I Can Read People's Comments

[Chapter 128 Comments]

[Xinhuan: Your wife is alright and gained enough respect in the family after she took over with her abilities.]

[Adam_Balch_7324: Yes your wife does seem to be safe and the recording of you and silva has seemed to have helped allowing one to believe you've hidden your true abilities from everyone]

After returning to his room, Theo looked at the comments and felt relieved. "I see. It seems that I did influence the flow of the story by gambling my power. Then again, I couldn't repeat it to avoid the author using that to erase my power or something."

"I'm glad that Silva seems to be on the same side. With this, I don't have to suspect him more." Theo nodded. He didn't mind if his wife used whatever excuses she could, as long as they could help her. She could tell him about it later and he would just have to adjust his plan.

Now that his heart had calmed down, Theo's expression turned serious, fully knowing that the situation was about to get serious.

He didn't know what kind of problem the author had in store, but he had made some preparation, especially in the schedule.

Though, before sending the schedule, Theo wore the artifact he got from the Helvenia Kingdom, specifically the Nature Ring.

When he wore it, nothing changed in his vision. However, it was completely different when Theo came to the window to look at the beauty of the mountain.

It was dark outside, so without much light, it was hard to see anything outside. But due to the ring, he could see green-colored particles scattered all around the mountain.

"Hoh?" Theo couldn't help but squint his eyes. As the description said, the Nature Ring allowed him to sense the magical energy within the plants. Most of the trees only had a small particle in them, showing that they never stored essence or even had enough consciousness to absorb the essence in the air.

However, Theo could see two dots that were bigger than the rest. Since it was far away, it was hard to measure the exact size, but it was releasing the light at least three times if not four times than every plant around it.

While he couldn't say these two were magical herbs, they must be slightly more important than normal plants.

The ring was a precious artifact to find rare plants, especially to upgrade their abilities.

Still, Theo's objective when looking at the outside was not to admire the ring. Instead, he wanted to see if there were any weird plants that might pose a threat to them.

"There doesn't seem to be any threat…" Theo muttered before opening the window. Without hesitation, he came out and jumped onto the rooftop to carefully check the entire area.

He noticed a few more brighter lights, but they were pretty similar to the first two he found earlier.

As far as Theo could see, there was no abnormality. It seemed that the author didn't plan to harm him through the plants even though this place was surrounded by them.

"If it's not a plant, then what? This is a mountain, so there must be something that a mountain might use…" Theo furrowed his eyebrows. In fact, he had another idea for the challenge tomorrow.

With that in mind, Theo jumped off the building, using the illusion to cover himself in darkness so that no one found him.

After that, he went straight toward the plants that contained more essence to check on them.

The first plan he encountered was a kind of grass that halfway changed its color from green to blue due to its essence.

Theo hurriedly took a picture of it and marked the place. After that, he moved to another place and found a tree. At first, it looked like a normal tree from the outside. But when Theo examined it, he noticed that the flow of essence inside it was quite violent. It had even created a hole inside the trunk as that empty space acted as a container for the essence.

Theo knocked on the trunk to see if he could identify it. After gathering some information, Theo noted it down and marked it as one of the targets.

He continued going around the mountain to mark all the plants. Some of them looked special from the outside while the others had to be checked personally. In other words, the students might need special abilities to find their locations or even identify them.

In total, Theo found eight special plants. All of them were within five hundred meters from the resort, so the students wouldn't go too far.

He could also watch over the students from the rooftop, which made the first assignment safer.

However, there was another reason why Theo went around to mark these plants. He wanted to check the fluctuation of energy around this place, thinking he might be able to find something.

Unfortunately for him, he couldn't find anything other than these special plants. Hence, Theo returned to the room while sending the first day's schedule to everyone.

…

In another room, Mia and Haruka were lying on their beds. They weren't tired, but they just wanted to get some sleep to complete tomorrow's schedule, afraid that Theo had something big planned for them.

However, they were still awake because they had to know about the schedule first.

It was then that the device rang, alerting them. Haruka and Mia instantly grabbed their own devices and checked their mail.

"This is…" Haruka and Mia exchanged looks. The other students also had a similar response, considering the schedule was a bit vague and terrifying.

Day 1 - Supplementary Lesson. Gather Herbs.

Failed Students will have to finish the supplementary lesson in the morning. The first assignment will start at 12 p.m.Gather

Assignment: Gather plants that contain more essence than the plants around them.

