"Are you recruiting consecrated ones here?"
Chen Nan did not get angry because of the other party's contempt.
After all, according to the current martial artist's level.
No one would believe that he could defeat a strong individual in the Tianshu realm.
"You don't know?" The middle-aged man frowned. "Since you're not here to compete for the consecrated position, what are you doing at the Wu family?"
"Oh, I have something to do. I want to visit Old Master Wu," Chen Nan said, taking out a pack of cigarettes and giving it to the other party. "Brother, excuse me for asking, why is the Wu family recruiting consecrated ones?"
"Go away, don't try to get close to us." The middle-aged man said with disgust. "If you want to visit my old man, you can, but do you have an appointment?"
"If not, hurry up and go play elsewhere. The Wu family has no time to pay attention to you today."
Just then.
A sweet voice like a oriole's came from behind Chen Nan, full of joy: "Uncle, is it really you?"
Chen Nan turned around.
He saw a girl in her early teens looking at him with disbelief.
She was wearing a school uniform skirt, a ponytail, and exuded youthful vitality from the inside out.
Her skin was as smooth as cream, her features were delicate, and she was like a porcelain doll.
"It's really you, I missed you so much."
The girl, overjoyed, threw herself into Chen Nan's arms.
"Qing Long, you are something else!" Chen Nan wanted to cry but had no tears. He didn't expect Qing Long to even harm the flowers of the motherland.
"You misunderstand me. How could I do something so inhuman?" Qing Long's voice carried a hint of grievance, and then he shared some memories of the girl with Chen Nan.
After reading them, Chen Nan also breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as Qing Long said.
He had indeed misunderstood it.
The girl's name was Wu Qianru.
She was a third-year high school student.
At the beginning of the year.
She and her classmates were drugged at a bar.
In a moment of crisis, Qing Long stepped forward and saved the girl, taking her to a hotel.
Of course.
Nothing happened between them.
However, Wu Qianru was extremely grateful to him, even claiming to be his girlfriend.
But she was rejected by Qing Long.
After that, the two became strangers.
Who would have thought they would meet here.
"Uncle is my savior. You must apologize to Uncle, or I will have Grandpa fire you right now!" Wu Qianru said angrily to the bodyguards at the door.
The two bodyguards looked embarrassed.
They didn't expect Chen Nan to be the savior of this young lady.
To keep their jobs, they could only apologize.
Wu Qianru intimately hugged Chen Nan's arm and led him towards her home, her face beaming with joy: "Uncle, why are you here at my house?"
"Are you agreeing to let me be your girlfriend?"
Chen Nan said awkwardly, "Miss Wu, I have a girlfriend!"
"By the way, why is the Wu family recruiting consecrated ones?"
Wu Qianru sighed, "It's all because of Guo Mo. I heard that our Wu family accidentally offended him in business, and then Guo Mo held a grudge."
"He sent our family a challenge."
"He first gave our family three months to find helpers."
"After three months, he will send people to challenge us."
"If our Wu family can withstand his attack."
"What happened before will be written off."
"If not, we must hand over seventy percent of our assets."
"Because of this, my grandfather has publicly recruited consecrated ones, and today is the time for the assessment."
Chen Nan couldn't help but frown, "Guo Mo is one of the eight grandmasters, how could he do something as bullying as this?"
"Otherwise, how would Guo Mo have a net worth of hundreds of billions?" Wu Qianru sneered, "The reason Guo Mo has his current wealth is all due to these improper means."
While talking.
The two had already entered the Wu family.
Wu Dazhi, Wu Qianru's father, saw his daughter hugging a strange man and acting so intimately, he immediately became furious: "Girl, who is this man?"
"How can you, a girl, hug him in public? What kind of behavior is this?"
"Aren't you ashamed?"
"Let go quickly!"
Unexpectedly, Wu Qianru raised her head, tightly hugged Chen Nan's arm, and said defiantly, "Uncle saved my life, he is my benefactor, what's wrong with me hugging him?"
"You..." Wu Dazhi's face turned ashen with anger.
He couldn't control his daughter, who was spoiled by the old man.
Of course.
He had also heard about Chen Nan from his daughter.
He was still grateful for saving her life.
He cupped his fists towards Chen Nan and said politely, "Thank you, young friend, for saving my daughter's life. I wonder if our Wu family can do anything for you?"
Wu Qianru said with a smile, "Just let Uncle be your son-in-law!"
Wu Dazhi's mouth twitched.
A surge of anger also rose in his heart, "There are many martial arts experts from the jianghu here today. Don't say such nonsensical things, it will affect our Wu family's reputation."
At this moment.
Wu Tianquan, playing with a pair of wine-red walnuts, walked over leisurely.
He was wearing a linen robe, his beard and hair were all white, giving him an ethereal and immortal aura.
"After the young friend saved my precious granddaughter, he disappeared without a trace. May I ask the purpose of this visit?" Wu Tianquan asked calmly.
When he learned that Chen Nan had saved his granddaughter, he had intended to find out his whereabouts and repay his kindness.
But.
Even though the Wu family was one of the six major affluent families in the capital.
They still couldn't find Chen Nan's whereabouts.
So.
In his opinion, Chen Nan's visit must have a purpose.
Chen Nan got straight to the point, "I heard that the Wu family has a ten-thousand-year-old lightning-struck wood. I came here for it, and I hope Old Master Wu will grant my wish."
Wu Tianquan frowned slightly, "What do you want that thing for?"
Chen Nan smiled, "Naturally, I have my own use for it."
Wu Tianquan: "If it were three months ago, I would have certainly given you that lightning-struck wood, but now... please name a different condition!"
Chen Nan was confused, "Why is that? Did the Wu family give the lightning-struck wood to someone else?"
Wu Tianquan said, "Not yet, but soon."
"You should know about the Wu family recruiting consecrated ones, right?"
Chen Nan nodded.
Wu Tianquan continued, "The Wu family's condition for recruiting consecrated ones is that lightning-struck wood. You should know that for ordinary people, it's just a piece of wood, but for cultivators, it's a rare treasure."
"That lightning-struck wood has a unique medicinal fragrance. Meditating and cultivating next to it can achieve twice the result with half the effort."
Chen Nan realized with clarity that no wonder so many strong individuals in the Tianshu realm were competing for the Wu family's consecrated position.
It turned out they were offering that ten-thousand-year-old lightning-struck wood as a reward.
After hesitating, he said, "How about this, I'll help you repel Guo Mo's people, and then the Wu family will give me that lightning-struck wood?"
Upon hearing this.
Wu Tianquan sneered, "Overestimating yourself. How can you, a mere young man with no experience, fight against Guo Mo's people?"