by Feng Yise
Quite a number of people had not finished refining yet. Each and every one of them was extremely dispirited.
Finally managed to persist till the third round, but could not finish on time.
Actually, with their strength, even if they completed it, it was likely that they would fail to reach the requirement of middle-grade too.
Kong Lin started examining the pills. The vast majority of those successfully refined ones were all low-grade medicinal pills.
But apart from Mu Yuanchun, there was actually still one person who refined a middle-grade Darkcloud Profound Spring Pill, passing the examination.
"Hahaha! My thousand over years was finally not in vain! I finally got my break!"
Knowing that he passed the test, that demon youth started laughing excitedly, almost mad.
Clearly, these thousand over years, he had been under too much pressure.
When the others saw him, they were envious and also helpless.
Kong Lin frowned and said, "Shouting and wrangling in front of elders, where lies the sense of propriety?"
That demon youth could not help choking when he heard that and immediately became sombre.
Even though he passed the test, he belonged to the lowest standing priest trainees in the Priest Temple.
While Kong Lin was a true priest!
Reaching Mu Yuanchun, passing the test was naturally something within expectations.
"High-grade, not bad! Mu Yuanchun passes the test!" Kong Lin said with a slight smile.
Mu Yuanchun smiled and said, "Many thanks, Senior Apprentice Brother Kong!"
His view was the same as Kong Lin's. Even though Ye Yuan was prodigious, in this last round, it was impossible to beat him.
That kind of unfamiliar technique, being able to refine middle-grade was already very heaven-defying.
High-grade was virtually without possibility!
The last one, it was Ye Yuan's turn.
After opening the furnace, Kong Lin could not help choking as he cried out, "S-Superior-grade! This is impossible!"
Kong Lin was instantly fl.u.s.tered. Even though there had already been too many instances of shock previously, it was far from as intense as this time.
Ye Yuan's refining technique looked really very clumsy.
But such a clumsy technique, he actually refined a superior-grade demon divine pill!
One had to know, he already became a true priest now. Refining the Darkcloud Profound Spring Pill, he might not be able to reach superior-grade stably as well.
Ye Yuan's first refinement and he could refine a superior-grade Darkcloud Profound Spring Pill?
Chapter 1749 - Priest Apprentice
"It's actually superior-grade, Lord Priest's strength is also merely thus, right?"
"Lord Kong Lin said that this is his first time refining, I … I still don't believe it."
"Yeah, too fake! We've cultivated for a thousand years and can't even refine a low-grade. He can refine superior-grade on his first try, don't beat people down like this."
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Superior-grade was simply a disgrace to the current Ye Yuan.
Ever since entering the Dao Realm, there was virtually nothing below divine-grade when he refined medicinal pills.
Superior-grade medicinal pills, even if Ye Yuan closed his eyes, he could not refine it either.
But this was totally not the case in other people's eyes.
Everyone already knew that it was really Ye Yuan's first time refining a demon divine pill, but he actually refined a superior-grade!
This talent truly made people despair.
The muscles on Mu Yuanchun's face were twitching. He thought that he could overpower Ye Yuan in pill refinement, did not expect that he was still beaten.
High-grade versus superior-grade, utter defeat!
To alchemists, high-grade was easy to refine, superior-grade was hard to find.
To ordinary alchemists, wanting to refine superior-grade and above medicinal pills would depend on luck.
But it was just Ye Yuan's first time!
"Heh, looks like I passed the test," Ye Yuan said with a look of relief.
Passing the test was naturally not worth him being happy. But he knew that he had already successfully attracted the attention of these elders.
Stonefeather nodded and said, "Very soon, the examination this time, Ye Yuan, Mu Yuanchun, and Gu Hong, three people passed, becoming my Tyrant Origin Imperial City's Priest Temple's priest apprentices. The others still have to work harder, my Priest Temple's front door is always open for you all."
Even though the others were helpless, they could only accept reality.
