Chapter 2363
The Secretly Rich Man
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2363 âRegardless, with all this information, I think Iâm able to considerably narrow our search for Darylâs lair! â
declared Walter joyously.
ââ¦What do you mean, Uncle Zeman?â asked Gerald with a slightly raised brow.
âWell, you see, the witches had a special method of learning witchcraft. Itâs quite different from cultivation, mind you. After all, when we cultivate, we rely on the holy spirit to align the meridians in our bodies and condense our essential qi. Witches, on the other hand, mainly rely on external things to practice their witchcraft, such as insects, herbs, and even human blood! â
âWhat more, from what Iâve read in a few ancient books, witches used to apparently slaughter young children to maintain the balance of their feminine and masculine energies! Naturally, this enraged the public, which led to them working together with the forces from the ancient cultivating realm to exterminate the witches. But enough about that.â
âThe method the witches used is called the Breeding Refinement Technique. As the name suggests, it involves quite a lot of breeding and refinement. By the end of it, however, witches who underwent the process would find their witchcraft greatly enhanced! Witches who got to this point would truly be masters of planting exotic flowers and fruits, as well as expert breeders of all sorts of supernatural insects, â explained Walter.
ââ¦I see⦠If Yearning Island truly was established using ancient witchcraft, then I see two possible explanations for all this. Either Daryl managed to locate the witchesâ ancient ruins, or that old man found the area where the witches once used for breeding. If the second option is what happened, then Iâm assuming that he used the place as a foundation to build up Yearning Island with the aid of the Witchery Skypit Art!â exclaimed Gerald.
âClever boy! With all that said, since heâs most probably moving all over the place through that method, there really isnât any point in trying to locate him. However, this also tells us that if Yearning Island isnât in the southeast area, then itâs most probably in the North Sea near the Northern Dessert! I also have reason to believe that the place should be surrounded by exotic plants that the witches left behind!
After all, thatâs the only way the Witchery Skypit Art can still exist! â explained Walter.
ââ¦If thatâs the case, then does that mean that Iâll start finding clues of Yearning Islandâs true location once I find exotic plants?â exclaimed Gerald in joy.
No wonder he couldnât find Yearning Island all this time! As it turned out, the islandâs true location had been in the complete opposite direction of where he had been searching! To think that he once thought that locating the Seadom tribe was enough to get him to the islandâ¦
Geraldâs train of thought was cut short when Walter said, âWell⦠it isnât that easy. According to the ancient books Iâve read, such plants are extremely rare. Even if you come across one, you may not recognize it, so the task is rather difficult once you give it some thought. Regardless, you can start by investigating the witchesâ descendants.â
ââ¦Come again? They have descendants?â replied Gerald, clearly surprised to hear that.
âWell⦠hereâs the thing. In an alternate record I found, I read that while most of the witches were exterminated, quite a few from the first lineage were able to escape. If thatâs the case, then those wouldâve been the direct heirs of the witches. Still, itâs been ages since then and I havenât actually heard about any witch descendants⦠Not even my ancestors were able to meet any. Even so, I do have a way of locating them if they still happen to exist.
Will you accept this quest to find them?â asked Walter.
âGo onâ¦â
âYouâll need to find a plant that bears the Divine Fruit! Apparently found in the Northern Dessert, this naturally-growing plant is the only one mentioned in my records regarding witches. Regardless, the witches were said to favor Divine Fruits, using them to nurture their bloodlines as well as to enhance their powersâ¦â said Walterâ¦