Ch. 2441..2445: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 2441-2445
Chapter 2441
The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2441
Since there was no further work to be done that night, Gerald then headed to sleep.
Fast forward to the next morning, Fae headed out with her servants and of course, Gerald.
Though Fae was by no means ladylike, Gerald soon found out that she lived a rather ordinary life. After having some tea in the morning, she spent most of her time shopping and getting whatever she wanted before eating some western food at noon.
It was a while later while she was having her second round of tea when she called for a waiter before saying, “Waiter! My dog would like a serving of cake!”
“Come again? Dogs can’t eat cake, Miss…” replied the waiter with a smile… Only to instantly get slapped by Fae in response!
“How dare you! Are you seeking death! My dog deserves to eat far better than you, you know?!” roared Fae as she prepared to slap him a second time.
At the moment, Fae was dining on the second floor of a restaurant. Since almost everyone in Peaceton had heard of how notorious Fae could get, they quickly left the scene now that things had gone slightly awry.
In the end, all that remained were two old men who were drinking tea together. Paying the two no attention, Fae then laughed wickedly as she yelled, “This is what happens when you offend me! Nobody offends me in Peaceton!”
“Best be careful of your words if you don’t want to accidentally bite your tongue!” scoffed one of the old men with a smirk before sipping on some tea.
Upon hearing that, Fae instantly turned to glare at the duo who had their backs facing her while growling, “Why the hell are you two still here anyway? Beat it like everyone else!”
“Oh my… Have you already forgotten that we’ve met recently? What poor memory,” replied the other old man as the two slowly turned around allowing Fae to quickly recognize them! They were the old bastards that were with that kid she had met a while back!
“It’s you two! To think you’d remain in Peaceton!” retorted Fae as her expression turned hideous.
“Why wouldn’t we be? We aren’t easily scared off like those people, missy. That aside, you should know that we’re here to kill you!” replied Darkwind before sipping on his tea.
“You dare threaten me?! Fine! Men! Beat them to death first!” roared the angered Fae as all seventeen of her bodyguards surrounded the duo!
In response, Lyndon simply waved his hand and all of a sudden, all of Fae’s guards felt multiple slaps landing on their faces!
Watching as all her men curled up on the floor as they wailed in pain, Fae couldn’t help but feel her jaw drop.
“W-what?!” exclaimed the stulmed girl as panic flashed across her face. To think that these two were even more powerful than her sister!
“Just so you know, had your sister not appeared that day, you’d already be dead! Regardless, now that all your men are curled up on the ground, do share if you have any last words!” scoffed Darkwind as he began walking toward Fae…
“I… I still have a guard! Chuck! Beat them up!” stuttered the anxious Fae as she turned to look at Gerald.
“But I’m no match for them…! Besides, my stomach hurts!” replied Gerald as he held onto his stomach.
“How useless…! P-please don’t kill me, you two…! If you do, then my sister and father will definitely come after your heads!” wailed Fae who was now in tears.
“Oh? Then I guess we’ll just have to kill them too! That aside, enough talk! It’s time to die!” roared Darkwind as he launched a palm attack toward Fae!
It was impossible to block…!
Chapter 2442
The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2442
The second the attack connected with her shoulder, Fae instantly went pale before spurring out blood!
“S-Second Young Mistress…!” exclaimed Gerald in fake panic before tossing two gas bombs! The bombs themselves quickly exploded, fogging the entire area within seconds…!
When the fog finally cleared, the two were nowhere to be seen. Even so, Darkwind and Lyndon couldn’t help but grin at each other. It had all been a big act, so they were naturally not going to give chase.
Regardless, Lyndon couldn’t help but feel slightly worried, prompting him to ask, “Are you sure your attack earlier wasn’t fatal…?”
“Worry not, I barely used any force. Still, that’ll be sufficient to scare her! From this point on, we should just leave the rest to Mr. Crawford,” replied Darkwind in a cheery tone.
Moving back to Gerald, he ran and ran with the injured Fae in his arms till they finally arrived at a park some thirty miles away.
Realizing just how far from the restaurant they now were, Fae was prompted to say, “C-Chuck! Put me down! They won’t come after us anymore…!”
Once Gerald did as she told, the crying girl took in a deep breath before growling, “That does it! I won’t let those two off…! In fact, I won’t let that young man off, either! All three of them must die…!”
“Well said! Though… Urn… Young Mistress…? There’s something…” muttered the wide-eyed Gerald as he stared in fake shock at Fae.
“What? What’s wrong?”
