The Card Cultivation System
CCS-17

Several days passed since Xika first entered the lake.

No strange events happened. The vortex that Xika felt before did not appear again.

Xika so hesitated whether it was true that the vortex was just her feelings.

On the fourth day since Xika entered the lake......

Xika felt it again.

The water around him turned again.

Slowly the round got stronger. Xika who was about to exit the lake could not because it was sucked down.

He tried to open his eyes slowly. It was a bit painful, but he wanted to see what caused the water to start spinning.

When looking down, the bottom of the lake that Xika was sitting on was no longer there.

The lake suddenly deepened. Initially only about 10 meters, but now it is 40 meters.

A long, white creature slowly rose closer to Xika.

That creature is the Ice Serpent. It's about 20 meters long.

It was the creature that caused this lake to suddenly grow in depth. Actually not growing deeper, but it looks deeper.

At the bottom of this lake there is a white seaweed that is slightly longer than the seaweed usually. It was Whirlpool Seaweed.

The vortex that Xika felt earlier came from this plant. Every now and then, this plant will create a whirlpool signifying its increasingly mature self. Finally after a few days, the plant completely matured. It was at that moment that a truly huge whirlpool occurred.

While the Ice Serpent who found Whirlpool Seaweed when it was still not mature decided to stay here and wait for it to mature. The Ice Serpent divided the lake into two parts, so one who caught a glimpse would only think this was an ordinary lake.

Until one day a man came. The man headed towards the barrier of the lake he created. At that moment he felt anxious, and by chance Whirlpool Seaweed let out a wave big enough to pass through the barrier he made.

The human immediately exited the lake when it sensed the wave. The Ice Serpent thought the man was fleeing so he regained his composure. But the man only came out for a short while then re-entered the lake and sat down again at the barrier he created.

At first he was unaware of the existence of the human, but as the Seaweed Whirlpool matured, he began to realize the existence of the human and returned anxious. He also looked at the man. After judging that the human was unable to threaten him he decided to attack the human before the Whirlpool Seaweed fully matured.

But unfortunately, after the Ice Serpent decided to attack Xika, the Whirlpool Seaweed was fully mature so that it created a vortex that destroyed the barrier he made.

The Ice Serpent tried to attack Xika as quickly as possible before Xika realized the existence of the plant he was guarding.

Xika tried harder to get out of the lake when she saw the Ice Serpent rushing towards her.

But the whirlpool Seaweed caused was large enough to prevent Xika from exiting the lake.

When she turned back, Xika saw a jaw that was as big as hers with long fangs that were enough to finish her off in an instant.

Xika immediately shifted her body position using the wind element.

The Ice Serpent covered its mouth. But realizing that his quarry had escaped, he went back to chasing Xika.

The Ice Serpent bit Xika many times, but Xika always escaped at the last moment.

Xika only used her wind element as the Ice Serpent fangs nearly pierced her. However, even though he was already using the wind element sparingly, his energy still depleted very quickly.

The Ice Serpent had a rapid movement, probably because this was its habitat.

Right now, Xika's qi was only enough to dodge the Ice Serpent one more time.

He thought hard how to survive.

As he was thinking, a thought entered his head.

Water is the source of life.

Almost no living thing can survive without water. It is the water that sustains the life of all living things.

However, behind the life provided by water, there is a hidden danger.

Water always flows to a lower place. The water seems still but it is actually flowing. Many misinterpret its flow as a danger. No one knows where the water is flowing.

While understanding the thoughts that entered his head, the Ice Serpent was already in front of him.

But without Xika realizing the water around her began to spin.

The Ice Serpent who realized this immediately pounced on Xika. But her fangs failed to reach Xika's body.

His fangs were blocked by the water that was now spinning increasingly fast around Xika.

The Ice Serpent tried to break through it but failed.

While Xika who did not know about the water around her and the Ice Serpent who was trying to prey on her kept trying to understand the thoughts that entered her head.

