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Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2021

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!”

knelt as well before muttering, “N-now that

you get to escape punishment or not 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,

then… should we take action

not to kill Gerald. It

remember to keep our strength in check. In the end, he’s still

agreeing with that, they

able to map out the entire ship within minutes, he couldn’t find any valuable information about Yearning Island at all!

knew better than to remain on the ship any longer. Since the ship wasn’t

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 as Terenzio. In other words, they weren’t very

his way toward them… Upon seeing them, Gerald walked up to

of their team then took a step forward, staring at Gerald as he said, “Before that, are you Gerald Crawford? If you are, we’re here to meet

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a bell,” replied Gerald

and begging for mercy soon,” replied the leader as the four

this was going to be a battle between powerful cultivators, members of the side family—who were present—immediately rushed to hide behind large stones and

standing on the balcony of the wooden house,

ask, “…Do… you

come across such powerful people. “He’ll be fine. Still, his grandfather must have found out that Gerald was here… Regardless, Gerald should easily be able to handle these people that Daryl sent over,” replied Master Ghost as he shook

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 Ghost was remaining

Gerald, just stay put,”

lasted forever, Gerald clenched his fists before saying,

about it, he simply couldn’t comprehend why he would suddenly turn

was, now that he was so close to solving the mystery, Gerald

just here to test your strength!” replied the leader as he positioned his hand before

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

other men, all four of them soon found themselves

this weak?” asked Gerald as he looked

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 mind,

leader quickly spat, “It looks like you’re

Tell me where Yearning Island is already!” retorted Gerald, not wanting to waste his time dealing

gathered his strength again—as he began jabbing several punches into the air! With how fast his fists

family members, he’s the best at Arm Boxing! We really don’t want to end up accidentally killing you, you know? How would we explain

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their combat skills in the Crawford family from the very beginning. With that in mind, they were all extremely confident that they would be able to represent the Crawford family in the coming cultivation

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 old. Currently in his eighties, he

replied Gerald as

the first chief of the Crawford family had developed a powerful boxing technique known as Arm Boxing. The technique itself was so powerful due to the fact that it was a

normal circumstances, learning just the basics of the technique would surely be enough to defeat a strong cultivator. Unfortunately for the man, his opponent

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

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from before then brought his fists together, producing a loud, metallic sound as he yelled, “Indeed! Bet a b*stard like you have never even heard of it before! No matter! I’ll just show it

then!” replied Gerald with a

didn’t really want to kill any of the Crawfords if he could help it. Terenzio himself only ended up dead since he tried to harm those close to

to take no as an answer, Gerald withdrew his essential qi before entering

the air—before bolting forward! Once he was close

flowing down his forehead. He swore that if Gerald ever

couldn’t help but say, “So that’s the Crawford family’s Arm Boxing technique…?” Shaking his head, Gerald then took in a deep breath before swinging his fist right toward the incoming man’s

was a crisp ‘crack’ that drew everyone’s attention to

split

or

their companion rang through the air…! It sounded so painful that everyone

the screaming went on, Gerald simply took a step back, resting his other arm against his back as he nonchalantly said, “Is this truly the full

the man’s arms instantly broke! Forget worrying about being able to use the technique any

it at all. How could Gerald have countered him so perfectly when he was using the Arm Boxing technique? What more, Gerald hadn’t even used the slightest bit of essential

in the man’s eyes, he simply laughed before saying, “Look, if Daryl really wants me dead, then he should’ve sent stronger men, not pathetic wimps

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

seeing that, Gerald’s smile faded as he quickly picked a stone off the ground before

the man on the left’s cheek, causing him to stop rushing forward due to the immense

tossed two more stones, the remaining duo found themselves flying backward! With acute pains in their chests, the

Now, go back and tell Daryl that if he wants to deal

grandfather had kidnapped his sister and parents, Gerald knew that he would still

all, if they did, they would most probably end up dead. With

battered men then left, Gerald couldn’t help but sigh with

island, after watching the four board their ship

“He’s… the chief’s grandson…?”

did the chief send his men over to harm his

knows? Either way, this matter doesn’t concern us. I have a feeling that getting involved in all this

at Gerald for a while longer, the

Gerald…! Are you alright? Those men were sent by your grandfather, right? If we start following them now, we’ll surely be able to

head helplessly, Gerald simply replied, “Just forget about

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getting here from Yanam just to find where Yearning Island is?” asked

Ghost stepped in and

Ghost, Aiden then asked,

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 hands. We may be willing to risk our lives, but let’s not risk his parents’ lives as well,” explained Master Ghost

Gerald as he

chance to locate the island…!” retorted Aiden, clenching his fist

but the closer we are to our goal, the more careful we’ll have to be,” replied Gerald 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 crack in

Will himself could only frown when he saw them. After all, one of them had both his arms broken, another had horrible bruises on

brow, Will eventually took the initiative to

was unexpectedly strong… All four of us were taken out, even though he didn’t use any cultivation

sentence ended, four loud,

this family? How could all four

of the four men after hesitating

all four of you be in such sorry states while Gerald remains fine?!” yelled Will, pointing at them as he laughed to release his

strong…! We aren’t his match at all! The only reason we’re still alive is because we’re all Crawfords…!” whimpered another man. “Just… Get out of my sight…! All of you!” roared Will as he tossed

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

as Will hated to admit it, he wasn’t even sure if he could take down

While it’s true that the chief is currently trying to get rid of him,

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