75 Chapter 74: The Appraiser class! (1/2)

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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 theirbackbone 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.