New and dark light years

Chapter 469 A Great Favor from the Chief of the Demon Extermination Bureau
Li Lin spent three days arriving at the Jin County government office.

He came here to receive the altar.

The person escorting the altar was Huang Xiu.

In the backyard of the government office, Huang Yan, Li Lin, and Huang Xiu sat facing each other in a triangular formation.

Huang Xiu looked at Li Lin and said admiringly, "Three years ago, you were just a Spirit Hunter. Although you looked very promising, you were still insignificant. Today, only three years have passed, but you have already risen to a high position. Governor, I truly admire you."

After he finished speaking, he drank the tea in one gulp.

Huang Yan stood to the side, smiling smugly.

Li Lin is the most accurate prediction he has made in over forty years, and he probably won't make it again.

Li Lin returned the greeting with clasped hands: "Cousin, you flatter me."

"You call me cousin... I don't even dare to respond," Huang Xiu said, somewhat exaggeratedly.

Huang Xiu knew what Li Lin had done in the capital. When he heard about it, he was first stunned, then incredulous.

It took him three days to barely accept this fact.

“Now that the family is sitting together, he naturally has to call you cousin.”

Huang Xiu laughed happily, "Alright then, I'll take advantage of you."

Huang Yan asked, "Nephew Xiu, how many altars did you send?"

"Ten."

"Huh, is that old scoundrel Yue Zhong really so generous?" Huang Yan asked, puzzled. "As far as I know, that man is very stingy. If you report five altars, he'll be lucky to give you three."

Huang Xiu smiled and said, "As soon as Chief of Staff Yue heard that it was Brother Lin who wanted it, he immediately doubled the quantity and sent me over in person to apologize to Brother Lin. He was ignorant that day, and you are a magnanimous person, so please don't hold it against him."

Li Lin was both amused and exasperated.

Although he and Yue Zhong did have some unpleasantness, there was no real conflict in essence.

However, since the other party was willing to give him more altars, he would accept them.

"Then I'll thank Chief of Staff Yue. I accept this favor."

Huang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, then took a booklet out of his pocket and placed it on the table.

"This is a gift from General Yue, who asked me to bring it to you."

Li Lin opened it; the booklet was newly copied, and it was still a handwritten copy.

There was also a faint scent of ink on it.

Li Lin looked at it for a while, closed the booklet, and said, "This favor is quite substantial."

This is the method for making an altar.

The method of making the True Lord Altar can be said to be one of the most important secrets of the Great Qi Dynasty.

It is listed alongside blood rice.

Yue Zhong secretly delivered all of this, which is why Li Lin said he owed him a great favor.

Huang Yan asked, "My dear son-in-law, can you make an altar?"

"No problem." Li Lin nodded.

He knows both talisman techniques and formations, and the materials needed for the altar... are listed in the booklet. The rest is just trial and error.

If you try a few more times, you'll eventually succeed.

"That's good." Huang Yan smiled and said, "In half a month, I will be transferred to another place as a prefect, and I don't know who the new prefect is. You have to be careful."

Li Lin was taken aback: "So fast?"

"Actually, it's already considered slow," Huang Yan said with a smile. "The imperial court doesn't want us, father-in-law and son-in-law, to stay in one region for too long, because it's too easy for us to...collude."

Huang Xiu smiled wryly from the side: "Is this something I can hear?"

He's feeling a bit like gouging out his own ears right now.

Huang Yan rolled her eyes at him and then said, "I'll leave by myself in half a month. You don't need to come and see me off. We need to avoid suspicion."

Li Lin frowned: "Qing'er's side..."

"She's a member of the Li family, so you should take care of her yourself," Huang Yan said irritably.

Li Lin reluctantly agreed.

The three chatted for a while longer, and Li Lin left some youth-preserving pills and body-strengthening pills before taking his leave.

In the backyard, Huang Xiu watched Li Lin's figure disappear, then he looked away and said, "Uncle, after you go to Shu County, you may not be able to regain the court's trust. Don't you think that's a pity?"

Huang Yan laughed and said, "What's there to regret? My eldest son works under the Prince of Lu, and my second son works under the military governor. They both have their own futures. What do I, an old man who is about to die, have to regret?"

