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Chapter 175 Mysterious Entity Forbidden Book Reading (4K)

In Hogwarts, Lin Xia continues to read banned books.

Although reading banned books online can eliminate the nonsense that disturbs people's sanity, it can only obtain simple text expressions.

Only by reading physically banned books can you be spiritually infused with deeper knowledge while reading.

But even if reading physically banned books is more profitable, few people read them. The reason is simple - the risks are too great.

For Lin Xia, because she still has too little exposure to high-end knowledge in the wizarding world, even reading the online version of banned books takes a lot of effort.

Within a few days, she couldn't tell which one she needed.

Occasionally, Lin Xia would feel in a daze while reading, and would look up from the book and look out the window, insisting on going to the practice room every day to exercise.

It was also at this time.

Lin Xia discovered how trouble-free and perverted some of the magic spells in the wizarding world are.

Then he came to his senses and said with a look of horror: "No, there are only more than fifty, only more than fifty!"

Since her trip to the house elves, Lin Xia has been stationed in the laboratory since then.

She has stopped tutoring Lin Xia in the art of transformation and instead lets her study on her own.

"Yes, only fifty!"

This is not because she is not dedicated, but when any skill reaches a certain level, it must be honed over time rather than taking shortcuts.

Not to mention feeding her alone, even a tea party would be more than enough.

She didn't go to the auditorium to eat in the morning, noon or night. The elf would automatically bring the food to her, and it would be very rich every time.

She was one of the few professors who stayed at school during the summer vacation. She should have gone back to England for vacation long ago, but she stayed because she wanted to take Lin Xia to France to compete in a competition.

Lin Xia happened to finish reading a book and took some time to chat with the house elf. Hearing this, he asked curiously: "Don't you guys have a holiday?"

This is a predetermined destiny, an extremely suitable stage. The protagonist is not her, but someone else.

House elves cannot use wands, but they are naturally sensitive to magic and are good at some silent and wandless spellcasting. This mental state is a bit worrying.

This made Lin Xia very embarrassed and said repeatedly: "You really don't need to prepare so much."

"You said you want to apply for a banned book?"

Lin Xia saw that its expression was wrong and asked quickly: "Okay, okay, there are only fifty, I understand."

The house elf shook his head: "There will always be places in Hogwarts that need us, and we don't need a holiday."

In addition, the Transfiguration competition is getting closer and closer, with only one week left.

Lin Xia felt that during the book selection process, she might not be able to understand the nature of magic and magic, but this life curse was definitely within her grasp.

Lin Xia had no doubt that if she hadn't spoken in time, the elf would have hit the wall.

The elf who came to deliver the meal said: "Dear Ms. Lin Xia, I'm afraid you don't know yet. Except for a few professors, no one is staying at Hogwarts. All the students have left. We are here for you alone." Serve.

Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall's office.

If it were another student, I'm afraid she would still try to persuade him.

There are also various "dehumidifying spells", "drying spells", "cleaning spells", "cleaning spells"...

So since the holiday, Lin Xia didn't come over, and Mag didn't take the initiative to look for her either.

"Okay, you apply on the secret key interface and I will prepare it for you." Professor McGonagall said simply.

Lin Xia's transformation skills have reached an advanced level, and she needs to work hard to study various auxiliary skills. She cannot make the transformation more advanced by practicing day after day.

Professor McGonagall believed that Lin Xia might want to gain experience in transfiguration-related aspects by reading banned books.

But when Lin Xia thought about the wizarding world's history of oppression against them for so many years, it became somewhat understandable.

The expression of the elf who came to deliver the food gradually returned to normal.

Professor McGonagall looked at her deeply and said seriously: "I believe you already understand the risks of reading physically banned books. Even so, do you still want to read them?"

For example, this "cleaning up" can remove all the dirt on the clothes, and you don't need to bother to take care of it at all.

But only Lin Xia, Mag thinks she is very sensible and has her own ideas. Since she wants to see it, she is probably ready.

She asked: "How many elves are there in Hogwarts?"

