285 Chapter 278: Cultivation lecture? (1/2)

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..