The Card Cultivation System
CCS-204

On the upper balcony near the roof of the Jade Village, Xingli and Heiliao stood side by side. The two stared at the beautiful night scene below them. But both of them still kept a distance of four meters. Nobody talked for a while. Then Heiliao opened her mouth.

"What exactly is your purpose?" His tone sounded calm and contained no killing intent.

"It's not to hurt Xika."

"You think I'll believe it?"

"I tell the truth. Believe it or not, it's none of my business."

"Truely or not I'm the one who determined it." Heiliao's eyes flashed ferociously as he turned to look at Xingli.

Xingli drew out his sword and looked at Heiliao without the slightest trepidation.

Qi started to gather in Heiliao's hands, but Xika's figure that suddenly appeared in her head stopped her from collecting qi. Xingli had no expression, but the girl was actually confused as to why Heiliao had not attacked her.

"What's your goal in approaching Xika?"

"I can't answer you."

Heiliao frowned dislike. And suddenly his entire body was shrouded in ferocious qi that was pressing down on Xingli.

"He had a hard life, you don't have to add any more. If you dare to play tricks on him, I will give you a life worse than death." - Heiliao.

"I don't want to play anyone. And I'll stay with her, no matter what you like or not."

BRACKET!

Xika arrived and stood right in the middle of the two. He looked up and saw no signs of fighting.

"Thank God. I thought you guys were gonna kill each other again" he said with a smile.

Taps!

A SHOCK!

Xingli jumped away without speaking.

'Is his talk time over?' thought Xika when she saw Xingli leave.

A SHOCK!

Heiliao also went as silent as Xingli.

"Hey, where are you going?"

Of course, there's no answer.

"Why is everyone so quiet tonight?" Xika was determined to hit Huo Bing on the head if the bird followed quietly as well.

Luckily, the bird was normal. Well, it was normal for Huo Bing's size.

When Xika returned, she found Xingli had already closed her room and Heiliao was already asleep, either completely asleep, or refusing to talk. The two have been strange since they met. He decided not to pay much attention to it as long as they did not kill each other.

Suddenly there was a sound of fighting outside the room. And when Xika came out, she found not just one or two people fighting, but the entire Jade Village residents except for her, Xingli, and Di He.

Xika tried to stop the fight. Some were confined to the ground, while for the rest he stopped the wind around their heads until he could not breathe.

"You're just interrupting, Xika."

Huo Bing emerged from behind the group of Jade Village residents that Xika was brackets with land.

"Huo Bing? What are you doing?"

"Do some experiments" he said, shrugging his shoulders.

"You mean you made them do this?"

Huo Bing turned her face while whistling.

"Basic of Half-Ratured Birds. Stop what you're doing."

"Why?"

"still ask? You're getting them hurt for no reason!"

"If you're not hurt, then?"

"Yes, of course - I mean, no!"

But late. Those who caged Xika with the ground started dancing a strange dance. Several times they looked as if they were flapping their wings.

"What are you actually doing?"

"I chose the Depths Illusion technique that allowed me to manipulate things. I'm just trying to."

"Can't you try it during the day?"

"Sleepers are easier to control. No one would see and protest if I did it at night anyway. Look."

Huo Bing relinquished her control to the entire Jade Village residents and made them go back to sleep, then she used her technique on Xika. Her eyes glowed purple and Xika's body moved on its own. This time not because it was driven by the wind element but indeed his hand that moved itself. After the hand, next the foot.

Xika continued walking until she hit the door of Xingli's room.

"Hey, Huo Bing, I understand how great your technique is. Now stop!"

After saying that, Huo Bing pretended not to hear Xika's words anymore. Uncontrollable, Xika continued to bang her head against Xingli's bedroom door.

Xika tried to focus her mind. His eyes shone brightly and he gained control over his body again.

Cklek!

"Damn it!"

"........."

A moment after Xika gained control of her body, Xingli opened the door so Xika cursed right in front of Xingli's face.

"A-ah, anu....That bird"

When Xika turned her head, she did not find Huo Bing anywhere. There were only dozens of Jade Village residents sleeping in the garden and the sound of Xika's bedroom door having just closed.

"........"

Xingli's face remained flat, as well as his gaze.

"Ck, you fucking bird!"

SRING!

Suddenly Xika's body shone. This time it was not the light of fire, but the light of stars. Xika and Xingli were both shocked by it. But Xingli's sudden embrace was more shocking for Xika.

Tests.

Tests.

Amidst the confusion, Xika felt something wash over her shoulders. Then he heard a faint, faint sound that he almost had trouble hearing.

"Hiks.....hiks......."

What Xingli......crying?

"He-hey. I'm sorry if I offended you, but it's not really for you." Xika thought the misdirected swearing hurt Xingli's heart, but the girl instead cried even harder. Is he wrong?

"Didn't you? Did Heiliao hurt you? Believe me, he's actually good, only he doesn't trust you. It will change when you know you can be trusted. Just relax."

Xingli's cry grew louder. It didn't seem like Heiliao either. Then why?

Some of the people sleeping in the park due to Huo Bing started to wake up because of Xingli's cries.

"Eh, just cry in the room?"

Xingli did not reply, nor did he move. It was as if the girl had not heard Xika's words at all.

Unfortunately at this time Xingli's cry woke up more and more people. People can misunderstand seeing them like this.

"We go to the room first, yuk!"

Xika tried to pull the girl, but she still did not want to move. I don't know because of what. Xika floated a stone and threw it at the door of her room, hoping that Huo Bing or Heiliao would come out to help.

"Fucking Huo Bing! Help me!"

There was no reply from Huo Bing. It was precisely his shout calling out to Huo Bing that even woke up more people. There are no rooms left except......

Xika glanced at Xingli's room that was still open.

"I'm sorry, but I can't let people see us like this."

Xika wrapped her hands around Xingli's waist. Either out of unconsciousness or indifference, Xingli did not reject him. The girl refused to touch even if she only touched her hands.

Slowly, Xika picked up Xingli. Then he took her into his room and closed the door. The girl did not stop crying at all. In fact, her crying got bigger. Xika could feel her small body trembling in her arms.

"He-hey....Xing........"

Xingli lifted his face.

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

Xika was about to give some encouraging words and ask the reason why the girl was crying. But when I saw his face......Xika could not say anything. His usual cold expressionless face was gone without a trace.

Now before him was only Xingli who was weak, fragile, and so full of wounds. Xika could feel it somehow. How weak the girl was, what she had been through all this time, Xika could feel her sadness.

"Hiks...hiks....."

Slowly, her eyelids closed and the girl fell asleep. Xika laid her down slowly on her bed. Then he backed off and came out. It was roughly his plan before he realized that Xingli had not let go at all.

His embrace is so strong. Plus her face filled with tears made Xika so hesitant to come out. He wanted to accompany the girl. Healed wounds. But he can't do it. If the crowd saw it like this it would invite endless trouble.

"Xingli........I have to go..." said Xika reluctantly.

"Don't......"

Either Xingli said it unconsciously or intentionally. But seeing her like this made Xika completely unable to leave her. Let it. He'll be here until Xingli gets better. After that it will immediately leave before anyone is aware.

The plan is so. But until midnight Xingli still did not let go of Xika at all. Xika was initially determined not to sleep, but in the end she fell asleep.

And Xikapun spent the night with Xingli. The cold girl who showed no injuries on the outside, but in fact had gone through a lot of suffering.