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

Simu heard this and said, "This spirit corpse needs to be fed with one's own blood essence in order to be controlled at will. If it is fed with beast blood, it will only encourage its bloodthirsty nature."

Qianhe sighed and said, "Brother Simu, you also know that although taming spirit corpses is not an evil way, people in the world don't know the tricks and often misunderstand it. Why are you doing this?"

Simu also sighed and said, "I know that, but even though my lineage is just a branch, if this art is cut off in my hands, how can I face my master after I die?"

"So I had no choice but to find this desolate mountain to pass on this technique, and I had no choice but to decline Senior Brother Lin's invitation."

"Just wait for two years, when my spirit corpse is fully trained, I can camouflage it a little bit and hide its flaws. Then it won't be too late to join Qingyun Temple."

Jiang Li heard this and said to Simu, "Uncle Master, you have also seen that the world is in chaos now. Situations like today will probably happen frequently in the future. Fighting alone is not a solution after all."

"You can come with me to Qingyun Temple. Then you and Master Zhegu and Uncle Master will be able to take care of each other, and you will have more time to practice."

"Besides, Master Simu, I see that your spirit corpse's corpse energy is weak, and it is obvious that it has not received much blood and energy nourishment."

"Here I have some healing medicine that Master made from blood mushrooms. It has a miraculous effect on increasing blood and qi. You might as well feed it with this medicine. Who knows, it might have some unexpected effects."

Simu heard this and asked, "What is blood mushroom? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Jiang Li took out a bag of blood mushrooms from his arms and handed it to Simu, saying, "Uncle Master, please look, this is the blood mushroom, a miraculous medicine that my master and I accidentally obtained. This medicine has the miraculous effect of raising blood and strengthening the body. If you use this medicine to feed the spirit corpse, I think it will be of some help to your control."

Hearing this, Simu took the "Blood Mushroom" with some doubt and said, "Then I'll try it?"

After that, he cut his finger, squeezed out the blood, mixed it with the powder of blood evil mushroom and fed it to the corpse. He then chanted a spell and tried to control the corpse.

After a while, Four Eyes finished the spell and shouted in surprise, "It really works. This time its resistance is significantly weakened. It must be the effect of the blood mushroom. As long as we feed it a few more times, we will be able to control it."

After that, he looked at Jiang Li with expectation, and Jiang Li spread his hands and said, "I like its ability to quickly recover physical strength, so I brought these in case of emergency. Now I give them all to you."

"Uncle Master, if you want, go to Qingyun Temple. I think Master still has a lot. You know, this blood mushroom can not only restore physical strength, but also strengthen the body. If this spirit corpse can take a large amount, I'm afraid the physical body will become even stronger!"

Simu frowned upon hearing this and said, "If I join Qingyun Temple, it will definitely attract gossip. How can I ignore the friendship of my fellow disciples for my own selfish reasons?"

Jiang Li laughed and said, "Uncle Master, what you said is not true. Once you are in the mountains, you just need to stay at home and not go out. Within half a year, you will be able to control the spirit corpse at will."

"Then you can openly appear in front of people and open up a new business for Qingyun Temple. Besides, with so many things happening here, it's inevitable that there will be troubles."

"And this trip to Qingyun Temple is to avoid the troubles that follow this matter, and secondly, to get help from the disciples in the temple. In the future, you will definitely be able to earn more money and accumulate more merits, and you won't have to work so hard. Don't you think this makes sense?"

After hearing this, Simu thought for a long time before nodding and agreeing.

However, Jiang Li brought the topic back to Qianhe and said, "Where will Uncle Qianhe go from now on? I heard from the little prince that he had three palace guards, but when I cleaned up the battlefield, I only found the body of one guard."

"I'm afraid the other two have run away. I'm afraid they will go back and tell on you. If you continue to travel around, I'm afraid you'll be captured by someone with ulterior motives and be rewarded at any time!"

"And several of your disciples have broken bones. It will be difficult for them to fully recover in two or three months. Why don't you join Qingyun Temple with Uncle Simu? Then you and your fellow disciples can carry forward the prosperity of Maoshan. What do you think?"

Qian He sighed upon hearing this and said, "Now that things have come to this, we can only hide for a while, but we must not implicate Senior Brother Lin."

Jiang Li laughed and said, "Master, what are you talking about? If Master knew that the two Masters were willing to join Qingyun Temple, he would definitely be grinning from ear to ear."

Now that the decision had been made, Jiang Li and Qian He left the secret room and discussed the details of the relocation.

Although the Simu Dojo may look inconspicuous, it actually contains a lot of things. After Jiang Li counted them, he was afraid that it would take several carriages to hold them all.

The final result of the discussion was that Jiang Li sent people back to Tengteng Town to mobilize a group of people and horses to move Simu's belongings.

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Three days later, a relocation team of dozens of people arrived outside Simu Dojo. When Ikkyu heard that Simu was moving away, he immediately found Jiang Li and said that he wanted to leave with Simu. After all, it would be inconvenient for him to bring a girl and a child to this desolate mountain and wilderness.

Jiang Li originally did not agree to have anything to do with the little prince, but when Ikkyu said he wanted to visit Zhe Gu at Qingyun Temple, he had no reason to refuse.

So, after packing up, Jiang Li led the convoy to Renjia Town early the next morning.

Because the two places were hundreds of miles apart, large and small vehicles could not move fast at all, and it was already the afternoon of the next day when we arrived at Lingxiu Mountain.

As soon as the group arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw Uncle Jiu who had been waiting for a long time. It turned out that Jiang Li had sent someone to inform Uncle Jiu early on.

Seeing the people arriving, Uncle Jiu and Zhe Gu hurriedly stepped forward to greet them warmly. After a long meeting with fellow disciples, they introduced their disciples to each other. Only then did Uncle Jiu notice Jiang Li and the monk beside him.

So he asked Jiang Li, "Ali, who is this master?"

Jiang Li bowed and said with a smile, "This is Master Ikkyu, a neighbor of Master Simu. He came up the mountain to discuss something with Master Zhegu."

After Jiang Li finished speaking, Yixiu hurriedly stepped forward, bowed, and said, "I am Yixiu, a humble monk, and I greet the master of the Qingyun Temple of Maoshan, Taoist Lin Jiu!"

Uncle Jiu was secretly happy when he heard this, but he didn't show it. After returning the gift, he said to Jiang Li, "Ah Li, take your fellow apprentices and move the uncles' belongings up the mountain!"

"I will take your two uncles and Master Ikkiu up the mountain first. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to just chat at the foot of the mountain."

Jiang Li agreed after hearing this and said, "Disciple knows. Master, please do as you please. I will take care of the rest!"