In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Looking at the hardworking villagers, Chen Dao smiled with satisfaction.

The people of Xia Kingdom are just as hardworking as the people of Hua Kingdom in their previous life. They are not afraid of hardship or toil; what they fear is that after enduring hardship, they will not receive what they deserve.

Chen Dao's responsibility is to ensure that their efforts yield results!

Not long after, Chen Dao returned to his backyard to check on the progress of his chickens and ducks.

Fire-patterned Chicken

【Characteristics: Feathers like flames, claws like steel; combat strength comparable to a fifth-rank martial artist.】

[Fire-Patterned Chicken Advancement Path 1: Feed it pine resin leaves for ten days to advance it to a Spirit-Gathering Chicken.]

[Features of the Qi-Nourishing Chicken: Chicken meat nourishes the body, and chicken blood enhances internal strength.]

[Fire-Patterned Chicken Advancement Path Two: Feed it Blood Pine Wood for ten days to advance it to a Grey-Feathered Chicken.]

【Characteristics of the Azure Feathered Chicken: Capable of short-duration flight, possesses formidable combat strength, comparable to a fourth-rank martial artist.】

As expected, after being fed the Fire Pattern Tree leaves, the Golden Winged Chicken also advanced to become a Fire Pattern Chicken comparable to a fifth-rank martial artist.

And the evolution path of the Fire-Patterned Chicken...

This further differentiates the options into edible chicken and combat chicken.

The Azure Feather Chicken on the second advanced route is, needless to say, a fighting chicken comparable to a fourth-grade martial artist.

But this Qi-infused chicken...

As far as Chen Dao knew, once a martial artist reached the peak of the seventh rank, their qi and blood power would reach the limit of their physical body and would be difficult to increase further.

In this situation, if a martial artist wants to advance further, they will have to find another way!

When a martial artist at the peak of the seventh rank reaches the limit of their blood and qi power, if they want to break through the seventh rank and advance to the sixth rank, they need to cultivate mid-grade martial arts. By following the unique cultivation methods of mid-grade martial arts, they can promote the generation of internal strength in their blood and qi!

That's right, internal strength is the dividing line between seventh-grade and sixth-grade martial artists. This is the information Chen Dao learned from Xu Zhiwen and Li Hu.

Martial artists who break through to the sixth rank will develop internal energy, and the destructive power of internal energy is far greater than that of fists and feet, even...

It can penetrate a martial artist's tough skin and damage their internal organs!

"This Qi-gathering chicken seems to be an effective breed for mid-level martial artists."

Chen Dao secretly guessed that the mere fact that it increased his internal strength was enough to make him make such a judgment, but...

Chen Dao frowned. He was already a seventh-grade martial artist, and with the help of the Crimson Blood Chicken, he would probably reach the peak of the seventh grade soon.

After reaching the peak of the seventh rank, Chen Dao had to consider the issue of cultivation techniques.

He is currently practicing the low-grade martial art, Tiger Subduing Fist. Since Tiger Subduing Fist is a low-grade martial art, it cannot generate internal energy. Like Li Hu and Xu Zhiwen, Chen Dao urgently needs a mid-grade martial art.

"I wonder when the county magistrate will be able to find a mid-grade martial art."

As Chen Dao muttered to himself, he turned his gaze to the flock of ducks in the backyard.

Red-billed Duck

[Features: Duck blood nourishes blood and qi, while duck meat nourishes the body; the effects are remarkable.]

[Red-beaked Duck Advancement Route 1: Feed it ten days' worth of Azure Grass to advance it to Bloodbeaked Duck.]

[Bloodbeak Duck Characteristics: Its beak is sharp and unstoppable; its combat strength is comparable to a seventh-rank martial artist.]

[Red-crowned Duck Advancement Route Two: Feed it with Albizia julibrissin skin for ten days to advance it to a Rare Blood Duck.]

【Special Features of Rare Blood Duck: Duck meat and blood can nourish qi and blood, and are effective for seventh-rank martial artists.】

"Albizia bark..."

Chen Dao pondered for a moment. He did not intend to raise the fighting duck, so he focused his attention on the second advancement route. As far as Chen Dao knew, the acacia bark on the second advancement route was one of the main medicinal materials needed by a low-grade martial artist. It was not difficult to obtain, but the price was not cheap.

"Next time I go to town, I can buy some from Master Li."

As Chen Dao thought this, Li Hu had already taken over the Yuan family's medicinal herb business and was now one of the largest medicinal herb merchants in Taiping County. Buying Albizia bark from him would definitely be the right choice.

After checking on the chickens and ducks' progress, Chen Dao returned home, had dinner with his family, and then fell into a deep sleep in bed.

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the next day.

As soon as dawn broke, the villagers of Chenjia Village came out of their homes with smiles on their faces.

Instead of heading to their usual workplaces, the villagers who left their homes brought out their tables and chairs and carried them to Chen Dao's doorstep.

“Gou Ge’er, your table is here.”

In front of Chen Dao's house, Chen He pointed to an open space and gestured for Chen Gou to set up his table there. He then directed the villagers of Chenjia Village to set up their own tables as well.

Meanwhile, people were also busy in Chen Dao's front yard.

Today, Chen Dao is treating the whole village to meat. It's obvious that Li Ping and Ding Xiaohua can't cook it all by themselves, so Chen Lian, Wu Yun, and some other women from the village have come to help.

"Giggle!"

The chicken's scream rang out, and Chen Lian slashed it with her knife, slid its throat, and ended its life.

After collecting the chicken blood in a bowl, Chen Lian threw the already dead chicken into a large pot next to her to scald its feathers. Then, Chen Lian grabbed another yellow-feathered chicken that was still alive and continued to kill chickens.

"Xiao Lian, how many chickens did Dao Ge'er prepare today?"

On the other side, Wu Yun, who was plucking the feathers from the roasted yellow-feathered chicken, asked, "In just this short time, Chen Lian has killed five chickens by his own hands."

In addition, there were many women doing the same work as Chen Lian. At a glance, the whole yard was full of golden chickens, which looked particularly festive.

"A total of two hundred."

Chen Lian, without stopping, reported an astonishing number.

Wu Yun was stunned when she heard the number!

What does two hundred chickens mean?

It's no exaggeration to say that before Chen Dao traveled through time, there probably wasn't even 20 chickens to be found in the entire Chenjia Village, let alone 200!

At this very moment, Chen Dao brought out 200 chickens to reward the villagers of Chenjia Village…

"Isn't this too much?"

Wu Yun's eyes widened as she asked, "200 chickens, can we finish them all?"

"not much!"

Chen Dao, who happened to be walking over, said with a smile, "Our village has a total of over 500 people and 200 chickens. Each person can't even get half a chicken. How could we not finish them?"

"Rice Brother".

Upon seeing Chen Dao arrive, everyone hurriedly greeted him.

After exchanging greetings, Wu Yun said, "Brother Dao, the people in our village are content with just a taste of meat. We can't eat meat to our hearts' content! Killing 200 chickens at once is such a waste!"

This was indeed Wu Yun's true thought. Even though she worked at Chen Dao's house and earned only one or two taels of silver a month, she never imagined... a life where she could eat meat to her heart's content.

Yesterday, when Chen Dao said he was treating the whole village to meat, she thought it was just about killing a few chickens so the villagers could taste some meat. Little did she expect…

Chen Dao actually planned to kill 200 chickens so that the whole village could eat their fill of meat!

Even the local landlords wouldn't dare to be so arrogant!