Ch. 1306..1310: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1306-1310
Chapter 1306
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1306
“With how cute she already is, I’m sure she’ll grow to be an extremely beautiful woman,” said Monica with a smile.
“I agree. I’m sure she’ll be quite similar to you in terms of beauty!” replied Gerald with a smile.
Seconds later, he immediately cupped his mouth with a white towel—that he had been holding onto— as he began coughing rather terribly.
Watching as the towel slowly got stained with blood, Monica frowned slightly before saying, “It’s best that you don’t start walking around just yet. After all, your injuries haven’t healed yet, you know? Truth be told, I still can’t get over how abnormal your body is!”
Following that, Gerald turned to look at her and found that she was staring rather intently at his chest. Feeling weirded out, Gerald then said, “…Why are you staring at my chest like that…?”
“You best not be getting any weird ideas! I’m just looking at your jade pendant! It’s shining again, you know? From the day you were brought here, it’s shone at exactly the same time every morning and night. Thinking back, it must have done so at least a dozen times by now!” replied Monica rather grumpily as she rolled her eyes at Gerald before pointing at the round jade pendant hanging from Gerald’s neck.
“…What? It’s shining again?” said Gerald as he looked down to see for himself.
Even he had been aware that the pendant shone quite regularly ever since he woke up. However, he had no idea what they indicated.
The jade pendant was truly extraordinary. After all, it had previously saved his life on several occasions by giving him aid at the most crucial moments. Despite that, it hadn’t activated this time, even after
Hogan had beaten him into a pulp!
‘What on earth is even happening…?’ Gerald thought to himself, feeling quite puzzled.
After giving it some thought, he came to the conclusion that he wasn’t going to be able to figure it out just by dwelling on it. With that in mind, he then followed Monica into the house.
Meanwhile, a group of bodyguards dressed in black—under the lead of a few Gunters—had just made their appearance right outside the shantytown, fully prepared to go door to door to look for Gerald.
From what they knew, the hundred over families living in this shantytown all shared cordial relationships with each other. Due to that, its inhabitants were all pretty united, and that was made evident by how the other families immediately walked out to take a look when they saw the guards barging into one of the houses there.
Despite their initial protests, they soon ended up returning to their own homes after the guards began scowling and threatening to beat them up if they planned to meddle any further.
At that moment, Felton himself was sitting at the back of a luxury car, momentarily resting his eyes. After slowly opening his eyes a little while later, he found himself frowning when he saw a young girl walking across the street.
Noticing that he was staring at her, the girl was temporarily frozen in fright.
A second later, what seemed to be her parents broke through the interception from the bodyguards— who had been standing in front of their house—before rushing over to the girl while ushering, “Sierra! Come back here! Quickly!”
Though the other families—who had been watching all this take place—wanted to help, they were simply too frightened to move, knowing that they couldn’t afford to offend the person launching such a
massive operation.
After continuing to stare at Sierra for a little while longer, Felton gave his subordinate a glance before pointing at the girl. Easily understanding what Felton meant by that, the subordinate then walked over and instantly carried Sierra up, even though she was just about to run back home!
“M-mom!” cried out the now utterly terrified Sierra.
Her parents were equally as terrified for her safety, and they immediately began running over to her. However, their advances were halted by a few other guards who quickly kicked both of them to the ground before shouting, “Beat it!”
“W-what are you doing?! We’ve never offended any of you! She’s my daughter and she’s still so young! What are you planning on doing to her?!” cried out the distressed mother.
“You’d best behave yourselves! One more move from either of you and you’ll both be dead!” threatened the guards as they placed knives close to the duo’s necks.
With her parents unable to make another move, the subordinate holding onto Sierra then brought the young girl to Felton.
Once she was before him, he took in a sniff before narrowing his eyes.
“…There’s a peculiar herbal scent on this girl… Herbs that ordinary people wouldn’t ever be able to brew!”
