The Card Cultivation System
CCS-250

Tian Li looked at Xika in silence. His facial expression showed great anger and arrogance. He tilted his head.

"Hey, you. You think you're great for breaking my wind, huh?!"

"No. I don't think I'm that great at all. It's just, you're too weak. They can oppress the weak. Tell me, are all the people surnamed Tian really crazy?"

"Suckers! You dare insult my clan, huh?! It seems your parents didn't teach you proper manners, huh!"

"Unfortunately, I lost my parents when I was five" Xika said with a carefree smile. Seeing Tian Li who was starting to be lured away by his anger showed that the man was indeed a fool.

"Heh. Just deserve. Orphans like you need to be taught manners. Since your parents aren't around, let me teach you what good manners are!" Tian Li enveloped his feet with the wind then dashed towards Xika with a wind spear in his hand.

"Ng, how is it? Looks like I still have manners compared to you." Xika remained silent in place even though she saw Tian Li had already started moving.

When Tian Li's wind spear almost hit Xika's head, Xika shifted her body easily. Tian Li's attack escaped. But even so, the remaining gusts of wind from Tian Li's spear should still give Xika a hefty wound. However, there were no injuries at all on Xika's body, even though Tian Li had looked at her closely.

"Well, your lesson seems too superficial. Excuse me first, yes." said Xika as she turned and walked away.

"Junk, who let you go?!" Tian Li did not stay silent watching Xika walk away. After making his prey run away, he wanted to just leave?

Tian Li clenched his hands and instantly the high wind pressure held Xika's body from all directions so that he could not move.

"God."

A BLAR!

Xika continued walking as if nothing had happened. On his face, a look of disdain. It turned out that the strength of Tian Li was only that much.

"You have the ability. You should be arrogant. But in front of me, you're nothing!"

"Oh? Then try to stop me from leaving." said Xika as she continued walking.

"HEY!"

A BLAR!

SWOSH!

Suddenly, Xika turned around. He discovered a powerful aura flowing out from Tian Li's body. Xika raised her eyebrows. It was only fitting for this Tian Li to be arrogant. At first Xika was curious why, even though he was only at the level of Forming Qi 8. Apparently he was hiding his power.

"Heh. I admit, you do have some abilities. I won't be able to defeat you if I stay in the Qi 8 Forming. You better be proud. You're the first one to force me to unleash my abilities." Tian Li grinned as he looked at Xika as if he was a prey that had fallen into a trap.

Xika's face started to get serious. A aura Forming Qi level 9 radiated from Tian Li. It seemed that it would not be easy to defeat Tian Li if it only relied on the wind element.

Tian Li's palm opened wide, then he closed it and instantly a wind spear with a different aura than before appeared. "Well, now......." He twirled his spear, then ran towards Xika. "Death!"

Xika also did the same with Tian Li. He created a wind spear and greeted Tian Li's attack swiftly. The two immediately exchanged attacks. The wind spear in Tian Li's current hand was clearly different compared to just a moment ago.

He felt a piercing air and a thicker wind. But of course, Xika would not lose either. Especially in the contest for the wind element, the first element he mastered!

Wush!

Tian Li slapped his spear to slash Xika's neck. Easily, Xika lowered her head. He gave a puncture in Tian Li's neck as well. Unfortunately, Tian Li could also dodge easily.

"Heh. You dare to fight me with the element of wind, my power. Let me show you the difference in strength between us!"

Finished speaking, Tian Li gripped his spear even tighter. Slowly, his spear whirled around and drew more wind from the surroundings. The spear grew bigger and stopped when it reached two meters in diameter.

"Heah!"

WUSH OFF!

Tian Li threw the spear towards Xika. Instead of being afraid, Xika smiled. He did not escape or survive. Instead, he was even preparing to give an attack as well. Tian Li brags about the wind element. He also wanted to see whose wind was stronger.

