In the year 300 of Cai Qiu, on the second day of the first month, at night
South of Qinghua City in Bai Shui County, deep within Evergreen Valley, in Qingtan Village
"Sir, including the village chief, thirteen Cold Resistance Level individuals and six hundred twenty-nine Earth-digging Realm individuals have all been dispatched. The village really cannot spare any strong men now, we don't even have hunters, relying on gathering alone cannot fill our stomachs. The remaining grain in the village is scarce; if this continues, I'm afraid people will starve to death!"
The village chief of Qingtan Village, Su Lie's youngest son, the forty-three-year-old Su He, was hunched over in servitude, standing obsequiously before the five armored soldiers, with a bitter expression, apologizing with folded hands. Even though the soldiers hadn't looked at him directly the entire time, he could only smile placatingly, adopting an extremely humble demeanor.
