“Xavia’s in Yanken?” He was stunned just hearing that name again. He hadn’t heard from her for months. He felt a sudden excruciating pain in his heart. After all, he had been a couple with Xavia for two years. His memories at Mayberry University mostly consisted of both of them being together. However, she had severely hurt his feelings. At one point, Gerald felt only resentment toward her. After he revealed his identity as Mr. Crawford to her, he became quite cold toward Xavia. She received such a great blow from that, that she dropped out of university. Since that happened, any resentment he had for her ceased to exist. He was instead filled with self-reproach. In the past, he had nothing. Yet Xavia didn’t dislike him for that. She still chose to be with him. They had their meals together, and even went shopping together. While it was true that Xavia had changed in the end, she was much better compared to Alice and the others. After all, she hadn’t been disgust
He made the promise without even the slightest hesitation. It was much better than telling Felicity that he was actually Ordinary Man. But now wasn’t the time for that. Now was the time for Felicity to ask her fans to look for Giya. After he descended the stairs, the other could see that Gerald clearly had something weighing on his mind. As he paced around slowly, both Felicia and Quade followed closely behind him. Felicia kept alternating between poking Quade and nudging her head toward Gerald’s back. It was clear that Quade wanted to say something to Gerald. Quade, however, definitely looked like he didn’t dare to go up to Gerald. “Quade, it’s really no big deal. Go ahead and talk to Gerald about it!” said Tammy as she sighed, looking at the two. She couldn’t bear seeing them act so sneakily behind Gerald anymore. Gerald heard his name being called and he turned around. Behind him, he saw Felicia poking Quade while both of them stared back. Gerald was slightly confu
“Sharon, you- You! How dare you slap me! Hayward this b*tch just slapped me!” While she said that, Lilian looked at Hayward while cupping a hand over her hurt cheek. However, Hayward only averted his gaze. It was clear whose side he was on. “I… I see… So that’s how it is… To think that I was that blind before to not be able to see what kind of person you really were…” Lilian’s voice was quivering. She then turned around and ran away in tears. Sharon slammed her fork and spoon on the table. She was in no mood to enjoy her meal anymore after such a mess. Soon after, both of them left the restaurant. ‘What a pity to see two best friends fighting like enemies now…’ Gerald thought to himself. From what had played out before him, Gerald could get the gist of what had happened among the three. It would seem that Lilian and Sharon were both getting more assertive over Hayward because of the properties that he now owned. In the past when Hayward was still poor, they never tre
Gerald’s voice was filled with anxiety as he asked. The old man simply chuckled as he looked at Gerald. “Why yes, I did. Met her outside Mayberry Station around noon that day, alone. I distinctly remember her because she was so fair, tall, and beautiful. A few people were waiting for her at the station though. After a short chat, she got into their car hurriedly and that was the last time I saw her.” “You seem interested. You know her or something?” asked the old man as he smiled. “We’re acquainted, yes,” said Gerald as he nodded before asking the old man for more details. Based on the old man’s description of the event, the person he had seen that day truly was Giya and the timing was right too. As long as he knew where Giya first went missing, whether she was kidnapped or not, the situation could be resolved rather easily. As he was about to leave, the old man grabbed his arm nervously. “What else do you want?” asked Gerald. “My grandson, you’re a very kind man… May I
“…Hey. That’s Gerald isn’t it?” said a man who recognized the cycling figure in the rain. “I think you’re right! Oh god, he’s cycling in such heavy rain! And he seems to be rushing as well!” “I heard he won a car or something but it turns out that he’s as shabby as ever!” “Yeah. To think I once admired him the moment I found out he had won a lottery.” The group of women there began discussing Gerald. All ten of those standing by the door were his classmates. The counselor, as most would have guessed by now, was none other than Cassandra. It just so happened that Cassandra was moving into a new house again today. She didn’t need to live in the faculty apartment anymore. Since St. Cloud Neighborhood was a luxurious neighborhood, the house had cost around four hundred thousand dollars. Cassandra had been working as a lecturer in the university for some time now. She had even established her own online shop, working as an online seller. With the help of Felicity promoting
Though Gerald was relieved, he still felt the need to see her with his own eyes before believing it. As he walked forward under the umbrellas held by the two guards from before, the guards who had guarded the door lined up in two rows, bowing respectfully as he walked past them. Inside, a few bodyguards who were dealing with the final procedures of the operation ran over when they saw Gerald entering. Just like the guards standing guard over the entrance, those present inside stood in two lines respectfully before bowing as well. “Mr. Crawford!” they shouted in unison. Tammy, Giya’s parents, and a few others were present in the room when that scene happened and they all looked at Gerald in shock. “Mr. Crawford?...” “Gerald… He’s that Mr. Crawford?” Tammy and the other girls she had brought along all quivered in fright. They now knew who his true identity was. Gerald didn’t bother about it since he wasn’t worried about Tammy and her group of friends at all. Howeve
