Listening to the personal guard's report, Zhou Xu was dazed for a moment.
It had actually been quite some time since this happened. If they hadn't brought it up, he would have forgotten all about it.
"Come on, come on! Let's go take a look!"
As he spoke, Zhou Xu led the way outside at a brisk pace. It was obvious that he was in a rather good mood.
Those five Giant Eagle Eggs had truly been incubating for far too long.
However, considering that Giant Eagles were exotic beasts rather than ordinary birds, Zhou Xu had no idea how long exactly the Giant Eagle Eggs were supposed to take to hatch.
Not to mention that without a Giant Eagle to incubate them, the Giant Eagle Eggs might not hatch at all.
Who would have thought that, precisely at this juncture—when he had already forgotten all about the five eggs—the Giant Eagle Eggs would actually hatch?
Along the way, Zhou Xu's steps were hurried, but anyone with eyes could tell that their His Majesty was in an excellent mood.
After passing through layer upon layer of palaces, they arrived at a shed in a corner of the imperial palace where he had placed the Giant Eagle Eggs. He had ordered someone to weave a bird's nest out of dried grass inside and put all five Giant Eagle Eggs in it.
When Zhou Xu entered, he saw that one of the Giant Eagle Eggs had already been pecked open. A little creature covered in black down was pecking at the eggshell in front of it.
Their arrival caught the little creature's attention, and its pair of bright, jet-black eyes quickly settled on them.
There was none of the fear Zhou Xu had expected. Its eyes were clear and foolish, which aroused