Prologue

A month later, the Li family finally found their ideal place to settle. It was a fertile plain, capable of cultivating hundreds of acres of arable land, surrounded by towering mountains, free from the threat of warfare.

Baimajing has not let down the Li family; after several hundred years, its water flow remains vigorous. Regardless of drought or flood, it is always full. Even during the droughts in Hetushu, it has never disappointed the Li family.

However, the esteemed figure of the Lin family could never have imagined that, several hundred years later, the ancestral teachings and family laws would gradually lose their authority

In the end, the esteemed individual could not resist the pleas of the Li family, and feeling compassion for their situation, he said: "There is no need for you all to plead further. You only need to add a clause to your Li family ancestral teachings: 'All descendants of the Lin family must be treated kindly by the Li family, and this must not be violated for generations to come.' Once there is a water source here, it will surely become a prosperous land. I only require you to guarantee that my Lin family descendants will have food and clothing for their entire lives. If this is violated, this place will become a wasteland!"

The only yet fatal flaw is that there is no water source here

Without a water source, there is naturally no way to sustain life. However, the members of the Li family are unwilling to give up this fertile land. Therefore, the elder of the Li clan sought the assistance of a sage with the surname Lin.

After the members of the Li family nodded, the expert indeed brought forth a water source. The Li family excavated a well known as "White Horse Well" in the mountainous area at https://www.hetushucom.com. The people of the Li family established a village around the well, thus giving rise to the large community of White Horse Village.

The Li family has finally found such a good place, and they are unwilling to give it up. They collectively beseech the esteemed Lin to show mercy and help them bring in a water source

During the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, a family with the surname Li, consisting of over one hundred members, migrated westward to Sichuan in response to the wave of migration from Hubei and Guangxi.

The master, having examined the nearby feng shui, said to the Li family: "This place has no spiritual veins passing through, hence it cannot nurture people. Unless a golden horse is 'invited' here, and a 'white horse absorbing water' mountain formation is established, it will be impossible to draw the river water from behind the mountain. However, this is an act against the heavens and will surely incur divine retribution. If I forcibly alter the terrain, the descendants of the Lin family will inevitably suffer from congenital deficiencies and face numerous disasters... it is indeed difficult!" If I forcibly alter the terrain, the descendants of the Lin family will inevitably suffer from congenital deficiencies and face numerous disasters... it is indeed difficult!