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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1451

“What? Do you plan on attacking me as well?” asked Gerald with a subtle smile.

With the help of the middle-aged man, the old man then quickly got up before bowing slightly while saying, “We wouldn’t dare, sir! You’re a powerful person who’s hidden your true power extremely well… How dare we normal people offend you?”

Though elderly, the white-haired old man bore a youthful complexion. Regardless, since he looked like someone who had a considerably high status, the fact that he was speaking and behaving so humbly toward Gerald made everyone—his granddaughter included—stare in disbelief.

“…Grandpa, what are you saying? Why are you being so polite to this b*stard? Whatever the case is, since my punch missed earlier, I’ll make sure the next one lands and ruins his face!” growled the woman whose initial shock quickly turned into wrath.

Just as she was about to launch another attack, the old man instantly scowled, “Stop right there, Perla! Don’t be rude!”

Though Perla Sherwin was clearly reluctant to obey that order—a sentiment that the middle-aged man from before seemed to agree with—she deeply respected her grandfather, which was why she simply obeyed and stood at the side.

Following that, the old man then smiled—hoping to please Gerald—before saying, “Now then, you were asking my insensible granddaughter why we were kneeling here, correct?”

After seeing Gerald’s nod, the old man then explained, “Well, you see, a person called Master Ghost used to live here, and he was a wise man who could come up with extremely clever strategies and tactics. His claim to fame, however, was his ability to read one’s future. Thinking back, he truly had a number of skills that defied the heavens… While he did eventually leave without a trace, someone called Master Crawford soon took over his place! Not only is Master Crawford capable of drawing charms to save people, but he’s also able to control swords and fly on them! He truly owns an arsenal of remarkable abilities… I came here myself to beg for a charm, you see! With any luck, I hope that the master will also take my insensible granddaughter as his disciple after some begging!”

Even before his granddaughter had attacked Gerald, the old man had sensed a rather extraordinary aura surrounding Gerald… Being someone who had seen much of how the world worked, the old man found himself feeling slightly nervous of the aura, though he couldn’t quite put his finger on why yet at the time… After seeing how proficient Gerald was in martial arts, however, the old man instantly realized that Gerald was the cream of the crop, a person whose abilities and world views were unfathomable…

Terrified by that realization, it was because of that that the old man was treating Gerald with so much respect now.

Regardless, Gerald took a look around after hearing the old man’s explanation. From what he could see, most of the kneeling people were middle-aged men, though there was a young child among the crowd. If what the old man had said was true, then all of them were either here to plead for medical treatment or beg the master to take their children under his wing.

Gerald had also taken note that there was now a new master on Langvern Mountain who bore the surname of Crawford…

“What’s the master’s full name?” asked Gerald.

“Master Crawford’s full name is Gerald Crawford, if I’m not mistaken!” replied the old man respectfully.

“…Oh? His name is Master Gerald Crawford, you say?” replied Gerald, feeling intrigued as he tried to hold back from laughing.

‘To think that this sword-riding master would actually share a name with me… Still, there aren’t many in the world who are capable of bragging about riding swords…’ Gerald thought to himself, now keen on meeting this remarkable person in order to widen his knowledge.

With that, Gerald then turned around and began walking up Langvern Mountain again, completely disregarding the old man.

Seeing that, Perla was instantly shocked as she thought, ‘You… How dare you not pay attention to my grandpa…?!’

Unable to hold back her anger, she then rushed toward Gerald, aiming to land a kick against his back as she yelled, “You truly are asking for death!”

While both the middle-aged man and Perla’s grandfather had already arrived at a consensus that Gerald wasn’t someone to be trifled with, they quickly realized that the same couldn’t be said for Perla as she got closer and closer to attacking him.

They weren’t going to be able to stop her in time!

However, everyone watching found themselves momentarily frozen in place when they saw what happened next.

‘…W-what…?’ The shocked old man thought to himself as he stared wide-eyed at the paralyzed Perla.

