I Can Read People's Comments

[Chapter 181 Comments]

[TheTavius08: Expected reaction for a married man.For that move where you push space down on people,Space Cascade would be a good name.]

[Random Passing Comment.]

[KidAnnihilation: This is for the future since you may not be able to do it now.Would it be possible to constantly do small teleports,so when someone hits you it goes right through you?]

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Mia was staring at the woman carefully. She had been covered with a big towel and tied into a tree by Theo.

Although he wanted to just leave this place, Mia suggested that they should get this woman to point their location on the map or at least tell them the direction of the mountain range.

Mia tilted her head before furrowing her eyebrows. After a moment, she walked back to Theo and whispered, "By the way, Dad. It seems that this woman belongs to the Demon Race."

"What's that? Are there other races in this world? I haven't checked the teaching materials for the second semester."

"Yes. Usually, the Demon Race is a powerful and united race under the command of the Demon Lord."

"A demon lord? As in like the demon lord in the normal fantasy book?"

"No. The demon race in the cultivation story is a bit different. For example, if you are going to talk about the charming demon, it's going to be a succubus, right?"

"Yeah."

"If we're talking about cultivation stories, the charming demons are usually demon foxes. From the looks of it, she doesn't belong to that clan. In fact, their hierarchical structure shouldn't be that different from a human's, like having other families and a grand throne that belongs to a certain family. Something like that."

Theo looked down, contemplating. "If that's the case, shouldn't this person be somewhat special?"

"Probably. But we don't have any proof yet. Maybe she is going to send all her force to kill you, Dad." Mia gave a sly grin.

"It doesn't matter since she saw our faces earlier. So, even if we leave, she will remember our faces and somehow make her people chase us."

"So, should we kill her?"

"Hmm…" Theo thought for a moment before shaking his head. "Nah, it's fine for the time being. It's not like we're planning to return to this realm sooner or later. In fact, if the author is using her and her force as our family, it makes things pretty simple."

"Ah! That's true. If the author is using a hidden force or something, it's going to be hard to find them. However, this woman is different." Mia nodded in understanding.

Normally, the main character wouldn't kill the woman because it would just turn into a harem in one way or another. But her father actually wanted to use her to limit the author's options in creating the enemy for future visits.

"While we're waiting, I think you can reply to this." Theo waved his hand, showing the comments.

"Oh!" Mia looked at the first comment and made a wry smile. "Yeah. I'm disappointed in how Dad acted. He should have done it in one way or another to make her join the har—Gah!"

Theo flicked her forehead before she could finish her words. "Your father is a loyal man. I never have any intention of betraying your mother, even if the author wants to do it."

"I am just joking." Mia pouted. "By the way, Dad. There is a name suggestion for the ability where you expanded the space earlier. Space Cascade… will it do?"

"That's a good name, but unfortunately, it doesn't suit the ability. I mean, the ability itself is not limited to a downward direction. I can expand the space in all directions. And that's just a fist… What if I create a spherical barrier? It will change to a different name, right? But that kind of thing is still out of reach. I need to familiarize myself with this power more and get a lot of essence before I can do that."

"Like a domain?" Mia looked down, falling into deep thought. "I guess it's going to be hard. In that case, we need a name where you can release the space expansion with your fist in all directions. Something like the Omni-directional Expansion Fist?"

"Too long." Theo shook his head helplessly. "Well, you can think about it for now. The readers too."

"Fine." Mia nodded with a smile before looking at the next comment. "A small teleport constantly? Is that even possible?"

"A whole body? It might be possible, but in the end, it's going to be just a normal teleport. I don't even need to do it constantly. If we're talking about staying still while doing so, then space doesn't work that way."

"Really?"

"Yeah. The portal I create has a similar concept to a black hole. I am distorting the space by using the force of gravity to shrink the distance between two. If it's about a solo teleport, it's basically turning my entire mass into the center of that distortion and shrinking the distance with the space element. That's why you usually need structures as an anchor point for a long distance teleport."

"Then we can't use this concept?"

"While it's interesting, we can't. But maybe I can use it as a reference for another ability, but that's for later."

Mia sighed. It seemed that they were not so lucky this time since her Dad rejected both comments' ideas.

But before she could comment more, she heard a soft groan coming from the side.

"Mhmmm…" The woman they tied earlier gradually opened her eyes. Fortunately, she didn't suffer heavy injuries. It was just a light knock that gave a big shock to her body and made her fall unconscious.

"What am I…" The woman looked around, feeling a bit tight. She soon noticed the rope that bound her body to the tree behind her. "!!!"

She hurriedly raised her head and noticed the man who kicked her earlier was standing in front of you.

"You bastard. How dare you kick me?! Hurry up and untie me right now, and I will give you a painless death! No. I'm going to torture you first."

