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Chapter 1576

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1576 With that said, it appeared that there were actually others back then who had managed to attain the realm of the Immortal Body…

In recent times, however, people were skeptical even when it came to the existence of Ninth-rank Chakra Kings, so nobody even considered the existence of Sages.

This was mainly due to the sudden depletion of holy spirits on the planet back then. Due to that event, not only was there great turmoil between heaven and earth, but calamities also happened rather frequently for a time. Regardless, all this eventually spelled the fall of the era of great trainers…

Either way, there were a few who were lucky enough to discover that the earth was actually hollow inside. Realizing that there existed another world between the earth’s crust and core, those who found ways to escape there were able to survive the great catastrophes…

In this other world, the earth’s core was their source of energy, not unlike the sun.

Regardless, following that, not only did they manage to survive, but they even successfully created a civilization there! While it still exists today, nobody there was ever able to train to the peak that they had once been able to achieve…

While it was true that sources of holy spirits used to be scattered everywhere on earth in the past, it was still quite unexpected that there would actually be such a source hidden underneath the dragon tower….

‘Had I trained here, I could’ve easily gotten to the level of an Eighth-rank Chakra King…! Though it may still have been rather difficult to enter the level of a Sage…’ Gerald thought to himself.

After surveying the area for himself, Master Ghost then reported, “…It seems that someone has been here before… And there appears to be other things in here as well!”

“I see. For now, order the people from the Sacrasolis Palace to block the vicinity of the dragon tower. Nobody is to enter this place!” instructed Gerald.

Upon hearing that, Julian instantly got to his feet and began executing the order.

With that done, Gerald finally decided to look away from the source of holy spirits and begin scanning through the rest of the area…

While the place wasn’t particularly large, it appeared well-equipped. There was also a coffin present in the corner of the room.

Walking over to it, Gerald found that the body inside belonged to none other than the God of Battle, Liemis.

‘After killing that giant snake, Daryl must have used this place to keep Brother Liemis’s body safe and hidden… Thinking about it, it’s no wonder why he chose this place to have our battle!’ Gerald thought to himself.

Aside from the coffin, there was also a huge furnace there which Gerald assumed that Daryl must have used to make pills for his own benefit.

With all these new discoveries, Gerald was quite glad that he had managed to attain the Fifth-rank before today’s battle. Otherwise, there was a very real chance that he could’ve fallen right into Daryl’s hands by this point! The thought of it alone made Gerald shudder.

His train of thought was cut short when he heard Master Ghost’s surprised voice saying, “Master, look! There’s a codex here!”

Turning to look at Master Ghost—who had the parchment in hand—Gerald then took it for himself to have a look at its contents.

Though many of its pages were already coming loose due to how old it was, its contents were still pretty readable.

On the first page, Gerald was greeted by the image of a strange plant… Following that, there were two maps and some written descriptions… From the looks of it, Daryl had spent a considerable amount of time trying to study all this since most of the words were marked.

“What’s written in there, master?” asked Carlos.

After carefully studying the image of the plant for a while, Gerald then replied in a serious tone, “… Have a look at this plant. If I’m not mistaken, it appears to be a Primocorose! It was mentioned in the ancient manuscript about pill making that Brother Liemis left behind!”

“A… Primocorose…?” muttered both Carlos and Julian who had clearly never heard of the plant.

“The Primocorose is the main herb needed to create advancement pellets… Even so, this ancient plant has supposedly gone extinct, even in today’s Jaellatra! Hell, the Primocorose was already an extremely precious herb during the Shunzuog Civilization! With that said, the herb is extremely rare!” explained Gerald as he recalled what he had learned from the manuscript.

“It can be used to create advancement pellets? My god!” replied Carlos as his jaw dropped.

“Oh? You know what advancement pellets are, Laughing Master?” asked Master Ghost in surprise.

