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What Gerald didn’t know, however, was the fact that news about the island had already reached Yearning Island…

Sitting beside a moth-eaten wooden table—that looked like it was going to collapse at any second—inside a relatively simple-thatched hut, was none other than a cloaked Daryl…

As he poured some tea out of his ancient teapot, a fierce-looking young man walked up to Daryl before whispering, “According to our men in Gong Island, Terenzio and a few strangers have gone to one of the nearby islands, and they’ve been staying there for a few days now. We suspect that Gerald could be there as well.”

“Let’s just wait for them to come. I’d like to see how strong his cultivation has gotten after so many years. Also, what’s Trenzio’s cultivation level?” asked Daryl, his hand quivering slightly as he held onto the teapot.

“Not too strong. From what we’ve gathered, he’s simply in the middle level among our family members,” replied the man after thinking for a while.

“I see. Just keep watching then. Remember, don’t let Gerald notice our men. Since he was able to single- handedly kill the three great clans of Yanam, you can imagine how strong he already is by this point,” said Daryl as he sipped on his tea. Hearing that, the impatient man was prompted to say, “…But chief, if you really want to get rid of them, we can just send our men to surround Gong Island right this instant! I guarantee you that he’ll be killed before dark! All our troubles will be gone then!”

With barely any changes in his expression, Daryl then lowered his teacup before asking in a hoarse voice, “Tell me, Will… How many years have you been following me again…?”

“Twenty-five. I still remember how you saved me from freezing to death back then…” replied the man as he bowed respectfully.

“I’m glad you’re aware. While Gerald may be my grandson, in my eyes, you’re my true successor. With that in mind, know that once Gerald comes to Yearning Island, death will surely come for him…” said Daryl before chuckling.

“I understand, chief!” replied the man who was now able to breathe much easier.

“Now then… We’ll see if Terenzio is strong enough to get rid of Gerald first. If he fails, we’ll just send more of our skillful men over to deal with him. Since he’s come looking for trouble so daringly, let’s make sure we’re prepared for anything he has up his sleeve…” said Daryl as he continued sipping his tea. From the looks of it, Gerald’s appearance barely even garnered a response from him…

Delighted to hear that, the man then exclaimed, “Then… Chief, I-“

“Don’t even dare think about showing yourself before Gerald. If you even try to, I’ll immediately remove your cultivation powers,” replied Daryl as he turned to face the man.

“I-l understand!” declared the now shivering man as he nodded in agreement. “Good. Now leave!” replied Daryl with a wave of his hand…

Back on Gong Island, Gerald was still thinking of how to locate Yearning Island. If even Tarek didn’t know where the island was, Gerald was pretty sure that all the other family members on the island wouldn’t know either. It certainly didn’t help that Terenzio—who was the only one who knew how to get to Yearning Island—was now dead.

With how things were going, Gerald was pretty sure that all he could really do was to wait till next week when the main family’s ship arrived… That would surely allow him to find Yearning Island…

In other news, the people on the island didn’t seem to care about Terenzio’s sudden disappearance, probably thinking that he had just returned to the main family. After all, despite sharing a surname, the main and side families were completely different…

Regardless, in the following days, Gerald mostly remained inside his room. To kill time, he studied the sea map, continuously analyzing the islands at the center of the map in hopes of figuring out which one was Yearning Island…

While Gerald was calm, the same couldn’t be said for those on Yearning Island.

After all, in the past three days—under Daryl’s orders—, Will Crawford had been unable to contact Terenzio at all… Something was definitely off…

Upon establishing the Crawford family, Daryl had made a rule stating that members of the main Crawford family couldn’t leave Yearning Island all willy-nilly. With that in mind, since Terenzio had gone to Gong Island and hadn’t reported back in a few days, he had clearly violated the taboo…

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After waiting for about two more days, Will couldn’t take it anymore and rushed to report the situation to Daryl…

“Oh? Terenzio’s disappeared, you say?” replied Daryl—who was in his hut—quite nonchalantly. The news itself wasn’t all that surprising to him. After all, though he hadn’t taught much to Gerald, the boy was still a Crawford by blood. In other words, Daryl didn’t doubt Gerald’s natural talent.

