Continued Chapter 43: Mythic Age

The largest bird in the world today was the African ostrich. They could weigh over three hundred jin, about the same as many overweight homebodies.

An overweight homebody's combat power generally equaled 0.5 geese. In other words, two overweight homebodies could fight a goose to a draw. Yet a three-hundred-jin African ostrich could run at seventy kilometers per hour and stomp a goose to death with one foot. So if an overweight homebody encountered an African ostrich of similar weight, they absolutely must not act rashly. Please be extra careful!

Although African ostriches were large, they were nothing remarkable by Liu Chang'an's standards. Besides, their feathers were very short, so the down feather in Liu Chang'an's hand definitely had nothing to do with an ostrich.

"The bird with the longest feathers in the world today is the long-tailed chicken. Its tail feathers can generally reach over seven meters. Forty years ago, there was once a long-tailed chicken whose tail feather measured thirteen meters. In other words, if it stood on the fourth floor, its tail feather could drag all the way to the ground below." Drawing upon his extensive knowledge of birds, Liu Chang'an muttered to himself.

"I thought it was a peacock," Li Hongfang said embarrassedly. She probably was not the only one who thought so. Ordinary people without much knowledge would generally assume that, right?

Li Hongfang was not a bird researcher or enthusiast, but she was an enthusiast and collector of Song dynasty paintings. She had mentioned this to Liu Chang'an when he sent her to retrieve Along the River During the Qingming Festival.

Li Hongfang had appraised many Song paintings. Song bird-and-flower paintings represented the pinnacle of the art, and she had seen quite a few birds in them. However, the birds depicted in Song paintings