Central Plains, Great Yan Dynasty.
Laizhou lay in the northwestern part of the Great Yan Dynasty. Its territory was dotted with rivers and lakes, as well as vast plains. It had a large population and abundant produce, and was known as a land of fish and rice.
True to its name, the Liao River was vast and boundless, stretching across more than a dozen provinces. Departing from Azure Dragon Port in the Great Qin Dynasty and following the waterway, one could enter Laizhou of the Great Yan Dynasty.
Civil strife had erupted within Great Qin, and four dynasties, including the Great Yan Dynasty, had stepped in one after another, backing the factions they favored in their bids for power. Wars broke out time and again. This conflict had lasted for decades, with no sign of a ceasefire. Countless commoners had been displaced. To escape the war, large numbers of Great Qin citizens fled along the Liao River into the Great Yan Dynasty.
Some Heretical Cultivators took advantage of the chaos under heaven to wreak havoc everywhere. The Great Yan Dynasty had to support puppet rulers while also dispatching people to eradicate these Heretical Cultivators, leaving the defenses of some regions undermanned.
Laizhou was rich in produce, but that was only relative to mortals. There were not many Cultivation Resources within Laizhou, so naturally, there were few cultivators. Banditry was a constant scourge.
Liu Erhe had originally been a fisherman with a wife and three sons. He made his living by fishing, and his days had been decent enough. He had thought such a life would continue forever, but civil strife broke out in the Great Qin Dynasty, and many Great Qin citizens fled to Laizhou. Quite a few of them came from enormously wealthy households. Some vicious bandits set their