Chapter 139: Play Quidditch First

On Saturday morning, the atmosphere at Hogwarts, which was originally tense due to the Slytherin reputation crisis, suddenly changed, and anticipation and excitement returned to the faces of the young wizards. Because today was the day for the match between the Ravenclaw Quidditch team and the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.

During breakfast, the hall became a sea of ​​joy again. Everyone was showing off their flying experiences and analyzing the trend of the game. As the topic deepened, the young wizards began to discuss which school would win the Quidditch game this year. The scene was very joyful.

At the Ravenclaw dining table, Yang Tian ate breakfast leisurely, listening casually to everyone's discussion. It was obvious that he didn't take the competition to heart at all.

The friends on the side were discussing how many points Yang Tian could get in the game. Neville and Hannah, who were students from rival colleges, rarely went to the Ravenclaw table to eat breakfast, but they still gave Yang Tian a cheering gesture from a distance. Only Zhang Qiu kept his head down and stabbed the pumpkin pie on the plate with a fork, but he didn't want to eat anything.

Yang Tian was stunned when he saw it, and then asked in a rather exaggerated tone: "Qiu, you are not nervous, are you?"

Zhang Qiu blushed when she heard that. She looked up at Yang Tian weakly and felt embarrassed when she saw his teasing expression. She raised her head deliberately and said, "I would be nervous? You must be joking." But the tone of her voice sounded like she was bluffing.

Penelope glared at Yang Tian and said, "Do you think everyone is as heartless as you? Isn't it normal for Qiu to be nervous when it's her first Quidditch match?"

Yang Tian was unmoved. He patted Zhang Qiu's shoulders repeatedly. When Zhang Qiu glared at him angrily, he smiled and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to fight alongside me a few days ago? Fight with me! Shouldn't you be happy? Why are you so nervous? Huh?"

Simple actions and simple words, but like magic, Zhang Qiu felt extremely relieved instantly. She couldn't help but smile, made a strong gesture of encouragement, and then ate breakfast in big mouthfuls.

"Tsk!~ If I had known this would happen, why would I have persuaded you like a fool for a whole day and night? Wouldn't it be enough to just throw you to Yang Tian?" Penelope screamed half-truthfully, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she said, "A thousand words I say are not as good as one word from others. It really breaks my heart. Can we still be friends happily?"

Zhang Qiu was speechless when he heard this: "What nonsense are you talking about all day? I will tear your mouth off." Then he rushed over to tickle Penelope, and the two of them soon started playing together, with laughter all the time...

After a leisurely breakfast, the friends packed up their cheering tools and rushed to the Quidditch field.

Although the game didn't start until eleven o'clock, the seats of the four major colleges were already packed with young wizards who came to watch.

Yang Tian couldn't help but sigh, in this wizarding world where entertainment resources are extremely scarce, Quidditch is really extremely popular!

Seeing that their friends were already seated, Yang Tian and Zhang Qiu walked into the locker room and changed into the blue and gray team uniforms.

According to the previous process, Roger should have given a pre-match speech next, but after waiting for a long time, the players found that the captain had been stealing glances at Yang Tian, ​​as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Yang Tian didn't react for a moment and couldn't help but look at Roger with a questioning look.

Roger coughed awkwardly a few times before saying, "As the highest level Quidditch player in Ravenclaw, would you like to say a few words before the game?"

Yang Tian suddenly realized, "You are the captain, what can I say?" After a pause, he said, "But don't feel any psychological pressure. We only had one run-in before the game. If we really lose today, we can run-in together every day before the next game to ensure victory in the next game!"

It would have been fine if they hadn't said this, but once they did, their teammates immediately became unnatural. The last practice session was still fresh in everyone's mind! Practice every day? Are they going to let people live? Everyone felt keenly that if they couldn't defeat their opponent today, their future would be bleak.

Such emotions naturally infected the captain Roger, so in the following time, Roger began his pre-match speech and tactical arrangements with unprecedented seriousness, and the players listened even more carefully, fearing to miss any details.

