Chapter 213: Discovering the basilisk, thoughts about the diary's independent personality, and

Lin Xia immediately entered the classroom.

The cold and evil mumbling voice came into her mind intermittently.

"Hungry... Purify... Tear apart..."

"Order... Kill... Kill her..."

Lin Xia immediately turned around and asked the Weasley twins: "Did you hear anything?"

The twins looked confused.

George: "What did you hear?"

Fred: "Nothing."

The two asked in unison: "Did you hear anything?"

Lin Xia frowned, and she finally understood Harry's "bitter" mood.

Only she could hear it, and no one else could hear it. This feeling was really a bit depressing.

Suddenly, she raised her head and looked at the ceiling of the empty classroom.

She practiced the supersensory spell so well that she could launch it with just one thought.

The cold voice did not come again, but under the amplification of the supersensory spell, she heard the sound of some slippery object crawling on the pipe.

The subtle friction sound needed to be amplified several times to be heard.

It can be seen that the surface of this animal is extremely smooth, so the sound of friction is so small.

This strange phenomenon reminded Lin Xia of the last school year, when she occasionally heard this subtle friction sound when she was taking Professor Flitwick's spells class.

But at that time, the sound made by this animal was even smaller, and her ability was insufficient, so she could only capture a little.

Unlike now.

If the animal that made this sound was the one she saw last school year, it would grow very quickly.

Subconsciously, Lin Xia thought: Could it be a basilisk?

Suddenly, the sound turned in a direction, as if it had entered another slide.

Lin Xia immediately walked out of the empty classroom and kept turning left and right following the sound.

The Weasley twins didn't understand why, and followed Lin Xia silently behind.

They could sense that Lin Xia was doing something important, or maybe she had some special sense, so they didn't disturb her.

Time seemed to pass quickly, and it seemed to pass slowly. Lin Xia felt that she had been chasing that sound for a long time.

As it kept sliding through the pipe, she kept looking for its position.

Suddenly, Lin Xia stopped.

Her brows were furrowed, and her expression was solemn.

In this place, the voice suddenly disappeared, and she could not hear anything.

Either the animal had gone to a deeper place, and she was not able to listen, or it suddenly disappeared.

Only then did Lin Xia raise her head and look around to see what kind of place she had come to.

Her expression was slightly condensed, and she looked at the bathroom in front of her.

She was very familiar with this bathroom, because it was the bathroom where Myrtle stayed before her death, and at the same time, it was also the entrance to Salazar's secret room.

The animal actually disappeared in this place... A certain guess jumped into her mind more and more affirmatively.

What she just encountered was probably a basilisk!

A voice broke the silence in the room.

George asked: "Lin Xia, did you find something just now?"

Fred: "I saw that you were very serious and focused, so I didn't dare to disturb you."

Lin Xia thought about it, and didn't hide it from them. She nodded and said: "I have some discoveries, but I'm not sure, so I can't tell you more.

All I can say is that you should go out less at night recently, and don't go to places where abnormal phenomena appear. And that's-"

She paused: "When you encounter danger, you can close your eyes first."

Lin Xia's words made the Weasley twins confused, and they felt that what they said was the same as what they said.

When George and Fred returned to the dormitory, they were still discussing Lin Xia's words.

George: "I heard that she is the descendant of the magical Eastern Warlock, and Eastern Warlocks have a little bit of prophecy blood, so when she speaks occasionally, she will be so mysterious?"

Fred: "George, you shouldn't ask me this question, but ask Ron, Ron knows her better than us."

George agreed: "Yes, in our eyes, we only need to know-"

Fred added: "She is a generous customer!"

On the other side

Nothing happened during the night patrol this time. Lin Xia wrote down the abnormal phenomena she had learned from the Fat Lady on parchment and handed it to Professor McGonagall.

Compared to her ease, Draco looked sad.

After everyone dispersed, Draco returned to the dormitory with Lin Xia, cast an anti-eavesdropping spell around them, and complained to Lin Xia.