“W-well… Your lips have gone purple! Could the old man’s attack have been poisonous…?” whimpered Gerald.
“H-huh…?! T-then… What should I do…?!” exclaimed the now worried Fae.
“Come to think of it, your symptoms are quite similar to Master’s… However, Master has immense inner strength which allows him to resist the poison. With the aid of the holy medicine, he’ll surely be able to eventually be cured! However, you have neither of them so…” muttered Gerald as he shook his head.
“W-what should I do, then…?! I don’t want to die…!” wailed Fae as she rapidly began shaking her head.
“If you drink the holy medicine within the hour, you may be able to save your life! However, Master guards it extremely strictly, and he’s even declared that nobody could use the holy medicine but him!” replied Gerald.
“How on earth did I even end up in such a situation..?! D*mn it all! Go get the medicine for me now! I only have an hour left! Even my legs are wobbly now!” ordered the terrified girl who felt like her legs were giving out.
“B-but Master would never give me the holy medicine! After all, Master Trilight gave it to him..!” replied Gerald.
“Of course, he wouldn’t! Lowly people like you can’t even hope to enter the secret chamber! I was naturally telling you to get my sister to obtain the medicine! After all, she knows all sorts of magical arts! Once you tell her about my condition, she’ll surely come in a jiffy!” explained Fae whose face was already getting exceedingly pale.
After nodding in response, Gerald then ran off but after running out of the park, he stopped in his tracks. Standing by the roadside, he then began puffing on a cigarette..!
It was only after he was done with the cigarette that be transformed to look exactly like Fae’s sister. By the time be re-entered the park, he quickly saw that Fae was shivering in fear, thinking that she was slowly dying.
Mimicking Elain’s voice, Gerald then exclaimed, “Sister!”
Upon hearing that, Fae turned to face Gerald while wailing, “S-Sister! I think I have the same condition as Father now..! I can hardly even move my legs anymore..!”
“So I’ve heard. Don’t worry, I’ll get the holy medicine to treat you! However, I think I left my key on the hill. Father and I were at the Trilight Church for his treatment earlier, you see. Either way, I’ll be heading there to find my key first!”
“T-there’s no need for that! I have a key over my neck! So please, take it and burry…!” pleaded Fae.
“Will do!” declared Gerald as he ran off with the key.
Chapter 2443
The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2443
It didn’t take long for Gerald to arrive at the Zandt family’s home and locate the secret chamber. Even from the outside of the chamber, Gerald could already sense a plethora of traps inside. From all sorts of formations, to cutting-edge infrared monitoring equipment, this place had it all.
If he didn’t have the key, Gerald would’ve surely had to go through a lot of trouble just to enter the secret chamber. Thankfully, he had it now, so be easily entered the chamber.
The chamber itself was built in an underground tunnel, and it hosted a single room that contained all of the Zandt family’s valuables. There were even magic artifacts down here, though Gerald wasn’t interested in them. After all, he was here for the ‘holy medicine’, and eventually, he found them. As it turned out, the ‘holy medicine’ was nothing more than demonic pellets!
Knowing that such pellets could only be made by condensing the masculine auras of humans and demonic spirits, Gerald couldn’t help but wonder who Master Trilight, the backer of the Zandt family, really was.
“He couldn’t be a big demon, right…?” muttered Gerald with a bitter smile as he shook his head.
Quickly moving on to the section where the records and books were kept, Gerald then began rummaging around and shortly after, an old goat-skin scroll plopped off the shelf. Upon unrolling it, he discovered that its contents were about the cultivation technique of black magic! After reading a bit more, Gerald found that this cultivation technique was similar to the one used by Elain. In other words, the essential qi produced was demonic.
Due to that, it was not only harmful to others, but also to the cultivator. Since Elain was just a commoner, Gerald predicted that she’d probably go crazy and turn into a half-demon by the end of her cultivation. Shaking his head, Gerald then plopped the scroll back where it fell from and resumed his search.
After quite a while, Gerald couldn’t help but feel disappointed. The information about the ancient general’s tomb was nowhere to be found! Just as he was feeling stumped, however, he suddenly heard a voice call out, “You’re not Eldest Young Mistress!”
Upon hearing that, Gerald immediately looked around But there was no one there. Eventually, his gaze fell upon one of the magic artifacts. It was a bronze mirror.
Walking toward the mirror, Gerald then asked, “Are you the one who spoke?”
After his question, the mirror began to glow and shortly after a little girl who looked to be around eight with pigtails wearing a floral-patterned jacket appeared!
“That’s right!” replied the child.
