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

Uncle Jiu frowned and nodded when he heard this, "It's good to go and take a look. There are many disciples in Qingyun Temple now, and there is a big gap in cultivation resources!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Master, don't worry. My blood mushrooms will be mature in a while. During this time, you can think about it and see if you can refine them into pills."

"If it works, together with the essence pill made from the blood of the spirit chicken, we will have two kinds of pills with good effects and stable production. By then, our Qingyun Temple will naturally be able to move to a higher level."

Uncle Jiu nodded and said, "I will study this blood evil mushroom, but those essence pills are very valuable. It would be a pity if I gave them away!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Master, you misunderstood. I was talking about the elixir made from the blood of the spirit chicken. Now that my cultivation has reached the level of a human master, those low-level essence pills are no longer of much use to me. They can be used as prizes to reward those disciples who have made contributions to the sect."

"For example, the essence pills made from the blood of Wukong, Huang Silang and the fox spirit are just right for my cultivation, so I won't take them out!"

"Also, I think we can change the name of the Blood Evil Mushroom to Blood Qi Mushroom. Otherwise, if we talk about it so often, it will inevitably be noticed by those with ulterior motives. It will be bad if it gets spread out."

Uncle Jiu nodded and said, "The name of Blood Mushroom is not bad, but you have to think about what you are going to prepare for this trip. Make sure you prepare everything!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Master, don't worry. I have a plan. I will go find Uncle Simu to help me prepare. You just wait for my good news."

After saying that, he said goodbye to Uncle Jiu and asked Ah San and Ah Si to carry a wooden box to the morgue in the back mountain to find Simu. Speaking of this morgue, it was newly built recently.

When he found Simu, he discovered that he was with Jiale, cutting the copper-horned golden coffin to make a magic weapon. Simu heard the noise and looked up to see that it was Jiang Li. He smiled and said, "Long time no see, nephew. Why did you think of visiting your uncle today?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Nephew, you missed me so much that you came to see me with gifts!"

Simu's eyes lit up when he heard that and he stood up and said, "Really? Is the gift you are talking about the box they are carrying?"

After receiving Jiang Li's affirmative answer, he stepped forward and opened the box. But as soon as he opened it, his face darkened and he asked, "You're just going to use it to visit your uncle?"

As he said this, he grabbed a handful of bullets from the box.

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Uncle Master, you misunderstood. The pistol inside is the gift. I wanted to ask you to take a look at these bullets to see if you can carve some runes or draw some spells on them!"

Simu's face darkened when he heard that. "You wish. It will take me forever to finish such a big box!"

"Take it, take it, and find a way yourself. I haven't finished making the bronze sword your master asked me to make!"

Jiang Li suddenly remembered and asked, "I wonder if Uncle Master knows that I once asked Master to make a copper stick for me?"

Simu said impatiently, "It's on the shelf in the room, go get it yourself!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li hurried into the house and found the golden copper stick on the weapon rack by the wall. He reached out and pulled it out from the rack, and felt a heavy feeling in his hand.

Holding the copper stick in my hand and examining it, I saw that it was about two meters and six meters long, with copper hoops reinforced at both ends. The stick was three centimeters in diameter and was covered with talismans.

Jiang Li waved the copper stick a few times and felt its high hardness. It was obviously made into a bronze stick by adding tin and lead.

The four of them looked at Jiang Li in surprise and said, "You are really something. The copper stick in your hand weighs at least 30 kilograms. Seeing how loudly you are dancing, it seems like you are not struggling at all!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Uncle Master, you don't know that I am practicing physical training. I have taken some physical training drugs and now I have 400 to 500 kilograms of strength. The weight of this copper stick is just right!"

Hearing this, Jiale said enviously, "Brother Jiang is so strong, no wonder he was able to pin that royal zombie to the ground and beat him. I wish I could be like you."

Jiang Li smiled and told Jia Le that Uncle Jiu would use the blood mushroom to refine medicinal pills in the future. This calmed him down. As for what the blood mushroom was, he did not explain in detail, only saying that it was a medicine that could assist in physical training.

He came to Simu again and said solemnly, "I'm not trying to embarrass my uncle. My master and I got a piece of news that there is a Wuzhu Mountain more than 300 miles to the northeast. Although there are evil cultivators there, it is still a trading market for cultivators."

"I have already told Master that I will go with Uncle Qianhe to see if I can find some training resources for trading. I also want to come to Uncle Qianhe to prepare some magical instruments and talismans for self-defense."

Simu frowned when he heard that and said, "Since you have something important to do, I shouldn't refuse, but I really can't handle all the bullets you brought!"

Jiang Li was just trying his luck, so he stopped insisting after hearing what Simu said. Instead, he said to Simu, "How about this, Uncle Master? You take the trouble to draw spells on a small portion of the bullets."

"For the rest, soak them in cinnabar and realgar, and see how much effect it has!"

Simu was relieved after hearing this and said, "Well, I just happened to have used the bronze coffin to make some magical instruments during this period. You can take a few with you, they should be useful."

Jiang Li smiled and nodded, "Thank you, uncle-master. I'll get them right away." Then he and Ah San and Ah Si each took several bronze swords.

Seeing this, Simu quickly shouted, "What are you doing? Why are you taking so many? It's very difficult for me to do it!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Uncle Master, you may not know that I plan to bring a dozen cavalrymen with me this time, and these are prepared for them."

Having said that, he turned around and ran away with the two of them, no longer paying attention to Simu who was cursing behind them.

They took these bronze swords to find Uncle Qianhe. Before Qianhe could say anything, the four people from the east, south, west and north immediately asked happily, "When are we going to set off? We can't wait to go and slay the demons."

As for why they were so excited, it had to do with their experiences during this period. He had done a lot of things in the mountains during this period, but they were all miscellaneous tasks such as making talismans, patrolling the mountains, and copying scriptures.

As for going down the mountain to catch ghosts, most of the work was done by Uncle Jiu and Qianhe. There were few times when he could be used, so they had been eager to go down the mountain for a walk.

When they heard Jiang Li say that he was going to Wuzhu Mountain, they naturally agreed.

Qian He heard this and scolded, "Why is it that a monk is so anxious? Didn't you hear your Senior Brother Jiang say that we should prepare more spells and instruments? This is not something that can be done in a day or two."

Upon hearing this, the four people from the southeast, northwest, and northeast regions immediately sat back like eggplants hit by frost and continued to copy the scriptures.

Then Qianhe said to Jiang Li, "Nephew, go and prepare first. When everything is ready, notify us."

Jiang Li nodded and said, "Master, you are busy. I am going to go now."

After saying that, he said goodbye to Chizuru and returned to the main hall.

Seeing that Uncle Jiu was still interpreting divinations for people, Jiang Li did not disturb him. He found a pen and paper, sat in front of a table and listed the things he would need for the trip.

...

Five days later.

He and Qianhe set off in four carriages in the east, south, west and north, with twelve mounted soldiers following on both sides of the carriages.

Speaking of the things brought for the trade, in addition to some money, there were some seized martial arts manuals, some healing medicines made by Uncle Jiu, and a few essence pills made from the blood of spirit chickens.

Of course, the four carriages would not be loaded with just these few things. They were also equipped with four Czech light machine guns, more than two thousand rounds of ammunition, and hundreds of grenades.