Hmm.. I need to do something more believable other than just touching the vase before I give out the date..
"Let's see.. how do appraiser usually conduct their method?" Duan Li racked his brain out before he shook his head helplessly a few moments later.
He had only attended the Appraiser class lecture once before and it was only an introductory lesson at that. After that, he never attended the class anymore!
Thus, how could he know the proper procedure to date an artifact?
Forget it! I'll just do this instead!
Shaa!
Duan Li then proceeded to run his index finger onto the vase from top to bottom as if checking for dust, before licking his finger!
Nom! Nom!
After swirling a few rounds with his tongue inside his mouth and swallowing it, he then said confidently, "This vase is exactly 4,321 years old!" He then did the same thing to the other vase as well.
"And this one is much older! About 4,387 years old!"
Pu!
Hearing this verdict from Duan Li as well as seeing his method, Le Cenglei found himself on the verge of keeling over before questioning his ancestor!
What in the world did you think you are doing?
Are you sure that you are dating the vases properly and not trying to pull my leg here?
This isn't a gourmet competition! Why do you have to taste it like that?
Forcing himself to calm down, Le Cenglei thought about Duan Li's verdict for a moment before his eyes widened in realization!
"Wait a moment, while his method is unheard of, the date is actually very precise! In fact, those are the actual date of when the vase was created!" he cast a look of disbelief towards Duan Li.
"That's it, I've had it with you! Did you think that we senior teachers are fools?" Ding Ziqing lashed out in rage.
She had seen cheeky students before, but this one practically wanted to slap over their head!
"Hold on! He is actually correct!" Le Cenglei waved his hand to stop the other party.
"What do you mean? How is he correct? While I'm not an appraiser myself, I at least have the basic knowledge on how to date an object properly! He is definitely messing with us!" Ding Ziqing refuted.
"No, these two vases were from the museum that I borrowed for a study. It was actually extracted from the bottom of a river intact with its ledger that highlighted the year of when they are made! His verdict is precise down to the lowest value!" Le Cenglei explained.
Hearing this, all three senior teachers were once shocked silly.
To be able to date an ancient artifact down to its lowest value... Isn't that too impressive for a junior?
"Could it be that he saw it in the museum before?" Shen Long said.
"That's not possible, its still in the process room when I took it.. ah!" Le Cenglei immediately shut his mouth as they stared at him suspiciously.
Cough! Cough!
"A-Anyway, the point here is that, he managed to date them properly! I'll pass the floor to you now senior teacher Ding Ziqing!" he swiftly said and ended the topic as he closed his lips tight.
Damn this mouth of mine!
After all, there were quite a lot of artifacts that can't be borrowed in the museum and those in the processing room were some of them..
Choosing not to dwell too much into it and will question the other party later, the trio nodded, soon forgetting Duan Li's bizarre method of dating the artifacts before.
"Hmph! Don't think that I am convinced with you yet!" Ding Ziqing waved her hands as two sets of herbs and plants were laid on the table.
"I want you to list out all the possible pills that can be concocted from these two sets of herbs here!" she said impassively with a wicked smile.
"Eh? Okay... If we combine this herb with that roots over there, we can make the Qi concentration pills, but if we add this sapling here, we can make the Qi cleansing pills instead." Duan Li quickly said and pointed out.
For Herbalogist Class to increase in Star rank, even if they do not have the practical ability to concoct pills, they must at least know which plants and herbs could be made into what pills.
After all, if they were to give the wrong plants and herbs to others for them to concoct some specific pills, then the end result would always leads to a failure or pill poisoning!
"Oh? You are quite fast... Continue!" Ding Ziqing was a little taken aback by this and found her opinion of Duan Li to become slightly better.
Duan Li then continued to name pills after pills that could be concocted to the point that Ding Ziqing's mouth was becoming more agape as time passes!
The other party might not know this, but Duan Li had already mastered pill concoction to a very high degree!
In addition, his knowledge about herbs and plants was quite extensive, thanks to the books that he read from the personal collection of the royal family through his connection with Ju Zhianhu, the Chief Doctor of the Royal family while at the same time being his disciple that he could command anytime!
If even the Chief Doctor of the Royal family was willing to become his disciple, then Duan Li's expertise in the field of Herbalogist was undeniable!
After listing out almost 20 different pills, Ding Ziqing held up her hand to gesture for Duan Li to stop.
"Y-You... You've passed... Hmph!" she said reluctantly while at the same time was bewildered to the point that she almost questioned her reality.
Where in the world did someone this talented popped out from?
Why haven't I heard of him before?
I expected him to name at least 5 pills minimum and 8 pills maximum... But he listed over 20 pills in less than a minute!
Is he actually a senior teacher in disguise?
Zhang Xi on the other hand, nodded in satisfaction with what he saw from Duan Li's performance thus far.
As expected of the chosen one!
"Okay, for my exam, I want to hear you lecture about cultivation! As far as I know, you've managed to achieve this cultivation level in less than a month right?" Zhang Xi said, emphasizing his last sentence.
"HUH?" all the other senior teachers widened their eyes in shock upon this realization!
The world of cultivation has always been a long journey, far from simple. To advance from one realm to another usually takes years if not decades of dedication!
Even if one were a blessed genius by the heavens, it would still take months of long cultivation to reach Duan Li's level!
From their knowledge, even those peerless geniuses in the other 8 empires could only reach such a level in their late 20's despite cultivating from the age of 16 years old!
For one to simply reach the Core Formation realm in but a single month...
Did the heavens took on a vacation and there was no one to enforce the natural law?
Fearing that their cultivation might go berserk at this point, they decided to not think too much into this matter.
"Lecture on cultivation? Very well!"
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Hello Monday, and im sure this is the week everyone is waiting for! For those that didn't know, I will mass release chapters for this week! One chapter per day! However, I can consider on giving 'some extra' chapters on Sunday this week if:-
(1) This novel is in the top 100 by the end of the week (voting-spree!!)
(2) I receive more than 20 reviews this week (real reviews please and not exp farming)
(3) More than 15 comments per chapter this week!
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