The Card Cultivation System
CCS-216

Xika took a good look at the face of the formation user who was now trapped in the fire pyramid. He's correct. That man was Shu Mang. It seems he was quite troubled.

Shu Mang's face wrinkled as he looked at the pyramid that had locked him up. Several times he pointed his palm towards the pyramid wall, but all the formations that appeared instantly broke apart.

"Heh, looks like he needs help." Xika smiled then jumped forward while pointing her palm at the pyramid that locked Shu Mang. The emblems of the four elements that were in a circle appeared in Xika's eyes and palms.

The emblem disappeared shortly after appearing in Xika's eyes, but the emblem that emerged from her hand continued to grow and then drove straight and crashed into the fire pyramid to smithereens.

Both Shu Mang and the four fire boys looked surprised. They were both not expecting any other party to interfere and could break the pyramid quite easily.

"Sounds like you need help?" xika said as she walked leisurely towards Shu Mang.

"Xika!" Shu Mang's disheveled face instantly turned bright. His eyes sparkled at Xika. In contrast to those fire boys. Their faces turned ugly realizing that the one coming was a friend of their opponent and seemed quite strong.

Shu Mang looked back at the boys. Their bodies are no longer burning. Everything was instantly extinguished ever since Xika destroyed that fire pyramid.

"Wait for me to finish this. After that let's have a chat" Shu Mang said with sharp eyes staring at the four boys.

"Sure." replied Xika did not mind.

While commenting on the smile on his face, Shu Mang pointed his palms at the four boys and two formations appeared. One was quite large and was below all four, another one was in front of them.

The formation that was ahead lit up then gave rise to the thick chains that bound the four boys. After that the formation below also lit up, this time bright enough to be able to shine a light on the four boys inside. After the light dissipated, a block of ice appeared where the four were before. When looking more carefully, there were four boys inside the newly-emerged ice block.

"Come." take Shu Mang no longer to care about the boys.

Xika nodded and walked following Shu Mang. He gave a mark to Huo Bing and the others. They are also going in the same direction.

Shu Mang takes them to a diner. He ordered some light dishes as a snack and a full cup of tea.

"Why are you fighting with them?" xika asked after she sat down.

"Eitherway. I just got out of my training today. Suddenly they showed up and attacked me. He said he wanted to know the power of Mu Zhan Academy or something."

"Oh? So they're not students here? It's a good idea I never saw their uniforms." Xika nodded at the sign of menegerti.

"From that, you better tell me about yourself. You're finally getting into the academy!" Shu Mang turned his head to Huo Bing and Heiliao. "You too!" he said he looks just as happy to see them here. But then his eyes narrowed at the last person to enter.

"And who is this?" Shu Mang brought his head closer to Xika while whispering, "Your introduction? Or.....?" or......?" He gave a seductive smile.

"Well, you seem to know him. Or at least hear about it. Meet, this is Xingli."

Shu Mang's eyes widened. He watched Xingli's face for two seconds before quickly turning his eyes away.

"Gsssttt.....Xika, there's no way she's this......?"

"You're right. She's the famous Xingli." said Xika while nodding.

At that moment Xika could hear Shu Mang swallow his own saliva.

"Just relax, he's, uh.ng, my friend."

Shu Mang initially doubts Xika's words and begins to replay the news of the bird saying that Xingli is an ice monster that will destroy all the men he meets, but seeing that the girl was just sitting in silence without raising her sword in the slightest, Shu Mang tried to believe Xika's words. After all, Xika had deceived him, but had also saved him.

"Ah, uh, anu, ng." Shu Mang shifted his chair away from Xingli. "Ekhem! Why don't you tell me about the academy? How did you get in and what have I missed while in closed-door training?"

"ah! Also true. It's only fitting that I feel weird not seeing you at all in this academy. I thought you were a Core Disciple."

"Ahahaha. Being an Inner Disciple in just half a year is good enough for me."

"Oh? I thought you'd be a student in a few days after being accepted into the academy like me."

"Of course it's mustah-EH?!"

"Ahahaha. Let me tell you from the beginning."