Hearing that, the subordinate then glared at Sierra before growling, “Have you come across any odd patients recently? Spit out the truth, you bad girl!”
“I-I don’t know…!” whimpered Sierra in her fright.
Though she was young, she was bright enough to know that they were looking for Gerald. Even so, she had promised her godfather that she would never reveal his location, and she was going to keep that promise no matter what.
“Don’t test me, young girl. You’d best be obedient and tell me the truth, else I’ll be giving trouble to your parents right after I slaughter you!” growled Felton next as he got out of the car, making sure to flash a cold smile as he said that.
Glaring right into Sierra’s eyes with his stern gaze, he then added, “Now then, are you still unwilling to tell me what you know? Just so you understand, for me, killing you is as easy as killing an ant!”
Chapter 1307
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1307 “I… I really don’t know!” cried out Sierra as Felton lifted her into the air.
No matter how much he threatened her, however, Sierra simply continued denying that she knew anything. Quickly understanding that he wasn’t going to be able to get anything out from her, he then fixed his cold eyes at Sierra’s parents before asking, “And what about you two? Know anything about this?”
Seeing that both of them weren’t too keen on answering, he then held onto Sierra’s neck before slowly increasing the force of his grip.
Seeing that, both Elias and his wife—who was already crying in grief by this point—could only gnash their teeth in their panicked states.
While both of them knew for a fact that Felton was looking for Gerald—the young man who had been saved by the middle-aged man—they were extremely loyal to that man, and would never even dream of betraying him.
With that in mind, both of them simply shook their heads.
“…Humph! I see how it is! I guess you won’t fear the consequences until you get a personal taste of it! Allow me to demonstrate!” sneered Felton as slowly raised his arm…
Before lowering it again extremely quickly in a swiping motion! At that moment, everyone froze, unsure of what Felton had even done.
A second later, however, Sierra’s parents’ eyes widened in horror as blood began gushing out of Sierra’s right shoulder! Her right arm had just been dismembered and was now lying on the ground!
With her arm now sliced clean off her body, Sierra instantly began screaming in pain, “M-my arm…!”
Sierra’s mother, on the other hand, was brimming so much with strong emotions that she ended up passing out on the spot!
As for Elias, his eyes had turned bloodshot as he roared, “You… You b*stard of a man! I’ll kill you!”
However, no matter how much he tried to rush past the guards to attack Felton, there was simply no way that he was going to be able to get past those from the Gunter family. Soon enough, he ended up being flung backward, landing on the ground in his sheer rage.
“That was just the beginning. If you still refuse to tell me where she had gone to get that scent on her, her head will be the next thing that flies off!” taunted Felton with a wicked smile on his face.
Upon closer inspection, the weapon Elias had earlier used to slice the girl’s arm off was a white knife. With it, dismembering her arm was as easy as breaking off the arm of an insect.
Even after hearing that threat, Elias—who currently had his head stepped on by one of the guards— simply remained silent as he desperately tried to struggle free.
“…Nothing? Have it your way then!” said Felton as he shook his head with a bitter smile. Following that, he brought the knife close to Sierra’s neck. From the way he angled it, everyone watching knew that a single slash was all he needed to end her life.
Just as he was about to do the deed, however, the crisp sound of metal clanging could suddenly be heard.
Blinking, Felton realized that the white knife—that had only been less than an inch away from Sierra’s neck just a split second ago—was now no longer in his hand!
It had all happened so fast. All he remembered was seeing a white light intersect the blade, sending it flying!
Speaking of the blade, Felton instantly turned back to see the knife flying in the direction of a tree…
Before sending the tree exploding into a million pieces! From what Felton could tell, the tree’s diameter was wide enough for at least seven people to hug before they were able to hold hands with one another!
‘What a massive aura…!’ Felton thought to himself, feeling his eyelids twitch as debris flew all over the place.
