Zhang Ze opposed the idea of zuo zuo zuo.

Explaining the Magical Girl Cat Lady was manageable, blaming it on the uncle, but zuo zuo zuo was truly inexplicable.

No matter who is zuo-ed, once they leave they’ll likely have to face the consequences.

"I say, is there any other method besides zuo zuo zuo?" Zhang Ze asked Dazed Girl, "Something a bit more refined perhaps."

"Refined... what is that?"

"Okay, forget it," Zhang Ze surrendered, raising his hand, "I mean is there a way that doesn’t involve much physical contact."

Dazed Girl shook her head, "Can’t be done... it’s blocked, um... over there." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The difficulty of explaining the problem seemed to exceed her vocabulary limit. After pondering for a while, she took something from herself and tossed it onto Fuji’s head.

The little blob tried to transform but couldn’t. After much effort, it only turned into a snail with two small hands, faceless like congee.

"Servant, take me up there, I want to help the master!" Dazed Girl commanded, grabbing Fuji’s dumb hair strands.

Fuji, "?"

Fortunately, before Fuji got angry, Zhang Ze lifted Dazed Girl off with a stick and trapped her in a magic orb.

"I can fly too, no need to trouble her, just point it out to me directly."

Dazed Girl, "Oh."

Zhang Ze flew to midair with the little blob of Dazed Girl, carefully picking among the elders, and stopped before one.

The old man was white-haired, with a full forehead and square face, looking like a kind grandpa.

If something goes wrong later, it can be explained.

Of course, the main point was that this old man was wearing the Sword Sect robe, so even if there is trouble, it’s an internal conflict, not a foreign issue.

Zhang Ze, "Explain in detail, what is blocked."

Dazed Girl was silent for a while, then began pointing and gesturing.

Under her guidance, Zhang Ze quickly understood.

These elders were framed by Xiao Jing and were subjected to something like the Gu Technique.

Xiao Jing implanted the refined Nine Huis into their bodies, occupying various orifices and heart veins.

Then, controlling the mycelia from Baiyujing to pierce into the Baihui, Shenting, Fengchi, gradually consuming their flesh.

Over time, the mycelia replaced their meridian, flesh, and bones.

Now, though they appear intact on the outside, inside they are no longer human.

Because of Baiyujing’s power, they wouldn’t die unless it fell, at the cost of their Divine Souls being trapped within their shell, used by Xiao Jing.

With current Dharma Methods, it is impossible to fully restore these elders’ flesh. Removing the mycelia implanted within them would cause their bodies to collapse.

The most Zhang Ze could do is to liberate their Divine Souls, freeing them from Xiao Jing’s binding, severing the connection.

Dazed Girl’s zuo and zuo was a method to liberate their Divine Souls.

By removing the Nine Python Fragments sealed at each heart vein, letting them out.

With each fragment removed, the seal on their Divine Souls loosens until all nine fragments are cleared, and the elders are freed.

"Since what’s sealing these elders’ Divine Souls is part of you, can’t you simply extract it directly?" Zhang Ze asked curiously.

After transforming herself into a sword and boomerang, the Sword Control Technique and Boomerang are Fuji’s specialty; no reason Dazed Girl couldn’t.

But Dazed Girl shook her head, "Can’t be... if I extract it directly, they’ll fall apart.

"Those words... I can’t understand.

"Need... you."

Zhang Ze frowned slightly, not fully comprehending Dazed Girl, but soon he remembered a Magical Treasure.

He took out the cloth bag that Little Monk lent him before departure.

The tattered cloth bag was folded over and over by Zhang Ze, aligning the corners, and he breathed a bit of Clear Qi onto it.

In a flash of golden light, the bag turned into a square lens.

Bringing the lens to his eyes, Zhang Ze saw the bone, blood, and flesh of the Sword Sect elder before him.

Though unsure why a monk carries a vision tool, it was undoubtedly helpful.

Zhang Ze clearly saw Array Runes inscribed on the mycelia and Nine Python Fragments, forming a circular Array, entrapping a blurred soul.

Looking at the Array, Zhang Ze slapped his forehead, realizing this thing had reached his knowledge blind spot.

But upon closer inspection, it wasn’t entirely incomprehensible; some patterns revealed some insight.

To confine these high-cultivation elders while ensuring their Divine Souls remain intact, primitive methods were insufficient.

Xiao Jing engraved the Imperial Banner Array on the mycelia, binding the cultivators’ Divine Souls while trapping them in unsolvable dreams.

The elders’ self-rescue and resistance stirred ripples in those eternal "dreams," which spread along the mycelia.

In rare instances, it would feedback to the Colorful Robe Sword Spirits, resulting in anomalies like Lu Tianming.

Other times, the dreams would traverse the Earth Sea, projecting near the Central Continent.

When seen by others, they became the elusive Xiyi Inquiry legend.