Immortal Doctor, Martial King

"Robbie, give me a few more days. I will definitely repay the money I owe you!"

Luca Hudson knelt on the ground, looking at the man in front of him with a terrified expression, his body trembling slightly.

Robbie Stone took a puff of his cigarette, squatted down, blew the smoke onto Luca's face, then patted his cheek, laughing lightly, "Mr. Hudson, it's not that I don't want to give you more time, but I have to answer to my boss. Do you have anything valuable left as collateral?"

Luca swallowed hard, bitterness spreading across his face, "I've already mortgaged my company, my house, and my car to you. I have nothing left..."

"In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless. Throw him into the river to feed the fish!"

Robbie stood up and waved his hand. Immediately, two burly men approached and put a sack over Luca's head.

Luca shivered, and with courage from nowhere, he stood up and ran!

He was only in his twenties and hadn't enjoyed life yet. He didn't want to die so young.

But as soon as he ran out, he felt a pain in his head, his hair already grabbed by someone.

"You've got guts, trying to run?"

Robbie stubbed his cigarette on Luca's neck, and the smell of burning flesh filled the air.

"Ah..."

Tears welled up in Luca's eyes from the pain, but he was held tightly and couldn't move.

"Make it clean!"

Robbie said and turned to leave.

The two burly men dragged Luca towards the river.

"Wait... Robbie, I have a fiancée. I can borrow money from her."

Luca shouted urgently. At the brink of death, he remembered his betrothed, whom he was engaged to but had never met.

Robbie's eyebrows raised, showing a hint of interest.

"Alright, call her! Five million, not a penny less."

Luca's heart pounded. He had only borrowed one million at a high interest rate, but with compounded interest over three months, it had ballooned to five million. He couldn't possibly repay that amount, but his life was now at stake.

He took out his phone and dialed a number he had saved but never called before. His finger trembled as he hit the call button.

"Beep beep-"

After two rings, the call was disconnected. Luca glanced at Robbie, who was watching him with a mocking smile. He quickly dialed again, but this time he was met with a busy tone.

"It seems your fiancée doesn't want to help you."

Robbie waved his hand, and the two men started dragging Luca towards the river again.

"Robbie, I beg you, give me a few more days. I don't want to die!"

Luca screamed hoarsely, his face filled with despair.

Robbie ignored him, lit another cigarette, and dialed a number on his phone.

"Boss, the kid from the Hudson family has been dealt with. He won't be a problem anymore."

After finishing his call, he pocketed his phone and walked away.

Luca was stuffed into a sack with two large stones tied to it. The two burly men lifted him onto a fishing boat and headed towards the middle of the river.

"Splash!"

A few minutes later, Luca was thrown into the river. Under the weight of the stones, he sank straight to the riverbed.

Water flooded into his mouth and nose. Gradually, Luca found it difficult to breathe. His vision blurred, and he could no longer hear any sounds.

His mind went blank, and his body began to convulse involuntarily, his face turning a ghastly purple.

Luca's struggles became weaker and weaker, and he eventually became still, as if he were dead.

Suddenly!

A beam of light emanated from the jade pendant on his chest, a memento from his mother. The light quickly enveloped him.

At the same time, a voice echoed in his mind, "Survival comes only when death is imminent. My legacy has finally found its inheritor."

Luca didn't hear the voice as he had fallen unconscious. The jade pendant slowly merged into his chest and disappeared.

A force lifted him to the surface and deposited him on the riverbank.

...

Yeaneas, Glow Building, Ceasar Enterprises.

"The meeting is over for today. Dismissed."

Honey Webb closed the file in her hand and walked towards her office.

Her office was spacious, with floor-to-ceiling windows that offered a panoramic view of Yeaneas.

After closing the door, Honey stretched her stiff neck and took out her phone.

She frowned at the blocked unknown number on her phone. Just then, her phone rang. It was a call from her grandfather.

"Grandpa," Honey answered the phone.

"Honey, has Luca contacted you?" Eli's somewhat aged voice came from the other end of the phone.

Honey's face turned a bit sour, "Grandpa, what era are we living in? You're still arranging marriages!"

"Heh, his grandfather once saved my life. We had an agreement back then. You can't let me break my promise. Besides, Luca is a fine young man. He's even started an internet company at such a young age. You two should have common topics to discuss. The weekend is in three days. How about I arrange a meeting for you two?"

Honey wanted to throw her phone in frustration, but Eli Webb had always doted on her. Among her siblings, he was most partial to her. So, she reluctantly replied, "Grandpa, I can meet him, but if we don't agree, you can't force me, okay?"

"Alright, alright, as long as you're willing to meet, we can discuss the rest later!" Eli hung up after he finished speaking.

Honey rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on. She sat back in her chair and pulled out a pile of documents from her drawer.

The first document had a photo of Luca. It detailed everything from his kindergarten days to his company's establishment.

"The third son of the Coms family from Relequa didn't join the family business but started his own company in Yeaneas. Could it be because his parents passed away and he was ostracized?" Honey mumbled to herself as she looked through the documents.

...

"Huh? You're awake!"

Luca slowly opened his eyes. He heard someone speaking and turned his head to see a woman next to him.

He felt weak and had a splitting headache.

As he was stunned, his eyes suddenly stung, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

At this moment, he heard the woman say, "Why are you crying? Are you uncomfortable somewhere?"

Luca was about to answer, but suddenly, countless pieces of information surged into his mind, almost bursting his brain.

