Chapter 213 -116: The Lu Family’s Younger Generation’s Strength Surges, Let Faith Fly for a While
At these words, Lu Jingteng, who had been immersed in excitement just a moment ago, snapped back to his senses.
His eyes widened as he stared intently at Lu Yun’s hair. It was all black—no, not completely black.
Lu Jingteng looked closer and saw that it was more of a charcoal gray. His father looked like a middle-aged man of about forty-five.
His jaw dropped. ‘What could he even say?’
His father had grown twenty years younger overnight. Such an incredible thing was happening right before his eyes.
All sleepiness vanished from Lu Jingwu, who was standing beside him. He stared at Lu Yun, his eyes suddenly stinging.
“It’s true, Uncle... You’ve become so young. Just like... just like how you looked when you held me as a child.”
Seeing Lu Yun’s current appearance, Lu Jingwu was reminded of his late father.
He remembered when he was little, his father holding him and pointing to Lu Yun. “That’s your uncle, my dear older brother.”
Lu Jingwu remembered his father and uncle standing together, their faces so similar, with the same smile.
‘If Father were still alive to see Uncle like this, he would be so happy, wouldn’t he?’
Lu Yun waved his hand and said faintly, “These things are unimportant.”
The three of them were pulled back to the present. Unimportant? ‘How can he call this unimportant?’
Lu Yun continued, “The world is growing more chaotic by the day. That Emperor in Yanjing won’t be on his throne for much longer.”
“The most important thing for you brothers right now is to gain the strength to protect yourselves as soon as possible.”
“I can’t protect you all the time. What if one day I die, or something forces me to leave Yun Port City?”
At these words, both Lu Jingteng and Lu Jingjun lowered their heads in shame.
‘That’s right, their father is already getting on in years.’
‘No matter how young he looks now, he’s still their father—the man who raised them, the man who held up the Lu Family on his own.’
‘As a Grandmaster of Divine Intent, he still has to stay home at all times to watch over them.’
‘And they, his sons, couldn’t help him at all.’
Lu Jingteng clenched his fists, secretly vowing in his heart that this time, he would train diligently and quickly gain the strength to protect the Lu Family.
‘He couldn’t let his father carry this burden alone anymore. He couldn’t let his father worry about them any longer.’
Just then, Lu Jingwu suddenly spoke up. “Uncle, shouldn’t we tell Jingyao?”
“He spends all his time buried in that publication of his, publishing those dangerous articles. Sooner or later, someone’s going to come knocking on his door.”
“So, he’s the one who needs the power to protect himself the most.”
Hearing this, Lu Jingteng and Lu Jingjun exchanged a look and nodded in agreement.
Their third brother had started the *Da Xin Publishing House* and spent all his time holed up inside, writing and publishing articles.
Lu Jingteng had read those articles, and just reading them made his heart pound with fear.
Every page was filled with shocking words, relentlessly denouncing the regional warlords as parasites and tumors on the nation.
He even tore into the Emperor in Yanjing up north, cursing him out completely.
What’s more, not a single Military Governor in the Southern Provinces was spared. But the most dangerous part was that Lu Jingyao had also started railing against the foreigners in the concessions.
Great Britain, the Great United States, France, the Wa Country... he had basically cursed out every single one of them by name.
‘Were those foreigners people you could afford to provoke?’
‘They had guns and artillery, backed by ironclad warships and powerful nations.’
‘If he angered them, what would they do when they came knocking?’
But Jingyao didn’t care. He wrote in his articles: By what right do foreigners occupy the lands of Daxia? By what right are the Daxia People oppressed by foreigners?
At the same time, he published highly inflammatory articles, hoping to awaken the fighting spirit of the Daxia People.
In any case, the reputation of the *Da Xin Publishing House* had grown immensely over these past few days, and it had briefly become the most talked-about new publication in the Daxia New Country.
Literary giants, scholars, and patriots from all over the Daxia New Country began sending in articles one after another.
Some even moved to Yun Port City personally, just so they could express themselves and speak their minds freely.
For this reason, Lu Jingteng had even dispatched several hundred skilled marksmen to exclusively protect the *Da Xin Publishing House*’s editorial office and printing press.
Hundreds of men worked in shifts day and night, determined to guard the place like an iron fortress.
Even so, that kid Jingyao still complained it wasn’t enough. A few days ago, he was clamoring to increase the print run, expand distribution, and make sure the entire Daxia New Country could read their articles.
When Lu Jingteng heard this, he nearly fainted. ‘Expand even more?’
‘Any further expansion would put them right under the noses of those warlords and directly in front of those foreigners.’
After hearing Lu Jingwu’s words, Lu Yun fell silent for a moment, then shook his head.
“No. His will isn’t firm enough. Do you remember what I told you all?”
The three brothers exchanged a look, all of them recalling the things their father had told them before.
About the Immortal Flesh, the Outer Celestial Demons, and those who had been possessed.
At that moment, Lu Yun took a piece of Immortal Flesh from his breast pocket. It was entirely pitch-black, about half the size of his palm, and it throbbed faintly in his hand.
It was the first time Lu Jingteng had seen it with his own eyes, and he stared, transfixed.
“What a magical thing...”
Although Lu Jingjun and Lu Jingwu had seen it once before, they couldn’t help but stare at the throbbing object with curiosity.
Lu Yun looked at the Immortal Flesh and said slowly, “After eating this, it’s possible to attract those Outer Celestial Demons to possess you.”
“Jingyao may believe that his convictions are firm, but in reality, he still has a long way to go.”
These words left the three brothers stunned.

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