Huang Xiu thought for a while and agreed, saying, "That's right. If my two silly boys had such an opportunity, I would also ask for nothing in return."

Huang Yan burst into laughter.

Li Lin led his men to transport the ten altars back to Yulin County, and the first altar was placed in the newly built White Tiger True Lord Temple.

The white tiger was already waiting in the main hall of the Zhenjun Temple. Ordinary people couldn't see it, so even when a dozen laborers carried the altar in, they weren't frightened by it.

Li Lin followed him in, and upon seeing Bai Hu, he first bowed and said with a smile, "I've kept Brother Hu waiting."

White Tiger shook his head: "It's alright, it's alright, I'm not too hungry yet."

He then looked at the altar that was already in place and said, "Shall I go up to the altar?"

At this moment, the white tiger was already quite impatient; he was really hungry.

Li Lin nodded.

With his approval, the white tiger jumped onto the altar without hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, streaks of red light shot out from the altar, binding the white tiger and dragging him into the altar.

This was the first time Li Lin had ever seen a strange creature make a 'contract' with an altar.

At this moment, the white tiger looked to be in great pain, its teeth bared and its mouth clenched.

But as it was gradually dragged into the altar, its expression softened, and it seemed to be in less pain than before.

After a while, its body completely disappeared into the altar.

Li Lin said to the temple keeper beside him, "Go outside and tell the people to offer incense."

"As ordered."

This temple keeper is a spirit hunter with mediocre strength. Rather than letting him deal with ghosts and die, it would be better to let him be the temple keeper and act as a bridge between humans and the True Lord.

After the temple keeper went outside, a while later the sound of gongs and drums could be heard coming from outside.

At the same time, a large amount of white mist drifted in.

These are not ordinary incense smoke, but 'incense,' a special kind of energy condensed from prayers.

Li Lin subconsciously took two steps back, frowning slightly; he didn't really like this kind of thing.

The spiritual energy within the body repels it.

The white incense quickly enveloped the entire altar, and more and more incense drifted in from outside, making the incense around the altar increasingly intense.

It became increasingly viscous and whiter.

After a while, a huge white cocoon formed.

Li Lin could vaguely sense that something was wriggling and changing inside the white cocoon.

Moreover, the speed of the wriggling increased, so fast that the white cocoon trembled, eventually turning into a violent vibration.

Finally, the cocoon formed by the incense broke.

A small white tiger with wings on its back stands on the altar.

It is called a small white tiger because, compared to the original white tiger, its size is only one-third of the original.

Li Lin clasped his hands in greeting and asked, "Brother Hu?"

"It's me..." The white tiger squatted on the altar, revealing a human-like smile: "Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist, for granting me this opportunity."

Just as Li Lin was about to speak, a voice came from the air.

"Huh, why does the White Tiger shrink and grow wings after becoming a True Lord? Why didn't I change at all when I became a True Lord?"

The person who arrived was none other than Liu Shen.

She floated down from the sky.

The White Tiger laughed and said, "Because you are a dragon, and I am a white tiger. The incense has little effect on you, but it is a great tonic for me."

"Then why didn't you want to become a True Lord before?" Li Lin asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Because the opportunity has not yet arrived." The White Tiger looked at Li Lin and said, "Among the Four Saints, the Dragon and Phoenix are born of nature, while only the Tiger and Turtle are mortals who need an opportunity. If the opportunity is not there, forcing it will only lead to death and destruction."

Li Lin raised an eyebrow: "Brother Tiger seems to know a lot of secrets?"

"Not much. I only know what we White Tigers should know. The rest cannot be heard or spoken of."

Liu Shen said somewhat displeasedly, "Hey, why are you two talking about things I don't understand? I need to absorb blood energy."

"Here?" Li Lin asked.

Liu Shen realized what was happening and said, "Oh right, come home with me first."

She also imagined that if she absorbed blood essence, she would roll around on the ground in agony.

When Li Lin and Lu Ying saw her like this, Liu Shen didn't think anything of it.

But she became unhappy when other outsiders saw her.

After saying that, she took Li Lin's hand and walked out.

The white tiger sat smilingly on the altar, watching them.

(End of this chapter)