Chapter 170 Christmas, Journey to the East
The cold winter wind blew off the last leaf of the Whomping Willow, and the snowflakes rang the Christmas bells for Hogwarts.
When Christmas comes, Aiden starts to prepare gifts for his friends.
At the same time, he also needed to sneak into the dreams of each Squib at night to leave an impression on them, which allowed Aiden's role to be finally completed on Christmas Eve.
After sending out Professor Snape's shampoo, Professor McGonagall's cat toy, Dumbledore's candy, the old dean's books... everyone's gifts, Aiden set out on the journey to the East alone.
Before leaving, Aiden came to J. Pippin's Potion Shop, and the clerk Vincent was still behind the counter.
He smiled when he saw Aiden.
"Welcome to J. Pippin's Potions Shop." He made a deliberately exaggerated salute.
"Vincent, Vincent, your little tricks are known to everyone." Aiden teased.
Then, Aiden bought the dragon's brain, dragon blood, venomous cat's blood, bird snake's eggshells, branches of the Whomping Willow, and seven different human tears of strong emotions from the potion shop.
After returning to Prewett's old house and extracting the properties to refine the promotion potion, Aiden set off for the East.
At the wizard entry office of the Eastern great country, a man in a Taoist robe was checking Aiden's documents.
"Aiden Prewett, from a prominent family." He compared the ID with Aiden's appearance.
"What are you doing here?" the man asked.
"Winter vacation travel." Aiden said sincerely.
"You speak Chinese quite well. Okay, you passed, but please remember that if you commit a crime here, you will also be punished by our laws."
The man gave Aiden a final stern reminder.
"Of course, sir." Aiden nodded.
The Sichuan-Chongqing region, located in the southwest of this great oriental country, is a region with beautiful natural scenery, profound cultural heritage and active economic development.
At the same time, this place has a rich Taoist culture and is also the region with the most "wizards" in the country.
As a foreigner, Aiden was filled with emotion when he returned to this land with a similar culture.
Aiden picked a random restaurant and prepared to go in to satisfy his hunger.
"Wow, you're a foreign kid. Where's your husband?" The boss greeted Aiden familiarly.
"Haha, my family is gone, it's just me," Aiden replied.
These words silenced the boss, who quietly added more ingredients to Aiden's dish.
"Come on, kid, eat more. Only when you are full can you grow taller." Soon the boss brought all the dishes.
Since today is a special day, there are not many people in the restaurant.
The boss had nothing to do, so he sat down and started chatting with Aiden.
"Where are you from, kid?"
"Haha, I'm British, and this time I'm here to experience the Eastern culture." Aiden responded with a smile.
"It's time to experience the culture here, but your child speaks Chinese pretty well."
The boss lit a cigarette, but when he saw Aiden he quickly put it out.
"It's okay, go ahead and smoke. By the way, I want to ask, where have all the young people in the city gone?" Aiden waved his hand to indicate that he didn't care, and then asked the boss.
"Oh, it's all because of you foreigners who blocked the boat. The young guys all went to the embassy to protest." The boss shrugged.
"Uh, I'm really sorry." Aiden was speechless for a moment.
"Well, it doesn't matter to you, kid. But you look very noble. Just don't make things difficult for us when you grow up." The boss hinted at something.
"Haha, definitely not." Aiden laughed.
After clearing all the food on the table, Aiden paid the bill and left the restaurant.
The second half of 1993 was not a year worth celebrating for the people of this country.
In October, a huge ship named Galaxy was detained in the Middle East for no reason.
On August 2, the Eastern superpower will also move the embassies and consulates of the giant ship country that are detaining them out separately.
When Aiden arrived, the outside was already surrounded by protesting young people.
"Down with imperialism." A young man started at the top.
"Down with imperialism"* n The others in the audience also echoed in unison.
"Give me back my freedom of navigation.", "Give me back my freedom of navigation" * n
The anger reached its peak, resonating strongly with more than ten thousand people outside the consulate.
At this time, Aiden hid in the crowd and felt their anger.
He took out the potion from his pocket, and countless lights emerged from the potion, like the manifestation of the ocean of collective subconsciousness.
Aiden didn't hesitate, pulled out the cork and poured the potion into his mouth.
Unlike the pain caused by the potion entering the body in the past, Aiden could not feel his own body.
He seemed to become an idea, merging into the ocean of the collective unconscious.
Aiden passed through the barrier between dreams and reality, and in the ocean of collective subconsciousness, he felt himself being embraced in a warm embrace.
Just like a baby being picked up by its mother again, it is being influenced and dissolved by the imprints left by countless people in the ocean of subconsciousness.
However, the surrounding seas were not calm, and waves of anger and humiliation were beating in all directions.
These sorrows and humiliations penetrated Aiden's mind, stitching together the last part of him and preventing him from falling apart.
Finally, Aiden regained consciousness. He used soothing magic on himself and quickly gathered his scattered body together.
The shouts of protesters outside echoed around Aiden.
Aiden followed their shouting, his silhouette gradually becoming clearer in the sea of collective subconsciousness.
Aiden felt himself split apart at the thought.
Literally splitting into a dozen, scattering and entering other people's islands of consciousness.
Here, Aiden saw where their resentment came from. It was because their motherland was hurt and they hated their own powerlessness...
Finally, Aiden gathered his thoughts and returned to the real world.
"Did it succeed?" Aiden began to examine himself.
"I thought I would lose my humanity and become more and more like a mythical creature," Aiden said self-deprecatingly.
"What now?" asked the system.
"Fortunately, I am still a human being. At least I can laugh with them, cry with them, and feel angry with them." Aiden put on a beautiful smile.
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Back at the hotel, Aiden begins examining his new abilities.
"Manipulation, Virtual Personality, Consciousness Wandering, Mind Storm, Mental Plague, Mind Deprivation, Mind Breath, and Longhua."
Aiden raised his head and met the dragon's pupils in the mirror.
"Demigod, from this moment on, can I be considered essentially non-human?" Aiden murmured.
"From the moment you turned into a dragon man, you are no longer a human being." The system teased.
"Hmph, shut up." A dragon snorted.
"Oh, I'm so proud."
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