Who let him join the Sword Sect!

Chapter 534 The Elegant Method of Releasing the Soul

Zhang Ze disagreed with the idea of ​​sucking on the baby.

Magical catgirl is easy to explain; you can always blame it on your uncle. But this sucking is truly inexplicable.

No matter who they sucked on, they'll probably have to come back to haunt them later.

"I mean, besides sucking, are there any other ways?" Zhang Ze asked, looking at Daidai Ji. "Like a slightly more elegant method."

What is elegance?

"Alright, that's enough," Zhang Ze said, raising his hands in surrender. "I was asking if there's any way that doesn't require much physical contact."

Daidaiji shook her head, "No, it's blocked, uh, there."

The difficulty of describing this problem seemed to exceed the limit of her vocabulary. After thinking for a long time, she took a lump off herself and threw it on the head of the rotten princess.

That little lump tried to transform but couldn't. After trying for a long time, it only turned into a snail with two small hands, its face without features and looking like porridge.

"Servant, take me up there and let me see. I want to help my master!" Dazed Princess commanded, grabbing Fukihime's two tufts of hair.

Fukihime, "?"

Fortunately, before Fu Ji got angry, Zhang Ze used a stick to knock Dai Dai Ji down, and then made a magic orb to trap her inside.

“I can fly too, no need to bother her, just point it out to me.”

Dumb Princess: "Oh."

Zhang Ze flew into the air with this little bunch of silly girls, and after careful selection, he chose a senior and came to stand in front of him.

The old man had a full head of white hair, a high forehead, and a square face; he looked like a kind old grandfather.

I think if I do anything rash later, I can explain myself in the end.

Of course, the most important point is that this old man is wearing the robes of the Sword Sect, so even if something really happens in the end, it will be considered an internal conflict rather than a diplomatic issue.

Zhang Ze, "Tell me in detail what's blocking it."

Daidaiji remained silent for a while, then reached out and began to point.

Under her guidance, Zhang Ze quickly gained an understanding.

After being framed by Xiao Jing, these seniors were subjected to a spell similar to Gu poison.

Xiao Jing implanted the refined Nine Serpents into their bodies, allowing them to occupy various acupoints and the heart meridian.

Then, the mycelium that Bai Yujing controlled descended pierced into the Baihui, Shenting, and Fengchi acupoints, gradually consuming their flesh.

As time passed, the hyphae replaced the veins, flesh, and bones.

Although they appear to be perfectly healthy on the outside, they are no longer human on the inside.

From then on, due to the influence of Bai Yujing's power, as long as Bai Yujing did not perish, they would not be destroyed, but the price was that their souls would be forever trapped in these bodies and used by Xiao Jing.

Judging from the current methods, it is impossible for these predecessors' physical bodies to be completely restored. Once the mycelium implanted in their bodies is removed, their physical bodies will also disintegrate.

At most, Zhang Ze could only liberate their souls, freeing them from Xiao Jing's bondage and severing their connection with him.

The "sucking" and "licking" mentioned by Daidaiji is the method to liberate the souls of these people.

Through the seven orifices, the fragments of the nine serpents that were sealed in various acupoints of the heart meridian were removed and drawn out.

With each fragment removed, the seal placed on these people's souls would loosen by one point, until all nine fragments were removed, at which point the souls of these predecessors would be freed.

"Since the souls of these predecessors are sealed within you, can't you just extract them directly?" Zhang Ze asked curiously.

After transforming herself into a sword and a boomerang, Fukihime's signature moves, the Fukihime Sword Control Technique and the Fukihime Boomerang, are something Fukihime is good at, so there's no reason why Daidaihime wouldn't be able to do it.

But Daidaiji shook her head, "No, I'll just suck it out, it'll spoil."

I can't understand those words.

"I need you to come."

Zhang Ze frowned slightly, not quite understanding what Daidai Ji was saying, but he quickly remembered a magic weapon.

He took out the cloth bag that the young monk had lent him before he set off.

