The Card Cultivation System
CCS-54

"Uwaahhhhh.

All this time, Heiliao slept under Xika's cloak. Although Xika moved a lot, but Heiliao was able to sleep comfortably. He's only out now because he just woke up. Xika herself did not know why Heiliao had slept for so long and had only just woken up now.

"Is he your pet Xika?" asked Lin Zhu smilingly looking at Heiliao.

Suddenly Heiliao's body grew to the same extent as his original form before he turned into an egg.

The surprised Lin Zhu saw the change fall, and after that, Heiliao struck Lin Zhu with his claws.

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

Lin Zhu was unable to say anything in shock, while Lian Minjie and Qin Mo shouted.

"Xi-xika....he's what else?" lian Minjie asked nervously as she was a little afraid to see Heiliao's form.

"Yeah......."

Xika was at a loss as to what to answer, so she looked back at Heiliao.

Heiliao looked at his gaze then said,

"Lang Heiliao."

After saying that, his body shrank then he jumped onto Xika's shoulder and sat there.

Lin Zhu woke up somewhat confused while Qin Mo and Lian Minjie widened his eyes looking at Heiliao who could change its size at will.

Heiliao has become closer to Xika lately, and Xika feels that their relationship is better than before. At least this time they were not on bad terms and Heiliao would not try to take his life.

".........WHAT?"

"Well, like he said, he's Lang Heiliao."

The three people looked at Xika in confusion while Xika herself also explained in bewilderment.

"What's Lang Heiliao called?" asked Lin Zhu carefully.

"Yes, you're right."

"What is this?" qin Mo asked curiously.

"As you can see, he's a wolf."

They looked at Xika with a strange look. Xika understood that view. It was not what they meant, but he was also confused when Heiliao asked what it was.

Eventually the other three people gave up trying to figure out who and what Heiliao was.

After getting acquainted with Huo Bing and Heiliao, the three people became even more silent.

Xika was the one who melted the atmosphere. After a while, the three people returned to being their former selves. Noisy and likes to joke.

They walked for a while before finally reaching their destination city.

Through the forest, they had cut off more than half of the journey. Plus, Huo Bing had time to take them flying and it cut off half the time it took to reach this city.

So they only walked a quarter of the way off the whole.

In front of them stood a gate that was bigger and more luxurious than the previous city gate. There was a large inscription ⁇ Sheng Niao or meaning holy bird on that gate.

Legend has it that a few hundred years ago, when the city was attacked by an invasion of wild animals, a divine bird came and drove all the animals away in an instant. Then the bird lived near this city until the end of his life to guard this village. In honor of the sacred bird that has guarded the city for several hundred years, the locals made a temple for the bird and changed the name of the city to Holy Bird City.

That's what Xika read on the big board outside the gate.

He read it while waiting for the queue.

They queued for a while before finally entering the city. Of course they are also asked for an entrance fee, but the cost is the same as the previous city.

As she entered the city, Xika saw posters taped to the wall.

Then one of the posters caught his attention.

The poster tells of a robbery that took place a few days ago in the next town and reminds residents to be careful. It is not known how many robbers there were, but eyewitnesses said there were four. Until now the robber has not been caught and still unknown identity. The poster also tells that the robber broke into a drugstore and reminds other drugstore owners to be careful.

At the bottom of the poster is the address of the store that was robbed and a reward of 500 silver coins for the one who caught the robber.

"Sister Lian, you have to see this." call Xika softly while trying to be ordinary.

Lin Zhu and Qin Mo also came closer due to the proposal.

Then they read the poster that Xika pointed to.

Not yet had they reacted, an old man approached.

"Ah, you guys also saw the warning huh. It's cruel, isn't it? Robbing the whole store until there's no medicine left. But it was also the owner's fault. If it were me, it would be impossible to be robbed that easily. At least, I can definitely see their identity." said the old man arrogantly.

"Ah, are you guys drugstore owners too? Why haven't I seen you guys?"

"No, we're not drug owners."

"We're the ones who robbed the drugstore" Huo Bing said in Xika's head.

