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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1101

Back when he first saw the mural in the Divine Tomb, Gerald had learned that the woman in white was inspired by the old beggar to separate the coffin from the deity. However, nobody knew where the woman in white’s tomb was.

Now that Alice had mentioned an ancient tomb, Gerald couldn’t help but make a connection with that. Had the woman in white’s coffin been carried to the south of the ocean after the separation? Was it currently buried in the king of the ocean’s tomb?

“…Where’s the king of the ocean’s tomb located?” asked Gerald after pondering for a while.

In response, Alice told him everything that she knew.

Gerald himself paid close attention to everything she said. After all, he honestly felt that it was quite necessary for him to head there to investigate for himself.

For all he knew, the woman in white could very possibly be buried within the king of the ocean’s tomb. While Lyra had first dreamed of that woman standing by a river within that miasma-filled forest, Gerald remembered her later telling him that she wasn’t really sure of whether it was a river or an ocean.

What more, the picture of the sun had directly hinted that the jade charms were the main clue to finding the woman in white’s tomb. Based on the current turn of events, Gerald could safely say that the picture truly had given them a massive clue.

Following that, he relayed everything that he had just learned to Daryl.

In response, the surprised Daryl couldn’t help but reply, “…Are you planning to look for the king of the ocean’s tomb? The pledge of the holy water will take place in less than three months, you know?”

While Gerald was well aware that the pledge was just as important as finding the woman in white’s tomb, he knew that he wouldn’t be able to rest easy if he didn’t at least try to get to the bottom of the incident regarding the deity. After all, there was a chance that he would gain another answer once he located the woman in white.

“Indeed I am, grandpa. However, once I’ve completed my investigation, I’ll immediately return. I won’t even think about delaying the pledge of the holy water. Speaking of the pledge, here. It’s the mysterious mirror!” replied Gerald as he handed the mirror to Daryl.

“…What? Didn’t this belong to Christopher?”

“The one and only. If you meet him there, you can order him around as you wish. Trust me when I say he won’t dare to go against you…

Hearing that, Daryl’s eyes widened as he said, “…Gerald, you…”

Seeing his grandfather’s look of disbelief, Gerald then told Daryl everything that had happened back when he was still in the desert.

“…What? Your strength and training has already surpassed that of the realm of legends, my grandson? Is that true?” replied Daryl, feeling extremely delighted as he firmly patted Gerald’s shoulders with great pride.

The next day soon came and Gerald immediately prepared to set off to locate the king of the ocean’s tomb. Before his departure, he watched as his grandfather led all the people from the Soul Palace away.

Gerald himself made sure to order those from the Crawford family’s headquarters to stand by at all times. After all, there was no reason not for him to receive help from his family now that his current situation allowed it.

With that done, he then headed over to a place called Halimark City—which was on a coast located in Plymsend Bay—to have a look around.

By the time Gerald got out of the ship, night had already fallen.

Upon getting off, Gerald was immediately greeted by the sight of several passenger ships tied to the port. There also seemed to be a lot of tourists, mostly consisting of couples and a few groups of three.

Turning around to look at the vast ocean, Gerald squinted his eyes as the ocean breeze blew into his face.

Somewhere out there was a place called the Boundless Depths. According to the murals, the old beggar had separated the woman in white from the deity before burying her in that location.

How could that old man have been so cruel? If she truly was buried there, she was immensely far from the deity.

As Gerald turned to look at the beach next, deep in thought, he suddenly heard the person standing before him shout, “Gerald!”

Looking up, he saw that it was a woman who had probably arrived with the group of tourists who were currently standing in front of him.

Stunned that she knew his name, he brushed his previous thoughts aside while looking at the woman. She looked very much like someone from the city, and the woman—who was also wearing sunglasses and a sun hat—had dressed herself to look young. While Gerald found her to be slightly familiar, he simultaneously also found her to be quite odd.

“…Who are you again?”

“Haha! It’s me, Yasmeen! Yasmeen Linford? I only graduated a year earlier than you! Don’t tell me you’ve already forgotten about me?” said the tall and slim woman while smiling beautifully. She then removed her sunglasses, fully displaying her small face and charming appearance.

Now slowly recalling who she was, Gerald then replied, “Ah, it’s you, Yasmeen!”

