80: Bei Ming

Hua Mulan was shocked to hear the name: "What? Nether Black Eagle?"

Han Huohuo looked at Hua Mulan strangely: "You know this big bird?"

Hua Mulan nodded, very excited: "Of course I know. On the peak of Mount Xiaozhou in our Barbarians' holy land, there is a giant bird called the Thunderbird, slightly smaller than the Nether Black Eagle. That is the descendant of the Nether Black Eagle. I heard this ancient exotic bird is already extinct. How did you find it?"

"Ancient exotic bird? No wonder it's so ferocious?"

Han Huohuo thought of that Eagle King; it was indeed terrifying. If he hadn't been clever, he would have been killed by it by now.

Han Huohuo even felt that the Nether Black Eagle was even stronger than the Cyclops.

Hua Mulan thought for a moment: "You should keep this egg and hatch it. The Nether Black Eagle is definitely a good helper. Although they are not as powerful as Dragons, their flying speed is even faster than Dragons!"

Han Huohuo was overjoyed: "Really? But what if I don't know how to tame beasts?"

Hua Mulan said: "Of course it's true, why would I lie to you? It doesn't matter if you don't know how to tame beasts. As long as the first thing the little eagle sees when it breaks out of the shell is you, it will treat you as... its master."

Hua Mulan originally wanted to say it would treat him as its mother, but just as she was about to say it, Han Huohuo didn't look like a mother eagle at all, so she changed it to master.

Han Huohuo snatched the bird egg back and immediately couldn't put it down.

He held the bird egg up to his ear and listened; he could already hear the heartbeat inside. Clearly, the little eagle had already formed inside.

He carefully held it in his arms like a treasure, not letting anyone else hold it.

The three rode their horses back to Tongtian City.

The Moon Worship Altar was already built, and the income from gold coins increased significantly. Mu Jiu adjusted resources, and the city's construction began to accelerate.

Han Huohuo, this guy who doesn't do his proper job.

After returning home, he ate and slept while holding the bird egg, fearing that when the egg broke open, the first thing it saw wouldn't be him.

Even when sleeping with Mu Jiu at night, he was still uneasy. He would get up several times in the middle of the night to check on the bird egg.

Mu Jiu scoffed: "Crazy!"

This made the guy unable to rest well, and he was jumpy for half a month straight, getting big dark circles under his eyes.

This morning, he turned over and got out of bed.

He heard a cracking sound.

He quickly leaped out of bed and saw a fluffy little eagle biting and eating the eggshell. This little ancestor had finally hatched!

The little bird ate the eggshell while tilting its head to look at Han Huohuo.

Thinking, why does Mom look so ugly?

Han Huohuo had already prepared some wolf meat. To please the little eagle, he quickly went over, cut it into pieces, and fed it to the little eagle. The little eagle still insisted on finishing the eggshell because it contained the initial nutrients it needed most, and only then did it start eating the wolf meat.

Looking at its size, it's not big, but it sure can eat!

He added wood to the fireplace to slightly increase the temperature inside, fearing the little eagle would get cold.

Mu Jiu opened her sleepy eyes and looked speechlessly at Han Huohuo's worthless appearance. Stretching, she went to make breakfast.

The little eagle turned its head, saw Mu Jiu, and its eyes widened. It was surprised, thinking, who is this person? Is this Dad? Why does he look much better than Mom?

It spread its wings, squawked, and ran over, nudging Mu Jiu with its head, looking very affectionate.

Han Huohuo was dumbfounded.

You little traitor!

And here I was so good to you. You've made your old father so sad.

Breakfast was ready, and the family ate together happily. However, Han Huohuo couldn't be happy no matter what, as the little eagle kept clinging to Mu Jiu's feet.

What about the 'first sight' that was promised? Is it that unreliable?

Two months of winter had passed, and spring would arrive in less than a month.

It was the coldest season.

The little eagle couldn't stay indoors and insisted on running outside. Han Huohuo was afraid it would freeze, so he had a tailor make it a small cotton-padded jacket. Anyway, it was still a young bird that couldn't fly and only ran around on the ground, so wearing a cotton jacket didn't matter.

