Chapter 75: Chapter 74: The Appraiser class!
####PATREON####
Visit my patreon to support this novel at www.patreon.com/ramzeyramzo
Tier 1 (Fans of UIU) = $2.00
-Entitled to basic contents.
Tier 2 (Loyal Reader) = $5.00
-Entitled to early release.
Tier 3 (Noble Reader) = $10.00
-Entitled to early & double release.
Tier 4 (Royal Reader) = $15.00
-Entitled to advance chapters.
Tier 5 (Quasi Aurthor) = $50.00
-Submit one chapter worth story plot with your name on it.
Tier 6 (Half Author) = $200.00
-Submit ten chapter worth story plot with your name on it.
####################
Creak!
Duan Li opened the door and entered the class room. This room was situated in a semi-circular shape, with stairs-like seating arrangement, similar to how the viewing platform were in a coliseum.
In the middle of this room was the platform stage, with a semi-circular table. On top of it, laid several items and artifacts. Perhaps they were the lecture materials for today.
Looking around, Duan Li found out that this minor occupation only had a few students. The seating wasn't even close to being half-full.
"I didn't expect that the third most lucrative occupation in the academy would only had a few students in it..." said Duan Li inwardly.
He quickly found himself a seat in the middle and after a while, a teacher in a green robes came in that appeared to be in his late 30s.
"Good morning students, I am Le Cenglei, a 3 star rank Appraiser class." said the teacher as he stood atop of the platform.
Shortly after he introduced himself, the surrounding students quickly whispered with each other.
"Only a 3 star rank? Even my father was better than this!"
"Beats me. Last I checked, the teacher should at least be a 5 star rank Appraiser class!"
Ahem!
Hearing this, the teacher made a dry cough as the students returned their focus back at him.
"Some of you might have noticed that my star rank was a bit low than your expectations, but this couldn't be helped. After all, the academy doesn't have enough staff to teach the beginner appraiser class." said the teacher as he shook his head.
"Furthermore, I am just the assistant teacher. But even so, my knowledge should be enough to cover the basics for today's lesson!" he continued.
The students nodded in realization. Eventhough the academy has a number of teachers of the 5 star rank Appraiser class and above, they were still considered only a few compared to the other occupations.
This was because the Appraiser class could be said to be the most difficult for the minor occupation as it required an extremely vast and diverse knowledge. It would not be an exageration to say that the Appraiser class requires the students to be knowledgeable in most other fields as well as it was part of the requirements in order to rank up.
In other words, an Appraiser class could be considered as a walking encyclopedia that could appraise any items, objects or artifacts, be that mineral ores for the blacksmith class, herbs and pills for the medical class, and weapons for the combat class!
Such surmounting task has become the bane of many students inside the academy, which was also the reason why there were only a few students here that were willing to take up to the challenge.
Noticing the students has returned back to their peak attention, the teacher nodded in approval of their attitude. He thought that it would require more effort from him to convince them, but now it appears that these students had already understood the predicament of being an Appraiser!
An aspiring Appraiser must have the sharpness in their minds to understand the crux and intricacies of the problems at hand quickly, if they could not even understand this, then they wouldn't be able to get far in the future.
Feeling satisfied, he then moved behind the semi-circular table where a lot of items were placed on it.
Taking a book with the title 'Background of the Tian continent', he lifted it with his right hand and showed it to the rest of the students.
"As everyone here are interested to become a successful Appraiser, I am pretty sure that most of you were an avid readers of history yourself, and the contents within this book should be memorized by heart!"
"For those of you who were just starting out, let me summarized what this book is all about."
The teacher then explained that as an Appraiser, learning history should be their backbone and foundation. The more they learn, the better they would be able to perform.
This was because the history could tell a lot about the culture and traditions of the people within the Tian continent. These could be ranging from the numerous dynasties throughout the ages, the differing weapons, items, objects and artifacts produced during their era, as well as people's way of life back then.
Only through being able to understand and knowledgeable about these numerous history, could an Appraiser be able to properly date and identify the items they have at hand.
