Zhao Ming was still on his way, but Qin Hai seemed to have already noticed that Lin Shuguang had yet to leave. "What is it? Is there something else?"
"I need to look at the Stone Stele first." Lin Shuguang dispensed with the pleasantries.
Since Grand Scholar Qin was as rigid as an old pedant, there was no point beating around the bush.
Qin Hai paused, removed his reading glasses, and looked at Lin Shuguang. "I don't expect you to make anything of it. Just don't hold up our progress. You should know that your arrival has already cost me two minutes. In those two minutes, I could have read through at least fifty pages of ancient texts..."
"Then if you don't want to waste any more time, hand the Stone Stele over to me. Perhaps you don't know this, but the Oracle Bone Script decipherment before the New Year was my work. I'm not boasting about my achievements, but if you really want to decipher it, don't interfere with my train of thought." Lin Shuguang was even more blunt.
Qin Hai frowned, seemingly not expecting the young man before him to be so difficult. Clearly unaware of Lin Shuguang's relationship with Chang Hushan, he mistook him for a subordinate and turned to Chang Hushan. "What do you think?"
Chang Hushan smiled faintly. "As it happens, Brother Lin was the one who personally made the writing on this Stone Stele appear. By any reasonable standard, he should be allowed access to it. Besides, he's an expert in this field himself. Secret of Cultivation Realms was Brother Lin's work. Surely I don't need to elaborate on his expertise?"
Chang Hushan's decision to side with Lin Shuguang took Qin Hai by surprise, and his expression immediately darkened.
"Isn't this just nonsense? Fine,