Zhang Ze folded the tattered cloth bag twice, aligned the two corners, and then blew a breath of fresh air onto it.

A burst of golden light, and the cloth bag instantly transformed into a square lens.

Focusing the lens on his eyes, Zhang Ze saw through the bones, blood, skin, and flesh of the Sword Sect senior in front of him.

Although I don't know why a monk would carry around X-ray vision devices, these things were definitely a great help.

Zhang Ze could clearly see the array runes engraved on the mycelium and fragments of the nine serpents. These runes formed a cyclical array, within which a vague soul was bound.

Looking at the magic array, Zhang Ze slapped his forehead, realizing that something was wrong; this thing had entered a blind spot in his knowledge.

However, upon closer inspection, he wasn't completely clueless; he did discern some clues from the patterns.

To restrain these highly skilled cultivators while ensuring the integrity of their souls, relying solely on the most primitive methods is clearly insufficient.

Xiao Jing inscribed the array from the Human Emperor Banner onto these mycelium, causing the cultivators' souls to be restrained and trapped in a dream from which they could not awaken.

The self-salvation and resistance of these predecessors stirred ripples in those eternal 'dreams,' and these ripples spread outwards along the mycelium.

In extremely rare cases, this will be reflected in the colorful sword spirits, resulting in an anomaly like Lu Tianming's.

On other occasions, these dreams would travel across the Earth Sea and be projected onto the vicinity of Middle-earth.

After being seen by someone, it became the legendary figure Xi Ying, who appeared and disappeared without a trace.

However, while we understand the principles, figuring out how to implement them is the real problem.

Daidai Ji spoke lightly, but what she meant was that she wanted her literate owner to erase the words she didn't recognize.

Then, he randomly picked an opening among the seven orifices and sucked out the black fragments of the Nine-Headed Serpent.

The problem is that Zhang Ze doesn't know how to read very well either.

Just then, Ah Li flew up with Fu Ji. Zhang Ze held up the lens in front of the two of them and asked, "Can you two understand this?"

Ah Li pretended to watch for a while, then shook her head like a rattle drum.

But to everyone's surprise, Fu Hime looked completely confident. She glanced disdainfully at the dazed Hime who looked like a lump of porridge and snorted.

"Hmph, I don't understand it, but I can invoke the gods, unlike that piece of porridge who can't even speak!"

After saying that, Fuhime ignored Daidaihime and closed her eyes to make contact with a twin-tailed girl who had infiltrated her team.

“Lily, Zhang Ze said that if you don’t reply within three numbers, he will deduct fifty years’ worth of your salary.”

The voice just fell.

Lily's squeaking sound came from Fukihime's mouth.

"No, no, please don't! Let's talk this out!"

Fuhime shared what she saw with Lily and then said, "Take a look and see how to solve these things."

"Don't rush, don't rush, let me take a look."

As Lily examined the situation closely, the rotten princess, who had successfully invoked the gods, briefly explained the situation to Lily, as well as the origin of these mycelium magic arrays.

There was a long silence on Lily's end, but her voice soon rang out again.

"Please don't panic. I'm not running away. I'm going to call for help. Please don't deduct my wages, please."

Then Lily shouted at the top of her lungs, "Master Dao! Help me, help me see what this is!"

Fuhime, on the other hand, was like a radio, with her mouth open, broadcasting various sounds from the other side.

Amidst the clanging and banging, Old Tang arrived, then shouted, "Junior brother! Come here and see what this thing is!"

The door opened and Master Cheng entered the room, but he quickly fell silent.

It's probably because, like Old Tang, she was eyeing the strange human mycelium array diagram that Fu Ji shared, which Lily then used magic to copy.

After a while, Zhang Ze heard the sound of someone getting up and hitting a stool. Then Cheng Ye's voice rang out, "Don't panic, I'll go call Brother Jiang to come and take a look. Some of the array symbols here are from the Heavenly Sect's methods."

"Old Jiang! Stop playing with snakes, come here quickly! We have work to do!"

Not long after, Elder Jiang of the Heavenly Sect entered the room, but soon after, he summoned his disciple.

