Seeing Jiang Zuo looking a little helpless, Su Qi hugged the Magic Book and grinned at him.

Su Qi was especially beautiful when she smiled.

Jiang Zuo still remembered when he first met Su Qi. Back then, she rarely smiled. When he finally saw her smile, his younger self had sworn an oath to make this girl smile forever. He would never let her feel sad or cry.

’It’s pretty embarrassing to think about now.’

Things felt different now, too.

To the Jiang Zuo of today, his feelings for Su Qi weren’t about grand vows of eternal love. In his mind, he and Su Qi were always meant to be together until the end of time.

Grand vows were simply redundant.

At least, that was how it was for Jiang Zuo, who had lived through countless ages.

He no longer possessed the recklessness of his youth, nor the burning passion of his prime.

His feelings for Su Qi were subtle yet profound—unfathomably so.

"What are you thinking about?" Su Qi waved a hand in front of his face. "Zoning out in front of your wife like this, aren’t you afraid of making me angry?"

Jiang Zuo pressed her hand down. "Do you want to stay here all night? Or should we get to learning Magic?"

With a soft huff, Su Qi opened the book and said in a serious tone, "According to this book, casting Magic requires chanting. Chanting is like an incantation, but as you chant, you need to connect with the Elements—attuning to them, communicating with them."

"And as for chanting, there’s a technique to it."

As she spoke, Su Qi drew her sword and sketched a circle on the ground.

"To understand the pronunciation for chanting, you can reference a Magic Array..."

Hearing this, Jiang Zuo knew that while Su Qi might have understood the concept of Magic, she was definitely not a good teacher.

A Magic Array was hardly a basic concept. Making a completely clueless Magic Apprentice reference a Magic Array for pronunciation was like trying to solve a basic math problem by referencing advanced calculus.

’How is anyone supposed to learn like this?’

Just then, Jiang Zuo cut in, "Actually, I have a half-baked idea."

Su Qi aimed her sword at him. "What? Am I not a good teacher?"

"...No, it’s not that. I just thought of a possibility," Jiang Zuo said.

Su Qi nodded. "Go on, then. Let’s see just how half-baked it is. You’re a Magic newbie, after all."

Jiang Zuo said seriously, "I think we can let the Elements learn on their own. Then, let them do their own chanting and, finally, cast themselves."

"How’s that for an idea?"

Hearing Jiang Zuo’s words, Su Qi was stunned.

’What did I just hear? That’s not a half-baked idea, that’s a complete fantasy!’

Su Qi’s brow furrowed. She felt that Jiang Zuo was deliberately teasing her.

’Okay, teasing your own wife is perfectly fine, but I can’t let him get away with it. I have to be serious.’

Then, Su Qi put on a perfectly straight face. "Student Jiang Zuo, what possessed you to say something like that? What gave you the delusion that Elements can cast themselves?"

"Teacher Su is telling you, that is wrong. Completely and utterly wrong."

Jiang Zuo was unconvinced. "I think it’s worth a try."

Su Qi shook her head. "There’s no record of anything like this. Besides, you’re definitely just trying to be lazy."

"But Teacher Su isn’t a Mage, so why are you so sure my idea is wrong?" Jiang Zuo felt it was feasible.

’Other people can’t do it because no one has ever dared to think this way. Besides, when it comes to Magic, if the Elements can learn it, why should I have to? Even if I could master it with a wave of my hand, I’m not doing it. The Fire Elemental Minions have a kind of "consciousness," so why can’t they cast themselves? Strictly speaking from a theoretical standpoint, Elemental Spirits can cast Magic by themselves. And since Elements are the initial form of Elemental Spirits, there’s no reason it should be completely impossible.’

Su Qi retorted, unconvinced herself, "But Student Jiang Zuo isn’t a Mage either."

"But I’m half a Mage, so I have some right to speak on the matter. Teacher Su has no practical experience, only theory, which is useless."

Su Qi moved to Jiang Zuo’s side and stared at him. "You used to rely on theoretical knowledge to pursue me, and I still fell for you, didn’t I? How can you say theory is useless?"

’That’s a completely different matter. She’s just being unreasonable.’ Jiang Zuo chose not to answer.

Finally, Su Qi said, "Kiss me. If you kiss me, I’ll let you try."

Jiang Zuo: "..."

In the end, Jiang Zuo successfully obtained permission to give it a try.

Su Qi placed the book on the ground, then squatted beside Jiang Zuo. "How are you going to try?"

Jiang Zuo was sitting on the grass. "I’ll call out the Elements and have them read the book themselves. If that doesn’t work, you can explain it to them."

Su Qi sat down as well, leaning against him. "If any Mages heard you say that, they would laugh at you for being so ridiculous."

"And what about you?" Jiang Zuo asked.

Su Qi smiled. "Of course I’d laugh at you too. But I love you, so it would be a loving laugh."

"Even if it’s truly ridiculous, I’ll be ridiculous with you."

"If the whole world doesn’t understand you, I will try to understand you."

"And even if I don’t understand you either, I’ll still stay by your side without a second thought."

Jiang Zuo was taken aback for a moment. Finally, he said, "You’ve changed."

Su Qi said nothing. She just took his hand and, smiling, bit down.

"OW! Let go, let go!" Jiang Zuo could feel real pain.

When Su Qi got angry, she never knew her own strength.

She released her bite. "Now tell me, how have I changed?"

Jiang Zuo rubbed the teeth marks on his arm and sighed. "You’ve become even more lovable."

Su Qi snorted. "Alright, hurry up and try. If it doesn’t work, I still have to teach you."

Jiang Zuo nodded, then snapped his fingers.

Instantly, a vast amount of fiery light appeared around them. These lights represented countless Fire Elemental Minions.

The Fire Elemental Minions surged forth, ready to burn everything for their Big Brother.

The moment she saw the flames, Su Qi was stunned. ’Whoa, there are so many of them.’

After all, the fire Jiang Zuo had summoned covered a huge area.

Her master had once told her that just being able to conjure a Fireball was impressive enough. This was far beyond a mere Fireball.

She looked at Jiang Zuo and thought, ’Could my husband really be a genius when it comes to Magic?’

At that moment, Jiang Zuo pointed at the Magic Book on the ground. "Learn it, then cast yourselves."

The Fire Elemental Minions were fired up. No matter what it was, if Big Brother told them to learn, they would learn.

A crowd of Fire Elemental Minions gathered around it. And... not a single one of them could understand it.

The flames suddenly died down significantly.

Jiang Zuo frowned and finally said to Su Qi, "It seems they can’t read."

Su Qi was speechless. ’It would be a problem if they *could* read, wouldn’t it?’

After a moment, Su Qi picked up the Magic Book. "Fine, I’ll explain it. They’ll learn as much as they can."

Then she added, turning to Jiang Zuo, "You learn too. No slacking off."

Jiang Zuo nodded. ’If I wanted to learn it, it would only take an instant.’

Su Qi didn’t really care about the Fire Elements. As long as Jiang Zuo was willing to listen, that was all that mattered. She was going to teach him with all her heart, anyway.

The more she taught, the better. And if he became a little stronger, that would naturally be even better.

If he could become even stronger than her, that would be best of all.

’In any case,’ she thought, ’I’m sure that no matter how powerful Jiang Zuo becomes, he’ll never be able to defeat me.’

’That’s a privilege unique to me.’

With a small smile, Su Qi began her explanation.