Theo looked at her while shaking his head helplessly. "Maybe we should just leave her here. No, since she is going to torture us, how about we put a beast in front of her and bind their mouth so the only thing they can do is cross-breed?"

The woman's body shuddered when she heard Theo's words. "You… you…"

Theo took out a map from his space ring and said, "I don't care much about your misunderstanding, so I will only say this once. There is a cave behind that waterfall with the power of space. We were teleported there.

"If you understand that, please tell us about our current location right now. Do so, and I will release you."
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The woman was completely speechless. On the one hand, it didn't seem that Theo was joking about the threat. On the other hand, this was the first time she was treated like this.

"Do you know who I am? I am the dignified Feng Xiaoling!" She gritted her teeth, glaring at Theo.

"No. And I don't care. All I want is our current position. If you don't tell me, I will just knock you out and… Oh, wait. I have horses here." Theo couldn't help but look to the side, showing the dragon horses.

In that instant, Feng Xiaoling's face turned pale. The horses were coming closer to her as if they understood their assignment.

At the same time, she actually recognized these horses, thinking, 'Aren't they dragon horses? Looking at their appearance, their blood purity is extremely high. But aren't the dragon horses supposed to be proud? How did he tame them?'

Feng Xiaoling panicked before hurriedly saying, "I understand. I will tell you the location!"

Theo remained silent as if he were expecting the answer. He didn't intend to negotiate with her. Even the dragon horses kept moving toward her.

"We are currently in the Heavenly Demon Valley." Feng Xiaoling screamed in panic, answering the question.

"Heavenly Demon Valley…" Theo furrowed his eyebrows. "It doesn't seem to be on this map."

"Of course, it won't be. This place is in the Demon Territory. Why would you humans even be here?"

"Oh!" Theo couldn't help but glance at Mia, who actually shrugged her shoulders as if this was something she expected. "Then, where is the human's territory?"

"…" Feng Xiaoling bit her lips before saying, "Release me first."

"Tell me the direction first." Theo waved his hand. Suddenly, one of the dragon horses slightly blew out a wind in Feng Xiaoling's direction.

"South! You just have to go south!"

"That's more like it." Theo nodded, satisfied. "Let's go then."

The dragon horses lowered their bodies as if telling Theo and Mia to get on their backs.

"Wait. Release me." Feng Xiaoling looked at Theo with a pale face.

"What are you talking about? That rope is just a normal rope. With your strength, let alone the rope, you can even snap the tree behind you." Theo tilted his head in confusion. And because of her, Theo finally understood why Mia told him that the IQ in this cultivation world was below normal.

If she had just been calmer and assessed the situation, she could have escaped or even attacked Theo.

Theo then turned back to Mia and the dragon horses. "Never mind that. It seems that this place is extremely dangerous, so let's just use an easier method."

Theo waved his hand as a vortex appeared.

"!!!" Feng Xiaoling couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. Although she was shocked by Theo's words earlier, this ability was simply something she never expected.

The vortex suddenly expanded and the center of the vortex was not black anymore like a whirlpool. Instead, it was opening up and forming a clear image like a mirror.

"I have shrunk the distance and created this portal. But this shouldn't be enough. By using this portal as the basis…" Theo waved his hand again, manipulating the distance of the space on the other side of the portal to create yet another portal.

In other words, he was actually stacking the portal. If one portal allowed him to travel a hundred kilometers at once, by stacking them like this, he could travel at least a few hundred kilometers in a single step.

Theo took the comment as an inspiration. However, instead of a constant small portal, he created a short distance portal multiple times.

"This should be enough." Theo looked satisfied with this new creation.

Mia gave a thumbs up as if she approved of this method.

However, Feng Xiaoling couldn't help but gasp. Her eyes were staring at Theo as if she had just found her savior.

She instinctively followed Theo's instruction earlier and released her spiritual qi. It was an extremely violent qi that actually broke the trunk, allowing her to loosen herself.

"Mhmmm?" Theo turned around as if he were ready to stop her attack again. Even Mia thought her father should only tell her about the rope when the portal was about to close.

Feng Xiaoling rushed toward them as Theo had to release his own essence. Even Mia summoned her teddy bear.

To everyone's surprise, Feng Xiaoling actually dropped to the ground right in front of Theo. She actually looked at Theo like a pitiful kid while saying, "Please… Please save my father!"

"Huh?" Theo's eyebrows twitched, truly not expecting this type of stuff.

Meanwhile, Mia recalled all the stories she had read so far and wondered, 'What help? I don't think I have read anything like this so far. This is not a normal plot where the main character somehow gets into a misunderstanding.

'If she needs help… Ah! Don't tell me, is the author planning to stop us from going to our original location? Maybe he wants to make us remain here by using this to our advantage. No, should I say that by saving them, we will be seen as saviors? The author must be trying to stop Dad from limiting his options in creating an enemy for future visits by making this potential enemy as our ally!'