My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Uncle Jiu heard this and said, "You have had your own ideas since you were young, so I won't try to persuade you."

"Have you thought about when to start your apprenticeship?"

Jiang Li said with a smile, "Master, please don't rush to send me away. I still have a lot to learn, how can I become a master?"

Seeing that Uncle Jiu was about to speak, Jiang Li quickly continued, "Master, I have already eaten the blood-killing mushroom. It does strengthen the body, but I don't think it has the miraculous effect recorded in the classics."

Uncle Jiu was surprised when he heard this, "You have already eaten, are you feeling unwell?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "No problem. Now I can lift a huge rock weighing three or four hundred kilograms. If I continue to take it in the future, I think I will make progress."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu carefully inquired about the process and results of Jiang Li taking the medicine. He was surprised to learn that Jiang Li had actually trained sixteen Taoist soldiers.

But after learning about the effects of the blood mushroom, he was very confused and guessed, "Is it because animal blood is not as good as human blood, or is there some other reason?"

Jiang Li guessed, "Perhaps it's the difference between dead blood and living blood. When you kill an animal, you get its whole body's blood, but when you take living blood, it can be regenerated."

Uncle Jiu nodded and said, "Perhaps that's the case, but you must never try to kill and take blood. This blood mushroom is very evil. You should be satisfied with this effect!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, Master, I won't ask for trouble!"

Then Jiang Li asked Uncle Jiu again, "Master, have you accepted a few more disciples?"

Uncle Jiu smiled and said, "Yes, I listened to your words and wanted to recruit a few ordinary disciples to do some odd jobs. It's a good opportunity to take you out to meet them now."

As he said that, he took Jiang Li to find the outer disciples who had just come to the mountain, and they met each of them one by one and got to know each other.

Later, Jiang Li saw Zhe Gu, who was bored, in the hall, so he walked over and asked, "Master, you are so relaxed, why is there no one seeking marriage?"

When Zhegu saw Jiang Li coming over, she said unhappily, "Where are you coming so early?"

Then he grabbed Jiang Li's ear and said, "You tricked me into going up the mountain, saying that my junior brother would open up to me. But now, is there any sign of that happening?"

Jiang Li shouted exaggeratedly, "Ouch, ouch, uncle, be gentle."

After Zhe Gu let go, Jiang Li asked in surprise, "As the saying goes, the one who is close to the water gets the moon first. Isn't there any progress between Master and Master after spending so much time together?"

Zhe Gu said speechlessly, "What progress can we make? Your master avoids me like a plague god and rarely talks to me. How can we make any progress?"

Jiang Li said, "Uncle Master, please wait a minute. I will go and say a few good words for you."

Upon hearing this, Zhe Gu smiled and said, "Go quickly, I'll be waiting for your good news."

Afterwards, he found Uncle Jiu and asked directly, "Master, do you know what Master Zhe Gu meant?"

Uncle Jiu stammered, "I know...I know."

Jiang Li frowned and asked, "What is your attitude? Just give me a definite answer!"

Uncle Jiu said awkwardly, "You should pay less attention to your master's affairs. When you have time, spend more time managing your soldiers to avoid causing trouble for you."

Jiang Li shook his head and said, "Master, don't change the subject. Now we are talking about you hanging on to Master Zhe Gu. You know very well that she came to Qingyun Temple because she likes you. Now you are hanging on to her like this, and you don't even give a definite answer. What's going on?"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu hurriedly explained, "How could I be hanging Senior Sister? I am... I am..."

Seeing that Uncle Jiu hadn't said anything for a long time, Jiang Li immediately exclaimed, "Master, you don't have any thoughts about Mao Dalong's wife, Mao Ailong's mother, do you?"

Uncle Jiu was immediately angry when he heard this and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I don't have any other ideas. I just don't know how to tell Senior Sister for a moment."

His voice was getting lower and lower. Jiang Li was stunned when he saw Uncle Jiu's expression. He immediately said, "What's so hard about this? If you are willing, just say yes. If you are not willing, just say no. It's very simple!"

"Or maybe saying it's hard to speak up is just your excuse. You still have feelings for someone else's wife."

Uncle Jiu was furious when he heard this and was about to hit him. Jiang Li grabbed Uncle Jiu's wrist and said, "If this is not an excuse, then you should come with me and explain it to Master Zhegu. Otherwise, you are just thinking about someone else's wife."

Then he pulled Uncle Jiu away. Uncle Jiu struggled and said, "How can I talk about this?"

Jiang Li turned around and smiled, "If you're interested, you don't have to say anything. Just listen to me. I've been through this before."

Then he pulled the embarrassed Uncle Jiu to Zhe Gu and handed Uncle Jiu's hand directly to Zhe Gu. Jiang Li gave a wink and Zhe Gu immediately grabbed it with both hands.

Uncle Jiu immediately wanted to pull his hand out when he saw this, but Jiang Li said directly, "Master, do you really have any inappropriate thoughts?"

After hesitating for a while, Uncle Jiu turned to Zhe Gu and said, "I know what Senior Sister means, but I was devoted to cultivation in my early years and had nothing, so I really didn't dare to delay Senior Sister. Although I still haven't achieved much, at least I have a place to stay. If Senior Sister doesn't abandon me..."

Before Uncle Jiu finished speaking, Aunt Zhe hugged him and laughed, "Don't give up, don't give up. I am willing to marry you and build Maoshan together!"

When Uncle Jiu was hugged by Zhe Gu, his face suddenly turned red and he was at a loss. He looked at Jiang Li with a red face, wanting Jiang Li to do something.

Jiang Li immediately realized what was going on and said, "I understand, I understand. I will leave right away and not disturb you."

Having said this, he disappeared in a flash.

Uncle Jiu was anxious and angry at this time, but in the end he reached out and hugged Zhe Gu and gave up resisting.

...

The next morning, a soldier came running down the mountain and whispered in Jiang Li's ear, "The lotus root flowers in Master Ikkyu's house have completely withered, and the lotus pods are almost ripe."

Jiang Li had been sent to observe Ikkiu's movements a long time ago, and report any news in a timely manner, especially after he planted the lotus roots, he reported almost every day.

Jiang Li had anticipated this situation, so he found Uncle Jiu, made up an excuse, and took his men away.

He quickly returned to the Jiang family, gathered sixteen Taoist soldiers, and went to Tengteng Town to mobilize fifty security team members. He loaded several horse-drawn carriages with daily necessities and set off.

What he had to do was to find the fox demon and capture it first, and then go to help Qianhe, so that he would not be matched with that peak game again.

The characteristics of the places where fox spirits appeared in the previous life movies were very obvious. Simu first encountered many toads. There should be water near a large number of toads.

Then there was the bamboo forest, so Jiang Li began to look for places with water sources and bamboo forests.

But after dozens of people searched for three or four days, they did find a few places with water and bamboo, but no traces of fox activities were found.

Just when Jiang Li thought he had found the wrong place, a Taoist soldier came on horseback and reported, "A few miles behind, there is a Taoist priest driving a group of corpses towards this side."