Chapter 331 Tom's Terror

After Lin Xia came back from Hagrid's cabin, she went to enjoy dinner with her friends.

The afternoon Care of Magical Creatures class does not need to take too long. It only takes two hours to allow the little wizard to move freely.

But because the little wizards were all very interested in hippogriffs, the end of get out of class was repeatedly delayed.

Not long after class ended, they were all in time to have dinner.

Lin Xia came in a hurry and only appeared when they were halfway through eating.

Hermione asked curiously: "Lin Xia, is there anything wrong with Hagrid calling you alone?

Forgive me for being curious, but if it is something good, Hagrid would be happy to share it with us. "

Lin Xia thought for a while and said: "It's not a very important matter, but it is confidential. Maybe because of this, Hagrid didn't ask you to stay.

And I can't reveal it yet. This technology is not yet mature. Once it is leaked, Hogwarts may encounter some minor troubles. "

Hermione felt a little regretful and shrugged: "Well, I thought you were discussing some new type of magical creature, and I wanted to join in the discussion."

Lin Xia looked stunned.

In a way, Hermione's guess was correct.

After dinner, everyone returned to the common room of their respective colleges to start the preview for the first day.

Maybe it was because he was used to being lazy during the holidays, even Draco seemed a bit lazy and not very energetic.

As one of the founders of the tea party in the common room, Lin Xia transformed into several giant badgers on the first day of school in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the little wizard!

These badgers are so lifelike that they look just like the real thing.

Not only that, she also asked Badger to wave her wand and use the transformation spell properly, so the little wizards saw——

The badger summoned by this senior sister was very good at using transformation spells, and transformed them into long tables and various chairs of various sizes!

What made them even happier was that the house elf from the cafeteria next door came to serve them personally and provide them with snacks!

"This kind of life is really great. It turns out that this is how Hufflepuff reads!" A little wizard said excitedly.

Other little wizards chattered and discussed:

"Because we have Senior Lin Xia, she is willing to help us and increase our enthusiasm for learning. If other colleges also have Senior Lin Xia, they will definitely do the same!"

"I think the environment here is better than what my parents thought was Slytherin. It's not in vain that I firmly choose Hufflepuff!"

"Am I the only one who thinks that Hufflepuff is the noble among nobles? Senior Lin Xia alone can represent the entire academy.

The wisdom of Ravenclaw and the power of Slytherin are concentrated in Senior Sister Lin Xia..."

There is no doubt that the hand Lin Xia showed tonight made the little wizard admire her even more.

Cedric was also in the common room tonight.

In the new semester, his studies have become busy. In addition, as an outstanding student, Hogwarts has also privately arranged many tasks for him.

These tasks are not mandatory to complete, but each task can earn points, which can be used to improve one's authority among outstanding students.

It is said that outstanding students with high points will be directly hired as assistant professors at Hogwarts upon graduation and will continue to stay at Hogwarts.

Cedric was interested in this career and worked hard to complete it.

When he saw Lin Xia showing this hand, he couldn't help but said with a smile: "Lin Xia, your current transformation technique is probably more powerful than mine."

Lin Xia shook his head and said calmly: "Senior, you are being humble. When I was a freshman, you were able to summon long tables and chairs very skillfully, and also transformed the environment. I didn't do as much as you."

Cedric only felt that Lin Xia was humble.

The reason for manually modifying the environment was because the environment in the common room at that time was not very good and could not arouse the enthusiasm of the little wizard to learn.

The environment was too comfortable and made people sleep.

But in the past few school years, after Lin Xia cultivated plants and manually transformed them, the environment in the common room was green, fresh, warm and bright, and the air was filled with the smell of mint and rosemary.

It makes people’s eyes brighten and their spirits refreshed.

In this environment, the spirit will be much better and it can stimulate the little wizard's motivation to learn.

Cedric didn't know why Lin Xia arranged it like this or what principle it was based on.