Then Xikapun began to criticize the first time he arrived at the academy, about him being late and should not be able to take the entrance test, but in the end he managed to get in by defeating the students who got the top marks in the previous exam, then about the assault he received on the first day, Elder Fen who held the Ranking Exam, said, and some other things.

"What?! How did you get late?! But thankfully you got in."

"Eh?! You beat the students who scored the highest on the previous exam?"

"You got an attack on your first day?!"

"There's such a bad inn at the academy?"

"WHAT?! YOU MANAGED TO BECOME A DISCIPLE IN NOT LONG AFTER BEING ACCEPTED?!"

The rest of the comments are not too different. But it all still did not close Shu Mang's curiosity as to how Xika managed to 'tame' Xingli. Despite just sitting still, the girl seems to have managed to scare Shu Mang to the point of making the young man move his chair away a few times during Xika's story.

"Then? What then? You still haven't told me about, ekhem! the girl.." said Shu Mang somewhat afraid of Xingli.

"Well, emm...about that.you can say I knew him before he arrived at this academy.." said Xika somewhat confused how to explain his relationship with Xingli.

"Hmm." It seemed that Shu Mang did not really want to hear Xika's explanation of Xingli. He just wanted to make sure Xingli had actually been 'tamed' by Xika.

"Ah, by the way, this place is quite beautiful huh? Though I'm actually a little confused." Xika was trying to shift the topic of the conversation that had stalled because of Xingli. "Isn't this the academy? Why did I get to meet some vendors and food stalls around here, when I didn't find a line that showed a sign that this wasn't academy territory?"

Shu Mang laughed hearing that.

"That's because this region is still the territory of the academy. The Head of the Academy allowed the defeated merchants competing in the city to trade in the academy's territory, of course after he checked them in person.

He thought that the presence of these merchants, in addition to helping traders, would also help students to create a comfortable learning area. So the students do not have to bother going out of the academy just to snack or do other things" explained Shu Mang.

"Ohhh."

'It looks like Jing Wei the bald guy still has a heart, well even though everything is based on the word 'learn'' Xika thought.

"Hey, how about we have a chat while we go for a walk? I still want to taste other snacks." Huo Bing suggested.

Shu Mang of course did not mind, or perhaps rather did not dare to disagree, with Huo Bing's proposal. So they left and left the store after Shu Mang paid for his order.

They had just passed through a few stalls when a wind knife was speeding towards Xika's head.

BRACKET!

The blade hit the wall of land that Xika had created. He looked at the person who gave the attack.

Green dress, knife earrings, Green Viper. Lu Bei's. The girl grinned looking at Xika accompanied by several other girls with the same appearance.

Xika stared intently at the girls. It seems that the lessons he gave before are still lacking. But he had yet to give an attack, a chain coated with powerful qi bound his two hands separately. Then the ground rose and shackled Xika's feet.

Not only that, a fireball came from above targeting Xika who was under him. Along with the appearance of the fireball, the Green Viper girls threw various knives targeting Xika's vital point.

Shu Mang was initially surprised to see all the attacks, but he no longer thought much. His two hands formed intricate patterns quickly then pointed his palms at Xika. He sets up a formation to break the chains that bind Xika's hands and the ground that locks Xika's feet.

The formation formed quickly, but just as the formation was lit up, a blade shot up until Shu Mang was forced to cancel the formation to dodge.

He turned his head and looked at a man wearing gloves standing on the roof of a stall not far from where they were. In front of his hand, a formation was lit up. It seemed that the blade had come from the formation.

Xingli did not care about Shu Mang's condition. But he hurried to draw his sword when he saw the Green Viper girls flying their weapons at Xika.

Unfortunately, another bully appeared. A woman appeared before him wearing a green dress and knife earrings. Each of his hands clamped three knife earrings and many more knife earrings hanging around his waist. I don't know how much he keeps in his spatial ring.

Now, no one else can help Xika. Huo Bing and Heiliao still refused to help. Xika had enough trouble concentrating on seeing Shu Mang and Xingli being dragged into the fight because of her.

Shuts!

Blars!

Shush!

A SWUSH!