Regardless, Will then clenched his fists as he replied, “That’s right! I’ve been trying to contact him for a few days now to no avail… I’m just worried that he fought with Gerald and ended up… Well… I’m just worried that Gerald’s killed him!”

Will was naturally uneasy by this. After all, Daryl was already treating him as his own son and everyone on the island knew that he was to be Daryl’s successor. With that in mind, he saw Gerald—who was Daryl’s grandson—as a natural threat to his position, and the only way Will would be able to feel at ease would be by killing Gerald…

Upon hearing that, Daryl simply chuckled, waving his hand as he said, “He’s just a middle-ranking cultivator in the family, so it’s no big deal. I wouldn’t be surprised if he really was dead, honestly. After all, if Gerald could turn Yanam upside down on his own, what’s Terenzio to him?”

Gritting his teeth, Will then asked, “Then… what should we do now?”

‘We’ll send some skillful men over to investigate. I need to know his current level of cultivation,” replied Daryl as he sipped more tea.

“Understood,” said Will, already expecting Daryl to say that. While he was rather reluctant to just sit there and let others do the job, he could only nod, knowing better than to go against Daryl’s orders.

Will was pretty confident that he could easily kill Gerald. However, since Daryl wasn’t allowing him to go to Gong Island immediately, all he could do was wait…

Just as Will was about to leave, Daryl called out, “Speaking of which, if he isn’t acting alone, then get his allies away from him. While I’m granting you permission to hurt them, his allies can’t be killed, understand?”

“Got it, chief!” replied Will with a nod…

Moving back to Gong Island, though the skies had been clear the past few days, the arrival of a ship seemed to bring along stormy weather with it…

At the time, Gerald was still trying to find where Yearning Island was on the map. Just when he thought that he had truly met a brick wall, he noticed the presence of the fishing boat that had just docked at the pier…

Upon seeing that, he immediately got to his feet. Tarek had previously told him that all the residents of this island were relatives of the Crawford family. Gerald had also been told that whenever a ship came to the island, it was most likely the main family—on Yearning Island—coming over to get some supplies.

Come to think of it, it had only been four days since the ship last left. While the ship was definitely here earlier than scheduled, Gerald knew this was it since no other ships would ever dock here.

With that in mind, Gerald secretly headed to the docks without telling anyone else… While Gerald was now heading toward the ship, a few men from the ship were already rushing to Tarek’s house. Upon opening the door, they soon found Tarek sitting in his living room…

Seeing that, the two men—who had chosen to enter the house—then crossed their arms before asking, “Under Mr. Will’s orders, we’re here to investigate your third older brother, Tarek. Why hasn’t Terenzio been replying to the main family?”

“What? I… How should I know?” replied Tarek, shaking his head as he thought about the incident that night.

Realizing that there was something off, the other man then asked, “How could you not know? You, for one, should know that Terenzio is in charge of communication between Gong Island and us. We’re also pretty sure that you’re the only person who’s constantly been in contact with him. Are you seriously telling us that you have no idea where he is now?”

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“Look, I really have no idea where he is! Please stop asking me!” replied Tarek, worried that if he let anything slip out, Gerald would surely have his head. However, if the men kept pressing on, then the main family would end him instead…!

“If you refuse to comply, I’ll simply bring you to the Penalty Division right now to let the elder in charge personally question you!” retorted the same man as he grabbed Tarek by his collar. At that moment, a woman rushed out of a room while yelling, “D-don’t! We’ll tell you everything we know…!”

Though they had never seen the elder of the Penalty Division before—since they had been living on Gong Island their entire lives—, they had heard many horrifying things about him from Terenzio over the years.