“Of course I do! Those pellets are essential in helping a Chakra King break through to become a Sage! While it’s extremely difficult to become a Chakra King, there are some who have managed to attain the rank of a Ninth-rank Chakra King after training for thousands of years. Even so, nobody’s been able to advance to the level of a Sage for the longest time due to the lack of advancement pellets!” replied Carlos with a sigh.

“I see! I never thought that advancement pellets would be so crucial!” replied Master Ghost with a nod.

“Indeed. However, since the Primocorose is extinct, nobody is able to make any more of them. If one still hastily tries to become a Sage without the help of the pellet, death is a very real possibility!” explained Gerald before turning to look at the map on the next page…

However, after giving it a good look, Gerald momentarily froze in place!

Chapter 1577

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1577

“What’s on that map, master?” asked Master Ghost when he saw Gerald’s sudden change in expression.

“…This is the first of two maps. This one shows the entrance to Jaellatra…! As for the other, it appears to show a dimension separate from both earth and Jaellatra… According to this note here, Primocoroses could possibly be found there!” explained Gerald.

Finding a Primocorose today was equivalent to trying to look for a specific grain of sand within a desert…

With the help of Daryl—of all people—however, they now had information on where to possibly look for the plant!

Though he was excited, Gerald couldn’t help but feel pitiful toward Daryl. After all, that old man had made such thorough planning all this time… There was no way he could’ve anticipated that all his hard work would end up becoming another person’s prize in the end…

From what Gerald could assume, Daryl had wanted to use Gerald’s Herculean Primordial Spirit as a scaffold to attain higher levels of training. Following that, he would have attempted to obtain a Primocorose for himself, and had everything gone to plan, Daryl would have surely been able to enter the legendary Sage Realm.

Unfortunately for him, he hadn’t considered the fact that even with the aid of the great dragon extermination spell, he still wasn’t Gerald’s opponent. It explained why he was still so full of moxie, even as he was dying!

Gerald’s train of thought was interrupted when Carlos said, “Master, this artifact looks like the legendary storage ring!”

Seeing that Carlos was holding up an ancient-looking ring, Gerald went over to have a better look at it. As Carlos had said, it really was a storage ring. Essentially, it was yet another magical artifact from ancient times that Zyla had told him about before.

Carefully examining the ring, Gerald then replied, “It appears that Daryl has gotten himself quite a number of treasures!”

“Do you know how to use that ring, master? I’ve only read about it in an ancient book!” asked Carlos rather curiously.

Frowning slightly, Gerald then replied, “What’s so difficult about it?”

Following that, he transferred some of his holy sense into the ring… And just like that, a connection was formed between them.

Within the ring, there appeared to be a space that was at least two hundred meters wide. Gerald was able to tell since with his holy sense, he could roughly scan through the storage space.

Even so, the more important thing was that Daryl had stored quite a bit of good stuff inside, with most of them being expensive herbs! In fact, there also appeared to be a few extinct herbs in the mix!

Now that he knew what was inside, Gerald looked at the parchment in his hand…

Store!

Using his holy sense, the parchment then suddenly began glowing! A second later, it turned into a stream of light that the storage ring then absorbed!

Seeing that, Carlos instantly cheered.

Following that, Gerald then stored Liemis’s coffin within the ring as well. Once he found the chance, he would surely return his corpse to Zyla.

Not long after, all of them got out of the place and Gerald instantly began sealing the place up with a protective spell.

Once he was done, Gerald then said, “I’ve sealed this place up with the aid of the dragon blood jade pendant. I still have other things to attend to now, so in the meantime, go get some men from the Sacrasolis Palace to guard this place!”

“Understood!”

“Following this, I’ll be busy trying to help Mila recover her memory. She was drugged with some special medicine, you see, and it’s wiped out most of her memory. This will cause great damage to her body in the long run, which is why I’m prioritizing curing it! With that said, I’m placing you three in charge of the affairs of this place!” added Gerald.

Naturally, now that they had lost their leader, the rest of the cultivating Crawford family was easily wiped out.