As the memories started coming back to him, Gerald remembered that Yasmeen was still a sophomore when he first started learning at Mayberry University. Later on, she would become the president of the university’s student union. Since he was so poor back then, he had to work part-time and be thrifty, resulting in him also having to meet up with her quite a lot. Due to that, he was fairly acquainted with her.

Since she was wearing sunglasses earlier and the makeup she had on was quite exquisite—compared to what she used to wear—he hadn’t been able to realize that it was her at first glance.

Now that he knew who she was, however, he could feel that she had grown to become a strong and independent woman. From the looks of it, she had gotten pretty good at socializing as well.

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Then again, she had always been this way. After all, while it wasn’t uncommon for the students in Mayberry University to date other students there, Yasmeen was on a whole other level. Back then, she had dated the president of one of the companies in Mayberry who had had a divorce.

Due to their relationship, the president arranged for fireworks to be placed at every corner of the university on Yasmeen’s birthday. That night, the entire university was lit by the beautiful glow of fireworks, easily resulting in all the other girls there both admiring and envying her.

However, that wasn’t what Gerald remembered most about the incident. No, what he recalled most about that event was the fact that Yasmeen had told him to clean up all the firework remains around the university—when morning came—for fifteen dollars.

That, however, was a lot to him at the time. Once he got the money, he immediately treated Xavia to a meal at KFC. He even remembered adding another seven dollars of his own to make their feast a little grander.

How the memory played out pretty much summed up how his relationship with Yasmeen used to be. After all, how could someone like the past Gerald even have the right to befriend her?

It was the reason why he was quite surprised that she was willing to greet him now.

“So why did you come over to Halimark City, Yasmeen?” asked Gerald as he looked at all the people—who were dressed like upper-class individuals—standing behind her.

The city itself was a place that had grown quite strong economic-wise throughout the years due to all the natural advantages its geographical features granted.

“Well, my chamber of commerce is holding functions here in the next few days. Because of that, my business partners and I have come over to seek some amusement! I’ve established a cosmetic company, after all! Haha!” replied Yasmeen as she smiled faintly while smoothening her hair.

“How truly impressive!” said Gerald as he watched her business partners begin walking over, one by one.

One of them was a middle-aged man who seemed to have quite an intimate relationship with Yasmeen. Frowning, the man then asked, “Who is this, Yasmeen?”

“Oh, him? He’s just a junior from university! I talked about him before, remember? The particularly poor student while I was studying there? That’s him! You know, he could barely afford to pay for his meals back then! I also remember his clothes being filled with patches, since most of what he earned—from doing part-time jobs daily and also from the many errands he ran for others—went into either his living expenses or his tuition fees! He didn’t have the money for anything else!” jabbered Yasmeen on and on without needing to even stop to take in a single breath.

Her friends, on the other hand, simply widened their eyes as they continued listening to her.

“How could such a poor person even exist!” said one of them as the others exchanged glances of both shock and dismay with each other.

“I know right? But that’s not even the most surprising thing! See, even though he was that poor, he still managed to get himself a girlfriend!”

As the others were filled with even greater surprise, Yasmeen turned to look at Gerald who had been silent for quite a while. Seeing how calm he looked, Yasmeen realized that she may have said a bit too much already.

Smiling rather awkwardly, she then added, “…Regardless, being able to bump into each other again must be the work of fate! Pray tell, are you here to attend Halimark City’s Enchanted Feast, Gerald?”

“Afraid not!” replied Gerald as he shook his head.

“Why are you even asking such an unnecessary question, Yasmeen? Didn’t you already tell us how poor he was back then? How could he even afford to attend the Enchanted Feast?” said a woman as she walked over.

“…That’s true… Since we’re ex-schoolmates, I’d have loved to invite you over to join us for the feast, Gerald… Sadly enough, I don’t have an extra admission ticket! Regardless, there’s an app you should really download on your phone later! You can find all my company’s products there! Speaking of my company, since it’s only recently been established, I’m in need of agents to distribute the products! You could try applying to be an agent! Worry not, one of the makeup sets I’m selling was designed for lower-income people, like yourself! Due to that, I’m sure you can promote it to your less wealthy friends!” suggested Yasmeen.

