My Wife Might Be a Saintess

Chapter 348: Chapter 347: If I Changed My Appearance, Would You Still Recognize Me?

The Daoist: "..."

He was dumbfounded for a moment, then asked, "Young friend, there’s something I’ve been wanting to ask for a long time. Don’t you ever get styes?"

Jiang Zuo didn’t understand what he meant.

The Daoist continued, "You can see through anything. With so many people all over the street, are they all completely exposed in your eyes?"

Jiang Zuo: "..."

He then turned his gaze to the stall. Since the Daoist had said as much, he decided he might as well see through something and show him.

But just as Jiang Zuo’s eyes fell upon the stall, the Daoist suddenly looked behind him with a dead serious expression and said, "Young friend, your wife is here for you."

Jiang Zuo froze for a second, then glanced back over his shoulder.

But there was no sign of Su Qi anywhere.

He frowned, knowing he had been tricked.

Sure enough, when he turned back around, the Daoist had already packed up his things and vanished in a flash.

Jiang Zuo: "..."

In the end, he didn’t let it bother him. Besides, the Seven-Element Pill was of no use to him anyway.

He could, however, sell it to some Mages.

The so-called "Seven-Element" fusion didn’t necessarily require merging seven Elemental Spirits. Merging just one was also possible, and the risk was naturally lower.

This kind of Pill could fetch an extremely high price among Mages.

If it had been that Elemental Affinity Pill from before, it would have fetched a heavenly price.

That was a Pill that could truly grant affinity with the Seven Elements—a genuine path toward becoming a Magic God. It was countless times more valuable than the Fire Elemental Affinity Pill Jiang Zuo had taken in the past.

But he hadn’t managed to get it.

After putting away the Seven-Element Pill, Jiang Zuo went to buy some more food.

Only after Jiang Zuo had left did the Daoist sheepishly reappear.

He watched Jiang Zuo’s retreating figure and couldn’t help but mutter, ’Looks like I should just stick to fortune-telling. With that man showing up here, something is bound to happen.’

’I’ve already figured out the pattern. Whenever I see him anywhere other than Jiang City, something big always goes down.’

*******

Shui Luo stood in the center of the Array Jiang Zuo had laid out. The location was far from any crowds and right by the sea, so it wouldn’t pose any danger to East Water Island.

"Your Excellency, is this thing reliable?" Hiller asked.

Shui Luo shook her head. "I don’t know. However, his Array does indeed incorporate knowledge of Magic. Besides, our own Array Master has already examined it."

Hiller asked curiously, "And? What did the master say?"

Shui Luo said with a deadpan expression, "Things along the lines of ’Impossible! This is impossible! How can this be? Heavens, oh heavens! What is this...?’"

Hiller: "..., Your Excellency, are you feeling okay?"

Shui Luo rolled her eyes at Hiller. "That’s what the master said. He also said that no matter what, we have to let him study the Array afterward."

"He claimed that if he could just scratch the surface of this Array’s principles, his own mastery of Arrays would advance by leaps and bounds."

Hiller was stunned. "For real? Miss Yiyi knows someone like that?"

Shui Luo was also confused. "I wouldn’t be surprised if that girl managed to invite someone like that. After all, she’s very well-connected."

"But I heard that this person is one of her peers. That, I cannot comprehend."

"Still, everything about the Array is real. There have been a lot of strange happenings this year."

Hiller didn’t respond, as she couldn’t make sense of any of it either.

Shui Luo gazed at the Array, then said, "Have they been contacted? When are they coming for the Tribulation Crossing?"

Hiller replied, "I just called. The man answered and said they would be here around noon."

Shui Luo sighed. Everything hinged on this, yet she had absolutely no confidence.

’This whole thing feels like a complete farce,’ she thought.

******

Jiang Zuo had just returned to their lodging. He had received a call from Hiller, who had given him the address.

