The Divine Urban Physician Chapter 1
The sweltering summer heat blanketed River City’s high-speed railway station.
Emerging from the dense crowd was a slender figure.
The young man appeared unremarkable, dressed simply in a T-shirt and a cap with a sling bag draped over his shoulder.
He looked like any other ordinary traveler.
However, the identification card gripped in his hand revealed his name: Ye Chen.
“Five years have passed.”
Ye Chen stepped out of the station, but as the skyline of River City—dominated by its tallest skyscraper—came into view, he froze.
Lifting his head, his eyes sharpened with the intensity of a hawk as he whispered to himself,
“River City! I, Ye Chen, have finally returned! Half a decade ago, during that feast at Cloud Lake Manor, the Ye family was slaughtered, leaving me as the sole survivor. If my mother hadn't used the last of her strength to throw me into East Coin Lake, the Ye name would have been erased from River City forever!”
At that thought, Ye Chen’s fists clenched violently, and a terrifying, malicious aura exploded from him in all directions. The nearby tourists suddenly gasped, feeling as though an invisible hand was crushing their throats!
For a fleeting second, they felt as if they had been plunged into hell!
“Zheng Jingming! Master Long! And every one of you who stood by and watched my parents be murdered! I bet you never imagined I’d still be breathing!
“In a way, I should thank you. Without your cruelty, I never would have been saved by my master, and I certainly wouldn't have returned possessing such earthshaking techniques!
“This time, I swear, I will make every person involved pay for their crimes a thousand times over!”
...
Moments later, Ye Chen eased his grip and hailed a taxi, directing the driver toward the city center.
Had he held that killing intent for a few seconds longer, the bystanders behind him might have met a gruesome end.
As the car moved, fragments of the past flooded Ye Chen’s mind, the agony almost too much to bear.
He had been born into a prestigious family and had never known want. Though others in their social circle labeled him a useless heir, he had been happy living alongside his parents.
But everything changed during that gathering at Cloud Lake Manor five years ago!
To protect a young girl, his father had crossed a man who sat at the very peak of the food chain!
That man had lost his temper and struck his father across the face! He proceeded to murder Ye Chen’s father right in front of the horrified crowd!
During the entire atrocity, not a single person intervened!
Not the families who had once spent years flattering the Ye family!
Not his father’s lifelong friends!
Not even the uncle he had trusted since childhood!
Driven to madness, Ye Chen had struggled and charged at the man with nothing but a dinner knife!
But the man had halted him with a single hand!
He still vividly recalled that man’s heartless gaze and the freezing coldness of his voice as he spoke:
“River City’s Ye family? Who do you think you are? Even if you were the most powerful clan, I could still annihilate you with a flick of my wrist! And you, you pathetic trash, I’ve heard you’re famous for being a failure. Haha, you want to kill me? Even if I gave you a hundred years, you would still be a useless waste!”
To the shock of everyone, a woman suddenly lunged forward, using every ounce of her power to shove the boy into East Coin Lake!
The last thing the boy saw as he fell into the water was his mother charging toward the man!
She ran with the resolve of someone who knew she was going to die.
Ye Chen assumed his life was over, but he drifted down the lake and was miraculously saved by an old man.
The old man took him to a secluded land, isolated from the world, where he was taught the supreme arts of alchemy and trained to cultivate the Nine Heaven Dark Sun Technique.
In those five years, no one knew what Ye Chen had endured in that mystical realm.
They only knew that the place had birthed a demon known by the code name: Bloodthirsty Berserk Dragon!
...
At the offices of the Magnificent Group in River City.
Ye Chen checked the note in his hand and compared it to the logo on the main entrance. Confirming it was the right destination, he walked inside.
His original plan was to go straight to the Capital City to hunt down the man from Cloud Lake Manor. That man was the primary target of his vengeance. All he knew was that others called him Master Long and that he hailed from the Capital. Beyond that, his identity was a mystery.
However, before he left, the old geezer he called master had insisted he visit River City to locate a girl named Xia Ruoxue.
The old man had once traveled to River City and shared a complicated history with Xia Ruoxue’s grandmother. Ye Chen even suspected the girl might be the old man’s own granddaughter.
