Ch. 1646..1650: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1646-1650

Chapter 1646

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1646 Hearing that, Gerald simply closed his eyes in silence, spreading his divine sense out to scan through the rest of the mountain top…

Sadly, the range of his divine sense was rather limited, so he was only able to scan up to a few hundred feet. Though that wasn’t a small range by any means, Gerald still wasn’t able to find any traces of the adventure team after quite some time.

Eventually, Quest found himself asking, “…Say… Do you think that the adventure team isn’t here because… they’ve headed further up the mountain…?”

Upon hearing that, Gerald turned to look at Quest. Though the suggestion sounded rather preposterous, it wasn’t completely out of the question either. After all, since there were zero traces of the adventure team here, the only other way they could’ve headed to—without bumping into the rescue team on their way up—was further up the mountain…

“…That could be the case. Since we’re already here anyway, let’s proceed further up the mountain to check!” replied Gerald in agreement.

With that, both of them then continued scaling the mountain…

Since he could’ve very well died earlier without Gerald’s intervention, Quest now had total trust in Gerald. He felt that as long as he remained close to Gerald, he would surely make it out safely…

Regardless, after walking for a while—with gentle breezes and snowflakes caressing their cheeks the entire time—the duo eventually arrived eleven thousand feet above sea level…

Upon arrival, they were immediately greeted by the sight of a cave. With how pitch dark it was inside, Gerald and Quest found themselves instantly wary of it.

Standing at the mouth of the cave, Quest found himself saying, “How odd… A cave in the middle of nowhere!”

“Indeed… Well, let’s go in and have a look around!” replied Gerald as he began walking into the cave.

After a few steps in, both of them took out their glow sticks before activating them. Now having a light source each, the duo then proceeded further into the cave…

Though the cave was quiet, it was also quite damp. With that said, occasional drops of water could be heard every once in a while as they walked on.

Eventually, both of them came to a sudden halt when they saw a faint orange glow from within the cave… It appeared to be the light of a campfire, and the duo could see flickering shadows from time to time.

Looking at each other, Gerald and Quest felt that they must have finally located the adventure team.

After swiftly making their way toward the light source, the duo was greeted by the sight of several sleeping people lying against the cave’s stone walls.

Just as they had thought, they had finally located the adventure team! Gerald was made extra sure of this when—after scanning through the people—he saw that Nori was among them!

“Nori!” shouted Gerald.

Hearing that sudden shout, everyone jolted awake, and this included Nori.

Upon realizing who had called out to her, Nori instantly teared up as she cried out, “G-Gerald…!”

Quickly getting to her feet, the girl then ran over before embracing Gerald tightly…

It took her a while to calm down, but once she did, Nori looked at him in surprise as she asked, “But… what are you even doing here, Gerald…?”

Realizing that she hadn’t anticipated him to come over, Gerald then explained, “Well, after finding out that something had happened to you and your adventure team, I came over with a rescue team that was tasked with locating your group!”

“…Does… that mean that you came over just to save me…?” asked Nori as she stared straight into Gerald’s eyes expectantly.

In response, Gerald simply revealed a gentle smile and nodded, not seeing any reason to deny it.

 

Chapter 1647

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1647 Upon hearing that, Nori was instantly overjoyed. After all, the fact that Gerald had come all the way here just to save her meant that he still cared about her.

Still, she truly hadn’t expected him to come here in the first place since Nori was sure that she had never even mentioned her trip to the holy mountain to him.

With that in mind, Nori then curiously asked, “…Speaking of which, how did you even know I was here?”

“Well, I found out when I headed to your manor and your father told me about it,” replied Gerald.

“I see… But hold on, doesn’t the fact that you came here mean that your talisman crafting training with Master Hunt got disrupted?” asked Nori in a slightly worried tone.

After all, it wasn’t easy for Gerald to get accepted to be his disciple in the first place. With that in mind, Nori truly hoped that she wouldn’t be the reason Gerald lost his chance to continue being Master Hunt’s disciple.

To her surprise, however, Gerald simply chuckled before gently patting Nori on the head.

