Chapter 1752: Swallowing Dates Whole

“Just now, Red Edge was clearly winning, so how did he suddenly lose?”

“Yeah, I only saw that kid being chased all over the place, and then suddenly Red Edge’s eyebrows were on fire.”

“Maybe the kid got lucky and hit the mark by accident?”

…

Red Edge’s defeat just now was inexplicable. He was clearly in the lead, so how did he suddenly lose?

Not only him, but the others also didn’t understand, all looking dumbfounded.

Only the white-haired old man had a flicker of shock in his eyes.

Ye Yuan’s move just now was extremely clever, using spatial laws to directly transfer the starlight from Red Edge’s technique onto his eyebrows.

But Ye Yuan’s movement was very subtle, and with these people’s eyesight, they simply couldn’t detect it.

“Senior Brother Red Edge, compete with him! How can we, as priests, lose to a low-level apprentice?” someone suddenly shouted from the crowd.

Red Edge’s face darkened, and he said coldly, “Fine! I’ll bet five hundred contribution points. If you lose, you’ll give me the He Ling Fruit and three hundred contribution points! Do you dare to agree?”

Ye Yuan shrugged and said, “You’re really shameless, trying to win back the He Ling Fruit with just two hundred points. But… why wouldn’t I dare? Make your move!”

Red Edge was about to make his move when he suddenly stopped and said solemnly, “I made the first move last time. This time, it’s your turn!”

Ye Yuan smiled and said, “Are you sure you want me to make the first move? If I go first, you won’t have any chance at all.”

Red Edge sneered, “That was just luck earlier. Do you really think you’re something special? No one below the elders has dared to say such things in front of me. You’re bragging shamelessly!”

Ye Yuan looked helpless and said, “Since that’s the case, I’ll make my move. You’d better be careful.”

This time, Red Edge naturally wouldn’t underestimate his opponent again. He was fully alert, staring intently at Ye Yuan.

He decided to teach Ye Yuan a lesson this time.

Let him know that the dignity of a priest was not to be desecrated!

Just then, Ye Yuan slowly extended his right hand, pressing his index and middle fingers together.

A cold smile flickered at the corner of Red Edge’s mouth. He formed hand seals, preparing to summon his divine fire again.

Ye Yuan flicked his finger lightly!

Swish!

Boom!

Before anyone could react, a blaze shot into the sky.

Red Edge, still unaware, summoned the Starry Sky again.

“Senior Brother Red Edge, your hair! Your hair!” someone in the crowd shouted.

Red Edge was stunned and murmured, “Hair?”

Suddenly, he felt a burning sensation on his head and snapped awake.

“Ah! Ah! My hair! It’s on fire! It’s on fire!”

Red Edge yelled, hopping and jumping like a frantic rabbit, looking utterly ridiculous.

But the fire on his head was blazing fiercely and couldn’t be extinguished.

The white-haired old man shook his head slightly, but inwardly he was extremely shocked.

The fire control techniques of these two were not even on the same level.

Ye Yuan’s method seemed simple, but it was actually extremely difficult.

Even he couldn’t achieve such a level.

Was this apprentice newly recruited?

Why was such a genius only an ordinary low-level apprentice?

“Ouch, my hand! I… I concede! I concede! Put out the fire!”

Red Edge couldn’t even touch his head. Ye Yuan’s Pure Sandal Sacred Flame had already reached the fourth stage, with immense power.

If Ye Yuan didn’t actively recall it, the fire would keep burning.

Ye Yuan smiled slightly and beckoned with his hand. The flame flew back into his palm.

By then, Red Edge’s hair had been burned to a black char, sitting on his head in a ridiculous manner.

Seeing this, everyone struggled to suppress their laughter.

But these images, seen through Red Edge’s eyes, only made him feel more humiliated.

Ye Yuan suppressed a smile and cupped his hands, saying, “The number one fire controller truly lives up to his reputation. Ye Yuan has learned a lesson!”

“It seems this kid really wasn’t just lucky!”

“Lucky my ass! Try being lucky twice against Red Edge and show me!”

“Is he really just a priest apprentice? I can’t even see through his fire control technique!”

…

After the mockery, only shock remained among the crowd.

Many priests were present, but not one could see how Ye Yuan had made his move.

A priest apprentice with such terrifying fire control skills?

Ye Yuan couldn’t be bothered with them. His goal was contribution points, and now that he had earned them, he wanted to enter Tianlu Pavilion to study!

After obtaining the contribution points, Ye Yuan cupped his hands to the white-haired old man and said, “Senior, may I enter now?”

The white-haired old man said, “Of course. Your identity allows you to enter only the first floor of Tianlu Pavilion. On the first floor, it costs five contribution points per hour. The formation will automatically deduct from your identity token. Manage your time well!”

Ye Yuan’s face darkened upon hearing this, and he said, “Five contribution points per hour? Isn’t that a bit too steep?”

The white-haired old man’s face also darkened, and he said, “Talk nonsense again, and I’ll slap you to death!”

Ye Yuan stuck out his tongue and slipped inside in a flash.

Seeing this, everyone was bewildered.

Wasn’t this white-haired old man just the ordinary old man managing Tianlu Pavilion?

That kid was so arrogant with Red Edge, so why was he so respectful to this old man?

The white-haired old man looked harmless, and his aura wasn’t strong.

Few of the priests and priest apprentices who came to Tianlu Pavilion paid him any attention.

The old man naturally ignored them and turned to enter Tianlu Pavilion.

…

Entering the first floor of Tianlu Pavilion, it was a space of its own.

Ye Yuan felt as if he had entered an ocean of divine inscriptions. All kinds of texts were displayed on a light screen.

Seeing these things, Ye Yuan’s eyes lit up.

What interested him most was naturally the art of spirit attraction, the foundation of alchemy in the demon race.

In the catalog, Ye Yuan found the art of spirit attraction and began to study it tirelessly.

Ye Yuan’s current insight into the Dao of alchemy was far beyond what ordinary people could compare to.

These things were extremely obscure and difficult for ordinary priest apprentices.

But for Ye Yuan, he could read ten lines at a glance and everything became clear.

Ye Yuan immersed himself in it, and in the blink of an eye, over ten days had passed.

Suddenly, a powerful force came, and Ye Yuan was directly ejected from the first floor of Tianlu Pavilion.

“Ouch! What’s going on?”

Ye Yuan landed on the ground, grimacing in pain.

“Your contribution points have been used up, so the formation teleported you out,” the white-haired old man said indifferently, appearing behind Ye Yuan at some point.

Ye Yuan was speechless and said, “You call this teleportation? It’s more like being kicked out!”

The white-haired old man snorted coldly, “Did you get your contribution points too easily, so you don’t know how to cherish them? All these days, swallowing dates whole like that, how much could you possibly learn?”

Ye Yuan was startled and said, “Senior, have you been watching me all these days?”

The white-haired old man ignored Ye Yuan, looking disappointed, and said, “Kid, your talent is extremely high, but with such an attitude, it’s hard to achieve great things!”

He had indeed been watching Ye Yuan, and he saw that in these ten-plus days, Ye Yuan had looked through no fewer than five hundred texts.

And each of these five hundred texts was enough for a priest to study for decades.

Wasn’t this a joke?