“Hmm? And here I thought you were a magic artifact As it turned out, you’re just a mirror made from spirits! How long have you been trapped in there?” asked Gerald in a cheery tone after carefully examining it.
“That’s right! And I’ve been trapped in here for about five hundred years…” replied the mirror.
“Quite a long time… Then you must know about a lot of the Zandt family’s secrets then, right?” asked Gerald.
“You could say that,” replied the child with a nod.
“Could you specify which tomb the Zandts keep trying to enter, then? And do they have a map of the tomb?” asked Gerald.
“I do know the answers to those, but my lips are sealed! After all, I belong to the Zandts, and my only owner is the Eldest Young Mistress! If I share the information with anyone aside from her, she’ll surely destroy me!” exclaimed the child as she violently shook her head.
Nodding in response, Gerald then said, “I see, I see… Though… What makes you so sure that I can’t destroy you as well?”
Following that, Gerald summoned a mighty aurablade that was filled with the righteousness of heaven and earth. With how powerful it was, it could easily kill demons, devils, and even spirits!
Chapter 2444
The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2444
With that in mind, the second the aurablade appeared, the girl instantly felt a burning sensation within her body! Now trembling in fear, the child quickly wailed, “Y-you’re strong! It was wrong of me to say that! P-please don’t kill me…!”
“Then spit it out. Just so you know, if this aurablade continues to burn through you, you won’t even get a chance to revive! You’ll be completely erased, got that?” commanded Gerald.
“I… I’ll talk! J-just flip to the fifteenth page of that book! Once you get to that page, place your hand on it…!” yelled the terrified girl as she began pointing toward an ancient-looking book on one of the shelves.
Grabbing it, Gerald then asked, “This sutra?”
“Y-yeah!” whimpered the girl as Gerald did as she instructed…
All of a sudden, a rumble was heard and shortly after, bricks began to shift! By the end of it, a small space was revealed! Upon peering inside, Gerald was greeted by the sight of a few neatly arranged drawings… and once he gave them a better look, Gerald’s eyes instantly lit up.
One of the drawings showed the exact location of the ancient general’s tomb! There were even instructions on how to get to the main chamber! Everything was here!
Delighted, Gerald quickly began making a copy of all the information and once he was done, he returned all the paintings to where he found them. While doing so, however, he noticed the presence of
what appeared to be a bottle of medicine within the room. Raising a slight brow, Gerald then popped the bottle’s cover open to have a sniff and shortly after, a strong demonic spirit entered his nose! From the looks of it, the Zandts used this to cultivate.
Regardless, after placing it back, Gerald walked up to the mirror again before saying, “Alright, I’ll be asking you a few other questions. If you cooperate and answer me honestly, I’ll free you from the mirror so that you can finally reincarnate!”
“R-really?! Then ask away! I’ll share anything I know!”
“For starters, who exactly is the owner of the Trilight Church? The one backing the Zandts,” replied Gerald.
“She’s an extremely powerful cultivator, though she’s actually working for someone else. The true person in charge is not only the actual owner of the Trilight Church, but he’s also the one who sealed my soul in this mirror! Honestly, his cultivation level is about the same as yours, so you know he’s powerful! That aside, I don’t know much else about them since I was given away after being trapped in this mirror… You should know that I’ve had to pretend to be innocent this entire time just to survive!” explained the child.
“You don’t even know that much about them? Then why were you sealed?” asked
Gerald with a slight frown.
“Because I know his big secret… You see, those two used the lives of my entire village in order to cultivate… I was the only remaining survivor, though they eventually sealed me in here… Either way, know that you’re the first to hear this secret!” replied the girl.
“I see… Alright, one final question. Is the headless general really that powerful?” asked Gerald.
Gulping in fear, the girl quickly whispered, “Of course he is. Not even the one who sealed me in this mirror can match him! With that said, you’ll probably have a hard time with the general as well! You should know that the general is actually a demon, just like that man!”
“Oh? Is that so? So you’re saying that after many, many years, the headless general has managed to cultivate from a corpse into a corpse demon?”
“That’s about the gist of it!”
“Hmm… Do you know the name of that man? Can’t be deal with the general? Also, do you know what kind of demon he is?” asked Gerald as he continued piecing more of the puzzle together. There was never any harm in taking the time to fully understand what one was dealing with.
“I don’t really have the answer to most of those, though I do know that he wanted to enter the tomb some five hundred years ago. He eventually gave up since he was unable to deal with the headless general. That aside, while I don’t know his real name, when I was still alive, I heard a guest call him Mr. Z.” replied the girl.
