The professors in the monitoring room naturally saw Zhang Xuan's answer.
The few of them could not help but shake their heads, indicating that it was as expected.
"Zhang Xuan's ability to identify antiques is still slightly inferior.”
"That's right. It looks like this child won't be able to get first place in this round. It'll be difficult for him to even get into the top three.”
"The correct answer should be to choose the bronze artifact with the thundercloud pattern.”
The archaeology professors in the monitoring room could not help but feel a little regretful.
Zhang Xuan did not choose the correct answer this time.
However, some people felt that Zhang Xuan was already outstanding enough.
It was not impossible to understand the flaws in some aspects.
After all, there were five rounds of assessment. Zhang Xuan's two first places were enough to confirm that he was a member of the archaeological team.
The only difference was whether Zhang Xuan could take first place again in the future.
However, Zhang Xuan was not fated to be first this round.
"Oh, really?"
"Why don't you wait and see?”
"Due to time constraints, I only told the examiner the real answer.”
However, the vice president had a different look in his eyes.
The more he looked at Zhang Xuan, the more he admired him.
The other professors looked at each other, not knowing what the vice president meant.
The answer had already been confirmed. Could there be a turning point?
After Zhang Xuan submitted his answer, the other candidates also submitted their answers.
"Everyone, please stand next to the antiques you have chosen.”
Soon, everyone dispersed.
He was the only one standing in the bronze vessel that Zhang Xuan had chosen.
There were two people standing beside the bronze ware with thundercloud patterns. One of them was the person who had won the second place in the first two rounds, and the other was an old man in his fifties.
There were the most people standing next to a complete and very shiny celadon porcelain from the Tang Dynasty.
Among them was Chen Jin.
"With so many people choosing this porcelain bottle, it's a sure bet.”
"Such a beautiful porcelain bottle is definitely the most valuable for research.”
Chen Jin looked at so many people standing here and felt that he had the advantage.
Chen Jin sneered when he saw Zhang Xuan standing alone beside an antique.
Kid, you must have been in the limelight for the first two rounds.
When it came to choosing antiques, he had indeed chosen the wrong direction.
After seeing that everyone was standing properly, the examiner looked deeply at Zhang Xuan.
Then, he said.
"Next, the results will be announced."
"Zhang Xuan is in first place, while Zhe Gu Xiao and Elder Feng are tied for second place.”
"The rest are not in the top three.”
"What?!"
Everyone present was very confident in the appraisal of antiques.
When they heard that their abilities could not even squeeze into the top three, each and every one of them let out an unconvinced voice.
Chen Jin pointed at where Zhang Xuan was standing and questioned.
"Impossible!"
"How can a bronze vessel with a beast face be the most valuable research item among these cultural relics?”
The examiner did not answer. Instead, he turned to look at Zhang Xuan.
He seemed to have thought of Zhang Xuan's position in the Association of Archeologists in the future, so he said respectfully.
"Mr. Zhang Xuan, please explain.”
"The reason why you chose this item."
Zhang Xuan nodded. There was no harm in sharing this knowledge that should have been recorded.
"This is a sacrificial vessel used in the early Western Zhou Dynasty and even the late Shang Dynasty," said Zhang Xuan.”
"The patterns on this vessel are circular horn patterns. It should be used to worship some kind of goat tribe.”
"Therefore, I believe that this is a bronze vessel from the late Shang Dynasty, or it might be from the early Western Zhou Dynasty. Due to its long history, its research value is higher.”
The examiner nodded, indicating that Zhang Xuan was right.
When the others heard Zhang Xuan's judgment, they could not help but be surprised.
Could that seemingly ordinary ancient artifact be something that was more than three thousand years old?
The research value of this thing was indeed immeasurable.
However, there were still people who were puzzled.
Elder Feng, who was said to be second by the examiner, took a step forward and asked.
"Little friend Zhang Xuan, I am a little puzzled.”
"According to what I know, the bronze vessels used in the Western Zhou Dynasty were all decorated with the pattern of thunderclouds.”
"The patterns of these thunderclouds represent the gods in the sky that the ancients believed in.”
"Young friend, how did you determine that this bronze vessel with a beast face came from an even more ancient time?”
Zhang Xuan did not pretend to be mysterious and explained.
"Because of the continuous progress of the times and civilization.”
"At the end of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the ancients were more willing to believe in wild beasts of all shapes and sizes than those illusory gods.”
"The animal face pattern on this bronze vessel is an animal that the ancients believed in.”
"However, with the continuous advancement of civilization, the ancients discovered that animals were not terrifying existences. As a result, the patterns on the beast faces were eliminated over time.”
"After that, the ancients no longer believed in animals, but in the gods in the sky.”
"This is also the reason for the appearance of the thundercloud pattern.”
Elder Feng's eyes lit up when he heard this.
He made a gesture of being taught and praised,"Little friend Zhang Xuan is so young, but you actually have such knowledge.”
"It really makes us old fellows blush.”
In the monitoring room, the archaeology professors were even more dumbfounded.
The correct answer? The correct answers that they knew were nothing!
(Is anyone watching? Some squeaked! The data is cold.
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