Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Mortal's Journey to Immortality

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Introduction
Synopsis: I possess a gourd which houses nine supremely powerful beings. When I am present, who dares to act all high and mighty? … Medicine, martial arts, cultivation, and immense wealth! Mortal beings, demons, the divine, stirring to one's deepest emotions! Hidden realms, fairy mountains, star-filled seas, and grand spectacles! Justice and evil, one's moral character, Daoist magic, and the journey of the strong! Just watch as Lu Jing, a mere mortal, rises to prominence, stepping onto the pinnacle of the Great Path.
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Chapter

"What are you looking at? If you keep staring, I'll pop your eyes out. Just drive your car!"

Inside the car, Lu Jing bore a face full of annoyance, stealing glances at the woman's cleavage, and thought to himself; I indeed wouldn't mind 'driving' you, but the question is, would you let me?

"Ma'am, I'm just reminding you to fasten your seat belt as I'm about to drive," Lu Jing reminded seriously. He considered that he was just a part-time designated driver and naturally didn't dare to offend customers.

The woman sitting in the passenger seat, reeking of alcohol, was the car owner.

If she were the only one, he might have done something.

But there were two more in the back seat!

Tonight's order had him serving three drunken beauties, each more drunk than the last...

"Young... young man, she's had too much to drink. Please help her fasten the seat belt. We're ready to go."

At this point, a more mature-looking beauty from the backseat spoke up, her tongue was slurred from drinks.

Looking in the rearview mirror, Lu Jing nodded, "Alright."

The woman who spoke, in Lu Jing's view, had a mature allure and was the only relatively sober person among the three ladies. Another woman leaning against her shoulder was completely passed out.

Already two in the morning, having such clients gave Lu Jing a bit of a headache.

Reaching out, he pulled the seatbelt across the busty woman in the passenger's seat. Following the navigation, they hit the road...

Forty minutes later, they arrived at the underground parking of the ancient city riverside villa district.

"Your chauffeur service ends here, madam. I am the late-night chauffeur, number 007, have a pleasant day~"

As is customary, Lu Jing exited the car and was about to open the trunk to retrieve his electric moped and leave.

However, he didn't expect that his trouble had just begun.

"Little...little brother you...don't leave just yet... Help me get these two back home before you leave... Blargh~"

The domineering lady who spoke continued to sway in the car, her tongue twisting even more, seeming as if she might pass out drunk at any moment.

Without a second thought, Lu Jing responded: "I'm sorry, madam, we have rules that prohibit physical contact with clients of the opposite sex. You should call your friends for help."

What a joke!

Three tipsy women at nearly 3 a.m., asking me to escort them home, who knows what could happen?

If something were to happen, I wouldn't even have a chance to explain.

"If you... if you dare to just leave like this, I will give you ten thousand bad reviews and report you."

The domineering lady threatened with a stern gaze.

Lu Jing: "..."

Ten seconds later.

"What are you saying, madam? The customer is always right~"

Upon hearing the word 'complaint', the only thought in Lu Jing's mind was 'damn it!'

These two words are a curse.

Next, he could only support a thoroughly drunk woman into the elevator with the help of a mature beauty. As for the gorgesly fierce woman in the passenger seat, he wanted to help her, but she defiantly shook off his hand. She was insisting she hadn't had too much to drink while wobbling into the elevator herself.

The elevator doors opened quickly.

They headed straight to the villa.

The gorgeously fierce woman wobbled as she pressed her fingerprint to unlock the door, muttering, "There are three bedrooms on the first floor, you and Xiaoyao can sleep anywhere. I... burp~"

Before she could finish, she covered her mouth and ran into the house.

Without guessing, Lu Jing knew she had gone to the bathroom to throw up.

He and the mature beauty helped the thoroughly drunk woman through the door.

Once inside, all the lights were on. Looking at the furnishings in the house, Lu Jing could only exclaim in his heart, Damn! Rich people indeed!

However, he didn't have time to look around, he and the mature beauty helped the thoroughly drunk woman straight into a bedroom.

As soon as they got in and put the thoroughly drunk woman on the bed, the mature beauty had already collapsed at the side of the bed. Clearly, the alcohol had hit her hard and she had passed out drunk.

With a bitter smile, he had no choice but to lift the mature beauty onto the bed as well.

Looking at the two gorgeous women lying on the big bed, he couldn't help but swallow hard.

But...

"The cost of wrongdoing is just too high."

Mumbling to himself, Lu Jing directly walked out of the room, ready to leave.

At the doorway, he heard a series of retching sounds in his ears.

He knew it was probably the fierce milk girl vomiting in the bathroom.

Lu Jing cursed: "Damn it, my luck is rotten."

He turned back, heading towards the bathroom.

Being drunk to this extent, he knew if he left tonight, in case the fierce milk girl vomits blood or lies on the floor all night and no one takes care of her, who knows what could happen. Afterwards, he wouldn't be able to explain, after all, it was him who had been there.

