"Troublesome?"
A hint of solemnity flickered in Ye Lingyuan's ink-black eyes.
He and Zi Linling had virtually no secrets between them, so he was aware of Elder Du's existence as a formation master.
Now that Zi Linling could utter the word "troublesome," it indicated that this was Elder Du's conclusion.
Zi Guochang was unaware of Elder Du's existence, so he asked with a bewildered expression, "Lin'er, what trouble? With our combined strength, would we still encounter trouble?"
The demon dragon Ao Xiang looked thoughtfully at Zi Linling, but remained silent.
His demeanor clearly indicated he was waiting for Zi Linling to answer Zi Guochang's question.
Zi Linling said gravely, "The place we are currently in is called a Triggered Illusion Array."
Zi Guochang was shocked, "Triggered Illusion Array? What is that? Is it a formation?"
Zi Linling nodded, "Not only is it a formation, but it is also the most dangerous existence among all formations, bar none."
"What do you mean?" Ao Xiang, the demon dragon, asked with a frown.
"Lin'er, stop keeping us in suspense. Can you just say it all at once? If you leave half your words unsaid, you'll make your old father breathless."
Zi Linling was speechless.
It wasn't that she didn't want to say it all at once, but rather that she was contemplating how to explain it in a way that was easy to understand.
However, she hadn't expected her father to become impatient.
"Simply put, every formation has one or several eye points, which are the most vulnerable parts of the formation and the key to breaking it.
Normally, these eye points are fixed and heavily protected.
But the Triggered Illusion Array we are in now has no eye points, or rather, its eye points are constantly changing.
Therefore, there is only one way to break the formation: to forcefully break through the illusion. In other words, trigger the formation, activate the illusion, and then shatter it with willpower.
Otherwise, if one dies within the illusion, it is true death."
Zi Linling finished in one breath, and everyone finally understood what she meant by "troublesome."
It was akin to needing to pass through a tiger's den to get through a path, a path that could neither be avoided nor bypassed.
Moreover, once inside the tiger's den, you would have to fight the tiger, with a significant chance of death.
Zi Guochang was startled by Zi Linling's words, but upon reflection, he said, "This is not right! According to you, since we've mistakenly entered the formation now, it should be very dangerous. But why do we seem completely unharmed?"
Ye Lingyuan raised an eyebrow and remained silent.
If it were anyone else, he would have already dismissed them with two words: "idiot."
But who could he blame when the person before him was his future father-in-law? Thus, he could only suppress his disdain and maintain an impassive expression.
The demon dragon Ao Xiang looked at Zi Guochang with a meaningful gaze, a trace of disdain in his eyes.
To ask such a simple question, his intelligence made Ao Xiang truly doubt him.
Was the Zi Guochang before him truly the one who had awed the beasts?
Zi Linling touched her forehead, a sense of powerlessness quickly spreading through her entire body.
One had to remember that Zi Guochang was not only the number one genius of the Zi family of Tianqi in his time, but also the patriarch of the Zi family of Tianqi!
In terms of intelligence, strategy, and insight, he was impeccable!
Yet, such a wise person was now asking such a foolish question, which made her doubt if her supposed father had been possessed by a demonic beast.
Or perhaps, her supposed father's intelligence had regressed after spending twelve years in the Dark Abyss?