Chapter 368 (2/2)

Some people guessed that Ye Lanyu only submitted a random name to make it a four-person team, others guessed the person flaked on them and decided not to show up.

Ye Lanyu’s team was here for fun anyway, they must not care about winning or they wouldn't have submitted only four names.

No matter what, no one expected the fourth person to be Ye Lang. They'd thought of it, but quickly denied it was a possibility.

Based on Ye Lang’s personality, it was already impressive he registered for the alchemy category. Why would he compete in the mixed category too?

If the mixed category’s event was something peaceful like a theoretical exam or a Q&A style, it would’ve been likely for him to show up. However, he would absolutely not agree to an event like this.

Unless…

“Our thirteenth prince obviously didn’t know about this.”

“Yeah, Ye Lanyu must’ve signed him up without telling him.”

“That’s the only explanation.”

People who were familiar with Ye Lang and Ye Lanyu all knew that this must’ve been Ye Lanyu’s doing.

As for people who didn’t know them, they didn’t care. All they knew was that they were jealous of that weird kid who turned out to be the fourth member, that he got to team up with that cool ice and fire girls.

Other than the people of the Sacred Teachings and the Royal Institute, very few had met Ye Lang in person. No one knew who he was although he had affected so many lives in the past few months. Here, in front of regular people, he was still a kid with no name.

The legend of the clueless genius doctor was only a legend, not many people knew it was Ye Lang. The Sacred Teachings didn’t release any official statements either, hence accidentally keeping Ye Lang’s identity secret. Perhaps they didn’t want Ye Lang to be harassed.

As for the thousand-year-old alchemy battle that happened half a month ago, this was still the Teachings’ secret, never revealed to anyone who wasn’t directly involved.

The situation with the Sacred Lady, Xuan Yuanbing, was the most secretive affair.

Therefore, this matter was similar to what happened in Soaring Sky- only the people directly involved knew of Ye Lang’s existence. Outsiders never knew of him.

This was perhaps a blessing from Lady luck in disguise. This allowed him to roam freely across the mainland without being the focus for jealousy or harassment. People only saw him as the Ye family’s thirteenth prince, not Ye Lang.

In summary, most people respected him because he was the son of a patriarch, not because of himself.

Many also knew of his skills in alchemy, but they didn’t pay much attention other than an occasional suspicion. No one really thought his alchemy skills could create ripples here anyway.

As we’ve seen so far, anyone who’d ever touched Ye Lang regretted this, perhaps wanting to kill themselves over their assumption...