This was also what separated an Appraiser class from every other occupations as well. They were more of a bookworm type of people, and most influential and high star ranking Appraiser class has an excellent recollection of history, even the most peculiar, uncommon and exotic ones, would not be able to get past their eyes and knowledge!
"Now that I have briefed you all about that, let us get into the practical session. Placed on top of this table were numerous items, objects and artifacts. They were a little bit uncommon, but as an Appraiser, this should be the first hurdle for everyone here to overcome!"
He lifted a token up and pointed towards a student, "Can you tell me what this item is?"
The student that was pointed at stood up as he bowed a little bit. This was a customary gesture from a student towards a teacher. It serves as a discipline and a form of respect as well.
"If I am not mistaken, that is a token that was used during the warring period before the foundation of the Jiu empire. It symbolizes the identity of the elite soldiers of the Jiu clan!" said this student.
Hearing his answer, the teacher's brows raised upwards as he nodded.
"Impressive! Allthough a lot of people knew about the history regarding the foundation of our Jiu empire, not many were knowledgeable about how it happened, not to mention the little details within that history!"
"For you to be able to identify this token at a single glance, meaning that you have a deep knowledge about them as well! Very good!"
The student smiled widely ear-to-ear after being complimented by the teacher, and some others were amazed as well. But there were also others who weren't clearly moved by this, as if such knowledge was just a matter of fact for them as well.
"Humph! I learnt about that token when I was just three years old. Such basic stuff, who wouldn't know?"
"Exactly, what was he being so proud of from something so insignificant? If it were me, I could even identify the undergarments of those soldiers that they wore back then!"
Pu!
Some students could not help but to choke when they heard these exagerated comments.
Brother! You should be taking up archaeology class instead!
An undergarments from centuries ago would have long been broken down into sand or was fossilized inside a ruin!
Ahem!
The teacher made a dry cough again to silence the ruckus.
"Moving on! Let's see... Aha! You there, could you tell me what this thing is?" said the teacher as he pointed out towards Duan Li.
As he was being pointed at, Duan Li stood up and bowed like the student before him. Naturally, he wouldn't know what that odly oval-shaped looking wood were. It was just like a crescent moon and was slightly curved on its surface.
Thus, Duan Li activated his identify ability from the Tetra Unsealing art as he scanned that peculiar object. The voices of the Mirealithians soon sounded inside his mind, and his face immediately lost its colours after that.
Should I answer it?
Would anyone even believe me if I did?
Seeing Duan Li hesitating, the teacher chuckled for a bit.
"It seems that you are having a quite hard time eh? Nevermind. You there, can you tell me what this is?" the teacher pointed out towards another student.
That student quickly got up from his seat, bowed and then earnestly answered.
"That is part of the design wore atop of the helmet of a warlord like a horn. Although I am not sure from which helmet model it was from, but judging from its appearance like the horn of a bull, it should belong to the warring Xia clan ages ago. I've once encountered their flag symbol during my readings and they had started out as a humble villager, domesticating bull to help with their farm works."
Pu!
Duan Li could not help but to choke hard in order to suppress his laughter when he heard this answer, and because he was the only one that was doing so while still standing, all the other students looked at him.
The students that had answered in his place immediately frowned upon seeing this reaction from Duan Li.
"What was so funny about that? Do you think my deductions are wrong?"
Seeing that it wasn't appropiate for him to act like what he did, Duan Li quickly apologized towards the other party.
"I'm sorry, it was just that... your deductions are way off from what that item actually is!" replied Duan Li.
Hearing this, the student flared up and quickly refuted, "Is that so? Then can you tell me what that item is in detail, just like what I did?"
"Well..." Duan Li hesitated for a bit as he turned towards the teacher, where the latter just smiled and nodded.
Gaining the approval from the teacher, Duan Li's final hesitation was lifted as he turned back towards the student who refuted him.
"That object was actually... the paddings of a toilet seat!" he said seriously.
