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

Uncle Jiu took a look and said unhappily, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the leg bone of a tiger monster. Even if it can't be used as medicine, it may be used to refine magic tools in the future. It will always be useful."

Hearing this, Jiang Li looked at the pile of miscellaneous things with great interest. Among them were bones, scales, tree roots and leather. He picked up a piece of leather and asked, "How come this piece of leather is so smooth and has no hair at all?"

Uncle Jiu said angrily, "That's human skin, damn evil cultivator."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li immediately let go and stepped back half a step, letting it fall to the ground, then said in panic, "Master, why are you keeping this thing? If someone sees it, who knows how they might misunderstand it!"

Uncle Jiu sighed and said, "This human skin is full of resentment and contains a wronged soul. It must have been refined by the Feng Shui master using evil methods. I want to help it transcend before destroying this human skin."

Jiang Li nodded and said, "This old guy really deserves to die. I just don't know what use he has for that dragonfly-diving acupoint. It actually made him so hateful that he didn't let the Ren family go for twenty years."

Uncle Jiu said, "You can find out if you read his books. Maybe there are some clues in them."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li immediately said, "Well, Master, you go ahead and do your thing. I'll go see what conspiracy that guy has that's worth all the trouble."

After saying that, Jiang Li picked up the books on the table and started reading. After reading them, he found that some of them talked about various poisonous plants and insects, and some explained what evil magic various monsters and beasts could perform.

Finally, he also discovered an evil cultivation method and an evil method called corpse transformation. This method can feed a spiritual corpse with its essence and blood, and when the time is right, it can take over the soul of another body, creating a half-human, half-corpse existence, so as to achieve a certain degree of immortality.

But this method is extremely costly. At the beginning, the corpse is weak and can be controlled. As the corpse continues to grow, the caster's consciousness will be eroded by the corpse's qi, and finally be completely assimilated by it.

In order to nurture a spiritual corpse, the most basic thing is to find a top-notch Feng Shui acupuncture point and transform it so that the corpse can be nurtured. However, the Feng Shui master deliberately let Ren Weiyong seize this acupuncture point from the very beginning.

Then he tampered with the tomb, letting this dragonfly-like tomb nurture Old Master Ren for twenty years. After he killed all the people in the Ren family and turned them into green zombies, he would then take over this body. However, all this was destroyed by Uncle Jiu, so he became angry and attacked Ren Fa and Uncle Jiu.

After figuring out the whole story, Jiang Li would no longer care about those evil methods and sorcery. Instead, he copied a copy of the books on poisonous insects and plants, as well as the application of monster materials, to keep for the purpose of establishing a Maoshan branch in the future.

After copying it, he gave the original to Uncle Jiu and burned it together with the human skin and bones. In this way, the matter of relocating the grave was perfectly resolved.

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Two days after this incident, Jiang Kaishan brought gifts and Uncle Jiang Lijiu to the Ren family to propose marriage. Because it had been discussed beforehand, the matter went extremely smoothly.

The gifts that Jiang Kaishan brought were not much, just common things like wedding cigarettes, wedding wine, wedding cakes, tea, red dates, fish, and honey.

Finally, he took out another 666 dollars and several sets of gold jewelry.

Ren Fa was also generous and gave several shops and two barren mountains outside the town. He said to Jiang Kaishan, "Don't get me wrong, father-in-law. It's not that I have any objection to you. It's just that I heard that your Jiang family has a lot of experience in reclaiming barren mountains, so I want to give you those two mountains."

Jiang Kaishan gladly accepted it with a smile.

Finally, at the suggestion of Uncle Jiu and Jiang Li, the wedding date was set for four months later. Firstly, the season after March, in late winter or early spring, was suitable. Secondly, the new house that Jiang Li had planned should have been completed by then, which would be just right for use as a wedding house.

The most important thing is that Jiang Li must take advantage of this period of time to settle Huang Silang down, so that he will have a more stable source of Essence Pills.

Seeing that the marriage had been settled, Jiang Li had someone bring a large box over. After telling the servants to leave, he said to Ren Fa, Jiang Kaishan, and Uncle Jiu, "The three of you present are elders I trust. I will just say what I have to say."

After seeing the three people's opinions, Jiang Li opened the box, picked up a culture dish and said, "These are several types of mushrooms that I have selected and cultivated. After my experiments, I calculated that the yield per mu can reach 10,000 catties."

"Even if the management is a little weak, its yield is still more than 5,000 kilograms. I brought it out today because I want to cooperate with Uncle Ren in planting it. I think if it is managed properly, it will definitely become a cash cow for our two families."

When Jiang Kaishan and Ren Fa heard this, they immediately stood up with disbelief on their faces. After a long time, Ren Fa came back to his senses and whispered, "Nephew, this is true. If it is true, our families will surely soar to the sky."

Jiang Kaishan also said in disbelief, "Before you told me that this thing has a high yield, I didn't pay much attention to it. I didn't expect the yield to be so high."

At this time, Ren Fa and Jiang Kaishan frowned and looked at Uncle Jiu and asked, "Master Lin doesn't seem surprised at all!"

Uncle Jiu coughed and said, "Actually, Ali told me before, so I seemed a little calmer."

After the two of them looked at each other for a while, the knowledgeable Ren Fa sat down and said, "What do you mean by saying this today, nephew? The Jiang family should not be short of funds!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "To be honest with Uncle Ren, I have actually thought about this a long time ago. My Jiang family started late and has a shallow foundation. It may not be a good thing to hold this thing in my hands. So I thought of borrowing the power of the Ren family and Maoshan to keep this overwhelming wealth."

Ren Fa frowned and stared at Jiang Li, saying, "Maoshan is a famous and powerful sect. It is understandable that you want to borrow its power, but my Ren family is small and has been on a downward trend for twenty years. How much power can we lend to you?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Uncle Ren is too modest. The Ren family is a large and powerful family with many branch clansmen. They have been entrenched in Renjia Town for many years, and their connections and influence can be said to be spread throughout every corner of Renjia Town."

"If we can get Uncle Ren's full support, the manpower, material resources and business routes required for planting and selling will not be a problem, and this is exactly what my Jiang family and my master do not have. When the time comes, the future of our three families joining forces will be bright."

As soon as Jiang Li said this, the three people present came to their senses. The Jiang family has technology which is the basis for cooperation, Uncle Jiu has a Maoshan background and can deal with people who ask Feng Shui masters to do something shady, and Ren Fa has connections, business routes and large amounts of funds. The three parties complement each other perfectly.

At this time, Ren Fa thought for a while and said, "I wonder if the fungus you mentioned is easy to make, nephew. Do you have a plan for growing mushrooms?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li quickly said, "I've already thought about it. Let's find a hill near my home. We'll plant a small amount first to gain experience, and then plant a large amount after we're familiar with it."

Afterwards, they discussed the details, such as what materials to prepare, how and where to build the greenhouse, and how many people would be needed. In short, they discussed everything for a long time.