CHAPTER 167: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
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At this point, everyone had given up trying to guess what Ethan was doing.
Even the examiners had to admit that, in their long lives, they had never encountered someone so "peculiar."
Practically, what the masked boy did in the first 30 minutes was wait while the ingredients in the cauldron were cooking.
He did nothing: no checking, no stirring, no additions,
nothing.
They all assumed that whatever abominable thing the contestant was preparing was certainly not a pill or anything related to alchemy,
so they stopped paying him any attention and resumed watching the other participants.
"I have to say, no one here has shown an especially impressive performance so far," remarked one of the examiners, a woman in her forties dressed in a pink robe adorned with various gold engravings, her expression one of boredom.
"You can't expect much at this point in the tournament.