……

The elf who delivered the meal first said: "More than one hundred and forty."

Mag was very surprised to hear Lin Xia's request.

If you refuse our arrangement, our work enthusiasm will be dampened and we will feel useless.

She had no intention of being a good person who liberated the house elves. Even Dumbledore couldn't do this. She should just do research at Hogwarts.

You see, even the job of delivering food is something I have to do after passing five levels. Many house elves in the kitchen want to come to deliver food, but only one person can come at a time. "

Now a week later, Lin Xia came to her for the first time, and she didn't expect this request.

Lin Xia nodded: "Professor, I'm ready."

Another example is the "Cleaning Spell". Good guy, you won't have to worry about washing your hair from now on, and your hair can make a lot of foam.

Although this is indeed an effective way to improve the transformation skill, it is too easy to get entangled in the vague nonsense in the forbidden book, leading to corruption.

Professor McGonagall said: "I believe you have understood the relevant precautions through the secret key. My other advice to you is that if something cannot be done, quickly withdraw from the forbidden book and do not fight against it."

Lin Xia firmly remembered what she said, "Thank you, Professor."

She selected the physical banned book she wanted to read in the secret key, and it was approved not long after she submitted it.

At this time, even Dean Sprout hurried back to Hogwarts from elsewhere and met with Lin Xia the next day.

Just after a night of preparation.

Professor McGonagall prepared everything, and she and the Dean appeared together.

Lin Xia was a little surprised when she saw the dean: "Dean, why are you back?"

Dean Sprout said: "Reading banned books requires two professors to look after students together according to the standard. Everyone else is on vacation, so I happened to come over when I had nothing to do."

She emphasized again: "Lin Xia, if you can't continue reading, don't hold on. Although banned books can give you strength, this strength is unstable. If you can't eliminate the influence of gibbering when reading, it will be more harmful than gain." ”

Lin Xia said calmly: "Dean, I understand!"

No wonder Professor McGonagall and Dean Sprout were so nervous. The second school year had not yet begun, and Lin Xia was technically only a first-year wizard.

Even in the past when forbidden books were laxly guarded, first-year wizards had no access to forbidden books.

If it weren't for the fact that Lin Xia had studied several subjects on her own and produced results, and knew that she was mentally more mature than the average young wizard, otherwise she would not have passed the exam just for being a "first-year student".

The two professors had already arrived, and the group walked directly to the library. Lin Xia followed the professor and soon saw the sign of the [Restricted Book Zone], which was represented by a simple small wooden sign.

But that's the style of the Hogwarts library.

Other categories are simply marked with small wooden signs, without division codes, making it particularly inconvenient to find books.

Lin Xia originally thought that they would stop in the restricted book area, but unexpectedly, the two professors actually walked straight in.

She was surprised and could only continue to follow.

I don’t know how long I walked, but it seemed like I only walked for a while, as if I suddenly traveled through time and space at a certain node.

When Lin Xia came to her senses, she found that she had arrived in a strange place.

The environment here is even darker than the library, but there are books all around. There are books on the ground, the walls are lined with books, and there are even books floating in the air.

The books are either leaning in one place, completely spread out, or floating freely in the air.

In Lin Xia's perception, these books seemed to have life and their own consciousness.

Professor McGonagall's voice rang in her ears. Lin Xia turned around and was startled to find that the figures of the two professors had disappeared at some point.

"The restricted book area requires a special pass. Even if we are professors, we cannot stay in the restricted book area for too long unless we, like you, also want to borrow banned books."

The dean said: "Lin Xia, although we can't stay with you, we have ways to keep an eye on your movements at all times. When your mental state is unstable, we will wake you up."

Immediately afterwards, the voices of Professor McGonagall and the Dean overlapped, falling into Lin Xia's ears and becoming some kind of ethereal phantom sound.

This may be due to local special effects.

Lin Xia suddenly thought of the Hogwarts world he had visited before. This might be a space related to the other world.

She came in so baffled that Lin Xia thought the forbidden book area was the area in the library marked [Restricted Book Area].

