Was Goodwin Lying? It was simply too unbelievable.

Unlike the couple, Mrs. Jenkins remained completely calm, at least on the surface.

After a slight pause, she said carefully, “Wow, she's indeed such an outstanding young talent. I wonder which clan she's from! It's really enviable."

Seeing that Goodwin smiled but stayed silent, Mrs. Jenkins continued, "Well, among my family's younger generation, we have Barbara who has already reached the fourth grade, which makes her the best out of her peers. But the young genius who has successfully made the fifth grade Reverse Pill is even better than my Barbara."

Mrs. Jenkins praised the mysterious talent on purpose so as to appear humble and save her own reputation.

In fact, it was actually rare for someone in their early twenties to reach grade four, so Barbara's achievement was excellent.

But it didn't negate the fact this achievement had cost a fortune. If Mrs. Jenkins could casually spend six hundred million on a Reverse Pill to improve Barbara's abilities, God knew how many other resources of the Jenkins family she had secretly spent on Barbara in the past while the latter was studying.

In Mrs. Jenkins’ point of view, however, this was a fair exchange, and money well spent.

After all, if there really was a pill alchemist in the world who could make the Reverse Pill at the mere age of twenty, then not only did they have to be a genius, but they must also have been trained by a great clan with countless resources at their disposal. It was impossible to achieve such a feat otherwise.

What was more, since the Reverse Pill was a fifth grade pill, this young pill alchemist who had produced it was probably only at the fifth grade.

In comparison, Barbara was at the fourth grade, which was only one grade behind.

“This old Lady... She is more obsessed with keeping up appearances than anyone else I have ever seen," Julie muttered to herself, seeing right through Mrs. Jenkins‘ facade.

As for Goodwin, he just continued to smile without a word, which gave Mrs. Jenkins the illusion that he didn't know what to say.

Meanwhile, on stage, the judges of the literary match announced the results of the preliminary round for everyone to hear.

“Barbara has successfully made a standard third grade Sun Pill, and advanced to the semi-finals!"

“Shaun has failed to forge the first grade weapon Cloud Whip, and is thus eliminated from the competition!"

“Avianna has successfully given the first grade acupuncture Thirteen Pine Needles. She is qualified to participate in the semi-finals!"

One by one, the names of the participants were read out, accompanied by their results in the preliminary.

Julie bit her lower lip nervously. Although she strongly believed that Maria was excellent enough to advance to the next round, she couldn't help clenching her fists each time she heard that a contestant was eliminated.

“Isla has successfully made the standard first grade Concentration Pill, and has advanced to the semi-finals!"

“Maria has successfully made the standard first grade Concentration Pill. She is qualified to participate in the semi-finals!"

It was only after hearing that that Julie breathed a sigh of relief, and her shoulders relaxed.

But the very next moment, she frowned unhappily.

"The Jenkins family... Why did they put Maria's name in the Last place? Is my daughter so unwelcome in the Jenkins family?"