Following that, she instantly began detailing the steps required to apply to be an agent, leaving no room for Gerald to even say a word.

A little later, she handed him the contact number and business card of the regional manager before saying, “Alright, it’s getting a bit late now and I really should be leaving. After all, I still need to head to the city with my friends! Also, don’t worry about calling the manager, I’ll let him know in advance to take special care of you.”

With that, Yasmeen flashed Gerald a faint smile before leaving while waving her hand with her other friends.

Watching them walk off, Gerald could only look at their backs as he shook his head while smiling bitterly.

Yasmeen truly hadn’t changed in this aspect.

Tossing the card away, Gerald then continued walking by the beach, deep in thought.

He continued doing so for quite a bit, and the next thing he knew, it was already late at night, with very few tourists still walking around.

At that moment, he suddenly saw the faint outlines of five speedboats at the corner of his eye. Turning to get a better look at what was happening, he saw that all five of them were in hot pursuit of another speedboat that currently wasn’t too far off from them.

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Though it was already quite late, Gerald could clearly see that the middle-aged man—who was currently being pursued by over ten gun-wielding individuals who were riding the five speedboats—was drenched in blood. The man was also currently headed right in Gerald’s direction.

When the few remaining people at the beach saw them, they immediately ran away, focusing so much on escaping that none of them even thought about calling the police! Soon enough, the already secluded beach became completely devoid of people, save for Gerald.

Gerald found himself frowning slightly the moment he saw the pursuers. After all, he had already been slightly irked after Yasmeen interrupted his train of thought earlier.

It wasn’t long before the bloodied middle-aged man arrived at shore. Seeing that there was nowhere else to run to, the man began running toward Gerald, the only person he could see! Waving his hands as he ran over, the man then shouted, “T-toss me your phone! Please hurry!”

Since Gerald was already unhappy, he wasn’t about to take orders from some random middle-aged man. As a result, he simply ignored the man’s pleas for help.

Seconds later, a few people suddenly rushed out from the dense forest that led to the beach. Those who were initially pursuing him on their speed boats had now arrived onshore as well. Seeing that he had no place else to run, all of them quickly surrounded him. One of the men—who appeared to be the leader of the operation—noticed that Gerald was still there. Walking up to the youth, he then shouted, “Get lost! The big boss is dealing with some things here!”

In response, however, Gerald simply looked at him coldly without saying a word.

Seeing how indifferently Gerald was treating his leader, one of the youths who were surrounding the middle-aged man immediately lifted his machete and slashed it at Gerald! During that split second, rage-filled Gerald’s eyes. Since they were blindly attacking him just because he refused to move, it was evident that these were no nice people. It was also obvious to Gerald now that these people were definitely courting death!

Taking a step to the side, Gerald easily dodged the attack.

Before the youth could even react to his missed attack, he suddenly heard a buzzing noise. The next thing he knew, he had already been kicked into the air! The moment he collided with the ground, he heard a crack from his legs. Though he wanted to cover his mouth to suppress his screams of pain, he found that he could no longer move his arms! Not only that, he quickly realized that all his teeth had also been smashed! To his horror, he now understood that not only had Gerald’s kicks resulted in all four of his main limbs being broken, but the bones in his right leg and hand had also ended up being completely shattered!

that this had happened, he knew that they had been placed in an extremely difficult situation, even before completing their goal! After all, he hadn’t even been able to see how his subordinate had been taken out despite being so

youth’s limbs without a second thought, they all knew that Gerald was even more vicious than their leader. As

that youth.

before saying, “…I apologize, mister. I admit that it was our fault this time around. Men, head

machete-wielding men to leave—he felt blessed to have bumped into Gerald. After all, not only would he now be able to live to see

leave?” said Gerald, his

After all, they were only retreating now since they knew

be a sturdy-looking man with a dragon tattooed all over his right arm. While his other men were probably not aware of it, their leader knew that there existed families who practiced Ancient Martial Arts that allowed them to defy the orders of nature. People from these families were allegedly able

each of you can choose whether to break off an arm or a leg. Of course, you’ll each be doing

be an exceptional man, but don’t you think

then lets up it to

finish his sentence, he noticed a thin, young man—who looked to be around twenty—standing at the back

roared the leader as he turned to look at

deed. It was the gaze

the others began shuddering with fear, Gerald stared at the youth a little

you, each of you will be breaking two

rushed toward him with his gun aimed at Gerald! Seeing that, all his other subordinates—except

