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

Chapter 245 The Soul of Shadow Puppet
It would be too slow to let the shadow puppet on the grand master's chair absorb spiritual energy and transform when the spiritual energy surges forth.

Eager to know the final outcome, Song Miaozhu took out a spirit stone and channeled its spiritual energy into the shadow puppet on the armchair.

However, the shadow puppet on the grand master's chair cannot absorb all the spiritual energy at once; its speed is much slower than Song Miaozhu's cultivation and absorption of spiritual energy.

Song Miaozhu took it out separately and put it in a box along with some spirit stones. She arranged for a little paper servant to add spirit stones at appropriate times to ensure that it always had enough spiritual energy to absorb.

After about three months, the Grand Master's Chair Shadow Puppet, like the Water-Suppressing Stone Rhinoceros, transformed into a spiritual object.

However, after the shadow puppet of the Grand Master's Chair transforms into a spiritual object, it cannot run around like the water-suppressing stone rhinoceros.

Its ability is to ward off evil spirits and protect the home. Placing it in the home can dispel negative energy and ghosts, ensuring peace and safety for the household.

This effect was useless to Song Miaozhu, as her spirit house naturally possessed protective properties.

Compared to its magical effects, Song Miaozhu cared more about its spiritual essence.

This time, without the help of the paper soldiers, Song Miaozhu extracted the spirit of the Grand Master's Chair Shadow Puppet on her own. She didn't damage the shadow puppet itself, but simply turned it back into an ordinary old object, so that it could no longer absorb spiritual energy.

The spirit of the water-controlling rhinoceros identified by the bronze mirror is capable of controlling water, while the spirit of the shadow puppet on the grand master's chair is capable of exorcising evil spirits.

The spirit that was obtained slipped into her spiritual space as soon as it came into contact with her spiritual power.

When Song Miaozhu used her spiritual power to poke the spirit in the spiritual platform space, she also saw the craftsman's experience and memories.

By the wooden window, under the dim light of an oil lamp, the old craftsman's withered fingers caressed a fine cowhide. Beside him lay several gleaming carving knives, their blades reflecting the lamplight with a cold glint. He first dipped a fine brush in ink and outlined the silhouette of a grand master's chair on the cowhide...

When the shadow puppet in the armchair was finished, Song Miaozhu also came back to her senses from the old craftsman's memories. The production of shadow puppets is no less complicated than that of paper puppets, requiring many processes such as selecting leather, preparing the leather, drawing the design, carving, applying color, ironing, and assembling.

This armchair shadow puppet is quite exquisite, with each step meticulously executed.

The old craftsman designed the drafts, drew the intricate patterns such as the carved back of the armchair and the curves of the armrests, and carried out layered carving, openwork carving, and coloring processes. There are many things worth learning from these techniques, which Song Miaozhu can also apply when making paper crafts.

In addition, the process of selecting, making, and assembling the leather for shadow puppets also gave Song Miaozhu some inspiration.

Traditional paper-crafting mostly uses paper for mounting and decoration, but sometimes thin leather and cloth are also used, though generally only as auxiliary materials, because they are not as cost-effective as paper.

Traditional paper offerings are mostly used in funerals and are ultimately burned, so natural paper is more suitable.

However, many of the paper effigies that Song Miaozhu makes now are not for burning to the underworld. The leather is flexible, translucent, and has a uniform color. After softening, it becomes semi-transparent and is sometimes even better than paper. She could learn from shadow puppeteers and use leather as the main material to make some paper effigies.

After learning about the craftsmanship of making Taishi chair shadow puppets, Song Miaozhu gained some insights into leather selection and personally purchased a batch of cowhide to begin the process.

After softening the raw cowhide in lime water to remove hair and fat, Song Miaozhu began to scrape it thin. Although it was her first time doing this, she didn't feel clumsy at all.

After finally creating a smooth and translucent skin, Song Miaozhu was still somewhat incredulous.

The craftsman's experience memories within her soul were even more effective than she had anticipated!

It can help people quickly master or improve a skill.