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

Chapter 265 The Paper Doll of the Spiritual Rhinoceros 3
Song Miaozhu had long ago figured out the function of her first Lingxi paper doll, and when she activated its spirit, she could just go straight in that direction.

The process of "invoking the spirit" in Lingxi paper puppets is divided into five stages: enlightenment, knowledge acquisition, body shaping, skill transmission, and spirit invocation, which correspond to the five aspects of wisdom, knowledge, body, cultivation, and personality, respectively.

The more spiritual energy is poured into a particular stage, the more perfectly that aspect of the paper puppet will be shaped.

Song Miaozhu hoped that her first Lingxi paper doll would be an intelligent manager who could help her manage daily affairs, manage industries in both the Yin and Yang realms, and also have a certain level of cultivation so that it could help her raise spirits, cultivate independently, and digest spiritual souls.

Therefore, more effort should be put into the spiritual initiation stage during the enlightenment and skill transmission stages.

In the first stage of spiritual awakening, Song Miaozhu gave everything she could, ensuring that the Lingxi paper puppet inherited 100% of her wisdom, guaranteeing that as soon as it gained sentience, it would be as intelligent as her.

In the second stage of the Spirit Initiation, Song Miaozhu didn't spend too much effort.

The knowledge he inherited was mainly focused on life skills and cultivation techniques, and only basic knowledge at that.

It is sufficient to ensure that after his birth, his understanding will not be detached from reality, and that he has a certain amount of knowledge to deal with daily life and cultivation.

Song Miaozhu only gave me a superficial understanding of management.

It wasn't that Song Miaozhu didn't want to give it, but rather that she herself wasn't a management talent and hadn't had much exposure to this kind of knowledge.

What she doesn't have, she naturally can't directly bestow upon the Lingxi Paper Doll.

Moreover, it is impossible to achieve perfection in all five stages; choices must be made.

Song Miaozhu believes that wisdom is far more important than knowledge, because as long as wisdom is sufficient, even a paper puppet can become a useful tool through learning; it just requires more time.

Song Miaozhu had already prepared a large number of books on various topics for him, and downloaded a lot of video courses. If necessary, she could also hire a ghost master for him.

There's no shortage of learning materials and teachers. With the wisdom that the paper puppet inherited from her, as long as you're willing to spend time and effort, there shouldn't be anything you can't learn.

What he learned, Song Miaozhu, as his master, could also benefit from and automatically master.

After the enlightenment and spiritual awakening processes, the eyes of the Lingxi paper puppet come to life.

The third stage is spirit-infusing and body-shaping.

This stage is crucial for the paper puppets to shed their paper-mâché texture and become lifelike.

Song Miaozhu put a little effort into making the paper puppet's body look realistic when she used the spirit-infusing technique, but she skimped on the physical qualities of the sculpted body.

After all, they are intelligent paper puppets, so they don't really need to engage in close combat with enemies.

Their strength and defense are about the same as an average adult male, far inferior to the paper soldiers. However, unlike the little paper servants, they don't ignite easily or reveal their true nature when exposed to water.

Song Miaozhu only focused on improving his agility and speed to prepare him for subsequent independent training.

To develop strong self-cultivation abilities, one must have solid manual skills.

Once the body shaping and spirit initiation were finished, the paper puppet in front of her looked like a real person. However, she didn't have the extra energy to examine it closely, as the fourth stage of spirit initiation was about to begin.

The spiritual energy that Song Miaozhu saved during the first two stages of spiritual initiation and enlightenment was ultimately used for the fourth stage of skill transfer.

As she channeled her spiritual energy, the paper puppet's initial cultivation level slowly increased until it reached the third level of the Blue Spirit Realm. Only then did Song Miaozhu realize that she could not continue and stopped.

At this point, she only had a little spiritual power left to complete the final step, "praying to the spirits."

Song Miaozhu did not intend to define the personality of the Lingxi paper doll in too much detail through the spirit-pointing method, as that would be too rigid.

When praying to the spirit, set fewer personality standards for the paper doll so that it will have more room to develop its own personality as it follows her.

In any case, the Lingxi Paper Doll's loyalty to its master will not change, so even if there are some unexpected aspects to its personality in the end, it will not be a big deal. The moment Song Miaozhu injected the last bit of spiritual power into it, only four words came to mind: "cautious and self-disciplined".

He was cautious to ensure thoroughness in his actions and his own safety, and self-disciplined to ensure that he would not waste the wisdom and talent she had bestowed upon him during her enlightenment.

These two points are enough.

Having exhausted the last bit of spiritual energy, the spirit-infusing ceremony of the Spirit Rhinoceros Paper Doll finally came to an end.

Song Miaozhu hadn't used all her spiritual power like this for several years. A long-lost feeling of weakness washed over her. Just as she was about to walk to the chair behind her to sit down and recover, she stumbled, and a pair of cold, lifeless hands supported her.

"Master, be careful!"

Her fingers were long and slender with distinct knuckles, a result of her meticulous craftsmanship. The fragrance of cedar and fir mixed on her body was the result of her using special incense to perfume herself for several days. Song Miaozhu was very familiar with all of these.

Only that cool yet steady voice sounded somewhat unfamiliar to her.

The voice of the Lingxi Paper Doll was originally created by its owner during the Spirit Shaping and Body Tempering stage, but Song Miaozhu omitted that, only giving it the ability to speak like a normal person. The voice was not specifically defined and was essentially random.

Surprisingly, the randomly generated sound was actually quite good.

Song Miaozhu let the paper puppet help her to sit down.

"I will infuse you with spiritual power."

After she sat down, the paper puppet came behind her and transferred its spiritual power into Song Miaozhu's body.

Everything about the Lingxi Paper Doll is inherited from her; they share the same roots and origins, and their spiritual power can be transferred to each other.

Soon, Song Miaozhu's spiritual power recovered somewhat, and she felt less weak: "Alright, I can recover the rest on my own."

The paper puppet then stopped.

"Come to me."

After Song Miaozhu finished consecrating the spirit, she hadn't even had a proper look at the paper doll she had painstakingly made!
The paper doll slowly circled around to her front, allowing her to examine it.

The paper puppet looked at her with clear, bright eyes. Song Miaozhu coughed lightly and said, "From now on, you'll be called Song Zhangli!"

She felt that he had the posture of "walking slowly with a cane, standing like a boat" in Du Fu's poem.

"Thank you for bestowing this name upon me, Master!" Song Zhangli bowed his head in gratitude.

Song Miaozhu: “…”

This guy has a cool and aloof demeanor, and his personality seems a bit cold too!
"Don't call me master anymore."

Even though everything he had came from her, Song Miaozhu still felt strange hearing him call her "master."

However, she had trouble figuring out what to call her.

Boss? No way, she won't pay him a salary!

Master? That's too polite! This is her butler!
Before she could figure it out, she heard him say, "Then I'll call you Miss!"

As expected of an intelligent paper puppet, it is indeed clever. Song Miaozhu thought it was good and nodded.

"You just need to focus on your cultivation and recovery. Leave the household matters to me!" Zhang Li handed her the paper offering materials she had prepared before the spirit-burning ceremony.