The Card Cultivation System
CCS-72

After twenty experiments, Xika managed to purify 4 out of 10 leaves. Also, he managed to hold the four liquid cores floating in the air. For now that's the limit.

Actually it was enough to just want to make a Restore Pill that required four ingredients, but Heiliao still wanted Xika to practice a few more moments before starting it. He wanted Xika to be better prepared.

When the remaining Aozola Leaf was only 50 of the 300 leaves removed, Xika was able to purify 7 of the 10 leaves and she was able to store 5 liquid cores. It might sound slow, after two hundred and fifty trials and he could only purify so little.

But actually it was fast enough. Xika conducted the experiment for three days and during that time he had advanced quickly. Even Huo Bing and Heiliao were quite surprised by his development. Heiliao thought that Xika would successfully purify five out of ten leaves after three days, but what happened exceeded his perk.

During these three days, Xika had only stopped to eat and drink. Besides, it doesn't stop at all. He did not even fly, or cultivate first as a mind freshener. So Heiliao gave him a full day of rest, although it was quite difficult to judge the time in this place.

Xika spent half a day sleeping. Although Huo Bing said that he was already a cultivator and already barely needed any more sleep, Xika still ignored the bird. The rest of his time was spent flying and cultivating.

The next day, Xika's mind was refreshed. He was ready to purify the pill.

Heiliao took out a set of Restore Pill ingredients.

Xika started from the easiest. First of all, Black Ceolog. Succeeds. Next up, Red Agathis. The plant had the element of fire, so it did not take long to purify it and it succeeded. Third, Brown Albalum. The plant is quite hard so it takes longer to purify it than the two previous plants. But it worked too.

Finally, Qingtao Grass. The main ingredient at once the hardest.

Xika took a deep breath before starting. He lifted the grass and pointed it towards his burning index finger.

Slowly, the grass touched the fire. Root section, no problem. Then go up to the middle. Xika made a slight mistake, and her temperature changed slightly, then the grass immediately changed color.

It failed. Qingtao Grass is very sensitive to temperature changes. It must use the same temperature throughout the purification. If the temperature changes slightly, the grass will change color and can no longer be used.

Xika tried again. Just like before, he refined the other ingredients before turning to the main ingredients.

He burned the grass carefully.

Root part, success. The middle part, too, was a success. End part......success?

No. gabe. It failed. The more the tip of Xika the more doubtful and it disturbs his concentration and makes his temperature change.

Xika did not try again. He spent two sets. He doesn't want to rush.

He wanted to calm his mind first.

Heiliao watched him from the side. He did not give any advice because he wanted to see the extent of Xika's ability. Normally, people would not stop until he failed quite a lot. And after running out of materials, he realized his mistake.

But Xika is not. The boy was quite calm. He immediately stopped after failing twice and figured out what was wrong.

Xika exhaled and started again.

Complementary materials previously could still be used. Although Heiliao was actually not allowed, it would be a pity if left alone, so Xika stored the liquids in the earthen bottles she made from using the elements.

He turned the ground below into a bottle, so the bottle did not disappear or disintegrate even though it lost its concentration.

He lifted Qingtao Grass up on his index finger.

The fire started and started burning the grass. This time there was no doubt in Xika's view.

The fire kept burning the grass. Now it has reached the end. There were only a few more stops of the grass that had not been burned. Xika is getting more focused. The end is very vulnerable.

Whush!

The flame managed to burn all of Qingtao Grass and leave behind its core liquid.

Xika breathed a sigh of relief. Then he turned to Heiliao with a smile. The wolf walked over, then asked.

"good job. Need rest?"

Xika was silent for a while then shook her head.

"Then let's continue. The second and final stage.

Unification. You have to put together the core fluids you purified. In the process, the liquids can repel each other. When that happens, use the wind element to bring them together and lower your fire. High temperatures plus two repelling elements can cause explosions."

Xika nodded at Heiliao's explanation. Now it continues to the last stage.

He brought the four plants together at once. It made Heiliao widen her eyes and shout,

"WAIT! Not all at once!"

But Xika could not stop. He continues the process.

Slowly, the four cores of the spiritual plant fused together.

DUARR!!

Xika stood up with a charred face. He looked at Heiliao in confusion.

Huo Bing who was cultivating immediately stopped and laughed to his satisfaction.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!"

He was no longer able to speak when he saw Xika's face. Even to mock, not. He just laughed as hard as he could.

Xika tried hard to ignore that annoying laugh. Heiliao approached with a questioning look.

"Ahaha. So the unification failed."

Heiliao did not answer Xika. He thought with a pretty serious face.

"What level are your fourth alternatives?"