It's just that he used to prefer studying in the dormitory, but now he prefers studying in the common room.

He said: "Everyone knows basic transformation skills. Even if you ask Draco to transform, he can still do what I did back then."

He changed his words and said, "But I can't transform myself, and I wave my wand to transform other items. This is incredible!"

Lin Xia couldn't help but smile: "This is a little trick I learned from Professor McGonagall. In fact, these two transformations were the transformation techniques I used.

I set up a program to let Badger wave the magic wand, causing a surge of magic power. At this time, if I use the transformation technique, it will cause Badger to also use the transformation technique.

If you are interested, you can go to Professor McGonagall to learn. She will be happy to teach you. "

Cedric said embarrassedly: "I was busy doing tasks this summer vacation and didn't do the transfiguration homework she assigned at all. If she doesn't get angry when she sees me, then I..."

Lin Xia looked at him with pity.

"Today is our first day of class. Professor McGonagall is not in a good mood because we are too easily affected by Professor Trelawney's predictions. I have a feeling that she will not be in a good mood this week."

It is their first time to take a prophecy class, so they have to adapt.

It will take at least a week.

Cedric's face changed. He decided to hide from Professor McGonagall this week and never get caught by her!

He talked about business: "I came to you to remind you about the outstanding student tasks.

Since last year, Hogwarts has had many outstanding student tasks, especially patrol tasks, which require us to report any strange phenomena.

Starting this year, there are more such tasks, and they are patrols at night. If you can hold on, I suggest you take the night patrol tasks.

One is that the points you get are at least twice as much as in the past, and the other is that you can get the latest news about the evil god's whispers, and you can detect the changes in Hogwarts at the first time."

After Lin Xia returned to school, she did not open the secret key, and she didn't know which section was updated.

But according to Cedric, there are more benefits for outstanding students.

After staying in the common room for half an hour, Lin Xia guided the young wizards to discuss independently, and then returned to the golden wooden house.

She opened the secret key and saw the updated information on the secret key:

Seeker: Lin Xia

Monthly subsidy: 100 gold galleons (not received)

Authority:

① 30% off for primary materials and 20% off for intermediate materials

② One banned book within a limited range can be received every month (online reading, reading time is one month)

③ One banned book within a limited range can be received every two months (physical book reading, reading time is one month)

③ Apply for a laboratory (self-maintenance, construction fee: 5,000 gold galleons)

Obligations:

① Produce experimental results within two years

Compared with the previous subsidies, Lin Xia actually did not change after the last upgrade of authority, but the school was much more generous in giving gold galleons.

Not only did the monthly subsidy of gold galleons increase to 100, but even the construction quota of the laboratory was increased from 3,000 gold galleons to 5,000 gold galleons.

She still has the intermediate authority, no change, but the gold Galleon subsidy she received is much more.

According to Lin Xia's understanding, the wizarding world does not print money very often, and there is no concept of currency circulation.

Of course, there is no financial crisis.

If there is, it is the fault of the goblins in Gringotts.

The goblins dare to do anything, and human wizards just find a reason to take over the sky-high property from them.

"This time it's a big deal!"

Lin Xia's thoughts drifted, where did these gold Galleons come from?

It can't be taken from the professor's salary, right?

Or is it a personal subsidy from the headmaster Dumbledore?

Maybe it's money from the Ministry of Magic?

After reading the updated information, Lin Xia opened the [Task Area] again.

After a while, a bunch of dense tasks appeared in her eyes, which surprised her.

This year's Hogwarts tasks are more than last year's.

[Patrol mission: 9pm-10pm, patrol the third floor (recommended to go with a partner, up to 3 people)

Points: 0.4

Danger: You may encounter evil species, be disturbed by the evil god's whispers, and are more likely to encounter aliens]

[Patrol mission: 10pm-11pm, patrol the third floor (recommended to go with a partner, up to 3 people)

Points: 0.5

Danger:...]