Yang Tian was very happy to see this scene. Although he didn't like riding a broom and was not interested in the sport of Quidditch, this didn't stop him from winning the Quidditch championship for Professor Flitwick and the Ravenclaw team.

Yang Tian had also gotten to know these teammates privately. It was certain that they liked Quidditch and were willing to work hard for it, but it was unnecessary to say that they were crazy about it or even got injured because of it.

Imagine if Yang Tian was on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, wouldn't Wood have to lead the players in hard training? But in Ravenclaw, Yang Tian was willing, but the players were not. So he had to push everyone and make them give their all.

And time passed quietly during the lengthy tactical arrangements.

In the blink of an eye, the gate leading to the competition venue slowly opened, and everyone knew that it was time to set off.

All the players stood together in a circle, pointed their fists at the center, and shouted, "Come on!" At that moment, the momentum was overwhelming!

Then, they walked out the door holding their respective broomsticks...

At this time, the stadium's audience seats were already extremely noisy, as if it were a festival. As the game commentator Lee Jordan introduced the game, the audience exclaimed in admiration.

"Look, the Hufflepuff team is out. Walking in the front is the captain, Dunstan, a veteran Hufflepuff. This is his last year... I hope he can realize his dream."

After Dunstan waved, he shot up into the sky like a cannonball, drawing cheers from the little badgers.

Next, when each Hufflepuff member was introduced, they performed their own signature moves, which received thunderous applause from the badgers.

"Wow, look everyone, the Ravenclaw players are coming towards us. The one walking in front is undoubtedly the captain Roger. He is our old rival and has excellent speed and passing vision." Lee Jordan's commentary voice came again.

Roger was gentle and elegant, and glided up with an extremely graceful move, which also won continuous applause from the audience.

The following introductions were uneventful, with the Ravenclaw players appearing one by one in an orderly manner.

Suddenly, Li Jordan's voice became extremely high-pitched, and he shouted excitedly, "The person I'm going to introduce to you now is a historic figure in Hogwarts, because he is the only student in Hogwarts' history who was selected for the Quidditch team in his first year! Let us remember his name... Yang Tian!"

Yang Tian's face darkened when he heard this. Isn't this flattery? With such high evaluation, if he performed mediocrely, wouldn't he be criticized to death?

With this thought in mind, Yang Tian no longer held back. He held the broom handle tightly in his left hand, stepped on the end of the broom with both feet, lowered his head slightly, and made a standard chest-touching gesture with his free right hand. His manners were elegant, exuding an aristocratic aura.

The little wizards in the stands were attracted by his actions and looked up.

However, Yang Tian kept this posture, and the flying broomstick carried his body and spun like a gyroscope. As the speed of rotation increased, Yang Tian and his flying broomstick gradually took off, and rose higher and higher. The beautiful picture attracted everyone present.

This is not the end. When Yang Tiansheng reached a high place, he pushed hard with his left foot and flew upwards. At the same time, the Nimbus 2000 was thrown straight into the air after his left hand performed juggling operations.

The audience couldn't help but stand up, shouting in surprise. Many people even covered their eyes out of fear. Everyone thought something had happened.

However, after the thrown broom reached a certain distance, it quickly withdrew like a boomerang and flew back to the previous position steadily, catching Yang Tian who was already falling. The whole process was thrilling, but also beautiful.

The audience went completely crazy, and cheers louder and louder filled the entire stadium.

Mrs. Huo Qi, who had been waiting in the middle of the court, was also very excited. However, as a referee, she calmed herself down and gathered the players from both sides around her and said, "Listen, I hope everyone will participate in the game fairly and honestly."

Members of both teams nodded in agreement upon hearing this, and then the fifteen flying brooms flew back to their respective tactical positions.

"Listen to my whistle! Three...two...one!" Madam Hooch blew the silver whistle hard, and the game finally began.