NOVEL NEXT Chapter 321 - 321: 【321】Is there any problem with this?_1
Chapter 321: 【321】Is there any problem with this?_1
Ouyang Yushan was crafty with age, and if Tang Feng could notice something, it was impossible for him not to see it.
Of course, he noticed that Yao Guhuai was pretending to be confused when he was actually not, and couldn’t help sneering in his heart as he pointed at Zhong Pan’er beside him, “You’ll have to ask your precious disciple about that.”
Yao Guhuai had intended to muddle through, but seeing Ouyang Yushan was relentless, he also felt somewhat displeased.
However, in front of so many people, he felt it wouldn’t be proper to openly defend his disciple, so he could only turn his head to Zhong Pan’er, “Pan’er, what exactly happened?”
Zhong Pan’er explained the situation with an aggrieved look, and at the end did not forget to add, “I just had some doubts about his appraisal skills, nothing more, Uncle Ouyang misunderstood me.”
After listening to her explanation, Yao Guhuai then turned to Ouyang Yushan with a smile, “Old Brother Ouyang, Pan’er is just this type of outspoken person without ill intent, you know that well enough. Just treat her words as nonsense, and don’t lower yourself to argue with a young girl.”
Although his words appeared honorable, the implication seemed to be, you are a master of antique appraisal, it’s quite beneath you to bicker with a young girl.
“Since you’ve acknowledged her words as nonsense, shouldn’t she apologize?” Ouyang Yushan asked bluntly, not giving any face.
Yao Guhuai frowned, feeling even more aggrieved.
In the Zhonghai Antique Circle, he was also a prominent figure, hardly inferior to Ouyang Yushan.
This old fellow was now disrespecting him in front of so many people, which made him secretly seethe with anger.
“All right, all right, if I apologize for her, will that be enough? Don’t be angry, Old Brother Ouyang, just take it as giving me some face,” he said in a tone that was joking, which allowed him to give face to Ouyang Yushan and avoid losing face in front of the juniors.
But Ouyang Yushan remained cold-faced, “Why should you apologize to me? She wasn’t questioning me.”
His implication was for him to apologize to Tang Feng.
Yao Guhuai glanced at Ye Feng and frowned at Ouyang Yushan, “Old Brother Ouyang, do you want me to apologize to a junior?”
“Why not? If you admit to talking nonsense, it’s only right to apologize to the person concerned, what’s the problem with that?” Ouyang Yushan countered.
Yao Guhuai was seething with anger, staring daggers at Ouyang Yushan.
Ouyang Yushan, for his part, maintained his composure and met Yao Guhuai’s gaze.
The contestants on the scene were so frightened that they fell silent as if gripped by winter’s chill.
The oppressive force created by the standoff between two grandmasters of the antique world made them tremble with fear.
What shocked them even more was that these two towering figures of the Zhonghai Antique Circle had taken their conflict public.
Normally, at their level, even if there were disagreements, they would be resolved privately, or at least they would maintain an appearance of peace.
A public falling out like this was exceedingly rare.
The key figure in all this was undoubtedly Tang Feng.
It was clear that Ouyang Yushan’s fronting it out with Yao Guhuai was to protect Tang Feng’s face.
This showed how important Tang Feng was in Ouyang Yushan’s eyes.
Everyone was sneakily observing Tang Feng.
Whether this prodigy was real or not, with Ouyang Yushan’s support, he was bound to soar to the skies!
In the end, it was Yao Guhuai who conceded first.
Although Ouyang Yushan had been semi-retired for years and his fame was not what it once was,
Yao Guhuai’s reputation had been on the rise, catching up to Ouyang Yushan’s, and now some were even coining them “Ouyang of the South, Yao of the North.”
But for some reason, Yao always felt somewhat inferior in front of Ouyang Yushan.
Especially, Ouyang’s gaze, seemingly devoid of any aggression, exerted an invisible pressure that stirred an urge in Yao to submit from deep within his soul.
This just went to show, he still had a way to go to match Ouyang Yushan’s finesse.
After weighing his options over and over again in his mind, he finally went up to Tang Feng, and with a slight bow of his upper body, he said, “Young man, my disciple spoke out of turn just now, and as her teacher, I apologize to you on her behalf. I hope you won’t hold it against her.”
“Whoa…”
Before Tang Feng could respond, a buzz of discussion rose from the contestant seats behind him.
“My goodness, Master Yao actually apologized to Tang Feng? If word of this gets out, the entire antique circle is going to explode.”
“What status does Master Yao hold? And he’s apologizing to a junior? It’s almost unbelievable.”
“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed it.”
“This Tang Feng’s face is really big enough to make Master Yao personally apologize, there probably aren’t many in the entire Zhonghai Antique Circle who could command that, right?”
“This is enough for him to brag about for a lifetime…”
As they said, with Yao Guhuai’s status in the Zhonghai Antique Circle, there were very few who could cause him to apologize in public.
Let alone to a junior.
This was an enormous honor for a junior.
Yao Guhuai, hearing people’s comments, felt a deep sense of humiliation.
But what he didn’t expect was that the worst humiliation was yet to come.
Tang Feng’s next remark would completely trample his face into the ground.
“I accept your apology. But I hope Master Yao will instruct your disciple properly when you return, so that she learns to speak and act with caution, to avoid bringing trouble to both her and yourself.”
Tang Feng was merely expressing his own thoughts.
But to Yao Guhuai’s ears, it took on another meaning entirely.
It seemed as if he was being lectured on how to teach his disciple.
If this had come from Ouyang Yushan, it might have been acceptable.
But for a rising figure in the antique world to presume to teach him how to educate his disciple was preposterously arrogant.
He suddenly raised his head, staring intently at Tang Feng.
With his formidable presence, although not a match for Ouyang Yushan, locking gazes with a junior was more than most could handle.
Yet, once again, he was caught off guard.
Tang Feng appeared as if nothing was amiss, still smiling at him, completely unaffected by his intimidation.
This level of composure, this equanimity, was already quite master-like.
Yao Guhuai was utterly astonished.