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kicks, the cracking and snapping of bones filled the night air. It was only a few seconds later when everyone—who had gone for the attack—resembled the first

their teeth smashed and limbs shattered as they lay on the ground, all of them felt like fainting from the immense pain alone. Despite that, they were all still staring wide-eyed at Gerald, looking at him like he was

is he…? How could we have offended such a

couldn’t even be bothered about those on the ground. Clapping the sand off his hands, he then continued his

could get far, the middle-aged man—who was still covered in blood—caught up to him before bowing respectfully as he said, “T-thank you so much for saving me, mister! I’m a local of Halimark City and I go

felt that he needed to at least show his immense

wasn’t particularly trying to save

turned around to leave. Looking at Gerald’s back as he walked off, Wagner could already feel how extraordinary Gerald was as

a moment, mister! Did you perhaps come to Halimark City to attend the Enchanted Feast organized by the Minshall family?” asked

Feast?’ Gerald thought

who had previously owned the jade

here in the first place was to find the Minshalls and negotiate

know, I’m familiar with this place, mister! If you’re interested in heading to the Enchanted

Wagner could even finish his sentence, he began coughing

the coughing man, Gerald replied, “Before

at the distant—yet brightly lit—Halimark City next before slowly walking over in

other hand, simply waited for Gerald to move a bit further away before running over to a

pick me up immediately!” said Wagner as soon as the

to you from the nearest hospital, right this

kill me! Regardless, come quickly! I seem to have come across that person and I’m pretty sure it’s him!” shouted Wagner in return, his anxiety evident in his

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to walk toward the

to save you, so there’s no need to follow me around. You’d better leave now while I’m in a good mood, otherwise you’ll end up like those men back at the

talking to

lot! The person in question is quite important to my family, the Yarnes, you see…

Yarne family has been waiting for someone for the longest time. Said person was said to make an appearance sooner or later, and quite frankly,

for ‘someone’?” replied

my servant to drive a car here. I was

save him, he had already felt that the young man looked slightly familiar. However, he just couldn’t put his

he finally got a clearer look at Gerald’s face, however, he instantly understood where the feeling had stemmed from.

to drive a car over before tailing Gerald. All that led

really resemble me

Again, please come to the

His first reason for agreeing was because based on Wagner’s expression, the

was now telling him that they had been waiting for someone who resembled him to show up, Gerald couldn’t

Wagner’s car came and drove both of them off

with Wagner. Through that, he

began when they established their family properties here all those centuries ago. The family was considered to be one

used to simply be fishermen before establishing their family properties. After an incident took place, however, drastic changes soon happened

I hope that what you plan to show me intrigues me!” warned Gerald as he walked behind Wagner once

of a molehill about something like this, mister! I assure you that you’ll understand things better once you have a look at it! I truly believe that our meeting wasn’t by mere chance!” replied Wagner who was currently drenched with cold sweat.

walked and talked on, Wagner looked like he was trying to hide something every time the duo passed

secret room when Wagner finally

as he handed the scroll to

of the blue. As a result, he couldn’t help but ask,

to be more accurate, it

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followed that sentence with a

scroll. True to Wagner’s words, the opened

extremely formidable. Even Gerald couldn’t help but feel slightly intimidated

No, what absolutely caught his interest was the fact that the general in the picture looked exactly like the deity in the eternal coffin which, in turn, meant that both

seemed to be the Lightbane! The longsword that Gerald always carried

shouted Gerald,

you that there was a reason behind all my actions! My family’s

even know how

desert… This was definitely no coincidence. Who exactly

it who asked you to wait for me? Where is that person?” asked Gerald after giving it some

all, as long as he was able to find this

Wagner simply shook his head before replying, “I’m afraid that I’m not quite sure who the person who told us to wait for you was, mister… After all, my ancestors had been told to wait from eight hundred years ago… Thanks to Master Ghost’s near-perfect calculations, however, he was able to estimate that I’d be able to meet that person soon. If you truly are the one we’ve