This Priest Temple's examination was really not that easy to pass.
After everyone dispersed, Stonefeather said to Kong Lin, "Kong Lin, you bring Yuanchun and Gu Hong to go settle down. Ye Yuan, stay behind first. After you settle them down, come over again."
Kong Lin was surprised in his heart but still answered, "Yes!"
Mu Yuanchun's expression changed slightly, incomparably vexed in his heart.
Originally, this glory should have belonged to him.
Now, the limelight was all snatched by Ye Yuan.
After the three people left, Stonefeather look at Ye Yuan and said with a solemn expression, "Ye Yuan, this seat wants to take a look at your standard when refining divine pills!"
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, Elder!"
Since he wanted to show his strength, Ye Yuan did not have the intention of hiding.
At once, Ye Yuan refined a divine pill, the difficulty was similar to that of the Darkcloud Profound Spring Pill.
When he finished refining, he discovered that Stonefeather three people used extremely shocked gazes to look at him, as if they were looking at a freak.
Ye Yuan's Alchemy Dao strength had long become a household name in the lands of Southridge.
But in this distant Demon Divine Region, no one had witnessed it before.
So the moment he took action, it rendered the three great Five-star priests dumbfounded with amazement.
"No wonder! No wonder you could get started so quickly! Turns out that your Alchemy Dao strength has already reached such a level!" Stonefeather exclaimed.
"At a young age, Alchemy Dao actually already reached the realm of grandmaster, truly inconceivable!" Another elder marveled at this refinement.
The three of them naturally saw through long ago that Ye Yuan's strength was extraordinary, but they did not expect that Ye Yuan's strength was actually so dreadful.
Even if the three of them were Five-star priests, there was also completely no way of comparing them with Ye Yuan!
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Three elders are too kind, Ye Yuan is utterly clueless about demon divine pills, but yearns for it. For this, that's why I came to the Demon Divine Region from afar. It's in order to learn the demon divine pills' refining method from seniors!"
Stonefeather nodded his head and said, "Alright, you stay behind first and learn together with the other priest apprentices."
Ye Yuan said, "Yes, Elder!"
After Ye Yuan left, the three people's expressions became solemn.
"Elder Stonefeather, what do you think?" The one talking was called Ku Mu.
The other elder, Ni Kun, said, "Elder Stonefeather, you're also too weak and irresolute like this. Even though this boy possesses demon race bloodline, he stayed in the human territories for a long time and likely harbors evil designs. Wouldn't directly killing him deal with it?"
Stonefeather mused for a moment and said, "Killing can naturally deal with it once and for all. But what benefit is there for us? Compared to the humans, the demon race's alchemic talents are far too few! With this child's talent, if he can be used by us, he'll definitely be a top powerhouse of the demon race in the future! What's important or not, don't you all have a score in your hearts?"
The moment these words came out, the other two elders fell into silence.
Compared to the human race, the dem
on race had indeed fallen far behind in alchemy.
This was decided by talent, the demon race's alchemists also had no way around this.
The human race was indeed more than several times stronger than the demon race in terms of this kind of meticulous handling.
And this also determined the quality of the medicinal pills.
Now, a Ye Yuan whose talent was strong until it made people's hair stand on end suddenly appearing, how could Stonefeather not be moved?
"But how can you ensure that he'll be used by us? Don't you forget, it's his first time refining demon divine pills, which is also to say that he has always been living in the human territories!" Ni Kun suddenly said.
Stonefeather nodded and said, "In my view, he definitely didn't come to the Demon Divine Region for whatever seeking knowledge. At least, it's not just in order to pursue studies, he definitely has other goals! However, we'd better report this matter to the head priest and let him decide."
The other two naturally did not have objections and nodded in response.
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Ye Yuan naturally did not count on Stonefeather believing his words. Whatever admiring demon divine pills this sort of words, bluffing children was more like it.
