Chapter 51: The First Silver Coin

"Celebration banquet?"

"No need, no need, I'm not doing the award ceremony at all, so why have a celebration banquet?"

"Let's all just go to the cafeteria and have a hot pot."

"Alright then, see you at seven p. m. tonight!"

Yu Lin sat in his dormitory, hung up the phone, and lay on the bed to start scrolling short videos again.

He scrolls for a while every day to clear his mind.

Dragon Lord floated over, perched beside him, and poked his head with a claw:

"Today you kid are putting on a big act, letting yourself have a good time, and then, from now on, can I just step in directly?"

Yu Lin thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Yes."

"The Western Lord already protects me, and the Cauldron and dragon that suppress Nine Provinces in the East are by my side—what problem remains?"

"If there's any problem, tell my Miracle!"

"Great!" Dragon Lord excitedly swished his tail, saying he'd had enough of these hide‑and‑seek days!

Back when he followed Lao Yu, who wouldn't respectfully call out 'Dragon Lord' upon seeing him?

But his eyes shifted, and the topic changed:

"I have a question."

"Who is that existence? The feeling it gives me… could beat ten Lao Yus with one hand."

"Truly terrifying!"

Yu Lin put down his phone, turned his head toward him, and raised an eyebrow:

"Dragon Lord, haven't you read the Holy Bible? Haven't you studied those Christianity teachings?"

Dragon Lord chuckled, "Aren't you busy gaming and forgot?"

"Then look at this."

"Which one?"

"That one."

Yu Lin pointed to the bookshelf, where a newly bought, thick Holy Bible lay.

"The Lord written inside is him, also the friend I first met on a mission."

"Maybe someday I can bring you to meet him; what if one day I reach the Time Point when his mother was impregnated by the Holy Spirit?"

"Oh." Dragon Lord nodded, tossed the Holy Bible into his mouth, and began absorbing it.

But that absorption made him pause.

"Eh, that's not right?"

"Hm? What's wrong?"

Dragon Lord spat out the Holy Bible, opened the final appendix page, which showed the Last Supper.

He pointed with a claw at a figure with a blurred face standing to the right of Jesus.

"The Holy Bible says this is his close friend… it can't be you, can it?"

"Possibly." Yu Lin looked, and indeed it was.

"Uh."

"That's not right."

He remembered he never had this change before?

"Could it be today… never mind, it doesn't matter anyway."

Yu Lin lay back again, saying:

"Dragon Lord, look again at the mythic story of Living Buddha Ji Gong; in a few days we'll go to his Time Point."

"Alright."

Dragon Lord nodded, even looking a bit hopeful.

"When can we go to Lao Yu's place?"

"If it had, before this, met Huang Di and sworn brother with him, wouldn't Lao Yu call him… ahem."

"Don't dare to think about it."

He shook his head, cleared the stray thoughts from his mind, went to the Computer desk, and started playing games directly.

Since playing a single game gave him no sense of achievement, he now plays two games simultaneously.

Being praised by this teammate and then that teammate, it feels great.

Now the name 'China's First Dragon' means victory! Whoever lines up wins!

"Report cheating? How do you check this physical cheat?"

"Do we have to lock Dragon Lord up?"

"That won't work."

Leaving other things aside, an official check found that this Computer's IP belongs to the Civil Affairs Bureau… hmm.

Beep beep beep.

While Yu Lin was scrolling videos, a phone call came in.

It was an overseas call.

A scam call?

He pressed answer: "Hello?"

"Greetings, esteemed Saint,"

A hoarse yet gentle voice on the other end said, "I am Pope Francis."

Yu Lin raised an eyebrow: "Hello, Pope."

I have no intention of joining the Holy See right now; is there anything else?

"No no no, revered Saint." The Pope's tone quickened a little, as if afraid he'd hang up.

"This call isn't about that."

"But there is a holy artifact... it has been waiting for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Lin's phone popped up an email.

He opened it and saw a photo of an ancient silver coin.

The edge of the silver coin had a tiny notch—it was the very silver coin he had paid Jesus for carpentry work back then!

Basically, this gave him an excuse to go see Jesus, chat, and talk about this and that under the pretense of checking furniture.

Then he became acquainted with Jesus.

But how did this silver coin end up in their hands? And how did it become a holy artifact?

"Huh? What does that mean?" Yu Lin acted as if he didn't know.

The Pope continued: "The Lord left a prophecy: in the future, a saint from the East will come and reclaim this silver coin that rightfully belongs to him."

"He said: 'This is the beginning of friendship.'"

He paused, his voice softening: "I think that person is you."

Yu Lin pondered for a moment: "Alright."

"In two months, I'll make a trip to the Vatican."

From the other end of the line came the Pope's laughter:

"All right, we'll be ready for your arrival anytime!"

"If you wish, we can also send a bishop to pick you up."

"No need to trouble you." Yu Lin declined, then continued:

"So is there anything else? I'm about to go eat."

"Nothing more. Have a pleasant dinner, may the Lord be with you."

The Pope didn't hang up right away, but waited for Yu Lin to end the call to show respect.

After hanging up, Yu Lin rubbed his chin:

"Silver coin, Jesus bro, thanks again."

He stopped thinking about it, glanced at the time, then got up and headed out the door:

"Long Ye, I'm going to eat."

"Sure, bring something back for me."

"You're eating too? You didn't eat before, right?"

"Ah, I was busy playing games earlier."

"...... I'm impressed."

As the door closed.

Yu Lin walked out of the dormitory and headed toward the cafeteria.

Just as he came downstairs, he saw Qin Zhao and the others standing below, with Bai Xiaoxia waving at him:

"Yu Lin bro, Yu Lin bro, hurry up!"

"Tonight there are two more chapters; let's open the Living Buddha Ji Gong mythology, okay?"