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

Uncle Jiu heard this and said, "It shouldn't happen. After all, monsters don't have as many schemes as humans. Even if they really want to run away, with Master here, he won't be able to cause any trouble in his greatly reduced demonic state."

Jiang Li felt a little relieved after hearing that, so he asked Ren Tingting to go into the inner room, and then carefully released it. As soon as it got out of the cage, this guy jumped up and down and threw a tantrum. It was obvious that it had been pent up for the past few months.

It jumped for a while before stopping. It just looked at Jiang Li with one hand pointing at its mouth and the other covering its stomach, obviously asking for food.

Jiang Li immediately took a lot of food, not to mention pumpkin, corn and sweet potato, and also took four raw eggs and put them in front of it.

The chimpanzee, who was eating the sweet pumpkin with gusto, immediately put down the food in his hand, took the eggs and swallowed them one by one in two bites. After eating, he looked at Jiang Li and obviously wanted more.

But Jiang Li stood up and spread his hands, and when it saw that there was indeed no more pumpkin, it started eating the pumpkin again.

Half an hour later, after eating more than ten pounds of food, it stopped eating. Jiang Li saw that it did not run around after eating, but just wandered around the charity cemetery, as if looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar new home.

Jiang Li was relieved to see that it was calm, so he walked over to it and said, "How about I give you a name?"

Seeing it nod, Jiang Li thought for a while and said, "I think I should call you Wukong, since it happens to have the same name as the Great Sage Equaling Heaven."

Then he called out several times, "Wukong, Wukong, Wukong."

I kept hearing it roaring.

Seeing that it had basically submitted, Jiang Li took out the book "Spirit Control Art" and began to exercise deeper control, trying to make it accept and complete more complex instructions.

However, after reading it carefully, I found that the more precise control in this "Spirit Control Art" requires at least the cultivation level of a human master. With my cultivation level of less than the eighth level of a Taoist priest, I am simply unable to perform it.

In desperation, Jiang Li could only use a stupid method, just like training a dog, playing with it more and letting it slowly get used to his commands.

This went on for half a month. In the morning, I played with it to increase our intimacy. In the afternoon, I accompanied Ren Tingting for a walk to relax. In the evening, I meditated and practiced qi. Then, I went back to Renjia Town with Ren Tingting to rest.

When Jiang Li arrived at the charity cemetery that day, he saw Uncle Jiu preparing to leave with a man who looked as anxious as Wencai. At a glance, he found that he looked very familiar.

After a closer look, he discovered that this guy was actually Ade (Ban Runsheng), the apprentice of Uncle Jiu in "Mr. Vampire". With this discovery, Jiang Li calmly asked, "Master, where are you going?"

Uncle Jiu replied, "This...what's your name?"

The man replied, "Uncle Jiu, just call me Ade."

Uncle Jiu continued, "Ade just told me that there is a group of horse thieves in Tanjia Town who are going to commit crimes and he wants me to help deal with them."

Jiang Liming asked knowingly, "Since they are horse thieves, why do you need to ask the master to go?"

Ah De immediately replied, "It's like this, that group of horse thieves have magic that makes them invulnerable to swords and guns. We heard that Uncle Jiu is very powerful in Taoism, so we thought of asking Uncle Jiu to help us deal with them."

Jiang Li pretended to understand something when he heard this and said, "So that's how it is. But Master, please wait a moment. I'll go home and get a few gunmen to go with us. After all, horse thieves come and go like the wind. It's hard to deal with them if we don't kill the horses."

Uncle Jiu thought it made sense and said, "That's good."

So he said to Ade, "Let's make one more trip. It will be safer with a few gunmen."

When Ade heard that there was a gunman, of course he didn't object and nodded in agreement.

So Jiang Li entered the charity cemetery, took the magical chicken and put it on the carriage, and went to the Jiang family.

On the way, Uncle Jiu asked Jiang Li, "Why did you bring it with you?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "I heard that they know magic, so I thought that the blood from the comb of the spirit chicken might be useful."

Uncle Jiu nodded and said, "Rooster blood can indeed break evil, and the effect of spiritual chicken blood is several times stronger."

At this time, Ah De said, "I have heard of Uncle Jiu's great name and always wanted to become his disciple, but unfortunately I never had the chance. Today, I have a rare opportunity to meet Uncle Jiu and ask him to give me a chance to be his disciple!"

Uncle Jiu looked at the old Ade and said, "You are really not suitable for practicing Taoism at your age. Why don't you ask somewhere else?"

Ade felt disappointed when he heard this, but he was still trying hard. The two of them were pulling the cart to the limit.

Jiang Li couldn't help but waved his hand to interrupt him, and then said to Uncle Jiu, "Master, do you think this is okay? Shaolin still has lay disciples, so it's normal for Maoshan to have a few outer disciples."

"Why don't you accept him as an outer sect disciple or a registered disciple? This will help to strengthen Maoshan in the future. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Uncle Jiu thought for a while and said to Ade, "Would you like to be my registered disciple?"

Ah De was overjoyed when he heard this and was about to kowtow, but Uncle Jiu quickly stopped him and said, "It's just an empty ceremony, so you can concentrate on driving. I will examine your character in the future. If you don't conform to my Maoshan teachings, don't blame me for expelling you from Maoshan."

Hearing this, Ade patted his chest confidently and said, "Master, rest assured. I will serve you like a father."

Afterwards, Uncle Jiu told Ade some of the Maoshan precepts, and he agreed to them one by one.

Soon the carriage arrived at the Jiang family. After comforting Ren Tingting, Jiang Li took six members of the village protection team and drove three carriages to Tanjia Town.

Without stopping on the way, the group of nine soon arrived at Tanjia Town, and the mayor came out to greet them with a temporary security team.

When Jiang Li saw that the captain of the security team was actually "Awei", he quickly asked Ade, "Is the one with the armband called Awei? When did he come?"

Ade smiled and said, "Brother, you got the wrong person. That's Aqiang, who I grew up with."

Then he brought Uncle Jiu Jiang Li and eight gunmen to the mayor and said, "Ade has lived up to his mission and has invited Uncle Jiu and his apprentice. By the way, he also invited six gunmen to help deal with those horse thieves."

The mayor was delighted when he heard this and said, "Well, well, you did a good job."

Then he stepped forward, clasped his fists and said with a smile, "It's great that Uncle Jiu can come. I am the mayor of Tanjia Town. On behalf of the gentry and elders of Tanjia Town, I would like to thank you."

Uncle Jiu also clasped his fists and smiled, "You are too polite, Mayor. It is our duty as a disciple of Maoshan to deal with the evil cultivators and monsters. Please tell me the details so that we can make preparations."

The mayor smiled and said, "Okay, okay. Why don't you go into the town first and sit down and then we can talk in detail." After saying that, he extended his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

Then Jiang Li, Uncle Jiu and six members of the village protection team followed the mayor into the ancestral hall of Tanjia Town.

After some introductions, both parties got to know each other, and the mayor told the truth about the situation. It turned out that this group of horse thieves had attacked the neighboring Tengteng Town some time ago.

They looted and killed and injured many people. The town took in several fleeing villagers and learned about the situation. According to them, the bandits knew some magic and were invulnerable to swords and guns.

Their next target was Tanjia Town. The mayor and the wealthy families discussed it and decided to ask Uncle Jiu for help.