My Wife Might Be a Saintess

Chapter 334: Chapter 333: Elements Retreat in Fear

「The next day.」

When Jiang Zuo woke up, Su Qi had already prepared breakfast for him. After all, Su Qi had slept the entire journey over last night.

Jiang Zuo, on the other hand, had basically stayed up until dawn, so he naturally woke up a bit late.

While they were eating, Su Qi looked at Jiang Zuo and asked, "Should we contact that person today? Or should we just have fun for another couple of days?"

Su Qi really didn’t think they would be of any use if they went.

’Whatever the problem is, we’re talking about High Tier Mages. What use could we possibly be?’

Tier Fives and Tier Sixes being saved by a Tier Two? That was more unbelievable than a once-in-a-lifetime encounter.

Su Qi had never heard of such a thing.

Jiang Zuo, however, had no intention of delaying. He wanted to solve the problem right away so they could relax and enjoy themselves afterward. Or rather, so he could enjoy himself with Su Qi.

"Let’s go check it out after we eat," Jiang Zuo said while eating. "If we can’t help, we’ll just say so. At least we’ll have made an appearance."

Su Qi nodded. "I knew you’d be in a hurry. But don’t do anything reckless. It’s easy to get hurt."

Jiang Zuo grunted in acknowledgment but didn’t say anything more.

’It’s not that easy for others to hurt me,’ he thought. ’Su Qi, on the other hand, has managed to hurt me several times.’

"I have a feeling you’re bad-mouthing me," Su Qi said, suddenly looking at Jiang Zuo.

"..." Jiang Zuo said with a straight face, "Would I... dare?"

"Pfft!" Hearing Jiang Zuo’s words, Su Qi couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Jiang Zuo: "..."

He decided it was probably best for him not to speak.

After their meal, Su Qi contacted the local Mages. They had arrived. The person on the other end was a Tier Six Mage, and her name was indeed Shui Luo.

At this moment, Jiang Zuo was wearing his Light and Shadow Mask as he walked side-by-side with Su Qi along a small path on the island.

The path led to a plaza, which was their designated meeting spot.

"This place is so strange," Su Qi commented, looking around. "I can feel Spiritual Qi everywhere, but it also feels mixed with Elemental Power. Aren’t they worried the two will conflict and cause a collapse?"

Jiang Zuo also scanned their surroundings. He didn’t think it would collapse; for now, at least, the compatibility was excellent.

’It just feels like a mishmash,’ he thought. ’It would be impossible for a new system to emerge from this kind of fusion.’

’Their research is heading in the wrong direction.’

In Jiang Zuo’s view, finding a breakthrough through fusion was difficult. If they tried domination instead, they might find a way forward.

Spiritual Qi dominating the Elements, or the Elements dominating Spiritual Qi.

Or perhaps, a person dominating the Elements.

’Someone like me, for instance?’

The thought almost made Jiang Zuo laugh. It seemed his own situation was also a potential breakthrough.

"We’re here. It’s so crowded," Su Qi said, taking out her phone. "I’ll contact Shui Luo."

Jiang Zuo could also see the plaza ahead. There were indeed a lot of people.

It was called a plaza, but it looked more like an amusement park.

Jiang Zuo saw many stone discs, each inscribed with Runes and Magic, such as the kind that could launch a person into the sky.

A rapid ascent, with no conventional descent mechanism.

Wherever you flew to, you had to get down on your own.

If you wanted a rapid descent, there was a gravity Array in the sky.

You could say this place was designed for thrill-seekers.

Jiang Zuo had no interest in any of it.

Just then, Jiang Zuo caught a gleam of light in his peripheral vision. When he turned to look, he was nearly blinded.

A beam of light was flashing incessantly in the sky. If a light-blocking barrier hadn’t instantly appeared over East Water Island, the entire island might have been blinded.

Putting everything else aside, that light was seriously bright.

Jiang Zuo and Su Qi both looked toward the light with curiosity.

