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

Chapter 276 Riding a Tiger and Being Difficult to Dismount
Song Miaozhu and a group of paper puppets were hidden in the illusion of the Mirage Paper Realm, observing with great interest the appearance of those who entered the mountain.

Looking at them, gazing into the air brimming with spiritual energy, they marveled at how the concentration of spiritual energy here was almost the same as outside; looking at the paper flower field, they wondered how such a large patch of thorns could grow here.

Song Miaozhu and the paper puppets chatted and laughed just a stone's throw away, but those who entered the mountain were completely unaware of their presence.

The place where they were located was separated from these people who went into the mountains by only a piece of paper, but it felt as if there was an entire world between them.

When Song Miaozhu saw someone kneeling and praying at the ruins of the old house, shouting "May the Great Immortal Song bless my son to achieve success in his cultivation and bring glory to our ancestors," she completely lost her composure.

Yue Lin, who was standing nearby, immediately clapped his hands and joked, "Miss has become an immortal now!"

Guan Hong replied with certainty, "Miss will become an immortal sooner or later."

Zhang Li said thoughtfully, "That's fine too. At least it will give those who come into the mountains some respect for Xiaozhu Mountain."

"You're far too naive about people these days," Yan Feng scoffed. "The rumors of immortality will only turn Xiaozhushan into a tourist attraction in no time. However..." He raised an eyebrow smugly, "I've already hired a top-notch legal team for Miss to ensure that Xiaozhushan remains untouched by anyone!"

"Well done!" Song Miaozhu nodded approvingly.

If someone were to build a temple for immortals on Xiaozhu Mountain, how would people continue to live here?
As it turned out, Yan Feng's concerns were not unfounded.

Less than three days after the white mist disappeared from Xiaozhushan, people from the Lingcheng Tourism Bureau came to the mountain to explore.

At this very moment, the "Sunset Glow" legal team that Yan Feng had hired for a full century suddenly issued a statement on a public platform, emphasizing that Xiaozhushan is a private property, Song Miaozhu enjoys permanent ownership, and any behavior that damages the mountain vegetation will face legal consequences.

This statement immediately caught the attention of the Bureau of Spirits Investigation.

"Who is this legal team?"

"Judging from the documents they presented, they were indeed hired by Song Miaozhu!"

“Song Miaozhu has disappeared. If a person has been missing for a long time, they are considered dead. She has no descendants or relatives. According to the law, unclaimed property should be confiscated by the state!”

"The fact that she was able to arrange her legal team in advance means she was well-prepared. Maybe she really is an immortal! She could come and take you all away, but I wouldn't dare!"

"Even if she didn't become an immortal, her influence in the underworld shouldn't be underestimated. This 'Sunset Red' team is full of seasoned lawyers, and the contract shows that Song Miaozhu paid them with ghost money. They can collect huge sums of underworld legal fees every year just by lying down, and they get extra income from winning cases. They're accumulating assets for after death! Song Miaozhu has great influence in the underworld; aren't you afraid of being settled after a hundred years?"

“Yes! The spiritual energy tide is nearing its end, and there is a shortage of high-level cultivators. The end of the Dharma era has arrived. Without the support of spiritual energy, everyone’s average lifespan will return to the level before the spiritual energy revival. Before long, we will be reporting to the underworld…” The meeting room suddenly fell silent.

Ultimately, the Spirit Investigation Bureau reached a consensus: "Forget it, tell the people of Lingcheng not to touch Xiaozhushan! After all, she is the only person in this cultivation era who is suspected of becoming an immortal. Let's leave her residence as it is! If we need to do anything, there are still large tracts of land at the foot of the mountain!"

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A year later, a Fairy Shrine was indeed erected at the foot of Xiaozhu Mountain.

Song Miaozhu sent her little paper servant to secretly visit the fairy shrine. She had to admit that the changes this era of cultivation had brought to the craftsmen were earth-shattering. The fairy statue was sculpted so vividly and realistically that it was practically an enlarged version of her.

When it was first built, people from all over the town came to worship it.

Then Song Miaozhu discovered that a large number of exquisitely crafted incense and paper money had appeared out of nowhere in the ghost shop's warehouse.

The quality is quite good, and it's worth the price of the ghost money.

A few years later, the surge of spiritual energy in the cultivation base also ended, and the cultivators' advancement still failed to catch up. Without the supply of spiritual energy, the path of advancement for cultivators was completely cut off.

The Bureau of Spirits also announced the complete end of the spiritual tide.

Society as a whole is starting to resemble the state it was before the spiritual revival.

Fortunately, in recent years, the country has taken precautions and prepared for the loss of spiritual energy and spiritual objects. This transition has been smooth, although some ordinary people who have benefited from cultivation are still finding it difficult to accept.

The Fairy Temple in Yuanshan Ancient Town has gradually become a spiritual sanctuary for people to commemorate the era of cultivation. Every day, many people who want to pay homage to the relics of the immortals travel from afar to offer incense and pray for blessings.

However, Xiaozhushan Mountain remains unchanged and has not undergone any secondary development.

Yan Feng's duties also changed from handling external affairs to observing the visitors in the mirage paper realm. He would often tell Song Miaozhu all sorts of bizarre legends he had heard as a joke during her breaks from cultivation.

Today, a tour guide said she was a cursed child, orphaned at a very young age and raised on the charity of many families. The older generation in Yuanshan Ancient Town all know her and say she was different from other children from a young age.

Tomorrow, a tourist will say that a distant relative of hers joined the Spirit Investigation Bureau during the early stages of the spiritual revival and knows some unknown secrets. She claims that she, Immortal Song, is a second-generation ghost with connections in the underworld, which is why she was able to surpass everyone and become the only immortal in this cultivation era. She also claims that the people who helped her with her affairs were sent by her ghost relatives and were not human at all. In the end, they all went to the immortal realm with her to enjoy happiness.

Even more outrageous is that some "Song Dynasty scholars" have cited classical texts and confidently claimed that she is the granddaughter of the Lord of the Underworld!
Whenever she heard these things, Song Miaozhu couldn't help but facepalm: "I've only been hiding for ten years! How come there are already 'Song Studies experts'? Where did these experts come from? They're just spouting nonsense!"

She's really in a bind now.

Since the surge of spiritual energy at the Spirit Investigation Bureau's training base ended, and no more spiritual energy has emerged from the mortal realm, the option to exchange underworld currency for spirit stones has disappeared from the Heavenly Money House's treasure basin.

Fortunately, the treasury didn't usually have much ghost money in reserve, so Yan Feng would help her exchange the newly received ghost money for top-grade spirit stones every day.

In other words, she now only has the spirit stones she had saved up before and the spirit stones underground in Xiaozhu Mountain available to her.

If she runs out of spirit stones and still fails to reach the Seven-Colored Light Gate at the Rainbow Spirit Rank, she will be left with no spiritual energy to use, just like other cultivators. Once the spiritual energy in her spiritual platform space is fully digested, she will be no different from an ordinary person.

Once the mirage paper realm runs out of spiritual energy to maintain its power, she will be completely unable to hide.

Wouldn't that lead to a global social death?
Song Miaozhu thought about the scene and was so frightened that she quickly grabbed some paper and started making paper offerings.

No way! She's saved up so many spirit stones over the years, how could she not even reach the Rainbow Spirit Rank?