As with all high-end hotels capable of hosting such large banquets, there will always be a few smaller rooms that are much more intimate beyond the main hall for those who need some privacy.

It was in one of the small halls that Chu Nan met the person who wanted to see him.

To his surprise, this person was actually an old man with gray hair and a wrinkled face, judging from his appearance, he should be at least more than seventy, and it was enough to be Chu Nan's grandfather.

However, although the old man was old, his face was ruddy, his eyes were bright, and he was in good spirits, but he did not show the slightest appearance of old Longzhong.

Seeing Chu Nan, the old man looked carefully and carefully twice from head to toe, and his eyes were bright.

"Excellent! Sure enough, a good boy! ”

Chu Nan opened his mouth, not knowing how to deal with it for a while, so he could only barely continue to smile.

Seeing Chu Nan's crampedness, the old man cracked his mouth and laughed.

The old man just now sat there and exuded a majestic aura emanating from his body, which made Chu Nan involuntarily feel a pressure, and now he smiled like this, but it instantly made people feel a lot closer.

"Don't be so nervous, I just want to meet you and have a few words with you. Come, sit down. The old man pointed to the seat opposite, and then waved his hand at Mr. Zhang, who had brought in Chu Nan.

Mr. Zhang immediately bowed and withdrew.

Chu Nan once again confirmed that the identity of this old man is by no means simple.

However, he had already been mentally prepared for this, and it was not surprising that he sat down opposite him as the old man had ordered, looked at him levelly, and waited for him to speak again.

The old man looked at Chu Nan again, and his expression showed appreciation.

"Not bad. Being able to stay calm at all times is one of the most needed qualities as a martial artist, Chu Nan, you have performed well in this regard. ”

Chu Nan finally found a chance to speak, smiled slightly, and nodded in response: "Thank you for the compliment." Pls are you ......"

"It doesn't matter who I am, but you can call me Humont."

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 this name.

"It's good that you don't know me, because we've never met before." Humont laughed again. "This time, I specifically asked them to invite you over, mainly because I heard about your performance in the Xiyun Star Martial Arts Tournament."

"Sure enough, it's because of this ......"

Chu Nan's heart moved, and he asked a little strangely, "Just heard?" ”

"Oh no, I first heard about it, and then I asked them to look at those video footage of your games. I found that you did exactly what they said, and you did a great job. Especially in the last game, I am really amazed that you were able to defeat Maruk of that Khishli Kingdom. ”

"You've won a prize."

Chu Nan smiled, not paying much attention to Humeng's evaluation.

For his performance in the martial arts tournament, many people in the major media of the Federation and the pan-galaxy network spoke highly of him, and Chu Nan had long been numb to this kind of praise.

"Of course, the reason why I asked them to bring you here is because you are a young martial artist from our Purple Cloud Star. You have been glorious in the Martial Arts Tournament, not only defending the honor of our Earth Federation, but also winning glory for our Purple Cloud Star. When I saw you this time, in addition to complimenting you in person, I also wanted to give you some rewards. ”

Chu Nan hurriedly waved his hand: "I'm very happy to be able to get your face-to-face compliment, as for the reward, I don't think I'm qualified to receive any special reward." ”

"Hey, what? Look down on my old man? Humont looked angry.

"No, no, no, of course not. Just to be honest...... I'm just trying my best to compete for myself, and I've never thought about defending federal honor and winning glory for Ziyun Star......" Chu Nan scratched his head embarrassedly.

After waking up from a coma in the hospital, Chu Nan was idle and read a lot of comments about his previous closed through the pan-galaxy network, and found that the media of the Federation liked to say that he defended the honor of the Federation through his efforts, and even the media called him a hero of the Federation.

To be honest, Chu Nan was still a little complacent when he first saw these evaluations.

But after reading too much, I gradually became very disgusted with this statement.

He is not as lofty as those media say, "he will not hesitate to fight his life to protect the last glory of the Federation", "swear to defend the dignity of the Federation"......

Don't talk nonsense, he's just trying to get to the final.

When he struck the last punch, he didn't have anything in his head, only one thought, and that was to punch!

Now that these media have given Chu Nanan such a lofty slogan, he is not so cheeky to accept it calmly.

Hearing Chu Nan's answer, Humont was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

"Haha...... Good...... Well, I just like you as a straightforward child. That's right, to hell with those official claims! Race for yourself, that's right! When I was fighting hard on the battlefield, I didn't fight for any bullshit federal honor like those guys said, it was just to protect my family. ”

Chu Nan looked at him speechlessly, thinking to himself what this old man wanted to do if he changed his speech for a while?

And listening to his tone, he actually joined the Federal Army when he was young?

In the last hundred years of the Earth Federation, there has been only one large-scale war with the Keheli Kingdom more than forty years ago.

And from the age calculation, more than forty years ago, the old man in front of him was in the prime of life at that time, but he was indeed the age to join the army, and it was not possible to participate in the war with the Kehili Kingdom at that time.

"Well, yes, we were fighting the bunnies of Keheli. It was a tragic ...... back then."

Humont affirmed Chu Nan's guess, and then seemed to open the conversation, and began to talk about his various experiences on the battlefield back then.

It was the first time for Chu Nan to listen to a retired veteran who had personally experienced the war to tell about the past, and he couldn't help but listen to it, and from time to time he raised some details that could not be seen in various documents.

An old man and a young man talked about the world, but it took half an hour to talk for a full breath before they could breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hmm...... Alright, I can't finish talking about that war for three days and three nights, and if you want to hear it in the future, my old man welcomes you to come to me at any time. ”

After talking about a thrilling raid with the squad, Humont waved his hand and finally stopped the topic.

"Let's get down to business. I just said it because of your great performance in the Martial Arts...... I don't care if you're for yourself or for the Federation, anyway, you killed that Keheli guy and didn't let him make it to the finals, old man, I like you very much, and I'm willing to give you some rewards. ”

Chu Nan's words were blocked in his throat, so he had to shrug his shoulders with a wry smile.

"Since you are willing to do this, old man, it is not easy for the junior to refuse."

"Well, men just have to be refreshed like this. My old man has decided to give you a reward, and you just accept it. As for the rewards...... If I give you some money or something, it's too cheesy, and I look down on you. ”

Chu Nan moved his lips, and wanted to say that if you really give me some money, then I would be happy to accept it.

After all, he was still worried about the cost of entering Nebula Academy.

But since the old man didn't mean this, Chu Nan was really embarrassed to speak cheekily.

"But what...... Like Mu Yutong, take out a book of at least B-level martial arts to reward you, and I really can't get it. ”

Chu Nan looked at him with some amusement.

Could it be that he could prepare any ingenious rewards?

"Chu Nan, I've seen what the media said about you, your biggest problem now is because the previous accumulation is not enough, so it will be difficult to break through the Heavenly Gate in the future, right?"

"Hmm. Both Venerables judged it this way, but the juniors didn't think that there would be no way to break through. Chu Nan nodded.

"Okay, ambitious, I like it." Humont gave Chu Nan a thumbs up. "But after all, it was a judgment made by two star-level martial artists, and it must be reasonable. But what...... What they said is not entirely right, at least I know that a person is in a similar situation to you, but later he successfully broke through the Celestial Heaven Pass, and now he is a famous master of the Federation. ”

Chu Nan's heart moved.

Is it him? (To be continued.) )