My cousin is becoming a legend.

Chapter 116 The Competition Begins

The second class finally ended.

Lynn dealt with the students' questions somewhat wearily.

The school bell finally rang.

Under the admiring gaze of his herbalism teacher, he walked out of the classroom.

Jack skipped class and followed him out.

His eyes were filled with excitement.

"Lynn, you were so cool just now! Look at Jeremy and his group, they looked like wilted eggplants! Wow, Lynn, you're amazing! To get Mr. Vincent to ask you to cover his class, it looks like you're definitely going to win the competition at noon too!"

Jack was extremely excited.

Lynn gestured helplessly for him to calm down.

This kid is really... it's not a big deal.

After pushing the excited Jack back to the classroom, Lynn found a place to rest.

Inside the classroom.

The herbalism teacher was giving a dry, rote lecture.

Some students were feeling sleepy.

Compared to Lynn's lively classes, the students instantly found these teachers' dry ramblings rather boring.

Some of the students were distracted.

Even some of the top students were secretly discussing it in private.

However, they weren't complaining about how boring the class was; they were talking about the person they had just spoken to.

Lynn Wilson.

Among them were scions of the four great alchemy families.

Although they weren't considered outstanding members of the family, they were still from a prominent clan, and they obviously knew more.

"He's substituting for Vincent, and his pharmacology level is so high; he must have already seen it all, maybe even been in the water, right?"

The students from the Nexton family muttered quietly.

The scions of prominent families around him also agreed with this view.

Someone so outstanding must have had blood on their hands; there's no doubt about it.

"I don't know where he came from. I've never heard of him before, but suddenly he's become someone who's on par with Jeremy in a short period of time."

The Barnes students were somewhat puzzled.

"They must be from a noble family, otherwise it wouldn't make sense, but I've never heard of this surname in the country. Perhaps... they're from the north."

Someone deliberately pouted.

The others understood.

That is indeed possible.

Every year, some impoverished nobles would come to Areca, and perhaps Wilson was one of them.

Thinking of this, a student from a family of alchemists subconsciously felt indignant.

"So what if they're nobles from Areca? They still have to come to our place, and once they're here, they have to abide by our rules."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

The people of Areca always felt somewhat inferior when facing Areca.

But now that we're in our own territory, how can we let an outsider look down on us?

"Ultimately, this is just speculation, and the specifics are still unclear. Compared to that, I think the match at noon will be more interesting."

One person's words were full of sarcasm.

"Jeremy has been arrogant for too long. I wonder what his expression will be like at noon today."

Speaking of this, these alchemy family scions all had a sense of anticipation, as if they were about to witness some fun.

This Jeremy, despite being from a third-rate alchemy family, dares to swagger around and boasts that he's the best of his generation.

It was only because the scions of their generation were of average ability that Jeremy was able to show off his power.

If it were a previous graduate from their family, Jeremy wouldn't even be worthy of carrying their shoes.

"That's not necessarily true."

Some people shook their heads.

"Pharmacology is pharmacology, and alchemy is alchemy. When it comes to actually doing it, things can change. The most direct evidence is that Jeremy has already passed the second-tier, one-star aptitude test, while Lynn only recently passed the first-tier, nine-star aptitude test. I admit that Lynn's theoretical knowledge is very strong, but we may not be able to see Jeremy make a fool of himself this afternoon."

The group fell silent for a moment upon hearing this.

This statement is very objective.

But the thought of not seeing Jeremy's joke at noon made them feel a little sad.

So they started a betting game.

Jeremy's odds are 1.27.

Lynn's odds are 3.74.

Their true attitude was evident at the gambling table.

......

The morning's classes have come to an end.

The alchemy students flocked to the competition venue.

Thanks to Jeremy's promotion over the past few days, most students in the grade now know about the competition.

Even some older students, who were extremely bored, came over to watch.

Lynn entered the venue on time and waited quietly for the competition to begin.

He had no other purpose in participating this time than to acquire that set of Tier 5 alchemical equipment.

If you can get it, you've made a profit; if you can't, then so be it.

However, the chances of not getting it are relatively low, unless Jeremy changes his mind on the spot.

Even so, Lynn still managed to squeeze some money out of him.

The venue was packed with people.

There were about a hundred participants and nearly a thousand spectators.

It seems Jeremy put a lot of thought into this match.

Many teachers were sitting on the stage.

They spoke one by one on the stage, and then Jeremy went up to the stage to begin his speech.

"Good afternoon, teachers and students. I am Jeremy Walsh from the Alchemy Department."

It is an honor for all of you to participate in today's alchemy exchange competition that I am hosting.

My original intention in organizing this competition was to encourage first-year students to unite and be friendly, and to improve their alchemy skills together..."

A long, boring, and clichéd speech.

Lynn yawned.

But soon, the main event began.

"To boost everyone's enthusiasm, I have prepared generous rewards for the participants. Every participant today, regardless of winning or losing, will receive a 1,000 silver nis incentive bonus. The top 50 will receive 10,000 silver nis, the top 10 will receive 100,000 silver nis, and as for the first place winner..."

Jeremy took a deep breath and smiled, "The winner of the competition will receive a complete set of Tier 5 alchemy equipment sponsored by my family!"

These words immediately caused an uproar in the meeting room.

This is not only shocking because of Jeremy's extravagant spending, but also because Jeremy dared to put a set of Tier 5 alchemy equipment as a bet!

Although the alchemists present could all guess that Jeremy would be the winner of the match, they were still shocked by his boldness.

Since the goods are brought out for archery practice, there is naturally a possibility that the goods will be hit.

Jeremy's actions certainly surprised the vast majority of people.

"Has Jeremy gone mad? He's going all out. This thing would be a treasure even in the Walsh family."

Rod Barnes, sitting in the audience, frowned upon hearing this.

He is a second-year student.

I've always heard that Jeremy is quite influential, and he's been putting the younger students from the four great families on the back foot since they were freshmen.

He came here today specifically to see for himself, but he never expected this person to be so crazy.

Monica Ness, standing nearby, chuckled, "Looks like he's got the win in the bag, but he is certainly being a bit too flamboyant."

Rod Barnes scoffed, "He's just got a bit of talent, yet he's so arrogant. I don't think that's all he's got."