Chapter 49

Suddenly, among all the appraisers, the youngest one, as if he had just thought of something, rushed to Lin Yiming's side, picked up a treasure with a name tag, and looked at it with his eyes wide open like bells.

"Lin Yiming, it really is Lin Yiming, I remember now, my master once mentioned you!"

"Lin Yiming? Is it him? The great appraiser?"

"I also remember this name, Old Qin mentioned him!"

The other appraisers, hearing the young appraiser's exclamation, gradually realized that this young man was the one Old Qin had spoken of.

They worked in two shifts, so that under normal circumstances, the appraisers in the appraisal alliance could always maintain their ability to appraise, without everyone exhausting their spiritual energy.

A while ago, they heard Old Qin tell them that during their rest period, when the appraisal alliance was conducting an examination, a very, very powerful young appraiser came. Despite his young age, he had already become a great appraiser.

Now, thinking about it, wasn't the person Old Qin mentioned named Lin Yiming!

When this young man entered, the people in the appraisal alliance had said that he was sent by Old Qin. At that time, they should have realized that he was the genius Lin Yiming.

Before, they had looked down on him and waited to see his failure. Now, thinking about it, he might have been laughing at them all along.

Among all the appraisers, the one who looked the most awkward was the old appraiser who had initially told Lin Yiming not to box and to rest well. His face was flushed, and he wished there was a crack in the ground to let him crawl into. Although he was older, the other person was a great appraiser, and he had actually given him advice? What a joke!

Only when Zhao Cong, who was responsible for appraising Lin Yiming, said he couldn't handle it anymore did he raise his head and gather his courage to say, "Alright, if that's the case, then I'll do it."

Lin Yiming, seeing everyone's reactions, smiled but said nothing, and continued to appraise.

The appraiser responsible for reviewing his work, however, suddenly increased in number.

In the end, in the entire room, only he was appraising, while the rest were all reviewing his work.

There was no choice; his appraisal speed was too fast. At first, there was a backlog, and unless everyone reviewed together, they couldn't keep up.

In the room, the auction house assistant, seeing this scene, was already dumbfounded. All the appraisers were appraising one person, and the rest were reviewing, a scene that had never been seen in the appraisal alliance before.

Suddenly, he had an idea and quickly left the appraisal hall.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the assistant returned, accompanied by a person who clearly looked like a high-level executive of the auction house.

"Hmm? It's over?"

Lin Yiming was completely focused on the appraisal. He had just finished appraising one treasure and was about to take another when he realized he had appraised all the treasures.

He stretched his limbs and was about to stand up when a man, clearly an auction house manager, walked up to him.

"Master, hello. I am the chief manager of the auction house. I heard from my subordinates that a powerful appraiser came today, so I specially came to ask for your help." The manager paused and clapped his hands. Behind him, three auction house assistants immediately brought forward three treasures on plates.

"Master, our auction house has three treasures, but no one has been able to appraise them. I wonder if Master can help us appraise them? Of course, we will not treat you unfairly in terms of payment."

Lin Yiming smiled lightly and nodded. Appraising was no problem, as long as he was paid. He pointed to the man on the far left: "Alright, let's start with this treasure."

As soon as Lin Yiming spoke, the auction house assistant, who was very perceptive, placed the plate in front of Lin Yiming.

On the plate, a piece of silk covered the treasure, making it impossible to see what was inside.

Without hesitation, Lin Yiming lifted the silk, revealing the treasure inside. Instantly, his expression changed.

The treasure turned out to be a pair of shoes, and they looked like women's shoes. Was this the treasure he was supposed to appraise?

He gave the manager a puzzled look, instinctively wanting to ask if the wrong item had been brought, but seeing that the other person said nothing, he picked up one of the shoes and released his spiritual energy into it.

"Hmm?"

The surging spiritual energy entered the shoe but unexpectedly met with resistance, not flowing in directly.

These shoes were indeed extraordinary.

Lin Yiming increased his spiritual energy and continued to probe the shoe.

In the next moment, a scene appeared in his mind.

It seemed to be a woman's boudoir. Then, a clear voice sounded: "Miss Yuecai, this pair of shoes has been delivered. Made from 200-year-old ice silk and embedded with 100-year-old black gold thread, these shoes are a perfect match for you."

As the voice faded, a woman's foot appeared in his mind's eye, gently slipping into the shoe. The foot was not clearly visible, but it was evident that it belonged to a woman.

Seeing this, Lin Yiming's spiritual energy encountered a significant obstacle and suddenly retreated like a receding tide.

Lin Yiming opened his eyes and looked around at everyone, a smile appearing on his face: "Hmm, this treasure is a pair of shoes made from 200-year-old ice silk and embedded with 100-year-old black gold thread, worn by a woman named Miss Yuecai."

"Miss Yuecai?" The manager, upon hearing this, froze as if turned to stone, his expression changing rapidly. After a long while, he came to his senses and instructed the assistant to bring the second treasure for appraisal.

Lin Yiming felt a bit strange inside. He didn't know what kind of identity Miss Yuecai had to make the manager react like that, but it wasn't his concern.

He appraised all three treasures in succession without stopping. When the manager brought the total of 200 silver taels for the appraisal fee and left, Lin Yiming felt a bit tired.

He bowed to the other appraisers, his voice lower than usual: "Gentlemen, the treasures have been appraised. Can we go rest now? I'm quite tired after appraising so many treasures!"

You know fatigue!

Hearing Lin Yiming's words, the appraisers collectively sighed in relief. They had thought he wouldn't get tired. He had appraised so many treasures without rest and then appraised three more that no one in the appraisal alliance could appraise.

If he didn't get tired, they would be ashamed!

When Zhao Cong heard Lin Yiming say he was tired, he looked at the young face of the other person and made a decision. Standing up from his chair, he smiled sincerely: "Appraiser Lin, you're not from this town, and you don't have a resting room in our appraisal alliance, right? Why don't you come to my place to rest?"

Lin Yiming looked up at the smiling face of the other person and smiled slightly: "Then I'll trouble you, Old Zhao." He indeed needed to rest.