The story takes place in Huali Tun, Qing'an County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province. It is backed by the Daheishan Mountains, the remnants of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains. It is a centuries-old village where old families from Guandong live together. It is also the core of the sealing formation of the black earth veins in the Northeast.
Folks in the Northeast have said since ancient times that there are five great immortals with beards, yellow, white and willow ash. They have strict rules in the formal hall, offer incense and pay respects, and do not touch the cause and effect. The protagonist Wang Ersha's hall is the only "repaying kindness wild entrance" in the Northeast - there is no incense table, no memorial tablets, and no initiative to see things and make money. The five immortal families all come here for the life-saving grace they received a hundred years ago.
It's so well written that it makes my liver hurt.