On [Green Willows] continent, the moment a child is born, they gain a blessing from one of the many gods governing the world, this blessing will take shape as a mark of one of the elements. Once the mark has taken shape the power of that element will course through the body of the child and give shape to the child's meridians, allowing the child to start cultivating once they are old enough.
[Azure Springs Town] is a small village with just over a thousand inhabitants located in a far off corner of [Green Willows.] It is a simple village build less than a hundred years ago by roaming cultivators who took a liking to the springs that the village took its name from. After a hundred years the original builders are gone and their story has become little but a legend that the parents tell their children to motivate them to cultivate, but despite this, the lack of proper resources has led to a steady decline in both the quantity and quality of cultivators. …show more content…
This led to that when he was two years old, his parents left him with an old man simply called Old man Chen who lived at the edge of the village with his granddaughter and continued their journey, leading to the child being simply called [The abandoned son] in the village, a child abandoned by both the gods and his own