Chapter 148
As with all high level hotels capable of hosting such large banquets, outside the main hall used for the main venue, there will always be several smaller rooms that are much more secluded for those who need some It is used by the guests of the private space.
Chu Nan met the person who wanted to see him in one of the small halls.
To his surprise, this person is actually a hair grey-white, wrinkled old man. From the appearance, it should be at least over seventy, and it is enough to be a grandfather of Chu Nan.
However, although the old man is old, his face is ruddy, his eyes are bright, and his spirit is vigorous, but he does not show the slightest senile appearance.
Seeing Chu Nan, the old man looked at it carefully from head to toe twice, and his eyes were full of light.
"Very good! Sure enough, he is a good child!"
Chu Nan opened his mouth, not knowing what to do for a while, so he could barely keep smiling.
Seeing Chu Nan's embarrassment, the old man cracked his mouth and laughed.
The old man just sat there exuding a majestic aura from his body, which made Chu Nan involuntarily feel a pressure. Now that he smiles like this, it instantly makes people feel a lot closer .
"Don't be so nervous, I just want to meet you and have a chat with you. Come, sit down." The old man pointed to the seat opposite, and then rushed to Mr. Zhang who brought Chu Nan in. waved his hand. "
Mr. Zhang immediately bowed and withdrew.
Chu Nan reconfirmed that the old man's status is not simple.
But he I had this mental preparation for a long time, but it was not surprising. I sat down opposite him according to the old man's instructions, looked at him, and waited for him to speak again.
The old man looked at Chu Nan again, and his expression showed An appreciation.
"Not bad. Being able to remain calm at all times is one of the most desirable qualities of being a Martial Artist, Chu Nan, and you do it well. "
Chu Nan finally found the opportunity to speak, smiled slightly, and nodded replied, "many thanks for your compliment." Who are you..."
"It doesn't matter who I am, but you can call me Hume. "
Chu Nan looked dazed. He was sure that he didn't know the old man he was facing at all, and he didn't have any impression of the name.
"It's right not to know me, because We've never met before. Huumont laughed again. "I asked them to invite you over this time, mainly because I heard about your performance in the Western Cloud Star Martial Artist Tournament. "
"It really is because of this..."
Chu Nan's heart moved, and he asked strangely: "Just heard? "
"Oh, no, I heard about it at first, and then I asked them to look at those video footage of your games." Found out that you did exactly what they said, and performed exceptionally well. Especially in the last game, I was really amazed that you were able to defeat Maluk from the Kingdom of Keshili. "
"You have won. ”
Chu Nan laughed and didn’t pay much attention to Hume’s comments.
For his performance in the Martial Artist Tournament, many people in the federal media and the pan-galactic network Made a high evaluation, Chu Nan has long been numb to this kind of praise.
"Of course, the reason why I asked them to find you, as long as it is because you are from our Ziyunxing. Young Martial Artist. Your success in the Martial Artist Tournament has not only defended the honor for our Earth Federation, but also won glory for our Purple Cloud Star. When I see you this time, in addition to complimenting you in person, I also want to give you some rewards. "
Chu Nan waved his hand quickly: "I'm very happy to get your face-to-face compliment. As for the reward, I don't need it. I don't think I am qualified to receive any special reward." "
"Hey, what's up?" Look down on my old fogey? "Hummon looked angry.
"No no no, of course not. Just to be honest... I just tried my best to compete for myself, I never thought about defending the honor of the Federation and winning glory for the Purple Cloud Star..." Chu Nan scratched his head sadly.
In the hospital After waking up from the coma, Chu Nan read a lot of comments about him on the pan-galactic network, and found that the media of the Federation liked to say that he defended the honor of the Federation through hard work, and even Some media called him a hero of the Federation.
To be honest, Chu Nan was a little complacent when he first saw these comments.
But after reading more, he gradually became more and more concerned about this kind of comments. The statement is very disgusting.
He is not as tall as those in the media say, "he will sacrifice his life to protect the last glory of the Federation", "swear to the death to defend the dignity of the Federation"...
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Come on, he just wanted to be in the finals.
When he hit the last punch, he had nothing in his head, only a single thought, that was Fist!
Now the media have forcibly put such a lofty slogan on Chu Nan, but he is not so thick-skinned to accept it calmly.
Hearing Chu Nan's slogan Answering, Hume froze for a moment, then burst out laughing.
"Haha... well... well, I like your straightforward child. That's right, let those official statements go to hell! Play for yourself, that's right! When I was fighting hard on the battlefield, I didn't fight for some bullshit federal honor, as those guys said, just to protect my family. ”
Chu Nan looked at him quite speechlessly, thinking to himself what the Old Master wanted to talk about later?
And listen to his tone, when he was young He actually joined the Federation Army?
In the past 100 years of the Earth Federation, the only large-scale war was the one with the Kingdom of Xili more than 40 years ago.
And judging from his age, more than 40 years ago, the Old Master in front of him was in his prime at that time, but he was indeed at the age of joining the army. Maybe he participated in the war with the Kingdom of Keshili at that time.
"Well, yes, we were indeed at war with the bastards in Kheli. It was a tragic event back then..."
Huu Meng affirmed Chu Nan's guess, and immediately opened a chatterbox and began to eloquently talk about his various experiences on the battlefield back then.
Chu Nan was the first time to listen to a retired veteran who had personally experienced the war describe the past. Hugh Meng was so addicted to chatting that he actually danced when he was excited.
One old man and one young man chatted and talked, and it took half an hour to relax.
"Well... Okay, I can't finish talking about that war for three days and three nights. If you want to hear it in the future, I, old fogey, welcome you to come to me at any time. ”
After talking about a thrilling raid led by the Squad, Hume waved his hand and finally stopped the topic.
“Let’s get down to business.” I just said that because of your great performance in the Martial Artist Tournament...I don't care if you're doing it for yourself or for the federation, anyway you killed that guy from Kheli and didn't let him make it to the finals, old fogey I like you very much and would like to give you some rewards. "
Chu Nan's words were stuck in his throat, so he could only shrugged with a wry smile.
"Since you are willing to do this, Old Master, then Junior can't refuse." "
"Well, men just want to be cool like this. I old fogey decided to give you a reward, you just keep it. As for the reward... If I give you some money or something, it's too tacky, I look down on you. "
Chu Nan moved his lips, wanting to say that if you really give me some money, I'd be happy to accept it.
After all, he's still trying to get into the Nebula Academy. I'm worried about the cost.
But since Old Master didn't mean it, Chu Nan also said shamelessly.
"But...like Mu Yutong, take out the least book. B-Rank martial skill to reward you, I really can't come up with it. "
Chu Nan looked at him amusingly.
Could he prepare any other ingenious rewards?
"Chu Nan, I've seen it before." The things that the media said about you, your biggest problem now is that because the previous accumulation is not enough, it will be difficult to break through the Eternal Sky Pass in the future, right? ”
"en. Both Venerables judged so, but Junior didn't think it was impossible to break through. "Chu Nan nodded.
"Okay, ambitious, I like it." "Huu Meng gave Chu Nan a thumbs up. "But after all, it is the judgment made by two Star Level Martial Artists, and it must be justified. But... what they said is not entirely correct, at least I know a person who is in a similar situation to you, but later successfully broke through the Eternal Sky Pass, and is now a well-known expert in the federation. "
Chu Nan's heart moved.
Huu Meng said, is it him?