Everyone knew this was the bird raised by the Lord's family. Before long, this little eagle became the bully of Tongtian City.

No one dared to provoke it!

Ice and snow covered the land.

The cold air condensed, but the Tongtian River was an unfrozen river, its water still flowing rapidly. Han Huohuo took the little eagle to play by the river. The little eagle was clearly very excited, hopping and jumping around him.

In the distance, a giant python quietly surfaced.

The little eagle saw it at a glance. It was stunned. Looking at the giant python, it flapped its wings and squawked in amazement, as if it had seen a new continent.

Hearing this cry, the giant python seemed to be startled. It plunged underwater and actually didn't dare to come out.

Han Huohuo was dumbfounded.

Such a small bird certainly wouldn't threaten a giant python. This was probably innate bloodline suppression that made the giant python so fearful.

Han Huohuo remembered an ancient legend, the Kunpeng, which specifically fed on Dragons.

Could this bird still have the bloodline of the Kunpeng?

Seeing the giant python sink underwater, the little eagle was unhappy. It hopped and jumped, squawking, meaning, 'If you dare, don't run!'

Arrogant!

However, when Han Huohuo turned to leave, the little bird still quickly chased after him.

Its little head thought, I'm still small, I definitely can't beat that giant python right now. It's safer to follow behind Dad.

It was fierce, but not stupid.

"How about giving you a name?"

Han Huohuo looked down at the little eagle.

The little eagle was very surprised and looked up at Dad.

"You're so fierce, how about calling you Sang Biao!"

"Squawk!"

"How about Xiao Hei?"

"Squawk!"

"How about this, you are a Nether Black Eagle and you come from the extreme Northern Darkness, so I'll call you Northern Darkness?"

"Squawk~~~"

After discussing for a long time, the little bird's name was finally decided. It would be called Northern Darkness.

Tongtian City became increasingly prosperous. Although it was winter, the population grew larger and larger.

With the development of technology, two more factories were built.

One was a weapons factory. Tongtian City had better smelting technology, and the weapons forged were naturally sharper.

In this era of cold weapons, there was still a great market, especially among the Barbarians, where supply simply couldn't meet demand.

Han Huohuo naturally knew what was going on.

The Barbarian King was preparing for war.

The second factory was a clothing factory. This factory was a bit different. The winter was severe, and Han Huohuo had grain but no cloth or cotton. Therefore, the cloth and cotton in Tongtian City were bought, then made into cotton clothes. The main customers were still his own residents.

According to Han Huohuo, this was called economic internal circulation.

First, ensure the needs of his own residents.

More and more Heroes came. Hua Mulan recruited several combat Heroes, and Mu Jiu also recruited several internal affairs Heroes to help.

The salary of Heroes was different from ordinary people, much higher than ordinary people.

The cost of housing was also high.

Fortunately, Lord Han was rich and didn't care about this small amount of money.

As long as they weren't Epic Heroes, Han Huohuo acted as a hands-off manager and didn't bother at all.

Walking into the inner city gate, the two guards at the entrance saw that the Lord had arrived. They quickly stood at attention and saluted.

Walking through the city gate and down the street, everyone enthusiastically greeted the Lord.

Han Huohuo didn't respond to anyone and walked quickly past. Everyone didn't mind; the Lord was always like this.

Mu Jiu was directing everyone in building a park.

There was an artificial lake in this park, which was also part of the entire city's water system and quite important, so Mu Jiu kept a close eye on the project progress.

"Can it be finished today?"

"There should be no problem. The lake has been dug. We just need to finish the water inlet and outlet purification systems."

"Can the method I gave you be used?"

"Of course. I never imagined that purifying water quality with sand and charcoal would have such a magical effect."

Mu Jiu was very surprised. She didn't know where Han Huohuo got the technology that made even the dirtiest water immediately clear after passing through sand and then charcoal. It was truly amazing.

She had originally been worried that there would be an odor in the park.