"Pale yellow?" Xiao Hua looked from afar and could not help but be slightly stunned. He asked in a low voice, "Could it be because of the Earth Fire of East Ridge?"
Xiangyang nodded. "Exactly. It is said that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was once exceedingly abundant, and Qi Qiao Pavilion of our Zhen Thunder Palace established a medicinal garden here specifically to grow spirit herbs. But several thousand years ago, the land of Xiaoyu Continent underwent tremendous changes, and Earth Fire suddenly emerged in East Ridge. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here immediately became scarce, while fire-aspected spiritual qi came to occupy the greater part of it, making it unsuitable for growing spirit herbs! Later, Qi Qiao Pavilion established a pill chamber here as well, hoping to use the power of the Earth Fire to refine pills. The Earth Fire was fine at first, but it became more and more insufficient with time. Moreover, this place was extremely far from Zhen Thunder Palace, so after a long while, the pill chamber was abandoned!"
As the two gradually flew closer, Xiangyang pointed at the many yellow spirit herbs covering the pale-yellow mountain range of East Ridge and said with a smile, "Though the pill chamber was abandoned, the spirit herbs were left to grow as they pleased, with no one tending them. After all, the spirit herbs we consume need to have age. If you do not tend them, they will still grow on their own! Disciples of our Zhen Thunder Palace only come by at fixed times to take a look and harvest suitable spirit herbs!"
"Those yellow spirit herbs... seem to be Xiao Yan Grass?" Xiao Hua looked at the blankets of spirit herbs across the mountains and asked hesitantly, "This spirit herb is quite