The Card Cultivation System
CCS-232

Xika was stunned staring at the charming girl. His feet stopped by themselves. All sorts of thoughts flowed back into his head like rushing water without he could prevent it. Doubt began to fill his heart. What's he supposed to do? Apologizing? Explain what happened? Or pretend nothing happened?

Unfortunately, before Xika took action, Xingli had already done it first. Of course, it was completely unexpected for Xika.

SWOSH!

Xingli let out his aura and the air suddenly turned cold. Xika could only clench in admiration in her heart. After not meeting, now the girl wanted to kill him directly?

A SHOCK!

The girl swung her sword and sent out waves of energy that turned towards Xika's feet. More precisely the shadow at Xika's feet.

"Aw!" Xika jumped in shock.

The attack hit Xika's shadow, where Heiliao was residing. The wolf immediately jumped out and growled in its human form. It's kind of weird, it sounds. Xikapun thought like that.

Xingli looked at Heiliao intently hoping for the wolf to leave, unfortunately Heiliao did not understand or perhaps refused to understand. Finally the girl turned her gaze to Xika and asked her to expel Heiliao.

Taps!

"Heiliao. Can you leave us a minute?" Xika patted Heiliao on the shoulder. He stared intently at Xingli carefully to warn him not to do anything, before entering the Jade Village with a snort.

Of the many openings that Xika could choose from, he simply said, "Hi....?"

Xingli looked at Xika's awkward smile without saying anything. Then her gaze shifted to Xika's eyes. For a while, the two looked at each other, trying to read each other's minds.

Various emotions surged within Xika. Getting angry? Embarrassed? Saddened? A miss? Be happy? He doesn't know what else. He knew Xingli could sometimes read his mind just from the gaze, but for this time he really wished Xingli could not read it.

Perhaps Xingli expected the same as well, because Xika herself could not read the meaning behind Xingli's gaze either.

The fight between the two lasted quite a long time. It was fortunate that Heiliao was not here. Otherwise he would die of boredom.

After a series of complex emotions that came to Xingli's mind, the girl finally spoke up.

"Sorry."

That'sallthatis. One word. Unclarity.

Xika frowned. Why is Xingli apologizing? Is it because that girl just showed up now? Or because he disappeared without any explanation? Or did the girl suspect she had a special relationship with Wu Liao? Xika hopes that whatever it is, hopefully not the last.

"Why are you apologizing?"

Xingli looked at Xika's eyes and Xika could see an extremely rare expression on Xingli's face, a red hue. Few enough. But it can't escape Xika's vision. He is usually happy. It was rare for Xingli to show his expression, let alone that red hue on her cheek, Xika guessed that maybe only she had ever seen that.

But why is he upset? Xingli apologized for hugging her? No, it's definitely not that. Or.....the girl thought Xika already had a relationship with Wu Liao, so felt bad for having made her promise to leave Xingli?

After the red hue disappeared, a stern look appeared in Xingli's eyes.

"In front of him I won't interfere with the connection"

"I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WU LIAO!"

Xingli looked surprised as Xika shouted. Xika herself did not expect herself to scream. But when he thought that Xingli really suspected he had a relationship with Wu Liao it made him very upset.

"sorry. I have absolutely nothing to do with Wu Liao. Please don't think like that. Yea?" Xika's last words were spoken in a pleading tone and Xingli could detect sadness within.

But the girl was still too surprised to be able to answer Xika. Did he misunderstand? Xika has nothing to do with Wu Liao? Why did he save her at that time? Even carrying Wu Liao so affectionately like that, to the point of cuddling in the middle of the night. Anyone who looks will think the same as him, right?

"But why"

"Please!" Xika cut Xingli's speech. "I'd really like to hear you talk, talk to you. You said you'd talk after I promised, but why are you just talking about this? Can't we just talk about something else?"

Hearing Xika's remark Xingli's gaze began to fill with anger. He knew he should start talking to Xika. He knew he should have told Xika everything. But he is still full of doubts. He did not know if Xika would accept him, would Xika think it strange, what would Xika do after knowing about her?

The doubt grew even greater when he met Xika with Wu Liao. Especially after the man disappeared all day without news. Later that night, when he saw Wu Liao and Xika cuddling, his doubts disappeared completely replaced by a sense of regret.

How stupid of him. All his behavior had been to Xika, and it turned out that the man already had a girl. It took him a full day to calm himself down and clarify the matter. He made the difficult decision to cancel the appointment.

He should not ask a man who already has a lover, to stay with a girl other than his lover. But just now, Xika just said she has nothing to do with Wu Liao? And again, he doesn't try to explain anything and hopes it all just goes away?

JLB!

Xingli thrust his sword into the ground. He looked at Xika with anger in his eyes. Xika wants herself to talk? Then he will talk.

"You don't want to talk about this? You want us to talk about something else? After what you did to Wu Liao, after promising me, after sleeping with me, after everything that happened you didn't want to discuss this?"

For the second time, Xika was stunned. He had never heard Xingli speak this much before. In a different moment he would be happy. Unfortunately, this is not the right moment. And he realized that he had made a mistake.