"The two hours I spent with Professor Lockhart made me doubt countless times about the standards for recruiting professors at Hogwarts. Why do I feel that he is not even as good as Professor Quirrell?"

At this time, Lin Xia had to stand up for Professor Quirrell.

"Draco, don't underestimate Professor Quirrell.

You know, the You-Know-Who possessed the back of his head at that time. It was not easy for Professor Quirrell to fight him and divide his energy to teach us.

At least in the second half of the last school year, Professor Quirrell's teaching was still very good, but it was a pity that he was too deeply controlled by the You-Know-Who."

Draco immediately changed his words and said, "I never underestimate any professor, but Professor Lockhart is really a bit outrageous. He seems to be more afraid of those anomalies than me!

At the beginning, he stood in front of me pretentiously, patting his chest and saying that he would protect me.

Later, we encountered the first abnormal phenomenon. The sound of a ball jumping suddenly sounded in the corridor.

He was so frightened that he hid behind me and asked me in a panic, where did this sound come from? "

Draco complained: "Since they are all abnormal phenomena, how do I know where it comes from? There is just a sound anyway!"

Lin Xia listened to his endless complaints and combined them with comments such as "a despicable and shameless villain and a master of the Forgetting Curse" given by Zhiming Luopan.

She thought to herself: If she really wanted to ask Professor Lockhart for advice, it would be best to ask for the Forgetting Charm.

This is their special skill!

However, the problem comes again.

Since it is a special skill, how could it be taught to other wizards so easily?

Lin Xia returned to the golden wooden house.

Before practicing, she first opened her diary and communicated relevant news with Tom.

Lin Xia: [The basilisk appears]

A large group of black stains first appeared in the diary. After a while, the black stains were twisted and arranged again.

After the combination of Heizhen was completed, a large paragraph of text appeared in front of Lin Xia.

Lin Xia watched with interest, feeling that Tom's answer methods were more advanced.

Although the forbidden magic text is usually used for isolation, but unknowingly, the diary still draws strength.

Tom: [The basilisk appeared, did you all see it? No, that’s not right, if you saw Him too, you wouldn’t appear here now, but would turn into a stone statue]

Lin Xia corrected: "As long as you don't look into the eyes of the basilisk, it won't turn into a stone statue." I didn't see it specifically, but I heard some kind of sound from it. This is one of my abilities. Anyway, I sensed it, and it was the basilisk]

Tom: [Now that the basilisk has appeared, the secret room must have been opened. Who is the heir? ]

The words "heir" were bolded and enlarged by Tom, showing his great mood swings.

Lin Xia: [What secret room? ]

This sentence completely confused Tom.

The Basilisk appeared, but the Chamber of Secrets didn't?

No, the original order he gave to the basilisk was: every time he takes away a person's life, he will leave a sentence to announce to everyone that the secret room has been opened.

Tom and Lin Xia were understanding each other's situation. Lin Xia talked about her investigation, and Tom realized that the basilisk was only discovered during its activities, but it did not take anyone's life.

Lin Xia: [So what is the secret room? ]

Tom: [This is a very long story. The story begins more than 1,000 years ago. As we all know, Hogwarts was founded by the four greatest wizards at that time. Their names are...

In the first few years, the founders worked harmoniously, looking for young people who showed signs of magic and bringing them to the castle to train them.

But slowly, differences emerged among the founders, and the rift between Slytherin and others grew wider.

Slytherin hoped that Hogwarts would be more selective when recruiting students. He believed that magical education should be limited to purely selected wizarding families. He was unwilling to accept children born by Muggles because he felt that they were unreliable.

Some time later, Slytherin and Gryffindor had a fierce quarrel over this issue, and then Slytherin left the school.

But at the same time, a secret room in Slytherin was also sealed up.

Even the other three wizards didn't know where this room was.