Xika was a little confused by Heiliao's question which had absolutely nothing to do with her failure. Was it because his cultivation level was low and his qi was lacking so he couldn't make pills? But Xika instantly erased that thought from her head.

He has four dantians. He had four times more qi than anyone else. Even a Qi 1 or 2 Stage Forming cultivator did not have as much qi as himself.

But Xika still answered Heiliao.

"Qi Gathering 8."

Heiliao was silent for a moment then spoke,

"Try to break through to level nine. Don't make the pills just yet if you haven't broken through."

Xika is confused. But he does not argue.

After flying for a while, Xika sat down and cultivated. Yet he still heard Huo Bing's laughter.

He only realized that his face was black from the previous explosion, and he had not cleaned it. Then he wiped his face and continued his cultivation.

Huo Bing's laughter began to subside after Xika wiped her face. But his laughter still sucks to hear.

While Xika was cultivating, Heiliao was deep in thought.

The reason Xika failed earlier was because she ran out of qi. It was not because his qi was too little, but because he was still not good at regulating the use of his qi. Xika purified the previous three sets. And he didn't rest at all. He went straight to the next stage.

If it was an ordinary person, he might have been exhausted by the second purification. Moreover, Xika flew a set of Restore Pill materials for quite a long time, naturally she would run out of qi.

But that was not what made Heiliao drown in thought. In the last moment when the unification stage, Xika did not unite the nuclei gradually. It brings everything together at once. Previously Heiliao had never seen such a method. No sane person would do that.

All alchemists knew how difficult it was to fuse the cores of two different plants, let alone four different plants at once. There were some novice alchemists who did the same with Xika, but they all ended up with the same ending. Explosions.

Although Xika also ended up with an explosion, but there was something different with the other alchemists. Those cores did not instantly explode when put together like other alchemists, but it lasted for a while. After Xika ran out of qi then the cores exploded.

That was definitely not the thing that a person who had just learned pill-making by one or two weeks could do. Heiliao was stunned by Xika's talent. So he did not say how the correct way to unify the nuclei to see further the ability of Xika.Ia deliberately told him to reach the ninth stage in case that the unification process requires qi yang more more. No one knew how much qi was needed because no one had ever tried it. So Heiliao did not know either.

The boy managed to make her curious. Starting from who he is, his origin to his parents.

Then Heiliao turned his head and found Huo Bing. He remembered that the bird had been with Xika longer than he had. Plus, their relationship is pretty close. So Heiliao approached and asked Huo Bing about Xika's origins and parents.

"What's? Xika's parents? Its origins? I'm curious too."

Huo Bing did not answer his curiosity. But the bird gave him all the information he knew, including what happened ten years ago. The two of them engaged in a long and quite deep conversation. From that conversation Heiliao came to know that the bird was also as curious as Xika's very obscure origins.

He also knows the bird's first encounter with Xika, and Xika's condition before meeting her. The conversation made him even more curious about Xika.

Xika was cultivating for a few weeks.

Cultivation did take a long time. So it is no wonder that the top tier experts are mostly old men. Cultivation was a long and tedious process. Those who do not have patience will fail. Just like Fa Duolang. The man had no heart to cultivate and lived only for pleasure alone.

Xika opened her eyes.

Now the four dantians were already at the Qi Gathering 9 stage. It was only a step away from reaching the Qi Forming.

He walked towards Heiliao.

"There are still ingredients left over from the last experiment. This time it was enough to purify only Qingtao Grass. When you're done, rest for a while before you begin the Unification process."

Xika nodded and followed Heiliao's words.

He burned Qingtao Grass. This time it went pretty well. Perhaps because his success a few weeks ago boosted his confidence.

After that he rested for a while to recover his qi. Then move on to the next stage.

It lifts up four cores coming from different plants and brings the four closer together at once.

There was a strong rejection reaction. Xika shrank the flames then used her wind element to prevent the cores from exploding.

The plants do not blend easily. The four of them almost exploded when they touched each other. But Xika held it back with the wind element. After that, he put the four together slowly.

This process goes on for a long time. Very long. Maybe a few hours. But neither Heiliao nor Huo Bing had ever taken their eyes off Xika.

The four cores of the plant had already formed a pill. Just a little more before becoming a pill completely.

But Xika ran out of her qi. Though he had four Dantian Qi Gathering 9, but it was still lacking.

Xika still hasn't given up. He tried to hold the half-finished pill for as long as possible, but his qi was not supportive. The half-finished pill started to tremble as it no longer got any qi.

Heiliao immediately jumped up and coated the pill with his spatial aura.

Xika walked backwards. But his gaze still pointed at the pill.

Heiliao concentrated hard to steady the pill. Then after that, he tried to finish the pill.

Sweat began to pour down his hairy face. But Heiliao did not lose focus.

Later.......

BLARR!!!