Felton’s immense shock was justifiable since being in the middle stage of the Spirit Earth Realm, nobody should have been able to knock his weapon out of his hand that silently and easily.
Even the Gunter family’s subordinates were now on high alert, occasionally turning to look at each other in worry.
“What are you still waiting here for?! Leave the area!” ordered Felton with a roar before bounding away from the area, not even bothering to get into his car!
Seeing that even Felton was running, the rest of his men immediately scattered as well!
Soon enough, the shantytown was cleared of any remaining Simes and Gunters.
With them out of the picture, Elias immediately cried out, “Sierra!”
Felton had tossed her to the ground before fleeing, and there was now a puddle of blood where the now-unconscious girl’s right arm should be.
As he lifted his daughter up with a roar of fatherly pain, a figure could be seen from afar, running toward him at high speeds. On the person’s back, was a bamboo basket…
Chapter 1308
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1308 If it wasn’t already evident enough, it was the man who had just returned from collecting herbs for Gerald.
He had sensed the danger even before he even re-entered the shantytown. Knowing that he wouldn’t be able to make it to the scene in time, he had grabbed a divine thought and tossed a knife to disengage Felton’s own knife that was about to slice Sierra’s neck.
Alas, it was only when he got to the scene that he realized that Felton had already dismembered Sierra’s arm!
“Hand her to me and keep her dismembered arm safe! She can still be saved!” ordered the man as he quickly held onto the unconscious young girl before dashing all the way home. Since there was quite a distance between his house and Sierra’s, the man knew he had no time to waste.
Regardless, upon arriving at his house, both Gerald and Monica were immensely shocked to see Sierra in such a state. However, they quickly snapped out of it and began helping the ailing girl.
Since Gerald knew the art of setting bones and the middle-aged man had immense medical mastery, both of them seamlessly cooperated to reattach Sierra’s arm. All the while they did so, Elias explained the entire story that led to Sierra’s current state.
“That b*stard!” growled Gerald who had to stop moving his hands for a second since they were now trembling so much with resentment.
As it turned out, the Gunters had been searching for him. Sierra had only gotten to her current state since Felton had caught the scent of rare medicinal herbs—that the middle-aged man had used on Gerald—lingering around her. She had suffered so much just because of him…
“You Gunters… To think that you aren’t even willing to let a child go!” added Gerald, his murderous intent clearly reflected in his eyes.
“First of all, be mindful of your wounds. Secondly, don’t stop moving your hands! Focus on saving Sierra!” said the man as he placed a hand over Gerald’s shoulder to ease the anger in him. From how red Gerald’s eyes already were, the middle-aged man was afraid that the sudden stress would result in his internal organ getting harmed again.
While Gerald was aware of what the man was trying to do, he still couldn’t bring himself to just calm down after finding out about all this.
Thankfully, after quite a bit of time, both of them finally managed to reattach her arm to her body. It was truly a good thing that both of them had such exceptional medical skills.
However, though they managed to get her arm functioning again, there was still a large scar left behind. That, however, wasn’t impossible to remove. All they needed was just a few special herbs.
Whatever the case was, it was late at night when they finally bandaged all of Sierra’s wounds and placed her in bed. Elias trusted the middle-aged man enough to leave her here, so he simply headed home to take care of Sierra’s mother next.
As Monica sat by Sierra’s bed to keep her company, Gerald himself sat outside to take a smoke.
Thinking about all that had happened today, Gerald couldn’t help but clench his fist.
Though Sierra was just a naïve child, she was a kind and bright one. Had the man not rushed back in time, then Sierra’s life could’ve very well ended because of him. If that had truly taken place, then Gerald would surely not even have the will to stay alive anymore.
Clenching his fists so hard to the point where minor cracking could be heard, Gerald muttered to himself, “The Judgement Portal and the Gunters… I’m not letting either of you off that easily because of this…!”
“Still filled with self-reproach, Gerald?” asked the middle-aged man out of the blue as he walked over and sat beside Gerald.
