Inside the Bead Secret Realm.
Spirit Chicken Mountain.
Jia Ten Five, resplendent and imposing in reddish-brown plumage, held its neck rigidly straight and its tail pressed low, shrieking itself hoarse.
At its rear, a rather large egg covered in strange markings was laboriously squeezing out of its cloaca.
On either side, a male peacock and a one-legged golden crow stared anxiously at Jia Ten Five.
As Jia Ten Five wailed, it would sometimes entwine necks affectionately with the peacock, then sometimes share tender beak-to-beak moments with the one-legged crow.
Farther away, a flock of chickens, ducks, eagles, and sparrows, full of responsibility but short on ability, also watched Jia Ten Five tenderly, their eyes filled with an instinctive concern for their mate as it laid its egg.
Wang Ba stood at a distance, watching the scene.
Though inwardly speechless, he could not help a trace of anticipation entering his eyes.
Jia Ten Five was undoubtedly the most unusual Spirit Beast on all of Spirit Chicken Mountain.
No, strictly speaking, it was the most unusual in the entire Bead Secret Realm.
It could serve as both breeding male and breeding female, retained the essences of numerous kinds of birds within its body, and maintained a powerful urge to mate, unlike some breeding males that never recovered once their reproductive peak passed, even turning tail at the sight of a female.
This unique gift had made it an important vessel Wang Ba used to receive the bloodlines of various Spirit Chickens and spirit birds.
Most importantly, it seemed to enjoy the process itself.
As the saying went, a passion could sustain one through the long years; another saying held that interest was the best teacher.
Jia Ten Five even actively explored different species to mate with. From Wang Ba's observations, more than