“But this can only be considered a temporary fix, not a permanent cure!” Ethan Carter said. “I’ve only alleviated his condition; a complete cure is still quite troublesome!”

If it were his previous life, treating this kind of illness would have been as easy as lifting a finger. But now, without that kind of magical power, he naturally couldn’t cure it so easily.

“These two don’t seem like ordinary kidnappers. They must be hardened criminals with years of experience. To provoke such ruthless people, who exactly are you two?” Ethan Carter asked.

Don’t be fooled by how the two couldn’t even withstand a single move from Ethan Carter; it wasn’t because they were too weak, but because Ethan Carter was too strong. Even though he had just reached the Foundation Establishment stage, in this world where spiritual energy had only just begun to recover, he was already at the level of a martial arts grandmaster.

He could tell that neither of these two were ordinary people. The tall middle-aged man was a fighting expert, while the medium-built young man was clearly a sharpshooter, obviously someone who had handled guns for years.

Even in foreign mercenary groups, they would be considered elites.

Ordinary kidnappers wouldn’t have this level of skill!

Seeing her brother was unharmed, the stunningly beautiful woman finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then she took out a business card from her bag and handed it to Ethan Carter, saying, “My name is Emily Collins, and this is my brother, William Collins. Let me put it this way: the chairman of Yuehuang Group, Henry Collins, is our father!”

Yuehuang Group!

Ethan Carter’s memory was instantly triggered. This was the top corporation in the entire Fushi City, with businesses spanning real estate, construction materials, film and television, high-tech, and many other industries. Its chairman, Henry Collins, had a personal fortune of several billion and was once the richest man in Fushi City.

No wonder such ruthless criminals would be attracted—it turned out they were the children of the city’s wealthiest man.

“This incident was orchestrated by my father’s overseas competitors. In order to force my father to give up a project worth billions, they had me kidnapped!” A flash of anger crossed Emily Collins’s beautiful face, but she quickly regained her composure.

Ethan Carter nodded at her words, not finding it strange at all. These days, a hundred thousand yuan is enough to buy a life, let alone a project worth billions.

Chapter 3: Crippled with a Kick

He had struggled for years in the cultivation world in his previous life and had seen all kinds of dangerous situations. Killing for profit was so common that he had become numb to it; nothing surprised him anymore.

A project worth billions was enough to make people lose their conscience and go blind with greed!

At this moment, Ethan Carter recalled a news story he had read in his previous life, which seemed to mention the kidnapping of the The Collins Family siblings. At the time, the entire city’s police force was mobilized to hunt down the suspects.

As for whether the suspects were ever found, Ethan Carter didn’t know. After all, he was just a nobody back then, and the affairs of the The Collins Family were far too distant from him. He had only glanced at the news in the paper and treated it as a topic of idle conversation.

He later heard that the The Collins Family siblings were killed during this kidnapping incident, and the The Collins Family declined for various reasons afterward.

Now it seemed that this was the very incident.

“We haven’t yet asked for your name, sir. Our The Collins Family has always repaid even the smallest favor many times over. You can be sure we won’t let you down!” Emily Collins looked at Ethan Carter, her red lips parting as she spoke.

Although she had been a bit disheveled just now, she was, after all, the eldest daughter of the former richest man and had received an excellent upbringing. She almost immediately regained her poise.

Especially after witnessing Ethan Carter’s display of strength just now, she felt as if a whole new world had opened up before her.

She had seen martial artists before, but never imagined someone could be this powerful—it was like something out of a movie.

And with Ethan Carter’s miraculous medical skills, either one of these extraordinary abilities was something to be befriended, not offended.

“It’s fine. I didn’t save you for any reward!” Ethan Carter waved his hand. When he saved them, he hadn’t known Emily Collins’s identity, nor was he after any reward.

Whether the person he saved was rich or poor meant nothing to him.

No matter how noble, could they be nobler than him?

In his previous life, he had been a supreme celestial lord, standing at the very peak of heaven and earth. At that level of cultivation, he could do as he pleased.

“By the way, about the boss those two mentioned earlier—do you know who he is?” Ethan Carter asked.

At the mention of that boss, Emily Collins’s pupils contracted slightly as she recalled the brutal scene of her and her brother’s bodyguards being easily taken down and killed by the man.

Then, Emily Collins shook her head and said, “I don’t know his name. I just happened to overhear them call their boss ‘Scorpion’!”

Ethan Carter thought for a moment and was sure he didn’t know any ‘Scorpion’. In his previous life, at this point in time, he hadn’t even started cultivating, so he wasn’t familiar with many of the cultivators from this period.

The reason he could tell this ‘Scorpion’ was a cultivator was because those two had mentioned ‘awakened ones’ earlier. At this stage, the world’s spiritual energy had only just begun to recover, and people’s understanding of cultivators was still very shallow.

Most people thought of them as ‘awakened ones’. Many cultivators at this stage had suddenly awakened some kind of supernatural ability or special constitution, thus embarking on the path of cultivation.

Of course, there were also some who had accidentally inherited a cultivation technique and thus started their journey.

“That Scorpion is extremely powerful and ruthless. We should leave quickly—if he comes back, we’ll be in trouble!” Emily Collins said urgently.