Three days prior, the master had used a Fate Prediction Formation and witnessed a looming disaster that could be fatal for Xia Ruoxue within the next hundred days. Furthermore, Ye Chen’s destiny was that of the Purple Aura Sleeping Dragon, meaning even the heavens could not predict his path. Essentially, Ye Chen was the only person capable of changing her fate.
As for the specifics of how to do it, the old man remained silent, telling Ye Chen to simply take it one step at a time.
...
“Stop right there!”
A freezing voice barked from ahead. Two massive, muscular men blocked Ye Chen’s path, both standing at least 190cm tall. Dressed in security uniforms with tanned skin and piercing eyes, their arm muscles bulged threateningly.
Ye Chen lifted an eyebrow, but he had no desire to brawl with mere security guards. He calmly explained, “Hello. I’m here to see Xia Ruoxue.”
Upon hearing her name, one of the guards let out a cold laugh. “You want an audience with President Xia? Do you have an appointment?”
“No,” Ye Chen answered truthfully.
“Then do you possess a Magnificent Group employee badge?”
“I do not.”
The guard’s arrogance flared, and he looked at Ye Chen with pure disdain. Pointing toward the exit, he said in a voice thick with mockery, “If you have neither, then get out. The exit is that way!”
...
The Magnificent Group was ranked among the Top 500 corporations in Huaxia and was a titan in River City. As its security personnel, these men felt superior to almost everyone else.
They didn't feel the need to be polite to anyone. Their job was simply to clear out the riffraff!
Just then, several men in formal suits stepped out of a Mercedes-Benz E200. They approached the reception desk and appeared to ask for Xia Ruoxue, but they were met with the same rejection as Ye Chen. The men sighed, and after a brief discussion, they sat down on a nearby sofa to wait.
Ye Chen didn't want to cause a scene with the guards, so he pointed at the lobby seating and said, “Fine, I’ll just wait over there.”
He started walking toward the sofas.
However, he hadn't gone far before the two guards obstructed him again.
“Are you deaf, kid? Don’t make me repeat myself. The door is over there. Scram!” one of the guards bellowed, pointing aggressively at the entrance.
Ye Chen’s brow furrowed. He had just arrived in the city and had done nothing to provoke these two, so why were they targeting him?
He gestured to the suited men and asked, “Why are they allowed to wait while I am not?”
One guard scanned Ye Chen from head to toe, sneering, “How could a country bumpkin like you be fit to meet President Xia? Look in a mirror and get lost. If you don’t, I’ll personally throw you out.”
Ye Chen shook his head in resignation. He realized these guards were intoxicated by their minor bit of authority, and his casual attire signaled to them that he didn't belong inside!
...
It seemed River City hadn't changed a bit in five years!
“And if I refuse to leave?” Ye Chen’s tone turned dark.
“You won't leave? Then do you have a death wish?!”
As the words left his mouth, one guard slammed a hand onto Ye Chen’s shoulder, his veins popping with effort.
A cruel grin touched the guard's lips; he expected that with just a bit of pressure, this thin brat would be sent flying three meters away!
Only days ago, another clueless peasant had challenged him, and he had tossed the man out with one hand. That fool was still recovering in a hospital bed!
The guard suddenly applied his full strength, but Ye Chen didn't budge an inch!
Slowly, the guard’s smirk vanished, replaced by an expression of pure terror!
He realized the young man in front of him was as immovable as a mountain!
Simultaneously, a chilling aura of death began to creep up his arm and spread toward his spine!
His entire body became drenched in cold sweat!
The second guard noticed his partner’s strange behavior and laughed. “What’s wrong with you, Stone? Why are you sweating like that? Did your wife wear you out last night? Move aside, let me handle it.”
He reached out to grab Ye Chen as well.
“Get lost! I don’t want to kill you.”
Suddenly, Ye Chen spoke, his voice cold and resonating like a clap of thunder!
At that moment, he lightly stamped his left foot. A sudden whirlwind of Qi erupted around him, slamming into the guards!
The two men felt a massive force strike their chests. They coughed up blood as they were launched backward through the air!
Their bodies crashed violently through the tempered glass partition in the lobby!
Fwoosh!
The entire pane of glass exploded into fragments, raining down onto the floor with a deafening roar!