Water is often misunderstood as a dangerous thing. But if you understand water, you will realize that water is not at all dangerous. But no one understands water that deep.

Another element of loneliness

As the thought flashed through Xika's head, the water around her revolved even faster.

The Ice Serpent that was nearby now even had trouble moving its body because the water was spinning very fast around Xika's body.

Then the rotating water entered Xika's body.

He let out another voice that was different from the previous two.

That voice is the language of water.

Xika shouted for a few seconds.

During his shouting, his eyeballs were divided into 3 parts. The top contains the symbols of wind and fire while the bottom contains the symbols of water.

Ice Serpent then looked at Xika closely.

He knew something was different from Xika but he could not find what was different.

Xika who realized she was being noticed immediately put her hands together.

"Sunday senior. I don't mean to disturb or steal senior's crops. I just came here to communicate with the water. Once my goal is achieved I will leave immediately. Please understand senior"

Suddenly behind Xika appeared the silhouette of a bird with two colors.

The bird let out a voice that Xika did not understand.

The Ice Serpent was surprised to hear the sound coming out of Huo Bing's mouth and was slightly?

He thought for a while and then returned to the bottom of the lake.

Xika who saw the Ice Serpent suddenly leave could only remain silent in confusion.

"Let's go before he changes his mind"

Xika followed Huo Bing's words and came out of the lake.

"What did you actually say to make the Ice Serpent return to the bottom of the lake?"

"I'm just translating what you said before"

"Masa? Why does the snake look so scared?"

"Where do I know? Maybe he's afraid to see your face so ugly that if he eats you he'll turn ugly"

"Damn it! I am handsome to know. You don't know how many love letters I get every week?"

And they argue back.

Huo Bing said:

"Hey fucking worms. I'm not interested in you at all or your rotten plants at all. Get out of here while I'm still being kind!"

Huo Bing said that while taking out her aura.

The aura of the bird is the natural enemy of the snake.

"Then what should we do?"

"Otherwise? Completing your element of course. It's still bright, so we need to hurry"

Xika nodded in agreement to Huo Bing's words.

"Where should we go then?"

"Hmmm..."

Huo Bing thought for a moment.

"yes too! No need to go anywhere. The soil element is the most easily found element. Wherever you go there will always be land around you."

Xika was just nodding.

"All right! Let's help Xika."

Huo Bing started digging in the ground with his wings. Something Xika was difficult to understand despite happening in her eyes.

"Emmm.... Why are we digging up the ground?"

"To bury you of course. Hurry up and help me!"

Xika thought it was just Huo Bing's joke so she helped Huo Bing along.

Finally after 3 hours, Xika and Huo Bing managed to dig a 3-meter-deep hole.

"Then what to do now?" asked Xika who was still confused as to what the hole was dug for.

"Otherwise? Get in there!"

"Huh? For the ap-"

Not having time to finish her words, Xika had already been pushed into the hole she dug by Huo Bing.

"Hey! What are you lak-"

The ground fell on Xika's face before she finished her words again.

Huo Bing started to bury Xika.

"Hey! What the fuck! At least explain it to me before you do anything!"

Huo Bing paused for a moment, then he sighed.

"Hahh.....You want to communicate with the ground, don't you? Do now!"

"....?"

Xika scrunched her eyes a sign she did not understand.

Huo Bing sighed again looking at Xika who still did not understand.

"Before I told you, in order to more easily communicate with nature you have to go to a place full of natural elements. Land is the element we encounter most often. While walking you step on the ground. In a place full of water or fire there must be land. So you don't have to go to a place full of soil, because the land is all around you. I buried you to make it easier for you to communicate with the ground."

Huo Bing ended his words by sighing again.

"Considerate" Xika nodded her head.

"But wait. How do I breathe?"

Huo Bing was silent for a while then replied with a smile,

"That's your business"

Huo Bing again buried the ground.

"DORC!!"

And now Xika has to communicate with the ground before she runs out of breath .