The Card Cultivation System
CCS-148S

Lang Yan appeared next to his eldest son, along with Heiliao who appeared beside Xika.

"Heiliao's? How are you doing? I still have to fight if you don't mind."

"Unfortunately I object." said Lang Yan.

"I'm not asking your opinion."

"Damn it! You brat! Comehere you! Let me eat you again!"

Xika immediately hid behind Heiliao's body when she heard Lang Yan's last sentence. He did not want to spend hours bathing just to remove the wolf's saliva from his body.

"Calm down" Heiliao said, "It was a good fight, but you guys can stop. Don't you feel like something's changed for Lang Jin?"

"Yes, I feel it. Precisely because of that I want to attack him again."

Then without waiting for Heiliao's response, Xika pulled out another piece of card using her left hand until each hand held the card, preparing to attack Lang Jin again.

"Calm down, boy! My son just managed to resurrect his Bloodline. There's a lot of y-"

"May I attack you again?" xika asked cutting Lang Yan's words.

"Buck! I'm really going to eat you! This time I'll make sure my smell doesn't go away for a week!"

Heiliao approached Lang Yan and held him back.

"Calm down first. Just once is okay, right? The two will not meet again anytime soon. Let them say goodbye."

Although Xika did not understand what Heiliao was talking about, but in fact the black wolf's speech was quite helpful. Lang Yan was calmer and finally let his son continue the fight with Xika.

Lang Jin looked at Xika and nodded. He was ready to accept Xika's attack.

"Second Way: Pair!"

Xika swung the two cards in her hand until it formed two waves of slashes towards Lang Jin. The wolf did not escape. Just like Xika, she also wanted to test her body. Although Xika used a technique that she had never seen before, but it seemed that Xika expected a lot from that technique.

A WHUSHH!

THE DUAR!!

Xika's attack caused smoke. A few moments passed and the figure of Lang Jin emerged who was still standing upright. Xika looked at the wolf carefully. There were two large red lines on his body, but no blood was flowing. The attack failed as well. Lang Jin saw a disappointed look on his face.

Suddenly his face changed. A new idea flashed on Xika's face. He looked back at Lang Jin's face.

"Once again? I got a new idea."

"Fuckin' shit! You don't accept not being able to beat my son, do you? Don't you?"

Lang Jin was silent for a moment then nodded. Didn't care about his angry father besides. Fortunately there was Heiliao holding the old wolf.

"This time will be much stronger. Be careful."

Lang Jin nodded back. He was flowing Qi throughout his body. Before he had only tried his feathers and muscles. But this time Xika seemed to be issuing a stronger attack than before. He could feel it from the aura that the child was giving off.

Xika closed both her eyes by clamping the cards in each of her hands. He drenched them both with qi. Slowly, five element symbols appear on both cards. Unknowingly, the aura released from his card frightened another wolf.

Even some wolves could not withstand the pressure until they fell unconscious. Lang Jin wasn't that bad, but he also felt a bad feeling. It drains the qi more and more, hardening both the muscles and the fur.

Xika did not have time to pronounce the name of his technique due to being too concentrated. It combines the Pair with five element symbols. If one can cause a tremendous attack, how can two? He bent both elbows until his fingers touched the bottom of his armpit, then swung both hands.

But he did not realize that it was not two waves that appeared, but three.

WHUSHHHHH!!!

BRET!

CRATTS!

This time Xika's attack did not cause smoke. No, the attack was too fast to split the wind. At the end of her eyes, Xika saw the figure of Lang Jin who was still standing. But his body is out of balance. Several times the big wolf almost fell down and tried hard to stand up.

Xika narrowed her eyes and saw two bloody lines on Lang Jin's body. It was not the same line as before, because this time there were three lines! Three lines? Not yet Xika thought any further, Lang Jin's body had already drooped down.

Bruk!

Xika immediately stuffed Cosmos into her pocket and ran towards Lang Jin.

"Are you okay? I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to be that strong."

"Last time you said that too. What exactly do you have in common with my son?"

Lang Jin didn't care about his father. He smiled at Xika despite the blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"What's wrong. Besides, I'm also getting stronger because of you."

"Surge!"

Xika still wanted to talk again but Lang Yan pushed her aside to check on her eldest son's injuries. Xika was about to protest, but she saw the scar she produced on Lang Jin's body. He did not see wrong. There were indeed three lines on Lang Jin's body.

But how is it possible? He obviously used Pair. Why did he form three attacks? How-to?

"So that........What technique? Looks different......with the previous two techniques......."

Xika was speechless hearing Lang Jin's question. It took him a while to open his mouth because he did not know what technique he had just used.

"............"

Lang Jin looked puzzled by the answer he received. But then he smiled.

"Wait for me to master my Bloodline. We will fight again."

Xika nodded.

"certain."

"Are you ready? We're leaving now."

Xika turned her head to look at Heiliao in confusion. "Where?" But the answer he got was, "Come away. Where are you going?"

It took a while for Xika to realize that what Heiliao was talking about was to go back to looking for her parents and leave the wolves behind.

"Have you completed your duties?"

Heiliao nodded.

"Why are you always suspicious of me? You bad boy! I helped him! Show me your gratitude!"

"You? Help Heiliao? I don't know why I feel like I've got shrimp behind the rock."

Before Lang Yan grew even more crazy, Heiliao came forward and explained what had happened during this year to Xika.

