Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Reading the magical book is easier than Lin Xia imagined.

She learned from Professor McGonagall that books would appear when they thought they should, but how, in what form, and how to read them...

Lin Xia knew nothing about it.

Her initial thought was that this kind of book, because of its powerful content, would also face the invasion of evil gods' whispers, so she arranged many items to fight against the whispers very early on.

It is taken out just in case this kind of situation occurs.

But now, those items were still placed neatly on her seamless retractable ring, motionless.

And Lin Xia didn't even need to look through the books.

The moment she opened the book, all the contents in the book appeared in her mind one by one.

Lin Xia couldn't help but sigh that this was the most comfortable time she had ever felt when reading a book!
There was no interference and no need to turn the pages one by one. Just a light touch and the knowledge appeared in her mind, and she understood it all!
Lin Xia had a hunch that if she had all the materials and the right location, she could use the "Soul Reshaping Method" now to give Tom in the diary a new body!
As soon as this thought came to her mind, her heart began to beat again.

"Lin Xia, Lin Xia...are you okay?"

Draco touched her and with a casual glance, he noticed that something was not right with Lin Xia. Her face suddenly turned very red, as if she had a fever.

But when his hand touched her body, it wasn't hot.

Lin Xia came back to her senses, shook her head and said, "I'm fine, I just saw a good book."

She thought for a moment, shook the book in her hand, and asked, "Draco, what is this book to you?"

Draco looked over and said in confusion, "Doesn't it say, 'Fifty Effective Ways to Tame Magical Creatures'? But why are you suddenly interested in taming animals? Is there something wrong with your lion and tiger?"

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows, put the book back in front of her eyes, and looked down.

Sure enough, it was the book Draco mentioned, "Fifty Proven Ways to Tame Magical Creatures".

In other words, the book "Soul Reshaping Method" is missing.

But this is not surprising.

This book can appear anywhere and at any time, and will choose people to read it.

Lin Xia didn’t know how she was chosen by the book, but she had to mention that the arrival of this book helped her a lot.

With the methods recorded in the book, she no longer had to fear Tom in the diary or the picture frame that was also locked in the forbidden magic box.

Lin Xia finally bought the "Beast Taming Book".

The clerk still remembered the candy she gave him, and specifically told her that he gave her a 12% discount, which was the internal employee price.

Lin Xia smiled and said thank you to her.

Not only that, Hermione and others also benefited from this and received an 12% discount on their books.

When Ron saw this scene, he suddenly said, "I suddenly understand my twin brothers a little bit."

Everyone else couldn't help but look over.

Ron said embarrassedly, "Lin Xia just gave candy to the clerk. I saw my brother do the same thing before, but I was too young at the time and didn't understand why they did it. I felt a little wronged."

Without waiting for others to ask, he continued, "What makes me feel wronged is that I obviously wanted to eat those candies, so why didn't they give them to me? They were really too harsh on me.

But maybe, just like Lin Xia did, they gave those candies to the store clerks in order to gain more benefits.

I was enjoying these benefits without even realizing it, but I never noticed.”

Lin Xia said calmly: "Ron, we won't force you to understand your brothers. In some ways, they are really too harsh on you.

But if you want to let it go, we’re happy to see that happen.”

Ron, George and Fred haven't communicated for half a month.

It was when the two of them were exposed and sold the unedited copies of the magazine to Ron.

The Weasley brothers often have cold wars and no one takes it seriously.

But this time Ron seemed serious, he hadn't spoken to his brothers in a long time.

Even when the twins came up to him and teased him, he didn't say anything.

Ron hesitated and said, "Lin Xia, although I can understand, I still feel that they are too harsh on me. I still don't want to pay attention to them."

Draco and Ron put their arms around each other's shoulders. "Then ignore it. Try harder and become an excellent student. Maybe your brothers will need you for something."

"really?"

"Of course, your two twin brothers are very talented in magic, but they are too naughty. I don't think they can be excellent students in Hogwarts."

"Haha, that gives me more motivation to fight!"

Lin Xia suddenly fell silent.