Still, how lucky it was for Gerald to have found a source of holy spirits. Not only that, he had also managed to obtain several of Daryl’s treasures!

Gerald had to admit that the precious herbs that Daryl had collected were especially helpful in treating Mila’s condition to recover her memories.

Putting all that aside, it was only natural that the people of Yanam—having lost their main backer— gladly accepted the King of the North to take over. The only condition they had for him was that Gerald

had to promise to protect the peace of Yanam. To Gerald, that sounded like a good bargain as any.

With all that agreed upon, the area surrounding the dragon tower was then labeled as a restricted area and given to the Sacrasolis Palace.

Knowing that the source of the holy spirits was nothing to scoff about, Gerald also made sure to conceal the news properly to avoid any unnecessary disruptions. The last thing he wanted was for forces to begin fighting for it.

Apart from using the source of the holy spirit for himself, Gerald also used it to create supplement potions for the members of the Sacrasolis Palace in order to boost their training.

Soon enough, five years passed without incident…

Chapter 1578

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1578

In the present day near the borders of Yanam, what used to be the dragon tower had now turned into a castle-like building.

Heavily guarded by regular soldiers as well as a few strong cultivators, nobody dared to even be within a hundred-mile radius of the area…

In the innermost area of the building, ten gloomy old guards could be seen standing on both sides of an entrance that led into a mysterious-looking stone cave…

“Is master still not getting out…?” whispered the guards among themselves.

By that point, one of the guards was already pacing back and forth with his hands against his back.

After a while, Julian—who was one of the guards—couldn’t help but smile as he said, “Carlos, could you stop with the pacing around already? You’re making me dizzy!”

Hearing that, the eight others began teasing Carlos as well.

The eight other guards were strong cultivators who had taken refuge under Gerald’s wing within the past five years. They weren’t the only ones, though. To be quite frank, there was almost an overabundance of strong cultivators who had decided to become the King of the North’s followers.

With that said, the organization grew considerably over time, leading to a hierarchy being formed. Among them, ten elders were appointed to be the personal assistants of the King of the North, and they were also his strongest men.

“Quiet down, gentlemen!” shouted an old-sounding voice at that moment which instantly prompted the men to behave.

The second they saw him, the elders instantly bowed before declaring, “Master Ghost!”

However, upon realizing that a beauty had arrived with Master Ghost, the guards barely dared to take in a breath before quickly bowing once more—this time even more respectfully—as they shouted, “Miss Smith!”

True enough, the woman was none other than Mila, and after a lot of attentive care from Gerald, Mila had managed to recover almost eighty percent of her memory.

Honestly, they would’ve already gotten married by this point had it not been for the constant attacks from other forces throughout these five years.

“Master Crawford has been taking good care of Miss Smith all these years to the point where he even returned to Mayberry with her for three years, just to ease her memory’s recovery! Now that Master Crawford has completed his seclusion and is coming out anytime now, you’d best not let him catch you behaving so nonchalantly! If he does, you’ll certainly be facing his wrath! Let’s not forget that Miss Smith was almost recaptured by the people from Jaellatra a year back!” warned Master Ghost.

Upon hearing that, the ten elders instantly nodded rather anxiously.

A year back, Gerald had decided to enter seclusion in order to be able to deal with stronger enemies from other forces. It was also around that time when the Quartermain family from Jaellatra ordered their clan on earth to abduct Mila!

Thankfully, the ten elders had been able to protect her after going through a deadly battle.

It wasn’t all that uncommon for the forces of Jaellatra to send their clans to earth to establish their power and interfere with matters up here.

Aside from their own clan members, there were also some like Daryl—who possessed the power of a Chakra King—who secretly colluded with the forces of Jaellatra and willingly became their puppets.

Regardless, the many conflicts that had happened within this castle’s walls had mostly stemmed from both deep grudges and the fact that the source of the holy spirits was discovered by other forces about two years ago.

At that moment, the green stone door of the underground palace slowly began rumbling open, prompting everyone to go silent….

