The Card Cultivation System
CCS-71

After Xika managed to make swords and flowers from the flames, he still practiced making some other forms. Among them were the miniatures of Huo Bing and Heiliao. Both of them put out the fire.

Huo Bing flapped his wings, while Heiliao absorbed the flames.

After that they ate because their stomachs had rung again. Yesterday was the last piece of Coral meat. So now they're eating Viper meat. They deliberately left Cobra because they were convinced that its leader would definitely have the most delicious taste.

Finished eating, Heiliao did not directly teach Xika. He knew that the boy was still tired of his thoughts despite eating. So Heilliao let him rest.

Xika spends her time flying. At the moment, he is very good at flying.

He flew up to try his limits again. The longer he knew that he was getting closer to the ceiling of the room and it made him more excited to fly.

His blue-green wings are flapped. The color reminded Huo Bing of the blue sky and the expanse of green clumps. He wondered how long they had been stuck in this room.

When Xika was able to reach the top of this room, she would look for a way out of this place. Although getting stuck is not a good thing, but there are still some good things they get from this place.

They can teach Xika without fear of being discovered or seen by other humans. In addition, Xika was also able to train her wings without interference. Huo Bing did not know what would happen if Xika practiced using her wings outside and there were people looking at her. They can also practice sparring and knowing their respective limits.

Of course Xika learned the most from their fight. Naturally, his combat experience was the least among the three of them.

Then Huo Bing looked at Xika who was flying around using her wings. He called him down. He wanted to teach Xika how to use wings in combat. Not only to escape or to escape, but also to attack.

After that, Huo Bing also taught him how to escape from enemy encirclement and constant attacks. It simulates multiple attacks.

Finished learning the wings with Huo Bing, Xika rested for a while. He slept on the floor for 10 minutes then sat down and cultivated.

Although he was busy studying and training with Huo Bing and Heiliao, he never forgot his cultivation.

Right now Xika was filling her fourth dantian that was at the Qi Gathering level 8. Speaking of which, Huo Bing had always sealed Xika's dantian whenever her previous dantian reached Qi Gathering level 9. And every time Huo Bing sealed her dantian, Xika would always be in pain during her cultivation. Huo Bing was about to take off her seal when she and Xika felt that her dantian was already big enough, and now her fourth dantian was already big enough. It was only a matter of time before Xika reached the Qi Forming stage.

Xika was cultivating for a day.

As long as Xika was cultivating, Huo Bing and Heiliao were not lazy. Huo Bing whose current body was already denser, was already able to absorb the qi in the air, so he did not have to always absorb the souls of other creatures. Of course the souls of the three snakes played a big part in this.

Meanwhile, Heiliao was also cultivating. He made several black holes around him. His speed of absorbing qi was the fastest among the three of them. Xika in second place. He formed a black hole around his body. It was not that he could not form more, but too much qi going inside would make his body explode. While Huo Bing was at the last rank. He was just a spirit and only a moment ago could he absorb qi. Of course he was inferior to the other two creatures.

Xika opened her eyes.

Not long after, Heiliao also opened her eyes because of Xika. While Huo Bing was still focused on cultivating. He was enjoying the beauty of absorbing qi without any competition with the other two greedy creatures.

Xika walked over towards Heiliao.

Heiliao gave him a questioning look, and Xika nodded. He was ready to refine the pill.

Heiliao mentioned some plants and Xika took out those plants from Bai Feng's spatial ring. He was about to make one of the most basic pills for cultivators who were at the Number level. Heiliao said that Xika should also be able to make this pill.

Kind of sucks that sounds. Because Heiliao seemed to be underestimating Xika. But the truth is not so. It was precisely Heiliao knew that Xika was quite talented therefore he was about to test Xika's limits.

The pill Heiliao was going to teach was the Restore Pill. Pills that can replenish lost qi. Very useful in the middle of a fight. This pill was useful for cultivators of the Qi Forming Downwards, so Xika could still use this pill. Restore Pill was one of the notoriously most difficult pills among novice Alchemists. Although it was only a low Number pill, but the difficulty was almost comparable to the intermediate level.

This is because the materials used are very sensitive. If the temperature is too low or high, then the main material in the form of Qingtao Grass will burn out.

Previously Heiliao had already seen for himself the control of the Xika element. So he was sure Xika should be able to make this pill.

Restore Pill had the main ingredients as Qingtao Grass, while the other ingredients were Red Agathis, Black Ceolog, and Brown Albalum.