As for the domina woman and the memory lapsing girl, it was less likely for them to take care.

Meeting such clients was just plain bad luck.

He arrived at the bathroom door and opened it.

"Retch~"

Taking a deep breath, he walked towards her and said: “Hey~ how are you doing...?”

As he went over to support the fierce milk girl.

Lu Jing did not expect that the incident that would change his destiny was about to occur.

Perhaps hearing him speak, the fierce milk girl slowly lifted her head.

The milk sis looked at him with a dazed look, shaking her head, she might have just vomited some, thus she had some clarity now.

Staring at him, her face changed in the next moment, and without any warning, she struck out with a hand chop, as if it was out of instinct.

Fast, accurate, ruthless!

"Ah...you..."

Lu Jing screamed in agony.

Caught off guard, his body fell backward.

"Thunk~"

A sharp pain pierced through him. Lu Jing felt his head striking hard against the nearby bathtub.

"You..."

All he saw were stars before his eyes, and his vision began to blur.

His world spun!

His eyelids closed, and Lu Jing passed out instantly.

The fierce woman looked at Lu Jing, swaying as she stood up. She took two steps forward, murmuring in a dazed manner, "Little... little punk, this girl has been practicing Taekwondo since childhood..."

"Clang~"

Before she could finish her words, she wobbled and fell too, coincidentally on top of Lu Jing.

The bathroom suddenly fell silent.

But at this moment, no one saw that Lu Jing bumped his head, the blood gradually seeping into his neck. There was a small gourd pendant on Lu Jing's neck, when his blood flowed down, the gourd exploded with a brilliant green light, illuminating the entire bathroom.

Then a strange, aged female voice rang out: "I didn't expect the Broken Gourd chose a utterly mortal... What should we do now? Does my presence need to continue being trapped in this broken well? No, I must find a way... Well, I'll let you off the hook this time, kid..."

...

The next day, the sunlight came through the bathroom window.

"Ah~"

A piercing scream echoed in the bathroom.

Lu Jing woke up from his dream state.

He saw a woman, and it was the fierce woman!

Bai Qian Su's mind was a total blank.

After she woke up leisurely, she found herself lying on top of an unfamiliar man, and subconsciously let out a scream, and this man woke up following that.

For a moment, the two stared at each other, both looked unbelievable.

"What's wrong with Su Su?"

"Creak~"

There was a sound from outside, and then the bathroom door was pushed open.

Two women appeared at the doorway.

"Eh~ Su Su, you guys...?"

"Who is he?"

Appearing at the door are the mature lady and the amnesiac girl. Lu Jing is stunned at this moment. He then recovers and recalls what happened last night.

"Ah~"

The busty girl also reacts, gives out a shriek, and rushes out.

Get dressed first.

...

In the living room.

"My name is Lu Jing, a part-time designated driver... That's what happened. I didn't do anything, but instead, got knocked out by you in the restroom."

Feeling extremely depressed inside, Lu Jing still patiently explained the previous night's happenings in front of the three beautiful ladies.

He had to explain, because the busty girl couldn't remember anything and was threatening to call the police.

The three women didn't utter a word but sat opposite him, huddled together, looking at a cell phone.

The busty girl was holding last night's surveillance video...

A few minutes later, the mature lady said with a smile, "My name is Fang Nan, they are Bai Qian Su and Mu Xiao Yao, this was all a misunderstanding..."

The misunderstanding was resolved and Lu Jing also got to know their names.

The mature woman is named Fang Nan, the busty girl is Bai Qiansu, and the forgetful one is called Mu Xiaoyao.

"Well then, I'll leave first."

Lu Jing got up from his seat, impatient to leave this place. Almost got himself involved while trying to be a Good Samaritan, he was utterly despondent.

"Hey, buddy, wait a minute."

Just as he was about to exit the door, the mature woman named Fang Nan ran after him.

"What's the matter?" Lu Jing turned to look at her.

"Even though it was just a misunderstanding, we would still like to thank you for your help last night. This is a small token of appreciation from us three. Please accept it, but...I hope you can forget about what happened last night. It's as if you never came to this villa, okay?"

Fang Nan said with a smile on her face, handing over ten thousand yuan.

Lu Jing was taken aback for a moment. He understood what Fang Nan meant. Even though he needs money, he knew he couldn't accept it. Who knows what consequences accepting the money could bring?

He wasn't some greenhorn who had just entered society. He considered himself to have some worldly experience.

With a small smile, he replied: "I cannot take the money. Not to mention, I was never at this villa last night. Goodbye."

With that said, he turned around and left.

"He didn't take the money!" Fang Nan looked at Bai Qiansu.

"Think it's too little?" Bai Qiansu frowned.

"It should not be the case." Fang Nan shook his head and said, "Considering the events last night, all three of us were drunk, he didn’t act inappropriately, and he kindly helped us. His character should be good."

