Chapter 81

Principal Kong frowned: "Qin Lao, it's not that I don't want to give you face, but you know as well as I do, giving a guest professorship to a 20-year-old young man—isn't that a joke!"

"No, this is no joke at all. Although he is only 20, his knowledge in the field of archaeology is no less than mine!"

The principal gave a bitter smile: "Qin Lao, there's no need to belittle yourself just to get him in. In our Xihai City, who else would dare to say they are better than you?"

Qin Lao shook his head with a self-deprecating smile: "I used to think so too, but now I understand that some people are born extraordinary. He carries a radiance that you could never hope to reach in a lifetime. I've lived for so many years only to finally understand an old saying: there is always a heaven beyond heaven, and a person beyond a person!"

"This... since you've put it this way, I can only set a precedent. But I heard he is participating in some program; I will wait until he finishes before I notify him!"

"That won't do!" Qin Lao became anxious upon hearing this: "We can't wait, Principal. With his talent, who knows when he might be invited by provincial or even higher-level institutions? By then, would he even look at our university professorship? Finally, I want to say this: it's not that we are notifying him, but inviting him. We don't even know if he will agree!"

The principal was stunned. He already thought highly enough of Fang Yang, but Qin Lao's words left him completely bewildered.

If Qin Lao weren't his senior, he would have suspected he was suffering from senile dementia and talking nonsense.

But when he saw the firm and eager look in Qin Lao's eyes, he wavered.

Could it really be as he said, that this is a person who could bring glory to the academy?

However, at this very moment, Qin Lao's phone rang.

It was a call from Fang Yang.

A moment later, Qin Lao looked at the principal: "He dug up something good again and invited me to watch. Principal, I don't intend to persuade you anymore; I just hope you won't regret this in the future."

Watching Qin Lao leave the office alone with a lonely look, the principal suddenly felt that he might have been wrong.

"Qin Lao, wait a moment, I'll go with you!"

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At this moment, Fang Yang was using grass pulled from the roadside to wipe the tiger-knob gold seal.

After cleaning it, it shone even brighter under the sunlight.

The surrounding crowd couldn't help but crowd around to take a look; after all, it was their first time seeing such a rare item.

Someone among them noticed an inscription on the bottom of the gold seal.

"Fang Yang, what characters are carved on the bottom?"

Fang Yang smiled faintly: "Seal of the Great Marshal Yongchang!"

"How do you know? These characters don't look like modern Chinese at all!"

"This type of script is called Nine-Fold Seal Script. It's normal that you don't know it; just go back and look it up online and you'll know!"

Not long after they finished chatting.

Qin Lao and Chen Feng arrived at the scene almost at the same time.

What Fang Yang found strange was that neither of them brought assistants this time, but instead, each was followed by an old man.

Qin Lao took the lead to introduce: "Fang Yang, this is Principal Kong, the principal of our Xihai City Archaeological Academy!"

Fang Yang smiled: "Hello, Principal!"

The principal stood where he was, nodding with a forced smile, and said nothing.

Qin Lao frowned involuntarily.

Fang Yang didn't take it to heart either; if it weren't for Qin Lao, he wouldn't even bother with some principal—it had nothing to do with him.

Chen Feng, standing beside him, also took the initiative to introduce.

"Fang Yang, this is Director Xu of our Xihai City Cultural Relics Bureau! He came with me specially today!"

Fang Yang also greeted him with a smile: "Hello, Director!"

Director Xu, who felt some gratitude toward Fang Yang, hurriedly took the initiative to shake hands: "Fang Yang, I've heard so much about you. You're a celebrity in our Xihai City! Thank you very much for bringing us some precious cultural relics recently. Feel free to visit us when you have time; I'll have Chen Feng show you our collection!"

"Alright, no problem!"

Since others were polite to him, he naturally wouldn't be impolite, and he shook hands with the director.

Seeing the director's attitude, Chen Feng couldn't hide his smile and hurriedly asked: "Fang Yang, you said on the phone that you dug up a treasure. What kind of treasure is it? Why don't I see it?"

Fang Yang: "...."

"In your impression, is everything I dig up a 'big' thing?"