Even Perla was in disbelief. She was now less than an inch away from Gerald, yet her feet were frozen in place. She couldn’t even move her legs in the slightest!

As terror swept through her, she now felt like she had just attempted to kick a mountain just for the sake of it.

Before she could begin regretting her decision, she felt a force gently pushing her back to where she had initially been standing!

“P-Perla…!” shouted the old man in fear as he immediately tugged on his granddaughter’s hand.

Turning to look at Gerald, it was evident that his immense fear for the youth had now overtaken his feelings of respect.

“Don’t ever try me again…!”

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After casually saying that, Gerald then continued walking, not even bothering to turn around.

“Are… you planning to head up there, master…?” asked the old man.

“Indeed!”

“While it’s true that you’re quite remarkable, there are many rules to Langvern Mountain… If you still wish to head up there, why not wait here for a while? After all, it’ll soon be my family’s turn—the Sherwins—to head up there! Why not go with us?” suggested the old man.

Hearing that, Gerald then thought, ‘That’s not a bad suggestion. Since they’re planning to go visit Master Gerald Crawford anyway, I may as well follow them. After all, it’ll be easier to do that compared to fighting my way in. Still, I wonder how capable that master truly is…’

Seeing Gerald nod in agreement, the old man then said, “It’s settled, then! Speaking of which, I go by Terrance Sherwin! It’s a pleasure to meet you, master!”

After exchanging pleasantries and casually talking about a few other things, Gerald and the trio entered Langvern Church together.

From what the Terrance had told Gerald, the reason why this place was so lively now was because not too long ago, a supposedly authentic video of an old man controlling and riding a sword—that flew through the forest and even across a river—suddenly began spreading around the inner circles of powerful people in the business field.

What more, the old man apparently cured a rich businessman as well. Due to that, he ended up getting extremely famous.

Following that, he took in a few disciples, and that was around the time the business was established. Things then went smoothly for a while. A few days ago, however, the old man suddenly announced that he was willing to take in a few more disciples, though they would first have to be personally assessed by him.

All that eventually led to the current turn of events.

After hearing Terrance’s explanation, it was now evident to Gerald that most of the people here had come in hope of becoming one of the master’s new disciples.

Regardless, the four people were only a few steps in when they saw a person being driven out while a voice shouted, “Save me the effort and just leave! With such limited talent and quite worrying levels of intelligence, I simply can’t accept you as my disciple!”

Naturally, the person who was driven out looked rather dispirited.

Whatever the case was, Gerald quickly noticed that the church’s large hall had now been modified to look like an examination hall of sorts.

He also saw several young people from different families respectfully waiting to be assessed.

It wasn’t long after before a few young men and women walked over to them before saying, “Perla! You’re here! Hurry on over!”

After greeting Perla, they then turned to look at the old man before greeting, “It’s nice to meet you too, Mr. Sherwin!”

Following that, one of the men in the group then nervously said, “Say, Perla, did you know that up till this point, nobody’s succeeded in becoming the master’s disciple? Master Crawford’s conditions truly are strict!”

“I know right? Speaking of which, Perla, who is he? Is he your boyfriend?” asked a woman from the group. If it wasn’t evident enough by this point, everyone from the group was pretty well acquainted with Perla.

“…What? Of course not! He’s just here to pay Master Crawford a visit!” replied Perla in slight embarrassment.

“I didn’t come here to pay him a visit. I’m just here to look for some things!” replied Gerald casually.

Regardless, he had been observing Master Crawford for a while now, and though there were undoubtedly traces of essential qi coming from his body, the essential qi fluctuated rather frequently. In other words, it was sometimes strong and other times weak, a phenomenon that was quite peculiar to Gerald. After all, that was a trait that those from cryptic families tended to have. If that was the case, then Master Crawford definitely wasn’t a true trainer who had trained himself to achieve spiritual enlightenment.

