Houtu Mountain is currently located in Nanjiang Prefecture, though it lies in the southernmost reaches of the region in the truest sense.
It drizzles year-round at Houtu Mountain. For reasons unknown, the soil here looks incredibly fertile, yet the sight of it—completely devoid of life—is enough to make one’s skin crawl. It is as if the land had been scorched by an unceasing wildfire for thirty thousand years; even now, not a single blade of grass dares to grow.
In reality, it is because the earth energy here is far too potent.
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