[Patrol mission: 11pm-12pm, patrol the second floor (recommended to go with a partner, up to 3 people)

Points: 0.6

Danger:...]

Each floor has a corresponding patrol mission. The higher the floor, the more points you get.

And the more quiet the night is, the more points you get.

For example, the second and third floors give the same points, and the highest is 0.9 points during the 2am-3am period!

This does not mean that you can get 0.9 points from 9pm to 3am, but you can get up to 0.9 points in just one hour from 2am to 3am.

This is incredible!

Points are like free gifts!

If you choose the fourth floor, you can get 1 point during this period!

Lin Xia thought about how she racked her brains to complete tasks in order to increase her authority in the first year of becoming an outstanding student, and they were all very dangerous tasks that were hard to come by.

Compared with the flooded task area now, I have to say that she is living a very happy life now.

Lin Xia thought about it and accepted the patrol task on the third floor from 9 to 10 pm.

This time, she accepted the task not to earn points, but to get information.

What on earth does Hogwarts want to do, to increase the welfare of outstanding students and the tasks assigned so much.

After accepting the task, the message [Accepted] popped up on the secret key light screen immediately.

Lin Xia only needs to arrive on the third floor 10 minutes in advance, and a special professor will meet with her to explain the more detailed task requirements.

She looked at the magic clock and saw that there were still two hours left, so she decided to open the diary.

A dazzling cursive handwriting quickly emerged, showing how eager the owner was to communicate with others.

Tom: [Lin Xia, you suddenly disappeared for two months. I thought you had an accident! !

I almost thought that I would be trapped in the magic-forbidden array for decades before I could see the light of day again! ! ! ]

Lin Xia: [Tom, Hogwarts is on summer vacation. I went to many places during this vacation, traveled, gained knowledge, and also went to research these associations. Do you know this association? ]

Tom: [Researcher Association! ! ! ]

Those bright red exclamation marks can make people feel how uneasy the person who wrote this text is.

Perhaps he was really locked up too hard. Without Lin Xia asking, Tom wrote a bunch of words in a crackling manner.

It was unwilling to write one letter at a time, which was too inefficient. Instead, it put a ball of thick ink in the middle, and as the thick ink spread around, paragraphs of text were arranged into shape.

Lin Xia also learned more news from Tom, which was news that many professors and Ollivander had not mentioned.

This is not to say that the professors concealed something from her.

It is that they have never joined the association at all, and their understanding of the association is more at the stage of listening to others and imagining.

Things that cannot be obtained always make people miss them.

I have never been able to join the Researchers Association, and it has been in my heart for a while, like a white moonlight.

Tom: [This is a crazy association. Those who can enter the association are all research madmen. You must not be kept in the association by them. They will do anything to do research! ]

Tom was really afraid that Lin Xia would enter the association, so he didn't want to come out.

Because the Researchers Association is very special, the way to enter is special, and the way to leave is also special. Without permission, you can't just enter or leave.

This association is in a different space and does not belong to any country.

If Lin Xia enters and brings it in, I'm afraid it will be discovered by the tower spirit there-the Eye of True Knowledge!

Once scanned out, a broken soul fragment like his will become a material that many researchers will fight for.

Whether it is used for research or as a slave, it is a very common thing.

Lin Xia: [Madman? Research madman? ]

Tom: [You just joined, it's normal that you don't know. Those people can do anything to do research.

They can abandon their own bodies and transform themselves into other creatures. They will also take your body and imprison your mind, so that you can't escape for your whole life, and work for them for all your life - that is, to do research!

The imprisoned soul can't rest, and can only calculate day and night. Don't think that this is only done by some researchers.

In fact, the senior researchers there have a large group of slaves behind them who act as their brains and come up with one experimental plan after another for them!

Once you become a slave, you will never be able to escape from the web they weave! ! ! ](End of this chapter)