“…Is he truly capable of controlling swords and flying on them…?” muttered Gerald to himself, now clearly doubtful about what Terrance had earlier told him.

It was at that moment when Master Crawford’s voice could be heard asking, “What’s all this noise about, then?”

Those from Perla’s group had been speaking quite loudly, which was why Master Crawford was now looking at them with a rather bleak expression on his face.

“Apologies, Master Crawford, but this man here just doubted your strength!” said Perla as she pointed at Gerald while smiling smugly.

Hearing that, Terrance was instantly stunned. However, that feeling quickly turned to anger as he shouted, “Perla! What on earth are you talking about?!”

While it was true that anyone who had witnessed Gerald’s performance earlier would feel that he was way stronger than Master Crawford, Perla was simply being too unruly! She didn’t even seem to care about the implication of her statement!

‘Powerful, aren’t you? If you’re so powerful then go out there and have a real fight! Let’s see how long you’ll last against an exceptional man like Master Crawford!’ Perla thought to herself.

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“…Oh? There’s actually someone who dares doubt me?” said Master Crawford as he squinted his eyes at the direction where Gerald and the others were.

At the same time, many of the people in the large hall were staring at Gerald with bewildered gazes. After all, saying such a thing was akin to Gerald courting death!

Gerald himself could only display a bitter smile. Since things had already gotten to such a state, there was no point in beating around the bush anymore. With that in mind, he decided that it’d be better for him to just straightforwardly reveal his true thoughts.

“Indeed. Regardless, you’ll have to forgive me for being rather blunt, but your remarkable skills… They’re honestly nothing but simple tricks that barely have any functions at all, Master Crawford!” replied Gerald.

The second his sentence ended, a huge ruckus instantly erupted! For a person to doubt the master like that… He truly was asking for death!

Master Crawford himself now felt his eyelids twitching slightly. To think that he was being humiliated in public, and during his disciple selecting process, no less!

Watching as Master Crawford slowly stood up, Perla—who had been standing quietly at the side for a while—excitedly said, “Look! Master Crawford’s about to demonstrate his power!”

While she had to admit that the strange, young man was much stronger than her, in the end, he looked to only be around the same age as her. With that in mind, she wasn’t convinced that Gerald deserved the respect that her grandfather was giving to him, and she hoped that once Master Crawford was done with him, her grandfather would share her sentiment.

Regardless, Master Crawford’s actions had caught the full attention of several people by this point.

“Who even is this mad person? How dare he doubt Master Crawford!”

“I know, right? How undaunted! Someone like him will only come to regret things when he’s close to dying!”

The scowls had come from a few old men who couldn’t bear seeing Master Crawford get humiliated.

As the old men continued bombarding him with scowls, Master Crawford himself simply narrowed his eyes before shaking his head and saying, “I won’t make things too difficult for you, young man. Just kneel before me with your forehead against the ground. Once you admit to your mistake, I’ll allow you to leave the hill unscathed!”

“You truly are the bigger man for being so forgiving, but I feel you should still teach this guy a lesson, master!” shouted someone from within the crowd.

admit to a mistake if what I said was the truth? Look, the only true master of this church is the previous one. With that said, I dislike the notion of you being here since all

realize that you’ve only made things more difficult for yourself! With that said, you’re only allowed to leave if you

dragon engraved on it—appeared on his hand, and the second it did, Master Crawford instantly began reciting a chant. Once

within the hall as they watched the

reddened with shock, one of them quickly

and the others—who had been standing at the side—were similarly frightened half to death by Master Crawford’s skill, and they were all dripping beads of

bitter smile as he said, “Is that

Though he wanted to create even more mayhem, no matter how

at him for a bit longer, Gerald then shook his

a gentle wave, the compass—that had been in Master Crawford’s grasp—instantly flew

in his hands, Gerald

sound was heard as the compass emitted a blinding light that painted the entire hall in a

all that wasn’t already shocking enough, an inhuman roar was soon heard, and everyone stared wide-eyed as a faint, but large golden dragon

