Chapter 1748: A Flustered Refinement

"Refining a fourth-tier Demon God Pill in half an hour, aren't you afraid of blowing your boast sky-high?" Mu Yuanchun sneered.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "You'll know if it's a boast soon enough. Well, I still need to thank you—your alchemy just now gave me a lot of reference."

Mu Yuanchun's skill stood out among the crowd.

His alchemy was naturally worth learning from.

Ye Yuan deduced the pill formula and compared his alchemy with others, gaining much benefit.

Mu Yuanchun's face darkened, and he said coldly, "Spare me that! You're not going to say this is your first time refining a Demon God Pill, are you?"

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Very clever, you've said exactly what I was going to say."

Mu Yuanchun sneered, "Do you think I'll believe that?"

Ye Yuan waved his hand and said, "Believe it or not, what's it to me? I'm going to start alchemy now."

Once he began alchemy, Ye Yuan immediately entered a state of complete concentration.

The initial preparations were executed with fluid grace, exuding the demeanor of a master.

Even the three above showed shock in their eyes.

An expert's move reveals all.

Ye Yuan's operations made even these five-star priests concede defeat.

Seeing this, Mu Yuanchun's expression turned extremely ugly.

He had to admit that Ye Yuan's talent was too strong!

Talk of accumulated time was nothing but nonsense when it came to Ye Yuan.

"And he says it's his first time! This clearly looks like a seasoned veteran who's been through a thousand refinements. Does he really take us for three-year-olds?" Mu Yuanchun snorted.

"It really is his first time refining a Demon God Pill!"

Kong Lin, appearing beside Mu Yuanchun at some point, looked at Ye Yuan with a grave expression.

Mu Yuanchun's face changed, "Senior Brother Kong, how... how is that possible?"

Kong Lin said, "The master said so, it must be true! He must be an extremely skilled alchemist among humans, yet he has demon blood, so he picks it up very quickly. But his talent... it's truly terrifying!"

Mu Yuanchun's eyes were filled with horror as he looked at Ye Yuan in shock.

By then, Ye Yuan had started alchemy, but his performance was completely different from his preparations.

Once he got into it, Ye Yuan truly felt the difference between the two systems—it wasn't so easy to bridge.

Although his demon-conduction technique had improved rapidly, applying it to alchemy was another matter entirely.

Rustiness was inevitable.

Refining divine pills consumed a great deal of soul power.

But refining Demon God Pills required a very high level of physical strength.

If Ye Yuan hadn't already reached the mid-fourth transformation, he really couldn't handle it.

Ye Yuan discovered that using the demon-conduction technique to fuse pills was more than a hundred times more complex than the soul-conduction technique.

Every step consumed enormous physical strength.

Compared to real alchemy, the earlier fusion of wood shavings was child's play.

However, Ye Yuan's flustered appearance looked completely different to others.

Both Kong Lin and Mu Yuanchun were dumbfounded.

"Senior Brother, I still can't believe this guy is refining a Demon God Pill for the first time!" Mu Yuanchun gritted his teeth.

Kong Lin smiled bitterly, "How can I believe it either? But look at his technique—it's clearly very raw. Yet even so, it's still a pleasure to watch. This feeling is too contradictory."

Mu Yuanchun felt his confidence severely shaken. If someone could reach this level on their first try with a Demon God Pill, then all his years of effort would be a joke.

Of course, he wouldn't realize that Ye Yuan's achievement today came not only from talent but also from effort a hundred or a thousand times greater than his.

Mu Yuanchun said solemnly, "Senior Brother Kong, in your opinion, what grade of Dark Cloud Profound Spring Pill can he refine?"

Kong Lin shook his head, "Hard to say! His technique is indeed very raw, clearly that of a novice. However, he makes very few mistakes. I estimate that mid-grade should be no problem."

Mu Yuanchun breathed a sigh of relief and murmured, "Just mid-grade... that's not too bad."

When the half hour was up, Ye Yuan indeed finished, leaving everyone stunned.

Ye Yuan wiped the sweat from his brow and sighed, "It's been a long time since I've been so flustered!"

Flustered...

The surrounding demons, upon hearing Ye Yuan's words, wished they could kick him in the face.

You call this flustered?

Look at the others, will you?

After the second round, fewer than twenty people remained.

And these people were now sweating profusely, at a loss, afraid of making the slightest mistake.

That's what flustered means!

These people had been refining for nearly three hours.

You finished in half an hour and still complain about hardship? Really?

Soon after Ye Yuan finished, the three hours were up.

Many hadn't completed their refinement and looked dejected.

Having barely made it to the third round, they failed to finish on time.

In truth, even if they had finished, eight out of ten wouldn't have met the mid-grade requirement.

Kong Lin began inspecting the pills; most of the successful ones were low-grade.

However, besides Mu Yuanchun, there was one other who managed to refine a mid-grade Dark Cloud Profound Spring Pill and passed the assessment.

"Haha... my thousand-plus years haven't been wasted! I've finally made it!"

Knowing he had passed, that demon youth laughed excitedly, nearly hysterical.

Clearly, over that thousand years, he had endured immense pressure.

The others looked at him with a mix of envy and helplessness.

Kong Lin frowned, "Shouting in front of the elders, what kind of behavior is that?"

The demon youth choked and immediately quieted down.

Though he passed the assessment, he was still the lowest-ranked apprentice priest in the Priest Temple.

And Kong Lin was a true priest!

For Mu Yuanchun, passing was naturally expected.

"High-grade, not bad! Mu Yuanchun passes the assessment!" Kong Lin said with a smile.

Mu Yuanchun smiled, "Thank you, Senior Brother Kong!"

He shared Kong Lin's view: though Ye Yuan was talented, he couldn't surpass him in this final round.

With such raw technique, refining mid-grade was already extraordinary.

High-grade was nearly impossible!

Finally, it was Ye Yuan's turn.

Upon opening the furnace, Kong Lin was taken aback and exclaimed, "Peak... peak-grade! Impossible!"

Kong Lin was instantly thrown into disarray. Though he had been shocked many times before, none was as intense as this.

Ye Yuan's refining technique looked truly clumsy.

Yet such clumsy technique had produced a peak-grade Demon God Pill!

Even as a true priest, he couldn't consistently achieve peak-grade when refining Dark Cloud Profound Spring Pills.

And Ye Yuan, on his first try, had refined a peak-grade Dark Cloud Profound Spring Pill?