“…Indeed. Speaking of which, I have to thank you, sir… Had it not been for your quick actions, Sierra could have…”
Watching as Gerald lowered his head, the middle-aged man then took out a cigarette of his own before prompting Gerald to light it. Once Gerald did, the man slipped it into his mouth before replying, “That’s quite enough. There’s no point in dwelling in things like this. If you have the time to blame yourself, why not use it to figure out how to arrive at the middle stage of the Spirit Earth Realm sooner instead? By doing so, you’ll hopefully be able to deal with the Gunters and the Judgement Portal group since they’re still so keen on pursuing you!”
Before this, the man had taken the time to tell Gerald what the world truly was like. He also made sure to share what cryptic families actually were.
With that in mind, the man then continued, “I’ll say it right now that unlike the other geniuses who’ve trained to get to your level, you have exceptional advantages compared to them, both talent and physique-wise. I’ve been meaning to talk about this for a while, but on the night I saved you, I saw you using rather exquisite techniques as you fought against Hogan. Now then, I’d like to know something. Did someone teach them to you? Or…?”
The old man had truthfully been curious about this throughout the entire week.
“I just learned them by chance,” replied Gerald.
“I see. It seems that you truly have good blessings. Regardless, now that you’ve gained more knowledge on all this, it’s high time you began training to further improve yourself. If you don’t, well… Your next encounter with the Gunters won’t be any different from the last!” advised the man as Gerald nodded in response.
‘Well, it’s true that I didn’t really have a teacher… After all, I had inherited knowledge of all these rare martial arts skills from this pendant… Still, how odd it is that I’m learning all these through memories and experiences that have been implanted into my mind in great detail…’
‘Regardless, while I wasn’t able to practice more of those skills before since I hadn’t gained access to the Spirit Earth Realm in the past, things are different now.’
Now, he finally had enough strength as well as the right to practice all those skills in his mind.
“I understand. I’ll need to get much stronger to deal with my current ordeal! While I used to do many useless things in the past, things have changed. With that in mind, I agree that I need to make full use of all my great resources!”
Chapter 1310
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1310 Though she was surprised by that, she was even more shocked when she saw Gerald’s condition. Covering her mouth as though she was looking at a monster, Monica then said, “You… Gerald, you’ve already recovered your strength…?”
“Indeed! Honestly, I hadn’t expected those breathing techniques to be so useful! They’re truly priceless treasures!” replied Gerald rather excitedly as he looked at both his hands.
“Do… You think you could teach me a technique like that?” asked Monica as her eyes instantly lit up. It was apparent that she was greatly interested in the breathing techniques that both Gerald and that middle-aged man were capable of performing.
“Of course! If a chance presents itself in the future, I’ll definitely select a suitable technique or two for you to learn!” replied Gerald with a smile.
By this point, Gerald already treated her as a friend, so he wasn’t against teaching her some of the simpler techniques. He had specified on the term ‘suitable techniques for her’ since learning something like Thunder Eruption was pretty much impossible for Monica at her current state. What more, Thunder Eruption behaved similarly like a talisman of sorts, and one needed a great comprehension of it before training on the technique could even begin.
Even so, Monica still looked excited as she said, “Remember, you’re the one who promised me that! Haha!”
With that, both of them then headed to the hall together. Upon arriving, both of them saw that the man had already fully prepared breakfast for them.
The man himself turned to look at Gerald, and despite seeing all the changes that Gerald had undergone, he didn’t look too surprised. Instead, he simply said, “Alright, let’s eat! Once the meal is
over, however, I’d like you to head someplace to exchange a few herbs back, Gerald!”
Nodding in response, Gerald then asked, “Are the herbs in question going to be used to remove Sierra’s scars and also strengthen her bones? I had—quite honestly—been wondering whether I could go to Dordwell Heights to look for those herbs!”
