Afterward, Zhang Xiaohua cast his gaze into the distance and visited several places around Hui Chun Valley where precious herbs were cultivated. He openly picked some from each and stored them away. Though these herbs were not described in the jade slip, they were listed in books as the main ingredients of certain pills. If he did not pick them now, when would he?
Mm, if they're free, might as well pick them!
He picked his way along, gradually heading deeper into the valley. Before long, the orderly medicinal plots vanished, replaced by wild vegetation growing untended. More and more unfamiliar medicinal herbs appeared.
As Zhang Xiaohua ventured deeper, the environment grew harsher. There were barely any paths to walk on. Shrubs stood half a man tall, while towering trees required several people to encircle them. Yet the cries of birds became ever more clamorous, and small animals occasionally passed through the trees, over the ground, and even through the water.
Zhang Xiaohua only spread his divine sense slightly, covering a small area around himself as he carefully searched, hoping for some exciting harvest.
As he walked, he passed a slope. Zhang Xiaohua suddenly furrowed his brow, then his expression swiftly turned to delight. With a leap, he sprang onto a large tree beside him, looking somewhat flustered.
About ten-odd zhang ahead of Zhang Xiaohua lay a sunlit patch of ground. It was roughly a zhang across, free of any weeds, with nothing but bare stones—not even a trace of soil. Yet amid those stones grew a small scarlet plant. Beneath the sunlight, it seemed as though it could burst into flame, endlessly radiating a bewitchingly brilliant glow.
Was this not Sun Grass, one of the few herbs recorded in the jade slip?
Zhang Xiaohua truly dared not believe his