Chapter 397: Sealed Battlefield
"What’s wrong?" Jiang Yue asked.
"I want to speak to senior Niu." Yu Nianzhen said.
Hearing that, Jiang Yue also stood up and his eyes brightened in anticipation.
"Why didn’t I think of it." He said in a frustrated voice.
"I also didn’t think about it until this moment." Yu Nianzhen smiled at the person and the two made to leave the room.
"Two juniors, wait a moment." Song Ming called.
At this time, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen realised they were too excited and forgot the other people in the room.
"We apologise for our rudeness." Jiang Yue said and made a bow.
"What’s the matter?" Yang Xu asked.
"Master, we want to speak to senior Niu. He may know something about the demon clan and demonic qi." Yu Nianzhen didn’t hide anything.
Although senior Niu was special and attractive even to nascent soul realm cultivators, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen weren’t worried that something would happen to it.
After all, senior Niu’s cultivation was unfathomable.
If someone hit his idea, they would likely die without leaving a complete body.
"Who is senior Niu?" Chen Qing asked.
"Senior Niu is our bullock." Jiang Yue explained.
"Bullock..." She muttered and looked at the other nascent soul realm cultivators in confusion.
Generally, bullocks were mortal beasts.
They rarely opened their intelligence and their lifespan was less than twenty years.
Thinking of this, Chen Qing couldn’t figure out how a bullock would know about the demon clan and demonic qi.
"Master, Senior Niu is not an ordinary bullock. Let’s talk to him and see if he knows anything about the tomb." Jiang Yue urged.
Now that he had a direction, he was a little impatient and couldn’t wait to speak to senior Niu.
"It won’t hurt to try." Yang Xu said and stood up.
Although he had never met the bullock, he had heard of it.
If there was a chance that it could help with the current situation, Yang Xu was willing to listen.
After deciding, the three followed Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue to the backyard of the ancient palace.
When the five found the bullock, it was standing under a plum tree, looking at the blue sky.
"Senior Niu." Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen greeted.
As if it had been expecting the visit, the bullock sighed and moved its eyes from the sky to the five people.
"Senior Niu, we are sorry for disturbing you." Jiang Yue said and then continued.
"Azhen and I brought our elders to speak about the tomb."
After that, he introduced Yang Xu, Chen Qing, and Song Ming to the bullock.
When the bullock nodded in understanding, Jiang Yue sighed in relief.
Technically, he and Yu Nianzhen owned the bullock.
However, they always knew that senior Niu was a being that they couldn’t own.
Because of this, they rarely disturbed it and never asked for help unless it was absolutely necessary.
"Senior Niu, do you know about the tomb? What’s in the tomb?" Jiang Yue asked.
[The tomb is a sealed battlefield.] The bullock transmitted to everyone’s mind.
"Battlefield?" Chen Qing asked in surprise.
However, Senior Niu didn’t pay attention to her and didn’t answer her question.
"Senior, is there any way for us to survive in the demonic qi?" Yu Nianzhen asked the most pressing question.
[There are two ways.]
"Can you tell us about it?"
[The first way is an isolation talisman. However, an ordinary isolation talisman won’t work.]
"If an isolation talisman is not good enough, does that mean that an ordinary isolation formation is also not enough?" Jiang Yue asked with a frown on his face.
[Not enough.]
As it spoke, a formation map was transmitted to Jiang Yue’s mind.
"Will this formation work?" Jiang Yue asked and the others looked at him in question.
[It will work.]
"Thank you senior Niu." Jiang Yue said and bowed to the bullock.
"What about the second way?" Song Ming questioned.
Hearing the question, the bullock didn’t answer.
Instead, it waited for Jiang Yue to assimilate the formation map before continuing.
[The second method is the demon-repelling flower.] It said.
"Demon repelling flower..., I have heard of this flower but..." Chen Qing started and frowned.
As an alchemist, her knowledge of herbs was extensive.
She knew the demon-repelling flower from one of the books she read but the flower was extinct.
