The Card Cultivation System
CCS-38S

"AWWWWWW!!!!!"

There was a loud and heartbreaking scream from a man in the middle of nowhere.

That man is Xika.

He shouted as it was treated by Xingli.

It may sound a bit strange from yelling when treated. Well, it's normal to yell when treated when the 'treatment' is experienced is quite abnormal.

Xingli helped Xika bandage her wound, although it was inappropriate to use the word help as only Xingli was bandaging Xika's wound.

Xingli did help Xika, but she was either less experienced in medicine, or arguably had no experience.

As she wrapped Xika's stomach, Xingli accidentally held Xika's wound and made the blood flow more profusely. Moreover, when Xingli changed position to bandage Xika, his finger went into the stab wound in Xika's stomach accidentally and it made Xika's wound wider and invited a very loud shout.

Finally after many heartbreaking cries, Xingli finished dressing Xika's wounds. And just then Xika promised herself that she would not want to be treated again by Xingli, under any condition at any time.

After she finished bandaging, Xingli helped Xika sit down to make it easier for them to speak, even though only Xika spoke while Xingli simply nodded or shook his head.

"What's your next plan?"

Xingli.

"What do you think we should do? Should we venture out to find a way out?"

Xingli shook his head again. Honestly, he did not have any plans when he arrived at this place. It was not that he had no preparation, but was sucked in by a mysterious black hole in the air while hunting was not at all included in his plan.

"Why do you want the Space Shifter as a prize when you win?"

Xingli did not answer Xika. He just looked straight into Xika's eyes.

"Your eyeballs are so beautiful. Do you mind exchanging one for mine?" Xika only spoke out of annoyance with Xingli who still did not answer her.

Xingli ignored Xika's origin speech.

Now the two of them were both silently thinking about their next move in this strange place.

Xika decided to have a conversation with Huo Bing who continued to shape her physique despite not being able to be seen by Xingli. Despite that, in order not to look strange, Xika and Huo Bing communicated through their souls. This can be done because their souls are connected and located in one body.

"Hey Huo Bing."

"What?"

"What do you think of my fight? I'm great, aren't I? I won in a unique way."

"I think you're so stupid. Very, very stupid."

"What's? Then what about Xingli?"

"Just the same. That girl is just as stupid as you are."

"What's the reason you're talking like that?"

"You both spent your energy and time on unimportant things in strange places like this."

"........."

"Don't you ever think that you might be surrounded by strange animals like before? Or that the enemy is watching you and measuring your strength from your fight?"

"........."

Right now Xika felt Xingli was lucky enough not to be able to hear Huo Bing, so there was no need to be scolded. But he realized that what Huo Bing said was right and he was wrong.

"Then what should we do now?"

"Wait for your wound to heal just start moving. You've got pretty severe injuries so it's dangerous when you meet an enemy all of a sudden."

"What about food and drink? We have no supplies at all, especially the girl eats a lot."

And Huo Bing looked at Xika with a strange look because even though Xingli ate quite a lot, but the portion of Xika ate more 2 times more than Xingli.

"Hold for a few days. By then your injuries should have improved so you could fight when surrounded or meet the unexpected."

And Xika only sighed hearing Huo Bing's words.

"I don't think that's a good idea. Lukaku also needs nutrients from food. If I don't eat for a few days, I doubt my injuries will improve. Even if it improves, it's only a little."

"So what do you think we should do?"

"..........I choose to take risks. When we meet those strange animals again we can kill some and bring enough food to last for a few days then escape. Then let's think about the next step."

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

"Stay away. Do you have any other plans?"

"Be satisfied for a day. At least your wounds are a little better. That's when we'll just go through with your plan."

"All right."

Now Xika wanted to pass on their plan to Xingli but was at a loss how to explain it so she started off with a small talk first.

"Have you thought of a plan?"

Xingli.

"Well, what was that white hole you used? Does it have anything to do with the black holes we sucked in before? You know, black and white usually have relationships."

Although it was not answered, but Xika was sure Xingli was also sucked in by the mysterious black hole. It was just that he had no idea what Xingli was doing before being sucked in.

Xingli remained silent for a while then shook his head. He refuses to tell Xika about his white hole. After all, their relationship was not that close to knowing her secret. Moreover, even though he had already agreed to respond to Xika and looked Xika in the eyes during the ceremony, he was still reluctant to talk to Xika.

