The Card Cultivation System
CCS-160S

Day passed. Xika spent it on cultivating. He was about to sleep, but the two other creatures with him did not let him do that. This afternoon Xika had enough rest, so this time Xika could not rest anymore.

Morning comes. Xika opened her eyes stopping her cultivation. He waited for the two children to come. Time passed, but both of them did not come. Maybe they were banned because yesterday was too long to play. With that thought, Xika stopped waiting for them and tried to sleep. Redeemed his lost sleep yesterday.

"Sister!"

But only a few seconds did he close his eyes, a voice called out to him. Xika widened her aura before opening her eyes. And he was surprised not only two children came but six.

Shuts!

Xika immediately opened her eyes to make sure she was not wrong. He saw six children approaching him. It's not wrong.

The first Fan Ao arrived. He greeted Xika. But before Xika could ask the other children, Fan Mu climbed up Xika then hugged Xika tightly. Xika rubbed her head gently.

"Fan Ao, who are they?"

"Ah, these are my friends. I brought them here to play together. Dad said because we were our age we had to play together so I brought them. Can you?" fan Ao asked expectantly.

"......." Xika scratched her cheek not answering. He turned his gaze to look at the two creatures that prevented him from sleeping last night.

"You better ask them" Xika said at the end.

Huo Bing and Heiliao looked at each other. Two were dizzy yesterday, now there are six?

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

Fan Mu turned his head and found Heiliao. He got down from Xika and immediately ran towards Heiliao. The wolf helped him up because his height was not up to a third of Heiliao's height.

At first the other children were afraid to see Heiliao. But after Heiliao helped Fan Mu up, they began to look at him differently.

"Fan Ao, don't you want to introduce your friends?"

"ah! Is correct. Guys, introduce this.sister, I don't know the name of brother...ehe....."

Xika smiled slightly.

"Xing Xika's."

Fan Ao nodded excitedly.

"Friends, meet Brother Xing. You guys can call Xing Ge. Xing Ge, introduce these to my friends," Fan Ao pointed at his friend from left to right, "That's Liang Zhu. Next to him was Li Fan. Then the one who looked down was San Du, while the one with the biggest body was Jun Si."

"Hello."

Xika greeted while watching them one-on-one. Liang Zhu, his son was quite shy. He hid behind Li Fan as Xika looked at him. But Xika could see that the child would definitely become a charming woman later on. In front of him Li Fan. The little girl smiled broadly. Her short hair adds to her friendly impression.

Beside him was a boy who looked down. San Du's. The boy did not raise his head at all. Xika could not even see his face. Why is he acting like that? Then the biggest one, Jun Si. His body looks strong. It seemed like he would become a great cultivator in the future.

"What kab-"

Not done yet Xika spoke, Fan Ao had already invited her friends to meet Heiliao and Huo Bing left Xika alone.

"........"

Li Fan looked at Huo Bing curiously. It seemed like he had only seen a spirit like Huo Bing for the first time. Behind him, Liang Zhu peeked timidly. Jun Si was not interested in spirits like Huo Bing. He was more interested in wolves like Heiliao. While San Du.....Where is San Du?

Xika turned her head and found the child beside her, still with her head down. Why didn't he come with his friend? Honestly, Xika has no experience with children so she does not know what to do. But at least he had to get the boy to talk.

"Why don't you join your friends?"

San Du was quite shocked when Xika asked him to speak. Then he nodded slowly. Xika did not understand the meaning of that bundle.

"Hey. Shall I show you something interesting?"

San Du slightly raised his head looking at Xika curiously. He nodded. Xika smiled.

Xika took out Cosmos from the pocket of her robe then shuffled it for a while. He widens it and asks San Du to choose one.

"alright. Without opening my eyes, I would guess the card in your hand." Xika said as she closed her eyes leaving San Du somewhat confused.

After a moment of silence, Xika opened her mouth.

"Jack heart. Don't you?"

San Du looked back at his card then looked at Xika in shock. Xika's guess is correct. He lifted his head again. But Xika still could not see his face.

Apparently, it was not only San Du who was interested in seeing Xika magic. Fan Ao, Fan Mu, and the others were also interested. Fan Mu patted Heiliao asking her to come closer to Xika. Fan Ao also did the same to Huo Bing.