"That’s a new project on East Water Island. It occasionally overflows with light, but it’s not harmful." At that moment, a Female Mage appeared beside Jiang Zuo and Su Qi.

Su Qi asked curiously, "Are you Senior Shui Luo?"

The Female Mage shook her head. "You can call me Hiller. I’m a Tier Four Mage, currently studying under Lady Shui Luo."

"Oh, and I’m here to take you to see Lady Shui Luo."

Su Qi had guessed as much; Shui Luo had just told her someone would be coming.

After that, Jiang Zuo and Su Qi followed Hiller to Shui Luo’s residence.

On the way, Hiller asked curiously, "Do you have a solution? I heard from Lady Shui Luo that the Holy Land’s foundations are extraordinary."

Su Qi felt a little awkward. The highest rank between the two of them was Tier Two. Didn’t that say it all?

’We’re just here to fill the quota.’

Su Qi didn’t answer. Hiller, however, turned to look at Jiang Zuo. "Is this gentleman a senior from the Holy Land?"

Su Qi hesitated for a moment before smiling. "He’s my..."

"Just a passerby who came along. Don’t mind me," Jiang Zuo’s voice was cold, his tone warning strangers to keep their distance.

Hiller gave a slight bow. She couldn’t gauge this man’s depth at all, so she didn’t dare to overthink it.

Su Qi didn’t say anything either. If Jiang Zuo didn’t want to explain, she wouldn’t press it.

The closer Jiang Zuo got to their destination, the stranger he felt. The elemental fluctuations here were extremely unstable.

They seemed to be filled with fury and hostility.

’Hm, a lot like the Fire Elemental Army.’

Jiang Zuo could clearly perceive this, and his Fire Elemental Minions naturally sensed it too. In an instant, all the Fire Elemental Minions went on alert.

They were ready to go to war at a moment’s notice.

They were completely fearless.

The moment the Fire Elemental Minions went on alert, the surrounding atmosphere—and the situation itself—changed.

Around Jiang Zuo, the local Elements grew agitated, their emotions a mix of indignation, anger, wariness, and fear.

Hiller stopped in her tracks. She, too, had naturally sensed the agitation of the Elements.

However, the scene that followed was something she found hard to believe.

Vast quantities of Elements were retreating. No, she could sense they were actively shying away.

’Why?’

’What’s happening now?’

When she scanned her surroundings, she was completely stunned. She could clearly see that the Elements were retreating from the three of them as the epicenter.

’Who is it?’

Hiller immediately ruled herself out. Then she ruled out Su Qi, which left only one person.

Hiller looked at Jiang Zuo in disbelief, but she couldn’t be certain if he was the one who had brought about this astonishing change.

’If it is him, then these people aren’t just here to make an appearance. They have real power.’

Yes, she had known from the start that they were just supposed to be making an appearance.

In the message Shui Luo received, the other party had made it clear that they were just sending someone over as a formality.

That was why she was the one sent to greet them.

Otherwise, Shui Luo Magic Master would have come out personally.

But now she felt that Shui Luo Magic Master might have misunderstood one thing: the other party’s idea of "making an appearance" was probably not what they had imagined.

While Hiller stood there, Su Qi asked curiously, "What’s wrong, senior?"

After all, Su Qi wasn’t a Mage, so her perception of the Elements wasn’t sharp. She hadn’t been able to feel them recoil in fear.

At most, she felt that the energy around them was a little strange.

Because the Elements were on the Elemental Level and hadn’t been summoned, they weren’t easy to perceive.

But a Mage could.

At this, Hiller lowered her stance. "N-Nothing. You can just call me Hiller. I’m not worthy of being called ’senior’."

She truly wasn’t worthy. Someone who could make the Elements recoil in fear was definitely no ordinary Mage.

It was hard to say if this kind of Mage was one who followed an unorthodox path. If so, their personalities were often somewhat twisted.

She had no desire to invite a fatal disaster upon herself because of her attitude.