Beware of Chicken: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel

Beware of Chicken, Book 1

By: Casualfarmer

Narrated by: Travis Baldree

A laugh-out-loud, slice-of-life martial-arts fantasy about...farming????

Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator. A man powerful enough to defy the heavens. A master of martial arts. A lord of spiritual power. Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck in his body.

Arrogant Masters? Heavenly Tribulations? All that violence and bloodshed? Yeah, no thanks. I’m getting out of here.

Farm life sounds pretty great. Tilling a field by hand is fun when you’ve got the strength of ten men—though maybe I shouldn’t have fed those Spirit Herbs to my pet rooster. I’m not used to seeing a chicken move with such grace...but Qi makes everything kind of wonky, so it’s probably fine.

Instead of a lifetime of battle, my biggest concerns are building a house, the size of my harvest, and the way the girl from the nearby village glares at me when I tease her.

A slow, simple, fulfilling life in a place where nothing exciting or out of the ordinary ever happens...right?

The first volume of the blockbuster progression-fantasy series—with more than 16 million views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

©2022 Casualfarmer (P)2022 Podium Audio

Absolutely hilarious.

I can’t wait for this series to grow. I’ve read every chapter available and didn’t think I would come back to it after just finishing but Travis Baldree made it even better. I can’t recommend it enough.

Would recommend

Pretty laid back, which I like. Might be boring for some, it's a "slice of life" story mixed with a pretty good bit of action, especially through the side characters. That's one of the things I like about the slice of life type of story; it gives a bigger picture of the other people involved in the main character's life. This one does that, and drops a few hints as far as fantasy-esq world building.

Another thing I like about it is that it talks about some of the benefits of a simple (to clarify; straight forward, not easy) life; mainly, that what you build stacks up over time, and that no matter how simple the job, it's part of something more complex and provides something that others rely on.

I also like the overall moral message of the story, and the character interaction, like how even the goofy characters stop, take time for others, and think. It's something simple that I forget to do sometimes, so I like seeing the characters in this book do that.

Other than that, it's just a good story. There's bits of action, comedy, not too much drama and so on. It isn't complex, the story and training aren't complex, so if you're expecting a political thriller by one of the greats, you'll be disappointed. Though, if anyone expected that based on the name and cover art, I would have to question the thought process.

10/10 great voice acting, fun story, relatable characters.

Unique

I kind of rolled the dice on this one because I haven’t heard about anyone recommend it and I really enjoyed it. It’s a pretty unique storyline and it gave a lot of good development without coming across and drawn out or babbling. Totally worth it.

Sleepless, yeah, that good

When I started the book I was using it as a distraction while I did wood work. Not thinking or following it much. But after a few chapters I became a book impossible to stop listening to. I stayed up until 2am 2x telling myself it would put me to sleep. I could not stop listening!! Outstanding book and story. Now I have to wait until December for book 2. Tim V

A real masterclass of a story

For me this book is like the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. It’s just right. Found this book after reading a pretty mediocre story and needed a palette cleanse and I had no idea I’d be walking into a new favorite so randomly! So far this is looking like a story I’ll be rereading a couple times.