It took him more than ten minutes to slowly digest this information, and he was shocked...

"Are you okay?"

Kara noticed that Luca wasn't responding to her, and his facial expression kept changing.

She couldn't help but take a few steps back. Had she saved a mentally ill person?

Luca opened his eyes again, sat up, and looked around. It was a small room with few furnishings and looked rather impoverished. His gaze finally fell on Kara.

A trace of astonishment crossed his face. She was a rare beauty.

Her big watery eyes were irresistible, her nose was high, her lips were small, and she looked like a delicate porcelain doll.

Her long hair was tied into a ponytail, looking very refreshing. He had seen many beautiful women, but this girl gave him a particularly pure feeling.

Luca's heartbeat accelerated a bit, but he knew he couldn't use his Clairvoyant Eye for now.

It required the consumption of Spiritual Qi.

Just that one peek almost blinded him...

"Thank you for saving me," Luca sincerely said.

Kara Day relaxed a bit when she heard Luca speak normally. She gave a sweet smile.

The two chatted for a while and found out that Kara was a senior student at Yeaneas University. Coincidentally, he was her senior.

With this connection, the two became much closer. Kara asked the question that had been bothering her.

"How did you end up in a sack?"

Luca immediately thought of Robbie. His fists clenched, and a cold light flashed in his eyes as he stood up abruptly!

"I can't thank you enough for your kindness. I have something to do, so I'll leave first. Here's my card with my phone number. If you need any help in the future, feel free to contact me."

Luca took out a box from his suit pocket. Luckily, the box for his business cards was waterproof, so the cards were still usable.

He took out a card, placed it on the table, and left.

He had more important things to do now.

According to the inheritance, he had to find a quiet place to practice and sense Spiritual Qi!

He needed to improve his realm so he could take revenge.

"Hey, you're injured, how..." Kara looked at Luca's retreating figure, walked to the table, picked up the card, and thoughtfully put it in her bag.

...

Yeaneas, in the northern part of Sunlight Community, there stood three buildings. In the second unit on the first floor, was the old house that Luca's parents had left him.

He had mortgaged all the houses he had bought to Robbie, only this house left by his parents, he had never mortgaged.

He opened the door, and the smell of the old house hit him. He hadn't been here since his parents died in a car accident. It had been three years. Looking at everything familiar in the room, his nose felt a bit sour.

After cleaning up, he sat cross-legged on the floor, following the operation method of Heavenly Swallowing Art, he began to sense the extremely thin Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth.

The Heavenly Swallowing Art was said to be a very domineering method, capable of swallowing the Spiritual Qi emitted by practitioners. When cultivated to the peak, it had infinite uses.

Luca had been cultivating for several hours, but he didn't feel any Qi, which was extremely disappointing.

Was it because his aptitude wasn't enough?

He got up and moved his stiff limbs, thinking about making a bag of instant noodles, but his eyes fell on a red jade bracelet on the TV cabinet.

His mother had bought it from a jeweler at a high price and had it blessed by a high monk in the temple, all to keep Luca safe.

Seeing the bracelet reminded Luca of his mother's smile. He slowly walked over and picked up the bracelet. His eyes felt a burst of warmth, and he saw strands of gas floating up from the jade bracelet, slowly entering his eyes.

Then a piece of information appeared before his eyes.

'Chicken Blood Stone Bracelet, Antique.'

Just as Luca was surprised, a strange sense of comfort came over him.

The gas entering his eyes seemed to have a spirit, and it flowed through Luca's body following the operating route of the Heavenly Swallowing Art.

Luca was shocked and quickly sat down to sense carefully.

Under the operation of the hair-like Spiritual Qi, he gradually felt the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth.

These Spiritual Qi were very mixed, containing a lot of other substances. After entering Luca's Dantian, they were filtered by the Heavenly Swallowing Art, leaving only a small part.

Several hours later, Luca ended his cultivation, feeling refreshed and incredibly comfortable.

"Hmm, what's this awful smell?"

Luca looked down and found that his body was covered in a black stain, the foul smell almost made him vomit.

He quickly took a shower and sensed his realm. According to the inheritance, he had now stepped into the First Layer of Qi Condensation.

Not only were his senses sharper than before, but his physical strength had also improved a lot. He felt that he could now knock down a cow with one punch.

"Ding dong-"

The phone rang, and Luca answered it.

"Master Webb."

"Luca, are you free this weekend?"

Eli's amiable voice came through.

"Yes, what's up?"

"I want you to meet Honey, you two don't know each other yet."

Luca was stunned, meet his fiancée?

He thought of Honey hanging up his call, he wanted to see how proud this Yeaneas' number one beauty really was.

"Okay, Master Webb."

"Then it's settled, I'll have Honey send you the address and time."

Eli finished speaking and hung up.

Luca shook his head, ate something, and continued to cultivate.

The next day, Luca woke up from his meditation. He had been cultivating all night, but his cultivation had not improved.

"The speed is too slow, the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth is too scarce nowadays, it seems I have to find more jade stones."

With the experience of the Chicken Blood Stone Bracelet, Luca turned his attention to antiques.

Dressed in casual clothes, Luca touched the money in his pocket, took a deep breath, and headed towards Antique Street.

He used to come to this street to show off and build relationships with some big people, but he always bought fakes, almost becoming a joke on this street.

As he passed by the Tree Garden Coffee House, he suddenly heard a scream, followed by a woman's voice:

"Robbery!"