She thought that she should not tell Ron that the twins had joined the late night patrols.

Lest he break down again.

After visiting the bookstore, it was still early, so Lin Xia and the others dispersed and walked around.

Hogsmeade is the largest herb wholesaler in the area, with a plentiful supply of herbs, whether dry, wet, or fresh.

Lin Xia went to the herbal medicine wholesale store specifically.

She wanted to see if there were any Chinese herbal medicines that were older.

The last time Snape passed by her, there was a strong smell of herbs. Lin Xia recalled it at night and was sure that the smell was the smell of ointment for bruises and sprains.

She knows this better than anyone else!
She has her own exclusive recipe!
Lin Xia wanted to refine a few sets and then sell them to Snape for more gold Galleons.

"Lin Xia." Dean Sprout picked a bunch of herbs and was about to go out when he saw her come in.

The dean turned to the clerk and said, "This is my most proud and outstanding student."

Lin Xia looked over and saw that the clerk was dressed a little unusually. The wizard robe he wore was embroidered with gold thread and had some kind of patterns painted on it.

Looking closely, this is clearly an alchemy wizard robe!

This kind of functional wizard robe is not common and is expensive.

Automatic cleaning and dust removal are the most basic, and there are also functions such as focusing mental power, automatic defense, and passive rebound attack.

Lin Xia didn’t know what function this wizard robe had, but she was sure that this clerk was not ordinary.

Sure enough, the clerk looked at Lin Xia a few times, his eyes flickered, and suddenly recognized her.

"Dean, is her name Lin Xia? Is she a witch?"

Sprout smiled and said, "Yes!"

The clerk looked at Lin Xia more eagerly, but because he still had to entertain Sprout, he specially asked someone to follow her.

He repeatedly told that person: "Treat Witch Lin Xia well and give her a top-level VIP card."

Lin Xia's expression changed slightly.

After they left, she communicated with the store clerk and found out that the man was not an ordinary person, but the store manager.

The shop she chose was the largest herb wholesaler in Hogsmeade, so she didn't expect the manager to personally entertain Dean Sprout.

From this we can see that the dean is not an ordinary person when it comes to herbal medicine!
The clerk didn't recognize Lin Xia. Research was too far away for him. He didn't even read ordinary newspapers. The clerk asked her curiously, "Are you a relative of the store manager, a relative of the VIP, or a noble? Why does he want to give you a VIP card?"

Lin Xia smiled and said, "I am nothing, just a student at Hogwarts. He just entertained our dean, so he might have just casually said that he wanted to give me a VIP card."

The clerk muttered, "The store manager is quite generous. A VIP card costs at least 100 gold galleons, and that's the annual fee."

When Lin Xia heard this, she felt that the store manager needed help from someone and didn't want to get involved with him any more.

Her fame in the wizarding world is only worth mentioning for her research results.

Giving an expensive gift suddenly is not necessarily a good thing.

So she quickly asked, "Do you have any Chinese herbal medicines that are over 100 years old?"

Shop assistant: "Yes, we just received a batch yesterday!"
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Ten minutes later, the store manager came back and looked left and right, but couldn't see Lin Xia.

He found the clerk and asked, "Where is the little witch? Did you give her the VIP card? Why did she disappear? Did she go to look for herbs?"

The clerk said, "Witch Lin Xia has left. She did not accept our VIP card."

The store manager looked a little unhappy and glared at the clerk.

The clerk quickly said, "But she bought a large batch of 100-year-old Chinese herbal medicine from us and has already picked it up."

The clerk looked at the manager flatteringly: "This order is worth a thousand gold galleons!"

I thought that saying this would make the store manager look better, but his face turned darker and gloomier, and he angrily shouted:
"You are such an idiot! You are so short-sighted! It will take more than a thousand gold galleons to build a good relationship with her!"

……

Lin Xia didn't know that an innocent person was inexplicably scolded because of her.

But this incident did serve as a wake-up call for her.

Then she should find an agent to represent her externally.

As her fame grew, more and more things needed to be handled, and an agent was imminent.

If you do everything yourself, the situation just now is likely to occur.

