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

After cleaning up the centipedes on the ground, everyone picked up hoes and dug the centipede's nest upside down. Sure enough, they dug to a depth of five meters.

When they found the body of a child that had been eaten beyond recognition, Butcher Wang immediately jumped into the pit and hugged Wang Shitou, crying his heart out.

Seeing this, everyone was at a loss to comfort him, so Jiang Li said, "Don't cry, big brother. Let's bury him as soon as possible."

At this time, the person next to him exclaimed, "The hole below seems to lead to the distance."

So everyone continued digging, and sure enough, the cave led to a coffin with a big hole on it. The corpse inside had been eaten clean, leaving only some leftover bones.

Jiang Li came back to his senses and thought, "Good fellow, you are eating a buffet at the Wang family's ancestral tomb. You deserve to be killed in one fell swoop."

When everyone saw this scene, they immediately got angry and said, "Fuck it, burn this monster and leave it with no complete body."

When Uncle Jiu heard this, he immediately said anxiously, "No."

When everyone saw Uncle Jiu trying to stop him, they angrily asked, "Why not? If we don't burn it, we can't get rid of the hatred in our hearts."

Uncle Jiu wanted to explain when he saw this situation, but he was selfish this time and the other party's request was reasonable, so he didn't know how to explain.

Jiang Li immediately came to the rescue of his master and said, "You all may not know that this centipede spirit has a strong evil aura. If it is not dealt with properly, there may be trouble. Let my master take it back and deal with it with the secret method of Maoshan. What do you think?"

When everyone heard about the Maoshan secret method, although they didn't know what it was, they still accepted the suggestion. After all, no one wanted to leave any trouble.

They carried the centipede monster back to the village, and along the way they heard exclamations and then a burst of cursing.

Seeing that the matter had been settled, the village chief had the pig that had been killed earlier stewed so that the whole village could have a good meal, and Jiang Li and Uncle Jiu were naturally among them.

Early the next morning, the master and the disciple returned to the Jiang family with the remaining rooster. Jiang Li was naturally greeted with a round of scolding for not returning home all night. In the end, it was Uncle Jiu who pleaded for them, and they were able to save a meal of stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots.

Because he was afraid that his father would pick up the bamboo sticks again after Uncle Jiu left, Jiang Li simply went to the charity cemetery with Uncle Jiu, and of course he did not forget to bring the peach wood sticks with him.

Uncle Jiu was driving his donkey cart on the way to the charity cemetery. Jiang Li asked, "Master, why are you carrying the corpses of the centipede monster and the little centipede? Can eating them improve your cultivation?"

Uncle Jiu smiled and said, "You are right, but it is not for humans to eat, but for those two big roosters to eat. Haven't you always wanted a spiritual beast? Let them eat the corpse of the centipede monster, and that should be enough."

"You know, a hundred-year-old monster is extremely rare. When the time comes, with a secret medicine, it will definitely bring it one step closer."

Jiang Li said excitedly, "This centipede has been practicing for a hundred years, but I don't think it's that powerful. It was easily dealt with."

Uncle Jiu said unhappily, "After all, your master has the cultivation level of the eighth level of a human master. With so many young and strong men, and a trap set for a sneak attack, if he can still trick us, then my cultivation would be in vain."

Jiang Li asked in confusion, "Master, I saw you used a peach wood spear to stab the centipede monster before, but the spear tip broke. Could it be that peach wood cannot restrain monsters?"

Uncle Jiu said, "Zombies and ghosts have Yin energy in their bodies, so they will naturally be restrained by the Yang energy in the peach wood. However, monsters have demonic energy in their bodies. Although peach wood is still somewhat useful, the unrefined wooden spear will not have much effect."

Jiang Li asked again, "Then Master, why don't you prepare some suitable magical instruments?"

Uncle Jiu explained awkwardly, "I heard from the villagers that it was a poisonous snake demon. I thought that poisonous snakes are usually small and their scales are not thick, so they should be easy to kill. So I brought some realgar and snake medicine, but I didn't expect that this monster was a centipede demon."

Jiang Li asked, "What's the difference between this centipede monster and the snake monster? Aren't all monsters supposed to have strong bodies?"

Uncle Jiu shook his head and said, "That's not the case. Some creatures become monsters and their original specialties are often strengthened. The specialties of this centipede monster are poison and shell. If you want to get rid of this kind of monster, it's best to use a metal magic weapon."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "But I didn't see any precious swords or sabers in your charity cemetery!"

Uncle Jiu immediately said with a dark face, "It was not necessary before. I will naturally refine a powerful magic weapon in the future." (It is the Guandao enshrined in front of the ancestor)

Jiang Li smiled and flattered him, "That's right. With Master's cultivation level, those little monsters wouldn't need any powerful magic weapons. Master can easily kill them."

After hearing this, although Uncle Jiu said to stop flattering, he couldn't stop smiling.

Jiang Li suddenly asked, "Master, how much money did they give this time?"

Uncle Jiu glanced at Jiang Li and asked, "Why are you asking this?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "I'm just curious, just tell me."

Uncle Jiu just perfunctorily said, "It's not much money. They sent out so many young and strong men this time, and they burned the ancestral graves. How can I have the nerve to charge more money?"

"Not much money."

Jiang Li curled his lips and thought, "If you don't add one more sentence at the end, I'll believe it," but he didn't continue to ask.

Soon the master and the apprentice returned to the charity cemetery. After unloading the things, Uncle Jiu said to Jiang Li, "Those of you who need to practice boxing should practice boxing and those who need to draw talismans should draw talismans. I will go to Renjia Town to prepare some medicine. When the time comes, I will train them all into spirit beasts so that you don't have to worry about them all the time."

After saying this, Uncle Jiu was about to drive the donkey cart away. Before leaving, he turned back and said to Jiang Li, "The talisman on the centipede monster is used to suppress evil spirits. Don't drop it."

After hearing what his master said, Jiang Li turned around and looked at Wencai who was about to lift up the talisman paper to check the centipede monster's corpse. He saw that he had also heard what Uncle Jiu said. He raised his head and saw his junior brother staring at him, then he withdrew his hand awkwardly.

When Uncle Jiu saw that both of them had heard what he said, he felt relieved and drove the donkey cart away.

Wencai looked at Jiang Li awkwardly and forced to change the subject, "Junior brother, why is your donkey cart being used by the master these days?"

Jiang Li said speechlessly, "My father bought a few more donkeys, so I can use this donkey cart temporarily. If you are interested, you can drive it around in the future."

Wencai said happily, "Okay, okay, I've wanted to take a ride for a long time, but unfortunately the driver is too stingy and has been reluctant to buy it."

Seeing how excited he was, Jiang Li poured cold water on him and said, "Since you are so interested, you will be responsible for cutting grass and feeding it from now on!"

When Wencai heard this, his face immediately turned bitter, as if he had been constipated for many days.

But in a blink of an eye, he regained his spirit and asked, "Junior brother, how did you get rid of this centipede monster? Did Master cast a spell to fight him for three hundred rounds, and then killed him with one sword?"

Jiang Li said speechlessly, "You've read too many picture books."

But he changed his mind and said, "Did you see the peach wood spear that pierced it from beginning to end? It was pierced by your junior brother, me, myself. If I hadn't given it the final blow, I'm afraid it would have really gotten away."