In the Nine Provinces world, where monsters frequently appear and corpse ghosts run rampant, human activity is almost entirely confined to large human towns.
However, occasionally, small villages can survive in the perilous wilderness for various reasons.
Taoyuan Village is one such place.
In the remote northwest mountainous area of Longhua State, there is a valley called Canglang Valley, known for the large number of wolves that roam its hundred-mile radius.
Taoyuan Village is located in a mountain hollow within Canglang Valley.
Originally named Fenghe Valley, it was a peaceful place with clear streams and mild weather, but it was not spared when catastrophe struck.
A group of wild wolves appeared out of nowhere, devouring livestock and hunting humans, turning the once bountiful Fenghe Valley into a desolate wasteland filled with bones in just over a decade.