All this time he was always avoiding. His heart was clearly not fixed on Wu Liao, and he could make that clear to Wu Liao, but he could not explain it to Xingli. He never gave Xingli any clarity of relationship. Since Xingli had always been quiet all this time, he thought it was fine as long as he also pretended that nothing had happened. Apparently he was wrong.

He did not hesitate to like Xingli or not, but he was afraid. She was afraid of Xingli's feelings towards her. What if Xingli only thought of him as a peer? Or friends? What if Xingli felt disgusted at him after he expressed his feelings?

He never had love, however. He doesn't know what to do. She kept quiet hoping that Xingli would give her a hint, a kind of marker that the girl felt the same way as her. Shouldn't have.

How stupid of him. Xingli's actions all along had been clear. No one could understand Xingli's gaze other than her. No man had ever seen an expression appear on Xingli's frozen face. No man has been with Xingli all day. No man has ever hugged Xingli. No man had ever slept with Xingli and was still alive after her.

There's no one.

Except himself.

All of his actions were more than enough. He alone was a fool unable to understand Xingli. And now that he had met again, he wanted to talk about something else? Now he realized how stupid he was. He could only smile bitterly and give a curse to himself.

"Xingli...i.....I......"

Xingli looked back at him. But this time the look was filled with disappointment. Even after he realized that he loved Xingli, he still dared not say it?

The test!

A drop of tears fell onto Xingli's face that was filled with anger and sadness. A very rare sight.

Ilove you. Xika wanted to say that. But various doubts filled his head again. What will happen in front of him? Can they really be together? He knew nothing about Xingli, nor did Xingli. Can they be together? She was just a village boy who could only cultivate after so many years, while Xingli was a genius girl who had thousands of fans. Can he make Xingli happy? He still has to find his parents. Would Xingli not mind?So many negative thoughts about what happened made him hesitate to speak.

One more expression was added into Xingli's face. Disappointment.

Even after all this, Xika still refused to talk? He could only swallow the bitterness he felt deeply in his heart. His lips shook with the cry. He tried to hold back his steps, but the disappointment he felt refused to remain silent any longer.

The girl turned around and left Xika.

Xika, after wrestling with her million thoughts, only realized Xingli's departure. When he lifted his head, Xingli's figure had already disappeared leaving only a complicated feeling that continued to flare in his heart.

Armed with a million thoughts, Xika walked into her room and cultivated without saying a word.

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Throughout the journey, various Spiritual Beasts kept popping up. After all, night is the territory of the animals. Apes, lizards, bears, snakes, and other animals continued to meet Huo Bing's gaze as he walked.

Huo Bing, really a man (or a male bird?) who kept his word. Every time the animals appeared, he threw Qing Hu alacriously. The same scene repeated several times. Every time Qing Hu opened his eyes, after falling near the ferocious beasts, he always found that the animals that were a threat before, were now no longer a threat.

Huo Bing had always managed to finish it quickly and neatly. He left no trace for Qing Hu to see. The girl had absolutely no idea how Huo Bing had finished off the animals. And the bird had always used the same excuse when Qing Hu asked how he had defeated all the animals.

Finally, they stopped to rest after Qing Hu begged for the entire day. Either the girl was indeed tired of walking, or was tired from being kept as bait by Huo Bing without knowing how the bird was tidying up all the animals.

Huo Bing was still hesitant to stop. He thinks it's the current situation, where it's all dark and you can't see anything, it's not too dark. Qing Hu had to promise that she would keep her mouth shut and not ask strangely for Huo Bing to stop.

"Can you put up a tent? I'm less adept at putting it up." Qing Hu said as he moved his lips forward hoping that Huo Bing would help him.

"Tents? Wh-wh-what for? If I'm traveling I sleep like this." he said, dropping down and sleeping on green grass that unfortunately can not be seen because of the darkness of the night.

Huo Bing's words sounded like a bolt of lightning in Qing Hu's ears. He imagined sleeping on the ground with all sorts of creatures living in it. Ants, snakes, crickets, grasshoppers, mosquitoes, snails. He quickly removed the shadow from his head.

He pulled out his tent and tried to make him alone.

"You sure you don't want to sleep on the ground? You said you weren't good at putting up tents. It's very good here. Oh, and there's something moving at my feet. It feels like I'm getting a massage."

For some reason, Qing Hu's sudden speed of motion had tripled before.

A short while later, Qing Hu was already finished with the so-called tent - the incident whose roof looked like it would collapse at any moment. But it was still better than sleeping on the ground like Huo Bing. Quickly he entered the tent before Huo Bing again invited him to sleep on the ground.

Then, there was the roar of a savage beast. Simultaneously with that roar, an incredible burst of spiritual aura appeared. Qing Hu gushed his head out to see what was happening, but he could not see anything.

Blars!

In front of him, flames lit up and revealed Huo Bing who was sitting in front of the bonfire. Qing Hu knew Huo Bing had much sharper eyesight than her. Huo Bing shouldn't need that bonfire. Did Huo Bing deliberately light that fire for him?

"Sleep. Tomorrow will be an unusual day."

Qing Hu nodded with a smile.

"Yes!"

"By the way are you sure you don't want to sleep outside? Your tent looks like it's gonna collapse any minute."

"NO!"