At night, special lights ringed the Lu Family villa, illuminating the grounds as brightly as day.
A temporary tent had been pitched over the spot where Lu Yun had shattered the room’s window that morning. The canvas was secured firmly to the ground with ropes, its four corners weighted down with sandbags. Not a single gap remained, making it impossible to see anything from the outside.
Inside the tent, the light was just as dazzling. Several oil lamps hung from the crossbeams, illuminating every corner down to the finest detail.
Lu Fu and several core Lu Family guards were in the middle of urgent repairs. This was their master’s room, and not a hint of his privacy could be compromised. He had therefore taken it upon himself to lead the men, cordoning off the area and forbidding anyone else from approaching.
A short while later, Lu Fu gave the newly laid brick wall and the newly installed window frame a final inspection.
The frame was made of mahogany, its dimensions a perfect match for the original. Its hinges were oiled, allowing it to open and close smoothly and silently.
He nodded in satisfaction, the tension that had gripped his face all day finally easing. "Mm, that should do it. The window and wall are repaired."
"Take down the tent, then go get some rest."
"Yes, Elder Fu!" The guards moved with practiced efficiency, and soon, the area was spotless.
After the guards left, however, Lu Fu’s brow furrowed even more deeply. His cloudy, old eyes held a profound sense of worry.
He was afraid something terrible was about to happen. This fear wasn’t baseless; it was well-founded.
He remembered the last time the Master had shattered a window—it was when those fiends from the Lifeless Lotus Sect broke in.
Young Master Jingyao had nearly died that time. He remembered it with perfect clarity even now.
Coincidentally, a large stockpile of materials had been left over from that previous repair, which was why they were able to fix the damage so quickly this time.
’I just didn’t expect to use them again so soon.’ Lu Fu couldn’t quite put a name to the feeling in his heart.
This time felt different. The Master had been gone for more than half a day, with no word from him since morning.
He had never known the Master to be gone for so long; the man always acted with deliberation and measure.
Even when he went to the train station to kill those wicked foreigners, he was back within two hours.
But this time, the Master had left without a word of where he was going or how long he would be gone.
Though Lu Fu had ordered everyone to keep quiet, a secret of this magnitude couldn’t be contained.
The Lu Family estate was only so large, with only so many people. No matter how they tried to suppress it, the news of the Master’s absence was bound to spread, little by little.
As it was, those who knew the Master had been gone for over half a day were already growing restless and anxious.
The villa’s living room was brightly lit. Shen Luoying and Li Zhiyu sat on a soft, wide, white leather sofa, surrounded by the six Lu grandchildren.
The children were getting sleepy. Some leaned against Shen Luoying, others rested their heads on Li Zhiyu’s lap, and a few were already sprawled across the sofa, fast asleep.
Neither Shen Luoying nor Li Zhiyu dared to sleep. They just sat there, their eyes drifting toward the main door of the living room from time to time.
They periodically sent a maid out to check, asking if the Master had returned.
Lu Fu gazed at the repaired window, his heart sinking. ’Others might not know how powerful the Master is, but I know perfectly well.’
’What kind of trouble could make a Grandmaster of Divine Intent vanish for so long? And without leaving a single message... unless he ran into a problem that even he wasn’t sure he could handle?’
The moment the thought surfaced, Lu Fu’s heart plummeted. ’Surely the sky isn’t about to fall on Yun Port City?’
Just as Lu Fu was lost in thought, a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.
Yet that simple, light touch made Lu Fu’s blood run cold. It felt as if every pore on his body, from head to toe, had exploded in alarm.
He swore he had never been so terrified in his life. It wasn’t the fear of death, but a terror that stemmed from the very depths of his soul—like walking alone down an empty corridor and hearing a second set of footsteps behind you.
He was, after all, a dignified Grandmaster of Huajin. His perception was so sharp that within a five-meter radius, he could feel a feather drift by or a fly land nearby.
This was no exaggeration, but a true Martial Arts Realm. He could sense the trajectory of a feather drifting toward him from five meters away before it even touched his body. He could perceive the vibrational frequency of a fly’s wings as it buzzed past him before it even drew near.
The power of a Grandmaster of Huajin completely transcended human limits. Their five senses were honed to a level unimaginable to ordinary people.
Furthermore, he could anticipate danger. He could even dodge a bullet, evading its path the very instant his opponent pulled the trigger.
Given all this, Lu Fu couldn’t fathom how anyone could have possibly gotten so close to him, let alone without him sensing a single thing.
The hand on his shoulder seemed to have materialized out of thin air. The situation was more terrifying than seeing a ghost; it completely shattered his understanding of the world.
’Even a Grandmaster of Divine Intent couldn’t do this, could they?’ In the next instant, Lu Fu’s eyes narrowed, and an intensely sharp, cold glint erupted from them.
Qi erupted from all around him. It was the first time since breaking through to the rank of Grandmaster of Huajin that Lu Fu had unleashed the Qi within his body with such reckless abandon.
Like a torrent from a breached dam, the Qi surged from his Dantian, forming a visible shockwave of energy around him.
Under the impact of this Qi, his black shirt was torn to pieces with a loud SHRED! His white beard and pale hair whipped about wildly in the gale of energy.

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