The Secretly Rich Man

Chapter 1008

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1008 After saying that, the man who looked to be around ninety actually bowed before Gerald! Though afterhe witnessed all that, it was really no mystery why he did so.

Gerald himself could estimate that Kaleb’s current strength was similar to his own half a year ago. Hecould also tell that Kaleb had already achieved his inner strength.

While he was clearly still weaker than Gerald, with Kaleb’s current capabilities, the old man could verywell be considered to be one of the champions.

With that, the bloodlust in Gerald’s eyes gradually returned to normal. His imposing demeanor slowlydecreased as well, allowing Kaleb to finally heave a long sigh of relief.

“I can tell that you’ve spent many years training in order to achieve your inner strength. It mustn’t havebeen easy, so I won’t kill you. Just go warn the others not to ever try me again!” said Gerald as histemperament fully returned to normal.

“Thank you for sparing my life, and yes, I’ll definitely obey your orders, mister! However, there is onething that I still don’t quite understand,” replied Kaleb with a spark of both excitement and anticipation inhis eyes.

“Go on.”

“You see, after devoting my entire life to martial arts, I was finally able to become one of the championsabout seven years ago. Even so, I still hope to one day be able to have my name written on theWeston Honor Roll in order to make a name for my family’s Ancient Martial Arts. However, as

expected, it’s extremely difficult to get into the honor roll. I’m curious to know what your ranking in thehonor roll is!”

“The Weston Honor Roll? I’ve never heard about such a thing…” replied Gerald rather placidly.

“Well, as long as one is a champion, he or she will naturally have their name added to the WestonHonor Roll. It’s a sort of ranking list that’s controlled by the four major secret societies in Weston. Still,even though it’s evident that you’ve trained a great deal, I find it odd that you aren’t aware of the honorroll! Could it be that you don’t belong to any of the four major societies?” asked Kaleb, astonished.

“There are four major secret societies?”

“Indeed, there are! The families who rule the secret societies are the Yallatons, the Naplocks, theMoldells, and the Fergusons! And here I thought that you were an expert from one of the four majorsecret societies!”

“I’ve only heard about the Moldells!” replied Gerald as he raised a brow slightly.

From what Gerald knew, secret societies truly were extremely mysterious, just as their title suggested.They rarely contacted ordinary people due to a general agreement that their bloodlines were differentfrom the regular folk. As a result, they absolutely looked down on the common folk.

Though they hardly ever appeared before others, secret societies existed all over the world andconsisted of members from all walks of life. They also tended to have histories spanning over athousand years.

Gerald’s introduction to the Moldell family had allowed him to understand how much power andstrength secret societies could hold.

“I see… Regardless, all the people on the honor roll are extremely powerful, and those from the fourmajor secret societies occupy around eighty percent of the members on that list. I personally comefrom the Merrett family, and though I’d like to continue making a name for my family’s Ancient MartialArts, I’m quite ashamed to admit that it isn’t as easy as I thought it’d be. Sadly, there aren’t any otherexisting champions within the Merrett family—to compete for a position within the honor roll—eithersince my ancestors up till my generation have all passed away,” replied Kaleb with a wry smile.

“I see. Regarding the four major societies, how strong is the most powerful person?” asked Gerald.

“I’m not too sure about that… However, according to rumors, there are great masters in the four majorsocieties who are in charge of their respective families. As I said though, what I’ve heard is simply arumor since even those from the four major secret societies can’t discern the authenticity of that claimat all!”novelbin

“Now that you know more about the Weston Honor Roll, I wonder if your name is already on it…Judging from your strength, you should easily be within the top fifty people on the honor roll!” saidKaleb respectfully as he carefully retrieved an old scroll that had been hidden under his sleeve.

Rolling it open for Gerald to see, it seemed that only the top two hundred people would have theirnames recorded on it.

“I haven’t even heard about the Weston Honor Roll before you told me about it… There’s no chancethat my name would be in there…”

As Gerald turned to skim through the scroll, he pointed where the first place was before asking, “…Holdit, why is the first place blank? It almost seems like someone had the name removed deliberately.”

“Ah, well, let’s just say that the person in first place is very mysterious. Based on what my father toldme, the person who was given first place had been near-invincible, even from a young age. Once he

was older, he even dealt with several experts from the four major secret societies on his own! In theend, however, none of them could even come close to defeating him!”

“While many have tried to investigate his background, their attempts always failed since nobody couldlocate where the person even was! As my father said back then, as long as that person remained alive,nobody could be deemed more powerful than he was. Apparently everyone thought so as well, so it’sbecome a tradition for the first place to always remain blank,” explained Kaleb who was clearly veryinterested in things regarding the honor roll.

“I appreciate the explanation,” replied Gerald with a nod.

“Speaking of which, since you spared my life and it’s almost noon, I wonder if I could have the liberty totreat you to a grand feast,” suggested Kaleb who was evidently trying to befriend Gerald.

Since Kaleb knew quite a lot, Gerald felt that he would be able to gather more information on certainthings if he allowed the old man to treat him to lunch. As a result, he simply nodded before saying,“Sure. I’ll just call my friend first to update her on the situation. Give me a moment.”