"Lang Yan did help me. Not only him, but the other leaders helped me complete my task. Without them, I wouldn't have finished any of this in a year. I owe them a debt of gratitude."

"Heh. Of course." Lang Yan raised his head and smiled proudly.

"So........we're going? Just like?"

"I know, I know. You're gonna miss me. But relax-"

Before Lang Yan finished speaking, Xika had already approached Lang Jin and patted him on the back.

"I'm gonna miss you, man. We'll fight again later."

"Basic of a Naughty Child! Why do you always cut my words?!"

"Come, Heiliao. Follow me saying goodbye to others."

Lang Yan opened his mouth about to enter the child, when Xika suddenly turned around and hugged herself.

"I'll miss you too, Old Wolf."

Lang Yan only snorted. But to be honest, he held Xika's embrace. Now he understood why Heiliao would accompany the boy wherever he went.

"Save your good-bye for tonight. We're going to have a farewell party and a celebration of my son's rise of Bloodline."

After saying that, Lang Yan left by carrying Lang Jin on his back to be treated. Xika stared at the two until their figures disappeared, then walked away exploring every wolf area she had ever visited to reminisce.

The first place he came to, back then he had just fought with Tian Yin. He remembered that many wolves had gathered and surrounded them. Some like it, some do not come with it. After a while he knew that they were the leaders of the wolves.

Heiliao spoke to them, then three thousand wolves came to guard them. He remembered that not all wolves were friendly to him at first. Then he tried to pull their hearts slowly. Starting from Lang Hu, it continued to the other wolves until everyone knew him.

After that, go to the field. The place where he fought with Lang Jin was filled with various kinds of wolves. To be honest, he was quite tense back then. Fortunately, everything went well. Although he almost killed Lang Jin, but Lang Yan held him back.

Then they partied and Lang Xuehao came to ask her to pass a message to Heiliao. Actually, he had still not conveyed it until now, but it seemed that Heiliao already knew. After Heiliao left to finish his task and he trained with Huo Bing.

Then park. There he meets Shu Mang. It took a few days, but eventually the problem was solved and Shu Mang was accepted to be part of the wolf pack, just like him. They trained for some time to enter the mine.

They did not find the Purple Hand that Shu Mang feared, instead he found Kong Yan along with clues about some places his parents had visited. Kong Yan was indeed great, he had managed to kill the Purple Hand.

After that, Xika often visited him. During this year, he often played cards or just chatted with Kong Yan. Xika told me more than Kong Yan. He had asked Kong Yan several times to tell him about his past experiences, but Kong Yan had always rejected him. It seems he doesn't want to talk about it.

"Xika!"

Xika turned her head and found Shu Mang along with several other wolves were gathering. He approached and told them that he was leaving soon. They were all sad, some even held him back but eventually they let him go on condition he had to play Capsah with them until night.

Shu Mang asks for time to be alone with Xika. Heiliao shrank her body since then so no one was aware that their Alpha was there as well.

"So...Where are you going?"

"Eitherway. Maybe to an easy place to get news. Or to get stronger. Any advice?"

"How about going to Mu Zhan Academy? If you want to study, it's the best place in the Lin Dynasty. Moreover, if you are able there is a possibility to go venture outside the Lin Dynasty."

"Mu Zhan Academy? Who's in the capital?"

"Yes. That Mu Zhan Academy."

"I'll think. What are the entry requirements?"

"Only a few tests, but I'm sure you can get through it. I will also be applying this year. Do you want to go with me?"

Xika had wanted to say yes, but then she was reminded of the gap that Kong Yan and her current self had already reached the level of Forming Qi 2. So he shook his head.

"Maybe not this year. I'll try to get there if it's not busy. When is registration open?"

"Any date of ten months. It's always like that every year. I don't know if there are any cultivation restrictions, but you better be on your guard."

Xika nodded. Then he looked at Shu Mang beside him. The young man seemed to want to say something but was confused.

"Then...eh, anu...that's..............thank you."

Xika smiled at Shu Mang's words, then nodded. But it seemed Shu Mang was afraid that Xika would not take her thanks seriously.

"No, I'm serious. I'm really grateful to you. If it wasn't for you, I might be dead by now. I'm not sure why, but Purple Hand is dead and it must be related to you. If you're in trouble, or need something, you can call me anytime. I will definitely help, even if it means giving up my life." Shu Mang said with a serious look.

Taps!

Xika patted Shu Mang's shoulder.

"I knew. I'll call you if I need help. If I don't get accepted, you'll still take me around the academy, won't you?"

"Of course."

Xika smiled and once again patted Shu Mang on the shoulder. Then he stepped away. He headed towards his private pool that Lang Hu had told him about.

He took off his clothes, then jumped into the pool to relax. A figure of a two-colored bird appeared on his left shoulder while a small wolf sat on his right shoulder.

"What's wrong?" huo Bing asked.

"Huo Bing? You're recovering?"

"Well, less is more. What's going on?"

"Heiliao has finished her work. We're gonna go back to looking for my parents."

"Quick that? Goody! What makes you sad?"

"Eitherway. I'm not sure. I knew we had to go and I wanted to find my parents. But after all this time, I finally found a place that felt like home. Imagine, I lived in Shaking Card for ten years and I never considered that place a home or a part of me. I've only lived here for a year, but this place already feels like home."

"This place is indeed your home" Heiliao said, revealing a rare smile.

Xika was silent for a moment before smiling and nodding.

"Yes." Yeah."