"The abandoned forge in Anping Town was originally the site of the Heavenly Workshop twelve years ago."
"Due to a major problem during the process of igniting the Earth Fire to start the furnace, the Earth Vein Fire went out of control, causing many deaths at the time."
"My family also had a factory here before. However, just as we finished repairing the forge and hired workers, disaster struck. Later, Nanyang County issued a ban, and shortly after, the factory was closed, resulting in a loss-making business."
Zhao Xing sat in Zong Shichang's carriage, looking at the patches of barren land outside and the dilapidated houses.
They had circled this piece of land for about fifteen minutes, yet they hadn't seen a single decent tree, mostly just low and small saplings.
There were plenty of weeds, most of them strange thorns, as only such tenacious plants could survive in the scorched earth.