So Xika brought her palms closer together, and gathered the wind in the space between her palms. With a speed that the naked eye could see, the wind that gathered between the two palms of Xika formed a spear that was no less massive than Tian Li's.

Unwilling to lose, Xika also threw her wind spear towards Tian Li's wind spear. The two spears of equal size were slowly approaching each other. The path that the two spears went through was eroded because of the strong wind that the two carried.

WOSH!

A SWUSH!

BLEEDAR!!!!

The blows of the two wind spears caused an explosion large enough to cause smoke around. The robes of Xika and Tian Li fluttered fiercely, yet the explosion was still not enough to make them retreat.

Before the smoke dissipated, Xika raised her vigilance. He sensed another existence besides Tian Li. And it seemed that the existence had been watching their fight for quite a while. It seemed like the strength of this third party was high enough that Xika was unable to detect its existence.

As the smoke began to dissipate, there was a sound of applause.

Plok plok plok!

"What a great fight."

From the right, roughly at the middle distance between Xika and Tian Li, stood a man wearing a quite luxurious robe while clapping his hands together. He alternately looked at Xika and Tian Li back and forth with a smile on his face.

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

Xika watched the man carefully without speaking. He was trying to gauge his opponent's abilities and where his cultivation level was.

"It seems that this year many have mastered the wind element yes. What's you-"

It was not finished that the man spoke, Tian Li had already interrupted him. He looked at the man sharply. First, Xika interrupted her fight. Now, this man also wanted to disturb him? He should teach them a lesson. First of all Xika, after that this man.

"Ahahaha. To be honest, I didn't intend to, but I'm sorry for interrupting your fight."

"Quickly say what you want to say after that get out of my sight if you still want to cultivate." Tian Li replied coldly.

"Look, can you stop your fight? This is only the second half, it seems a little inappropriate if you put all your abilities out in this round. Besides, I'll make an offer after seeing you two fight."

"Not interested in working together. Now scram." said Tian Li without looking at the man. His gaze was still focused on Xika. It seems that the exchange of attacks just ended in a series. A result he could not accept.

The man chuckled. That was what made Xika watch out for him. The clash between his attack and Tian Li's wind spear was not a frequent thing even in this competition though. But even after seeing the impact from the impact of his attack and Tian Li's spear, this man could still stand casually, even laughing before Tian Li.

In fact, he knew where Tian Li was from. If he was from a small or medium-sized clan, he should have trembled in fear or at least escaped before Tian Li found him. But looking at his still calm demeanor despite knowing Tian Li's background, it seemed that this man also came from a great power that was not inferior to the Sky Devouring Castle.

"My offer is not just cooperation. Look, as you already know, our goal in this round is just to collect as many pearls as possible no matter how. The Head of the Academy did not give any details on how many participants followed this round and how many he would eliminate in this round. He also did not say when and how this round would end.

Therefore, I intend to create the final round myself. Let us decide for ourselves the end of this chapter. How's it?"

Tian Li did not speak. He furrowed his brows and looked at the man, but still remained silent. It seemed that the idea of the man had managed to attract Tian Li's attention.

"That's an interesting idea. May I know how you intend to make it happen?" xika asked after being silent for so long.

The man turned his head and saw Xika still with a smile on her face.

"I'm going to make the final myself. So what I need is the finalist."

"So you're trying to get us to be finalists? In other words, we will work together with some other people maybe to create a finalist participant as we wish, after which the rest we eliminate?"

"The bingo! You quickly respond yes. May I know where you're from?"

"Not a place to talk about" Xika said with a polite smile. But inwardly, he smiled cynically. Now he understood why this man had not appeared from the beginning. Apparently, this man did not know his identity. In other words, to the man, Xika was just a lowly who came from a small or medium-sized sect.

So the reason he did not appear at the beginning and only appeared now was because he wanted to wait for Tian Li to defeat him. Given the words of him who wants to make the final round himself, he certainly intends to find a worthy finalist.

