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Beware of Chicken 4: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel

Beware of Chicken, Book 4

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Beware of Chicken 4: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel

By: Casualfarmer
Narrated by: Travis Baldree
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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.

Out in the middle of nowhere, I've managed to escape a life of cultivation and politics. Until now, that is. I guess it was inevitable they caught up with me eventually. I haven't exactly been subtle. You know, what with the talking animals performing heroics all over the Azure Hills and Xiulan constantly calling me a Hidden Master.

A part of me wants to run away again. The memory of my death still haunts my dreams. But this is my home now. And I'll be damned if I give it up without a fight.

I mean, all I have to do is learn how to navigate xianxia politics and train for battle while simultaneously running my farm and uncovering an ancient cataclysm that apparently destroyed the Azure Hills back in the day.

Meanwhile, I'm about to be a father . . . Man, I'm kinda screwed, aren't I? At least I can call in the cavalry—ahem, poultry—to help.

The fourth volume of the blockbuster progression-fantasy series—with more than 20 million views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

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This is more "tales from the far raam" than book 4. It's not bad, just a lot of side stories with little on story progression. A lot of the side stories overlap, and it's slower paced than any of the previous books as a result. The story will continually go to one of the other characters and repeat stuff already said. I think there's maybe two-three hours of actual story progression in this. It also repeats itself a LOT. The same sentences every chapter or two, which did annoy me by the end of it. Also, it feels like the author tried, hard, to pull together the story of the earth spirit to make the titbits given over the other books fit. It does and doesn't work. Don't question it like I did. It's forced and it feels forced. Just accept it for the sake of the story.

Again, the book wasn't bad. I know I sound negative, but it just wasn't what I was hoping for in book 4. It was still "Beware of Chicken". It was still good in that sense.

Book 3.5

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Unlike the previous 3 books, this book felt like it was dragging the story. omly towards the end did I feel any new development being made. although this book gave more depth on some characters while others felt repetitive.

It was okay felt like it was dragging

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The book was good and I enjoyed listening to it, but it was also a bit dull, nothing really happend. I like the slice of life and relaxed elements of these books and I did like listening to it. But my main problem is that I think I can pick 2 or 3 chapters, out of like 80, listen to them and not miss anything going in to book 5.
I don’t know if that makes sense, but it feels like the book is just side stories or filler episodes, not bad side stories, but still just a bit dissapointing.

Good but a bit dull

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Excellent story and narration. The series did not let me down and I needed to buy each and every one as quickly as possible.

Excellent

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tl;dr: Less slice-of-life, much world-building, plot lines resolved, character growth in spades, can’t wait for the next one.

Here’s how I rank the books in the series from best to least favourite: 3, 1, 2, 4.

While I rank this book least amongst the series so far, it’s packed full of fantastic world building and plot development.

What lost points for me is that the slice-of-life aspect took a step back; while I appreciate that the author wouldn’t want to repeat content, as that wouldn’t feel particularly satisfying, it felt like the author was rushing to fit in various plot points (which were great). I wanted to see certain side characters overcome their challenges in more detail.

That said, this book still has some solid character development, but I don’t want to give anything away, so I’ll say no more about it.

With the new perspective that this book gives us, I’m excited to see where the series takes us next, especially as there’s at least one event that I’ve been eagerly anticipating for a while now!

Myriad Revelations

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