“I’ll say it now that those herbs are very difficult to look for. Just take this letter here and go to Sunhill Rise on my behalf. There, you should seek out the master of King Valley. He’s my friend, you see, and if all goes well, he should give you access to the herbs needed to cure Sierra!” replied the man as he took a letter out and handed it to Gerald.
Gerald himself was fully aware that Sierra was only in such a sorry state at the moment because of him. With that in mind, anything that the middle-aged man ordered him to do—involving Sierra—was really a no-brainer.
“Speaking of which, do you still remember what I told you yesterday?”
“I do. You told me that no matter how much one trained, their power would always be limited to a certain extent. I understand that!”
The man truly had put a lot of thought and care when it came to Gerald. After all, even though Gerald was being sent to King Valley to do what was rightfully his duty—for causing so much pain to Sierra— the man was still willing to hand him a letter which would definitely ease the process of obtaining the herbs that he needed. From all that, Gerald could tell that this man truly was a kind soul.
“While we’re at it, I have to admit that I’ve never contacted anyone from Sunhill Rise… Do those living there belong to a cryptic family as well?” asked Gerald with a slight frown.
“They are, though aside from martial arts, they very much prefer honing their secret techniques of making pills more. It’s the reason why they’ve collected all kinds of herbs in the first place. Regardless,
note that Sunhill Rise lies within this mountainous region, and within it, you’ll come across seven large valleys, one of which is the King Valley. There, you’ll come across a multitude of exceptional people who have already arrived at the final stage of the Spirit Earth Realm. Despite that, I feel that the master of King Valley may pay us some respect and give us the herbs without much hassle as long as you provide him with this letter!”
“I see… Very well. I’ll head there immediately once I’m done with my meal!”
True to his word, the second he finished his breakfast, Gerald instantly entered the mountain to look for the valley in accordance with the man’s directions.
While memories of the art of pill-making had also been implanted into his memory, Gerald wasn’t really sure if what he knew was even comparable to the pills made by the cryptic family.
Regardless, Gerald quickly made use of his lightness skill to hasten his journey there. The large mountain was called Sunhill Rise, and though Gerald was fast, the journey to King Valley took quite a while since the mountainous region was extremely large and complicated to navigate through. It was only after running through eight neighboring cities when Gerald finally arrived at King Valley around noon.
As its name suggested, King Valley was one of the area’s many valleys, and connected to it, was a highway that led to the outside world. Since the place was well-known among tycoons—many of whom were from international levels—for their mastery of the art of pill-making, it was no wonder why so many luxury cars were parked at the entrance of the valley.
From what Gerald had heard, these people had come to beg the master of King Valley to sell them pills. Of course, such incidents were carried out with utmost secrecy. Even if they knew about it, no media companies would ever dare to expose this place to the public.
Whatever the case was, Gerald was stopped by two guards as he approached the valley’s entrance. Seeing that, he gave them the letter and one of the guards headed off for a while.
A short while later, a middle-aged man donning a suit ran out excitedly as the guard from before calmly walked back to his initial post.
Looking at Gerald extremely friendlily, the middle-aged man then gleefully said, “Could you be my benefactor’s disciple? Actually, hold on, where are my manners! I go by the name of Myles Yateman, and I was the master of the valley’s driver in the past! The benefactor once saved both me and the master of the valley, you know?”
The benefactor… That should be that man, right? While Gerald saw that Myles was already treating him as that man’s disciple, it didn’t really bother him too much.
“A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Yateman. Getting straight to the point, we’re in urgent need of those three herbs!” replied Gerald without beating around the bush.
“That… Actually, it’s rather inconvenient to speak about that here. Please, come with me, mister!” said Myles in an apologetic tone before cheerfully holding onto Gerald’s arm and walking by his side into the valley.
As they walked off, the two guards at the entrance of the valley simply gave contemptuous looks at Gerald—with no intention of being subtle about it—as they both thought, ‘Where did that bumpkin even come from?’