The Invisible Mogul novel Chapter 1457

“You truly have good judgment, Master Crawford… It was about half a year ago when I bumped into that exceptional person… My family has always revered martial arts skills, you see, and I have a lot of disciples who serve as my subordinates… Regardless, the exceptional person was hired by our family’s enemy to assassinate me in secret. After all, with me gone, my family would certainly fall into ruin! Still, that person was extremely powerful… Despite owning over twenty exceptional subordinates, none of them could even get close to that immensely skillful man!”

“Eventually, my son and dozens of bodyguards had to risk their lives to allow me to escape with my life intact. However, even though I managed to run far, I still ended up getting attacked and injured by his essential qi! Even though the essential qi had only brushed against me gently, I still ended up almost dying on the spot!” explained the old man, fear reflected in his eyes.

It was evident that the incident had left a psychological scar on Terrence, and Gerald simply nodded in understanding. After all, he, of all people, knew that there was a vast difference between people who owned essential qi and ordinary folk.

Even so, there was an unwritten rule stating that those who owned essential qi weren’t allowed to interfere too much in the affairs of ordinary people. Since the rule was mostly abided by, this was honestly the first time Gerald had heard about such an incident.

As he thought about it, Gerald remembered his uncle telling him—a while back—that the most powerful people didn’t come from cryptic families, even though cryptic families were known to be extremely powerful within certain areas. Regardless, those from such families were far from being the cream of the crop.

After all, he had come across locals before who had truly trained themselves to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Despite not coming from Jaellatra, they had essential qi, similar to his uncle’s.

With that in mind, the world truly was an enormous place… Gerald was no longer as ignorant as he had been in the past anymore… He now knew that his enemies from before were far from being at the top of the world…

“Regardless, following that, my family’s properties were snatched away from me, Master Crawford! Unable to do anything on my own, I’ve placed all my hope on my granddaughter… That’s why I was so willing to kneel here… I was hoping that Master Crawford of the Langvern Church would take her in as his disciple. With any luck, she’d be able to become a person who truly managed to train herself to achieve spiritual enlightenment…” added Terrence.

“I see… Still, you have to take things slow when it comes to things like these. Here, I’ll help you cure your internal injuries first!” said Gerald as he checked the condition of Terrance’s heart.

Realizing that he hadn’t been lying, Gerald thought about how miserable the man must currently be. Adding that to the fact that Gerald had taken Perla as his disciple, he knew he had to at least pay some respect to Terrance.

With that in mind, Gerald then activated his golden eye to begin treating Terrance’s wounds.

According to what Terrance had said, the Sherwins were once a rich and prestigious family in the Jenna Province. However, some trouble that had happened about half a year ago caused the entire family to go downhill. With only a few companies left in hand, the Sherwins were pretty much only comparable to a regular family now.