Then Elder Jiang's disciple quickly summoned his uncle from the Beast Taming Sect, who in turn summoned his wife from the Medicine King Valley.
And so, more and more people filled the room.

Finally, they summoned almost all the powerful figures from the six sects who had arrived at the Holy Land. There was no other way; they had to.

This mycelium array involves more than just array formations. Because it also replaces meridians and acupoints, breaking it is no different from performing surgery on the target. That's why the advice from the Beast Taming Sect and Medicine King Valley is needed.

Because it is highly related to the soul, ensuring the soul remains unharmed during treatment is of paramount importance, and this is the area of ​​expertise for Longhu Mountain and the Buddhist community, which are skilled in all aspects.

Of course, the Sword Sect was not left behind either.

Although our Sword Sect doesn't understand these trivial matters, Pavilion Master Chen Mumu, who also participated in this expert consultation, offered some very valuable suggestions.

With her extensive experience in stabbing, she'll tell you how and where to stab to cut off the magic circle runes that need to be removed as quickly as possible.

In this expert consultation, no one held back, after all, those who were hanging on the swings were either their ancestors or the founders of their sects.

In short, it is very important and crucial.

Zhang Ze's side.

The corrupt princess is currently in online mode, while the rest are hopelessly illiterate.

Leaving aside those who didn't even recognize the character "呆呆姬", Ah Li and Zhang Ze couldn't understand anything after listening for five minutes.

So, the two of them simply stopped listening.

Ah Li continued digging, preparing to escape at any moment, while Zhang Ze observed his surroundings and explained some basic principles to Dai Dai Ji, hoping to make her more civilized and wise.

Especially avoid getting into fights with Fuhita (a character from a popular Chinese novel/anime series).

However, while Zhang Ze was still teaching Daidai Ji how to make the best salty tofu pudding, Lily had already come up with a solution.

It took less than three hours in total.

Zhang Ze asked curiously, "So fast?"

Lily: "Of course it's fast, it's just messy and complicated, but the difficulty isn't actually that bad."

According to Lily, although the magic arrays engraved on the mycelium and fragments of the nine-headed serpent are complex and intricate, they are actually not that bad when viewed individually.

These old artifacts from the Eastern Qi Dynasty were considered exquisite and unique at the time.

But in this day and age, it has already been thoroughly studied.

Those array formations and runes that were once considered secrets have now become essential study materials for every old cultivator, serving as a three-hundred-year simulation and a five-hundred-year real-world practice before each breakthrough.

The complete information about the Human Emperor Flag is available from Xiangxiang, and Qianji Pavilion has even dismantled two of them for research since the year before last.

The only strange thing about him is his drawing style and techniques.

The mycelium is used to replace the meridians and acupoints, and these mycelium and fragments of the nine serpents are used as the array eyes to entangle and bind the soul.

This is still a bit too ahead of its time.

If it were drawn on the ground, Old Tang or Lily wouldn't need to call for help at all. They would simply make a stroke of their brushes and tell Zhang Ze to bomb this place first, then that place, and if all else fails, to put the entire magic circle into the river.

But it's different when it comes to humans. Everything has to be done with extreme caution. Who knows if cutting that appendix-like meridian will damage the soul?

The old men spent the last three hours discussing this matter.

Some of them, being quite righteous, even allowed Chen Mumu to stab them twice as a test.
Lily, "This 'Fungus Life Eternal Dream'... well, that's the name I gave this magic circle. It's nothing important, so don't worry about it. Now I'll tell you how to solve it."

Zhang Ze listened quietly, but soon he raised his hand to interrupt Lily's rambling.

"Wait a minute, I have a question."

"What's the problem?" Lily asked.

Zhang Ze: "It's all a problem, because I don't understand what you're saying."

Lily, "."

It's embarrassing, but that's how it is.

If Lao Tang and his team are considered the world's best neurosurgeons, internists, and general practitioners, then Zhang Ze is just a butcher.

