Tower returned to hunter's house that day after making a crucial decision. He had decided to discard Cynthia's influence on him so that he could gain strength in a short time.
Seeing him return, Cynthia rushed out and hugged him with her usual loving smile. She gave him a bath, made him dinner and let him hug her to his sleep.
The night passed without any disturbance. Cynthia's body was warm and comfortable and Tower ended up hugging her a little too hard. But Cynthia did not complain, bearing her pain in bliss.
.....
Waking up, Tower found himself facing a pair of alluring lips. He unhesitatingly kissed them, awakening their owner, Cynthia.
Tower chuckled at her speechless expression and moved his lips away.
"I will be going out to hunt for the next few days." He said with an apologetic expression on his face. Acting was a required skill to a narcissistic fellow like him.
Cynthia's face turned blank for a moment.
"How long?" She blinked her eyes reluctantly and asked in a soft voice.
Tower noticed her reluctance but he still replied. "The hunt is going to take a long time. Anywhere between two weeks to a month. I need my wife to eat properly while I am away! Do you understand?"
Cynthia bent her head down, hiding her sadness. She was reluctant to part with her husband but she knew she mustn't hinder him. She must be a dutiful wife, not a commanding one!
She nodded her head with her face still facing the floor.
"Hehe! Don't worry my wife. If the hunt is successful, you will never need to worry about me again!"
Tower pulled her into his arms softly, kissing her slightly chubby cheek. He then turned around and left, never looking back.
...
"She was so cute!" Tower sighed as he left Willow Town through the north entrance, which lead to Miller City, the South Province's Capital City.
It would take four days for Tower to reach Miller city on foot.
As the Capital City of the South Province, Miller City has a Duke family living in the city permanently. The Capital city was much larger than normal cities and has various factions' main bases.
For example Willow Town did not have even host a single Qi cultivation family living there, but Miller city had 3 of them.
Qi cultivation was more popular than body strengthening! Mainly due to the requirements of the unique understanding of energy from Heaven and Earth and its usage.
In fact, It was said that the 'Astral Qi cultivation' which was a side branch of Qi cultivation, was even more popular than the Spirit Cultivation in ancient times. If not for the loss of complete heritages of Astral Qi cultivation, the Spirit Cultivation would not have its current prime spot.
Tower entered the Miller City following the long queue. Once inside, he looked around in interest. The city's constructions looked much more sturdier than those back on earth, making Tower realize how advanced this world really was.
But this did not concern him. He was just admiring the beauty of advanced technology.
His reason for arrival at Miller City was simple. It was to look for a Cultivator who cultivates the mind. This particular branch of cultivation focuses completely on mind and Tower planned on sealing one such Cultivator in his Round Table.
All for a special ability of mind Cultivators. Which let Tower erase memories!
Tower planned on leaving Cynthia, but since she was just so cute, he decided that he must give her a present before his departure. His departure gift would be erasing her memories about the hunter so that she would move on and live her own life.
Cynthia was a Heart Cultivator. Her feelings towards her husband would almost never change. Abandoning her while her feelings still remained would just be hurting her in the most cruel way possible. Tower decided not to hurt her as she was cute, which was also his current feelings towards her. As for love, he did not know that feeling yet.
'Sigh! I am not even a monk. Why should I avoid her cuteness influencing me?' A part of Tower asked himself.
'Hump! That women is a hindrance to your freedom! How could you let her cuteness shackle you!' Another part retorted.
'Hump! Are you planning on becoming a rock with no feelings?! So what if you are influenced by beauty, It just shows how human you are!' The previous part snorted.
...:
"Haha! Is this the legendary Heart Demon mentioned in Xianxia novels?" Tower shook his mind making the voices fade away from his mind.
"Heart Demon! It seems to be a very troublesome thing! But who am I? I am the supreme ruler! A lowly Heart Demon can't control me!" Tower looked towards the sky. His gaze piercing through air to see the clear clouds. If there was something that Tower did not lack, it would be NARCISSISM!
.....
Tower got a random street child to introduce the Miller City to him. He then lavishly threw 5 coppers at the child making the other party grateful towards him. After all it was fairly easy to transverse through the city even without a guide.
"To think the church is the most popular place in the city!" Tower shook his head disdainfully. In this world which had various techniques to strengthen oneself, it was fairly hard to believe in gods. After all to some of these entities, Gods were no different from them. Just a little bit stronger if one really wanted to differentiate. Gods were not as omnipotent as they were portrayed in their churches after all.
Knowing that this city's most popular place was the church made Tower feel repulsed. These guys looked like lowly slaves who had given up on themselves in Tower's eyes.
'Hump! I am the one and only True God.' He narcissistically thought as he checked-in in a relatively decent inn. It was not his money anyway, so Tower did not mind using it lavishly.