Ch. 1456..1460: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1456-1460
Chapter 1456
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1456
“I see… Well, let’s not waste any more time and set off to the Jenna Province as soon as possible then!” said Gerald with a nod.
Gerald had several things boggling his mind now, one of which was his grandfather’s true identity. Aside from that, his family members and Zyla were still missing. He had to head to Jaellatra to look for Mila too…
Thankfully, he now had his uncle to rely on to solve some of 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 mysteries could be solved sooner.
“Speaking of which… you’ll be coming with me, right?” asked Gerald.
“But of course! My mission will only be complete once I find 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 me around as an ornament!” explained Zenny.
“That’s great to know!” replied Gerald.
“Are you planning on heading to the Jenna Province, Master Crawford…?” asked Terrance in a surprised tone after hearing about Gerald’s plans a little later.
“I am. Is something the matter?”
“Hahaha! Well, my family resides there, you see! If you aren’t against it, the Sherwins would be more than willing to provide a place for you to stay in!” replied Terrance in utter delight.
After all, if Gerald agreed with that, then the old man would surely get a chance to deepen his relationship with him with each passing day. Now that would be a true blessing for the Sherwins!
Upon hearing her grandfather’s suggestion, Perla instantly began begging Gerald to accept the offer as well.
Hearing that suggestion, Gerald began considering it. Master Ghost’s church was located in Langvern Mountain, and though Terrance was from the Jenna Province, he didn’t seem to know where Master Ghost was either. Even so, Gerald still needed someplace to temporarily live in so that he could ask around and hopefully locate Master Ghost.
It was definitely a plus that the Sherwins were apparently quite an influential local family there. With that in mind, he’d surely have a much easier way of dealing with things…
Adding 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 arrange it that way!”
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 and convulsing violently.
“G-grandpa?!” shouted the anxious Perla as the middle-aged man quickly fished out some medicine from his pocket.
“W-what’s wrong with my grandpa, master…?” asked Perla as she looked at Gerald, hoping that he had a way to help.
“From what I can see, he suffered from internal 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!” replied Gerald casually.
Truth be told, he had already noticed the problem for a while, and he had been planning to ask Terrance about how he had sustained such serious injuries.
Still, Gerald truly hadn’t expected Terrance to get so excited to the point where his old internal injuries would open!
“Y-you truly are wise, Master Crawford… Just as you’ve said, I suffered from a serious internal injury a while back…” replied Terrance as he spurted out even more blood.
Hearing that, Gerald simply lifted a finger and poked a few of Terrance’s acupuncture points, resulting in them being instantly sealed.
For Terrance, it truly was an odd feeling. After all, one second he was feeling like his heart was splitting in two, and the next, all the pain was simply gone!
Looking at Gerald with a bewildered gaze, the old man found himself muttering, “…Master Crawford…”
Reverence reflected in his eyes, Terrence was awed beyond words as he continued staring at Gerald. Despite being so young, his training and skills were unparalleled…
“If you weren’t already aware, you suffered those injuries due 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, and since you were struck by the real deal, I wonder who you could’ve bumped into…” replied Gerald with a frown.
Chapter 1457
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1457 “You truly have good judgment, Master Crawford… It was about half a year ago when I bumped into that exceptional person… My family has always revered martial arts skills, you see, and I have a lot of disciples who serve as my subordinates… Regardless, the exceptional person was hired by our family’s enemy to assassinate me in secret. After all, with me gone, my family would certainly fall into ruin! Still, that person was extremely powerful… Despite owning over twenty exceptional subordinates, none of them could even get close to that immensely skillful man!”
“Eventually, my son and dozens of bodyguards had to risk their lives to allow me to escape with my life intact. However, 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 brushed against me gently, I still ended up almost dying on the spot!” explained the old man, fear reflected in his eyes.
It was evident 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 and ordinary folk.
Even so, there was an unwritten rule stating that those 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 honestly the first time Gerald had heard about such an incident.
As he thought about it, Gerald remembered his uncle telling him—a while back—that the most powerful people didn’t come from cryptic families, even though cryptic families were known to be extremely powerful within certain areas. Regardless, those from such families were far from being the cream of the crop.
After all, he had come across locals before who had truly trained themselves to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Despite not coming from Jaellatra, they had essential qi, similar to his uncle’s.
With that in mind, the world truly was an enormous place… Gerald was no longer as ignorant as he had been in the past anymore… He now knew that his enemies from before were far from being at the top of the world…
“Regardless, following that, my family’s properties 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 become a person who truly managed to train herself to achieve spiritual enlightenment…” added Terrence.
“I see… Still, you have to take things slow when it comes to things like these. Here, I’ll help you cure your internal injuries first!” said Gerald as he checked the condition of Terrance’s heart.
