, have some."
Cheng Yu sat by the window, buried in a book.
Mina's food in the slave merchant's dungeon was very poor, and she had never had enough to eat. Looking at the fragrant fried rice with eggs in front of her, she swallowed hard.
However, reason told Mina that humans were an evil race, and she must never eat human food.
Cheng Yu was sitting by the window reading Encyclopedia of Animals and Plants on the Cersei Continent.
If he wanted to make delicious food, he had to know the tastes of various meats and plants on the Cersei Continent.