Xika did not insist on seeing Xingli not tell her the secret. Everyone has a secret that cannot be just told, especially to strangers who have only been met for a few days and previously had a bad view of that person.

The situation became a bit awkward for Xika because she was the only one talking, so she shifted the topic.

"Ehhh......I have a plan, but I don't know if it's a good plan or not."

Xingli looked at Xika's eyes, not minding hearing her plan.

"We rest today and recover. Tomorrow's gonna be better, so we can go around for food. Maybe we met the animal. If it's as lucky as yesterday, maybe we can kill some of them and then escape. After that we can rest without having to worry about food. Then we think about the next step.

Well, although it does not rule out the possibility that we could have failed to kill or escape from that strange animal because I was injured. There can also be other creatures that we have never met before and appear when we are tired of fighting with strange animals.

Do you have any advice or opinions?"

Xingli of course did not speak. But this time he threw something at Xika.

Xika caught him then saw that it was a jade bottle containing some pills.

"Huo Bing, what pill is this?"

"That's a Recovery Pill. Low Royal level pills. The pill can heal your wounds in an instant as if you had no previous wounds. The pill was especially suitable for Qi-forming stage cultivators downwards. This pill could only be made by an Alchemist Solitaire. So one grain of this pill could be roughly worth 300 silver coins."

Pills are the result of Alchemist concoction. An alchemist was a person whose job was to cultivate plants into medicine that was beneficial to cultivators. Although the power of alchemists was not that strong, but they had many connections. So usually no one wants to provoke an alchemist without a good reason.

The pill is divided into 3 levels, namely Number, Royal, and Ace which are the highest levels. In the Card Continent, there were not many alchemists, because to become an alchemist required special dantian and such dantian usually only appeared once in a few hundred years. Other than dantian, it also required talent to become a great alchemist. And it is much rarer than a special dantian.

So whenever a new alchemist with talent appeared, then the largest Alchemist Group named Cardchemist would protect them.

Alchemist level is divided into 4, namely Remi Alchemist, Solitaire Alchemist, Blackjack Alchemist, and Trump Alchemist are the highest. Remi Alchemist could at least make low and medium Number level pills, Solitaire could make high Number pills and Royal low, Blackjack could make medium and high Royal pills , while Trump can make all the levels.

The theory was indeed so, but it was not uncommon for Remi Alchemist to be unable to concoct an intermediate Number Pill, or that Blackjack Alchemist could not concoct a high Royal Pill. Because indeed a high Royal pill was so difficult to make that out of a hundred Blackjack Alchemists only one could make a high Royal pill. Moreover the Trump Alchemist had never appeared for a thousand years so Royal High was the highest pill that alchemists could make right now.

In the Shaking Card there were almost no alchemists, even if there were only Remi Alchemists and they could only concoct a low Number pill. Alchemist Solitaire was extremely rare.

And now Xika was holding a low level Royal pill that only the Alchemist Solitaire could concoct that would not even want to see her uncle.

Xika's hand trembled slightly when she found out how precious this thing in her hand was.

"You sure you gave this thing to me? It looks pretty valuable. I don't have any money if you don't know."

"......."

Xingli did not answer Xika's question because to him it was a stupid question. If he did not believe in handing the object over to Xika, he would not throw it at Xika. Nor is she a stingy person who would charge Xika after injuring her body - although Xika's role is greater than her in injuring Xika's body according to Xingli. Moreover, Xika had saved him from the animal's siege and fed him and drank for free.

I don't know what happens if Xika doesn't save herself. That alone was more than enough reason for Xingli to give out dozens of such bottles.

Finally Xika received Xingli's pills.

Huo Bing reminded Xika to be more careful in her attitude and talk towards the girl as it seemed that she had an unusual background. But Xika did not pay much heed to Huo Bing's warning on this one.

He would still behave as usual towards Xingli.

"I don't care if he comes from a rich or strong family. If it's fate, I'll definitely get his heart and his family can't stop me from doing that."

"So you've had the courage to admit that you like that girl?"

"Damn that's not what I meant!"

And all day Huo Bing mocked Xika and made her face red. While Xingli was quite confused as Xika was talking suddenly her face flushed red and stopped talking.