“You’re right! Look at all the luxurious cars!” said the other girl. Lilian was momentarily stunned out of her daze when she saw that they were telling the truth. All of them were Maybach cars and every single one of them was worth as much as a single housing unit on the street they were currently in. Imagine getting married to a person from such a rich and powerful family… How envious the others would feel. Lilian sighed internally. ‘That god d*mn Sharon… I’m much more beautiful than she is yet Hayward still chose her! That b*tch!’ ‘The only thing Sharon is good at is pretending!’ Lilian was here because she had rented a house alongside her two other female colleagues there. Looking at all the Maybach cars refueled Lilian’s jealousy toward Sharon and she fumed. Soon after, the cars all left and everything returned to normal. As for Yacob, naturally, he was taken away by the police. The very next day, Gerald immediately headed to the hospital after he woke up to vis
Unfortunately, her condition had only worsened by the time her roommates woke her up. Her roommates then immediately rushed her to the hospital. Now that she had the drip on, she was finally starting to feel a little better again. Unexpectedly, she bumped into Gerald here! “Well, my friend’s been hospitalized here. I’m about to get her some porridge now,” said Gerald as he smiled. “Gerald? Oh! Is this the Gerald from your class who keeps running errands for rich heirs?” said one of the girls as she looked at Gerald with contempt. “Quilla! What are you talking about?” said Lilian in embarrassment. “What? Isn’t this the guy? Look, he’s even running an errand for a rich heir now! He said he was getting porridge for someone, remember?” sneered Quilla. Lilian’s face alternated between turning red and pale, unsure which emotion she should be feeling first. Quilla had always been like this. She had been this straightforward for as long as Lilian knew her. Honestly, Quill
Watching in fury as his black air blade dissipated, Daryl roared, “W-what power…!” As Daryl was too shocked to move, Gerald took the chance to yell, “Attack…!” And just like that, a blazing light momentarily lit the entire sky…! As surges of energy shot out in all directions, Daryl’s devilish formation was reduced to dust in a matter of seconds! “No…!” howled the anguished Daryl as the earth beneath him cracked and clouds of dust flew everywhere! It was chaos incarnate… yet moments later, everything fell deathly silent. Gerald himself had already vomited a pool of blood by now, and as he fell unconscious, he could feel his body freezing up… Fast forward to three years later, Mayberry Commercial Street was as lively as ever… “Darling, it’s your brother’s wedding day today… Shouldn’t we head over earlier? You’ve been dolling yourself up for ages!” “Fine, dad… Though, isn’t Second Uncle already there to help set things up? That aside, my brother’s gone through so many hardsh
‘Daryl’s been possessed by the Supreme Devilish Lord for ages, and the lord himself has been using your grandfather’s body to attempt his resurrection! This cycle has been repeating for years, and the Supreme Devilish Lord has already captured many people with Yin physiques but thankfully failed! This grew so out of hand that the Soluna Deus Sect, or Sun League as you call them, have actively been trying to force the Supreme Devilish Lord to show himself!’ ‘In order to further deter the Supreme Devilish Lord’s efforts, they’ve even been kidnapping people with Yin physiques! Do you see the entire picture now, boy?’ explained Finnley. ‘…So that’s the truth… Then, how’s Mila?’ asked Gerald. ‘She’s fine, but your reunion depends on whether we can destroy him this time!’ replied one of the white-robed ladies. That was relieving to hear… Still, as it turned out, the Sun League weren’t villains at all! They had simply been abducting people like his second uncle, Mila, and Leo for the
His chest felt like it was exploding, and it didn’t take long for blood to spurt out of his mouth. What immense devilish power…! Following a sneer, the Nirvadevil sect’s master scoffed, “I know you raised your cultivation level this high because you want to learn more about the Sun League, but you should understand that devilish cultivators will always be stronger! Did you really think that acquiring the angelic inheritance would give you absolute power? How laughable! Your Herculean Primordial Spirit won’t save you this time!” Furrowing his brows, Gerald retorted, “…Who on earth are you? How do you know me so well? In fact, how do you know about my Herculean Primordial Spirit?” Laughing in response, the master then said, “Oh, you’ll know who I am soon! But before that, allow me to snatch your Herculean Primordial Spirit! I need to destroy it so that the sacred Primordial Devilish Internal Pellet can reign supreme…!” Upon hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but frown even more.
