Chapter 297 Skipping a grade??
After everyone had finished washing up, a thick-cut steak was placed in front of each person on the dining table, its charred crust glistening with oil.
In the center of the table were a bowl of nut, salmon, and quinoa; a vegetable salad; spaghetti bolognese; seafood fried rice; and Lu Beiye's signature mochi pancakes...
He Zhu swallowed a piece of steak: "Sister Wen Qing! This steak is perfectly cooked, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside!"
Wen Qing: "Your portion was cooked by Shi Xu strictly according to the recipe; I just handed it some seasoning."
"Shi Xu?" He Zhuo's fork clattered onto the plate as he looked at Shi Xu, who was elegantly cutting steak, with disbelief.
Shi Xu: "Stop with that twisted jealousy. I'm exceptionally talented."
He Zhuo: "Heaven is so unfair!!! In this family... I'm the only one who cooks terribly... I'm the only one who's utterly useless!!!"
Everyone: [What exactly are you being unfair about?]
Luo Xingyou, standing beside her, remarked, "You... washed the dishes quite clean!"
He Zhuo turned his head, his expression freezing: [...Washing dishes? Isn't that something anyone with hands can do?]
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After the meal, everyone skillfully cleared away the dishes, and the table was quickly restored to its clean state.
With a light tap of her fingertip, Lu Nange instantly tucked the entire dining table into the space, replacing it with a small coffee table.
On the coffee table are the crystal cores collected today: several level-four crystal cores, and two level-five crystal cores—one ice-type level-five and one wind-type level-five.
Chi Yanzhou: "My ice element is already level five, should I give this crystal core to Gangzi?"
Lu Nange shook her head: "Although Gangzi is an ice-type, it's extremely sensitive to the cold, and it's even having difficulty fighting now."
She took out the level-five lightning-type crystal core from her spatial storage: "Brother Yan, this lightning-type one is for you. As for the level-five ice-type one, I need to keep it for now..."
As her fingertip moved towards the cyan crystal core, everyone exclaimed, "Nan Nan, it's a wind-type crystal, you use it yourself!"
Lu Nange: [I wasn't planning on giving it up anyway...]
"I do intend to use it for my own upgrade," she said frankly, her gaze sweeping over the crowd. "But...why don't you guys try upgrading your level 4 crystal cores to level 5?"
Gu Qi spoke first: "Brother Ci and Brother Chi have already tried, and level four crystal cores can't help us break through to level five... So, I think you should keep these level four crystal cores for now, just in case?"
Lu Xici nodded in agreement: "I absorbed two level-four crystal cores before, and found that they only consolidated my abilities; they weren't as effective as actual combat."
Chi Yi: "That's true... no matter how I absorb it, it always feels like I'm just missing that final step."
Gu Wan: "Yeah, I used two level-four pills to go from level three to level four before. Even if I absorb more now, it won't do any good. I think I still need to kill more zombies... It's more practical to fight a few more battles."
Luo Xingyou: "I feel the same way. After absorbing the level four crystal core, I'm still a little short of breaking through to level five."
Shi Xu: "After all... people like Yan Ge and A Ye, who are...chosen ones, are still rare."
Lu Nange turned her gaze to Wen Qing: "Sister Wen Qing..."
Wen Qing nodded: "Then I'll try absorbing another one tonight and see if I can level up to level four."
After the crystal cores were distributed, Lu Nange put all the level 5 ice-type crystal cores and the remaining level 4 crystal cores into her space.
She lightly twirled the cyan crystal core between her fingertips: "Then I'll go back to my room and level up."
Lu Xici ruffled his younger sister's hair: "Don't worry, you, Yan-ge, and Wen-qing-jie can focus on leveling up. We'll keep watch outside."
Considering that both Lu Nange and Wen Qing needed quiet time to absorb the crystal cores, Gu Wan turned to Luo Xingyou and said, "Xingyou, how about we spend the night together?"
Luo Xingyou: "Okay."
Gu Wan: "Sister Wen Qing, shall we change beds first?"
Wen Qing: "Okay."
