She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 985 - 851: Super Star 25 (First Update)_2

After each subject teacher explained the exam situation, the class teacher started distributing books, assignments for the next semester, and summer vacation tasks, announcing the start of the summer break.

Hua Yan first went to the bookstore to buy review materials for Ning Hao, then to the market to buy groceries, and finally rode home.

Uncle Ning would arrive at noon today, so preparing a good meal for them would be a farewell gesture for Ning Hao and his group.

She put a lot of effort into this meal, working for more than two hours. Ning Hao also helped, and they finished cooking around two o’clock, just when Uncle Ning arrived.

Everyone was already familiar with each other, so there was no need for formalities. After eating, Hua Yan made a suggestion to Ning Zhiqiang.

"Uncle, why don’t you rest here for a while before continuing your journey? Driving on the highway when exhausted is dangerous. Besides, it’s the hottest time now; it’s better to leave after dinner when it’s cooler at six or seven o’clock. It won’t be as tiring, and you can find a nearby hotel to stay overnight rather than keep driving."

If they hadn’t decided to leave today, she would have suggested staying the night, but Uncle Ning had a meeting in the afternoon tomorrow, which made the schedule a bit tight.

Considering everything, Uncle Ning agreed to rest here for a while. Ning Hao and Hua Yan didn’t disturb him, turned on the air conditioner in the living room, handed him a cool blanket, and the siblings went to the study room. Not long after, Ning Hao fell asleep by the bookshelf. Luckily, there was a layer of foam mats on the floor, so it wasn’t cold. Hua Yan covered him and then entered her space to organize things for Ning Hao.

Her space is now used for storage. Every time she goes to the supermarket, she buys a lot of stuff, and when she comes out, she carries the lightest bags, while the rest go into the space. Over time, she has accumulated a lot of supplies there, as it reduces her time spent going to the supermarket. To put it bluntly, it’s laziness.

The benefit of this is that she can choose whatever she wants from her mini supermarket in the space, whether it’s fresh food, gift boxes, milk, or daily necessities; everything is well-stocked.

Being a student, she doesn’t have much financial means, so she prepared some milk, nutritional supplements, vacuum-packed rice, cooking oil, and various essentials for the elderly—about a dozen items. They’re not expensive but essential daily items, and she was afraid they might spoil since it’s summer and grains easily attract pests. Hence, she went for vacuum packaging.

When Uncle Ning woke up around five o’clock, Hua Yan brought out these things, surprising him.

"Child, keep them for yourself. Your grandparents have everything they need. I’ll convey your thoughtfulness on your behalf."

"Uncle, it’s fine; I’ve prepared everything, so please take them back. I won’t be home for the next two months, so don’t let them expire; take them back!"

Ning Zhiqiang, hearing this, decided not to refuse, saying Hua Yan was too considerate.

As they had a hearty lunch, she made a pot of nori tofu soup for dinner, grilled some meat to eat wrapped in lettuce—a Northeast-style dish that the uncle liked. The whole family enjoyed the meal, even F and M ate quite a bit.

"It’s their first time riding in a car; I wonder if they’ll get car sick. Haohao, make sure to bring some extra bags."

It’s quite common for dogs to get car sick. Even if they didn’t when they were human, their current bodies might.

They moved things back and forth to the underground garage, and by the time everything was ready, it was almost seven o’clock. After sending off the uncle and nephew, she went to Haohao’s house to check the water, electricity, and gas, cared for the flowers on the balcony, watered the green plants in the house, and then locked the door, returning home to plan her retreat.

The English and Chinese semifinals are in mid-July. It’s only June 20 now, so for the next 20 days, she will focus solely on leveling up and training.

She temporarily took leave from her piano lessons and weekend jobs, prepared manuscripts in advance for this period where continuous days off aren’t many.

Then she left her phone outside the space, entering retreat cultivation mode.

After reaching Level 20, advancing in the secret realm became more challenging than at the Level 10 stage, taking three days at the fastest or five days at the slowest.

Of course, the days mentioned here refer to the outside world. If measured in space secret realm time, time is longer—calculated as one to twelve time ratio—does that make sense?

Thus, the time spent in the secret realm is the most realistic. Sometimes waiting in ambush for prey can mean crouching in the grove for three or four days without movement, eating bugs around if hungry, drinking rainwater or morning dew if thirsty. Though just an illusion, it feels incredibly real.

Hua Yan is not someone who shies away from hardship. On the contrary, she can endure and persist well, which makes her level steadily rise as it does.

Twenty days, calculated as twenty-four hours a day at a one to twelve ratio, amounts to 288 space hours for a day, totaling 5760 space hours for 20 days. Translated to outside world time, it’s equivalent to 240 days, about eight months, which is terrifying. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Within the space, it doesn’t feel long, but imagining that timeframe outside, it’s like consuming time daily.

Fortunately, she achieved her goal, rising from Level 22 to Level 30 within 20 days, improving by eight levels, averaging a level every three days, even shocking Liang Tian with her perseverance.

After reaching Level 30, she exited the space on July 11, with the semifinal dates for English, Chinese, and the preliminary math contest set for 15th, 17th, and 19th respectively. Each day she participated in the English semifinal, Chinese semifinal, and math preliminaries.

With just a few days left, she balanced house cleaning, coding manuscripts, completing summer homework, reviewing contest materials, and exam drills, making full use of her time.