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

Master Ikkyu then nodded and said, "So that's how it is!"

Jiale asked unnaturally at this time, "I'm afraid our house can't accommodate so many of them. I wonder if Master Ikkyu would be convenient for them to stay for one night?"

Master Ikkyu smiled and said, "Monks are compassionate. Giving convenience to others is giving convenience to oneself. Just let them come over later."

Jiale was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "That's great, thank you Master."

After Jiale told Jiang Li the news, he took the opportunity to find Master Yixiu and said, "Thank you Master Yixiu for taking me in. I'm sorry to bother you tonight."

Yixiu smiled and said, "Master Jiang, you don't have to be polite. It's just a matter of convenience!"

I took the opportunity to walk around the house. Apart from seeing some herbs planted in pots, I didn't see any lotus roots planted in the house, so I knew what was going on.

Jiang Li then asked casually, "Master, do you live alone? Why don't you accept an apprentice? It would be nice to have someone to talk to."

Master Ikkyu smiled and said, "It's good enough for a monk to be able to support himself. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to accept a disciple? As for talking to Brother Simu Dao, Jiale, the disciple, is enough."

Afterwards, Jiang Li chatted with Yixiu for a while, found a chance to say goodbye, and told the cavalry outside that there would be seven people living in Yixiu and Simu Dojo respectively, and the remaining two would be responsible for taking turns to keep watch.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Jiang Li led his men away after dinner. Looking at Jiang Li's back as he rode away on horseback, Jia Le said with emotion, "Senior Brother Jiang is so impressive!"

At this time, Ikkyu came out from behind and said, "Why don't you take your uncle as your master? Then you can ride a big horse too!"

Jiale scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Master, you only like to joke around. If my master knew about this, he would punish me again."

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Leading the team back to Tengteng Town, Jiang Li found a map and calculated the strength of the troops at his disposal: sixteen cavalrymen, thirty-five village guards, sixty Tengteng Town Security Team members, plus eight personal soldiers, a total of one hundred and nineteen people.

He was considered to have some strength. He looked at the simple map again and said to the two security captains Jiang Youli and Jiang Youyi, "In addition to training, you must continue to recruit people and find out the surrounding forces when you have time."

"We need to find out how many bandits, robbers, warlords, and bullies they are. We may need them in the future."

The two nodded and said, "Okay, Master. We will arrange for someone to do it later."

Afterwards, Jiang Li asked a steward nearby, "How many livestock has Steward Wu sent over now, and where are they kept?"

The steward said, "Yesterday, Steward Wu sent six black dogs, eight sheep and a cow. We kept them all on Caoping Mountain, three miles outside the town. There are a lot of gravels there, but the terrain is relatively flat, and there is a lot of grass, which is suitable for grazing."

Jiang Li nodded and said, "Arrange people to build a fence. It will become a base for raising livestock in the future."

After arranging things here, Jiang Li returned to the hilltop where the Jiang family grazed. After a day, the shed on the hillside had been built.

After arranging the cavalry training, he took various guys and settled down in the mountains with Jiang Youxiao and Jiang Youti. At first, they were not in a hurry to draw blood from the cattle and sheep. After all, they were not familiar with them yet and would subconsciously avoid them when they saw them.

But after Jiang Li and the other two had been deliberately approaching them for many days, they were finally able to feed the grass in their hands into their mouths, and could even touch them from time to time.

After a few more days, the cattle and sheep finally put their minds at ease with Jiang Li and his companions and allowed them to be touched. Seeing that the time was ripe, Jiang Li decisively took out the syringe and drew three kilograms of blood from the cattle and sheep.

Holding two large bowls of fresh blood, he took out the blood mushrooms and began to try to grow them.

According to the book, first soak the dehydrated mushrooms in blood for a while, then plant them in the soil and pour the blood on them. The rest is to water them with blood every day.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, he arranged for Jiang Youxiao and Jiang Youxiao to continue approaching the cattle and sheep, while he took out the Essence Pill and took the medicine to practice.

After the medicinal power was completely absorbed, he practiced Xuanjia Gong to exercise his energy and strengthen his body. In a flash, a month had passed and he had finished eating the Essence Pills, but his cultivation level was only one step away from becoming a master.

But he couldn't care less now, because the blood mushrooms he had planted before had matured. Jiang Li excitedly collected more than a dozen of them and ran to Qingyun Temple to find Uncle Jiu.

Uncle Jiu was very surprised to see the Blood Evil Mushroom, because he could not sense any evil from the mushroom, so he asked Jiang Li in detail about the planting process.

After listening, he didn't find any problems. He immediately took a bright red blood mushroom and sniffed it. Apart from a faint smell of rust, there was not much strange smell.

This was completely different from the evil cultivator's mushrooms that emitted a foul odor, were red and black, and had an evil nature. Jiang Li couldn't help but ask, "Master, did I succeed or fail?"

Uncle Jiu said awkwardly, "At first glance, there is nothing wrong with it. It is not fishy and not evil, but I have never seen this thing before, so I can't say whether it will work or not."

Jiang Li was speechless after hearing this, "You said it, but it's the same as not saying it!"

Uncle Jiu was a little embarrassed when he heard this and said, "I haven't seen this before!"

Jiang Li said, "If that doesn't work, let's find a few dogs and try!"

Uncle Jiu heard this and said, "Dogs are not allowed. Maoshan's precepts forbid eating dog meat. We can't kill dogs for no reason. Let's try with a few chickens!"

Although Jiang Li wanted to explain the difference between mammals and birds, he didn't say it in the end.

Jiang Li went down the mountain and bought a few chickens. He then chopped up the blood mushroom and added it to the chicken feed to feed them. However, no matter how long he waited, they did not die suddenly or go crazy.

Instead, he became more energetic and vigorous, which made the two master and disciple stare at each other in amazement.

At this time, Qiu Sheng found the two and said, "Master, Uncle Simu was passing by here while driving the corpses. He said you had something to ask him, so I came to call you!"

Seeing Uncle Jiu's puzzled look, Jiang Li told him about his previous visit to Simu. Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu said, "This kind of thing should really be explained in person."

As he said that, he brought Jiang Li to the main hall to meet Simu.

Seeing Uncle Jiu coming, Simu stood up, bowed and said with a smile, "Brother, this Qingyun Temple is becoming more and more prosperous. I saw quite a few believers coming to burn incense before!"

Uncle Jiu responded, "You are too polite, Junior Brother. This is mainly due to Senior Sister Zhegu's contribution."

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Simu asked, "I wonder what Senior Brother wants to talk to me about. Why did you ask Ali to come all the way here?"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu drew the cake that Jiang Li had drawn again for Simu. Simu was surprised at first, but then he thought of something and refused, saying, "I know that Senior Brother means well, but you also know this."

"My lineage often has to deal with corpses, so we hide during the day and come out at night. Even our temple is in a deserted place. If we join Qingyun Temple, it will scare the pilgrims instead."