Herad's large-scale reshaping of the terrain had greatly improved transportation, agriculture, and other aspects of life in the Valley of the Four Winds.
Yet compared with the obsidian he had harvested, the benefits the Pandaren and Hobgoblins received were hardly worth mentioning.
But whether those benefits were enough or not, he still had to give them something.
Having taken valuable things from deep underground, it was only reasonable to offer some compensation.
After all, legally speaking, anything valuable buried underground belonged to the state.
All of Pandaria was territory of the Pandaren Empire.
That made giving the Pandaren some benefits a necessity!
In the Pandaren's eyes, however, this Night Elf Mage was the very model of someone who did good deeds without seeking recognition.
That was because they could not see what was happening ten thousand meters or even farther underground.
For that reason, all the prominent figures around Halfhill made a special trip to thank Herad.
After finishing his transformation of the vast plains of the Valley of the Four Winds and clearing out all the obsidian underground, Herad turned his gaze toward the mountains to the north.
Deep within that continuous mountain range lay the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
It was also where the Mogu had first originated.
By now, the Pandaren occupied half of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
The western side belonged to the Pandaren, while the eastern side belonged to the Mogu.
The two sides used the two enormous Mogu statues in the center of the vale as their dividing line.
Although the border was marked by the Mogu statues,
the peaceable Pandaren did not wander over there without a reason.
The Mogu were busy fighting a civil war and likewise did not operate along the border.
As a result, the area around the two