The four girls worked for a while and quickly completed the room change.
Wen Qing sat down on the edge of the newly made bed and nodded to Lu Nange opposite him: "Nannan, I'm starting to absorb."
Lu Nange sat cross-legged and nodded gently: "Okay, Sister Wen Qing."
She watched as Wen Qing slowly closed his eyes and entered a meditative state, then turned to look at the level 5 crystal core in her hand, which had only a little green at the edges and was entirely cyan.
After a moment of contemplation, she took out two more level-four crystal cores from her spatial storage.
[I'll absorb two level four stones first, and see if I can reach level five.]
She gently stroked the surface of the crystal core with her fingertips: [Then, use this predominantly cyan level 5 crystal core to attempt to reach level 6...]
Lu Nange held a level-four crystal core tightly in her palm, and energy seeped into her body like a trickle.
She closed her eyes and focused her mind, immersing herself completely in the absorption process.
The next morning, Wen Qing was the first to open her eyes.
Seeing that Lu Nange was still in deep meditation, she quietly left the room.
In the living room, Gu Wan, who was drinking water, immediately looked up: "Sister Wen Qing, did it work?"
Wen Qing shook her head slightly, her tone calm: "Still level three."
Chi Yanzhou did not emerge from his room until everyone had finished breakfast.
Wen Qing put down her chopsticks and bowl: "Xiao Chi, are you hungry? What would you like to eat?"
He Zhuo: "Brother Yan! Have you broken through to level five yet?"
"Sister Wenqing, I'm not hungry right now, you eat first." Chi Yanzhou gently shook his head at Wenqing, then looked at He Zhuo: "Hmm, level five."
He Zhuo exaggeratedly covered his chest...
Everyone: [The actors are in position...]
The next second, He Zhuo exclaimed, "Jealousy has made me unrecognizable!"
"Xiao Chi, shall I make you a bowl of noodles?" Wen Qing had already turned and headed towards the kitchen: "I've already finished eating."
"Thank you, Sister Wenqing." Chi Yanzhou's gaze swept across the living room: "Where's Nannan?"
Lu Xici: "I just went to check, she's still absorbing the crystal core."
Lu Nange's door remained closed all day.
The group took turns quietly checking on her, and seeing that she remained absorbed in the absorption process, they gathered in the living room to wait.
Although they were each doing their own thing, their eyes kept unconsciously glancing towards that tightly closed door...
During this time, Lu Nange briefly opened her eyes twice to change the crystal core, but she vaguely felt that a breakthrough was imminent, so she continued to absorb without hesitation.
The energy of the crystal core circulated within her body, and her wind-based supernatural abilities were continuously refined and sublimated.
The next morning, Lu Nange finally stretched and stood up.
She felt the surging energy within her, a smile playing on her lips: [Level 6 Wind Element, achieved...]
She had just stood up when she heard hurried footsteps in the living room—Lu Beiye, Zhizhi, and Gangzi...
When the crowd saw the three children standing by the door making a sound, they immediately rushed into the room.
Lu Beiye was the first to rush to the door, his little hands gripping the doorframe: "Sister! You're awake?"
Lu Nange ruffled his messy hair: "Worried again?"
"...just a little bit." The little guy gestured with his little finger.
Wen Qing: "You must be starving after a whole day and two nights, right? There's some porridge heating up in the pot, why don't you go have something to tide you over?"
"Okay, I'll wash up first." Lu Nange was about to walk out the door when Luo Xingyou stopped her.
Luo Xingyou: "I can't take a shower now. I'll eat and rest for two hours first."
"Yes, ma'am!" Lu Nange replied with a smile.
Lu Xici and the others gathered around the door. He Zhuo, clinging to Chi Yanzhou and Lu Xici, stood on tiptoe and asked, "Little sister! Please tell me so your brother can admire you?"
Lu Nange: "Level 6 wind system."
Gu Wan: "Baby, please accept my utmost respect!"
He Zhuo: "Little sister, you have no martial ethics! Leveling up is one thing, but why did you skip levels?"
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