Revealing his First-rank Talisman Master badge—which had been tucked in the inside of his jacket— Gerald then said, “Worry not, I’ve already become a master! This here is proof!”

“A First-rank Talisman Master Badge?! It’s barely been half a month! You really are something else, Gerald!” exclaimed Nori in her disbelief as her eyes lit up.

To think that he was able to attain that rank so quickly… That just showed how capable and powerful he truly was! How admirable!

“Speaking of which, I heard from your father that you came over to look for some ancient herb. The thousand-year-old panax ginseng, if I remember correctly,” asked Gerald as he looked at Nori with a curious gaze.

Nodding in response, Nori then said, “That’s the one! It’s an ancient herb that only grows every few thousand years. Aside from that, it can only be found on this mountain! With that in mind, I followed the others here after hearing that it was about time it grew again! Unfortunately, we met with an avalanche before we were even able to locate it! It’s almost as if we were destined to never be able to find it!”

Watching as Nori sighed in resignation, Gerald then thought for a while before replying, “Your lives are much more important! Still, do you have any idea what the ginseng herb looks like?”

“But of course I do!” replied Nori as she fished out a photograph from her backpack before showing it to Gerald.

Looking at it, Gerald was greeted by the sight of a white and pristine flower that had petals that resembled ice crystals. The sight of it alone was enough to make anyone feel that it was something extremely precious. No wonder Nori and the others had been so keen on looking for it…

“What does the herb do?” asked Gerald, feeling that such a rare and valuable-looking herb must have had great practical use.

“Well, it’s said that the thousand-year-old panax ginseng can be used to make a kind of pellet known as the rejuvenating pellet! The pellet itself is said to be capable of bringing the dead back to life!” whispered Nori.

“Really?” asked Gerald in slight disbelief.

Though he was a person who was still training to attain spiritual enlightenment, Gerald understood there was still a lot he didn’t know about this mysterious world… Even so, a pellet that was capable of bringing back the dead? That was a little too farfetched, even for him. After all, even people as strong as he was weren’t able to bring the dead back to life.

Shrugging, Nori then said that it was strictly just a rumor. Even she wasn’t sure how authentic that claim was.

At that moment, Quest walked over to the duo before reporting, “After some checking around, I’ve found that only a few of the team members have suffered minor injuries. The rest are thankfully fine. With that said, we can pretty much pack up and begin leaving this place!”

 

Chapter 1648

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1648

“That’s great to hear! And I agree, the sooner we leave, the better!” replied Gerald.

Now that they had found the adventure team in one piece, they needed to begin hiking down the same way they had come up with in order to reunite with the rest of the rescue team. Once that was done, they’d begin descending the mountain…

While Gerald was still rather curious about the thousand-year-old panax ginseng, he didn’t want to risk everyone’s lives just to look for it. Besides, it wasn’t even a proven fact that it was really able to revive the dead. With that in mind, the adventure team then began making their way down the mountain.

As the saying went, descending a mountain was always easier than ascending one. Adding that to the fact that Gerald and Quest were providing their aid, the journey downward became much easier to bear. With that in mind, it took the group only half an hour to descend halfway down the mountain.

Ten minutes before they could reunite with Patrick’s group, however, a few white mountain wolves suddenly made an appearance!

“W-wolves?!” shouted several of the people from the adventure team as they immediately began bolting down the mountain in fear!

Gerald himself turned to face Quest before instructing, “Quest! Lead the others away first! I’ll deal with these wolves!”

Hearing that, Quest then replied, “Alright, but be careful! Make sure you return in one piece!”

With that, Quest instantly began overseeing that the rest made it down safely. Once most of them were at a safe distance, Quest turned back to look at how Gerald was doing… Only to see all the wolves charging toward the youth!

At that moment, Quest—and Nori who had turned back to check on Gerald—could only stare wide- eyed as Gerald and the wolves plunged down the valley together!

“G-Gerald…!” cried out Nori, her heart filled with excruciating pain as she watched him disappear from sight.

Though Quest was just as shocked by the turn of events, he quickly began dragging Nori by her arm to regroup with the others from the adventure team.

“L-let go…! I need to go look for Gerald…!” yelled Nori as Quest quickly began leading the others back to where Patrick was.

