Chapter 428: The Red Spider Lily

The Red Spider Lily

Rias had just explained that the princes of the Drake Empire possessed enormous territories and extraordinary wealth. Lord James’s territory was no ordinary place either.

He had the resources to support such spending.

Besides, Leon hadn’t forced him to continue bidding.

James had chosen to raise the price himself.

That made the guilt in Leon’s heart disappear rather quickly.

At this moment, Leon only needed to quietly wait for the auction to end and the money to be transferred.

Once the funds arrived, he could directly cash them out and give them away.

It was a simple exchange.

A ridiculous amount of money had been squeezed from James, and Leon had barely spent anything.

However, as Leon considered the Grand Return System, he couldn’t help feeling that the multiplier wasn’t very high.

His purple eyes flickered.

Why don’t I... settle Maya later and bind her to him?

The thought appeared naturally.

Leon fell silent for a moment.

His gaze drifted toward the beautiful woman sitting nearby.

Maya wasn’t present in this room, but the thought of her still surfaced in his mind.

The system’s mysterious power had always been something Leon considered carefully. If he could increase the return through another binding, there was no reason not to consider it.

His lips slowly curled upward.

"Yes, I think it’s feasible..."

The words were spoken softly, almost as though he were convincing himself.

Then, for some reason, he suddenly imagined senior sister’s shy appearance.

The memory made his expression become slightly strange.

A faint sense of guilt settled over his heart.

Leon remained silent for several breaths.

Then he smiled.

Yes, he could do it.

The thought had barely settled when the sound of the auctioneer’s voice once again drifted through the spacious hall.

The auction had not stopped.

One precious item after another continued to appear beneath the dazzling lights, drawing waves of excitement from the cultivators gathered below.

The atmosphere had already recovered from the astonishing four-billion bid from earlier, although the spectators were still whispering about it from time to time.

Everyone had seen enough wealth tonight to make their understanding of money feel somewhat meaningless.

Leon, however, had already lost interest in most of the items.

He sat comfortably in his private room, his long black hair falling over his shoulders and his midnight robes resting loosely around him. Thin amethyst embroideries glimmered along the edges of his sleeves whenever the light shifted.

Selena sat beside him, her long silver-white hair cascading down her back. Her blue eyes remained calm, occasionally following the treasures presented below.

Rias was also quietly watching the auction.

Her long red hair flowed down her back, and her large red eyes moved curiously from one item to another.

Neither woman disturbed Leon.

They knew that when their Teacher showed that expression, he was usually thinking about something.

The auction continued.

The third item passed.

Then the fourth.

The fifth.

The sixth.

None of them managed to stir Leon’s interest.

It wasn’t that the treasures were worthless. On the contrary, many of them would have been considered precious treasures by ordinary cultivators.

But Leon’s standards had long since become completely unreasonable.

The resources he possessed through the Grand Return System and the treasures left behind by Zeon were simply too extraordinary.

Compared with those things, most of the auction’s treasures looked ordinary.

It wasn’t until the seventh item that Leon slowly stood up.

His movement was not hurried.

He simply rose from his chair, his expression changing almost imperceptibly.

Selena noticed it immediately.

Rias also turned her head toward him.

The two women exchanged a brief glance before looking back toward the auction platform.

Something had finally caught their Teacher’s attention.

The hall below gradually quieted.

A few attendants slowly carried a wooden tray onto the stage.

Atop it was a bright red flower.

It was placed carefully on the counter.

The flower looked almost unreal beneath the crystal lights.

Its petals were a deep crimson, curling outward like flames frozen in the instant before they burned. The delicate tips bent gracefully toward the sky, while its slender stem seemed almost too fragile to hold such vivid color.

There was something strangely captivating about it.

Even from a distance, a faint medicinal fragrance drifted through the hall.

The host stepped forward and smiled.

Her long red hair flowed down her back, and her large red eyes moved curiously from one item to another.

"This flower is called Red Spider Lily. Medium-grade spirit medicine. Eating it can increase one’s foundation and comprehension. It’s helpful in increasing one’s cultivation. The starting price is one million taels of silver."

As soon as the host finished speaking, the venue erupted.

"Red spider lily?"

Voices rose from every direction.

Some cultivators leaned forward immediately.

Others whispered among themselves, clearly surprised that such a useful spirit medicine had appeared at the auction.

For cultivators who lacked resources, a medium-grade spirit medicine capable of strengthening one’s foundation and improving comprehension was already extremely valuable.

Even wealthy households would not casually ignore something like this.

Yet Leon’s attention was not focused on the flower’s appearance.

His purple eyes narrowed slightly.

"Red spider lily?"

He looked at the beautiful red flower below the stage and smiled.

There was a faint gleam in his eyes.

It wasn’t greed.

It was recognition.

Selena noticed that change immediately.

She tilted her head slightly, her silver-white hair sliding across her shoulder.

"Teacher, this flower doesn’t seem to be anything special, right?"

Her voice carried genuine curiosity.

From her perspective, the Red Spider Lily was indeed nothing extraordinary.

It was only a medium-grade spirit herb.

To ordinary cultivators, such a thing might be a treasure worth fighting over.

But to them?

It was hardly worth mentioning.

After all, the treasures Leon had casually given them in the past were already far beyond the value of this flower.

Rias seemed to share Selena’s confusion.

Her large red eyes blinked several times as she looked from the flower to Leon.