Chapter 290: Transcendent Qing (27)
You don’t need a fancy lecture on ecology or anthropology to know—
humans settle near rivers.
Why?
Because—surprise! Humans can’t survive without water!
That’s why cities across the Central Plains are usually built beside rivers.
If it’s a big river, they nestle next to it. If it’s a small one, it runs right through their legs.
Smaller villages are an exception.
They’re often awkwardly perched along mountain ridges—
a trait of the old fortress-style clan villages, designed to fend off raids from neighboring settlements.
But unless they’re that kind of closed-off dump, most towns sit by a river.
Now then—north of Gam Mountain flows one of the three great rivers of the Central Plains: the Yellow River.
To the ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) south runs one of its tributaries: the Nakha River.