Mila, on the other hand, found herself blushing as she looked eagerly at the opening stone wall…

Everyone was greatly excited. After all, Master Crawford was finally coming out again!

 

Chapter 1579

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1579

With a loud ‘thud’ the stone door finally opened fully, and out stepped Gerald…

While his appearance hadn’t changed by much in the past five years, there was a notable change in his temperament. If one had to describe it, he now had the unambiguous aura of a superior.

“Master!” shouted everyone present as they bowed deeply toward him.

Nodding slightly, Gerald then turned to look at the pleased Mila who was unable to hold herself from saying, “You’ve finally returned, Gerald…!”

“Indeed. Even so, I’ll have to speed up my training. Otherwise, I won’t be able to deal with the repeated attacks from the Ringmasters of Obliteration and those Chakra Kings!” replied Gerald.

“You’re currently exuding an extraordinary aura, master… Could it be that you’ve managed to become an Eighth-rank Chakra King…?” asked Carlos who was amazed by the immense change that he sensed within Gerald.

“I have. With the help of the source of the holy spirits, I was actually able to break through the Eighth- rank about half a year ago. Sadly enough, I haven’t been able to improve any further in the latter half of the year!”

Being the highest rank in the realm, it was naturally never going to be easy for anyone to become a Ninth-rank Chakra King, not even for Gerald who learned it the hard way. After all, he wasn’t able to progress at all, even after training for six months!

Truth be told, Gerald had almost been blinded by hatred on several occasions during his seclusion. He also frequently doubted whether he would ever be able to enter the ninth rank.

After all, in his previous training, even if it went slow, Gerald would’ve at least felt a sense of progression. While trying to ascend to the ninth rank, however, it almost felt as though he was sinking deeper and deeper into the sea. In other words, it felt as though his training wasn’t producing any results at all, and the thought of it alone made him anxious!

Thinking back to when he had first found the map leading to the Primocorose’s location, Gerald remembered how he had planned to find the plant after breaking through the ninth rank. Once found, he would then create an advancement pill before using it to enter the legendary Sage Realm.

Following that, Gerald hoped that he would finally have the right to speak before the Ringmasters of Obliteration…

Unfortunately, the fruitless year had mercilessly tugged Gerald back to reality… If it was already this hard to get to the ninth rank, then getting to the Sage Ream was surely going to be impossible!

Shaking the thought off, Gerald then asked, “So, did anything noteworthy happen during my seclusion?”

Upon hearing that question, the ten elders instantly lowered their heads…

After a while, Master Ghost finally said, “…About a year ago, the Quartermains sent their men to attempt to recapture Miss Smith… They also added that if you keep on…”

Realizing Master Ghost’s hesitation, Gerald then frowned before asking, “Keep on what?”

The Quartermains were the family that had taken Mila in at the time, and they were also a very powerful family within Jaellatra. Over the years, they had supported many forces on earth…

Daryl himself had only been able to locate Mila due to the fact that he had secretly been colluding with them

With all that in mind, it really wasn’t all that unexpected for the Quartermains to keep trying to get Mila back.

While that itself was a minor setback, the real issue was that the Sun League itself was backing the Quartermains.

Knowing that, Gerald was rightfully worried. It was also the reason why he kept trying to speed up his training. After all, he was still a little too weak within their presence.

“…They said… that if you carried on being stubborn, they wouldn’t continue sending their small fries at us anymore… Instead, they’d send true masters from Jaellatra to finish you off, once and for all!” replied Master Ghost truthfully.

“…I see,” said Gerald, his frown deepening.

 

Chapter 1580

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1580

Looking at the change in Gerald’s expression, Master Ghost wanted to say something, though he ended up zipping his mouth tight.

Mila herself simply lowered her head out of guilt.

Though there were barely any changes in their expressions, Gerald was still able to notice them.

“…And what about those from the Ringmasters of Obliteration? Did they come over to cause trouble again?” asked Gerald.