seemed to be filled with excitement, Gerald himself was left bewildered as

what Wagner was telling him now was that someone from eight hundred years ago had wanted members of the Yarne family to wait for

get to the bottom of this, Gerald told Wagner to

how the Yarne family had first met the mysterious person. As Wagner had earlier said, the Yarnes were only simple fishermen about eight hundred

one of his ancestors bumped into an old beggar on his way home after fishing one evening. The old beggar had requested Wagner’s ancestor for some food. His ancestor was so kind that he

old beggar had eaten to his heart’s content, however, he refused to leave! Instead, he told Wagner’s ancestor that he

that, his ancestor’s family instantly grew amused, thinking that he was drunk. To their shock, he then stood up with a serious look on his face before saying, “As long as you’re willing to fulfill a single promise for me, I’ll allow all of you to lead a wealthy life without worries from now

that, he took out a huge amount of gold from his pocket. Stupefied, Wagner’s ancestors immediately asked what the beggar

on the spot. Once he was done, he told the Yarnes to wait for the person—who looked similar to the portrait he had drawn—to appear and

helped the Yarnes become a rich and powerful family. Once that was done, the old beggar

to them. In just less than a year, their family had managed to make a fortune in Halimark City, building several family properties there which still remained

quite frank, my father had told me about all this not long before he passed away. I hadn’t really cared too much about it back then, thinking it was all just nonsense. After all, it is a tale from eight hundred years ago. Imagine my

was equally as shocked

is it that old beggar again?! Can such coincidences even exist? He already appeared once in the North Desert! To think that he’s making an appearance here as well! There’s got to be at least a few thousand years in between his two appearances! Could it perhaps have been some descendant of his who had equally remarkable abilities? Or… Could they actually be the same person…?” muttered Gerald to himself, feeling quite nervous and frightened at the

right to be terrified. After all, such a mysterious and extraordinarily strong person knew him this well and was probably keeping a constant

of which, mister, the old beggar also told us to relay two sentences to you!” said Wagner as he looked

“What are they?”

heaven beside the red spider lily. A defiant dragon will appear near

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thought carefully about the two sentences. ‘Reborn in heaven beside the red spider lily…’ And then there was some dragon who

The crossing of

breaking through all the limits and mastering the act of going back and forth between ancient and modern times. However, no matter how much he wanted to continue denying the possibility, everything he

the person in the painting—once he was reborn—would most probably bear the surname of Crawford… While you certainly look like the person in the portrait, I wonder about your surname… If it truly is Crawford, then you’re definitely the one

Gerald then nodded before replying, “…My full name is

been waiting for! What the old beggar had claimed

only felt his stress building by

controlling everything. Just like pawns on a chessboard, anyone unfortunate enough to be picked up by the hands would have to

exactly was this

down his spine, Gerald quickly shook

secret room—though it was more of a secret compartment—before taking out a simple, but quite ancient-looking

beggar told us to hand to you. I’ll step aside for the moment for you to

nothing to be ashamed about… After all, nobody in the world would probably be able to keep any secrets from

was immediately released. As the scent continued spreading around the room, Gerald looked at the inch-tall and hard-looking golden amulet

pleasant scent!” exclaimed Wagner

the pellet close to his nose and sniffed it, though he didn’t

for such a long time, is the pellet still edible,

it’s typically consumed to help one quickly restore their strength and stamina. Should a person take one when they’re in great danger, their chances of

since he remembered

How very knowledgeable

refine such a pellet is very harsh. Speaking of which, when I first entered your house, I was able to catch

family is in the medicinal business. We have a lot of marine medicine products!” replied

by the name of wiqerice… It’s the

I’ve never even heard about it!” replied Wagner with

Seems that I won’t be able to get it from you then,”

pellets typically only had a shell life of about a month… Did the person

not really proficient with medicinal herbs myself… Regardless, there may be a way for

Gerald before adding, “I wonder if you’ve heard of the prestigious herb auction

referring to the underground auction of the

herbs there that have been provided by both medicinal herb farmers and herb gatherers who have gathered their herbs from mountains. Many of the herbs there are well over

it, it was quite evident that such an auction

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gatherers dying out at sea or high in the mountains every

to the Enchanted Feast just for a chance to get their hands on ancient herbs, maybe

simply nodded in