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

It took me more than two hours to copy all the parts, and I only copied down the method of taming beasts. I really don't have the energy to do the rest, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow.

By this time, Huang Silang had also memorized the Heart Purification Mantra. As long as he practiced more, the evil spirit in his body would weaken. Then, with the help of his uncle Jiu's Taoist magic, he could transform the evil spirit into a spirit even without the hundred-year-old Polygonum multiflorum vine.

Seeing Uncle Jiu coming over, Jiang Li asked, "Master, that old demon just now is a family deity that is worshipped by others. I see that you seem to be very afraid of him."

Uncle Jiu shook his head and said, "If that's the case, how can I let it run wild? It's not some family fairy but a mountain god."

Jiang Li exclaimed in disbelief, "How is this possible? If this is true, why doesn't it just attack directly? Could it be that Master has now reached an 50-50 tie with God?"

Uncle Jiu glanced at Jiang Li and said, "Although I don't know what fifty-fifty means, I can probably understand that it is indeed a mountain god. As for why it didn't take action, it's because it's not confident without the blessing of the god here."

Jiang Li asked in confusion, "What do you mean by no blessing from the divine position? Is there any restriction on the divine position after becoming a god?"

Uncle Jiu nodded and said, "Indeed, take the God of Mount Tai as an example. Within the range of Mount Tai, the God of Mount Tai has his divine position to bless him and his magic power is doubled. Outside of Mount Tai, he is just an ordinary monster."

Jiang Li immediately understood and asked, "Then this mountain god is not very useless, but even so, it wouldn't be so harsh that it wouldn't say anything?"

Uncle Jiu said, "How dare it speak harshly in front of the disciples of Maoshan?"

"You think my Maoshan is some low-class, dilapidated sect, don't you?"

Jiang Li laughed and said, "Master, please don't blame me. This is because I have only been practicing for a short time and don't know much about Maoshan!"

Uncle Jiu snorted and said, "What is recorded in that book? Why are you copying it?"

Jiang Li immediately became interested and said, "Master, you don't know, this book is very useful to me, it's just too old and I'm afraid it will get torn apart, so I thought of copying a copy."

Uncle Jiu picked it up and started reading it. After reading it for a while, he nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad. Your fate as an immortal is greater than mine and those of your uncles."

"But let's stop here today. You have used up all your magic power today. You should meditate and recover early to avoid damaging your foundation."

Finally, he said, "It's better not to practice the last Demon Devouring Secret Technique, lest you end up turning into a half-human, half-demon monster."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Master, rest assured that I know my limits. So, what are the plans for Huang Silang tonight?"

Uncle Jiu said, "I have already told it to recite the Heart Purification Mantra under the moonlight in the next few days. This way it can absorb the moonlight and purify the evil spirit."

Jiang Li nodded and said, "That's good, so that the whole charity cemetery won't be filled with evil spirits."

After saying that, Uncle Jiu went back to his room to rest. Jiang Li took some food and placed it outside the big iron cage, then went back to his room to recover his magic power.

Early the next morning, Jiang Li felt refreshed after a night's rest. He came to the yard and got another surprise: all the food outside the iron cage had been eaten up.

Jiang Li walked forward with great interest, picked up a branch and started teasing the sleeping chimpanzee. At first, it waved its hands impatiently and peeled the branch away, but later it simply turned around and faced Jiang Li with its butt.

Being willing to eat is the first step towards compromise. As long as I keep seducing it, it will fall sooner or later. I clapped my hands happily and went to the kitchen to help Wencai make breakfast.

After breakfast, he did not carry out his daily practice, but took out the set of "Spirit Control Technique" and continued to copy it. After breakfast, Uncle Jiu arrived at Renjia Town early to discuss the burial with Master Ren.

It took a whole day for Jiang Li to finally finish copying the "Spirit Control Art". However, Jiang Li did not copy it all in one book. Instead, he divided it into the methods of controlling and taming beasts and training ordinary beasts into spiritual beasts. The last part was naturally the secret art of devouring monsters.

When Uncle Jiu came back in the evening, he told Jiang Li that Ren Fa had agreed to bury the old man's ashes tomorrow, which meant that the matter would be resolved after tomorrow.

Jiang Li looked at Uncle Jiu who was smiling and said, "It would be best if there were no accidents. By the way, how much money did Master Ren promise to give you this time? Please tell me."

Uncle Jiu's smile froze immediately and he said, "How much money can I get for moving a grave? It's just some errand money!"

After that, they sat at the table and started eating. Jiang Li asked, "Master, where is the recipe for the Essence Pill? I want to collect the herbs first and use the blood of this spirit chicken to make one or two pills."

Uncle Jiu said as he was eating, "I'll get it to you after dinner, but you have to be prepared. There are several valuable herbs in this recipe, and it will be very expensive to do this!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "There's an old saying that goes, anything that can be solved with money is not a problem. Although my family isn't rich, we still have a thousand or eight hundred dollars. I think refining him eight or ten times should be enough."

Uncle Jiu immediately shut up when he heard this. At this time, Wencai said in surprise, "Brother, what kind of medicine do you want to make? Why does it cost a thousand dollars?"

Jiang Li asked in confusion, "Brother, haven't you been staying in the charity cemetery? I didn't talk to Master behind your back, but you didn't know about it?"

Wencai smiled awkwardly and said, "I usually don't pay much attention to your conversations, so I really don't know about this."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "If you don't know, forget it. After all, this thing costs money. Even if you know, there's nothing you can do. It's better not to worry about it."

Wencai was about to ask more when Uncle Jiu interrupted him, "Eat your meal. This meal can't stop you from talking."

Only then did Wencai start to eat his meal obediently.

Soon after dinner, Uncle Jiu returned to his room and handed a thin book to Jiang Li, saying, "Different spirit beast bloods must be used with different medicinal materials to bring out their characteristics. Otherwise, the loss of medicinal power, spiritual energy and medicinal properties will be too great and it will be a waste."

Jiang Lijie looked through it and directly found the medicinal materials needed to make elixirs with the blood of spirit chickens. He discovered that although the medicinal materials were very common, there were requirements on their age, and they had to be at least three to five years old.

The main ingredient is Polygonatum sibiricum that is more than 30 years old. I roughly estimated that one dose of the medicine would cost about 30 or 40 dollars, which is indeed not cheap.

I put the book away, said thank you, and went back to my room to sleep.

The next day, Jiang Li did not go with Uncle Jiu to bury Old Master Ren, but went to the pharmacy in Renjia Town for a look. When he came out, he was holding a large bag of various medicinal materials.

"I didn't expect that the pharmacy in this small town actually had a plant of Polygonatum that was more than 30 years old. But the price was too expensive. It sold it to me for 24 yuan, while the other medicinal materials added up to only 7 or 8 yuan. It's really unscrupulous." Jiang Li complained dissatisfiedly.

As mentioned before, Renjia Town has a river and water transportation and is a freight hub, so it is much more prosperous than other towns. So Jiang Li paid a deposit and asked the pharmacy owner to purchase other precious medicinal materials on his behalf.

Any ginseng, spiritual plant, or Polygonum multiflorum that is thirty to fifty years old can be bought and will be useful when the time comes. Even those century-old precious medicines can be asked at the pharmacy, and you can try your luck.