“Loud and clear. Still, I do wonder how Freyr was able to get out alive when the headless general is this powerful…”
“He obviously didn’t encounter the headless general! I bet he was just beaten by a regular demon in the tomb! If he really did encounter the headless general, he’d be dead by now!” replied the child.
Chapter 2445
The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2445
“Fair enough. Either way, you’ve helped me a great deal, so I’ll do as I promised!” said Gerald with a subtle smile. Following that, he began chanting a spell and soon after, a beam of light shot into the mirror!
He was using a secret charm of the Velement Method to extract the girl’s soul out of the mirror and shortly after, the excited girl stepped out while asking, “A-am I really free…?”
“You are. That aside, I’ll also be reciting a transcendental incantation for you so that you can finally undergo reincarnation,” replied Gerald as he began chanting again to form a formation.
Listening as Gerald chanted, the girl found herself slowly fading and it wasn’t long before she completely disappeared in a puff of smoke.
With that done, Gerald didn’t plan to stay any longer. After all, the less troubles he bumped into, the better. Just as he was about to leave, however, he heard footsteps slowly approaching him, followed by someone saying, “Is anyone there…?”
‘I need to hide!’ Gerald thought to himself as be rapidly chanted a spell that teleported him behind one of the wooden cabinets! Since he could freely use the five natural elements to supplement the transportation technique, it wasn’t hard for Gerald to conceal himself.
Regardless, it was only a few seconds later when Elain walked in and looked around. Once she was sure that nobody was around, she grabbed the sutra book that Gerald had previously opened before
flipping to the fifteenth page. This, of course, opened the secret vault again, and upon entering, she took the bottle that Gerald had earlier sniffed-out.
“I feel like my body has been brimming with essential qi of late… Maybe my cultivation level will improve soon!” muttered Elain to herself as she carefully carried the bottle out.
Though Gerald truly didn’t plan to cause any trouble, this was his first time encountering demonic cultivators. Due to that, he ended up giving in to curiosity, leading to him following Elain out to see how the medicine was actually used.
After leaving the secret room, Elain headed straight for the backyard. By this point, it was already dusk, and the sky was growing darker by the second. The important thing to note, however, was the fact that there appeared to be some kind of priestess sitting cross legged on a big stone who had a horsetail whisk in hand.
She was Master Trilight, and upon seeing Elain, she was promoted to say, “There you are. Did you bring the medicine over? If so, we can continue cultivating right away. I can see that you’ve collected quite a bit of masculine aura recently. I hope you remember that failing to dissolve that aura using the method I taught you and transforming it into a source of power in time will result in you exploding!”
“I haven’t forgotten, Master!” replied Elain as she took a seat before revealing the medicine. Upon opening the bottle, a green stream of gas began flowing into her body.
“Excellent. Now, try dissolving the masculine aura by using the breathing technique I taught you. The medicine should help.”
Upon hearing that, Elain did as Master Trilight instructed and about half an hour later, Elain who’s previously green face had turned white slowly opened her eyes again.
Seeing that, Master Trilight was prompted to say, “Things seem to be going smoothly. Even so, I want you to continue using this method to cultivate tonight till your masculine aura is fully dissolved. Speaking of which, while you were collecting masculine aura in the past ten days, did you make sure to write down the names of the ten individuals you collected the auras from? If so, hand it to me. I wish to give them blessings!”
“I have! Here’s the name list, master. I’ve also made sure to hand them a lot of money!”
“Excellent. Always remember that as cultivators, we need to respect both the lives of others, as well as the laws of heaven and earth. Naturally, we should prioritize helping those on the list! After all, you’re not exactly a professional yet, which is why I always ask you for the name list. That way, not only will I be able to give them blessings, but I’ll also ensure that you did everything right!” explained the priestess in a serious tone.
“Such benevolence and righteousness… I still have much to learn from you, Master…!”
“But of course! Either way, go ahead and continue cultivating first while I head off to give those children my blessings. Speaking of which, remember not to meet any of them till the three year period is up. After all, if you do so before you fully recover, your masculine aura will stunt their recovery!”
“Understood!” declared Elain, prompting Master Trilight to wave her hand and just like that, the priestess had vanished.
“Name list? Blessings? With that dense demonic spirit within Master Trilight..?!” muttered the anxious Gerald to himself.
It was clear that all that priestess had said was bullsh*t.
After all, Gerald hadn’t even heard of masculine aura being able to stunt recovery! Regardless, rather than giving those individuals blessings, she was definitely going to absorb the remaining masculine aura out of them! Those ten people were going to die just so that the priestess could increase her cultivation!