Chapter 1742: The Temple of Priests

Bayuan Imperial City, a high-level imperial city on the Demon God Plains near the Heavenly Demon Mountains.

The demon race differs from the human race; due to the multitude of species, conflicts often erupt among them.

Moreover, some demons possess extremely high intelligence, even rivaling that of humans.

These demons take human form and have established their own forces.

Thus, on the Demon God Plains, cities rose one after another.

Just like the human race.

Of course, there are also some highly intelligent demons who disdain transformation.

They live in the Heavenly Demon Mountains, ruling over vast territories and living as mountain lords.

Outside the Temple of Priests in Bayuan Imperial City, a group of young demons looked excited.

Today was the day the Temple of Priests recruited apprentices. Many young demons gathered at the temple to take the assessment, hoping to become priest apprentices.

Among the demons, becoming a priest of the Temple of Priests was a very sacred matter.

The Temple of Priests was similar to the Alchemist Guild, yet different.

Even if these demons could refine pills, they might not necessarily become true priests.

Only by reaching a certain level of strength and gaining the recognition of the temple elders could one become a true priest.

Once one became a priest, they would hold a very lofty status among the demons.

Even demons who had not taken human form would not easily offend a priest.

Because the Temple of Priests was founded by an extremely powerful demonic great one, holding supreme status among all demons.

“See that? That’s Kong Lin, the priest apprentice taken by Master Huo Rong last time. I heard he officially became a priest last year.”

“So envious! The priest apprentice exam is too hard. I’ve taken it over a dozen times and still haven’t passed!”

“Only a dozen times? I’ve taken it over a hundred times and still haven’t passed!”

“Hey, same here! Each apprentice exam, it’s good if two people get accepted. But this time, the most promising should be Mu Yuanchun, right?”

…

The young demons buzzed with discussion, all marveling at the difficulty of the priest apprentice exam.

Clearly, becoming a true priest among the demons was no easy task.

The priest exam was held once every ten years. Failing dozens of times meant a thousand years.

Spending a thousand years on one thing without even getting started—one could imagine how difficult the exam was.

At that moment, a figure slowly stepped into the Temple of Priests, immediately drawing sidelong glances.

“Eh, a human! What is a human doing at the Temple of Priests?”

“He’s heading to the registration desk. Could it be… he wants to sign up for the priest exam?”

“Haha, is this human an idiot? How could a human possibly refine a Demon God Pill?”

“A human at the Fourth Heaven of Divine Lord realm, and he hasn’t been killed after entering the city—this is a miracle!”

…

This human was none other than Ye Yuan, who had crossed the Heavenly Demon Mountains and arrived at the Demon God Plains.

Ye Yuan had learned a relatively safe route from Duan Peng and the others, and managed to cross the Heavenly Demon Mountains without incident.

However, the Demon God Plains were vast beyond measure, and finding news of Bai Guang was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

He had heard about the Temple of Priests from Wuchen, and thus came up with a plan: to use the temple’s powerful influence to search for Bai Guang. That was why he was now registering for the priest exam.

“Senior, I would like to register for the priest exam,” Ye Yuan said to the old man at the registration desk.

The old man looked at Ye Yuan with a strange expression, shook his head, and said, “How can a human take the Temple of Priests exam? Go away. If you cause trouble again, I won’t be polite!”

Ye Yuan smiled and released a surge of vigorous and pure demonic divine energy.

The old man’s expression changed, and he said in surprise, “You’re a human, how can you possess such pure demonic divine energy?”

Due to their physical constitution, the demon race’s divine energy differs greatly from that of humans and is easy to distinguish.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, “Junior has half demon bloodline, so demonic divine energy is naturally no problem.”

The reason Ye Yuan could possess demonic divine energy was not because of demon bloodline, but because of his Chaos Divine Energy.

The old man looked at Ye Yuan suspiciously and said, “So you’ve long lived in human territory? The Demon God Pill is not something you can refine by cramming! See them? Some have trained for a thousand years and still can’t refine a qualified Demon God Pill. You… better forget it!”

The old man was in charge of registration, so naturally he had to ensure a preliminary screening.

If any Tom, Dick, or Harry could take the priest exam, the exam would be worthless.

Ye Yuan naturally saw the old man’s concern and smiled, “Senior, rest assured. If I fail the exam, I am willing to accept whatever punishment the Temple of Priests deems fit!”

The old man’s expression shifted slightly, but then a cold laugh rang out, “Heh, what big talk! At your age, even among human alchemists, you’re considered very young, right? The Demon God Pill and divine pills are two completely different alchemical systems. With your skills, you want to pass the Temple of Priests exam?”

Behind Ye Yuan, a young demon looked at him disdainfully. It was Mu Yuanchun, whom the crowd had mentioned.

The Demon God Pill and divine pills were indeed two different alchemical systems.

Human alchemists could not refine Demon God Pills.

The demon race’s physique was similar to humans, so their alchemical system was also inherited from humans, with no major difference.

Thus, when Ye Yuan entered the demon race before, he could dominate with his alchemical talent, shaking the demon race’s upper echelons.

But this time, it was different!

Although Ye Yuan was extremely proficient in demon pills during his time in the Immortal Forest World.

After the demon race entered the divine path, their physique underwent tremendous changes, and the refinement of Demon God Pills was completely different from the mortal realm.

Even the Immortal Forest Heavenly Lord, lacking demonic divine energy, could never refine a Demon God Pill.

It was precisely for this reason that Ye Yuan came to take this seemingly low-level priest apprentice exam.

This time, he came entirely with a learning attitude.

In fact, he knew nothing about Demon God Pills.

Of course, Ye Yuan’s insight was far beyond that of ordinary alchemists.

As they say, a thousand paths lead to the same destination.

Ye Yuan’s understanding of the alchemical path had reached a level where he could see the essence through phenomena.

Although the refinement system for Demon God Pills was different, in terms of alchemy, the essence had commonalities.

Ye Yuan was confident he could quickly get the hang of it and gain recognition from the Temple of Priests.

Ye Yuan looked at Mu Yuanchun and said calmly, “Does alchemical skill have anything to do with age?”

Mu Yuanchun sneered, “Nonsense! Of course it does! Alchemical skill comes from the accumulation of time! You don’t even understand such a simple truth, and you still want to become a temple priest? I suspect you’re here to cause trouble!”

Ye Yuan said calmly, “Then let me tell you today, this understanding of yours doesn’t apply to some people!”