Chapter 376: Legend of the Temple

Chapter 376: Legend of the Temple
The story of the 28 Holy Pure-Blood Families originated from the book "Pure-Blood Directory" published in the early twentieth century. It records the families that have been passed down since the Middle Ages and still maintain their orthodox bloodlines. There is no unified opinion on the identity of the author. The wizarding world generally believes that it was written by Cantankerus Nott of the Nott family.

The appearance of this book had a far-reaching impact, pushing the pure-blood families of the time to the highest peak of glory in wizarding history.

The grand occasion of the pure-blood families at that time can be seen in the deleted scenes of the third Fantastic Beasts movie, from the lavish banquet held by the Ministry of Magic in 1927. Almost all the guests invited to the party had the surnames of pure-blood families.

All the families included in the list of this book have a long history, profound heritage and strong foundation. The prosperity of the pure-blood families lasted until 1945, when Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald in the epic battle. Under the leadership of Dumbledore, who was close to Muggles, the pure-blood families began to decline.

Not long after that, Voldemort also began to rise, and the pure-blood families seized the opportunity to counterattack the forces close to Muggles in an attempt to restore their former glory - but we all know the final outcome, Voldemort died at the hands of the savior Harry Potter, and except for a few who ran fast, the pure-blood families almost gradually declined and never recovered.

As mentioned before, the true strength of pure-blood families has never been reflected in force and fighting, but in relying on the monopoly of lucrative industries in the wizarding world to control the economic lifeline of the wizarding world, and then possess untold wealth and powerful political influence.

The Malfoy family, to which Sherin came, is such an example. As the family's blood power, the "Magic Eye", was buried in the long river of history, the Malfoy family turned all their energy to the operations of business and politics, relying on the power of money to gain powerful influence.

For example, the Ollivander family, which has a history of more than 2,000 years, relies on controlling the secrets of wand manufacturing and thus creates wealth by monopolizing one-third of the wand industry in Europe.

Okay, let’s get back to Xie Ling.

Since Selwyn's family magic is just average and nothing amazing, and the Selwyn family has been able to survive the test of time and still stand at the top of the pure-blood families, there must be something special about them.

Then there is another possibility -

The core inheritance of the Selwyn family does not lie in the magic used to cast spells, but is more like the Ollivander family, which has mastered some exclusive knowledge that allows it to monopolize a core industry in the wizarding world.

Xie Lin put down the family curse of the Selwyn family and began to search for the information he wanted in the family history documents of the Selwyn family.

He flipped through the pages quickly, his mind running at the fastest speed, and suddenly he saw a mysterious place recorded in the literature - Royston Cave.

前世作为一名成就不凡的冒险家，他曾经和几个伙伴去过这个洞穴，里面除了许多值得考古的古老壁画之外就在没有其他神奇之处，但据他精通考古的同伴所言，那里曾是圣殿骑士团的秘密聚集地之一。

Of course, being born into a magical family in this life and being exposed to the hidden side of the world that the Muggle world has never been exposed to, he also knows more about the so-called Knights Templar.

The Order of the Knights Templar is a monastic military organization that has existed since ancient times. At first, the members of the organization had been operating in secret. It was not until the Middle Ages that the Knights Templar joined forces with the Church and obtained an official status. The ultimate goal of the Knights Templar is to build a "perfect world", and they interpret this as emphasizing purpose, order and control.

On the contrary, most wizards do not have much sense of responsibility or belonging to the world. They just want to hide among the world and live their own lives. They choose to turn a blind eye to the ever-changing technological power of Muggles, and some wizards even pretend to be arrogant and disdainful.

Because of this, the Knights Templar and the wizarding world, which advocates individual freedom of life, have always been mortal enemies with different ideas.

Wait a minute, Schelling's pupils shrank slightly, and he seemed to think of something extraordinary - according to the history that Schelling knew, whether it was the history of Muggles or the history of wizards, the Knights Templar were later suspected by King Philip IV of France because of their excessive power. They were eradicated on the charge of "heresy" and all members of the Knights Templar were burned to death. Among them, before being burned at the stake, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, cursed Philip IV and the then Pope Clement V, saying that they would face eternal judgment within a year. The facts were indeed consistent with this. Clement V finally succumbed to the long-term cancer and passed away a month later, and Philip IV suddenly died of a stroke while hunting six months later.

可是，圣殿骑士团的圣物——圣杯呢？

No matter which record it is, it does not mention the whereabouts of the Holy Grail.

Schelling closed his eyes and began to play Troveen Selwyn's memories scene by scene in his mind. Thanks to Schelling's photographic memory, he was able to replicate Troveen's memories of his long life.

It took Xie Ling a full hour to sort out some scattered clues from his entire life experience.

Although the ancestor of the Selwyn family was a pure-blood wizard, he had dealt with the Knights Templar before and was even one of the financial pillars of the Knights Templar. Later, he was the first to hear the news, so he chose to protect himself and distanced himself from the Knights Templar.

When the Knights Templar were destroyed, he wisely paid a considerable amount of taxes to Philip IV, helping the French dynasty, whose treasury was empty at the time, to overcome the difficulties and avoid the fate of being implicated by the Knights Templar.

He had also secretly inquired about the whereabouts of the Holy Grail, but found nothing until one day, when he accidentally learned that the Knights Templar were targeted ostensibly because of the suspicion of Philip IV, but in fact, there was a mastermind behind the scenes fanning the flames.

The Holy Grail fell into the hands of the mastermind behind the scenes.

This was probably all that Xie Ling could infer from those memory fragments. Xie Ling really had no idea about the true identity of the mastermind behind the scenes.

but--

There can't be so many hidden forces in this world.

Although the Shadow of the Dragon is mysterious enough and has the power, the time period does not match - the fall of the Knights Templar was probably in the fourteenth century, while Morgan le Fay was sealed by Merlin in the eleventh century.

The possibility of Walpurgis is also small. This is because based on Schelling's understanding of Walpurgis, although this organization likes to start wars behind the scenes, looking at Voldemort, Grindelwald, and even some older goblin rebellions, the Italian Civil War, and the genocide of the vampire royal family, they are all wars between wizards and wizards, or wizards and magical aliens.

Using the power of Muggles to destroy a magical organization, even if the one being destroyed is the Knights Templar who are at odds with the wizarding community, is undoubtedly crossing the bottom line and goes against the name "Knights of Walpurgis" which means "protecting wizards."

Then there is one remaining force——

A gleam of brilliance flashed in Sherin's eyes. After defeating the villain Murrick in the illusion created by Gryffindor, he learned from him:

Death Cult.