Pu!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
The whole class got cracked up by Duan Li's answer. Some of them even laughed until they began to shed tears.
To overturned what the other party had said after such a detailed explanation, we have thought that you would come up with an even impressive answer to back up yourself!
Who would have thought that your answer would be to claim it as the paddings of toilet seat instead?!
Brother! Even if we have ten more guts than you, we would definitely not be able to say it as confidently as you!
The laughter continues before that student's face flushed up red in anger.
"Brazen! How dare you claimed that the symbolic element of the Xia clan as the paddings of a toilet seat!" he shouted out.
Ahem!
The teacher then made a dry cough yet again to silence the stir that was made by Duan Li.
"Well, what he said was actually correct!" the teacher said.
"Did you hear that? The teacher even said that I am correct! If you wanted to be a clown, then you should apply for the Clown class occupation instead and not disturb the holy atmosphere here!" the students said as he sneered in disdain towards Duan Li.
"Not you, I meant him. He was correct in his appraisal that this object was indeed the paddings of a toilet seat!" the teacher interjected as he cupped his chin, looking amused at Duan Li.
EH?
Hearing the teacher that had said it himself, the whole class got stupefied, including the student that was arguing with Duan Li. Their faces were all showing the puffer fish like expression right now.
Teacher, are you trying to play pranks on us right now?
"T-that! I refused to believe it!" refuted the student again as he gritted his teeth, his face was so red from the embarrassment.
Some of the students had also nodded to support him as they were also not convinced as well.
The teacher then shook his head with a chuckle as he beckoned towards all of the students to come down onto the platform and observe closely.
It was only after closer inspection that most of the students could finally agree that the object was indeed, a paddings for a toilet seat!
The student that refuted before was now mute as he looked down straight onto the floor.
"Do you guys know why I decided to brought this thing here today?" the teacher asked with his hands clasped behind his back.
After a moment of pondering, the students shook their heads, unable to comprehend the meaning behind it all.
"It was because that as an Appraiser, we are oftenly too obsessed with seeing a peculiar object as if it has a profound background!"
"Inevitably, this had also become a trap of some sort for us. Therefore, what I wanted you students to learn here, was that before deciding what an object truly is, you should try to analyze it from every different angles and perspectives first!"
"When you follow this guide carefully, you would soon find yourselves to have several differing answers before you. By then, you would only need to go through the elimination process in order to make that final conclusion!"
The teacher explained carefully his motives behind this towards his students. Only then did they come with the realization and nodded in agreement.
Even that student before then had acceeded to his mistake, and apologized to Duan Li.
"En! That is a very good attitude to have! As an Appraiser, one must have the capacity to be able to see things beyond the surface. A single mistake earned, is a single lesson learned!" complimented the teacher towards that student.
"There would be times when our arrogance would overtook us. But remember, when we are proven wrong, that would only mean that we are not yet qualified to act as so."
"And we are bounded to make many mistakes in our lifetime to remind us of this, and through these, we would be able to find that humility, is the actual key!"
"No matter how knowledgeable every single one of you would become one day, never ever forget, that you had trodden such a path from a single step encountering mistakes one after another to shape what you are."
"And being a cultivator, our journey is something that is eternal, as the dao is but boundless and never-ending!"
BOOM!
When all of the students listened to this, it was as if something within them was being evoked! A magical feeling and strucks of inspiration coursed through their minds as they quickly sat down cross-legged to cultivate.
It was from this moment on, that their innate potentials had been unlocked. They are now destined for greatness, but only those with affinity, will triumph above the rest!
The teacher smiled as he nodded, feeling immensely satisfied as he looked at the Duan Li, whom was the only one left standing.
"So, you are that Duan Li? Not too shabby!" he chuckled out.
Seeing that all of the students were now cultivating, he decided to stop the class early. After all, there was nothing more important to a cultivator than their cultivation!
He soon left the class room, but just before his silhouette was gone, only Duan Li was able to make out that token of his that suddenly changed using his Tetra Unsealing art!
That token was actually an 8 star rank Appraiser class!
...
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone