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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.

was the truth? Look, the only true master of this church is the previous

imprudent! It seems like you’ll truly remain undaunted till I teach you a proper lesson! I hope you realize that you’ve only made things more difficult for yourself! With that said, you’re only allowed to leave if you roll down the hill!” growled the furious Master

did, Master Crawford instantly began reciting a chant. Once he was done, he muttered an order… and just like that, the entire hall began trembling despite the lack of any strong

Thought everyone within the hall as they watched the tables and chairs shake

from before were terrified, and with eyes reddened with shock, one of

to death

his head with a bitter smile as he

sweat. Though he wanted to create even more mayhem, no matter

bit longer, Gerald then shook his head

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

his hands, Gerald began

as the compass emitted a blinding light that painted the entire hall

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

filled the area as a twister showed up out of nowhere

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in the hall was

from before could almost feel their eyeballs popping out in their shock, the flabbergasted Perla

before them now

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

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

deduced that it was simply a simple magic artifact that, upon activating,

mind for it to be steady enough, he wasn’t able to use the compass to its full extent. Knowing

at the master whose gaze had turned bleak

the courage to deceive all these

was clearly the recipient of Gerald’s question—dropped to his knees before replying, “P-please don’t be angry, master…! I was told to wait for a young man here… As for why I used my magic,

sentence ended, several hissing sounds could be heard as multiple

young man? Do you have a name?” asked Gerald who already had a good guess of

told to wait for that young man!” replied Master

to wait for him? Also, what’s your

great aunt! And I go

found themselves immensely shocked. However, their

respectfully look at Gerald who now looked more like a

however, wasn’t going to waste

descend the hill,

replied Gus as he quickly began driving

Terrance and

watched as Terrance knelt

middle-aged man from before knelt as well, Gerald observed the duo for a while. To think that the old man was willing to do this despite

annoying from the very

we’ve witnessed your remarkable skills, however, I feel that you’d be the perfect teacher for her…! With that said, I hope you’re willing to take her under your wing!”

said Gerald with a

found herself blushing. After all, she now deeply

have to refuse!” added Gerald as he shook

asked Terrance rather desperately as Perla felt herself

young lady! That simply won’t do!” replied Gerald as he casually waved

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

Look, since you like making things so difficult for people and you think you can just drop that temper of yours all willy-nilly, why don’t you head to 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, then just get off the hill like the others

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

had it not been because the old man had knelt before him, Gerald wouldn’t even have bothered listening to

that what he had told Perla to do was the easiest way for him to get her

his surprise, however, Perla only hesitated for a brief

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the hill found themselves astonished as

to happen. After all, he had initially thought that Perla was nothing more than a rich young lady who was both hedonistic and extremely sensitive to how

had suggested for her to bark like a dog since Gerald knew that the humiliation from the act was a little too much for even him to handle. With that in mind, he was convinced that Perla wouldn’t

told… Are you willing to take me

replied Gerald rather

also staring at him with his breath

he then said,

are you waiting for,

what Gerald had told her to do earlier, Terrance had assumed that his granddaughter’s bad temper would flare up, prompting her to offend Gerald and further 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

to get acquainted with such a great person just because of that small act… It truly was a great

finally grown up, my granddaughter…’ Thought the old

it to Gerald, she immediately knelt. With her forehead against the floor, she then declared, “Please accept my respect and worship

with this young woman have been predicted as well, I wonder…?’ Gerald thought to himself

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

had to say, Gerald couldn’t help but

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

the

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

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

soon, Gerald!” exclaimed the bamboo puppet as she

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

can easily be replaced! What more, I’m able to retain my consciousness, even after going unconscious for a while!”

truly has excellent workmanship to be able to have made you… Either way, is

you! Following that, we’d go look for him together! Though, to be more specific, our next mission will be to save him!”

“Save?”

by this point, the worst parts of his predictions should already be in play! Master Ghost even

better! After all, the reason I came here today is because I

noted that his hometown is located there, and that it’s the place where his fortune

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set off to the Jenna Province as soon as possible then!” said Gerald with a

true identity. Aside from that, his family members and Zyla were still missing. He had to head to Jaellatra to look for Mila

those worries of his. With that in mind, Gerald knew that he had to pick up the pace as well and locate Master Ghost as soon as possible so that more of those

which… you’ll be coming with me,

master together with you! Also, there’s a bead within my body that you can retrieve and stuff inside an exquisite rag doll! It’ll be easier for you to carry

great to

planning on heading to the Jenna Province, Master Crawford…?” asked Terrance in a surprised tone after hearing about Gerald’s plans a little

am. Is something the

against it, the Sherwins would be more than willing to

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

suggestion, Perla instantly began begging Gerald to accept the offer

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

quite an influential local family there. With that

to the fact that his family and Zyla were still missing and he was quite anxious to meet Master Ghost again, Gerald finalized his thoughts before saying, “…Fine! Just

as Terrance was about to say something, however, Gerald watched as the old man got too excited and ended up upsetting his blood and qi flow! As a result, Terrance instantly began vomiting mouthfuls of blood before flopping to the ground

middle-aged man quickly fished out some

wrong with my grandpa, master…?” asked Perla as she looked at

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 organs have ruptured!”

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

excited to the point where his old internal injuries

Crawford… Just as you’ve said, I suffered from a serious internal injury a while back…”

simply lifted a finger and poked a few of Terrance’s acupuncture points, resulting in

he was feeling like his heart was

with a bewildered gaze, the old man found himself muttering, “…Master

he continued staring at Gerald. Despite being so

to being jolted by essential qi. Essential qi doesn’t resemble inner strength, nor is it similar to secret techniques, you know? Few people on the planet have mastered essential qi,

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the exceptional person was hired by our family’s enemy to assassinate

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

that the incident had left a psychological scar on Terrence, and Gerald simply nodded in understanding. After all, he, of all people, knew that there was a vast difference between people who owned essential

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

the most powerful people didn’t come from cryptic families, even though cryptic families were known to be extremely powerful within certain areas.

truly trained themselves to achieve spiritual enlightenment.

mind, the world truly was an enormous place… Gerald was no longer as ignorant as he had been in the past anymore… He now

were snatched away from me, Master Crawford! Unable to do anything on my own, I’ve placed all my hope 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

things slow when it comes to things like these. Here, I’ll

to the fact that Gerald had taken Perla as his disciple, he knew

mind, Gerald then activated his

family in the Jenna Province. However, some trouble that had happened about half a year ago caused the entire family to go

Langvern Mountain, the group then

of Gerald. The old man also made sure to

sure to look for Master

almost all the areas within the entire Jenna Province, Gerald was still unable to gain any clues

to train Perla in the garden whenever he was free, simultaneously diligently training himself during

later when Gerald realized something. To his bewilderment, the speed of his inner

Five 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

now… What even are they…? If only Zyla was here… She’d surely know about

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

After all, they had clearly turned much more

remain idle. Since Zyla wasn’t by his side, he constantly found himself looking into his

heard a knock on the door as

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“What is it?”

he’s found an important