showed up out of nowhere as well! What a dramatic

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in the hall was

their eyeballs popping out in their shock, the flabbergasted Perla

them now was truly difficult to

Master Crawford as he fell feebly to the floor, now entirely drenched

of Gerald’s wrist, the golden light disappeared and everything

deduced that it was simply a simple

the case, since Master Crawford hadn’t trained his mind for it to be steady enough, he wasn’t able to use the compass

looking at the master whose gaze had

exactly gave you the courage

question—dropped to his knees before replying, “P-please don’t be angry, master…! I was told to wait for a

sentence ended, several hissing sounds could be heard

asked Gerald who already had a good guess of what was

was told to wait for

to wait for him? Also, what’s your

my great aunt! And I go by the name of Gus

However, their shock quickly turned into rage as they took turns glaring

Gerald who now looked more

to waste any

the hill,

as he

only Terrance and a few

for more details, he watched as Terrance knelt before respectfully saying, “Master, I have a

well, Gerald observed the duo for a while. To think that the old man was willing to do this despite already having

be told, Gerald hadn’t found that old man annoying from the very beginning,

suitable teacher at all… Now that we’ve witnessed your remarkable skills, however, I feel that you’d be the perfect teacher for her…! With that

said Gerald

instantly found herself blushing. After all, she now deeply respected

refuse!” added Gerald as he shook his

as Perla felt herself

a rich, young lady! That simply won’t do!” replied

can change…! I’ll drop this bad attitude immediately…!” exclaimed

the square and bark like a dog three times? If you do it properly, I’ll consider taking you under my wing! If you don’t,

with so many things, Gerald really wasn’t in the mood

fact, had it not been because the old man had knelt

Perla to do was

hesitated for a brief moment before

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hill found themselves astonished as they watched

who was both hedonistic

that the humiliation from the act was a little too much for even him to handle. With that in mind, he was convinced that

me under

Gerald rather

breath held, Gerald eventually grew too

he then

by Gerald’s reply, Terrance immediately exclaimed, “Well, what are you waiting for, Perla? Hurry and kneel before your master!

lower her chances of ever getting to be his disciple… To his surprise, his granddaughter was smart and did as she was told! Due to that, despite his clear reluctance, Gerald

think that the Sherwin family was able to get acquainted with such a great person just because

my granddaughter…’ Thought the old man to

off to get some sweet-smelling tea. Once she had served it to Gerald, she immediately

have been predicted as well, I wonder…?’ Gerald thought

side this entire time, not daring to speak—Gerald then asked him about his great

listening to what Gus had to say, Gerald couldn’t help

turned out, Gus had bumped into the ghost of his ‘great aunt’ while going up the mountain a few months ago. After

could already guess that the ‘great aunt’ of his, was none

given him a ton of advice after Master Ghost left. After hearing Gus’s story, he was pleased to know that

all this, Gus had led Gerald to a manor, and upon entering, Gerald was instantly greeted by the sight of

so soon, Gerald!” exclaimed the bamboo puppet as

remember that Langvern Mountain had been engulfed in flames back then! I truly thought that you were a lost cause!” replied Gerald, recalling

certainly was burned into a crisp! Haha! However, I’m just a puppet, and my body parts can easily be

made you… Either way,

we’d go look for him together!

“Save?”

point, the worst parts of his predictions

you know where he is now? The sooner I save him the better! After all, the reason I came here today is because I have important affairs that I need his

there, and that it’s the place where his fortune starts and ends, which is why he wanted to endure through his disasters there! He didn’t tell you about this back then since he was afraid that your early appearance would ruin

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any more time and set off to the Jenna

which was his grandfather’s true identity. Aside from that, his family members and Zyla were still missing. He had to head to Jaellatra to look for

on to solve some of those worries of his. With that in mind, Gerald knew that he had to pick

of which… you’ll be coming with me,

a bead within my body that you can retrieve and stuff inside an exquisite rag doll! It’ll be easier

great to

Crawford…?” asked Terrance in a surprised tone after

am. Is something the

the Sherwins would be more than

man would surely get a chance to deepen his relationship with him with each passing day. Now that would be a true blessing for