Realizing that he hadn’t been lying, Gerald thought about how miserable the man must currently be. Adding that to the fact that Gerald had taken Perla as his disciple, he knew he had to at least pay some respect to Terrance.
With that in mind, Gerald then activated his golden eye to begin treating Terrance’s wounds.
According to what Terrance had said, the Sherwins were once a rich and prestigious family in the Jenna Province. However, some trouble that had happened about half a year ago caused the entire family to go downhill. With only a few companies left in hand, the Sherwins were pretty much only comparable to a regular family now.
Either way, after both Gerald and Zenny closed off Langvern Mountain, the group then headed over to the Sherwin family’s manor.
Upon arriving, Terrance made sure to give it his all when it came to taking care of Gerald. The old man also made sure to send his subordinates out to inquire about Master Ghost’s whereabouts.
Gerald himself made sure to look for Master Ghost as well.
However, even after looking for some time across almost all the areas within the entire Jenna Province, Gerald was still unable to gain any clues about Master Ghost’s whereabouts!
Even so, Gerald made sure to train Perla in the garden whenever he was free, simultaneously diligently training himself during those periods as well.
It was sometime later when Gerald realized something. To his bewilderment, the speed of his inner training had begun slowing down for some unknown reason!
What more, something strange was also happening to his body. 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 Gerald did attempt to touch them using the power of his thought, they didn’t respond at all.
“They’ve been in my body for five days now… What even are they…? If only Zyla was here… She’d surely know about this!”
At the start of it all, Gerald had noticed a few colorful spots appearing within his elixir-of-life field. However, Gerald hadn’t paid much attention to that at the time.
Now, however, he could no longer ignore them. After all, they had clearly turned much more mature now, and they had developed some kind of scope.
While he had no clue what was going on, Gerald wasn’t the kind of person who would allow himself to remain idle. Since Zyla wasn’t by his side, he constantly found himself looking into his implanted memories, hoping to find some answers there. After all, he had a sneaking suspicion that at least one of those memories must have had a direct connection to the colorful disks.
At that moment, Gerald heard a knock on the door as Perla’s voice called out, “Are you still training, master…?”
Chapter 1458
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1458
“What is it?”
“Grandpa says he’s found an important clue!”
“…Oh?” said Gerald as he opened his eyes. Knowing that this had to be something related to Master Ghost, Gerald then walked out.
When Terrance saw him walking over, he instantly said, “Please have a look at these photographs that my subordinates were able to capture, Master Crawford!”
Taking the photographs from Terrance’s extended hand, Gerald saw that one of them contained an expensive-looking glass cabinet. Squinting his eyes, he was able to discern a rather familiar-looking horsetail whisk lying inside it…
There was no doubt about it. That horsetail whisk definitely belonged to Master Ghost!
Zenny apparently noticed the glimmer of hope in Gerald’s eyes, prompting her to say, “It’s something that belongs to master!”
“After you showed us Master Ghost’s photographs, a few of my subordinates noticed that the horsetail whisk that they found was a mirror image of the one that Master Ghost usually holds onto in most of the photographs you showed us! It’s the reason why they took that photo in the first place!” explained Terrance.
“As for where my subordinates found it, well… It appeared at the biggest auction in the Jenna Province! It’s a pretty grand event! Regardless, since you said that something bad could have happened to Master Ghost, I find myself wondering if he had to sell his horsetail whisk here due to difficulties in surviving…” added the old man.
In response, Gerald simply shook his head before replying, “If it was money he wanted, then he could’ve just used any one of his arsenal of capabilities to earn what he needed. I truly believe that he wouldn’t have fallen to such a pitiful state that he had to sell his horsetail whisk for money! Regardless, let’s head to the auction to have a look first. The best course of action right now would be to gain information on the person who had provided the item itself. I’m sure that will lead to us finding an important clue!”
“Very well, I’ll arrange for it immediately! Just so you know, the auction takes place tonight, and many powerful people from all over the country will be attending. With that in mind, I truly think that this will be your best bet to look for clues regarding Master Ghost!” replied Terrance.
While waiting for the event to begin, Gerald couldn’t help but feel slightly ill at ease… After all, he remembered that Zenny had said that Master Ghost had foreseen that he would face a great disaster within the Jenna Province. Since his horsetail whisk was being auctioned, could that signify that something had already happened to him…?
Night soon fell and the group instantly headed over to the auction venue.
Just as Gerald was about to enter the venue, he suddenly heard a voice saying, “My, my! What a surprise! If it isn’t Mr. Sherwin! It’s been ages since you’ve last made an appearance for such an occasion within the Jenna Province! Could it be that the Sherwins have finally taken a turn for the better? I’d assume so since you’re partaking in the auction’s liveliness so leisurely!