One of the crueler punishments they’ve heard was about a person who was sentenced to get bitten by a hundred snakes just because he left Yearning Island without permission. Listening to the punishment alone was enough to send chills running down anyone’s spine…

Regardless, upon hearing that, the man then released Tarek’s collar before asking, “So, where’s Terenzio?”

“H-he was killed by Gerald two days ago…! We tossed his body into the sea last night…! We… We had no choice…! If we didn’t listen to his orders, Gerald could’ve easily killed us…!” whimpered the woman as she immediately knelt…

Hearing that, the two men then exchanged glances before one of them said, “So, Will was right. Gerald did kill Terenzio!”

as well before muttering, “N-now that you know all this, could

is up to the Penalty Division,” said one of the men as the duo turned to leave, leaving Tarek and the woman kneeling behind them… Regrouping with the two other men—who had descended the ship—in the courtyard, the duo then

should we

not to kill Gerald.

we should all remember to keep our strength in check. In the end, he’s still the chief’s grandson, and we can’t afford to hurt someone like that too

four of them agreeing with that, they then

himself had already snuck into the ship. While he was able to map out the entire ship

to remain on the ship any longer. Since the ship wasn’t providing him with any clues, he’d just have to investigate those who came in

used his Herculean Primordial Spirit to detect the movements of everyone on the island… Soon enough, he was able to find a total of four people who hadn’t been on the island before. From what he could tell, they all had about the same strength

the direction where the cultivators were, he then swiftly made his way toward them… Upon seeing them, Gerald walked

said, “Before that,

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Doesn’t ring a bell,” replied Gerald with a

him. All you need to know is that you’ll be kneeling and begging for mercy soon,” replied the leader as the four men stood

of the side family—who were present—immediately rushed to hide behind large stones

on the balcony of the wooden house, a compass in hand as a nervous Aiden stood

but ask, “…Do… you think Gerald will

easily be able to handle these

respect, I should just rush out with the other brothers of the Sacrasolis Palace to deal with them! Once that’s done, we can just force them to tell us where Yearning Island is!” exclaimed Aiden, not understanding how Master

don’t want to anger Gerald, just

that felt like it lasted forever, Gerald clenched his fists before

hard he thought about it,

was so close to solving the mystery, Gerald had a hunch that Daryl

here to test your strength!” replied the leader as he positioned his hand before him, causing it to produce a

then rushed forward, aiming to strike Gerald’s shoulder! Seeing that, the three other men began launching their own attacks! While Will had said that the chief didn’t allow them to kill Gerald, they could still hurt him! Looking at the four attacking men, Gerald couldn’t help but frown slightly as he rested his left arm behind him. Positioning his right hand in front, Gerald then easily blocked the leader’s attack. Following that, he elbowed the leader before kicking

them soon found themselves lying on the ground… Gerald had taken all of them out in just a single

cultivating family this weak?” asked Gerald as he

that, the men quickly helped each other up. While their statuses in the Crawford family weren’t exactly boast-worthy, they were still serious cultivators in the family. With that in

had underestimated Gerald’s strength, the leader quickly spat,

more of our time. Tell me where Yearning Island is already!”

several punches into

killing you, you know? How would we explain that to the chief?” While it was true that Gerald was the chief’s grandson, he hadn’t grown as a cultivator together with the rest of the Crawfords. With that

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beginning. With that in mind, they were all extremely confident that they would be able to represent the

managed to perform well in the competition, they could end up becoming disciples of the chief! By that point, they’d become stars of the Crawford family, and if things went swimmingly, they could even end up being one of the successor candidates in the chief’s eyes! After all, though Daryl was a cultivator, he was already extremely

