The Card Cultivation System
CCS-269

A SWUSH!

A figure in white clothes flashed swiftly between the trees leaving behind a chill as a trace. Occasionally, blood dripped from his wound, but the figure did not stop at all. Liang Jihua's brows furrowed at the thought of her conversation with Xika just a moment ago.

He had to hurry before the rest of their group fought against the combined group of small and medium sects. This time, he was annoyed with the pride that each representative of the great sect had. Why won't they listen to Xika's voice anyway?

Li Tang and Yun Xingzhao, it was likely that the two of them retreated following Xika's suggestion. The rest? He's not sure. Zhen Fang might still be a bit hesitant and question what reason Xika asked them to retreat, however since he was one group with Han Feng, he was, it was likely that the fire man had urged Zhen Fang to come attack the opposing group.

Tian Li and Di Lang? No need to question. They had definitely attacked the opposing group and ignored Xika's voice completely.

His brain thinks fast. Where should he go first? But thinking like anything, he didn't find the answer. Moreover, he did not even know where the other members of his group were. All he could do was to continue rushing as quickly as possible without direction and hope to meet one of his members.

Meanwhile, Xika was still lying in her place earlier. But he had recovered a little of his qinya, so he was no longer helpless. After making sure Liang Jihua was completely gone, Xika immediately ate Heiliao-made pills to restore her qinya.

He did that to avoid the insignificant question from Liang Jihua like, 'Where did you get such a pill from?' or 'Where did you come from to have such a pill?' or 'Who are you really? What sect are you from?'

After that, he activated Star Glance (with great difficulty) to help his body recover. He knew, Liang Jihua would definitely ask when he saw that Xika's wounds had healed to a great extent, but what could be done. They are being chased by time at the moment.

About half a day had passed when Xika detected a movement. The sun was almost setting at that time. Xika's wounds had more or less recovered mostly, although he still felt pain in some parts while moving. His Qi had also recovered completely thanks to the Heiliao pill. The wolf is great.

He immediately hid himself behind one of the trees while observing who was approaching. If the one who approached was the opposing group, then there was no choice but to run.

THE SNACK!

Fortunately, the ones that came out were not the opposing group. Liang Jihua appeared accompanied by two scarred figures behind him. Han Feng and Zhen Fang.

The injuries Han Feng suffered were more severe than Zhen Fang's. It was clear who had the idea to attack.

Xika came out from behind the tree and approached them. Han Feng looked at him sharply. Xika had not yet said anything, the man had already blamed her.

''Fucking basics! Don't you have any other words to say? Can't you at least give us a hint of how the enemy's power is?!"

Xika raised her eyebrows and looked at Han Feng like a madman.

"What's? Don't tell me Young Master Han Feng of the famous Burning Abyss Sect lost? Holy hooch! So it was my fault? Didn't I warn you and suggest retreat? Who ignored my advice and rushed forward? Now that Young Master Burning Abyss Sect has lost, you came and blamed me?"

Han Feng gritted his teeth in annoyance. Of course what Xika said was true. But he couldn't possibly follow Xika's advice, who asked her to just back away for no apparent reason. Where would he put his face if he backed down for no apparent reason?

"Suckers! At least you can give us a hint of the enemy's power!"

"Huhhhhh......." Xika shook her head. "Well, you think with that little head of yours, am I going to ask you to stand down if the opponent we're facing is weak? Of course not stupid! Precisely because our opponent is strong that's why I'm asking you to step down. Stupidly, after getting a warning from me, you even advanced when you did not know the strength of the opponent."

"Damn it! You insulted me?!" Han Feng clenched his hands holding back anger.

"really so. I insult you and your little brain that can't be used to think. Oh, and also your stupid guts that almost made you lose." Xika grinned fearlessly. Under ordinary conditions he was not afraid of Han Feng, especially now that Han Feng was injured.

"Brother Han, Brother Xing, please give me a face. This is not the time to fight amongst each other. We should devise a strategy to defeat the enemy."

