Chapter 80: No Hate
"Let’s go with good!"
Tyler replied. The moment he set his sights on her, he could feel the heat in his lower body.
It was rising like a dragon that had woken up from its sleep.
"Good news is that your original technique can refine mana faster than Harmony of Nine Phoenixes."
"Bad News?"
"You almost emptied the spirit energy reserve of three Spirit Veins; that means normal cultivation outside this tower is impossible for you."
Hearing that, Tyler released a deep breath.
Sure enough! There was no free lunch.
If it took him two minutes to fill one meridian, the total time his technique took to fill his Mana Space was just ten minutes.
This was crazy speed since it took Harmony of Nine Phoenixes nearly half an hour to refine all of the Yin-Yang Energy.
Although its quantity wasn’t high, it was due to using a fourth-grade yin essence stone and his own yang energy.
That ten percent was enough for a normal cultivator to fill one hundred percent of his mana circuit twenty times at the very least.
He was able to make this comparison based on Louis’s mana capacity.
A Low-Grade Spirit Vein could support the cultivation of a thousand mana-condensation-realm cultivators without exhausting its reserve.
Even if he used the mana inside his Mana Space, he would only be able to transform nine more mana veins.
A cultivator at his level would consume five times as much mana as he used to fill up his mana circuit.
That meant transforming nine of his mana veins required roughly the same amount of mana that nearly two hundred people used combined.
It also meant the void mana was at least thirty times more powerful and resource-consuming than yin-yang mana.
Because he didn’t consume the spirit energy reserve of one spirit vein. He consumed three spirit veins’ reserves.
That was equivalent to the mana required by six hundred people to open nine of their mana veins.
Since Spirit Vein could constantly transform other kinds of energies into spirit energy, the actual data was almost impossible to calculate.
But this was roughly the estimate he came up with after hearing what Jenny said.
He didn’t need to go through all of this trouble, but he had no choice.
If he wanted to reach the Soul Sublimation Realm, he would need to dual-cultivate for days with this woman.
Or, he had to use massive resources. He believed only Mid-Grade Spirit Veins could support his current cultivation.
But for just one Mid-Tier Spirit Vein, three countries had been fighting for over a decade.
So, he could only try to go there once he had gathered enough resources and was ready to reach the Soul Sublimation Realm.
In other words, he either had to rely on other resources or dual cultivation just to improve his cultivation.
Fortunately, he could simply cultivate inside the tower.
But he didn’t plan to do that.
Energy could neither be destroyed nor created. That meant these spirit veins were releasing energy to support this tower.
Why did he make that assumption?
Because the tower would definitely need some kind of energy to keep these nine women imprisoned.
He didn’t think this tower was unbreakable; otherwise, he wouldn’t worry about his self-destruction.
Although he hadn’t confirmed anything, there was a force inside the tower that was keeping these women imprisoned.
But this prison wasn’t some kind of prison bar. Instead, it was a suppression on the life-force level.
Anything in this world required energy to run. So, how could something so ridiculously powerful require no energy at all?
That being said, he hadn’t confirmed it. So, he looked at Jenny and asked.
"This tower has a spirit, right?"
Jenny pouted.
"I am here, standing all naked, and you are thinking about the tower. Don’t you feel ashamed of being a man?"
Tyler gave her a disdainful look and said.
"Are you kidding me? Daisy is a hundred times more seductive than you. Yes, you are more beautiful than her, but dual cultivation is simply a profession for me."
"We have sex for the sake of salary. In this case, improvement of cultivation and enlightenment is our salary."
"You can’t even make me feel aroused."
At this moment, Tyler couldn’t help but curse in his mind.
’Do you know just how sexy Daisy is compared to you? I am basically a Young Master, but for ten years, I never sexually assaulted Elena or any other servant.’
’Especially when I was a kid, every day was like torture for me. Those naughty thoughts never disappear. I had to suppress them every single day.’
Even his sex with Elena was more like a responsibility. After all, he promised her to be his lover first.
But instead of choosing Elena, he had sex with Daisy. So, out of guilt, he immediately had sex with Elena after his recovery.
Jennifer was by no means unattractive, but when he was a kid and the young master of a big family, he was extremely lewd and psychotic about sex.
He had to suppress his desires every single day on account of not having a sex-related system or not being reborn in a hentai world.
That’s what truly happens when a transmigrated person was an Otaku.
"You bastard!"
Too much praise was bad, and no praise was even worse. Telling her that she lacked the seductiveness of Daisy, Tyler officially created a new rivalry.
Her anger flared, releasing an intense heat around her.
Fortunately, she didn’t lose her mind and attack Tyler.
At this moment, Tyler felt something strange about her.
If her previous fire was all about incineration, this flame had a slightly different feel to it.
He didn’t know what exactly it was, but he realized she was already making progress with her flames.
Of course, he didn’t lose his confidence just because she improved.
"How do I contact the Tower Spirit?"
Tyler asked.
"It should’ve contacted you on its own. Maybe it’s waiting for something."
Jenny pouted as she replied, still sulking about Tyler’s comment. After all, she was one of the most beautiful women in the universe.
Then she realized she truly didn’t know how to be sexy. She always had been fiery and strong-headed.
She never tried to use seduction for anything.
If she wanted something, she would get it. If she couldn’t get it, she would burn it down.
The women that Tower chose had one thing in common. None of them had a man or a crush on someone.
They were all successful woman with insane talent.
"I’m here."
Just when she was thinking about it, a voice rang in the first floor.
At this moment, a strange creature appeared in front of them. It was a mini tower with eyes and a mouth.
"Is this your spirit form?"
Tyler curiously asked.
"Yes, my name is Immemorial Paragon. I am the tower by design, home by duty, and prison by fate."
Hearing that, Tyler almost laughed out.
He never thought this tower to have a sense of humor. But that was true. When it was created, it was a tower.
But the purpose of this tower was to act like a home. For some reason, it turned into a prison.
"So, can you tell me about your history?"
Tyler asked.
At this moment, the tower blinked twice before closing the gap.
"You don’t hate me?"
It was surprised. After all, Tyler didn’t need to reach the Treasured Body Realm to enter the first floor.
That was just there to make him a dual cultivator. The tower believed Tyler knew this.
Tyler looked at it and chuckled.
"What? You think I hate you?"
He lowered his head.
"If it was a month ago, yeah! I would’ve hated you."
Then he raised his head, stared at the tower’s eyes, and continued.
"But you know what? Without you, maybe my future will be like Porty. Maybe I will not stop at the Soul Sublimation Realm, but at a certain point, I will no longer make progress."
"Without you, I will still have powerful techniques, but they have limits. If I am lucky, I might reach the peak."
"But what if I am not lucky? When I faced death after leaving the Hall of Dragon Treasury, Jenny saved me."
"But instead of being grateful for that, I feared her strength. Do you realize now? I was self-centered, arrogant, weak-willed, and too rigid."
"I didn’t understand their sufferings. I didn’t understand their pain. I just thought I was the protagonist, so I would always get lucky."
"But what if I don’t get lucky? When fighting those five people, I realized a truth."
"I am miles ahead of others in terms of advantages. If I don’t even understand this truth, I don’t deserve these advantages."
"After all, I don’t consider myself an arrogant, evil, and fearful villain."
He shook his head and said.
"So, I don’t hate you. I won’t choose your path, but I will one day repay you for your help. So, can you tell me more about yourself?"
