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

After a while, Jiang Li came to Tenglong Restaurant under the guidance of Uncle Jiu, but Uncle Jiu did not stop. Instead, he took the torch and continued to walk to the cellar.

Jiang Li was just wondering when he smelled a strong fishy odor, which almost made him vomit up his overnight meal.

When Jiang Li saw the situation clearly, he couldn't help but ask, "Master, what's going on here? Why is there so much blood? And what about those red mushrooms?"

Uncle Jiu frowned and explained, "This is the Blood Evil Mushroom. It and the Coffin Mushroom are both extremely evil things in the eyes of righteous people, but those evil cultivators and demons regard them as treasures. I think the evil cultivator killed thousands of people in the town just for it."

When he said this, his veins were already throbbing. Seeing this, Jiang Li quickly changed the subject and asked, "Then I wonder what this thing is used for?"

Uncle Jiu's expression eased as he explained, "This thing uses the essence and blood of living beings as nutrients. After it matures, it can be used to refine medicine. It can greatly strengthen the body. However, because it is contaminated with too much evil spirit and resentment from living beings, it also has great disadvantages. If you are not careful, you will lose your mind and become possessed."

Jiang Li frowned and asked, "Then why don't you eradicate them? Is it just to educate me so that I can know them?"

Uncle Jiu frowned and said, "There are reasons for this, but the main reason is that I remembered that you were able to improve mushroom cultivation before, so I wanted to ask if you could cultivate it a little bit, retaining the medicinal properties while eliminating the drawbacks?"

"After all, the medicinal properties of this thing are really amazing. Even if only one or two percent of the medicinal properties are left, it is still a rare treasure."

Jiang Li looked at Uncle Jiu in surprise and said, "Is the sun rising from the west today?"

"Given your character, you actually said something like that. If you had seen it in the past, you would have just beaten it up and smashed it to pieces. Why did you change your temper today?"

Uncle Jiu asked with a gloomy face, "It's you who said it. If you don't change your mind, Maoshan and Taoism will be destroyed in our hands."

"Although this thing is evil, it does have extraordinary medicinal properties. If I can use it, it will surely become a powerful tool to revitalize Maoshan."

"Just tell me if it works or not. If not, I will destroy it immediately to prevent it from causing harm to the world."

Jiang Li quickly pulled Uncle Jiu aside and said with a smile, "Why don't we go out first? It stinks in here. I'm afraid I'll be suffocated to death here."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu no longer insisted and returned to the inn with Jiang Li.

Jiang Li came to the outer door and took a few deep breaths of fresh air. Then he paced back and forth, thinking for a long time but still could not come up with any idea.

So he asked, "Master, please tell me the details of this thing first, so that I can prescribe the right medicine!"

Uncle Jiu frowned upon hearing this and said, "I don't know the details, but I found some damaged books on that evil cultivator, and combined with the situation in the town, I have some rough guesses, but I don't know if they are right!"

Jiang Li was speechless when he heard this, "Let's not worry about whether it's right or not, you tell me first, I also have a direction, right?"

Uncle Jiu nodded and said, "Then let me tell you my guess!"

"When I was fighting him before, I seemed to hear him say that the female horse thief was his apprentice. Combined with this, I have reason to suspect that the female horse thief was a bait."

"She was deliberately placed in the front to alert the enemy and attract attention, while the evil cultivator took advantage of the chaos to sneak in and fish in troubled waters, and found such a hidden cellar to cultivate the blood evil mushroom."

"And the reason why he took action before was probably because the blood evil mushroom was not yet mature, but we found it, so he had to take action first."

Jiang Li frowned upon hearing this and said, "I have a general understanding of the situation, but why do they have to kill people for blood? Can't they just kill pigs and cows?"

Uncle Jiu shook his head and said, "I don't know about that, but since they don't use it, I guess it can't be used!"

Jiang Li thought for a while and said, "I can't think of a solution right now. Why don't you let me have a look at those books?"

"Before that, I might as well keep them. After all, they have such miraculous effects. Who knows, maybe I will master the method of growing them someday?"

Uncle Jiu looked at Jiang Li and said, "The book that records the method of growing blood mushrooms was bitten by zombies and it is badly damaged. There are not many words that can be recognized. Put it together with the money now and give it to you later!"

As for the suggestion of leaving these blood evil mushrooms, Uncle Jiu finally agreed. After all, he had a lot of ideas about these blood evil mushrooms. If they could really get rid of their evil, it would be a miracle medicine.

But in the end he still said, "This thing must not be consumed before its side effects are resolved, do you know that?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Master, don't worry. I'm a winner in life with a family and a wife. How could I be so desperate as to eat this?"

Uncle Jiu's face darkened when he heard this and said, "Get lost, you are so dishonest all day long."

Jiang Li left Le Tenglong Restaurant upon hearing this, while Uncle Jiu returned to the cellar and carefully collected the blood evil mushrooms.

Jiang Li arrived at the outer gate and everyone started to cook a big pot of rice. Looking at the steamed rice, stewed meat broth and fried vegetables and radishes, it was obviously a meal of relatively high quality.

This can be seen from the eager eyes cast by the people who are tidying the room from time to time.

Soon the food was ready, and everyone rushed forward to grab the food. Jiang Li ordered someone to fire a shot into the air, and after shocking everyone, he said loudly, "Look at the way you all look, have you ever eaten or what? Do you want to trample a few people to death?"

"Everyone, line up. I'll cook after you finish eating. I have plenty of food, and I can't miss your meal."

Seeing this, everyone pushed and shoved to line up. After an hour, several more pots were cooked, and everyone got their share and ate their fill.

After dinner, Jiang Li asked everyone to go back to their assigned houses to rest. As for himself, Uncle Jiu and others, they went to the ancestral hall again to discuss.

Jiang Li said, "Let's talk about what we are going to do tomorrow so that we can assign people and avoid chaos when the time comes."

So the people who survived the zombie extermination expressed their opinions one after another, and finally Jiang Li concluded, "Everyone has said their opinions, now let me summarize."

"First, we need to count and catalog the supplies from house to house, and then collect them together for unified management and distribution."

"Secondly, we need to send people to follow the people who are doing the counting. If they find any buried money, they need to record it clearly and collect it for unified management. If their relatives or friends come looking for it in the future, we need to hand it all over to them."

"Third, we need to select people to build the framework of the town. We need to select chefs, doctors and craftsmen and make good arrangements."

"Finally, we need to select a group of security teams to maintain order. Once the town's affairs are resolved, we will arrange for people to farm the land. The season is right now, so that the land will not be left barren and there will be trouble due to food shortages next year."

"Does anyone have anything to add?"