Description: There are a total of eight such plants scattered within a five hundred radius. You are forbidden to use anything to get a head start and can only look around once the time comes. While the others are taking the lessons, you are free to go around the resort to enjoy your time or discuss your plan.

Requirement: Each group has to find one special plant. For every plant above the target, both members will receive three bonus points each.

Penality: If there is a group that can't find the special plant, their points shall be deducted by two.

"…" When Mia read the details, she couldn't help but drop her device. "Sorry, Haruka. I will drag you down this time."

"Huh?!" Haruka tilted her head in confusion. "I will be asking my friend to help me, and you are also good at things like this, right?"

"I can definitely help you find the plants, but I don't think I have the energy to do it." Mia sighed. "If you take a look at the schedule, we will have to take the lessons first. It means that I have to experience hell first before doing this task."

"Experience hell? What are you talking about? It's only a supplementary lesson, right?"

Haruka became even more confused. On the one hand, she didn't think much about it since it wasn't supposed to be hard. On the other hand, Mia knew Theo more about her. So, she might have underestimated this lesson.

"My father is a calm and collected person. It's hard to find him angry, and he is pretty chill in most situations. However, Mother always said that he was a sadist. He once embarrassed someone in front of the whole world, destroyed one of the biggest companies in the world from within, and many more. She said, "The calmer he is, the bigger his plan is."

"I still don't understand, but OK?" Haruka felt that Mia was just scared because of her mother's warning.

Mia might be the most fortunate one since she knew about it. However, Li Wei and the twins weren't prepared for it.

"Nevertheless, what should we do tomorrow? If you are going to be useless, does that mean you're going to sit out of the search?"

"I will do my best if I have the energy or am still sane. But depending on my condition, I might have to sit out of the competition."

"Alright. Luckily, I have my friend here, so we're still a group of two even if you sit out. And I hope that you can take that time to recover as much as you can."

"OK." Mia nodded.

Haruka took out a few talismans from the backpack.

"What are you doing?" Mia asked.

"Don't you feel it's a bit chilly here?"

"Well, we are on a mountain, so of course."

Haruka shook her head and actually placed one of the talismans on the wall. After that, she moved to a different corner and placed the second talisman.

In total, she placed five talismans and moved to the center of the room. She circulated her essence as the talisman started to let out a dim glow.

To Mia's surprise, the room got slightly warmer.

"This is… Is it a heater?" Mia asked.

"No. It's a Spirit Repelling Talisman. I don't know what's going on, but it's a bit uncomfortable staying here. It might be due to the vein that is supposed to increase the density of essence in the area, but it feels a bit strange."

"Is that so?" Mia wondered if she had to report this to Theo. However, there was a possibility that Haruka was just a bit paranoid. She also didn't understand the way the talismans worked.

There was one more person who had similar behavior. It was Li Wei.

Li Wei was meditating on top of his bed while Jayden asked, "Are you cultivating, Li Wei?"

Li Wei didn't respond to him for a few minutes until he gradually opened his eyes with a serious expression. "That's what I wanted to do."

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"No. I heard that the essence in this place is quite dense, so I thought about utilizing it to enhance my cultivation. But my cultivation technique doesn't suit the Yin energy that is scattered in the air. No, it's like the amount of Yin energy is higher than normal."

"Yin energy? I'm not that sure about your power system, but if I'm not wrong, Yin energy is something cold, right? Is it because we're on the mountain?"

"No. My house is on top of a mountain as well, but the abundant essence has a perfect balance of Yin and Yang energy. The temperature doesn't really affect it. It's the other way around."

"The Yin energy is the one causing the temperature to be lower?"

"Yeah. What is the temperature of this place?"

"Let me check…" Jayden opened the device and said, "Hmm? It's actually five degrees lower than usual."

"I'm not sure about it, but right now, I don't think I can cultivate. In fact, I'm curious about you. You come from the Demon World. Is the demon over there not fed from this type of energy?"

Jayden shook his head. "The demon only receives power from the contract and agreement. Other than that, it's more like ominous energy that carries the original seven sins. Those sins are condensed into something. Right now, I don't sense the energy that carries those sins."

"I see. I guess we have different interpretations for this type of energy." Li Wei nodded with a serious expression. "I'm kind of curious about that ominous energy that carries sins."

"I'm also curious about your definition of Yin energy. It might be different, but there should be something similar. Maybe we can find something new if we combine both of our knowledge."

"I can't cultivate, so I don't mind the discussion." Li Wei agreed.

Unfortunately, both of them were not the three who overheard Theo express his concern on the bus, so they didn't think much about it and just continued with their usual activity.