“They’ve always been pestering us! We’re honestly already used to them!”

“I see. And how are my parents and sister?” asked Gerald with a slightly raised brow.

“…About… that…” replied Master Ghost as his face turned slightly pale…

Even the ten elders found themselves lowering their heads even more, not even daring to breathe…

As for Mila, tears soon began rolling down her cheeks.

Watching as she covered her mouth in her grief, Gerald then barked, “What’s wrong? What happened to them?”

Hearing that, Mila only cried even louder as the ten elders knelt.

Gulping, Master Ghost then replied, “…It was about a year ago when we had a fierce battle with the Quantocks… However, during that battle, the Quartermains showed themselves as well! We were never their match… In the end, they declared that not only did they want Miss Smith back, but they also

wanted you dead! Following that, they gave us three days to Miss Smith over to them. If we didn’t comply, they told us that they’d wipe out the entire city!”

His eyes now reddened, Gerald then asked, “What happened after that?!”

“…The… Quartermains didn’t even care one bit about the agreement they had with the Ringmasters of Obliteration… With that said, they ended up killing several people in the Crawford family! Young Master Yoel, in particular, had his eyes gouged out and his tongue sliced off just because he wanted to argue with them! Not only that, Elder Julian’s arm got chopped off as well!”

Upon hearing that, Gerald’s heart thumped as he muttered, “…Yoel…”

Thinking about his godbrother, Gerald had to admit that Yoel had suffered way too much ever since he got to know Gerald. He was supposed to be enjoying life now… Instead, he ended up getting tortured that badly because of Gerald…

As for Julian…

Turning to look at the old man, he realized that one of his arms really was missing. Lifting Julian’s empty sleeve, Gerald’s eyes began welling up with tears.

After staring blankly at the sleeve for a while, Julian—who also had watery eyes now—cleared his throat before saying, “I… hope you haven’t forgotten that I’m left-handed… Thankfully they chose to chop my right arm off… Regardless, I find my current state to be much more comfortable…!”

Shaking his head, Gerald then turned to stare coldly at Master Ghost before asking, “…What else happened?”

“We had hidden Miss Smith rather early on back then, so she didn’t know about all this at the time… Regardless, I was well aware that they weren’t only here for Miss Smith. It was quite evident that they

were also trying to conquer the source of the holy spirits for the Quartermains! Had they succeeded, they would’ve surely been able to support the Quantocks to get rid of you and become the new King of the North! With that in mind, none of the Sacrasolis Palace members told them your location, even though it brought about their deaths!”

“While they did terrible things to Young Master Yoel, that was only the first half of their warning to you. Following that, they even broke the Old Master and Old Mistress’s legs before chaining them up! They even took Miss Crawford away, saying that they’d make her a slave of the Quartermains for a hundred years!” replied Master Ghost.

“What?!” roared the enraged Gerald whose essential qi was now overflowing from his body, his eyes burning with murderous intent.

“…It was my idea to keep this a secret from you, at least for a while, master… After all, if you made a hasty appearance, they’d surely kill you on the spot! Once that happens, everything will truly be over! The Quantocks would surely murder the rest of us and following that, they’d be crowned the new King of the North!”

“Regardless, since we still contributed quite a bit to the Ringmasters of Obliteration in recent years, despite our conflicts, they ended up interceding in the end. After some negotiating, they gave us one year to bring Miss Smith back to them. You would also have to accept your death penalty then! In their words, ‘Your death is the only way the rest of the Crawfords will be able to remain alive!’” cried out Master Ghost as he knelt to the ground before wailing.

Though Gerald was furious, he knew that this was already the best result they could’ve ever hoped to achieve. Any other outcome would’ve surely led to all of them getting slaughtered by the Quantocks…

Had that happened, Gerald wasn’t even able to imagine how many lives would end up being sacrificed, just because of him…

Even so, his sister… his family… This wasn’t something he could just tolerate!

Just thinking about it made him clench his fists tightly…