The Card Cultivation System
CCS-40

The Black Scorchpion's meat became more palatable to Xingli after he cooked it himself. Although it was not exactly called cooking because it was Xikalah who was cooking and Xingli just watched from the side with his expressionless face.

Although there were still some mistakes such as her little skin or her too much meat being wasted, but Xingli was quite satisfied with the cooking in front of her.

Unlike Xika who was quite dizzy to see the dish in front of her. Some still had their skin and some of their flesh was too thin as they were cut too much. Finally he checked all the meat once again and confirmed what Xingli had done wrong.

Xika wanted to protest against Xingli, but seeing Xingli who was quite happy, Xika undoed her intentions.

How did Xika know Xingli was happy? Though Xingli was doing all the things with his expressionless face the entire day. That was the thing asked by Huo Bing.

And Xika answered she saw it from her eyes. Xingli did not express himself with his face, but he did express it through his eyes.

Eyes are a person's window to the heart. You can see what people feel through their eyes without asking. But Xika who could put on a plain face and eyes to deceive Huo Bing that she ate less meat than him seemed to already exceed the average human.

When Huo Bing heard Xika's reply, he immediately set his gaze towards Xingli's eyes. But he didn't see what Xika saw. It may be difficult to see a person's heart from his eyes.

They eat when it gets dark. And Xika brings together lunch and dinner so that the portion of the meal is more. He used the excuse that Xingli took too long in cutting meat, so they couldn't have lunch because it wasn't noon anymore, but it wasn't night either. But Xika's stomach that had now sounded along with Xingli's stomach seemed to not care about it anymore. They ate as soon as the meat was cooked.

And when they finished eating, it was already quite dark. So Xika decided to have a conversation for a while before going to bed.

But it turns out that it's not easy. It was far from an easy word to 'conversate' with Xingli.

"Wahhh......The meat is delicious. Don't you?"

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

"Let's talk for a minute. Or are you sleepy?"

"........"

Xika sighed many times. Although Xingli had already started to respond to her, but it was not often that she ignored Xika's words. He only looked into Xika's eyes and it took Xika a long time to understand the meaning of his gaze. At least it was better than Huo Bing who did not understand Xingli's gaze at all.

"By the way, I don't know your cultivation level yet. Are you also already at the Qi Forming stage? Or are you still at the Qi Gathering?"

Xingli looked at Xika's eyes then looked at the flesh that was now two away.

"Hey Xika's. This girl is quite greedy. He had eaten quite a lot and he still wanted two left. At least he's sharing one with you."

"I don't think that's what it means. Perhaps he said that his cultivation level was at Forming Qi 2."

"Eh? How did you know?"

"Well.....We were talking about cultivation level and he was staring at the flesh numbering two. There is no way a Qi Gathering stage 2 cultivator can fight on balance with me. So the only possibility is that he's at the Qi 2 Forming stage."

"Why is it impossible?"

Xika ignored the last question.

"Forming Qi 2? Means one level above me huh."

"But why can you fight on balance with me when you are higher in cultivation than I am? Are you still hinting at your power?"

And Xingli did not answer Xika as usual. But he looked into Xika's eyes. Lately Xingli started acting like that. If he didn't answer Xika, he would have looked Xika in the eye. And Xika still had to guess the meaning of that gaze.

"Hahhhhhhhhhhhh.....Alright....If you really don't want to talk. I will cultivate for a while then sleep. You can go to bed first if you want."

Then Xika stood up and sat a bit away from Xingli, about to give the girl some privacy.

Xingli just looked at Xika. It seemed Xika was misinterpreting her gaze. But he also has no intention of setting it straight. He also cultivated for a while, then slept. Just like Xika.

Despite saying 'intermittent', in fact Xika and Xingli had been cultivating for quite a while. They cultivated until it was not too dark, maybe around 4 or 5am, then they slept. That too is not long.

Indeed after reaching the Qi Forming, the need for cultivators to rest and eat would be further reduced. But Xika and Xingli still hadn't reached the stage where they didn't need to sleep or eat anymore.

The top level cultivators had already reached that stage. They no longer need to sleep or eat. But they still ate quite often, but the meat eaten was not the flesh of ordinary animals but Spirit Beasts. They ate not to sustain life anymore, but rather to enjoy the taste and strengthen their cultivation.

When a high-level Spirit Beast was eaten, it would provide relief for cultivators. Although the effects vary depending on the cultivation distance between the Spirit Beast and the cultivator.

Xika wakes up when the day is bright enough but still not too hot.

He saw Xingli was still sleeping, so he decided to cook breakfast himself.

When Xika was burning meat, Xingli woke up to the smell even though he was embarrassed enough to admit it.