And one of those worthy finalists was Tian Li. Sure oes. Who would dare to underestimate someone from the Sky Devouring Castle? Apparently, the man thought Xika would soon lose to Tian Li. And since Tian Li did not like his fight to be disturbed, he intended to wait for Tian Li to defeat Xika just to invite him to cooperate.

However, from the results of the battle just now, it seemed that Xika had managed to shock the man. Xika's powers succeed in making her see Xika in a different way, so she changes her mind and invites Xika as well. He also asked where Xika came from to ascertain whether Xika was a talented person who came from a small sect, or he was indeed someone from a large sect whose identity was unknown.

But since Xika refused to mention the origin of her sect, it seemed like she was considered to be from a small or medium-sized sect. Apparently, if the man had met the number of finalists he wanted, and Xika was not included in it, the man would immediately make Xika. Well, this is quite interesting.

The man smiled politely and nodded at Xika's reply. But faintly, Xika was able to detect the change in gaze in the man's eyes. As he expected, he was underestimated because he thought he was from a small or medium-sized sect.

"Who are you?" tian Li asked suddenly. After such a long conversation, Tian Li had just asked the identity of his opponent. And he talked about manners with Xika?

"Ah, right too. Ii'm sorry. Where's my manners? I'm Zhen Fang of the Immortal Pearl Pavillion." Zhen Fang lowered his head politely.

"Heh. Your face is no stranger. I accept your offer." Tian Li gave a small smile that still exuded arrogance.

"I'm flattered Brother Tian Li remembers me." Zhen Fang was now speaking in the style of a merchant. Formal and rigid language style.

"I have a question. What if I refuse?"

Tian Li's face changed instantly. But before he spoke, Zhen Fang had raised his voice first.

"May I know why you refused my offer?"

Xika grinned. "It just so happens that I have a grudge with this man and your Immortal Pearl Pavillion. Being able to avenge me is like dropping two birds with one stone. Why should I refuse?"

And instantly, Zhen Fang's face changed. He immediately gave an unpleasant smile.

"You are also a customer of our Pavilion. Forgive me for not remembering you. May I know what your complaint is with our Pavilion? I will try to help you as best I can."

"Heh. A few years ago, I fought with someone in a small town. At that moment, the Branch Chief of the Immortal Pearl Pavillion had a pretty good relationship with me. But he's secretly investigating my background. Is investigating the customer background a natural thing?

When I fought, he just silently without giving any help, even secretly in contact with my enemies. Tell me, how will Pavillion's side solve this problem?"

"First of all, I want to say a deep apology. I'll make sure to give a reprimand to the Branch Chief. May I know which city you fought in before?"

"Eitherway. I don't remember the name of the city. Sorry, yes." said Xika indifferently.

Zhen Fang frowned, but he immediately gave his typical fleshy smile again.

"Then let our side investigate this incident. You don't mind, do you?"

"No problem. But I wonder how you're gonna solve this?"

"Hmm...because you still have three requests that are still not used, of course, the three requests are still valid until now. As compensation for this non-wearing incident, how about we give a 50% discount on every item you buy?"

"I'm sorry, I don't really like shopping."

A bitter smile appeared on Zhen Fang's face. While anger had already nearly exploded on Tian Li's face. He could not bear to see Xika acting arbitrarily.

"It seems, this matter is better discussed with our manager in the central Pavilion alone. Hows it? I promise to provide a satisfactory solution."

"Huh. Many years had passed, and even the Pavillion party was still unaware of this incident. How disappointing. I'm not sure Pavillion's side can deliver a satisfactory finish with such a slow and disappointing performance."

"I understand that you have been disappointed with our performance. We will fix this problem soon. For now, how about you join us? In return, I promise I will get you through this round and keep progressing at least until the top 8. Also, there is still a possibility to be a semi-final participant. How's it?"

Zhen Fang looked at Xika with his trademark smile. While Tian Li was already barely able to contain his anger anymore. If this offer Xika rejects as well, then he will make sure Xika will not qualify in this round!