Though Nori tried her hardest to pry free from Quest’s grip, Quest was definitely not about to allow her to put herself in danger. With that in mind, he momentarily tied her wrists with a rope to ease leading her down with the rest.

Despite that, the now teary-eyed Nori still attempted to struggle free of her constraints as she wailed, “Please…! He’s definitely still alive…! Please, let me go look for him…!”

Ignoring her wails, everyone eventually made it back to where the rescue team was…

Upon seeing how depressed Nori looked and realizing that Gerald wasn’t present, Patrick found himself asking, “…What’s wrong? Where’s Gerald?”

Lowering his head, Quest took a moment before replying, “…While descending the mountain, we bumped into a few white wolves… Gerald fought against them to give us room to escape… However, at the very last seconds, all the wolves simultaneously charged at him, and all of them fell into the valley…!”

“…W-what…?” muttered Patrick who was so shocked that he wasn’t even able to say anything else for a moment. After all, who could’ve anticipated for such an accident to happen…?

Even so, the adventure team was successfully rescued. In other words, the mission was a success.

With that in mind, Patrick quickly shook his shock off before declaring, “…Let’s descend the mountain first. Once we get everyone to safety, we’ll form another rescue team to start looking for Gerald!”

Hearing that, everyone was forced to agree. After all, they were all well aware that they weren’t out of danger just yet. What more, there just wasn’t enough human resources to launch an immediate search party. With that in mind, the best move at the moment was for them to return to the bottom of the mountain before deciding their next step.

Nobody even knew whether Gerald was still among the living…

As the group began descending the mountain, Gerald himself could be seen lying silently atop some thickets in the deepest parts of the holy mountain…

 

Chapter 1649

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1649

Scattered around him, were the carcasses of the white wolves from before that had died upon impact.

With how tough Gerald’s body was, it was no wonder why he had not only survived, but he barely suffered any injuries! Due to that, it wasn’t long after before he slowly awoke…

Checking to see if he had suffered any injuries, Gerald was delighted to find out that his body was a- okay.

After hopping off the thickets, Gerald then retrieved his small knife and began slicing the meat off the white wolves. Since he didn’t know how much longer he was going to remain stuck here, Gerald knew that he had to stock up on food while he could.

Once he had gathered enough, Gerald began walking around to gather his bearings.

What he was able to witness soon after, however, was nothing short of a utopia. Staring in amazement, it was the first time Gerald had ever seen such a beautiful place. It was so beautiful, in fact, that Gerald simply knew that such a place couldn’t exist anyplace else.

As he continued walking around the fairyland-like place, Gerald was surprised to suddenly hear a gentle and almost ethereal female voice saying, “Who’s there?”

Turning to face the source of the voice, Gerald was immediately greeted by the sight of a woman—who had a white, muslin dress on and a long sword in hand—hovering out from the forest…

Stopping close to Gerald, he then watched as she pointed the sword toward him.

Rather than being afraid, Gerald was more stunned than anything. To think that such a flawless-looking woman with such pure temperament would actually be in this place!

After staring at her for a while longer, Gerald eventually snapped out of it before replying, “…I… fell from the holy mountain and somehow wound up here!”

Upon hearing that, the charming woman raised a slight brow. Looking at him rather doubtfully, she then asked, “And… you’re telling me falling all the way down here didn’t hurt you at all?”

She was right to feel doubtful. After all, Gerald looked perfectly fine despite his claims!

“There’s a reason for that! You see, I’m a person who’s training to attain spiritual enlightenment! Due to that, such heights aren’t really a big deal to me!” explained Gerald.

“…Are you really someone who’s training to attain spiritual enlightenment…?” asked the woman, almost as though she wanted to be absolutely sure of his claim…

After seeing how determinedly Gerald nodded in response, the woman felt that he was probably telling the truth. Deciding to believe him for now, she then lowered her sword before sheathing it…

Seeing that she was now being less vigilant toward him, Gerald took the chance to ask, “…If I may, could I know who you are? Also, why are you here? And what even is this place…?”

“…My name is June Lovelybite, and I’m the guardian of Magic Land, the place you’re currently in!” replied June in a casual tone.

