The Card Cultivation System
CCS-104

"How's it?" xika asked Huo Bing who was on her left shoulder.

"Lumayan. But you just made friends with some wolves. You won't be able to be friends with them all."

"Why not?"

"At least in less than two months."

"Why not?"

Huo Bing was silent. Xika did not continue. He walked closer to the other wolves that were still guarding. He let Lang Hu with his girlfriend.

"Hello, mate."

The wolves only gave him a snort as a greeting.

"I'm bored in this place. Don't you also get tired of having to take care of me and not do anything?"

"To be honest, yes."

"How about we take a walk? Can you show me a good place?"

They're shaken.

"No. We're not allowed to leave this place until the day of your fight."

"What's? That would be so boring."

They nodded in agreement.

"Do you have a game or something?"

"No. We didn't bring anything with us when we rushed here."

"That's it........."

Xika was silent for a while trying to find another topic.

"ah! I have a game. But I don't know if the wolves know."

"What game?"

"Card."

The eyes of the wolves instantly grew. Then one of them stood up and shouted,

"HEY! THIS KID SAID HE HAD A CARD!"

And the rest of the half that did not eat with Lang Hu were all gathered together.

"Xika's. Are you sure? I mean, it's your father's card. Besides, how many wolves can play on one deck?"

"Why do you think I only have one card? I do have my father's card. But that's not all the cards I got."

Huo Bing did not have the time to ask Xika anymore because the other wolves had urged her to immediately pull out her card.

"Does that man really have a card?"

"Eitherway. Let's just see."

Xika waved her hand and hundreds of decks of cards floated in the air.

"He's got! He's got a card!"

"I know! And that's enough for all of us."

"Good! We won't die of boredom!"

The wolves cheered. They immediately approached Xika about to take the card, but retreated again. They still don't know if Xika will allow them to use her cards.

"It's okay. You guys can use it. Now who's gonna play with me?"

And they came back to cheer. Three wolves sit down with Xika and play capsah. The other wolves instantly snatched the hovering cards and found their friend to play with. There are those who play capsah as well, some who play blackjack, and some other games.

Xika played happily. He had never played cards with wolves this much before. And that makes him very happy. One of the wolves stood up and said,

"Buddy, I gotta pee. Looks like it'll be long enough. You guys just play."

After that he ran away. It seems he really can't take it anymore. Xika and the other two wolves stared at each other.

"How's this? We're short on players."

"We'll find another player."

Then he turned his head and found each of the wolves had been busy playing cards and it seemed that no one would accompany them.

"Then we play three."

"Well, I guess that's the only option."

"Aren't you going to play?" xika asked Huo Bing. But one of the wolves was unable to see Huo Bing so Xika seemed to be talking to herself.

"Hey, who are you talking to?"

"Hm? My pal. Show yourself."

Huo Bing descended from Xika's shoulders and let the wolf see her.

"Whoah! So you're not lying when you say there's a bird spirit in the invisible."

"of course. Now we have no shortage of players. Let's continue."

And they're back playing cards. Huo Bing cussed a few times when he saw the cards that Xika was dealt, but it seemed that the wolves had no problem with it. In fact, they cursed when they lost and quickly became friends with Huo Bing.

After that, Xika played with another wolf. They swapped players several times and now he is friends with hundreds of them. But that's not all. There were about three thousand wolves assigned to guard it. He still needs time to be friends with all of them.

The day ended with Huo Bing cursing from a crushing defeat. The next day, Xika plays with the wolves. Lang Hu and the other half wolves had also come back and come into play. But Xika has no other card deck and some wolves are forced to settle for just watching their friends play.

Finally some wolves pulled away and they chatted. Xika saw that and joined in. There's a wolf there too.

They received enough Xika. After all, they had heard Xika's words about their honor and madness. And that made them like Xika. It didn't take long, they told each other about each other's problems. Several times Xika gave advice, several times he was funny.

"Lang Fu, how long has Heiliao been away from her duties?"

"Eitherway. Several hundred years I guess." replied the wolf called Lang Fu.

Xika hesitated whether Heiliao could finish the task in a year. But he did not think too long, because another wolf had asked him.

"Are you really close to him? You even called her name directly." asked one of the she-wolves.

"Well, we had a life-and-death battle together."

"God! Did ya? Tell me!"