"Brother Zhen, rather than strategy maybe you should recover your wounds first. After that we wait for the other members to join and think about the next step."

Zhen Fang smiled weakly in agreement with Xika's suggestion, while Han Feng looked at Xika still with anger but said nothing. Then, the anger in Han Feng's eyes grew roughly threefold when he saw Xika approach Liang Jihua and chat.

Whereas what Xika and Liang Jihua were talking about was different from Han Feng's thoughts.

"How's your wound?"

"Lumayan."

Xika frowned. Liang Jihua said the same thing before he went to look for the others. Xika was not sure his injuries had improved throughout the trip. In fact, it was likely that his injuries were getting worse as the girl forced herself to keep moving.

Liang Jihua said nothing and just nodded while frowning in pain. Inwardly Xika felt pity to see a girl suffer like that, but there seemed to be nothing she could do.

"Brother Zhen, I will try to find the rest of our group. There's a chance I'm not coming back today. Maybe it's good that you find a more hidden place to recuperate. It will be bad if our position is caught by the opponent."

"Brother Xing, I agree to your suggestion of finding a hidden place. But don't you think it might be better to leave tomorrow? It's dark, it'll be more dangerous if you leave in the dark, let alone."

"I also think so Brother Zhen, but it's a pity that we are being pursued by time."

Zhen Fang seemed to have just remembered something because of Xika's sentence just now.

"yes too! So we have to hide ourselves not only from the opposing group, but also from the elders who are looking for us?"

"Brother Zhen, I think we just need to hide ourselves from the opponent. From my estimation, it seems like the elders will no longer interfere with this matter. Besides, if the elders want to find us, I doubt we can hide."

"May I know why you think so, Brother Xing?"

"Hm, I think the elder's interference earlier was because we had violated the rules, which was to create a group that was too strong. Therefore at first the elders are about to eliminate us. But having failed, it seemed like they were making a new move.

You've met the opposing group before, Brother Zhen. What do you think of them? Is that the group commonly encountered in this kind of competition?"

"No. The combination of the entire small and medium-sized sect was almost impossible. Even though it forms a strong force, but it will cause a debate that is not small. Waitaminute! Don't tell me"

"Right," Xika said as she nodded. "It is likely that the elders were involved in this. If my estimation is correct, they deliberately made the group as powerful as ours. So since the elders have been involved in this, they will not intervene directly anymore. All we need to do now is defeat the opposing group and head for the next round."

Zhen Fang nodded at Xika's reasonable theory. "Then, good luck Brother Xing."

Xika nodded then darted away. But before he went far, someone had been waiting for him. Han Feng's. The man folded his hands and tried to appear arrogant as usual, even though he felt pain from it.

"There's something we need to talk about" the fire man said as he leaned against the tree.

"Masa? For me there is none. I'm being chased by time, by the way, so excuse me."

"What'sthis? You dare to challenge me in front of Liang Jihua but when he's not around you want to run away from me?"

"Heh, I never run away from sick people" Xika said with a contemptuous smile.

"Fuck! Then fight me right now!" Han Feng stomped both of his hands and instantly his palm burned.

"First, our fight will make the opponent aware of our existence. Second, you better sit back and recover your wounds. After I was healed, I just talked to me again. You're not my opponent now."

"ASSHOLE! If we all make it out of this round, you better hope you don't meet me or you can say goodbye to your cultivation."

"Oh? It's still unclear who shouldn't have met who." Xika smiled disdainfully then darted away no longer caring for Han Feng.

In his heart he really felt amused. Han Feng was intending to cripple his cultivation? When he was only five years old, many stronger cultivators had the same intentions. In fact, he was currently still able to cultivate.

After darting for several meters, he heard Han Feng's cry that rang,

"You better stay away from that girl!"

Stupidly. Has Xika revealed that they should hide from the current enemy? Did Han Feng not know that his actions could make the enemy aware of their existence? Xika became suspicious that the Burning Abyss Clan's technique had burned Han Feng's brain to the ground.

In return, Xika used a whisper of wind on Han Feng.

"Junk."