The Card Cultivation System
CCS-24

Xika fell asleep again. Just like before, he fell asleep for quite a while.

He woke up when it was noon and found Huo Bing who was again eating his hunting snake.

Without saying anything Xika immediately sat down and took out the snake meat that seemed to have been prepared for her.

They both ate without saying anything.

Until all the meat was gone, they began to speak.

"What really happened yesterday?"

"Eitherway. I'm not too sure. I felt a sense of warmth when I was almost finished off by those Flame Monkeys. The warmth came from my father's card deck. And suddenly a technique appeared in my head."

"What technique? Is that the technique you used before you fainted? How can you use that technique?"

".......I don't know. My hands move by themselves. Unknowingly I've used that technique without knowing how."

"Try to remember that technique. If you can learn it then it will be of great benefit to you."

Xika closed her eyes. Recalling the technique that suddenly appeared in his head.

"........Huo Bing."

"Yes?"

"I remember the technique clearly. Even all the words that appeared in my head yesterday I remember them clearly....."

"Then? What's problem? You can learn that technique right now."

"You're right, but......"

"But what? Tell me quickly."

"But there's no explanation for how you used that technique...."

".....you must be kidding. Maybe you're remembering it wrong, try to remember it again."

"No. I'm so sure. It's exactly the same as yesterday. I don't remember wrongly. The technique that appeared in my head contained only the terms in Capsah."

"Are you sure? Maybe you're still so tired that you can't remember well."

"No. I'm fresh already. I remember very clearly these words that appeared in my head last night."

"......"

"......."

Both of them were silent because they were confused.

But Huo Bing's conjecture that Xika's father and mother are not ordinary people is getting stronger considering the card deck that Xika's father gave her shines suddenly when Xika is in danger, plus a mysterious technique appeared simultaneously with the shining of that card deck.

Huo Bing recalled all the humans he had met, but none of them sounded like Xika's father.

While Huo Bing was busy with her thoughts, Xika chose to focus with the technique in her head.

He closed his eyes, recalling every word he had in mind and the sensation when he used the technique before.

But Xika was deadlocked. He could not remember any sensation as he used the technique yesterday even though he remembered all the techniques in his head clearly.

The same thing happened with Huo Bing. The two-colored bird could find no clue as to who Xika's parents were.

The two of them laid their bodies on the ground, relaxing for a moment.

"Ahh......Let's play Capsah."

"No. How about a Quartet? Or any other game, the important thing isn't Capsah."

"Why indeed? Was the mighty master Huo Bing afraid to play Capsah with a human?" Xika started teasing Huo Bing.

"Nope-no. I just don't want to win too much and make you not want to play cards anymore."

"What's? Shouldn't I be the one to say that? Who wouldn't want to play Capsah now?"

"Hahh..... Alright-good. You won okay? I don't want to play Capsah."

"can't. If I want to find a clue regarding that meisterius technique, I have to play capsah because that technique is related to Capsah."

"What is the name of the technique?"

"Capsah Technique"

"......."

Finally with a heavy heart Huo Bing played Capsah with Xika.

In the first round, Huo Bing won the game.

The bird was so happy that it flapped its wings many times. He became more confident and played Capsah again with Xika.

In the fifth round Huo Bing won again.

"Well! I've guessed. There's no way you're invincible. Here's proof. Now who calls himself invincible?"

While Xika only responded to Huo Bing with an ordinary face. After all he won 3 rounds out of 5 rounds, while Huo Bing only won 2 rounds.

"Nobody said that. You said that yourself."

But Huo Bing did not care about Xika and continued to flap her wings so pleased.

Xika tried to stop Huo Bing from flapping her wings for fear that her father's card would fly but whatever Xika did, Huo Bing did not stop.

Thankfully, his father's card did not fly. The card was right in place, not even raised in the slightest.

Then Xika closed her eyes.

He began to tidy up the stack of cards in his hand, then started shuffling them.

Then his hand took the top card. Along with his hand taking the card, he opened his eyes.

Once again Xika formed a slashing movement with the cards in her hand, but this time with her eyes wide open and clear awareness.

A wave was created from Xika's slash. The wave cut the surrounding trees up to 10 meters away, then the wave began to shrink and disappear.

"Haha......Let's go one more round Xika. I'll turn you in with-"

Huo Bing who was daritadi was still happy because of his victory did not pay attention to what happened with Xika. When he turned to invite Xika to play Capsah again, he just saw the trees that fell due to the wave of Xika's slash.

"......"

Huo Bing looked at Xika and the surrounding trees several times.

At the moment Xika is standing with a deck of cards in her left hand and a card in her right hand.

Huo Bing was sure that Xika was the one who cut down the trees around him.

".....What are you doing?"

"learning techniques. Like you told me."

"Don't you say you didn't know how to do it before?"

"really. But.difficult to explain.

I think I'm starting to understand when we played.

I just do it like I'm playing cards."

"......."

If everyone played cards like Xika, there would be no more trees in the world.

"So you understand it when you play with me?"

"More or less so...."

Huo Bing sighed, but this time with an arrogant expression.

"Hahh. I always help you whenever you're in trouble."

After that he shook his head a few times while muttering 'I am indeed too great' and such.

"What's? You always help me whenever I'm in trouble? Aren't you the one who caused all this trouble?"

And they argue back.

After a while, Huo Bing stopped their debate - as he could not retaliate anymore - and had Xika practice the Capsah Technique a few more times.

Xika followed Huo Bing's words and performed the first Technique, Single 3 more times then she fell to the ground,

"Well...Huh...Huh....."

"Hmmm.4 times yes..... Xika, is all your qi over now?"

"Yes...." Xika replied with a still exhausted breath.

"So this technique consumes a quarter of your qi. You can't use it too often Xika."

When Huo Bing turned his head, he found Xika had already fallen asleep like before.

Naturally he overslept considering Xika had spent all her qi.

Basically, what most distinguished ordinary humans from cultivators was qi. When cultivators ran out of qi then they were no different from ordinary humans. So the current condition of Xika is very dangerous because it can die with just one attack. It was fortunate that Huo Bing was guarding him.

"This kid is really sleeping well. Try me jahili ah.

Hoi Xika ugly.

Xika the monkey is deformed while Huo Bing the great bird."

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Xika fell asleep until it was quite dark.

When he woke up, Huo Bing gave him a new workout before resuming his usual practice.

"You were in great difficulty when fighting the siege of the Flame Monkey yesterday. I just remembered I never taught you against enemy siege. This time you're gonna fight some of me."

"How many of you?"

Actually Xika wanted to protest that all this time Huo Bing had never taught her anything. I'm sure this time it will be the same. All the things that Xika could do right now came from her own safety. But Xika had not had time to protest, Huo Bing's body had been divided and now numbered four.

In front, left, right, and back.

"alright. Try to stay with me."

The four Huo Bing started attacking Xika from various sides.

Xika tried to defend, but he lost in 5 minutes despite using all his abilities.

The next day, Huo Bing had Xika do a Single until all her qi was exhausted and went back to sleep. After Xika woke up Huo Bing again attacked him from various sides.

The next days continued like that. Huo Bing did not allow Xika to hunt Spirit Beasts until she felt Xika was capable enough.