C84 (1/2)

Zhang Feng was unlucky, and was assigned to the only five man team.

”Hehe, Master, your team still has girls. If you get one, it would be pretty good, so you better be careful …”

”Scram! Stop spouting nonsense and take the heart exam. You must go up.” Zhang Feng gave Ma Qiang a kick, and turned to walk back to his own assessment team.

The one taking the test Zhang Feng was an old man wearing reading glasses. He wore a pure white Tang suit on his body, giving him a very quaint appearance.

”Fellow students, this time, I am giving you the landscape painting of Zhang Hong, the painter of the Ming Dynasty. You only need to tell me if it is true or not. You don't need to tell me anything else.” The old man reached out and took out a scroll. He placed it on the table and opened it.

As the flower scroll unfurled, an ancient style landscape painting appeared in front of Zhang Feng and the other three.

The other four people walked up together. Zhang Feng also walked to the front and looked at the painting on the table.

Concentrating his focus, Zhang Feng looked at the painting in front of him carefully. A black halo of light also appeared on the painting, it was around ten circles, with one glance, Zhang Feng could tell that it was fake.

Zhang Feng had an idea in his mind, he retracted his gaze and did not plan to look at the painting anymore, but suddenly he found that there was another green and brown light aura being emitted from the scroll, and if he looked carefully, he could see that there were at least a few thousand circles. Zhang Feng roughly estimated, that was something from the Tang Dynasty!

”Could this also be a painting from a painting?” Zhang Feng was secretly suspicious, but did not say a word. He stood at the side with his eyes staring at the painting, afraid that he would see wrongly.

”My fellow students, how was your appraisal?” Can you see any results? ” The old man stood by the side with his hands behind his back, looking at Zhang Feng and the others calmly.

”It's fake!” The four of them spoke at the same time and smiled at each other, brimming with confidence.

The old man nodded his head in satisfaction as well. However, after ten minutes, he was able to tell that the painting was fake. It seemed that the four of them had really good attainments in this art.

In the end, the old man set his gaze on Zhang Feng.

”Half is true, half is false.”

The reason why Zhang Feng said that was because he himself didn't know if the old man had purposefully designed the painting to test his students. He didn't want to stand out too much and after thinking for a long time, he came up with an idea that even he himself felt was a little impossible.

”Is half of it true and half of it is false?” Sure enough, those words set off a huge uproar, and even the old man started to frown.

Zhang Feng scratched his head, but still gave a firm reply. This painting itself was half real and half fake, its surface was fake, and its contents were real.

”Tsk, this is the first time I've heard that an antique has something that's half real, half fake. If it's like that, it's called a defective product, and it doesn't even know the terms. It's even registering for the archaeology department. What a bumpkin!”

”That's right, and here I was wondering what kind of powerful person would be in our group. After all this time, he's just a layman. He's really embarrassing himself, and he's looking down on us. What the hell is that!”

The sounds of discussions could be heard, and the four people around looked at Zhang Feng with gazes full of contempt, as if Zhang Feng was like a plague, and simply didn't have the qualifications to stand here.

Zhang Feng also did not say a word as he stood at the side and looked at the painting earnestly, ”This painting is after all half real and half fake, and not some defective product. It is actually half real and half fake.”

The old man frowned, he looked at Zhang Feng with some displeasure: ”Student, don't speak nonsense. In the business of appraising treasures, there isn't anything that's half real, it's real, and it's fake. Otherwise, how is this price defined?”

Zhang Feng did not know what to say, looking at the old man up and down, wanting to make sure that the old man was saying those words intentionally, or that he really did not know the trick behind the painting.

”Why are you staring at me like that?” What I said was just the truth, and there was nothing wrong with it. Right now, tell me whether this is real or fake, and if you are unable to say it out loud, then don't blame me for saying that you did not pass! ” The displeasure on the face of the elder intensified. He had seen many students who wanted to pass themselves off as the number one student in the academy, and he hated them the most as well.

”Teacher, there's no need for you to be so polite. You can just revoke his qualification and let him go. We all feel that it's shameful to be in the same group as someone like him!”

”That's right, what kind of thing is that? It seems like it's acting like it knows everything. In fact, it's clearly nothing. Yet, it's still pretending to be amazing! What a joke!”

The four people at the side spoke even more intensely, and they ridiculed even more towards Zhang Feng's words.

”What's wrong? What's wrong?”

Before Zhang Feng even had the chance to speak, Ma Qiang had already walked over, and even Yue Wuxin had walked over.

”Master, did something happen?” Did they bully you? You tell me, I'll fix them right now! ” Ma Qiang arrogantly pointed at the three boys beside him. Only he did not point at the girl.

When Ma Qiang spoke, the subordinates behind him naturally ignored him. They immediately surrounded the three kids, and were so frightened that the three students almost kneeled on the ground. They stared at the people around them in panic, their faces numb.

”Ma Qiang, don't rely on the fact that you are a Young Master of Ma Family to do whatever you want. This is an exam now, not a fight, hurry up and let your people leave, otherwise, I will revoke your qualification to pass!”

An elderly walked over and held Ma Qiang back. Although his words were firm, it was obvious that he was not confident, and was afraid of Ma Family.