“…This formation. It feels… familiar,” muttered Sanchez. “Same thought here. I think it’s the Septelic Perishment Formation of the ancient Black Dragon Sect!” replied Gerald. “Ah, no wonder it felt so familiar… Though, wasn’t this formation lost to time ages ago? How did you learn of it?” asked the surprised Sanchez. The formation had been a legendary one that, as Sanchez had said, had been lost at the end of the ancient era. Just from its name alone, one could imagine that this immensely powerful formation had been used against the people of the Deitus Realm. In the end, however, the allies of the Deitus Realm still managed to destroy the Black Dragon Sect, thus leading to the destruction of all the sect’s other mysterious and bizarre formations… Naturally, they had made sure to obliterate all of them to ensure that nobody in the future would be able to threaten them like that again in the future… Whatever the case was, Gerald was quick to reply, “I read about it somewhere. Ho
Upon hearing Gerald’s question, Lord Ethern was prompted to reveal a few samples of the herbs they were locating… and it wasn’t long before Gerald felt his eyes twitch. After all, those samples were herbs inherited by the ancient witches… In other words, they were the ones he was for as well! Naturally, Marcel recognized them as well, and he was quick to say, “…These…” Noticing how the two were looking at the herbs, Darkwind muttered, “…I take it that the herbalist they’re looking for really is Ms. Phoebe, Mr. Crawford?” “…Well, it’s hard to say if she is since Marcel already said that the timing wasn’t right… Regardless, this is an important clue. Lord Ethern, was it? Could you elaborate a bit more on your master?” muttered Gerald as he turned to face the man again. “I really can’t say…! Look, Master always appears before us in a shadowy form, so none of us have ever seen his face!” replied Lord Ethern while shaking his head. “…Is that the truth?” “I swear on my life!” exc
“Flaxen, you bloody traitor…!” roared the three other lords who grew so angry that their faces went red!However, they had no time to remain angry since the Blancetnoir Double Lords and Sanchez had already made their move! As one would expect, it only took a single round for all three of the lords to crumble to the ground.With his eyes wide open, Lord Ethern stuttered, “Who… Who the hell are you people…?!”“You don’t need to know that information. That aside, tell us what you four are planning to do already,” scoffed Gerald as he slowly approached the three defeated men.“…Who the hell do you think you are? What makes you think I’ll comply so easily?” growled Lord Ethren.Upon hearing that, Gerald raised his hand… and within a split second, Lord Ethern let out a bone-chilling wail. The Blancetnoir Double Lords had just snapped both of the poor man’s arms!“If you want your other limbs intact, don’t make me repeat the question,” growled Gerald.Now terrified, the agonized man replied,
From what Gerald could tell, all of them were devilish cultivators. After all, their auras were way different compared to regular cultivators like Gerald and demonic cultivators like Sanchez. Though he had read about devilish cultivators before in one of Uncle Zeman’s books, this was his first time actually coming across them. It was a while later when the frowning Sanchez muttered, “So, they want to ambush some herb lady… Is she the one we’re looking for?” Sanchez, for one, had pretty much been frowning throughout his journey with Gerald. His only hope at the moment was for Gerald to find the person he was looking for as soon as possible. Otherwise, who knew how long that boy would continue controlling his life! Regardless, Marcel was quick to add, “I had the same thought, Mr. Crawford. After all, Phoebe excels not only in pharmacology, but also in all sorts of special techniques and formations!” Watching as Gerald nodded, the Blancetnoir Double Lords couldn’t help but scoff,
There were two straightforward purposes of the trip. The first was to find Phoebe, the descendant of the ancient witches. Only by finding her would Gerald have a chance to locate Daryl’s hideout… Hopefully the Yinblood pellet—that was now in his hands—would aid with that effort… As for the second goal, he was hoping to retrieve the inheritance according to the Zearl’s instructions. After all, he’d only stand a fighting chance against Daryl and the Soluna Sect after getting the inheritance. While it was true that Gerald’s cultivation level was currently one of the highest in all of the cultivation realm, the fact remained that Daryl practiced devilish cultivation, and those from the Soluna Deus Sect were already in the Deitus Realm. In other words, he was merely an ant to them, which was why he was making sure to fully prepare himself before confronting them. Though he now had Sanchez and the Blancetnoir Double Lords under his command, he still felt that he was underprepared… Re
Now that all three of them had been subdued with the Nineraid Band, the other big shot cultivators couldn’t help but stare enviously at Gerald, knowing full well that they’d never be able to obtain his angelic artifacts. After all, if he could take down the Blancetnoir Double Lords and Sanchez, then what chance did they have? By this point, Sanchez had managed to get to his feet, albeit with quite a bit of difficulty. Naturally, he no longer dared to make any rash moves on Gerald. Instead, he was prompted to resentfully say, “You’re really something else, Gerald…! It makes me wonder why you still need our help. After all, not only are you the sole person who knows the secrets of the general’s tomb, but you also possess those angelic artifacts!” “Oh, don’t you worry about that. With how powerful you three are, I’m sure you’ll become indispensable assistants as we head to the North Desert in search of a certain someone! Speaking of which, if you’re already thinking about killing me t