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

Chapter 271 Social Change
The most reliable defense is actually the Mirage Paper Realm.

Using paper crafting techniques, a false illusionary space is constructed, covering the real Xiaozhushan Mountain.

Outsiders who venture into the mountains will only enter a fantastical world of paper offerings, while the real Xiaozhushan remains completely hidden.

Only then, when Xiaozhushan appears to be accessible to everyone, but in reality, no one can be found, can we truly rest easy.

Unfortunately, the Mirage Paper Realm is the supreme secret technique of the paper crafting lineage, requiring extremely high levels of cultivation and skill.

Song Miaozhu tried several times, but she was always just a little short – her cultivation level was a little short, and her skills were also a little short. Perhaps only after breaking through the bottleneck and advancing to the next level would she be able to complete the creation of the Mirage Paper Mirror.

Now she can only have the paper puppets help her collect and prepare materials in advance, and then try her best to find inspiration from the craftsman's experience and memory of the spirit, improve her paper crafting skills, break through the bottleneck and increase her cultivation, and then try to make a mirage paper realm.

Song Miaozhu's cultivation continued smoothly, even more so than before, while the world below the mountain was in complete chaos.

The Reiki revival has been sweeping the globe for decades.

Although the foundations of modern society have not been completely overturned, the permeation of cultivation culture has given civilization a brand-new look.

In this era of cultivation, the path of cultivation and traditional handicrafts have been wonderfully integrated. In order to cultivate more talents in cultivation, governments around the world have incorporated traditional handicrafts into their national strategies.

Everywhere you look, you see this scene: toddlers, their little hands still too small to hold a carving knife, already apprenticing under master craftsmen; in school timetables, the class time for crafts such as embroidery and wood carving far exceeds that for math, physics, and chemistry; in the college entrance examination hall, students not only have to solve math problems, but also create handicrafts imbued with spiritual power on the spot.

The job market has been reshaped as a result.

At the job fair, HR professionals first looked at the "Cultivation Level" and "Representative Spiritual Object" sections.

An embroidery piece brimming with inspiration is often more convincing than a diploma from a prestigious university.

Parents' after-dinner conversations have shifted from "the child got into a top university" to "the child has nurtured a spirit of excellence."

The "revolution" brought about by this practice has also profoundly changed the industrial structure.

In the clothing industry, machine-made garments are reduced to cheap street vendor goods, while cheongsams sewn stitch by stitch by embroiderers can fetch astronomical prices at auctions.

In the transportation sector, all sorts of magical mounts have replaced gasoline-powered cars, becoming a symbol of status for the nouveau riche.

The most dramatic changes have occurred in the restaurant industry.

Practitioners can maintain their daily bodily needs through the circulation of spiritual energy, without needing to sleep or eat.

As a result, ordinary restaurants became deserted and gradually closed down, while only restaurants that could cook spiritual food remained bustling with customers.

People have gradually become accustomed to using spirit animals instead of pets and using spiritual power to drive their lives. Suddenly, the spiritual energy stopped flowing. First, people could no longer raise spirit animals as before. Then, the spiritual power was depleted and could not be replenished. The spirit animals stopped working because they lost the power to drive them. All industries that used spirit animals fell into a state of stagnation.

The medical system collapsed first, and doctors were no longer able to use magical objects to remove lesions and quickly cure diseases.

Next, the logistics network was paralyzed, and those magical mounts that could travel thousands of miles a day all went silent.

In the end, even the most basic necessities like food, clothing, shelter, and transportation became unsustainable.

The magical clothes in the wardrobe have lost their magic; apart from being aesthetically pleasing and comfortable, they are no different from ordinary machine-made clothes. In the city, urban traffic has been completely paralyzed.

Even more frightening is that the human body begins to protest.

People who had long relied on spiritual energy for sustenance suddenly needed to eat and sleep again, while supermarket shelves were already empty due to panic buying.

On the streets, hungry people stared blankly at an abandoned, spirit-cart. Meanwhile, "Reiki apocalyptic" narratives were rampant on social media.

The world, which once became more vibrant due to the revival of spiritual energy, is now falling into unprecedented chaos as spiritual energy declines.

At this time, the white mist still lingered, obscuring the view of the small bamboo mountain inside, making it as dazzling as an oasis in the desert.

"Why is there still fog on Xiaozhushan Mountain? That fog must have been created by some kind of spirit!"

"Master Song is, after all, the number one person in the cultivation world. His cultivation level may have reached a point that we cannot even imagine. It is normal that the spiritual power he has accumulated can sustain him for a longer period of time."

"Without the surge of spiritual energy, if we continue to spend more than we earn, even the number one cultivator in the cultivation world will eventually run out of spiritual power."

"Sigh! We're only at the ninth level of the Crimson Spirit Realm, and we're already so unaccustomed to not having spiritual power. Imagine how much more uncomfortable it must be for Master Song."

"What kind of master are you? Without spiritual power and cultivation, society will eventually regress to the time decades ago, before spiritual energy had recovered. At that time, even the most powerful master will just be an ordinary person!"

"Yes! Craftsmanship developed because of spiritual energy. Without spiritual energy, it will eventually decline. Industrialization is the right path for civilization to progress, and it is not hindered by the intermittent spiritual energy!"

"But I still prefer to focus on mastering handicrafts, where I don't have to worry about food and drink. I don't want to be a slave to capitalists in the workplace like I was decades ago!"

"Who isn't like that? But the spiritual energy hasn't surged for several years! A few years ago, the Spiritual Investigation Bureau still had cultivators who could control spiritual objects with their spiritual power. In recent years, everyone's spiritual objects have only left with a glow and can't move anymore."

"The fog is still on Xiaozhushan Mountain! Master Song still has spiritual power; his cultivation era is not completely over yet!"

"But the fog on Xiaozhushan is only white now, it no longer has the colorful spiritual light that used to resemble that of a sacred mountain!"

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The vanished spiritual light and the still-shrouded white mist of Xiaozhushan Mountain still restrained the restless hearts of the cultivators.

When I had spiritual power, I dared not venture into Little Bamboo Mountain. Without spiritual power to control spiritual objects, I had even less confidence in getting through the white mist that had caused top cultivators from all over the world to fail.

Perhaps Song Miaozhu's cultivation level is simply higher, which is why she has been able to hold on until now? Isn't the disappearance of the spiritual light on the mountain the best proof?

People are waiting, waiting for the day when the white mist over Xiaozhushan Mountain dissipates, waiting for the day when the world's number one cultivator loses his aura of cultivation and falls from his pedestal.

They remembered that she was just a recent college graduate back then!

However, the white fog over Xiaozhushan did not gradually thin out as they had expected; instead, it remained steadily in place.

"Why is Song Miaozhu doing this? Now that everyone is out of spiritual energy, the government, which controls technological weapons, is the strongest. The reactionary cultivators have long since gone into hiding, and social order is much better than before. Why would we need to use precious spiritual energy to supply spiritual objects to protect the mountain gate?"

"Yes! This will only cause her to lose her spiritual power faster."

"However, those people who work at Xiaozhushan are very loyal. Even though they've lost their spiritual energy, they still work diligently for Song Miaozhu! They're all quite handsome."

"Wait! I think I'm seeing spiritual energy again!"

"how can that be possible!"

"I saw it too! It's over there!"

"My God! The spiritual energy is gushing out again!"

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