Turning around, Gerald saw that the voice had come from a white-suited rich heir who had just gotten out of one of the many luxurious-looking cars that had just come to a halt before the venue’s entrance.
While the arrival of so many luxury cars certainly caused quite a stir among those who witnessed them, the heir himself looked more interested in Terrance as he stared at the old man.
Observing the rich heir, Gerald noticed that aside from a pair of bodyguards standing behind him, there was also a black-robed person—covered from head to toe—standing by the heir’s side who gave off a peculiar vibe…
Gerald wasn’t sure whether it had anything to do with the fact that he had heard quite a bit of things about black-robed men recently, but he found his eyelids twitching slightly as he glanced a few more times at the old man.
Surprisingly, Gerald noticed that there was moving essential qi within that person’s body.
‘Could he be someone who had trained himself to achieve spiritual enlightenment…?’ Gerald thought to himself, bewildered.
The more surprising thing to Gerald, however, was the fact that the impressive person—who had managed to attain spiritual enlightenment—was actually willing to be another person’s lackey!
While Gerald was wondering how that person was able to just reconcile with that fact, Terrance, on the other hand, now had reddened eyes as he stared back at the rich, young man.
“F-Federico Dun…!” growled Terrance in great fury. However, the second he saw the old man standing before the youth, Terrance instantly retracted in fear.
“G-Grandpa…!” cried out Perla as she ran over to stand beside him before glaring at Federico.
Before she could do anything, however, Terrance quickly held onto his granddaughter’s wrist, a clear indication for her not to act impulsively.
Chapter 1459
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1459
“…I simply came today to widen my knowledge and meet up with old acquaintances, Young Master Dun. I wouldn’t dream of ruining your fun!” replied Terrance, clearly suffering in silence.
“Hahaha! I’m glad to hear that! Still, a little bird told me that after you went bankrupt half a year ago, you’ve been looking far and wide for exceptional masters! I do wonder if you’ve found any… Quite frankly, the Duns have also been helping you locate the true criminal behind the scenes this entire time! Once we find the culprits, we’ll definitely avenge you!” declared Federico coldly.
“I appreciate you going through all that trouble!” replied Terrance who was still trying his best to suppress his anger as the corners of his mouth twitched erratically.
“There’s no need to thank me! It’s what a junior should do for his senior anyway!” said Federico before roaring out in laughter and walking into the venue.
As the black-robed man followed Federico in, he made sure to take a few glances at Gerald…
Regardless, once they had entered, Perla immediately grumbled, “To think that we’d bump into that person here… He even had the audacity to pretend to be a good guy…!”
From that, Gerald could easily guess that it was the Duns who had been targeting the Sherwins throughout this entire time.
“Was that old man the person who had beaten you up?” asked Gerald rather casually.
“That’s right, Mr. Crawford! He’s extremely powerful…!” replied Terrance.
Hearing that, Gerald simply nodded in response without saying another word.
Meanwhile, knowing that they were now quite a distance away from Terrance, Federico quickly dropped his mischievous smile before turning to look at the black-robed man.
With a rather stern face, he then asked, “You kept looking at that youth by that old b*stard’s side earlier… Why is that, master? Do you have some kind of history with him, master?”
“As a matter of fact, I do!” replied the black-robed man in a husky, old voice.
“Then, I assume you’re well-acquainted with him? Who exactly is he?”
“Just know that he’s an old acquaintance of mine! Either way, he’ll be dead soon! Haha!” replied the old man. Though his voice wasn’t all that loud, his words alone were enough to send chills down anyone’s spine…
Regardless, the auction was about to begin soon, and Gerald—and the others—quickly found seats nearing the rear end of the venue.
From what Terrance had told him, the large-scale auction was organized by the Waddys, the most powerful family in the Jenna Province. They were so powerful that even the Duns had to attend, just to pay the Waddy family some respect.
While Perla was worried that Federico would continue finding faults with them there, Terrance himself wasn’t the least afraid.
Not long after, the auctioning then began. As per usual, most of the initial auction items were pretty unimpressive.
The second the horsetail whisk was put up for auction, however, all the spectators instantly found themselves momentarily holding their breaths.
“This fine item here is called the Heavenly Horsetail Whisk, and it’s a relic from the Warring State Period that’s claimed to also be a magic artifact! With that in mind, the starting price for this item is twelve million dollars!” shouted the host.
Upon hearing that, the crowd instantly broke into an uproar!
While it was true that many of those present could sense that it was a good item, none of them had anticipated the outrageous price of twelve million dollars!
Though several people among the crowd were now discussing the atrocious price, none of them dared to bid for the item.
Amidst all the chaos, Federico simply exchanged glances with the black-robed man. Following that, Federico then nodded before raising his hand.