“…I beg your pardon, Magic Land…?” muttered Gerald, feeling utterly bewildered. To think that such a place existed within Jaellatra!

It appeared that Jaellatra still had many secrets that had yet to be discovered… Jaellatra truly was a mysterious place…

Regardless, June then prompted Gerald to follow her. After flying together for a bit, they eventually arrived at a secluded house…

“That’s where I live. I’ll allow you to rest here for a night. Once dawn comes, I’ll lead you out of this place!” said June.

“How… long have you even been living here, June…?” asked Gerald.

From what he had been able to gather, June simply didn’t feel like a human who belonged to the real world. If he was going to be honest, she seemed more like some ancient fairy…

“Two thousand years or so.”

 

Chapter 1650

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1650 The second he heard that, Gerald’s eyes immediately widened. Though he thought that he had heard wrong, he quickly realized that that wasn’t the case.

Two thousand years… To think that this young-looking woman was at least two thousand years old…! How terrifying! And to think that she had stayed here—remaining completely undiscovered—throughout that period! What kind of person even was June…?

Had he not fallen into the valley, Gerald could’ve very well have missed her as well…

Seeing that Gerald had no further questions, June took the chance to ask, “Now then… enough about me. Why did you come to the holy mountain?”

Upon hearing that, Gerald recalled why Nori and the others had hiked up the mountain in the first place. With that in mind, Gerald then replied, “I came here to look for an ancient herb known as the thousand-year-old panax ginseng!”

“You… came here looking for that herb…? What do you need it for? Are you trying to create a rejuvenating pellet?” asked June as she frowned slightly while looking at Gerald.

“Oh? Do you know anything about it?” asked Gerald who was now sure that June knew more about the herb than he did.

“The thousand-year-old panax ginseng is an extremely valuable herb in Magic Land… After all, it only grows once every thousand years. With that in mind, it’s currently about time it grew again!” replied June.

Hearing that, Gerald found it almost inconceivable! To think that the herb Nori was looking so hard for was in Magic Land all along! No wonder they weren’t able to find it on holy mountain!

“…Truth be told, what I said was only partially true. You see, I came here on a rescue mission to save a friend who found herself in danger while looking for that herb… I don’t really know much about that herb, and I just happened to get to where I am by chance!” said Gerald, not wanting June to continue misunderstanding his reason for being here.

While Gerald could tell that June had only entered the First-soul-rank in the Sage Realm—which meant that there was no way she was ever going to be able to defeat him—Gerald wasn’t a vicious person. With that in mind, there was no way he was going to attack June over that herb.

Whatever the case was, after hearing what Gerald had to say, June gave him a long stare before turning around while stating, “…Come with me!”

Doing as she instructed, both of them soon arrived at a rather large garden… and within it, several flowers that had petals resembling ice crystals could be seen…

His eyes now widened, Gerald realized that the garden was filled with thousand-year-old panax ginsengs!

“Those are the herbs you seek!” declared June as Gerald continued staring at the beautiful flowers that looked exactly like the one that Nori had showed him in her photo.

After a while, Gerald turned to look at June before asking, “…Could you tell me what the herb is specifically used for…? Why is it so valuable in the first place?”

Laughing in response, June then revealed a faint smile before explaining, “As I said before, it’s used to make rejuvenating pellets, and they can be used to bring the dead back to life! With that said, you tell me if they’re valuable or not!”

Hearing that, Gerald now realized that the rumors Nori had heard weren’t exaggerated in the least. By refining thousand-year-old panax ginsengs, rejuvenating pellets could truly be made!

“Then… has a rejuvenating pellet ever been made…?” asked Gerald.

Giving no verbal reply, June instead took out a scroll from one of her sleeves before handing it to Gerald.

Curious, Gerald opened the scroll and slowly began scanning through it… only to find himself getting increasingly stunned the more he read!

The scroll recorded every single time rejuvenating pellets had been created as well as where they were made… Despite there only being three pellets to have ever been made, every time one was brought into existence, major disasters were always imminent! With that in mind, rejuvenating pellets were definitely categorizable as ominous items…