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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!”

“N-now that you know

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, the duo then said,

then… should we take

not to kill Gerald. It may be his

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

agreeing with that, they then left the

ship. While he was able to map out the entire ship within minutes, he couldn’t find any valuable information about Yearning Island at all! It was just an ordinary

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

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

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

as he said, “Before that, are you Gerald Crawford? If you are,

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ring a bell,” replied

that you’ll be kneeling and begging for mercy soon,” replied the leader as the four men stood

that this was going to be a battle between powerful cultivators, members of the side family—who were present—immediately rushed

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

“…Do… you think Gerald will be fine, Master

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 his head. He, for one, was sure that Gerald wasn’t in any immediate danger since the compass wasn’t reacting

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!”

want to anger Gerald, just stay put,” replied

back to Gerald, after an awkward silence that felt like it lasted

kind, and skillful, no matter how hard he thought about it, he simply couldn’t comprehend

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

anything to say to you. We’re just here to test your strength!” replied the leader as

he 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

four of them soon found themselves lying on

family this weak?” asked Gerald as he looked at

they were still serious cultivators in the family. With that in mind, getting defeated by Gerald in just a single move

underestimated Gerald’s strength, the leader quickly spat, “It looks like you’re

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

Style Arm Boxing!” yelled the leader—who had now gathered his strength again—as he began jabbing several punches into the air! With how

that, one of the other men then disdainfully yelled, “Give it up, Gerald! Among the Crawford 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 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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very beginning. With that in mind, they were all extremely confident that they would be able to represent the Crawford family in the coming

point, they’d become stars of the Crawford family, and if things went swimmingly, they could even end up being one of the successor

Boxing?” replied Gerald as he

his father mentioning that 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 combination of four separate boxing

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

about his current situation. It was honestly ironic that despite being the grandson of Daryl—and being the rightful successor of the Crawford family—, he was now being attacked by the strongest

though Gerald didn’t like this Crawford family—nor did he like Daryl—, he still had Crawford blood

was, the man 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

on, show me then!” replied Gerald with a

could help it. Terenzio himself

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

the man immediately stomped his right foot on the ground—sending even more dust clouds swirling into the air—before bolting forward! Once he was

flowing down his forehead. He swore that if Gerald ever came close to losing, he

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

crisp ‘crack’ that drew everyone’s attention

help 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

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

back, resting his other arm against his back as he nonchalantly said, “Is this

arms before 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 probably going to find it difficult

Gerald have countered him so perfectly when he was using

way, when Gerald saw how much hatred was in the man’s eyes, he simply laughed before saying, “Look, if Daryl

they immediately began charging toward Gerald from different directions! If they couldn’t win in a one-on-one battle, maybe they had a chance of taking

smile faded as he quickly picked a stone off the ground before

to stop rushing forward due to the immense pain. Upon touching his cheek,

tossed two more stones, the remaining duo found themselves flying backward! With acute pains in their chests, the men instantly spurt out blood the second they hit

all Crawfords so I’m willing to spare you… Now, go back and tell Daryl that if he wants

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

better than to further challenge Gerald. After all, if they did, they would most probably end up dead. With that in mind, the

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

their ship again before leaving, they immediately began discussing what had just taken

“He’s… the chief’s grandson…?”

why did the chief send his men

doesn’t concern us. I have a feeling that getting involved

for a while longer, the clansmen

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

head helplessly, Gerald simply replied,

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

Master Ghost stepped in and replied, “We

to face Master Ghost, Aiden then asked,

we’re on this island, he 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 hands. We may be willing to risk our lives, but let’s not risk his parents’ lives as well,” explained

replied Gerald as he shook his head with

But now’s the perfect chance to locate the island…!” retorted Aiden, clenching his fist as

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

them. After all, one of them had

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

“…Gerald… was unexpectedly strong… All four of us were taken out, even though

ended, four loud, consecutive slaps

this family? How could all four of you fail to take Gerald down?! Regardless, how seriously did he

of the four

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

still alive is because we’re all Crawfords…!” whimpered another man. “Just… Get out of my sight…!

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

As much as Will hated to admit it, he wasn’t even sure if he could take down all four of those men on his

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 to get rid

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