Chapter 261 - The Aroma Over Wilderness (2/2)

As soon as he said that, he picked up the teaware on the table and started to perform.

Distain flashed in Yagyuu Ai's eyes. Unlike Hua Mingrui, Qin Haodong's moves were really rough and graceless. He acted like an ordinary person making tea at home. Apparently, the guy was an amateur.

Some people sighed, especially the spectators down the stage, who were sorry for the earlier draw. They had been hopeful upon seeing another challenger go on stage, but they felt desperate when they didn't see anything masterful in the young man.

Qin Haodong ignored the other people's expressions and continued to make his tea.

As time went by, Yagyuu Ai made another pot of tea and Qin Haodong finished all the previous procedures. The difference was that light aroma was emanating from Yagyuu Ai's teapot, while Qin Haodong's pot was giving out nothing at all.

Yagyuu Ai said disdainfully, ”Handsome, do we really have to go on? Shall we spare the judges this extra work?”

Qin Haodong looked at her and smiled. ”I feel the same way. We don't need to bother the judges anymore.”

Lang Sanyuan said sarcastically, ”Shame! That's a shame! Even my nanny could do better than him! Why did he even go there?”

Both Gao Fengwen's and Guo Feng's facial expressions changed. However, the truth was right there. They had nothing to say.

Just as everyone thought that Qin Haodong was going to yield, he picked up the teapot in front of him and slowly poured out some golden liquid into the teacup. It flowed like a mountain stream and gurgled when it hit the cup. It looked like playing an instrument.

At the same time, a strong aroma was exuded by the tea. The aroma moved down from the stage. Soon, it filled the place, which accommodated thousands of people, and filled up their noses.

Gao Wenfeng's expression changed drastically when he smelled the aroma. His disappointment was suddenly gone. It had been replaced by bliss on his face.

”Aroma over the Wilderness! Gosh! That's the third realm! Aroma over the Wilderness!”

Hua Mingrui, who hadn't gotten off the stage, was standing beside Qin Haodong. She was really astonished because, even though she had been working hard on the tea ceremony for many years, the third realm called the Aroma over the Wilderness had always remained a dream that was too hard for her to reach.

Thus, she was really stunned that someone else was doing that today. The young man in front of her had made it very casually.

Yagyuu Ai's proud face now turned as pale as ashes. She had been dedicated to the tea ceremony for so many years, so she surely knew what the Aroma over Wilderness meant. That was even beyond her teacher's reach.

She had lost completely!

Qin Haodong looked at Yagyuu Ai and said cheekily, ”Miss Yagyuu, you said we can spare the judges this extra work. So are you going to yield now?”

Yagyuu Ai bit her lips. As much as she hated to admit it, she forced the words out of her mouth and said, ”I yield.”

She was at the second realm of the tea ceremony, and Qin Haodong was at the third. The audience would laugh their teeth off if she insisted on asking for the opinion of the judges. She would be really ashamed if she got zero points and Qin Haodong got 10. Thus, she yielded directly.

When the Nihon people yielded, applause thundered all over the place.

Yagyuu Hirai's expression changed a lot. They had ended up in a draw with Huaxia, but she had been defeated in the blink of an eye in quite an embarrassing way.

Qin Haodong stood up and clasped his hands to salute the excited audience,. Then he turned back and walked off the stage. He glanced at Lang Sanyuan when he got back to his seat.

Lang Sanyuan had called Qin Haodong shameles and ”worse at the tea ceremony than his nanny”. Now, he had been slapped on the face hard. He bent over and put his head on his own thigh, feeling afraid to look at Qin Haodong.

The first game ended, and the second one started.

Chiba Mieko from Nihon went on the stage and told the audience, ”In the second game, we'd like to see the appraising ability of Huaxia antique experts. Some of the antiques are real, while some are not. Or maybe, all of them are fake. We'll lose if the experts sort all of them out.”

Qian Duoduo asked, ”Miss Chiba, why would I trust your judgment?”

Chiba Mieko said, ”We'll keep the answer in a box and hand it to you. That way, we will guarantee fairness.”

”Very well! That's a good idea.”

Qian Duoduo nodded and said that the answer should be written out in advance so that the Nihon people wouldn't deny it. The Nihon people were not that trustworthy, for the nation had been denying the crimes it had committed in World War II.

Guo Fen from the Huaxia team whispered to Qin Haodong, ”Dude, I'll go over and check. I'll have you pick it up for me if I fail.”

Then, he strode onto the stage. Qian Duoduo told Chiba Mieko, ”Miss Chiba, President Guo is on the stage. Please present us with your antiques.”

Chiba Mieko waved her hand at the audience. Two Nihon people walked on the stage with two ancient tubes in their hands.

Chiba Mieko handed the wooden box with the answers to Qian Duoduo. Then, she opened the tubes, took out two scrolls, and spread them on the desk.

At the same time, the projector showed the pictures on the large screens. All the spectators below the stage saw them clearly.

On the two pictures was an ancient poem that said, ”Better to study, no matter how late it is, in the candlelight or when the roosters are crowing; better to study when your hair's still black, or the regrets will multiply once it turns grey.” The poem, which was called Better to Study, was written in cursive handwriting. The handwriting looked quite spirited. At the end was the writer's name. The poem had been written by the greatest calligrapher of all time, Yan Zhenqing.