Chapter 324 Visitors from the East

Chapter 324 Visitors from the East
At this moment, the fireplace made an untimely hissing sound again, and with a bang, green flames erupted with tongues of teeth.

A wizard wearing dark golden robes slowly walked out.

The wizard's face was covered with wrinkles like old trees, and his long black and white hair was tied up high with a bamboo hairpin. From the outside, he looked older than Newt and Charlus, probably the same as Dumbledore. Lido is almost the same.

But his old face did not give people a feeling of sluggishness. On the contrary, like Dumbledore, this man had a very strong aura as soon as he stood up, and everyone present held their breath. Focus on him.

Obviously, this is a powerful wizard, not much different from Dumbledore, and his temperament and gorgeous clothes reveal his noble status overtly and covertly - only those who are accustomed to his position The temperament that only a high-ranking person has, this is what most people think at this moment.

It can be seen from the expressions of everyone present that most people have obviously recognized the identity of this wizard. At the same time, the surprise written on their faces also shows that his arrival is beyond everyone's expectation. Except for Dumbledore.

The wizard obviously felt something was wrong in the atmosphere, but he didn't seem to mind. He still greeted everyone with a faint smile on his face, "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen!" He cleared his throat, " Please forgive me for traveling all the way here, and I deeply apologize for interrupting your conversation with my sudden appearance - it seems... I came at a bad time?"

Dumbledore's face showed an expression of happiness that could not be concealed at first, but then there was a little doubt in his eyes. He took a careful look at the fireplace in the principal's office to confirm that the flames had receded, and then said: "Oh! My Old friend, thank you very much for coming - as you said, it has been almost 70 years since the last Phoenix summons... We haven't seen each other for so long, so naturally we have a lot to say..."

"Oh? Really?" There was a strange look in the wizard's eyes and a playful expression on his face, but he did not delay on this topic. He directly changed the topic and said: "Dumbledore, I know what you are thinking. What, you don’t have to wait any longer—I’m the only one today…”

"Liu, what's going on?" Dumbledore frowned deeply, obviously this was somewhat beyond his expectation.

In this world, due to the appearance and disruption of Schelling, the situation faced by the Order of the Phoenix is ​​far worse than in the original work - and the complexity of the situation in the Wizarding World far exceeds the description in the original work, whether it is the third project of the Goblet of Fire Those ancient lost black magic, ancient ferocious plants that appeared in it, or Grindelwald’s mysterious escape from prison after decades without a wand, and Hermione Granger’s murder in the Hogwarts Castle built by herself. People kidnapped...

All of this gave Dumbledore an extremely bad feeling.

Although he currently has no direct contact or conflict with the Shadow of the Dragon or the Knights of Walpurgis, it is not difficult to guess with his wisdom that their presence must be behind the bizarre events in the wizarding world in recent years. .

Therefore, unlike him in the original work, he decisively used the "Phoenix Summoning Order" that he never used until his death in the original work. The result is that the Order of the Phoenix in this world is far stronger than in the original work. .

The last time the "Phoenix Calling Order" was activated, it dates back to the time when Grindelwald first summoned his global supporters in Paris - that time Nicolas Flamel and the Charms Professor in North America Eulalie Hicks once had a conversation about how to deal with it, and that conversation also laid the foundation for the group that was later led by Newt to resist Grindelwald.

But even that time, it did not alarm the wizards in the circle except Europe and North America.

This shows how determined Dumbledore was this time - he directly activated the highest-level "Phoenix Calling Order" and invited this important figure in the Eastern wizarding world to come over.

The full name of the wizard named "Liu" by Dumbledore is Liu Tao, and he met Dumbledore when he was young. In the Fantastic Beasts movie, Liu Tao appears as the Chinese Minister of Magic and interacts with Grindelwald, Vicincia Santos ran for the position of President of the International Confederation of Wizards. Although he did not have a single line of dialogue in the entire play, and eventually lost to Santos in the election, he is actually a leading figure in combat magic in the Eastern wizarding world, and is one of the two gods of war alongside Japan's Kaguya Yagyu.

Regardless of his own combat prowess, the Liu family he came from is also one of the pure-blood families with the longest heritage and the most powerful ones in China.

There are many legendary wizards from the ancestors of the Liu family, the most famous of whom is Liu Xiu, the great mage of the Han Dynasty.

Wizards in that era were not as feared by ordinary Muggle people as they are today. In addition to being a powerful wizard, Liu Xiu was also an excellent emperor. In his famous battle, the "Battle of Kunyang", he used the "Mist Summoning Technique" and the "Meteor Summoning Technique" to create the largest battle in Chinese history with the most disparity in military strength, in which fewer troops defeated more.

Compared with the Western world, China's wizarding world is relatively low-key and mysterious. There are not many pure-blood families that can be compared with the Liu family in terms of external popularity. However, the Zhang family, which inherited Zhang Guo from the Tang Dynasty, is definitely powerful and can be said to be. One.

Five years ago, when Harry was still in school, some scum in the Chinese wizarding world broke out a zombie rebellion in the western Hunan region. Dumbledore, who was the president of the International Federation of Wizards at the time, was invited to assist the Chinese Ministry of Magic. quell riots. In that incident, Dumbledore also established a close friendship with the Liu and Zhang families who also participated in the operation.

According to Dumbledore's guess, as long as the Liu family sends Liu Tao, who is good at dueling, and the Zhang family sends Zhang He, a master of transformation who is famous for his transformation skills, this will be enough to continuously increase the strength of the Order of the Phoenix by several levels.

What's more, Zhang He and he are both masters of transfiguration and often have academic exchanges. His granddaughter is also studying at Hogwarts. At the beginning of this year, he even visited him during the Quidditch World Cup - he Having used the highest-level "Phoenix Summoning Order", he was obviously in a very troublesome situation. It was the moment when help was urgently needed. In any case, he was not expected to be absent from such an important occasion.

"Zhang... is he really not coming?" Although Dumbledore was mentally prepared, he still asked persistently.

Liu Tao shook his head slightly and said softly: "He will not come..." Liu Tao continued: "Maybe you are busy and have not noticed that, in fact, in the past few years, he has been listed in the Phoenix Contact Book quite a lot. Show less..."

"I heard..." Liu Tao took a deep look at Dumbledore and said with an unclear expression on his face: "He is very close to the Malfoy family here in Great Britain... To be precise, he should be with the Malfoy family. There is a close relationship with a certain young man in the Malfoy family, um... that is the young wizard who just recently won the Triwizard Tournament and is in great power... Sherrin Malfoy..."

Dumbledore took a deep breath.

He firmly believed in Liu Tao's words.

Faced with his own invitation and request for help, Zhang He had no reason not to come based on the relationship between the two of them - no matter how busy he was, he would have asked someone to bring a letter to him. There was only one explanation for his direct absence - It was not his own will to be invited.

Dumbledore had long known that Schelling had established his own circle in the international academic community, but he had no idea that Schelling's influence would be enough to influence a master-level figure - you know, the whole world can be called a shapeshifter. There are less than ten characters who are masters of magic!