Jiang Zuo had originally planned to have someone pick Su Qi up. He couldn’t go himself, and he was worried she might get lost.

’Then again,’ he thought, ’Su Qi would probably beat me up if I said that.’

After all, Su Qi was just a terrible guide; it wasn’t like she had no sense of direction at all.

When Jiang Zuo came through the door, he found Su Qi sprawled on the sofa, watching him.

"What are you up to? Aren’t you supposed to be getting used to your Cultivation?" Jiang Zuo asked.

"I’m already done! I feel great now. I was just waiting for you to come back and keep me company. Quick, come sit next to me," Su Qi said with a smile, getting up and patting the seat beside her.

Slightly surprised, Jiang Zuo sat down next to her. ’She got used to it that quickly? Are all geniuses like this?’

’Is Su Qi really a genius?’

In the end, he couldn’t help but ask, "Can you really get used to a new level of Cultivation that fast?"

Su Qi replied, "Isn’t it always this fast? I’ve been like this my whole life."

"But back in the day, during the rites, my senior sister’s expression would darken every time she saw me. I originally thought she was angry that I only went back to visit her once every two years."

"Later, I realized it was my effortless genius that was getting to her."

Su Qi burst out laughing at the thought, looking especially gleeful.

’Jiang Zuo suddenly felt a bit of sympathy for Sister Jingyue. It couldn’t have been easy for her. How could she possibly be happy when someone who had a boyfriend and barely practiced her Cultivation always had a power level nipping at her heels?’

’At first, she was probably worried. Worried that her junior sister, who never practiced, would stagnate and eventually fade into mediocrity.’

’So when she, with that mindset, discovered that this non-practicing junior sister was never that far behind her in power, her expression naturally soured.’

’She had worried for nothing.’

Su Qi leaned against Jiang Zuo, snacking on something without a hint of nervousness about her upcoming Tribulation Crossing.

Finally, Jiang Zuo asked, "Are you just pretending?"

Su Qi: "What?"

"You’re about to face your Tribulation Crossing and you’re not nervous?" Jiang Zuo asked.

Su Qi said, holding her snack, "Touch my chest. See if my heart is beating fast or not."

Jiang Zuo: "..."

Su Qi leaned into Jiang Zuo’s embrace. "I’m not worried, and I’m not nervous, because no matter what, I have to come back and stay by your side."

"Otherwise, what if one day you forget me...?"

Jiang Zuo took a piece of food and stuffed it in Su Qi’s mouth. "Just eat," he said.

Su Qi grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Hmph."

Jiang Zuo said seriously, "I won’t let you leave me."

"Then what if one day, like Senior Sister, I could transform into the form of the Saintess? Would you still be able to recognize me?" Su Qi suddenly asked.

Jiang Zuo’s pupils contracted. Finally, he answered weakly, "No."

’That’s right. He couldn’t. He was incapable of it.’

’Despite his immense power, he had never realized that Jiu Xi was Su Qi.’

’In all the worlds he knew, not a single person could withstand one of his full-powered attacks. And yet, this same powerful man had never known that the person who was always by his side was his own wife.’

’She had even stayed with him for countless years, and still, he never found out.’

Faced with all that had happened in his past life, Jiang Zuo couldn’t bring himself to say he would be able to recognize Su Qi.

Because he simply couldn’t.

"Hmph! So if I hadn’t said anything, you would have just forgotten me, is that it?" Su Qi took a vicious bite of her snack, as if she were biting Jiang Zuo himself.

"That’s not true," Jiang Zuo said with great earnestness. "No matter how much time passed, I could never forget. Even if I really did, as long as the real you appeared before me, I would remember everything in an instant."

’In his past life, if Su Qi had just revealed her true self, Jiang Zuo would have stayed his hand.’

’He would have remembered everything about Su Qi. Even if he doubted whether Jiu Xi was truly Su Qi, he would not have chosen to kill Jiu Xi.’

’But she never said a word. Why?’