Boxing?” replied Gerald as he narrowed his

Crawford family had developed a powerful boxing technique known as Arm Boxing. The

be enough to defeat a strong cultivator. Unfortunately for the man, his opponent

the grandson of Daryl—and being the rightful successor of the Crawford family—, he was now being attacked by the strongest cultivators of the main Crawford family just so he couldn’t get to Yearning Island. As if that wasn’t already ironic enough, they were even fighting him using a technique invented by the

this Crawford family—nor did he like

his fists together, producing a loud, metallic sound as he yelled, “Indeed! Bet a b*stard

show me then!” replied Gerald with

could help it. Terenzio himself only ended up dead since he tried to harm those close

knowing that the men weren’t going to take no as an answer, Gerald withdrew his essential qi before

even more dust clouds swirling into the air—before bolting forward! Once he was close enough to the youth, he began

onto the railing as tight as he could, cold sweat flowing down his forehead. He swore that if Gerald ever came close to losing, he

Arm Boxing technique…?” Shaking his head, Gerald

that drew everyone’s

but smirk. After all, they—of all people—knew that a single punch with the Arm Boxing technique was enough to split steel. Since Gerald had swung his fist toward that volley of punches, the trio had no doubt that

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thinking about that, the agonizing shriek of their companion rang through the air…! It sounded so painful that everyone couldn’t

simply took a step back, resting his other arm against his back as he nonchalantly said, “Is this truly the full extent of the Crawford family’s Arm

he even got the chance to hurt him. Due to the immense force of his attack, both the man’s arms instantly broke! Forget worrying about being able to use the technique any more, the man was

when he was using the Arm Boxing technique? What more, Gerald hadn’t

eyes, he simply laughed before saying, “Look, if Daryl really wants me dead, then he

different directions! If they couldn’t win in a one-on-one battle, maybe they

a stone off the ground before tossing

him to stop rushing forward due to the immense

found themselves flying backward! With acute pains in their

with me… Still, you’re all Crawfords so I’m willing to spare you… Now, go back and tell Daryl that if he wants to deal with me, send someone

fact that his grandfather had kidnapped his sister and parents, Gerald knew that he would still be slightly hesitant

they did, they would most probably end up dead. With that in mind, the leader then

men then left, Gerald couldn’t help

the four board their ship again before leaving, they immediately began discussing what had just

“He’s… the chief’s grandson…?”

the chief send his men over to

a

for a

while exclaiming, “B-brother Gerald…! Are you alright? Those men were sent by your grandfather, right? If we start following them now,

helplessly, Gerald simply replied, “Just

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here from Yanam just to

even answer, Master Ghost stepped in and replied, “We can’t follow

face Master Ghost, Aiden then asked, “…Why

must’ve considered the fact that we might follow them back as well. With that in mind, if we rashly follow them, now only may we get ourselves in danger, but we may not be able to save anyone as well. You, for one, know that Gerald’s parents are still in his

exactly, Master Ghost…” replied Gerald as he shook his head with a wry

perfect chance to locate the island…!” retorted

as he slowly faced his back against Aiden… Though he had a rough idea what Daryl was up to, he knew that he couldn’t do anything about it. After all, he was still being on the defensive, so all he could do was accept Daryl’s taunts for now. Hopefully, he would be able to find a

that night, all four of the men finally stood before Will. Will himself could only frown when he saw them. After all, one of them had both his arms broken, another had horrible bruises on his right cheek, and the remaining two

a slight brow, Will eventually took the initiative to ask, “… What the hell happened to all

before saying, “…Gerald… was unexpectedly strong… All four of us

sentence ended, four loud, consecutive

could all four of you fail to take

another of the four men

at all? How could all four of you be in such sorry states while Gerald remains fine?!” yelled Will, pointing

because we’re all Crawfords…!” whimpered another man. “Just… Get out of my sight…! All of you!” roared Will as he tossed his

left, Will couldn’t help but pace back and forth in the living room, panting heavily throughout the process. To think that his family was wasting all their time raising these incompetent men when Gerald was way

been able to beat up the Crawford’s disciples so easily…! As much as Will hated to admit it, he wasn’t even sure if he could

seat. Clenching his fists, he then growled, “How the hell are you so powerful, Gerald…?! If he remains alive, he’ll surely end up becoming a hindrance! While it’s true that the chief is currently trying

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