Chapter 1746: Learning on the Spot

Mu Yuanchun was so frustrated!

This guy clearly knew nothing about the alchemy of the demon race, so why did the elder let him continue?

How could he know that what Shi Yu saw was completely different from what he saw?

What he saw was Ye Yuan's rawness and ignorance.

But what Shi Yu saw was Ye Yuan's progress!

In fact, from the end of the first round, he had been watching Ye Yuan.

From the start of the second round, from the moment the first person took the stage, Ye Yuan's gaze never left him.

From complete ignorance at the beginning to slight clumsiness later.

This progress was truly astonishing.

Shi Yu was a master in this field; how sharp was his eyesight?

Ye Yuan's progress was simply breathtaking!

One must know that before this, he was a complete novice!

Shi Yu really wanted to see how far Ye Yuan could go when it was his turn.

One by one, the examinees went up, but only a handful could pass the test.

Of course, there were a few with decent skills who managed to fuse over thirty types of wood shavings.

And these people naturally inspired Ye Yuan even more.

Soon, it was Mu Yuanchun's turn. He glanced at the deeply absorbed Ye Yuan with a look of disdain.

As soon as he started, Mu Yuanchun stunned the entire audience.

He moved like lightning, fusing over a dozen types of wood shavings in an extremely short time.

Twenty-five types was naturally not his goal.

"Impressive! Judging by his look, he can fuse at least forty types, right?"

"Although that kid stole the spotlight in the first round, Mu Yuanchun's strength is truly formidable!"

"That kid is a complete layman when it comes to the Demon God Pill. I was scared earlier, thinking I had encountered a master!"

...

Mu Yuanchun's demon-attracting technique was clearly superb, far superior to the others.

Everyone's attention was drawn to Mu Yuanchun, and no one noticed that in the corner, Ye Yuan's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"Forty-five!"

"Forty-six!"

...

"Fifty!"

"Fifty-one! Oh my god, he finally failed!"

"This number has even surpassed Priest Kong Lin!"

As it went on, everyone started counting for Mu Yuanchun.

In the end, Mu Yuanchun's fusion collapsed after combining fifty-one types of wood shavings.

But the number of fifty-one types still earned Mu Yuanchun high praise.

One must know that Kong Lin was recognized as a genius in recent sessions, yet in the last session he only completed forty-seven types.

And Mu Yuanchun had actually surpassed him by four!

Shi Yu nodded secretly. Since he had already chosen Mu Yuanchun, his strength was naturally beyond doubt.

If he couldn't even achieve this, he wouldn't be worthy of being his personal disciple.

Hearing the crowd's admiration, Mu Yuanchun's lost confidence returned.

Since many had been eliminated in between, it was Ye Yuan's turn next.

Mu Yuanchun laughed and said, "Our layman master is about to take the stage. Let's see how many types of wood shavings he can fuse? How about we all take a guess."

At these words, everyone immediately became as excited as if they had been injected with stimulants.

"I bet no more than ten!"

"Ten? Are you blind? With his lousy skills, he can fuse ten? I bet at most five!"

"Bullshit! He knows nothing at all, right? I bet he can't even fuse one!"

……

Listening to the chatter, Mu Yuanchun wore a playful expression.

Ye Yuan, however, said calmly, "Get your faces ready, every one of you. I'll slap them one by one in a moment!"

With that, Ye Yuan stepped forward.

Unlike his usual fluid movements, this time he appeared somewhat cautious.

After all, it was his first time using the Demon Attraction Art.

Ye Yuan's divine essence slowly flowed out, drawing out the wood shavings from the first box.

The wood shavings trembled unsteadily, as if they might fall at any moment.

Clearly, Ye Yuan's Demon Attraction Art was very stiff, marking him as an utter novice.

Seeing this, the crowd burst into laughter.

"Haha, is this how you slap our faces? Come on, my face is right here—hit it!"

"How ridiculous! Do you really think you can learn our demon clan's Demon Attraction Art just by watching?"

"You underestimate our demon clan's alchemy! If you could learn it just by watching, wouldn't our thousand years of hard work be a joke?"

……

Ye Yuan's performance immediately drew a wave of mockery.

But he had already stopped hearing them.

All his focus was now on controlling the demon divine essence.

Simulation and deduction were one thing; actual operation was another.

Once he started, he was still too unfamiliar.

However, Ye Yuan's Soul Attraction Art had long reached its peak.

Since awakening the dragon soul, his twin-born divine soul was several times stronger than that of ordinary martial artists, and his soul power was immensely vast.

Thus, ever since advancing to the Divine Path, he had never worried about soul power.

And this was the guarantee that allowed him to refine high-grade pills.

Although the Demon Attraction Art was his first encounter, with the high-level foundation of the Soul Attraction Art, he would not be slow to pick it up.

Indeed, with his efforts, Ye Yuan finally guided the wood shavings from the second box and fused them together.

The first fusion was the least difficult.

But as the quantity increased, the difficulty multiplied geometrically.

"Heh, he struggled so much with the first one. I bet he can fuse at most three," Mu Yuanchun sneered.

"A complete novice trying to show off—now he's been struck by lightning, hasn't he?"

"With such little skill, he still wants to slap our faces. I don't know where he gets his confidence."

As soon as Mu Yuanchun spoke, the others chimed in agreement.

After completing the first fusion, Ye Yuan finally found some rhythm.

His control over the demon divine essence also became smoother.

So he began to fuse the third type of wood shavings.

This time, it seemed even easier than before.

Then the fourth, fifth, sixth...

Everyone's expressions began to change.

What was happening?

Logically, the more wood shavings fused, the greater the difficulty!

For a novice, this difficulty was magnified infinitely.

But why did Ye Yuan seem increasingly smooth and effortless?

This was too unreasonable!

In the blink of an eye, Ye Yuan had fused over a dozen types of wood shavings, and his speed seemed to be increasing.

Above, the three elders' eyes gradually brightened.

They exchanged glances, barely restraining themselves from laughing out loud.

Such a terrifying genius was truly rare in ten thousand years!

This level of comprehension was frightening to the extreme.

Mu Yuanchun's face turned extremely ugly, and he muttered, "Impossible! Impossible! He's clearly a novice who doesn't know the Demon Attraction Art at all—how can he fuse so many wood shavings? Could it be that he was faking it earlier, and he actually knows the Demon Attraction Art? This kid is so deep!"