Chapter 438: Chickens Birth Eggs, Eggs Birth Chickens, the Meat Never Runs Out

Li Xiang slowly moved closer; he found many chicken feathers, indicating a gigantic mountain‑chicken breed, yet he had never seen such a huge mountain chicken, apparently extinct since ancient times.

Red‑beaked mountain chicken.

"Junior sister, are you looking at these feathers?"

He recalled that they had read about the red‑beaked mountain chicken in books; legend says it lived in the Cretaceous era, later went extinct due to environmental changes, was the largest mountain‑chicken breed, an adult could weigh dozens of pounds, yet they had never seen one, only some fossil feathers.

It looks a lot like the ones in this chicken coop now.

Nan Qinghuan naturally understood what he meant; her belly was now too large to squat, so she stood, holding a feather and examining it closely. One feather was about thirty centimeters long, indeed resembling the fossil feathers they had seen.

"Senior brother, is this a feather from a giant mountain chicken, and what about these eggs…"

"Whatever kind of egg it is, we'll deal with it after we eat it."

Rongdi, a Beastman, likes to eat forest eggs; of course he eats more bird eggs, and also some eggs of animals he cannot even identify.

But he had never tasted such a large egg, so he was eager to try.

"Hey, you can't eat it."

Nan Qinghuan and Li Xiang confirmed the nature of these eggs and refused to let Rongdi eat them; it would be such a waste.

Rongdi looked extremely aggrieved when he heard they said he couldn't eat them.

"What's wrong, are they poisonous?"

Li Xiang and Nan Qinghuan exchanged a knowing glance; it seemed they had truly found a treasure this time.

He smiled, "Chief, they're not poisonous; it's just such a waste to eat them, they're treasure eggs."

"Treasure eggs, what do you mean?"

Yao and Ying were also confused; Ying hurriedly asked, "Li Xiang, tell us what animal these eggs belong to."

"These should be wild chicken eggs, but not ordinary ones; this kind of chicken grows huge, the meat should be good, so it would be a waste to eat them. Chief, there are three eggs here; perhaps each of our three Tribes could take one back to hatch. Once hatched we could raise them, and maybe our Tribes will have endless mountain‑chicken meat. Isn't that great?"

"Right, I agree with senior brother. There are three eggs; we each take one back to hatch. If we eat them now they're gone. This kind of mountain chicken is hard to find and hard to catch. We can try domesticating them; later they will lay eggs, Rongdi, think about it—if the hatch succeeds, the grown chickens will lay many eggs and produce many mountain chickens. When you crave chicken meat or eggs, won't that be easy?"

Nan Qinghuan's words snapped the daydreamer awake; Rongdi stared at her in astonishment, realizing Nan Qinghuan's reasoning made sense.

"Ha ha, Qinghuan is right; I was short‑sighted. I shouldn't have thought of eating the eggs. But you talk about hatching—what is that? Moreover, we have only one mountain chicken; without another to pair with, will it produce chickens?"

Rongdi was not clear on that point.

Nan Qinghuan smiled; it seemed the Ancient People truly believed chickens needed to pair with chickens to lay eggs.

"No need; any hen can lay eggs."

"A hen—how can we tell which is a hen?"

Nan Qinghuan pondered, about to speak, when Li Xiang hurriedly said, "No need to worry; this chicken is hermaphroditic, there is no male‑female distinction."

"Then what are we waiting for? Take the eggs back and try."

Yao could no longer wait; he also wanted to hatch the eggs himself to see what kind of mountain chicken they were. Soon, each of the three Tribes took one of the three eggs. They had not expected that, originally coming to help Ying deal with the Giant Tribe and the Giant Dragon, they instead stumbled upon treasure Coal and these three mountain‑chicken eggs.

Ying was not one to claim every benefit; he immediately said that once the Coal in the Cave was mined, he would have people send some to Rongdi and Yao each.

So they could also try the benefits of the Coal.

Rongdi and Yao left satisfied. At noon, after seeing them off, at the Cave Entrance, A Lei, who had just been scolded by A Mu, now had no trace of resentment.

He hung his head and stood with a few tribe members there, his cold body curling up.

The ancestor, seeing they had left, finally grabbed Nan Qinghuan's hand, "Qinghuan, we were so worried this time; thanks to you. Now you may go home."

"Ancestor, the cave…"

"The cave is yours; do whatever you wish with it."

"A Mu, then where do we live?"

A Lei kept shouting, "The cave is gone; where can we go in the dead of winter?" The ancestor, seeing this, grew angry at A Lei, calling him an unfilial child—better dead.

"Hmph, I won't deal with you; let Ying handle it."

After saying that, the ancestor told A Mu to take her away; she walked unsteadily, looking even older.

When they left, the tribe members wept, "Ying, please don't dig the cave; we have nowhere to go. If you must dig, come back in Spring, okay?"

Dashan also felt the tribe members were pitiful.

But... the pity remains pity.

A Lei and Ying acted, which was wrong, and these tribe members were ungrateful to the ancestor, so they deserved it!

Ying only sneered, "We need this Coal right now; we can't wait. If any of you are willing, come with me back to the Tribe; the ancestor also needs someone to look after him."

Hearing that, the tribe members were naturally delighted, "Yes, yes, we are willing to go, of course we are. You don't know that I even dream of joining Ying's Tribe."

These tribe members wanted to follow them, but Ying had not agreed before.

"Wait."

One tall man, a bit awkward, asked, "Ying, do you have anything else to say?"

Ying gave him a cold stare, "If you cannot wholeheartedly care for the ancestor, I will expel you from the Tribe. There is no place for you on Jiuzhou Dadi, understand?"

"Yes, we will take good care, we will definitely take good care."

"We go."

After saying that, Ying prepared to take Nan Qinghuan away. Dashan was overjoyed, clutching a wild chicken egg. They were about to leave; A Lei refused to go.

"Ying, what should I do?"

What should he do? Ying halted, turned his head, and gave him a glance, "My Tribe does not welcome unfilial people. Go wherever you like; the cave will be taken over tomorrow."

"You, you won't let me live and I won't let you live…"

"Want to kill me?"

Ying turned his head and glared at him fiercely; A Lei immediately fell silent.

After all, his A Mu is Ying's sister.

Ying, who was relatively filial, heard that and sneered coldly, "Relatives, since the ancestor said you disregard his life and death, we are no longer family. Qinghuan, let's go home."