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

The shopkeeper looked at the two of them for a while and said to them, "Okay, but if you don't want to buy it, don't tell anyone about it, so as not to cause trouble for me."

Uncle Jiang Lijiu naturally nodded in agreement. Then, led by the shopkeeper, the two of them went to the backyard and saw the huge jujube tree trunk that was four or five meters long and thirteen or fourteen inches in diameter.

But because it was struck by lightning, there is a deep burn mark from top to bottom of the tree, and the top was burned instead of sawed off.

Uncle Jiu looked at the lightning-struck wood with envy and nodded heavily to Jiang Li. Seeing this, Jiang Li pretended to be nonchalant and said to the shopkeeper, "It does look good, but it's a pity that too many parts are burnt and the value is greatly reduced.

The shopkeeper was also knowledgeable and refuted Jiang Li, "The power of the thunder is so fierce, but this tree can withstand the thunder and survive. When I first saw it, it even had new buds growing from the trunk. This kind of treasure is rare to come by."

Jiang Li was even more excited after hearing this, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "In that case, boss, please name a price. If it's suitable, we will buy it."

The shopkeeper seemed to be sure of the two people and said, "If the customers really want it, give me five hundred dollars and I will reluctantly give it to you."

Jiang Li was furious when he heard this and said, "Do you think we are fools? Five hundred yuan can buy twenty-five cows, why don't you go and rob them!"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Then please name a price, sir."

Jiang Li put away his anger and asked Uncle Jiu, "Master, how much do you think is appropriate?"

Uncle Jiu frowned and said, "I think two hundred dollars is enough."

The shopkeeper waved his hands and said, "No, no, this price is absolutely not acceptable."

Jiang Li said to the shopkeeper, "I'll add fifty yuan, what do you think?"

The shopkeeper still waved his hand and said, "No, no, at least four hundred yuan."

Jiang Li frowned and said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, please don't hold on to it. Although this thing is good, it is too big. I think it is difficult to sell it. Otherwise, you wouldn't have kept it in the store for a year."

"I'll take a step back and add another fifty dollars. I'll also give you a peach wood sword made by a Maoshan master as a token of my store. What do you think?"

The shopkeeper was a little shaken when he saw Jiang Li pointed out the truth and heard the reputation of Maoshan. He immediately asked, "Where are you two from?"

Jiang Li introduced the shopkeeper with a smile, "This is the famous Maoshan master Lin Jiu. The peach wood sword I mentioned earlier was also made by him using the Maoshan secret method. It can easily deal with ghosts and zombies."

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper was immediately "pleased" and said, "I have long yearned for Maoshan. I wonder if you can teach me a set of cultivation methods so that I can fulfill my wish."

Uncle Jiu frowned when he heard this and said, "My Maoshan skills are never passed on to others. I'm afraid I can't help you with this."

Jiang Li said quickly, "Master, please don't worry. We got a set of methods for taming spirit beasts from a weasel. If the shopkeeper likes it, it's okay to ask them to copy it."

"If all else fails, I still have a few martial arts secrets. They're not that great, but they can at least help you develop some skills. What do you think, shopkeeper?"

The shopkeeper immediately understood what was going on when he heard this. He had never believed that these two people were Maoshan disciples before, and what he said before was just a test.

Now after hearing what Jiang Li said, he actually had some trust in her and was quite tempted by the method of taming spirit beasts that Jiang Li mentioned.

After all, their boss had already instructed them to try their best to acquire methods related to cultivation in order to fulfill his wish of cultivating immortals. This method of taming spiritual beasts, which sounded very powerful, must not be missed.

He immediately said to Uncle Jiu and Jiang Li, "In this case, I will not insist. Give me a hundred dollars, plus the method of taming spirit beasts and those martial arts secrets, and you can take this hundred-year-old lightning-struck jujube wood away."

Seeing that the deal was done, the two men immediately handed the books to the shopkeeper to copy. Then Jiang Li took out two gold bars and some silver dollars from his purse to make up the hundred dollars and completed the transaction.

After he finished copying, Jiang Li, Uncle Jiu, Ade, Qiu Sheng and the other two carried the lightning-struck jujube tree weighing more than 700 to 800 kilograms back to the inn. (The streets were narrow and it was difficult to use a carriage.)

It was also thanks to Uncle Jiu's many years of practice that he had profound skills and a strong physique, and Jiang Li had also taken a lot of Essence Pills to strengthen his physique, otherwise it would have been impossible for the four of them to carry the jujube wood back to the inn.

Even so, Qiu Sheng and Ade were extremely tired. Jiang Li and Jiu Shu were also very tired, but they could still hold on.

So the two of them went out again and after half a day of shopping, they spent another three or four hundred dollars to buy a lot of medicinal materials.

Fortunately, Jiang Li took the money for Uncle Jiu to build a Taoist temple with him, otherwise he would not have enough money to buy so many things. As for why he had to take so much money with him, it was because there was no one in the charity cemetery and it was unsafe to keep so much money.

Just when Jiang Li and Uncle Jiu felt they had bought enough and were ready to go back, they saw a middle-aged man at the entrance of the alley, who was trying hard to sell a black dog and a yellow cow.

Jiang Li found that they were obviously different from others at first glance. Not only were they larger in size, but there seemed to be a faint demonic aura about them.

Jiang Li quickly looked at Uncle Jiu, who also looked at him, nodded and said, "It is indeed a monster, but the monster aura is very weak, so it should have just become a monster not long ago."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li and Uncle Jiu walked over and asked, "How much are you selling the black dog and the yellow cow for?"

When the middle-aged man saw someone asking for the price, he immediately smiled and said, "You two have good taste. I traveled hundreds of miles to buy these black dogs and yellow cows from two farmers..."

Seeing him talking endlessly, Jiang Li frowned and interrupted him, "I don't care whether they are monsters or not. Even if they are monsters, what's the point of me buying them?"

The middle-aged man said hurriedly, "These two monsters are used to being close to humans. If they are tamed properly, they can assist in combat. You will not lose out if you buy them."

Jiang Li shook his head and said, "Looking at the demonic aura they can't contain, I know they must have just become demons not long ago. Their demonic power is not strong and their intelligence is not high."

"So they can neither assist in the battle nor be killed directly for meat. At most, they can be kept at home to guard the house and strengthen the army."

"But you are lucky to have met me today. My sect has inherited the art of drawing talismans. The power of the talismans drawn with the blood of these monsters is doubled. If it were someone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't even look at them."

When the middle-aged man heard that Jiang Li had a serious use for them, he quickly said, "Since you have this inheritance, I will sell them to you for a hundred dollars."

Jiang Li touched his forehead and said speechlessly, "You are so rude. I treat you as a seller and you treat me as a fool. This ox is worth no more than twenty dollars, and this black dog is just a gift for buying the ox."

"I won't waste my time talking to you. For forty dollars, I'll take both the cow and the dog. If you don't think it's appropriate, just pretend I've never been here."