According to this statement, it is not until the real heir of Slytherin comes to the school that he can open this secret room and release the terrifying things inside, allowing it to purify the school and eliminate all those who are not worthy of learning magic]

Lin Xia: [So that scary thing is the basilisk secretly cultivated by Slytherin? ]

Tom: [At present, it should be]

Lin Xia suddenly asked: "Actually, I'm more curious about one thing. Why do you mention the secret room when you hear about the basilisk? Has this secret room ever been opened in your memory?" ]

Tom was silent for a moment.

Tom: [I don’t want to answer this question]

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows. This was the first time that Tom had shown such resistance, and he didn't even bother to deceive.

Lin Xia: [I am looking forward to the moment when you tell me the truth]

Lin Xia: [Tom, although I don’t know what your story is, I noticed that you highly admire the pure-blood wizard lineage, which I disagree with.

The nobility of a wizard comes from inner strength, not blood.

Tom, including you, even though you are a special spiritual being, I never think of you as despicable.

If possible, I hope you can live your own life as an independent individual]

After Lin Xia finished writing this paragraph, she closed the diary.

Tom was left to think about those words quietly in his diary. His thoughts were ups and downs, and for the first time, he had doubts about his own existence.

Ever since it woke up, it knew that it was just a memory. It knew extremely clearly that it was an incomplete and indestructible soul fragment.

It knows its mission very well and looks forward to meeting its master one day.

But the more it discussed with Lin Xia, the more it began to doubt the reason for its existence.

Although it is just a soul fragment, it can think and is no different from an independent person.

Why must we rely on the main personality instead of appearing in this world as an independent personality?

Tom had deep doubts about his own existence.

…

Early in the morning of the second day, they had Dean Sprout's herbology class.

In this herbology class, they had to deal with the intermediate magic plant Mandrake and change their pots.

The scream of Mandrake was very piercing, but because it was not mature yet, it would not cause much damage to the little wizard.

As long as you put on comfortable earmuffs in advance to isolate the screams of Mandrake being pulled out, you can immediately control the pot change.

But Neville's earmuffs may be of poor quality.

He hadn't operated yet, but just watched Dean Sprout demonstrate, pulling out a Mandrake, and heard the sharp and piercing scream of the grass that looked like a human face, and his eyes rolled up and he fainted on the ground.

"Oh my God!"

"Send him to the infirmary quickly!"

Dean Sprout said: "I'll send him to the infirmary, Lin Xia, you take everyone to change the pot first!"

Lin Xia was called, and said calmly: "Okay, professor."

It was not the first time she changed the pot of Mandrake.

In the last school year, she would come to work every weekend, and even now, she would come to the greenhouse on weekends.

In the last school year, the dean personally taught her many ways to deal with low- and medium-level magic plants.

As long as it does not involve high-level magic plants, Lin Xia's skills at this time are praised by the dean: textbook-like skills!

This herb class is mixed with students from the four major colleges, including Gryffindor students, Slytherin students and Ravenclaw students.

Lin Xia first demonstrated it, explained the key points of the treatment, and then asked the little wizard to demonstrate it.

Among them, the Slytherin students seemed a little arrogant.

While listening to the class, they also laughed at Neville who fainted.

"What a coward, he fainted when he heard the sound!"

"Wizards like this shouldn't come to Hogwarts!"

"Longbottom is a pure-blood family, how could they cultivate such a cowardly wizard? He shouldn't go to Gryffindor, but to Hufflepuff!"

Just when a Slytherin student was speaking loudly, suddenly, all the students around him fell silent.

Lin Xia's unhurried and slow voice came from behind him.

"It seems that you have a deep prejudice against our Hufflepuff College, cowardly?"

The Slytherin student immediately lowered his head and dared not speak.

Lin Xia smiled slightly: "Why not let the brave and generous Slytherins show us their intelligence? You twelve wizards, it should be no problem to handle 50 pots of Mandrake?"

Gles Tolfor stood up and said loudly: "Lin Xia, your handling is unfair!"

Lin Xia said calmly: "Now I am an assistant teacher, what I say is what the professor says. If you are unwilling to do it, do you want to be deducted points for disrupting classroom discipline?"