Before he came, he already considered all of the dangers.
The situation of the demon race's priests, Ye Yuan was also very clear of it.
Hence, he changed his former style, displaying his talent without the slightest hesitation, in order to make the temple value him highly.
Clearly, his goal was achieved.
Kong Lin brought Ye Yuan to a large building in the temple's backyard and said, "This place is the priest apprentices' residence. You just entered the temple and belong to a low-level priest apprentice. This is your priest apprentice attire. I believe that you're also aware, the Priest Temple doesn't raise trash. So all kinds of resources that you require need to be obtained using contribution points."
Ye Yuan received the priest apprentice attire and said with a smile, "Many thanks, Senior Apprentice Brother Kong!"
Kong Lin nodded slightly, turned around, and left.
He was actually very puzzled in his heart. With the talent that Ye Yuan displayed, he even thought that the three elders would take him in as a personal disciple.
But looking at it now, they did not.
Stonefeather even had him bring Ye Yuan over and did not have other instructions.
Which was also to say that Master wanted him to run his own course?
Stonefeather's thoughts, he could not figure it out. So he brought Ye Yuan over according to the normal procedure.
"Heh, so what if talent is great? I want to see how many days you can stay here," Kong Lin said with a cold smile.
He was the Priest Temple's youngest priest but had his face smacked everywhere today. How could he not have any grievance in his heart?
Since the elders did not take Ye Yuan in as a personal disciple, they were likely guarded against him.
Then, letting him suffer some hardship, or even letting him get lost himself did not have anything wrong with it.
There were many old foxes among priest apprentices. Ye Yuan definitely could not get any benefits here.
After all, no matter how high Ye Yuan's talent was, he was also just a Fourth Firmament Divine Lord.
Chapter 1750 - Sky Character No. 6 Room
"Eh, a newcomer is here. My God! Arranging him to stay in the Sky Character No. 6 Room, how big a grudge is there against him?!"
"The last time a kid entered the Sky Character No. 6 Room, his entire person was burned to black charcoal the next day, crying that he wanted to go home. It tickled us badly."
"Heh heh, there's a good show to watch again. Come, let's go take a look."
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Walking into the room, three gazes shot over toward Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan looked at them and said with a slight smile, "How do you do? I'm new here. I'm called Ye Yuan."
No one answered him. Their eyes all were very unfriendly.
Ye Yuan naturally did not mind either and walked to a vacant spot on his own.
At this time, a burly man sitting on the bed spoke up.
"Who permitted you to sleep there?"
Ye Yuan smiled when he heard and said, "Not sleeping here, where do I sleep?"
The burly man nudged his mouth, pointing outside the door, and said, "At the corridor!"
Ye Yuan understood in his heart, these few guys were clearly taking him down a notch.
But how could he, Ye Yuan, be so easy to bully?
He nodded his head and said, "There? Indeed pretty good!"
When the burly man saw that Ye Yuan was so 'sensible', he grinned and said, "Since you know that it's pretty good, why haven't you scrammed over yet? This dormitory, Senior Apprentice Brother Hu Feng has the final say. Only when he allows you to come in can you come in."
Ye Yuan's gaze turned to the lazy young man lying on the bed.
Judging from his outfit, he should be a high-level priest apprentice of the temple.
The Priest Temple recruited priest apprentices once every ten years. Even though the people who passed each time were very few, over the years, there were still quite a few priest trainees.
According to the Priest Temple's rules, only those who passed the priest test within a thousand years could stay in the temple.
As for those who kept failing the Priest Temple, they would be assigned to posts in various major capital cities or other places.
All in all, they could not stay in the temple anymore.
This Hu Feng was likely a veteran here.
Hearing the burly man's words, Ye Yuan said coolly, "So nice, Senior Brother better go and stay there. This little brother is new here and had best be inconvenienced a bit, it's better to stay inside."