Chen Feng reacted immediately and laughed awkwardly: "No, no!"

Fang Yang didn't dawdle and took the gold seal directly from the excavator's cab.

The eyes of the four archaeological experts present went straight the moment they saw the gold seal.

They immediately and involuntarily walked over to take it.

As a result, eight hands reached out, and Fang Yang felt awkward—who should he give it to?

However, one pair of hands was closest to him—the principal's hands—who was currently giving Fang Yang a forced, awkward smile.

Fang Yang also smiled at him, then tossed it to Chen Feng beside him.

Qin Lao wilted instantly and glanced at the principal beside him.

At this moment, he was still maintaining his previous posture, only the forced smile on his face gradually disappeared, leaving only embarrassment.

After Chen Feng got it, he consciously handed it to the director to let him look first.

The two looked left and right, and hadn't finished looking even after ten minutes.

This made Qin Lao and the principal beside them anxious to death.

Any expert in the archaeological world would be itching to get to the bottom of such a treasure.

But the result was that it was right in front of you, and you weren't allowed to see it. That feeling, I'm afraid, only the principal himself understood.

——【Brother Fang is a man of the world, ruthless and concise. Others say a gentleman takes revenge after ten years, but Fang Yang is a gentleman who takes revenge immediately!】

——【The principal was so arrogant just now, and now he's just as awkward. Don't be too arrogant in life; you never know when it will be your turn to beg someone.】

——【Well done. I was annoyed by the principal's arrogant look just now. I thought Fang Yang had no temper, but it seems I underestimated him. This guy takes revenge on the spot.】

——【A director and a principal—it looks like they value this relic quite a bit. It must be something very valuable.】

——【To the person above, why don't you think from another angle? Maybe they came because of Fang Yang. After all, Fang Yang only said he dug up a treasure, not what it was.】

——【They still haven't said what this thing is. It's really annoying to keep people in suspense like this.】

Fang Yang just stood there quietly, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

If you ask if he did it on purpose, does that even need to be said!

If it weren't for Qin Lao's face, he wouldn't even have let this principal see it.

Why should he show him what he dug up himself?

And Chen Feng and the director seemed to understand Fang Yang, just looking at it there, and they looked for over twenty minutes.

Qin Lao finally couldn't take it anymore.

"I say, Little Xu, your Uncle Qin is already at this age. You let me stand here and wait—does your conscience not hurt?!"

Xu Fang finally couldn't hold back, laughed awkwardly, and handed the gold seal back to Fang Yang: "Qin Lao is right. It was my negligence. I'm sorry!"

Looking at the gold seal in Fang Yang's hand, the principal's eye twitched involuntarily.

He could see it now; even this director had to give Fang Yang face, otherwise he wouldn't have returned it to Fang Yang.

This made him feel aggrieved—a principal of a department-level institution was actually being ignored!

However, Fang Yang still considered Qin Lao and took the initiative to hand it over to him: "Qin Lao, you take a look too!"

Qin Lao's eyes lit up, and he nervously took the tiger-knob gold seal with both hands.

Now the principal didn't pretend anymore and went straight to look at it.

The two of them also looked at it for over ten minutes.

In the end, they still returned it to Fang Yang first.

To win over Fang Yang, Chen Feng took the initiative to create an opportunity: "Fang Yang, you should be able to tell what this gold seal is, right?"

Fang Yang smiled and nodded.

Director Xu and the principal both showed a hint of surprise.

They hadn't met Fang Yang, although they had heard of his prowess.

But for a 20-year-old young man to be able to see the origin of this item was truly extraordinary.

Only Qin Lao and Chen Feng knew that Fang Yang not only understood it but understood it better than anyone present.

To save his own face, the principal took the initiative to speak: "Ahem~~ If I'm not mistaken, this should be the characters 'Seal of the Great Marshal Yongchang' carved in Nine-Fold Seal Script!"

He thought that after this bit of showing off, he would gain some face.

However, the passersby on the bank let out a gasp.

"Damn, it really is Nine-Fold Seal Script. Fang Yang wasn't talking nonsense!"

"He also said it was the Seal of the Great Marshal Yongchang just now, right!"