"Oh. You're up. Want to eat first?"

Xingli did not reply but he received the meat proffered by Xika.

After breakfast, they continued their journey to explore the place.

This time their journey was quite safe. They did not encounter any of the strange animals.

Xika feels lucky that she found Black Scorchpion before.

In the distance Xika saw something black approaching.

Xingli looked at the direction Xika pointed at and found what Xika said.

He drew his sword. Beware of black objects that are getting closer to them. Xika also formed the Space Shifter into a stick and flew several cards around it.

When the distance between them and the black body reached 100 meters, Xika could see the black object clearly.

That black thing is a wolf. It was just that its shape was somewhat different from that of an ordinary wolf. His entire body was black, completely black. Even Xika was unable to clearly see whether or not the fur was present. In addition, his eyes were also blank black with no eyeballs. Were it not for its somewhat different shape, Xika would not have known where her eyes were.

The wolf stopped about 10 meters away from them. He watched Xika and Xingli carefully, as did Xika and Xingli who were watching the wolf.

The wolf growled slightly when it saw Xika, but when it saw Xingli, it growled fiercely and opened its mouth. Xingli took a few steps back not out of fear of seeing the wolf's sharp teeth, but out of shock at hearing a loud and ferocious growl.

"Squeaky. Don't the animals usually like pretty women enough? Why did he growl so hard and fiercely at Xingli, but not at me?"

"Eitherway. But this wolf also looked unusual. It was possible that he had space abilities or some other unknown thing. Be careful."

"Yes." Yeah."

Xika tightened her grip on the Space Shifter. Then put up a fighting position.

The wolf seemed to still want to growl again at Xingli, but when he saw Xika put up his fighting position, he immediately ran towards Xika.

The creature pointed its fangs at Xika even though there was still a distance of several meters.

Xika attacked the wolf using her card.

What happened next surprised Xika.

The cards pierced through the wolf's body. His cards which could even withstand the space attack from the space tiger, could not attack the wolf at all.

Xika tried to use Space Shifter but it was still useless as well. Just like before, the Space Shifter pierced through the wolf's body just like that. As if there was nothing.

Xika had thought that the wolf in front of her was just an illusion and the enemy was actually controlling this illusion to attack her. But he was wrong. Illusion is impossible to create such a wild and frightening face.

After getting close enough, the wolf jumped up and was about to pounce on Xika. But Xika dodged and tilted her head. He tried to hit the wolf when his body was right in front of him.

But the result remains the same. The attack pierced through the wolf like before.

"Damn it! What is this guy really?"

Xingli looked from afar, trying to get close and help Xika. But before he could swing his sword the wolf had already turned its head and emitted an extremely hostile aura.

Xingli became hesitant to go forward and help.

Looking at the doubtful Xingli, the wolf turned its gaze and went back to attack Xika.

Xika could only dodge. He tried to attack the wolf several times, but the result was still the same as before.

He also used his element to attack the wolf, even coating his card and Space Shifter with four elements simultaneously.

But the results failed.

Xika is getting tired. He could not attack and was forced to dodge constantly.

Looking at Xika who was getting desperate, Xingli no longer hesitated and went forward to attack the wolf.

The wolf that was about to pounce on Xika suddenly turned around and jumped up. He bit off the sword Xingli was about to swing and snatched it after a short power struggle. Then he threw Xingli's sword away just like that.

Xingli retreated looking at the wolf whose expression was getting fiercer, in contrast to her who still had no expression despite being in a disadvantageous state.

From behind the wolf, Xika ran and coated her fist with all four elements. He still couldn't believe his attack was just gone and still wanted to find a way to attack him.

Xika coated her feet with the wind element, yet the wolf was still aware of her.

When he turned around, it was too late for Xika to retreat, so he came forward and pointed his hand towards the animal's mouth.

But the unexpected happened.

Xika's hand entered the wolf's mouth but was not translucent. So Xika continued her attack which she thought was successful.

"Xika! No!"

But it was too late to stop Xika's attack, or to stay away from the wolf.

The wolf's mouth was advancing and Xika's body went into it. And finally Xika's whole body was lost swallowed by the wolf.

The wolf shook its head a few times then looked at Xingli who now had a strange look.

Shortly before Xika's body was completely swallowed, she felt a strange feeling unknown to her. And at this moment, the feeling grew bigger along with his heart beating faster.

The wolf only stared at Xingli for a moment then exposed its fangs. After that appeared a black hole similar to the one that absorbed Xika and Xingli earlier, then the wolf stepped in.

And now Xingli himself. Without food. No drink. Without planning and preparation. And without travel companions.