Chapter 699 - Erniu (2/2)

Initially, Li Erniu did not react. After a while, he stammered, ”B-brother Buffalo, y-you c-can speak h-h-human? Y-you are a demon.”

”look how you terrified you look,” the buffalo replied, ”you need only tell me whether you wish to learn, or not.”

The big water buffalo did not explain too much but merely stared at Li Erniu with its copper-bell-like eyes.

Having received such a stare, Li Erniu no longer felt afraid. He solemnly replied, ”I will learn.”

After that, the water buffalo held Li Erniu in its mouth and flung him onto his back with a tremendous force. Li Erniu could only hear the wind beside his ears and the slashing of the wind on his face. When the wind stopped, he found himself on a hillside ten thousand meters away. Having looked around, he found the surroundings to be white.

Li Erniu did not regard this as weird. After all, brother Buffalo could speak in human language and was indeed a demon. It was quite normal for the buffalo to run for ten thousand meters even with effort equivalent to that of a nap.

The Great Water Buffalo stood up on its two hind legs like a person. With movements indistinct from that of a person, it struck a few blows with its fists. Li Erniu watched intently and his body unconsciously followed its every movement. In the end, he was left sweating, with the sound of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers ringing in his ears. At that moment, he did not know that the sound that he heard was the flowing of his Qi and state of blood.

For Qi cultivators, not many of them could hear the flowing of their own blood when they first started cultivating.

A bout of punches sufficed to cause incredible tiredness in him. Then, the Great Water Buffalo chanted a verse of incantation. Li Erniu's memory could not be considered good, but surprisingly he was able to remember each word.

As he imitated the incantation chanted by Great Water Buffalo, he learned the breathing technique told in the incantation. It was as if he reached the clouds up high. The comfort he felt was absolutely indescribable. All the tiredness he felt before disappeared completely at that moment.

His mind became incomparably clearer. His eyesight improved to the extent that he was able to see the movements of tiny ants in the moonlight, despite the ants being fifty feet away from him. Even the antennae of the ants could be seen with such clarity!

Li Erniu thanked the Great Water Buffalo immensely but was met with a snort, ”You must not tell anyone about the Dao formula that I have passed to you. I have to leave immediately.”

”Why?” Li Erniu asked.

Great Water Buffalo sighed, ”The poem you were speaking about just now was written by Shen Lian and I cannot get by with him. If I do not leave, he might find me.”

”Contrary to what one might expect, you, the Bull King, are not stupid but based on your attainment, how could you possibly conceal your actions from a poor Daoist such as myself? To my surprise, you even dared to find the time to teach this youngster how to cultivate.” A Dao voice floated in the air from an unknown location.

Great Water Buffalo replied, ”I know that I cannot conceal myself from you. Considering all the care that this young man had given me in the past years, it seems only right that I leave something behind for him since I know not of how immortal gentleman Shen would treat old buffalo.”

”After all, Xin Qubing and I had a period of friendly relations. You may be his son-in-law, but you were also the one who indirectly caused his death. As for the hatred he had, I will seek revenge on behalf of him. Fortunately, it could be considered that you died once before, and fourteen young women still have some feelings for you. As a result, to cause your body and spirit to be exterminated entirely would be excessively ruthless of me. How about you head to Biyou Palace and serve a millennium of penal servitude? You could call it a sort of reprimand.”

Great Water Buffalo felt relieved and answered, ”Very well.”

It knew that there was no avenue for escape once he was found out by Shen Lian. A millennium of penal servitude? It could surely do that.

Li Erniu whispered, ”Brother Buffalo, who exactly is this person?”

Great Water Buffalo shook its head as if it heard something preposterous. With hooves stepping on the air, it entered into the vast moonlight.

Li Erniu could only hear in his ear the telepathy of Brother Buffalo, ”If you wish to see me, you can go to Biyou Palace.”

With a clenching of his fist, Li Erniu looked towards the direction where Great Water Buffalo disappeared, ”Brother Buffalo, I will save you from this.”

From the void there came laughter, ”Truly a hot-blooded youth.”

Throughout the ordeal, Li Erniu did not catch a glimpse of the person's appearance. All he remembered were the words 'Biyou Palace'.