Now, a butcher is standing in the operating room with several illiterate people, and hundreds of patients are hanging in front of them.

Then a group of top professors and professors' professors called him and said:

"This is a scalpel, and that's the patient's brain. Okay, now you're going to perform craniotomy. Grind down the brain tissue in the third fold from the left. Mix the ground-down brain tissue with No. 36 concrete, less numbing and more spicy."

It's impossible to do anything about it.

Lily's footsteps could be heard pacing back and forth, but she quickly came up with an idea. "Don't panic, boss. I'll tell you, there's still a way. Feel your old magic bag, the third compartment from the right."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ze reached into his pocket and pulled out a feather robe as thin as a cicada's wing.

The Heavenly Sect's most precious treasure, the Mortal Garment.

"When did this thing get into my pocket?" Zhang Ze asked curiously, holding the Mortal's Robe.

Lily said, "I don't know, it wasn't me who went to the Heavenly Sect to borrow the treasure for you, but I saw this on the list."

At this moment, a senior from the Heavenly Sect interjected, "The Mortal Robe is currently being kept by Lu Ning, the sect leader's personal disciple."

"It must have been at the sect leader's behest that she lent this item to you."

Zhang Ze was deeply moved after hearing this, thinking to himself that she was indeed the reliable Senior Sister Lu from the Heavenly Sect. Even while helping him thoroughly investigate the illegal casting workshop case, she still had time to do these things.

Zhang Ze: "So how do you use these clothes?"

Lily, “The Mortal Robe is a magical artifact with a spirit. It’s much smarter than you, Boss. Wear the robe and let it operate it for you.”

Zhang Ze, “.”

Then, before Zhang Ze could refute, the mortal robe floated up on its own and was put on Zhang Ze's body.

Zhang Ze had already worn the mortal robe once before at the Qinghe Meeting, so this time he was quite familiar with it.

Then Zhang Ze heard Fan Chenyi's cold voice, "Relax, I'm here to help you."

However, whether it was his imagination or not, he also heard some discordant sounds, as if the mortal robe was measuring his size.

"Tsk tsk. So it's grown this big. It's gotten even bigger than last time."

"Yeah, the pectoral muscles should come down."

"What are you measuring?" Zhang Ze couldn't help but ask abruptly.

Fan Chenyi said, "It's nothing, I was just doing this for someone. Don't worry about it."

Zhang Ze, “.”

After a strange little incident, Fan Chenyi took over part of control of Zhang Ze's body, and after discussing with Lily and the others for a while, she flew off in another direction.

After searching around for a while, Fan Chenyi led Zhang Ze to an old man.

The old man, dressed in white robes from the Heavenly Sect, swayed back and forth in front of Zhang Ze.

Fan Chenyi said, "Tsk tsk, old man, you're really not right. I shouldn't call you old man now, I should call you little man."

"Sleeping doesn't count as age. I'm already older than you. Sigh, I'm such an old man who looks young."

This is a strategy that has been discussed and agreed upon: first, to rescue the elders of Tianzong and Longhushan.

If they wake up feeling normal and energetic, then you can ask them to help rescue others.

However, the rescue method was somewhat strange.

Guided and empowered by the Mortal Robe, the spiritual energy within Zhang Ze's body pulsated rhythmically, and profound Daoist techniques gathered in Zhang Ze's palm.

Zhang Ze, with his hands that could be described as the ultimate truth, rhythmically stroked the mycelium that was holding the little old man, moving it up and down.

The movements, going up and down, were slow and rhythmic, demonstrating skillful technique.

Zhang Ze, "Is this right?"

Fan Chenyi: "Yes, yes, don't say anything."

After a while, as the magic power penetrated the old man's body along the mycelium, the black fragments of the nine serpents began to tremble, and the array runes applied to them gradually dissolved.

Soon, Zhang Ze felt a heat in his palm, and the mycelium in his hand immediately hardened. At the point above the mycelium that connected to the void, a light suddenly appeared.

The next moment, the old man's milky-white soul was released from it.

Zhang Ze, “.”

(End of this chapter)