Grand Return System

A Gift for His Second Student

After studying the weapon for a while, Leon returned it to Selena and said, "Yes, this sword is not bad. Using this sword is just right for your current cultivation. I think it will be easier if I face opponents of the same level in the future."

Selena carefully received the sword back.

Her fingers tightened around its hilt.

The weapon still carried a faint chill from the Martial Emperor Tomb, and the murderous aura hidden within it seemed to whisper against her palm. Yet compared with the moment she had first obtained it, the sword now felt far more obedient.

There was no longer that oppressive sensation of something ancient and dangerous staring back at her.

Leon had removed the hidden evil thoughts from it.

What remained was pure killing intent.

Sharp.

Cold.

Clean.

Selena’s blue eyes brightened.

She had not risked her life inside that dangerous tomb for nothing.

The journey had been filled with dangers that even she did not dare underestimate. There had been moments when one wrong step could have meant death.

Now, holding the sword in her hands, she finally felt that everything had been worth it.

She lowered her gaze to the weapon for a moment before carefully storing it away.

Leon noticed the faint smile at the corner of her lips.

He smiled as well.

His student had grown considerably stronger.

That alone was enough to make him satisfied.

"Rias, what about you?"

Leon turned his attention toward his second student.

Rias had been standing quietly beside Selena.

Her long red hair flowed gently over her shoulders, catching the sunlight that entered through the windows. Her large red eyes curved slightly when she smiled, giving her an innocent and charming appearance despite the powerful aura that now surrounded her.

She had clearly been waiting for Leon to ask.

Rias smiled gently and took something from her storage treasure.

It was a bell.

The bell was small and exquisitely crafted.

Its surface carried delicate patterns that seemed to shift whenever the light touched them. A faint spiritual fluctuation spread from it, subtle but unmistakably powerful.

Leon reached out and accepted it.

He turned the bell over in his hand and examined it carefully.

After a moment, his eyes narrowed slightly.

This was a supreme-grade treasure.

It could not be called a Martial Emperor artifact.

There was still a considerable difference between the two.

However, that did not mean it was weak.

On the contrary, it was an excellent supplementary Dharma artifact.

The material was extraordinary, and the internal formation was also quite sophisticated.

After examining it for a little longer, Leon returned the bell to Rias.

He did not immediately comment.

Instead, he lowered his gaze and thought about it seriously.

The difference between his two students’ gains was obvious.

Selena’s harvest from this expedition to the Martial Emperor Tomb had been considerably greater.

She had obtained the Red Abyss Sword.

A genuine Martial Emperor-level weapon.

Rias, on the other hand, had not obtained a Martial Emperor artifact.

But there was something else that surprised Leon.

Her cultivation.

Leon quietly sensed her aura.

His expression changed slightly.

Astral Realm, nine stars.

Very fast.

It was really quite fast.

When Rias had left the Amethyst Summit Division, she had only been at one star.

Now, in the blink of an eye, she had reached nine stars of the Astral Realm.

The difference was enormous.

Even Leon had not expected her cultivation to rise this quickly.

She must have obtained something inside the Martial Emperor Tomb.

Perhaps it was an inheritance.

Perhaps it was some kind of hidden opportunity.

Whatever it was, it had clearly benefited her tremendously.

Leon glanced toward Selena again.

She was currently at two stars of the GrandMaster Realm.

She had only advanced by one minor realm.

At first glance, her improvement seemed inferior to Rias’s.

But Leon knew better.

It was already extremely terrifying.

The higher one’s cultivation became, the harder it was to advance.

Every single star required an enormous accumulation of Mana.

It was not something that could simply be solved by swallowing a few pills.

More importantly, Selena had entered the GrandMaster Realm before this expedition.

Breaking through another star at this level was far more difficult than advancing several stars in a lower realm.

One had to know that Kevin had entered the GrandMaster Realm before Selena.

Yet at this moment, Kevin was still only at one star of the GrandMaster Realm.

Selena had already surpassed him.

Leon could not help smiling.

His eyes held a trace of satisfaction.

His students were growing.

That was what mattered.

He did not care whether their cultivation increased by one star or ten.

As long as they continued walking forward, sooner or later they would reach heights that even the older generation could only look up to.

"Okay..."

Leon pondered for a moment.

His gaze slowly shifted toward Rias.

Then he reached into his storage jade.

A faint flash of light appeared.

Something emerged into his hand.

It was a small dagger.

The moment it appeared, the temperature in the room seemed to drop.

The dagger was exquisitely crafted.

Its body was slender and dark, with a cold metallic sheen running along its edge.

There was nothing flashy about it.

Yet the moment Rias looked at it, her expression became serious.

The weapon carried an extremely frightening killing intent.

It was not the wild and uncontrolled kind of murderous aura that ordinary weapons possessed.

This killing intent was condensed.

Hidden.

Almost silent.

But that made it even more dangerous.

This was the Heaven Cleaver Dagger.

The first time Leon had encountered it, he had suffered a considerable loss.

He still remembered the danger.

The dagger had looked small and harmless, but its lethality was terrifying.

If its wielder cultivated several more secret methods and learned how to properly draw out its power, its killing ability could become even more frightening.

Leon studied the dagger for a moment.

Then he looked toward Rias.

She seemed to understand what he was thinking.

"Teacher..."