Christopher's Reviews > Beware of Chicken

An absolutely fantastic twist on a classic cultivation story (Stardew Valley meets Chinese high fantasy).

Jin Rou is a lowly outer disciple of the prestigious Cloudy Mountain Sect. However, when his heart stops during a training bout, a soul from Earth is zapped into his body and decides he wants nothing to do with the crazed honor bound cultivators and leaves to start a farm. It sounds a bit convoluted, but it flows really well, and is ultimately an incredibly satisfying story about gently taking care of yourself, the land, and your neighbors. The interactions between characters (especially with woman) can sometime be childish or clunky, but the author’s commitment to avoiding gross tropes (harem, etc.) makes up for it. The dual journey’s of Jin crafting his own ideal home while his farm animals awakening to sentience as spirit animals and go on epic quests is a lot of fun.

Highly highly recommended if you want a cultivation slice-of-life. Do not read it if you want classic adventure or power scaling with cultivation. Maybe okay to read if you’ve never read a cultivation book, but do maybe google the genre basics.