Character from Beware of Chicken by Casualfarmer
The village chief of Hong Yaowu — a practical healer and father who watched a strange cultivator marry his daughter and turn his quiet corner of the Azure Hills into something extraordinary.
Hong Xian is the grounding wire for every cultivator drama that washes through Hong Yaowu. He trained Meiling in medicine. He watched Jin court his daughter with bewildered acceptance. He taught Ri Zu healing alongside his own daughter, treating a cultivating rat with the same professional courtesy he'd extend to any student. His pragmatism is his superpower in a world where cultivators tend toward melodrama.
An older village man with the weathered look of someone who has spent decades tending to both people and herbs. Carries himself with the patient authority of a village elder — no cultivation power, just earned respect.
Also known as: Elder Hong Xian, Village Chief Hong