Chapter 1758: Trash Missions

"This lecture can't go on! That Ye Yuan is simply too much! Too much!"

Elder Li burst into the room, roaring.

Several elders were present in the room, including Shi Yu, Ni Kun, and Ku Mu.

Hearing Elder Li's roar, they immediately knew what had happened.

"Elder Li, is that brat acting up again?" Ni Kun asked in a deep voice.

Elder Li sneered, "What else? I hadn't even gotten halfway through my lecture, and that brat interrupted ten times! Ten times! How can I continue?"

Many elders, upon hearing this, felt the same and denounced Ye Yuan.

"This Ye Yuan truly has no respect for his elders! Last time I gave a lecture, he argued with me until I was left embarrassed!"

"Who says otherwise? Ever since that kid became a priest, the temple has been in turmoil!"

"It's as if he has a grudge against every elder. Every lecture, he comes up with some bizarre question. Infuriating!"

...

These elders were all indignant, but their words revealed a hint of helplessness.

Because they really couldn't answer Ye Yuan's questions.

The faults Ye Yuan pointed out were irrefutable.

That was why, though they hated Ye Yuan to the bone, they could do nothing about him.

Simply put, the guy was too good!

If you didn't accept it, you could try to out-argue him!

The elders were usually held in high esteem, admired and loved by priests and priest apprentices.

But Ye Yuan, in just a few days, had completely shattered their personas.

Naturally, these elders couldn't save face.

Ni Kun snorted, "This brat is utterly outrageous. Who does he think he is? If this continues, the entire Priest Temple will be turned upside down!"

Clearly, Ni Kun's lectures had also been challenged by Ye Yuan, and quite a few times.

Ni Kun had never liked Ye Yuan, and now he found him insufferable in every way.

Elder Li said, "Elder Ni, we need to teach this brat a lesson, or he'll get too big for his boots!"

"How? Raising questions during lectures is a tradition since ancient times. Can we ban him from speaking? If word gets out, how will we elders maintain our standing before the priests?" said Ku Mu.

Ni Kun suddenly grinned, "I've been wanting to take him down a peg for a long time!"

Ni Kun's words immediately piqued the interest of the other elders.

"Elder Ni, you have a plan?"

Ni Kun smiled, "The eternal chess game 'Ask Not,' have you forgotten?"

Hearing this, the elders all exchanged knowing smiles.

Elder Li laughed heartily, "Elder Ni, brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"

...

Ye Yuan had no idea the elders were plotting against him. After the lecture, he went to pick up missions.

In the Priest Temple, to earn contribution points, one naturally had to take alchemy missions.

For the same alchemy mission, the higher the quality of the pill, the more contribution points one received.

Over the past half year, Ye Yuan often took on alchemy missions from the temple, and his skill in refining Demon God Pills had become increasingly proficient.

However, Ye Yuan's alchemy differed from that of other priests.

Other priests disdained low-difficulty missions, but Ye Yuan had only taken on extremely easy missions for the past half year.

Some of these missions even offered no contribution points because they were too simple.

These missions were sometimes ones that lower-level royal cities or even prefectural cities couldn't solve.

At the imperial city level, such low-difficulty missions were completely ignored.

But Ye Yuan completed each one meticulously.

"Hey, Lord Ye Yuan is here again. What level of mission are you planning to take this time?"

The mission handlers were a few priest apprentices who were already familiar with Ye Yuan's habits.

Though they inwardly scorned him, Ye Yuan's status was extraordinary, so they dared not be negligent.

Ye Yuan said, "Hmm... I'll take ten two-star difficulty missions this time."

With that, Ye Yuan began selecting his preferred two-star missions from the list.

Ye Yuan chose these missions with a purpose, not blindly.

If a mission didn't help his alchemy skills, he wouldn't pick it.

Just as Ye Yuan was selecting missions, a cold laugh came from behind him.

"Heh, doing these trash missions that no one else touches! What number one genius of the temple? I think you're just a phony, right?"

Ye Yuan turned around and saw a gray-robed youth. He rolled his eyes and said, "What missions I choose is none of your damn business! Mind your own business!"

The gray-robed youth's face darkened, "Kid, do you know who I am? How dare you speak to me like that?"

Ye Yuan was speechless, "Who you are is none of my damn business! Do you think I'm as nosy as you?"

The others present were terrified by Ye Yuan's words.

So domineering!

Everyone else recognized the gray-robed youth as Kong Yun, known as the number one priest!

Repeatedly rebutted by Ye Yuan, Kong Yun fumed, "What a sharp-tongued brat! Heh, the so-called number one genius of the temple, doing such trash missions—how laughable! I've been in seclusion for years, and I never thought the temple would see such a ridiculous thing."

In fact, before Ye Yuan appeared, the title of number one genius of the temple had always belonged to Kong Yun.

But last time, Ye Yuan refined the Demon God Pill on his second try and surpassed Chi Feng, causing the title to quietly shift.

Kong Yun had been in seclusion all along, and upon emerging, he found his title gone.

After inquiring, he learned that a kid named Ye Yuan had appeared.

Today, Kong Yun came to pick up missions and happened to run into Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan glanced at Kong Yun and said flatly, "What star-level missions can you handle?"

Kong Yun thought, this kid wants to challenge me!

Heh, interesting!

Kong Yun said arrogantly, "With my strength, all five-star missions are a piece of cake. What, you want to compete with me? With... these trash missions? Hahaha..."

Kong Yun was very confident about this.

His alchemy had improved significantly during this seclusion.

Five-star difficulty missions included some fifth-grade pills and a few simple sixth-grade pills.

With his current strength, he could basically sweep through five-star missions.

And that was something other priests couldn't achieve.

Ye Yuan looked at Kong Yun as if he were an idiot, then turned to the priest apprentice and said, "Give me the list of seven-star difficulty missions!"

Kong Yun was taken aback, then burst into laughter, "I heard that in the past half year, you've never taken on a mission above three stars. And now you want to do seven-star missions? Are you trying to spite me? Haha, spite requires strength!"

Ye Yuan ignored him, selected a few of the hardest seven-star missions, and finalized them before saying, "I'll come to submit the missions tomorrow at noon. Come yell at me after you've completed my missions. Now, get lost!"