Perla instantly began

from the Jenna Province, he didn’t seem to know where Master Ghost was either. Even so, Gerald still needed someplace to temporarily live in

family there. With

missing and he was quite anxious to meet Master Ghost again, Gerald finalized his thoughts before saying, “…Fine! Just

his blood and qi flow! As a result, Terrance instantly

as the middle-aged man

master…?” asked Perla as she looked at Gerald, hoping that he had

can see, he suffered from internal injuries before, and his organs ended up getting damaged. Due to that, his qi can’t be upset. Since both his blood and qi ended up getting upset just now, it appears that his internal

told, he had already noticed the problem for a while, and he had been planning to ask Terrance

Terrance to get so excited to the point

a serious

that, Gerald simply lifted a finger and poked a few of Terrance’s acupuncture points,

was an odd feeling. After all, one second he was feeling like his heart was splitting in two, and the

at Gerald with a bewildered gaze, the old

he continued staring at Gerald. Despite being so young,

qi doesn’t resemble inner strength, nor is it similar to secret techniques, you know? Few

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a year ago when I bumped into that exceptional person… My family has always revered martial arts skills, you see, and I have a lot of disciples who serve as my subordinates… Regardless, the exceptional person was hired by our family’s enemy to assassinate me in secret. After all, with me gone, my family

lives to allow me to escape with my life intact. However, even though I managed to run far, I still ended up getting attacked and injured by his essential qi! Even though the essential qi had only brushed against me gently, I still ended up almost dying on the spot!” explained the old man, fear

psychological scar on Terrence, and Gerald simply nodded in understanding. After all, he, of all people,

those who owned essential qi weren’t allowed to interfere too much in the affairs of ordinary people. Since the rule was mostly abided by,

him—a while back—that the most powerful people didn’t come from cryptic families, even though cryptic families were known to be extremely powerful within certain areas. Regardless, those from such families were far from being the

he had come across locals before who had truly trained themselves to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Despite not coming from Jaellatra, they had essential qi, similar

place… Gerald was no longer as ignorant as he had been in the past anymore… He

on my granddaughter… That’s why I was so willing to kneel here… I was hoping that Master Crawford of the Langvern Church would take her in as his disciple. With any luck, she’d be able to become a person

these. Here, I’ll help you cure your internal injuries first!” said

hadn’t been lying, Gerald thought about how miserable the man must currently be. Adding that to the fact that Gerald had taken Perla as his disciple, he

that in mind, Gerald then activated his golden eye to begin treating Terrance’s

said, the Sherwins were once a rich and prestigious family in the Jenna Province. However, some trouble that had happened about half a year ago caused the entire family to go downhill. With only a few

closed off Langvern Mountain, the

sure to give it his all when it came to taking care of Gerald. The old man also made sure to send his subordinates out to inquire about Master

look for Master Ghost as

even after looking for some time across almost all the areas within the entire Jenna Province, Gerald was still unable to gain any clues about Master Ghost’s

train Perla in the garden whenever

speed of his inner training had

discs had appeared on his elixir-of-life field, and they were arranged in an orderly manner in five different colors. Constantly revolving around that area, they truly were strange, even to Gerald. While Gerald did attempt to touch them using the power of his

even are they…? If only Zyla

all, Gerald had noticed a few colorful spots appearing within his elixir-of-life field. However, Gerald hadn’t paid

had clearly turned much more mature now, and they had developed some kind

person who would allow himself to remain idle. Since Zyla wasn’t by his side, he constantly found himself looking into his implanted memories, hoping to find some answers there. After all, he had a sneaking suspicion that at least

Gerald heard a knock on the door as Perla’s voice called

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“What is it?”

he’s found an