"Really! Tell us!"

"We were in the tomb......."

And Xika began to recount their battle at the tomb. About the treasures he found and the rooms in the tomb. He also recounted in detail their battles, especially the Heiliao section.

"And after that, Heiliao jumped from one hole to another while brandishing his claws. In an instant, he managed to make hundreds of wounds on the snake's body!"

"Whoa! So Alpha can really move space? It's really great!"

"Rubber! I didn't expect it either."

Some other wolves gave similar responses.

"Ah, by the way, do you guys know where Lang Jin came from? At least I should prepare."

"Eitherway. I only knew he had fur as hard as iron."

"ah! I knew! He was from the Shield Steel Wolf clan! The clan was famous for their fur that was as hard as iron and had a formidable defense."

Then they also told them what they knew about Lang Jin. Xika remembered all that information.

Without notice, another month had passed. During that month, although the routine experienced more or less the same, but there are always interesting things every day. Sometimes Xika plays cards all day, sometimes he just chat without playing though. It was not uncommon for the wolves to ask for her advice on romance - things that made Huo Bing laugh because Xika herself arguably did not have her own love story. They also sometimes like to gamble. And of course Xika never loses. Now Xika knew all the wolves guarding her. And he's good friends with them. Now he can cultivate safely.

Xika sat in her place asleep two months ago. He prepared to cultivate but again Huo Bing stopped him.

"What's wrong?"

"Don't you better tell them to keep this a secret from the other wolves?"

"It's okay. I believe them."

Huo Bing approached to whisper.

"Stay still, Xika. That's risky."

"Calm down. I can handle whatever happens. Didn't you say you were gonna help me? Are you gonna let something happen under your watch?"

"Of course not."

"Then that's enough."

Huo Bing seemed to still want to talk but she pared it off. Xika sat cross-legged. Then a black hole appeared and absorbed the surrounding qi quickly. It caught the attention of the wolves quickly.

"Wow, slow down, man."

"For a moment I thought there was a storm."

Xika opened her eyes and saw the wolves had gathered around her.

"Sorry buddy. I have to cultivate for this past month."

"spirit."

"I'll bet on you. Don't lose."

"We'll play again, whether you lose or win. But honestly I wish you'd won."

And many other sayings that the wolves gave to Xika. They all encourage him in various ways. After thanking them, Xika again closed her eyes and focused on absorbing the qi around her. The amount of qi in this place was more so Xika was sure she would reach the Qi Forming stage before fighting with Lang Jin.

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Month passed.

Amidst the wolves busy with their respective affairs, a human was seen sitting down and absorbing the qi around him. The black holes nearby are also quite helpful. The human body trembled for a moment.

A BANG!

Then a dirty black liquid came out from Xika's body. He said, the human body contains a lot of impurities. Every time we penetrate, a little dirt will come out of Xika's body. That said, the person who reached the peak of his body cultivation no longer contained impurities and was completely clean. Although no one had actually reached the peak of cultivation.

Xika opened her eyes. Finally he broke through to the Qi Forming stage. This time it was really at the Qi Forming stage. He glanced at his body and found dirty mucus covering it. Xika intends to clean it using her water element. But Huo Bing's words undo his intentions.

"You awake? I'm not sure your water element will be enough to cleanse your body."

So Xika asked the first wolf she met. And it just so happened that the wolf was Lang Hu.

"Lang Hu's! Do you know where the nearest river is?"

"Xika! Have you finished cultivating? Yeah, I know-"

Lang Hu flicked his words as his sense of smell caught a very foul scent.

"But you better not go there. That's where we shower, you know. Another wolf might get mad when you're soiling that river."

"Then do you know of any other place to clean my body?"

Lang Hu thought for a moment.

"Mmm. A few kilos from here is an unused pond, but the water is quite clean. I was gonna make it a secret bathhouse, but let it be."

"Thank you, buddy."

Then Xika immediately ran as fast as possible looking for the pond that Lang Hu said.

It took Xika ten minutes to find the pool. He jumped in as soon as he found it. The pool was immediately clouded by the water. Xika washed herself for a few minutes before coming out. He dried his body after making sure that it was completely clean.

After the bath, Xika returned to where she had been guarded before.

Lang Hu and the others were already waiting.

"Are you ready, man?"

"certain."

Then they headed towards the battle arena.