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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1501

Xylon—the middle-aged man standing upfront—instantly grew curious when he saw how young Gerald actually was.

After all, despite the fact that his son kept addressing him by ‘master’ this entire time, Xylon simply couldn’t

imagine that young man as anything other than completely ordinary. Could his son have somehow been

mistaken…?

While Xylon found himself thinking that, he still shook hands with Gerald rather friendlily in order to express his

gratitude.

However, after having a few more exchanges with Gerald, Xylon—being an elder—couldn’t help but start feeling

slightly contemptuous toward him.

Regardless, after inviting him in for a meal—and finishing it—Xylon brought Gerald and the others for a walk around

the manor to show their new master around.

During the meal, Xylon had mentioned a large and strong stone called the Zekterite, and it was evident that he was

keen on showing it off.

Upon arriving before the stone, Xylon chuckled before declaring, “This is the Zekterite I was talking about, Brother

Gerald! As I’ve said, it’s the hardest stone between heaven and earth! With that in mind, I make sure to bring it

along no matter where I move to!”

Hearing that, Yule—who had been standing beside them—grew increasingly anxious. After all, his father and even a

few of the family elders were already starting to call him ‘brother’ instead of master, and Yule knew how greatly

disrespectful they were being!

Though Yule continually gave his father non-verbal hints to treat Gerald with more respect, Xylon simply pretended

not to see any of his son’s warnings.

Instead, he simply began elaborating on the stone’s history, even though Gerald hadn’t asked for it.

According to rumors, the large stone was first found lying at the very top of Tierson Mountain. By the time it was

found, it appeared that the stone had undergone the essence of life for a very long time, though it still remains

unknown whether it got to that point due to the special aura within it.

Regardless, the stone was well-known for attracting lightning bolts. Despite being a natural lightning rod, not a

scratch ever appeared on the giant stone, regardless of how hard the lightning hit. Due to that, the stone was aptly

named the Zekterite.

With his explanation now complete, Xylon smugly looked at Gerald before saying, “Well, what do you think, Brother

Gerald? This giant stone of mine is truly invaluable, wouldn’t you say?”

Upon hearing that, the other old men who had followed exchanged smiles as well, thinking, ‘You’re just an

immature and inexperienced young man… As if you’d know anything about this great treasure…’

Gerald himself simply returned a wry smile as he nodded before saying, “It does feel invaluable!”

“I knew you’d agree! Still, why do I have a feeling that you don’t actually believe that…? Either way, I remember my

son stating that you had extremely remarkable abilities! Why don’t you show some to us to widen our horizons?”

replied Xylon casually.

“Indeed, Brother Gerald! Why don’t you try splitting the legendary and unbreakable Zekterite for a start?” joked

another old man with a sarcastic smile.

Naturally, Gerald easily saw through the sarcasm, though he couldn’t really blame them. After all, he had promised

to take Yule and his family under his wing—after saving him and his younger sister—in exchange for his family

revering him for the many generations to come. With that in mind, it wasn’t hard to imagine why Xylon and the rest

of the family’s elders couldn’t reconcile with that fact.

In fact, Gerald was already aware of their displeasure from when they were eating dinner earlier. Though they

exchanged simple topics of conversation, not one of them was about him taking them under his wing, and it was

quite obvious that it was a deliberate decision.

Shaking the thought off, Gerald then casually replied, “…The Zekterite truly is one of the hardest things between

heaven and earth… From what I can see, not only does lighting do nothing to it, but cannons wouldn’t be able to

smash it either! After all, the stone’s been absorbing the essence of life for such a long time that it now possesses a

holy spirit. With that said, the Zekterite is only this strong because it’s turned into a holy stone!”

Though Xylon had no idea what Gerald had just said, he simply chuckled before replying slightly sarcastically, “Then

is anything that bears a holy spirit a holy item? If that’s the case, wouldn’t there be many other things that are

equally as difficult to destroy?”

“You don’t seem to be getting my point. How do I put this…? See, while normal items may be difficult to destroy,

you can still inflict damage on them with enough inner strength or with the power of ordinary metals. The same

can’t be said for the stone since it’s a holy item that’s been imbued with a holy spirit between heaven and earth!”

said Gerald.

“Oh? Is that so? Still, doesn’t that mean that you’re just ridiculing us old men for not being strong enough, Brother

Gerald?” replied another old man with a bitter smile on his face.

As the same old man made fun of Gerald before the others, it was evident that they were giving Gerald a warning

that went along the lines of, ‘You’d best choose your words carefully, young man! Stop being so impetuous!’

“Oh, that wasn’t what I was going for. You clearly misunderstood me!” said Gerald.

Hearing that, Xylon and the others’ expressions softened slightly.

Just as they were wondering how Gerald would complete his explanation, Gerald added, “What I meant to say was

that you don’t even deserve to inflict damage upon the stone! Disregarding your strength, there are simply none of

you here who are at the stage where you can even begin dealing damage to it!”