Red Aghatis is a large tree with red leaves. When the twig or leaves are broken, it will come out a kind of sap. Rubber and leaves from Red Aghatis are the complementary ingredients of this pill. Black Ceolog is a black orchid with a green middle. The petals of this orchid play a role in pill making. Brown Albalum is a large tree with branches that are quite branched. The fruit of this tree is the last ingredient to make the Restore Pill.

Within Bai Feng's spatial ring, there were a hundred sets of plants that Heiliao mentioned earlier. So if Xika succeeds in every refining-pill-making process-then she can make a hundred Restore Pills.

Xika was already impatient and was about to directly start the refining process.

But Heiliao did not start right away. He mentioned one more type of plant and had Xika check how many there were in Bai Feng's spatial ring.

"About three thousand." replied Xika who was answered with a nod by Heiliao.

Aozola Leaf's. It is the most commonly encountered spiritual plant. Although the plant did not have any special effects, it was very suitable to use as an exercise before it started refining pills.

"The first stage in making pills is Refining. You burn all the ingredients you need until the point remains. Although this is the first stage, it is not arguably the easiest. There were countless cultivators who failed at this stage.

Since this is the first time for you, then we will not use the real materials."

"Try to purify this plant first. At this stage you burn all the garbage and dirt in the plant. That is why it is called purification. You're gonna burn these leaves until only the core is left. As much as possible, do not use a fire that is too large so as not to burn the plant."

Xika nodded and picked up a strand of Aozola Leaf.

He raised it with qi and then pointed it over his burning hand.

Heiliao had just finished talking and Xika had made a mistake.

Well, it wasn't Xika's fault entirely. Heiliao said 'don't be too big'. Big and small are relative. So Xika had no idea what great standard Huo Bing was talking about. And the only way to find out is to try.

The fire in Xika's hand was too big that the leaves were immediately burned until only the ashes were left.

Xika tried again after that and he still failed.

After scorching about ten pieces of Aozola Leaf, Heiliao realized something was wrong with Xika.

During this time Xika never knew of any other use of fire other than to destroy. He understood fire, but he only used it to attack. So when Heiliao asked him to burn the plant, he instantly created the hottest fire he could. His habit while fighting was still carried away.

So Heiliao stopped Xika.

"Xika's. Something's wrong with the way you purify."

"Hm? In which part?"

"Your fire is too big."

"What's? But my fire is already quite small." said Xika as she showed the fire in her hand that was only the size of her finger.

"That's not what I meant. His temperature. Your fire is small, but the temperature is no different from before. Remember, you use fire to purify pills, not to fight."

After Heiliao said that, Xika kept quiet and gave a good thought to the wolf.

A few moments later he realized what Heiliao said and tried again. Previously, he had not known that there was any difference in using fire to fight with refining pills.

Although he understood, Xika did not succeed immediately. They each failed. But at least every failure he made brought him closer to success.

After scorching about a hundred Aozola Leafs, Xika finally managed to purify the leaves for the first time. He burned the leaves and left the core in the form of liquid.

"Now what should I do with this liquid?"

"Store in the air."

Heiliao's reply made Xika look at him with a questioning look.

"Use your wind element and let the liquid float in the air. But when you've started refining pills, don't let the core fluids of those plants mix."

"But why in the air? Why not put it in a bottle or a tube?"

"You learned how to forge with that bird without using a single tool, right?"

Xika nodded.

"Then do the same here. You can forge without using a single tool, why can't you make pills without tools? Besides, it's training your concentration."

Xika could only silently nod at Heiliao's words.

Actually the biggest reason Heiliao would not allow Xika to use tools was Huo Bing. Huo Bing had managed to teach Xika how to forge without using tools, so ai was also unwilling to lose. The rivalry between the two made Xika have a hard time. But it also took him forward.

Xika continued to purify Aozola Leaf again. Out of ten experiments he only managed three. And the last experiment caused his concentration to be destroyed and all the liquid in the air to spill onto the ground.

"Heiliao's? How long will I practice using the Aozola Leaf? And how much should I keep in the air?"

"For the first question, until you succeed 9 out of ten tries. Second question, as much as you can afford. You don't know how many ingredients to use in making a pill, so prepare as best you can."

And with that, began Xika's practice of refining pills. Meanwhile Huo Bing was still cultivating, but he also noticed what Xika and Heiliao were doing.

He knew how much progress Xika had made, and how many plants he had scorched. But he was more focused on how much Xika burned.