"The demon-repelling flower hasn’t been seen in the Cangxing world in more than ten thousand years." She said.
[In ancient times, the demon-repelling flower grew in the demon clan region. It grows in areas full of demonic qi.]
When Yu Nianzhen heard that, his eyes narrowed meaningfully.
A moment later, a thought flashed in his mind and he looked at the bullock.
"Senior Niu, can we find the demon-repelling flower in the tomb?"
[Yes.]
"Senior, what does the flower look like?" Jiang Yue asked.
Almost instantaneously, the five received an image in their minds.
The image was of a pure white flower that looked like an amaryllis.
"Is this the demon-repelling flower?" Song Ming asked.
"It is." Chen Qing nodded.
She had seen an image of the demon-repelling flower in the book she read and it coincided with the image received from the bullock.
"Senior, can you tell us more about the sealed battlefield?" Song Ming asked.
However, the bullock was no longer willing to talk to them.
When it heard the question, it ignored them and resumed its sky-watching.
Seeing this, Song Ming looked at Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen meaningfully, obviously wanting them to continue questioning it.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen were also helpless.
If senior Niu, didn’t want to say anything, there was nothing they could do it.
With a helpless smile on his face, Jiang Yue shrugged and turned away from the bullock.
"Three seniors, let’s go back." He advised.
When the three heard this, they were a little reluctant and wanted to continue questioning the bullock.
However, they eventually followed Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue back into the ancient palace.
"Two juniors, why didn’t you ask more? As its master, you need to control it better." Song Ming said with a lot of dissatisfaction in his voice.
"Elder Song, Azhen and I aren’t that capable." Jiang Yue said and almost snorted in mockery.
Who was the elder kidding?
If he and Yu Nianzhen tried to control senior Niu, Jiang Yue didn’t know what would happen.
Although the bullock was given to them by old man Cang, it wasn’t their contracted beast and they didn’t know if it would hurt them if driven to a corner.
In fact, the only reason the two were so assured of senior Niu was because the gap between their strengths was too wide.
With senior Niu’s cultivation, there was nothing they could do if it wanted to take their lives.
Considering that, the two could only rest assured and stuff the unpleasant possibilities to the back of their minds.
"Elder Song, senior Niu is not our contracted beast and it’s not what we can control. I hope Elder Song will keep that in mind." Jiang Yue warned and the elder’s eyes narrowed.
"Ayue, what about the formation map?" Yang Xu asked, stopping the conversation from deteriorating into a quarrel.
Previously, Jiang Yue mentioned the formation map to them but there was no time to go into details since they were still talking to senior Niu.
Now that they had time, the others naturally wanted to know about the formation map that could isolate demonic qi.
"It’s an isolation formation that includes ancient runes." Jiang Yue said and frowned.
For him, this kind of formation was not difficult because he had encountered many ancient formations in his formation inheritance.
However, other formation masters may not be familiar with ancient formations which would make it difficult to convince them.
Most importantly, an effective isolation talisman also needed to include an ancient rune component.
"Even if there are demon-repelling flowers in the tomb, we have to be safe before we find them. It’s still necessary to invite a talisman master." Chen Qing said.
"Ayue, you can’t keep the formation and talisman maps." Yang Xu said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"I know." Jiang Yue nodded.
"Master, XiaoYue will sell the two maps to anyone who wants them." Yu Nianzhen said.
No matter what, he didn’t want Jiang Yue to suffer.
Also, if Jiang Yue started giving free things, others would expect more.
In the end, the situation may become uncontrollable and Yu Nianzhen didn’t want that to happen.
"I agree with Junior Yu." Chen Qing said.
Although the two maps belonged to Jiang Yue and not the Sea Cloud sect, they could be a means to earn more benefits for the sect.
In the Death Flower Ascension Front war, the Sea Cloud sect was one of the most affected.
At the moment, the sect was barely holding on and more resources were always welcome.
"Let’s do it according to what Azhen said." Jiang Yue agreed.
