Ms. Diviner: The Prodigal Daughter's Return

Chapter 1752: Chapter 1752: Confidence or Arrogance

"Enough with the formalities, I know some of you do not agree with me becoming the Main Priest, but I assure you, as a member of the Huayu Temple, I will never watch the temple decline like this. One day, I will lead the Huayu Temple back to its former glory," Mu Hanyan said calmly, but her face was full of confidence.

Originally, it was thought that Mu Hanyan would be somewhat anxious upon taking the throne of the Main Priest just after passing the assessment, but her performance was completely beyond everyone’s expectations. Listening to her calm words and seeing her confident and composed demeanor, everyone felt a sense of illusion as if the previous Master Priest had returned before them.

Even the former Master Priest, in the last years of life, rarely showed such confident composure when facing the increasingly declining temple, appearing more preoccupied and weary.

Was it true confidence or ignorance? Looking at Mu Hanyan, everyone found it hard to discern reality.

Mu Hanyan smiled slightly and turned to leave.

She also realized that some people were still somewhat reluctant, and she didn’t expect that a mere sentence would make them wholehearted and convinced, but she was absolutely confident in what she had just said.

Spending the entire afternoon in the Main Priest Temple’s second floor, she flipped through the cultivation insights left by the previous Main Priests and gained much enlightenment.

After all, the Huayu Temple is one of the oldest temples on the Divine Continent. The line of Main Priests has been passed down from generation to generation. Even if their strength was not too strong, their vision far surpassed that of ordinary priests. Their insights into priest cultivation are not something ordinary people can compare to.

Although priest cultivation methods differ greatly from the Sword Dao due to different laws, if one follows the insights of those predecessors and ponders further, one will discover that they are essentially the same, leading to the same destination by different paths.

Mu Hanyan had previously merged Sword Technique Qi with Priest Spiritual Energy through the Heavenly Heart Technique, greatly enhancing her strength. With the refinement of Xuanhuang Energy and the insights left by these Main Priests, she was confident that her cultivation would yield twice the results with half the effort.

Strength is respected, whether on the Holy Court Continent or the Divine Continent — this is an ancient truth. Mu Hanyan also believed that as long as she had enough strength, leading the Huayu Temple to rediscover its splendor would not be difficult.

"Did you forget something?" Behind her, a pitiful voice from Ling Baobao suddenly sounded.

Only then did Mu Hanyan remember that in the morning, due to being interrupted by Long Wudang and others, Ling Baobao hadn’t had the chance for the Divine Baptism yet.

Sikong Qinglan hurriedly led Ling Baobao to the main hall, where he began to dance the Great God Dance once more.

Having seen Mu Hanyan’s gem-like brilliance before, and after witnessing Ling Baobao’s fierce demeanor in flattening Long Wudang’s followers, everyone held some expectations.

Yet the final result was disappointing: although Ling Baobao had smoothly completed the baptism, the final power assessment was only a First-level Divine Priest.

Mu Hanyan wasn’t disappointed though; Ling Baobao was someone who could grasp anything he learned easily but excelled in nothing. It would indeed be strange if he genuinely gained decent priest strength through the baptism at once.

Ling Baobao wasn’t disappointed either—his smile was extraordinarily bright, evidently very satisfied with his own talent. Turning around, he enthusiastically began gnawing on the dried meat.

Faced with such a foodie who lived just to eat, Mu Hanyan was helpless.

In the following days, Mu Hanyan began to cultivate diligently.

Although the insights of former Main Priests were infinitely profound, her foundation as a priest was somewhat lacking, so she spent most of her time in the Book Collection Hall, studying the most fundamental Priest Divine Techniques. To Mu Hanyan’s delight, besides the cultivation paths of various Principle Divine Techniques, the Book Collection Hall also contained methods for cultivating strange and mysterious arts such as Array Formation, Alchemy Dao, Seals, and Alchemy. Occasionally, annotations and insights from former Main Priests appeared, making her comprehension even easier.

"Alas, it still doesn’t work," Sikong Qinglan’s sigh reached Mu Hanyan’s ears as she left the Book Collection Hall in the evening.

"If we still can’t repair the array, even the farmland behind the city might be lost," Shen Yuhe said worriedly.

Mu Hanyan had only realized yesterday that there was still a last piece of farmland preserved behind Huayu City. The dozens of households and priests remaining in the city relied on that farmland and the occasional medicinal herbs growing in the surrounding barren mountains to barely fill their stomachs.

However, the temple’s array barrier had long been in disrepair, leaving even the temple itself barely standing, and it was only a matter of time before the farmland became desolate too.

"If things really don’t work out, I’ll go and ask Priest Wen for help." An Xiaxin seemed to make a huge decision after gathering courage.

Shen Yuhe and Sikong Qinglan remained silent, clearly hesitating over something.

"Can I help?" Mu Hanyan entered the main hall and asked.

"Forget it, you just focus on cultivation. In a few days, we’ll head to Tianyang City, where the god-worshipping ceremony is the priority. Your most urgent task now is to improve your strength as much as possible, and not to be distracted by these matters," An Xiaxin shook her head and said.

Though they speculated that Mu Hanyan’s strength might surpass all three of them, considering the century-long cultivation of all the main priests participating in the god-worshipping ceremony, it would be a deadly competition in which Mu Hanyan would hardly gain any advantage; they dared not be careless.

Though confident, Mu Hanyan wasn’t blindly arrogant. Hearing An Xiaxin’s advice, she did not insist but instead examined the array. During these days, while cultivating Priest Divine Techniques, she also attempted to study the temple’s array formation technique.

The array before her was evidently much more complex and intricate than the ones she had seen in the Book Collection Hall, and she found it hard to comprehend its principles or restore it immediately.

"This array has been passed down for several hundred thousand years, yet the method of its formation has long been lost. Its mystery is such that it’s challenging for us to grasp," although not wanting Mu Hanyan to be distracted, Sikong Qinglan still explained upon seeing her stop and watch.

"Only Wen Gaoren could possibly repair it," An Xiaxin said.

"Wen Gaoren?" Mu Hanyan repeated subconsciously.

"Wen Gaoren is a priest of the Lingyu Divine Hall, renowned for its arrays. Wen Gaoren is the prime array master of the Lingyu Divine Hall, yet his arrogance has led to him seldom serving there in recent years — he holds only a nominal position," An Xiaxin explained.

Like Ye Yi’an, many priests with decent family backgrounds are affiliated with the temple in name only, not holding actual positions. If better opportunities arise, they may even switch to other temples. Once, Huayu Temple had more than just these twenty or so priests; many have gone elsewhere seeing the temple’s decline.

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