"Found it!" Zi Lingling clapped her hands, put away her pen and paper, and said excitedly.
Cao Shaoqing suddenly snapped back to attention and asked, "Found what?"
Zi Lingling said rather speechlessly, "Of course I found a way to get in! What else do you think I've been busy with all this time?"
"A way to get in?" Cao Shaoqing asked in surprise.
Zi Lingling nodded, not stingy with her explanation, "Every formation itself has its operating rules and frequencies, and our method of breaking the formation is to change these rules, or to place ourselves at the same frequency as the formation."
Cao Shaoqing was dumbfounded.
Not just him, but none of the Cao family members were proficient in formations.
Although the Cao family had a protective formation, it was passed down from their ancestors, and later generations only needed to maintain it according to a fixed method.
Therefore, when Zi Lingling mentioned the rules of formations and their frequencies, Cao Shaoqing was completely out of his depth.
"What rules? What frequencies?"
Zi Lingling rolled her eyes and continued to explain, "The reason a formation is formed is to force the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to operate according to certain rules. This rule is like a law, but it's an artificially created one."
"And the key to breaking a formation is to change its operating rules. This change can also be seen as disrupting the order within the formation."
"As for frequency, it's the speed at which the spiritual energy of heaven and earth operates after the formation is activated. It can also be seen as the time difference and spatial difference in the energy elements moving from one point to another."
"And the person breaking the formation can use this time and spatial difference to set up a similar formation, and then wrap themselves within the newly created formation, merging with the original formation."
"In short, whether it's disrupting the rules or synchronizing with the frequency, both can achieve the goal of breaking the formation. The difference is that disrupting the rules is more conspicuous and easier to detect, while synchronizing with the frequency makes almost no sound, thus it is difficult to be detected." Su Dan Novel Network
"Therefore, their application fields are also different. Generally, the method of breaking formations by disrupting rules is used when both sides are confronting each other with formations, and the defending party is aware that the attacking party intends to break it. It can be considered a contest between formations."
"As for synchronizing with the frequency, it's used when the defending party is unaware of the attacker's presence. In this case, the attacker, being recognized by the formation, focuses on taking them by surprise."
After listening, Cao Shaoqing seemed to understand, yet he was even more confused.
After all, he had never encountered formations before, and it was almost impossible for him to understand Zi Lingling's explanation immediately.
Seeing his bewildered look, Zi Lingling didn't want to waste any more words.
She shook her head and said, "Later, I will set up a formation with the same frequency. Pay attention, and your distance from me absolutely cannot exceed one zhang, otherwise, the people inside will discover us. Do you understand?"
Although Cao Shaoqing was dizzy from the theoretical knowledge of formations, he still understood Zi Lingling's meaning.
It seemed Zi Lingling intended to use the method of synchronizing frequencies to enter the Mirror Flower Secret Realm.
Cao Shaoqing said with a headache, "Understood, Master!"
Zi Lingling nodded, then took out two formation plates, quickly made a few hand seals, and a formation with a radius of one zhang took shape.
"Come in!" she said to the somewhat dazed Cao Shaoqing.
It wasn't surprising he was dazed; he had never seen anyone set up a formation so easily.
"Oh, oh, oh!"
Cao Shaoqing snapped back to attention, hurriedly agreed a few times, and stepped within one zhang of Zi Lingling.
"Follow me!"
Zi Lingling said solemnly, controlling this movable formation, and headed towards the entrance of the Mirror Flower Secret Realm.
Cao Shaoqing's heart leaped into his throat. If Zi Lingling made even the slightest miscalculation, they would both be discovered by Cao Youwei's grandfather inside the secret realm.
Even though Cao Shaoqing was already at the verge of the Divine Lord realm, he couldn't help but feel apprehensive when targeted by a Divine Lord realm expert.
As Cao Shaoqing secretly broke into a cold sweat, he looked at Zi Lingling.
He saw that Zi Lingling's face was calm, as if she was doing something ordinary.
But in reality, Zi Lingling's heart was extremely heavy.
Although with her current cultivation, she had enough ability to protect herself even if she couldn't defeat a Divine Lord realm expert.
However, she still didn't want to alert the people inside. If a problem could be solved with intellect, she naturally wouldn't resort to force.
Even if she could protect herself, injuries would be unavoidable if a fight broke out.
Just as both of them held their breath, the movable formation set up by Zi Lingling collided with the formation at the entrance of the Mirror Flower Secret Realm.
Fortunately, because the two formations were at the same frequency, there was no sound when they collided.
After the formation of the Mirror Flower Secret Realm rippled a few times, it merged with Zi Lingling's small formation.
Cao Shaoqing's heart finally settled, and he once again marveled at Zi Lingling's monstrous talent.
A faint smile appeared on Zi Lingling's serious face.
Synchronized fusion was the first and most crucial step. As long as this step went smoothly, she had succeeded ninety-nine percent.
She took a step, preparing to surge into the Mirror Flower Secret Realm in one go.
But as soon as she took a small step, she felt the formation of the Mirror Flower Secret Realm tremble.
This tremor startled her.
"What's going on?"
In an instant, Zi Lingling's mind reacted. She turned to look at Cao Shaoqing beside her.
Similarly, this tremor also woke up Cao Shaoqing, who had once again drifted off.
After snapping back to attention, he was so scared his soul almost left his body.
Because he had been distracted, he had unconsciously stopped walking, thus widening the distance between himself and Zi Lingling, a distance that had exceeded one zhang.
Seeing the panicked Cao Shaoqing, Zi Lingling was furious.
Fortunately, Cao Shaoqing reacted quickly. Although he was flustered, he still managed to step within the one zhang range with a single stride, and the formation of the Mirror Flower Secret Realm returned to normal.
"You're useless!"
Zi Lingling cursed silently while glaring fiercely at Cao Shaoqing, "You're not even afraid of dying to be so distracted at such a critical moment?"
"I..."
Cao Shaoqing looked apologetic and was about to apologize when he found he couldn't make a sound.
Immediately after, a suffocating aura appeared above the small formation.
Zi Lingling shook her head at Cao Shaoqing, signaling him not to speak.
Cao Shaoqing nodded and held his breath.
At this moment, if he still couldn't realize that Zi Lingling had sealed his voice, then he would have wasted his cultivation to the verge of the Divine Lord realm.
The suffocating aura seemed not to have detected anything unusual, so it soon retreated.