My Wife Might Be a Saintess

Chapter 351: Chapter 350: That World-Destroying, Unbearable Price

To countless people, the Celestial Tribulation was a majestic, inviolable force. Almost everyone regarded it with reverent awe.

For the Celestial Tribulation represented destruction.

So for someone to claim they were going to use the Celestial Tribulation to get something done was simply unfathomable. The slightest misstep would mean obliteration—both of body and Dao.

That was why Chu Qing’s Parents thought the man was insane.

But Jiang Zuo was completely unfazed by what others thought.

He acknowledged that the Celestial Tribulation was dangerous, but he could never bring himself to feel any sense of awe toward it.

If Su Qi hadn’t been the one Crossing the Tribulation, he wouldn’t have bothered preparing so much.

Others needed to prepare for their tribulations, but Jiang Zuo felt he could face one at any moment.

No matter how powerful a Celestial Tribulation was, it still had its limits. Since everyone was bound by the same constraints, Jiang Zuo had nothing to fear.

"Alright, it’s about time. Can you contact them now?" Jiang Zuo asked as they walked along the beach.

Su Qi nodded. "Okay. You can wait for me at home. Advancing from the second to the third Realm is quick."

Jiang Zuo said nothing, simply nodding.

Su Qi stood beside Jiang Zuo and said, "Aren’t you going to give your wife a comforting kiss before I go?"

...

After that, Su Qi waved goodbye to Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo watched as Su Qi headed for the center of the Array.

As long as there were no issues with the Array, Su Qi would be fine. Still, he needed to go observe the Array’s condition, just to be safe.

He then headed straight for Chu Qing’s location.

When he arrived, he found that the Array there had already been activated.

’It’s here already?’ Jiang Zuo frowned as he looked at the shrouded beam of light. He completely ignored everyone else present.

The light had a master. Or rather, its primary target was still Chu Qing’s foundation.

As for what this thing actually was, Jiang Zuo didn’t know yet.

He knew his opponent was coming, but he had never expected them to be this fast.

’And of all times, it had to be during Su Qi’s tribulation.’

Jiang Zuo stepped into the Array. With a wave of his hand, the beam of light floated before Chu Qing. Then, everyone watched as something was stripped out of the light.

This substance then began to continuously surge into Chu Qing.

Having done this, Jiang Zuo returned to his original spot and sat down. He then drew a small array on the ground, and just as he finished, the first point of the main Array began to glow.

’Has it started?’ Jiang Zuo thought.

’The glow meant that Su Qi had begun to infuse the Array with Spiritual Qi.’

The Array had to be completely saturated with Su Qi’s aura; otherwise, it would be impossible for it to help her resist the Celestial Tribulation.

Meanwhile, Chu Qing’s father stared blankly at Jiang Zuo.

The man hadn’t even glanced at them since he arrived.

But they were now certain that he was indeed the one who had set up this Array.

Besides, even a fool could see that with just a casual gesture from this man, Chu Qing was already starting to recover.

At this moment, Chu Qing’s father spoke up. "Fellow Daoist, a moment ago, I took a picture of the Array and showed it to some friends from the Celestial Spirit Nine Peaks. They..."

"Let them do what they want," Jiang Zuo said nonchalantly.

’This stuff is simple. It doesn’t even require Spiritual Qi to support it, nor does it need to be integrated with one’s Realm. Almost no one can understand it anyway. And whether they understand it or not has nothing to do with me.’

Chu Qing’s father spoke again. "The thing is, they want to know the location of your Array, Fellow Daoist. So, it’s highly likely they will ask for help from the Celestial Secret Lineage."

Jiang Zuo glanced at the Array, which was now half-lit, and said, "The Celestial Secret Lineage can’t divine anything about me. As long as I don’t wish to be found, they will find nothing."

Chu Qing’s father’s eyes narrowed. ’Where does this man get such confidence? And even if they can’t divine his location, the Celestial Secret Lineage could work around it by divining information about someone else here.’

Chu Qing’s father was about to speak again, since he was the one who had caused this mess.

However, Chu Qing’s Mother interjected, unconvinced. "Are you suggesting, Fellow Daoist, that no one in the Celestial Secret Lineage can divine information about you?

"The younger generation of the Celestial Secret Lineage may not be particularly outstanding, but the elders? Is there any one of them who cannot divine the secrets of heaven and earth?"

Chu Qing’s father froze. He suddenly remembered that Chu Qing’s Mother could also be considered a disciple of the Celestial Secret Lineage.

How else would she have known that East Water Island was facing the calamity of an Elemental Wound?

The people she knew were all exceptionally skilled at divination.

Hearing Chu Qing’s Mother, Jiang Zuo shook his head. "No, there is one person who might be able to."

’Yes, in the entire Celestial Secret Lineage, I only remember one person. If that person exists in this era, then it’s possible they could get a vague reading. Luo Ying, the long-standing leader of the Celestial Secret Lineage, a beacon of light in the Cultivation Realm. His combat prowess was nothing special, but in the future I know, he was the only one who truly understood how terrifying I was. He never interfered in my affairs. In that era, if you trusted Luo Ying, you would be safe from man-made calamities. Those who didn’t... well, they were pretty much all dead. But Luo Ying understands the web of karma. Even if he could divine something, he never would. Because with the slightest misstep, the Celestial Secret Lineage would be unable to bear the consequences.’

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"Go back. I cannot possibly perform this divination," a middle-aged man said atop a peak belonging to the Celestial Secret Lineage.

"Fellow Daoist Luo Ying, name your price. We will pay it," someone asked.

Luo Ying looked up at the sky. "This is not a matter of what price I require. It is a matter of the price our Celestial Secret Lineage cannot afford to pay."

The others were confused. "What do you mean, Fellow Daoist?"

Luo Ying sighed. "The moment I cast the hexagram for this, the Celestial Secret Lineage will be wiped from the river of history for a time.

"You haven’t come bearing a valuable request. You’ve come bringing a disaster that will annihilate my entire lineage.

"The Celestial Secret cannot afford to probe this person."

Luo Ying was a cautious man. Whenever a matter of great significance arose, he would first divine the consequences of getting involved.

This time, the Celestial Spirit Nine Peaks was willing to pay a heavy price for his services.

Naturally, he had to divine the potential impact of such an act.

When he received a vague premonition, he was stunned. He had expected some major repercussions, nothing more.

But he was wrong. Terribly wrong.

He had only mentioned the demise of the Celestial Secret Lineage because he hadn’t dared to speak the full truth. In reality, he had seen far more than just his lineage’s destruction.

He had seen the entire Cultivation Realm drowning in a river of blood.

He had seen a figure standing high in the sky, the entire world trembling and crumbling to ruin beneath his feet.

The vision had shocked him beyond words, to the point of utter disbelief.

Just from that one hazy glimpse, he felt his own Cultivation on the verge of collapsing.

If that future came to pass, he would likely have died the very instant he completed the divination.

After seeing that vision, he was terrified.

It was a fear that came from the very depths of his soul. To think that such a terrifying being actually existed in this world.

He would never, ever provoke such a person. He would never again attempt a divination concerning this individual, regardless of the consequences—or lack thereof. He simply wouldn’t do it.

To avoid him was to avoid death itself, to avoid utter annihilation.

It was just that no one could possibly understand his reasoning. But that didn’t matter. For now, he had the final say in the Celestial Secret Lineage. Besides, no one else could have succeeded in the divination anyway.

He was confident of that. It didn’t matter if others suspected that he, too, was incapable of performing the divination. That was unimportant.