It is an art to refuse the benefits that are offered to you!

Lin Xia was impatient to deal with those businessmen.

As a researcher, she possesses many of the qualities of a researcher, one of which is that she doesn't like dealing with business people.

Fortunately, she does not have the arrogance of a researcher.

She was not an ancient aristocrat and did not have a huge fortune, so the research she did was too expensive.

Lin Xia gathered together with Ron and others again. They had already finished touring Hogsmeade and planned to experience some thrilling activities.

This time I just rushed through the shops and didn't even open them to look inside.

When they come back next time, they can experience some of the stores in depth.

Lin Xia saw that one of the shops was actually a shop selling body organs!

This is obviously a shop that can only be opened in Knockturn Alley. I don't know why it can also be opened in Hogsmeade.

Ron suggested, "Why don't we go to the Shrieking Shack? Several people told me that they heard a wolf howling from the shack last night. Maybe we can find the real secret."

Hermione was not interested: "The Shrieking Shack has existed for so many years. If the secret was so easy for us to find, it would have been cracked long ago. I think it is just an ordinary shack."

Ron: "You're obviously afraid, so you don't dare to go with us!"

Hermione said unconvincedly, "Just go! Let's see who will be scared and cry!"

Ron retorted: "If you scare me and make me cry, I'll give you a gold Galleon!"

Hermione: "Who wants your gold Galleons? I have plenty of pocket money. I won't bet with you. Let's bet that if you lose, you have to finish reading a book every week and write a paper every weekend for a month!"

Ron snorted a few times: "I can accept this condition, but your bet cannot be this. If you lose, you will help me do my homework for a month. Bet or not!"

Hermione gritted her teeth: "Bet!"

While heading to the Shrieking Shack, they met Neville.

Neville shouted as he walked, looking a little anxious.

Lin Xia stopped him and asked, "Neville, what happened?"

Neville said anxiously: "I got separated from Mikel, and Mikel said he saw a house-elf, and that house-elf seemed to be in trouble.

Mikel wanted to help him and asked me to follow him. But he ran too fast and I got separated from him as we passed a dense crowd of people.

Neville, who was in his third year, was no longer afraid to speak with the encouragement of Professor Lupin. He dared to look people in the eyes and speak his mind loudly.

The successful casting of a spell in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class gave Neville great confidence.

Hermione said, "House-elves?

Excuse me, Hogsmeade is not a place where house-elves can come. House-elves are slaves and are basically kept in castles or their masters' houses."

Neville said panickedly: "That's why I'm worried about Mikel's safety."

Lin Xia looked at the others: "How about we look for Mikel first?"

The other young wizards immediately agreed. Although Mikel was not familiar with them, he was also a student of Hogwarts, and they were happy to help their companions.

Lin Xia led Neville, Ron and Hermione into a group, and Draco randomly gathered a young wizard from Ravenclaw into a group, and they all went to look for Mikel.

Being with Lin Xia, Neville was calmer. This was the tacit understanding they developed during the Potions class.

Neville felt that Lin Xia would definitely be able to find Mikel.

Lin Xia asked about the details of the house-elf.

Neville recalled carefully: "I took a few glances. It was dressed very elegantly, like a butler. The clothes were not torn, but a little old."

Lin Xia judged: "Then this house elf should be doing something for the nobles."

Neville suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up: "Oh, right, Mikkel called the name of the house-elf, it seems to be Kreacher!"

Lin Xia paused, "Are you sure your name is Kreacher?"

Neville wasn't sure and thought about it for a long time, fearing that he had remembered it wrong.

He then took out the memory crystal ball he carried with him, and found the memory of Mikkel calling the house-elf from it.

"Yes, his name is Kreacher."

Lin Xia's expression suddenly became serious and he paused.

There are no duplicate names for house-elves.

"Neville, we may have to tell the professor about this, because the house-elf named Kreacher is the elf of Black Manor."

"Black Manor?" It sounded familiar to Neville.

Lin Xia said softly: "Sirius Black."

Neville's expression turned pale instantly. (End of this chapter)