"Lin Xia, keep walking forward. When you see a certain room, enter that room. The secret key will guide you to which room you want to go."

Lin Xia held the secret key in her hand tightly and kept moving forward.

After a while, she saw a small house that looked like a mushroom. There were many books posted on the mushroom house.

Not this one.

She looked away and continued walking forward, and saw a door the size of a palm, a moving door shaped like a small animal, and a door hanging upside down in the sky...

Suddenly, Lin Xia stopped. The door in front of her was funnel-shaped, with only a small door handle sticking out from the side. She didn't see where the door was at all.

The secret key in his hand was hot, and a thought flashed through Lin Xia's mind: This is it!

Lin Xia held the door handle and opened the door with force!

A suction force suddenly came, and her whole body instantly shrank and was sucked into the funnel.

Lin Xia fell from the weightlessness.

When she finally stood on the ground, she couldn't help but sway slightly before she stabilized her figure.

The feeling of weightlessness was uncomfortable, but after breaking through the foundation building, her physique improved and she quickly adapted to it.

Lin Xia thought, if everyone who reads banned books has to go through such a process, then he must be more careful when selecting people to read.

If you come here as a relatively weak person, wouldn't it mean that you have to spend a lot of energy before reading?

She looked around and saw that the light around her was bright, but she couldn't find where the light source was coming from.

The room was very empty.

There was just a chair and a table with a book on it.

Lin Xia walked over and saw the book "The Origin and Essence of Magic" she wanted to borrow.

Although the name seems very powerful, to be honest, the contents of this forbidden book are the most simple among the other forbidden books she has read, and the description is also the most basic.

But after Lin Xia finished reading the selected banned book, she had a vague intuition that she must read the physical book.

What she didn't know was that because the content described in this banned book was very basic, it was reviewed very quickly.

If it were another banned book, it might not be able to pass at this speed.

In addition to the ordinary-looking and quaint books on the table, there is also a kerosene lamp, an incense stick, and a small golden leaf.

When Lin Xia saw the golden leaves, she felt like her mind was being drawn to them.

At this moment, the golden leaves were more attractive to her than the books!
The voices of the two professors rang in her ears again.

"Lin Xia, before you open the metal, you need to light the kerosene lamp, light the incense, and hold the gold leaf in your mouth.

The kerosene lamp can cut through the darkness and illuminate a ray of light for you; the aromatherapy can focus your spirit and allow you to read more focused; as for the golden sober leaf, it can stabilize your mind and prevent you from getting lost in the powerful Among the power and temptation. "

Lin Xia did as she was told.

She first lit the kerosene lamp, lit the incense, and then put the Lucid Leaf in her mouth.

The first two didn't feel much at all, but as soon as I took the Lucid Leaf in my mouth, I immediately felt like my mind was extremely clear.

Sitting on the chair, she stroked the back of the forbidden book and opened it.

Open the first page of the forbidden book.

Lin Xia suddenly realized that she seemed to be pulled into a special space again.

This space was far from bright. Instead, it was very dark. It was pitch black all around. Only the light from the kerosene lamp gave her a little light.

The incense was still burning slowly, and she quickly calmed down and continued reading.

As I slowly turned the pages of the book, an unknown fragrance seemed to float in.

This aroma was mixed with the fragrance of incense, which somewhat disturbed the smell in the air.

At this time, Lin Xia found a few black ink stains floating on the edge of the pages of the banned book in his hand.

This wisp of black seems to keep spreading and expanding, and is about to cover the words in the book!

Lin Xia took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and lowered her head to read again.

The pages of the book are normal, and those ink stains seem to have never appeared at all!

Is this the risk you will encounter at any time when reading banned books?

The balance of fate on the wrist was faintly hot, and the "Nine Heavens Xuanyang Secret Record·Melting Furnace" in the body also started to operate spontaneously.

Lin Xia thought for a moment.

She released a little bit of the power of the scales, cooperated with the operation of the technique, and with the assistance of three other things, she read the forbidden book again.

This time, reading was exceptionally smooth and without any hindrance.

(End of this chapter)