Chapter 208: Reunion After Long Separation

"Golden Core, I want you to aid my cultivation!"

Yu Lin took out the nine‑turn Golden Core and swallowed it directly.

The moment the pill entered his throat—

Boom!

Ten thousand zhang of Golden Light erupted from his body! He instantly turned into pure gold hue, the dazzling light pierced the dormitory walls, covering the entire Civil Affairs Bureau building!

It was night at this moment, yet the Golden Light illuminated the whole area as if it were daylight!

All personnel inside the Civil Affairs Bureau looked toward Yu Lin's direction, but only a blinding Golden Radiance was seen, nothing could be made out.

"What's happening?!"

"Such a strong energy fluctuation!"

Some members tried to activate their techniques to peer in, but could only barely pierce the Golden Light, vaguely seeing Yu Lin seated within. As for what he was doing, it was impossible to discern!

Only by using the Heavenly Authority together with a few senior officials whose cultivation was higher could one barely glimpse a clue—

Yu Lin was surrounded by nine Golden Auras, each containing boundless energy, and behind him a mysterious void shadow appeared, enveloping him!

"Yu Lin this guy.......... wants to become an immortal?!"

Su Qu got up from the bed, stepped outside, looked at the Golden Light, took out his phone and called the director:

"Director, how should we handle it?"

"They said it was a problem with the evening event lighting, right?"

"What if those unscrupulous media say we are wasteful?"

"Indeed, seal one and then another."

"Hmm, leave this to me, hanging up.......... Anything else?"

"The recent recruitment? Send Yu Lin to recruit and motivate them? Fine, I'll ask him, but I think he'll go for this chance to show off."

"Alright, that's it, hanging up."

Hung up the phone.

Su Qu snapped his fingers, shadows at his feet spread, forming a black sphere, trying to block the Golden Light.

But it was futile.

His darkness could not stop the Golden Light emitted by Yu Lin; it was instantly scattered, turning into wisps of black vapor that vanished into the air.

Su Qu twitched his mouth corner:

"Dude, it's only been a little over a year, how are you already stronger than me?!"

"You're cheating?!"

He didn't know Yu Lin had been cultivating for at least a hundred years; in his eyes, Yu Lin was still the little brother he had brought in not long ago, so his astonishment was understandable.

But the Golden Light didn't last the whole night; it faded after just over ten minutes.

Night returned to darkness, as if everything just now had been an illusion.

Yu Lin in the dormitory let out a long sigh and slowly opened his eyes.

Thanks to the nine‑turn Golden Core, the Yang Deity and his mortal body are now in a delicate balance.

When his mortal cultivation rises to the same level as the Yang Deity, they can fully Merge into One.

Of course, if he abandons his mortal body and follows the Soul Ascension path, he can directly merge with the Yang Deity without such trouble.

But Yu Lin still chooses to cultivate both directly, walking the double fulfillment path.

Because he fears that if he later discovers the supreme method, only to find it requires both to be fulfilled, he would have to start over.

He'll deal with it later.

"Finally it's over!"

"Qilin logging in"

"Alright."

Dragon Elder impatiently pulled Qilin out of the Ding Pattern, rushed to the Computer, powered it on, and logged in directly.

Soon laughter from two of them came, not knowing which unlucky one fell into their hands.

"I'm going out for a night snack, do you need anything?"

"Same as always, a cup of milk tea, full sugar, less ice."

"Got it."

Yu Lin stretched lazily, about to go out for a night snack, and when he would go tomorrow to the Five Finger Mountain Original Site to fetch the Yongzhou Cauldron, a knock sounded.

He opened the door, saw Su Qu, and laughed:

"Su Ge, what's up?"

Su Qu walked in, looked him up and down, and asked, "What did you just do?"

"Why does it look so scary?"

"Tell me honestly, what level of cultivation are you at now?"

Yu Lin, upon hearing, realized it was the anomaly from just merging the Golden Core and the Yang Deity, and immediately said:

"I'm too void."

"Oh, so it's Too Void, then that kind of disturbance… what?! You're too void?!"

Su Qu's motion of sitting down turned into a leap, nearly hitting the ceiling.

His eyes were full of surprise, his mouth opened wide.

Yu Lin nodded, "Hmm, what's up?"

"........... Nothing." Unexpectedly, Su Qu quickly accepted the fact, nodded and said, "Forgotten, you have a Miracle within you; whatever happens to you is normal."

"If one day you tell me this world was created by you, I'd believe it."

"Let's not talk about that."

He waved his hand, changed the subject and said, "Recently things are good; our Civil Affairs Bureau has taken in seven Authority Awakeners, and another sixteen civilian Cultivators want to join us."

"So the director wants to send you over at the recruitment meeting, to meet them and give a little encouragement."

"Alright?"

"If you're busy, you can skip it; after all, the director can't beat you right now."

Yu Lin thought for a moment and asked, "When?"

"In five days."

"Alright, I'm heading out tomorrow; is there anything else? Su Ge, want to go grab a night snack together?"

"Nothing else, I'm not going then; I'll go back and catch up on sleep. Tomorrow I have to go abroad and beat up a few black guys who don't speak the language. Bye."

"Alright, take care."

Yu Lin watched Su Qu disappear into the shadows, then left the dormitory.

He walked into the Kyoto city area.

Yu Lin's indecisiveness struck again; he simply opened the Night Snack Ranking, randomly picked one, and planned to hail a taxi to go there.

He just hasn't acted yet.

A stretched luxury car rolled in slowly from the end of the street, its sleek body glinting with a muted sheen under the Neihong lights.

It stopped precisely in front of Yu Lin, the window lowered, revealing the deep silhouette of the passenger in the back seat.

"Yu Lin, long time no see."

The person's lips curled into a familiar arc:

"I said I'd come find you, didn't lie, right?"

He pushed open the car door and made an inviting gesture:

"Want to go have a meal together?"

"Alright." Yu Lin looked at the other's eyes, still bright in the night, and suddenly laughed out loud.

He stepped onto the car without hesitation, settled onto the leather seat and stretched his body.

"Heracles, long time no see."

"Li Ya didn't come with you? Or maybe…"

Heracles pointed toward the nearby restaurant: "She'll go order first, and wait for you in the private room."

"We plan to spend a month in Xia Guo."