After my grandmother called me home in my dream, my spiritual energy revived

Chapter 248 I Want Old Items

"Is this water crazy?"

"Could there be something underwater?"

"Did someone's spirit go and cause trouble in the river?"

"If any family's spirit animal had such great abilities, wouldn't it be invited to be worshipped by the Spirit Investigation Bureau?"

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The surveillance officer responsible for the area near Xiaozhushan, or more precisely, near Song Miaozhu, saw the surveillance footage from the Bureau of Investigation's satellite monitoring system and stood up in surprise.

I'd heard from my ex that this job was very exciting, but this was the first time she'd actually done anything in all the time she'd been in this position!
"What? Master Song has brought a spiritual creature out of the mountain? And it's a new spiritual creature that can control the river?"

The message reached Zhao Huoyan from the Spiritual Investigation Bureau.

He hadn't originally intended to include Song Miaozhu; he was simply adding another entry to her file.

Seeing the commotion in the river, which had already prompted the locals to spontaneously search along the river for the source of the problem, and knowing that it wouldn't be long before they reached Song Miaozhu's area, they called to remind her.

"What? Someone's coming upstream?"

After receiving the call, Song Miaozhu quickly stopped the paper water rhinoceros: "Alright, alright! I know you're very capable, take me back!"

The paper-made water rhinoceros finally calmed down and carried her towards Xiaozhushan.

The Bureau of Paranormal Investigations was keeping a close eye on her movements, and Song Miaozhu was well aware of this. She didn't find Zhao Huoyan's reminder offensive; maintaining a friendly and cooperative relationship while keeping a certain distance was quite good.

She wouldn't do things outdoors without any cover if she didn't want the Department of Spirits to know.

She hadn't originally intended to hide the matter of the spirit from the Spirit Investigation Bureau.

If unclaimed spirits are left to fester, they may eventually disrupt order, causing unrest and casualties.

It's impossible for Song Miaozhu to control all the old objects in the world that have the potential to become unclaimed spiritual objects. The best way is to cooperate with the Spirit Investigation Bureau.

Zhao Huoyan was also very perceptive. He noticed that Song Miaozhu was still on the phone while talking to the paper water rhinoceros, not hiding it from him. This meant Song Miaozhu had no intention of keeping the magical object a secret. Hearing the noise on the other end subside, he seized the opportunity to ask:

"Is this new spirit creature of yours also a mount? A mount that can control water?"

Song Miaozhu, noticing his sensitivity, replied, "I don't have the ability to create a spirit creature that combines the abilities of both water control and a mount. It's just that it's big enough to carry me around like a mount. As for the water control ability, I created it using other methods."

"What method?" Zhao Huoyan was shocked. "Could it be that besides using spiritual energy to nurture things, there are other ways to cultivate spiritual objects?"

While remotely ordering the little paper servants of Xiaozhushan to take the spirit paper kite abroad to prepare for purchasing goods, Song Miaozhu said to Zhao Huoyan, "Of course, but what are you going to use to exchange for this method?"

The value of a soul is something even she cannot refuse.

Even if this matter takes a long time, the Spirit Investigation Bureau will still find out, and Song Miaozhu doesn't want to hand over the information to them for nothing.

Besides, the Department of Spirits Investigation doesn't have what she needs anymore.

The spirit originates from unclaimed spiritual objects, and unclaimed spiritual objects come from old objects!

"What is your target price? Just tell me, and I will do my best to apply to the higher-ups. Given the importance of this news, no matter the price, they should seriously consider it."

As was customary, Zhao Huoyan assumed that Song Miaozhu needed contribution points, or rather, RMB, and sincerely offered to let her name her price. "This time I don't want money," Song Miaozhu said. "I want to select a thousand old items from your collection, including antique paper, paper-cutting, paper-making, paper sculpture, calligraphy and painting, which are helpful and inspiring for paper-making, for my reference and study."

Paper artifacts are difficult to preserve, and Song Miaozhu had barely found any through private channels before; the few she had found were already in the official collections of various countries.

The spirit is best suited to items made from paper offerings, so that the artisan's memories within the spirit can be passed down to the greatest extent possible.

However, the paper servants sent abroad were not so particular.

Song Miaozhu intends to take care of all the countries that have ever looted Chinese cultural relics and the museums that house lost Chinese artifacts.

It's not just about reclaiming our own cultural relics, but about emptying all the museums that house Chinese cultural relics that have been lost!
The National Museum of the United States is of utmost importance and is also the first stop for the little paper servants when they go out on business.

At this time, the little paper servants had already been taken to the United States by the spirit paper kite.

When China was weak, people robbed them without hesitation.

Now that China's military strength is formidable and its cultivators are also powerful, it's natural that it wouldn't hesitate to rob them.

All of this was done in secret. Zhao Huoyan assumed that she had encountered a bottleneck in her paper-crafting skills and wanted to find inspiration through exquisite works of art.

This situation is very common among cultivators. In fact, the faster a cultivator's cultivation level increases, the more likely they are to encounter this situation due to insufficient accumulation.

Therefore, the Bureau of Spirits Investigation also frequently holds master exchange meetings and spiritual item appraisal meetings to allow practitioners to exchange experiences with each other.

Even cultural artifact appreciation events have been held several times.

Nowadays, major museums have set up special areas for artifacts made using different techniques for practitioners to visit.

However, the artifact itself has been well preserved and has never been given directly to any practitioner.

After confirming that Song Miaozhu wanted the artifacts and not just wanted to borrow them for viewing, Zhao Huoyan said, "I will do my best to try to get them for you, but I can't guarantee the result. Every single artifact is extremely precious..."

"Go and coordinate it. We'll wait for your good news."

Song Miaozhu also wanted to tell him that she would do her best to ensure the safety of the old object itself.

However, she cannot guarantee what the old object will look like after it transforms into an unclaimed spiritual object. If it is like the shadow puppet of the Grand Master's Chair, she can obtain its spirit without damaging the artifact itself. But if it is like the water-suppressing stone rhinoceros, then there is no way to do so.

A thousand old items may seem like a lot, but the old shadow puppet box she bought alone contained hundreds of shadow puppets.

However, she wouldn't let her American underlings take action until she received news from the Bureau of Spirits Investigation.

If we don't take this opportunity to get some old paper-crafted items from the Department of Spirits Investigation, it will be even more difficult once the matter of spirits is exposed.

While waiting for news, she went through a list of museums and private collectors abroad, and sent a small servant to each to scout out their locations.

Compared to the thousand old objects in China, the ones abroad are the main focus of Song Miaozhu's future spiritual energy reserves.

She has no plans to share these things with the Bureau of Paranormal Investigations for the time being.

If the Bureau of Spirits Investigation had the capability to retrieve those items, it would have done so long ago.

Anyway, these old objects can't transform into unclaimed spiritual objects unless they are supplied with spiritual energy. Her spiritual energy is enough to cultivate unclaimed spiritual objects and extract their souls. If she can't use them after cultivating them, she can just trade them with someone else.