Li Yang stepped forward, sneering at Ku Teng, "Don't tell me you're scared before we've even begun? But that's understandable. After all, your tiny Sakura Country, coming to our magnificent Huaxia, must have already lost its courage."
"How dare you insult our Sakura Country, and our Master Ku Teng!"
A samurai behind Ku Teng's back, eyes blazing with killing intent, suddenly drew his sword and roared at Li Yang.
At this moment, the surrounding spectators were startled!
The bodyguards brought by Ku Teng looked extremely fierce. If they were to act, lives might be lost.
Only Li Yang remained expressionless, staring at him, "Insult? You think too highly of your Sakura Country. I merely spoke the truth, and you consider it an insult."
"Then if I say all the antiques in your tiny Sakura Country were stolen from our Huaxia, wouldn't you get agitated?"
"You..."
"What 'you'? Your insignificant little country has no small ambitions. You even want to plunder hundreds of our Huaxia's national treasures. Even if we were willing to give them to you, would you have anywhere to put them back home?"
Li Yang interrupted him, continuously mocking their homeland, making them grit their teeth in anger.
The samurai was about to draw his sword to deal with Li Yang, but at the critical moment, Ku Teng stopped him.
Ku Teng's face turned icy cold, and he glared sinisterly at Li Yang, "Kid, if you want to compete, compete. Why all the nonsense?"
"Heh, now you want to compete with us? Who was it that said our magnificent Huaxia had no appraisers? Since you're on our territory, keep your mouth clean."
"Our Huaxia land is not a place where dogs from your tiny country can bark as they please," Li Yang said aggressively.
"Well said!"
At this moment, all the spectators felt a sense of catharsis and praised Li Yang.
Although Ku Teng had brought many bodyguards today, he still showed signs of fear when facing so many people from Huaxia.
Xu Shenglong also showed a pleased expression, deeply admiring Li Yang's actions. His respect for Li Yang grew even stronger than before.
Then, Li Yang collected himself and said to Ku Teng, "Bring out whatever tricks you have today. I will show you the charm of Huaxia's antique appraisal."
"Our thousands of years of cultural heritage are not something you can provoke by learning a smattering of it."
"Kid, just talking trash is no skill. Today, I'll see how capable your Huaxia appraisers are. If I don't teach you a good lesson, you won't know how formidable our Sakura Country is!"
Ku Teng, full of defiance, suppressed the anger in his heart and channeled all his fury into motivation, determined to win against Li Yang.
As soon as he finished speaking, he gave a signal to his subordinate. Soon after, his subordinate brought out three antiques covered with red cloth from outside.
Everyone looked, feeling curious. These three antiques were half a person's height, and judging by their appearance, they seemed to be significant pieces.
Xu Shenglong looked at the three items, his brows furrowed. He thought to himself that Ku Teng was well-prepared today, and the appraisal would not be simple. Therefore, it would not be easy for Li Yang to win against him.
Li Yang stood in place dismissively, not even glancing at Ku Teng, completely unimpressed by what Ku Teng had brought.
After all three items were placed on the ground, Ku Teng personally walked to the first one and unveiled the red cloth. Inside, a bronze sheep head was revealed.
Seeing this, everyone present was shocked!
Wasn't this the sheep head, one of the twelve zodiac animals? This item had been lost for many years, and now it was in the hands of a Sakura Country appraiser.
These people were truly despicable and shameless!
Ku Teng smiled confidently, "Kid, this is the first item you need to appraise. If you truly have the skill, identify the origin and authenticity of this bronze sheep head."
"Heh, just this?"
Li Yang shook his head and walked forward contemptuously. He patted the bronze sheep head twice and said, "This is a fake, and the fakiest of fakes."
"This sheep head appears to be cast in bronze, but it's actually just a metal shell. What you want me to appraise is not this sheep head, but what's inside the sheep head."
*Bang!*
As he finished speaking, Li Yang directly struck it with his hand. The large bronze sheep head actually split open, revealing a white jade sheep head inside!
The crowd was stunned!
Ku Teng's brows furrowed. He clearly hadn't expected Li Yang to discern the mystery of this item so quickly.
However, even so, he wasn't worried, as identifying this jade sheep head was not an easy task.
He applauded Li Yang, saying, "I truly underestimated you. In less than two seconds, you easily exposed the secret of this sheep head. However, the real test is yet to come. You need to appraise the authenticity of this jade sheep head."
"Does this still need appraisal?"
Li Yang remained dismissive. He personally stepped forward, picked up the jade sheep head, and casually tossed it around in his hand, playing with it as he said, "You still refuse to admit that Sakura Country is a small place. For such a small place like yours, to create such a fake jade sheep head is quite remarkable."
"This sheep head is not made of jade, but carved from mountain stone, then coated with jade and fired at high temperatures. Its internal and external densities are inconsistent. Although the jade quality looks decent from the outside, the inside is entirely stone."
"Such crude work is worthless in our Huaxia. You actually brought it for us to appraise, and even dared to make a wager. How ridiculous."
Upon hearing this, all the Huaxia antique magnates present were stunned on the spot!
To their naked eye, this item was indeed made of jade, not stone as Li Yang claimed.
Even Xu Shenglong couldn't see the trick at first glance. He didn't know how Li Yang had figured it out.
"Haha, I thought you kid had some real ability, but it turns out you can only spout nonsense. You actually say it's made of stone?"
Ku Teng couldn't help but burst into laughter upon hearing Li Yang's explanation, shaking his head and mocking, "Kid, you've misidentified the first antique. This item is indeed made of jade, but I deliberately had someone leave traces of stone carving on it."
"This is just a trap I set for your Huaxia appraisers. I didn't expect you to fall for it so easily."
"What? This is bad. Mr. Li has fallen for this Sakura Country traitor's scheme. These scoundrels are truly despicable and shameless!"
"Will Mr. Li really lose? If the first antique is misidentified, it will severely affect his mindset for the subsequent ones."
The spectators all showed looks of worry!
Xu Shenglong gritted his teeth in anger. He hadn't expected even Mr. Li to fall for their trick!
These Sakura Country people were indeed difficult to deal with!
Only Li Yang's expression shifted slightly!