At this moment, Mu Xiaoyao, who was always fond of stirring up troubles, asked, "Nan, do you think that guy took our pictures when we were drunk last night? Oh dear, we should have checked his phone just now."

Upon hearing this, Bai Qiansu’s face changed. Given her exceptional identity, she was genuinely fearful of such incidents.

"What on earth are you thinking about all day?"

Fang Nan glared at Mu Xiaoyao, urged herself to think, and looked at Bai Qiansu, "I will look into his background, rest assured, there should be no problems. I have a good eye for people."

"I was just saying, it would be best if there's nothing." Mu Xiaoyao muttered something, turned her head and said to Bai Qiansu, "Qiansu, what are you doing today? How about coming to my place?"

"I'm going to start my shift in a bit, I will visit Uncle Mu another day."

Bai Qiansu was distracted at the moment, her face faintly flushed. Her mind was filled with the scenes of her waking up in the restroom, her first-ever close contact with a stranger of the opposite sex.

...

After coming out, Lu Jing returned to the underground parking lot, rode his little electric scooter directly to his workplace.

Being a designated driver was his part-time night job, the daytime job of a security guard was his full-time job.

No matter how fast or slow, when he arrived at Haitong Group Building, he was still late.

"Lu Jing, you are fired."

As soon as he arrived at the entrance, he was stopped by the acting team leader, Zhang Long. The team leader took a sick leave last week and went back to his hometown, so now everything is decided by Zhang Long, the acting team leader.

Lu Jing frowned, "Team Leader Zhang, I'm just a little more than ten minutes late, isn't this a bit too much?"

A year ago, he and Zhang Long entered into the Haidong Security Team on the same day. They fell into disagreement over bunk beds and held grudges. When the head of the team went on leave, Zhang Long was promoted to Acting Captain through his connection with the Security Manager of the Group. He didn't expect Zhang Long to bother him so soon.

Zhang Long adhered strictly to his duties and said, "In yesterday's meeting, it was repeatedly stressed that today is the inauguration day of the new president dispatched by the headquarters, everyone should arrive half an hour early. However, not only did you not arrive early, but you were also twenty minutes late. It's your own fault, Lu Jing, pack your belongings from the dormitory and leave."

"Captain Zhang, I promise it won't happen again, give me another chance!" Lu Jing knew that Zhang Long was purposely causing trouble, yet he still pleaded with him in a low voice.

He just built a new house in his hometown during the first half of the year, owing a debt of tens of thousands, with no plan for the decoration yet. His parents are old and their earnings from farming throughout the year are minimal. His sister has just started her first year in university where everywhere money is needed. He can't afford to lose this job.

"Rules are rules. It was clear yesterday, anyone who is late today can roll out." Zhang Long did not give face, looking at Lu Jing with delight, serving him right for being so haughty before!

"Being colleagues, can you be a bit more compassionate? If I have offended you in the past, I apologize," Lu Jing, suppressing his anger, still spoke in a soft voice in front of Zhang Long.

"Get out, get out, get out! The new group president is arriving shortly, don't block the way," Zhang Long was determined to fire Lu Jing.

"What's happening? Why the unseemly commotion? Don't you know what day it is today?"

At this moment, the Manager of the Security Department, Yang Xu, walked out, followed by a group of senior executives from the company.

Looking like a servile dog, Zhang Long rushed to Yang Xu's side and added fuel to the fire by tattling about Lu Jing's tardiness.

"Let's follow the rules, then. Fire him!"

Yang Xu settled the matter with just one sentence.

Zhang Long smugly looked at Lu Jing. After presenting a gift to Yang Xu once, he felt he had found his backer.

As for Yang Xu, he did not even glance at Lu Jing. Just a minor security guard, he was not qualified enough to speak with Yang Xu, the Manager of the Haidong Group Security Department.

Just at this moment, a white Bentley pulled up at the entrance of the group headquarters; a group of high-level executives from Haidong went forward to greet the newcomer.

Zhang Long glared at Lu Jing, saying, "You little jerk, get lost immediately. Don't be a bloody eyesore here. If you can't take a hint, don't blame me for being rude."

At this moment, Lu Jing turned his head and stayed frozen in the next moment, seeing a woman in a professional suit stepping out of the car.

Upon seeing the woman, Lu Jing had a weird look on his face, thinking: What a coincidence—and it's her, the fierce woman?

A moment of surprise later, he rotated his eyeballs, clenched his fists, and directed a punch towards Zhang Long.

"Zhang Long, you jerk! You're spitefully retaliating."

"Bang~"

"Ouch~"

Zhang Long hadn't expected Lu Jing to punch him and was caught off guard, hitting the floor as a result. His nose immediately turned sour and painful, and blood began to flow out in streams.

At this time, Bai Qiansu, surrounded by a group of senior executives from Hainan Tong, turned her head to look over.

The next moment, she saw Lu Jing, his face filled with anger, and her beautiful eyes also narrowed.

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