They immediately surrounded Xika and asked her to do some magic again. Huo Bing and Heiliao exchanged looks then both heaved a sigh of relief. They can finally rest. Now it was Xika's turn to face the children.

"Look, what is this card?"

Liang Zhu replied with embarrassment, "Three hearts."

"really?" Xika rubbed her card then re-showed it to Liang Zhu and the others. The card no longer has three hearts but four.

"Great."

The kids loved Xika's magic. Slowly, they started to like Xika. Liang Zhu was no longer standing behind Li Fan, and San Du was now showing his face. Fan Ao, Fan Mu, and the others were also getting closer to Xika.

Xika continued to do magic until the sun was at its peak. Although he enjoyed it, but he was also tired of doing a lot of magic in a row like that. He wants to rest. But the kids don't allow it.

"Xing Ge, one more!" fan Ao said expectantly. Others also pleaded. Xika really can't dwell. It's okay to do one more magic. The problem was that the children had already said 'again' to Xika twenty times.

"Wait a minute.let me rest for a while.." said Xika felt his mind tired. He has been doing magic for hours without stopping.

"Come on, Xing Ge. Just one more."

"Li Fan, you've said that twenty times."

"This time is really last."

"That's been fifteen times."

".......Xing Ge is evil!"

"Ahhh. But before that, can you tell me about the wild animal raid?"

"Hmmmm.if it's not wrong my father said it happened about thirty years ago."

"My mother always refused to tell me anything about it. He just said it was a bad thing and didn't want to remember."

"My uncle said it was more than bad. He said it was terrible."

Xika nodded. These kids gave him enough information. But it seemed that if he wanted to get more information he had to ask the villagers directly, which meant that it was impossible for now.

"Well, each one hold one card."

Xika dealt six cards to all six.

"Now cover the card with both of your arms. Then open it quickly."

They did as Xika asked, and when they opened their arms again, the card they had previously held missing was replaced by a sprig of Azaleas, each of which had a different color.

"Uwahhh......"

"Xing Ge is really great....."

"Hehehe.....Had you been? I'm sleepy. You guys play with big brother wolf and big sister ghost." said Xika wanted to close her eyes, but the children did not allow it.

"No!"

"Xing Ge can't sleep!"

"How about we just play in the river so that Xing Ge doesn't get sleepy?"

"Great idea!"

So Xika forced to bring (taken) children to the river. Then while he was still gathering his consciousness, the children pushed him down into the river. After Xika took her head out of the water, the children immediately ran over with laughter on their faces. What a beautiful laugh.

After Xika catches the children, they play in the water together. Some were afraid of the water, but after Xika made them float in the water with her qi, they started to like her. They splashed water on each other.

From that, Xika came up with a new idea to train the element.

Xika dried the children's bodies then asked them to go home. Of course everyone refused. But Xika promised tomorrow they would play again. Fan Ao who had experienced Xika's promise also convinced the others. After getting the Azalea flowers that Xika fruited from the card, the children finally wanted to leave. They waved the flowers all the way home.

Quickly, a few months passed. Over the past few months, the boys came to see Xika every day. They play various things. Xika teaches them the game of capsah (arguably gambling even though Xika currently does not use bets).

In addition, Xika also accompanied the children to play while training the elements. He flew them with the wind element. Liang Zhu was afraid at first, but out of the six children, he most often asked Xika to fly himself. It makes them float in the deep part of the river, the kids love it so much because they feel like they can swim alone.

Sometimes Xika also makes fireworks. He made a dome out of the ground to cover the sunlight and make the surroundings dark, then made fireworks. The children's eyes sparkled brightly looking at the fireworks.

Xika was enjoying her time together with these children. Huo Bing and Heiliao. These few months were peaceful months that they rarely got.

Right now, Xika was playing in the river with the children. He made them float and swirl. Fan Mu clapped his hands in delight, while Li Fan patted the water with both hands and made the water jump everywhere.

Suddenly Xika caught something from the corner of her eye. It is not the hands or feet of the child because the movement is very smooth and slippery. It is bright yellow with a striking red line.

A SHOCK!

Xika caught the creature to see it more clearly. Her long body felt slippery on Xika's skin. And when he realized what he caught his face deteriorated.

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Xing Ge = Brother Xing

Gege is a call to an older brother in Chinese.

Just for information, Keke read, not using the letter g.  So if it is spoken then what sounds is Sing Ke.