Upon seeing that, the host instantly declared, “Oh? It appears that Young Master Dun is offering twelve million dollars!”
Hearing that, Terrance then turned to look at Gerald before saying, “Mr. Crawford…”
“There’s no rush. Let’s just wait for a bit longer!” replied Gerald calmly.
At that moment, a coquettishly-dressed woman—who was sitting behind them—excitedly shouted, “Oh dear, please move aside! You’re blocking me from taking photographs!”
Turning around, Gerald saw that several other men and women were with her, and the females in that group—in particular—were all behaving like fanatic fans as they stared at Federico who was sitting in the front row.
“Oh gosh, our Young Master Dun is so handsome…! To think that his first offer would be twelve million dollars too! We definitely have to take a group photograph with him later!”
“I know, right? Aside from those from the Waddy family, Young Master Dun is undoubtedly the second most powerful person within the Jenna Province! Just look at how liberal he is with his money! Either way, there’s probably nobody else who’d dare to offer a price higher than that!” squealed the women excitedly.
Chapter 1460
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1460 From how much they were idolizing Federico, it was clear that those from within that group viewed anyone else as nothing but idiots.
Regardless, after hearing them scowl at her master, Perla angrily retorted, “And just who are you to tell others to move aside?”
“Who am I? Who are you? Look, just step aside already! We really can’t take photographs of Young Master Dun from here! Can’t you even do that?!”
“Yeah! What, do you think you’re rich or something? Go ahead and compete with our Young Master Dun if you dare, then!” retorted the fanatic women contemptuously.
“You…!” growled Perla who was now brimming with rage.
“Just let them say what they want. Regardless, help me shout out a price, Mr. Sherwin,” said Gerald as he turned to look at Terrance when he saw that nobody else was attempting to raise the bid.
“Very well, Master Crawford. How much do you intend to raise the bid by?” asked Terrance.
Hearing that, Gerald lifted a single finger.
Frowning slightly, Terrance then said, “With all due respect, sir, simply adding a hundred thousand dollars won’t make much of a difference!”
“Hah! For a second there, I almost thought that you were actually rich! A hundred thousand dollars… Pathetic!” scoffed the fans as they immediately began ridiculing Gerald.
“I didn’t mean a hundred thousand dollars!” replied Gerald casually.
“Then… A million dollars? That’s fine. I’ll be offering the price immediately then!” said Terrance with a nod.
Before he could do so, however, Gerald quickly replied, “That’s not it either!”
“…W-what…? Then… How much are you suggesting…?” asked the flabbergasted Terrance.
“I’m starting off with ten million dollars!” replied Gerald.
Quite honestly, Gerald had been wondering why banknotes began at a dollar. Wasn’t that way too troublesome? Things would be so much easier to calculate if a million dollars was the basic unit of money!
It was the reason why Gerald had simply lifted a single finger to indicate how much he wanted to raise the bid. After all, it was far too meddlesome to slowly increase the price a dollar at a time.
“…A-are you sure about this, Master Crawford…?” replied Terrance, his eyes now fully widened.
Even the fanatics—who were still standing behind them—were staring in disbelief at him now, not daring to say another word.
Seeing that Gerald was making no effort to stop him, Terrance then shouted, “…Fifteen million dollars!”
“…F-Fifteen million dollars? Did I hear someone offer fifteen million dollars?!” announced the host excitedly.
He had initially expected Young Master Dun to be the top bidder. To his surprise, someone was willing to pay a much higher price than that!
Federico himself now had a stiffened expression. How dare someone humiliate him…!
‘It’s that d*mned Terrance again…! He truly is courting death…! Fine then! Since you want to play around so much, I’ll play this game as well!’
“Thirty million dollars!” shouted Young Master Dun who looked like he had lost his wits.
Hearing that, Terrance instantly became worried. Gerald, however, simply shook his head with a bitter smile on his face. Games involving money were simply too boring for him…
“A hundred and fifty million dollars!” said Gerald as he looked at Terrance.
The second Terrance shouted out that amount, the entire venue broke into an uproar!
“I-I refuse to believe that the Sherwins are able to pay such a large amount of money in one go!” exclaimed Federico who clearly wasn’t expecting any of this to happen.
Just as he was about to compete with the Sherwins again—since he held a massive grudge against them—the black-robed man suddenly tugged on his wrist before saying in a low voice, “Don’t increase the price any further, Young Master Dun! With him here, you won’t ever be able to win, no matter how high you offer!”
“Then am I to just hand over this supreme magic artifact to them without a fight, Master?!” replied Federico, unable to reconcile with the thought of that outcome.
“Hahaha! But of course not! Remember, I told you that I was acquainted with that young man, Young Master Dun! If you’ve forgotten, I also said that he’d be dead soon!”