"We are new arrivals. I am with my friends who love to adventure. We went around to various places." Xika replied with a very normal expression, attitude, and language so that no one would suspect that it was him who robbed the drugstore.

"Ah, I see. Please take a walk."

Then the old man walked away while waving his hand.

Xika returned the wave of the hand as well while being stared at by the other three people.

They pulled Xika into a deserted alley and asked,

"That's smart you made up."

"Have you ever robbed before?"

Xika was immediately attacked by a series of questions.

"Ahahaha.I have never robbed before. About being normal.....maybe it's my pent-up talent?" xika said while laughing scratching her head.

"It looks like we have a lot to learn about Xika."

Qin Mo nodded in agreement to Lian Minjie's remark.

"You will definitely succeed if you play drama" said Lin Zhu confidently.

Xika just laughed over the words of the three of them.

"Do we have to change our appearance?" qin Mo asked.

"No, there's no need. The poster says very clearly that the identity of the robber is not yet known. So no one knows us. It would be strange if we changed our appearance. The guards will definitely be suspicious since they have never seen our faces before." replied Lin Zhu.

"Are those guards remembering all the faces of the people who entered and exited the city?"

"Who knows."

So they decided not to change their appearance and remained ordinary.

It was not difficult for them to behave normally. They were only shocked when the old man came suddenly. Maybe the four of them had been robbers in their previous lives.

They went around for a while then decided to stop by a restaurant because the worms in their stomachs had been screaming.

The restaurant was quite full, but there were still some empty tables.

Lian Minjie immediately picked up the table that was left by the window. That's his favorite place.

They ordered food and then chatted while waiting for the food to come.

"Hey, aren't you curious where the sacred bird died?" asked Lin Zhu suddenly.

"Nobody knows where the bird died. Where do you wanna find out?" qin Mo asked.

"really?" Lin Zhu asked back with a confident smile.

Qin Mo silently furrowed his brows in confusion.

When she opened her mouth and was about to speak, Xika asked her to shut up.

"Sstt....Brother Qin? Try listening to."

Qin Mo did not so talk and tried to listen.

And the conversation of the few people next to him sounded.

"Hey do you know? Said the city guards found a mysterious cave while on patrol."

"Stupid you. The news was long ago. Reportedly, the mysterious cave was the tomb of a sacred bird in legend."

"What's? So the legend is true?"

Apparently, one restaurant was busy talking about the sacred bird tomb.

A few days ago, while the city guards were on patrol, they discovered a mysterious cave that was not there before.

Then they summoned some of the city lords and tried to open the sealed cave. The city's ruler failed. After a few days, it was discovered that the cave had been there before. It was just that it protected the illusion array so that it was invisible.

No one knew how long the array had been in operation, but eventually it ran out of energy and the guards found the cave.

The city lord summoned several experts from outside and asked them to investigate the protective array. The experts said that the array would soon run out of energy and the door to the sacred bird's tomb would open.

So right now the entire city was waiting for when the array would lose its power.

After hearing the information coming out from the various customers, the four people fell silent.

They looked at each other, then smiled.

Then Qin Mo advanced his head and asked in a soft voice.

"Hey Xika, what......Huo Bing did not mind? After all, he is......."

Qin Mo did not finish his words for fear of offending Huo Bing.

"Yes, it's okay. I've already asked him, he's just asking us to get the most valuable items from the tomb and use them well."

The three people heaved a sigh of relief because Huo Bing did not mind.

If he objected, the three people would definitely not hesitate not to enter the tomb. After all, Huo Bing was Xika's friend, and Xika's friend was their friend. Plus, Huo Bing seemed to have strength beyond their expectations. Well, the second reason is more important.

"Ah, Brother Lin. He also asked you to use the snake's wings as best you could."

"Just calm. I will definitely use it for something useful. For example flying from Qin Fool's rampage." replied Lin Zhu with a smile.

Damn it!

Qin Mo hit Lin Zhu on the head.

"Ah, should I just give it to him, these wings?"

"No, he said there was no need."

Lin Zhu nodded.

Then after they finished eating, they parted to prepare themselves because no one knew when the tomb would open.

Whoever finishes first will wait at the city gate.