Chapter 1757: This Priest Is Something Else

"Elder Li, I have a question!"

On the high platform, an elder was lecturing a group of priests when someone suddenly stood up from the audience.

There were no fewer than a hundred priests below the platform, and their gazes all turned toward him at once.

The man wore a priest's robe with four stars pinned on his chest. Who else could it be but Ye Yuan?

Seeing this, the priests all showed knowing smiles.

Elder Li on the platform felt a headache coming on and waved his hand, saying, "If you have questions, wait until after the lecture. No need to speak now."

Over the past few days, Ye Yuan had become the most troublesome "problem student" for all the elders.

Almost every lecture, Ye Yuan would interrupt several times to raise his doubts.

Sometimes even as many as ten or twenty times!

If he were just causing trouble, the lecturing elders would have slapped him down with one hand.

But the problem was that every doubt Ye Yuan raised was very reasonable!

Each time, he left the elders speechless.

At first, some elders refused to accept it and engaged in heated debates with Ye Yuan.

But in the end, they were all argued into silence by Ye Yuan.

After a few such incidents, whenever these elders lectured, they dreaded Ye Yuan being present.

The moment they saw Ye Yuan, they felt like mice seeing a cat, their hearts pounding.

Ye Yuan paid no attention to Elder Li and said on his own, "The Zishou Longqin Pill has a neutral nature. During refining, the temperature should be controlled, using the five elements laws in the medicinal herbs as the foundation... Elder Li, isn't that how it should be?"

Ye Yuan spoke quickly, pointing out all the problems in Elder Li's lecture.

Hearing Ye Yuan's words, the other priests showed thoughtful expressions.

These priests had also gained insights. Initially, they had watched the debates between Ye Yuan and the elders out of curiosity.

But later, they realized that what Ye Yuan said indeed made a lot of sense.

After trying it out themselves, they found that the quality of their pills had improved significantly.

So afterward, whenever Ye Yuan spoke, they listened with full attention and benefited greatly.

Elder Li fumed, "Ye Yuan! Are you the elder, or am I?"

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Of course you are the elder!"

Elder Li snorted coldly, "You still know I'm the elder? I'm lecturing, and you're causing trouble. What kind of behavior is that?"

Ye Yuan replied, "Elder Li, that's not how it works. Truth becomes clearer through debate. Since there are problems, they should be pointed out. Do you want everyone to refine pills using the wrong methods?"

Elder Li's face turned pale with anger, and he roared, "Then why don't you give the lecture yourself?"

Ye Yuan waved his hand and laughed, "I don't have that ability! I'm just here to learn and raise my questions. Haha, Elder Li, please continue!"

Elder Li finally couldn't hold back any longer. With a flick of his sleeve, he said, "I'm done lecturing!"

With that, he stormed off in anger.

Donning the priest's robe, Ye Yuan began his days studying the Demon God Pill at the Priest Temple.

Although he was very worried about Bai Guang, he knew that for now, he could only wait.

And Ye Yuan's capital for establishing himself in the Priest Temple was the Dao of Alchemy, so he urgently needed to improve his strength.

The first time he entered Tianlu Pavilion, Ye Yuan learned a great deal about the Demon God Pill.

But in terms of refining the Demon God Pill, Ye Yuan still lacked a lot.

So now, he was frantically absorbing knowledge every day.

Of course, Ye Yuan wasn't deliberately causing trouble, but these elders' lectures had too many omissions.

It was only natural for Ye Yuan to raise his doubts.

However, some of his questions were too tricky, so tricky that even those elders couldn't answer them, which easily angered them.

"Ye Yuan, you're so clever! Now you've driven Elder Li away in a huff, are you happy?"

At this moment, a person among the priests stood up and questioned Ye Yuan. Who else could it be but Chi Feng?

Ye Yuan shrugged and said, "Then tell me, was I right to ask?"

Chi Feng was momentarily speechless. What Ye Yuan said was perfectly reasonable, and he had no way to refute it.

If he could refute it, Elder Li wouldn't have left in anger.

Even Elder Li couldn't handle it, so how could he, Chi Feng, possibly do better?

"Hmph! Even if what you said makes sense, you still need to mind your methods! By doing this, you've ruined the lesson for everyone!" Chi Feng sneered.

Sure enough, with his incitement, the others' dissatisfaction surfaced.

Although what Ye Yuan said made sense, now that even the elder had stormed off, who would come to teach them in the future?

Wouldn't that make Ye Yuan a jinx?

"Ye Yuan, you're the genius, and we're all mediocrities, is that it?"

"If you're so good, don't listen to the elder's lectures with us!"

"Now that the elder is gone, are you going to teach us instead?"

...

Everyone chimed in, all expressing their displeasure with Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan grinned and said, "Well, if it's only at Elder Li's level, I wouldn't mind giving you a lecture!"

One sentence left everyone dumbfounded.

This guy, was he bragging?

Chi Feng sneered, "Fine then, go ahead and tell us! Let's all hear what the number one genius of our temple can teach us that's so profound!"

Some basic principles were naturally known to everyone.

Even if there were differences among those sitting here, they wouldn't be too extreme.

So Chi Feng simply didn't believe that Ye Yuan could say anything profound.

Being able to ask questions didn't mean he could teach everyone!

They were all four-star priests; how much better could one be than another?

Ye Yuan smiled, walked up to the platform, and said loudly, "Then I'll continue from where Elder Li left off..."

And so, Ye Yuan began to speak eloquently.

At first, everyone's faces showed disdain.

But as he went on, their expressions grew more serious.

They finally realized that Ye Yuan wasn't joking!

What Ye Yuan said was even easier to understand than Elder Li's lecture, and it hit the key points directly.

Clearly, Ye Yuan's understanding of the Zishou Longqin Pill was far beyond what any of them could match.

Although Ye Yuan couldn't yet refine the Demon God Pill, when it came to understanding the pill formula, a hundred Elder Lis couldn't catch up to him.

Moreover, pills of the fourth grade were nothing in Ye Yuan's eyes.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have so easily refined the peak-grade Eight-headed Thunder Sound Pill.

It was only in some specific refining methods, as well as the proficiency and practical application of the Demon Attraction Technique, that Ye Yuan still lacked some finesse.

What was truly difficult were pills of the seventh grade and above!

The group of priests listened with rapt attention, their eyes growing brighter and brighter, clearly gaining considerable insights.

Even Chi Feng had long forgotten about watching for a joke and was focused on Ye Yuan's lecture.

"Well, that's about it. These are some common pitfalls I've compiled on my own. As long as you practice diligently, you should be able to improve the quality of your pills quite a bit," Ye Yuan said with a smile.