Trivia / Beware of Chicken

• Word of God:
  • Among the disciples of Fa Ram, only Meling and Chunky count as Followers of the Path of Shennong.
  • The Emperor heavily dislikes it when he's forced to kill loyal subjects regardless of the circumstances.
  • The Xong Brothers' first visit to Fa Ram was actually a Secret Test of Character for Jin. Yun Ren had instructions from the village chief to observe Jin, under the cover of helping him with the harvest, and see whether Meiling needed to be protected from him somehow. Gou Ren and Meiling didn't know, and Jin passed with flying colours.
  • Shen Bu wasn't possessed by a demonic cultivator when he committed his atrocities.
  • Tianlan's curse is explained.
  • Meiling can't use the [Path of Shennong] abilities like [Break the Rocks], [Divert the Waters], ect. without putting massive strain on herself.
  • Shen Yu isn't at fault for how his son ended up.
  • The Verdant Blade Sect was a middle power before Xiulan met Jin.
  • There are two writing system in the Crimson Phoenix Empire, Simplified and the Courtly Characters, and literacy varies, though Hong Yaowu has a very high literacy rate because the Hongs are Scholars and doctors and thus teach everybody to read at at least a basic level so they understand both the pictograms and the exact thing to do if somebody accidentally eats the wrong mushroom/medicine.
  • Bailu and Seiyu's cultivation styles are given.
  • SHI!Meiling avoids her dark fate thanks to Bailu and Seiyu's random act of idiocy.
  • [Break the Rocks] is explicitly a "Foundation Breaker" technique that is specialized at destroying defensive techniques, which means Jin could've destroyed Lu Ban's talismans even if he was a realm below.
  • It's rare to bond with a Provincial Spirit, as they're effectively Princes and Princesses to the World Spirit's Emperor. Most Shennong cultivators bond with a mountain or patch of land and peak at Earth Realm.
  • SHI!Jin practices a pure traditional cultivation following the teachings of a Primordial God Beast.
  • Shen Yu's relationship with the cultivators of the Soaring Heaven's Isle is explained.
  • Xiaobao's backstory is given.
  • The cultivation styles of the Dandelions as of when the group was formed are given.
  • The Raging Cloudy Sword Formation is a sky-level technique that can be used by a cultivator of the Initiate Realm if they possess enough understanding of the technique itself.
  • Jin can feel the heat of summer and the cold of winter because he wants to feel it.
  • Ocean Spirits are more mercurial than Land Spirits, making it harder to "give" to the ocean outside certain places.
  • Using a bow comes with too many drawbacks for most cultivators to even consider using one, but those that can make it work are very powerful.
  • A basic timeline is given for the YRP AU.
  • The author gives descriptions for the YRP timeline characters.
  • After Tianlan's sundering, the chaos in the Azure Hills was continued through the generations due to that life being the only one everyone knew.
  • In the SHI timeline, Meiling is a Shennong cultivator.
  • One of the Honored Founders of the Cloudy Sword Sect was able to use the Raging Cloudy Sword Formation as an Initiate 1.

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