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"Get real. How many years until Dog Shun is even born?"
"Tch, what does that have to do with me?" Ignoring Yan Huan, Anaxa left on his own.
Yan Huan stared at the egg before him, speechless.
He had no idea what use Anaxa was if he was not dead. The first thing he did upon meeting him was make an Earth Beast egg?
No wonder the other schools of the Tree Court cursed him out.
"Chancellor, should I take custody of this egg?" Sima Yi asked from the side.
As the direct person in charge of the Earth Beast Workshop, he was genuinely curious what kind of Earth Beast this man, hailed as one of the future Seven Sages of the Tree Court, could synthesize.
"Forget it. I'll hatch it myself." Yan Huan waved his hand and did not toss the egg to anyone else.
He was idle anyway. It was just hatching an egg—easy enough.
"But... Earth Beasts aren't viviparous?"
He had Sima Yi custom-make a luxurious incubator with a constant temperature and soft velvet lining, placing it beside the reclining chair where he usually lounged.
He called it—close-range observation and research.
Several days passed, and the egg showed no movement whatsoever.
Cyrene and Aglaea came by to inspect it midway through. Both said it was an utterly ordinary Earth Beast egg.
Yan Huan did not argue.
As a scholar, it was perfectly normal for Anaxa's research to fail once in a while.
"Say, Sima Yi." Yan Huan poked the smooth eggshell.
"This thing hasn't moved for days. Could Anaxa be messing with me? Should we crack it open and see whether there's egg white or yolk inside?"
"Chancellor, you mustn't! This egg's life force is immense. It may simply need a stroke of fate to hatch!"