When Hu Feng heard Ye Yuan's words, a hint of a mocking smile flashed across the corners of his mouth.
At this time, quite a few people already gathered around outside. Seeing this scene, each and every one of them was extremely excited.
"Ha, this kid is indeed a hothead. Tie Zhao's hot-temper is about to explode right away, right?"
"Reckon that this kid will be burned to black charcoal straight away too! Tie Zhao's fire controlling technique, apart from Hu Feng, no one can suppress him!"
That burly man called Tie Zhao froze when he heard that and said in a great rage, "A junior priest apprentice who just entered dared to mess with me? Heh, not showing you some colors, you won't know how deep the temple's waters are!"
Done talking, the burly man's palm urged. A cl.u.s.ter of dark blue flames turned into a fire snake, shooting over towards Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan sighed slightly in his heart. This fellow really did not know the immensity of heaven and earth, to actually play fire in front of his ancestor who was an expert on fire.
Wasn't this looking for abuse?
It was only to see Ye Yuan casually grab. That fire snake was directly caught in his palm.
Ye Yuan flipped his palm, that fire snake jumped with incomparable joy.
It was as if this divine fire was his own.
Hu Feng's originally slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened, his eyes seemingly looking shock.
Tie Zhao's fire controlling technique, he was very clear. Ordinary people were not his match at all.
Now, it was actually easily resolved by this kid.
Tie Zhao himself opened his eyes wide, disbelief written all over his face.
Ye Yuan casually grabbed and he lost control of the divine fire!
"Merely thus!" Ye Yuan said coolly.
"Boss, this punk isn't simple!" Tie Zhao said solemnly.
Hu Feng snorted coldly and said, "Entering the Sky Character No. 6 Room, even a dragon has to coil for me! Attack!"
With a word of command, three fire dragons split into three directions, flying towards Ye Yuan in unison. The temperature in the room suddenly rose.
Especially Hu Feng, his fire contro
lling technique was truly impressive. The fire dragon was clearly much stronger than the other two.
Ye Yuan's face changed, both hands rapidly forming seals, and actually barely blocked the three fire dragons one-on-three.
Seeing Ye Yuan's strained appearance, Hu Feng smiled coldly and said, "I thought that you had three heads and six arms, aren't you still submitting obediently? Punk, I changed my mind, tonight, you're sleeping in the latrine!"
Tie Zhao laughed loudly and said, "Brat, to dare provoke Boss Hu, you're really asking for a beating! But to be able to force Boss Hu to personally take action, you can be sufficiently proud."
Ye Yuan suddenly beamed and changed to a relaxed appearance as he said, "I gave way to you guys, so don't take it seriously. This latrine, you guys had better go sleep yourself there."
Finished talking, Ye Yuan's fingers moved rapidly. The three fire dragons actually turned the spearhead and flew toward their owners!
Hu Feng three people were currently being pleased with themselves. Seeing this scene, their faces could not help changing drastically.
Want to run, but it was already too late.
Bang!
Three figures became three black charcoals.
The three people were pitch-black from head to toe, leaving only a pair of eyes still blinking.
The residual head had yet to dissipate. Smoke kept curling on top of the three people's heads, like whole roast ducks.
"How is this possible? Senior Apprentice Brother Hu Feng actually lost in a fire battle!"
"More than just lost, their own divine fires were actually reverse-controlled by people!"
"Who on earth is this brat, one-versus-three and he actually completely won the other party!"
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A wave of exclamations rose outside the house, being dumbstruck with astonishment by this scene before their eyes.
Hu Feng's fire controlling technique was ranked at the top among all of the priest apprentices.
Today, he actually lost to a kid who just entered!
"Pffft!"
Hu Feng spat out a mouthful of smoke and bellowed, "Attack for me, shred this punk!"
Ye Yuan did not deal a heavy blow. He just put the three into a sorry state, burning all of their hair from head to toe.
At this time, Hu Feng was already unbelievably furious.