Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Based on the rules of the scale, Lin Xia couldn't help but have an idea -

Even if this conch is not a pollutant, it is still a rare object. If we decompose the power of the rare object and transform it into an object, can we create another rare object?

As the scales of fate were being decomposed and transformed, Lin Xiafu looked into his heart and cast a trace of his own soul imprint into the dense white mist.

The feeling of having one's soul decomposed is not pleasant. The pain it brings is the same as when Voldemort decomposed his soul and put the soul fragments into the Horcrux.

But Lin Xia's decomposition of the soul imprint was not as extreme as Voldemort's.

She only provided a small part of her soul fragment, not for the purpose of relying on the Horcrux to be reborn, but to make the object consistent with her thoughts.

This allows for better control over the items you create.

Just like the White Fairy, you can share perspective and five senses with it when necessary.

Of course, Lin Xia was not sure whether the soul imprint she invested could bring her the same rewards as Fairy Bai.

As Lin Xia's soul imprint was thrown into the scales of fate, under the power of certain rules, the mist was reshaped and swallowed up.

Then at a certain moment, all the mist dissipated, and the scales of fate spewed out a wisp of mist again.

This mist is very similar to the white conch when it is decomposed, but it has a more ethereal and vague sense of fantasy.

The mist gradually solidified and combined into a completely new object.

Lin Xia looked and saw that the newly assembled object was also a conch, and its shape was the same as before it was decomposed.

Seems unchanged.

Lin Xia held the conch in her palm, and the conch gradually became translucent. Under her gaze, it gradually changed from translucent to transparent, and then disappeared.

At the same time, a message came to Lin Xia's mind——

[Illusionary Snail]

After learning the name of the conch in her hand, she also learned about its abilities.

1. Infinite division of offspring.

2. Panoramic monitoring without energy interference

3. Concealment (enhanced)

4. Have certain defensive capabilities (enhanced)
The ability arrangement is clear at a glance, and those with the word "enhanced" at the end are all enhanced after being converted by the Scales of Fate.

After Lin Xia knew the ability of the [Illusionary Snail], there was only one thought in his mind, that is, this conch was very suitable for eavesdropping and surveillance.

Especially the ability of "infinite splitting of sub-bodies", which can be placed anywhere at will. The only troublesome thing is the recovery of the sub-bodies, which need to be recycled continuously in order to absorb the scenes stored in the sub-bodies.

But as long as the mother snail exists, it is still very convenient to recover the baby snails.

At the same time, Lin Xia also understood the weakness of the [Illusionary Snail], which is that it is very easy to be destroyed. Corresponding to the "infinitely split sub-bodies", it is extremely fragile.

But after the shift in the scales of fate, the defensive capabilities of the [Illusionary Snail] have been enhanced. However, Lin Xia thought that no matter how much the defense was enhanced, it would probably still be very fragile.

No matter how much the defense is enhanced, it is impossible to increase it by five or six times. At most, it can only be enhanced slightly on the original basis, and it cannot even reach a double increase.

Lin Xia thought about how she had previously been able to purify the conch simply by using the Patronus Charm, and was not optimistic about the conch's enhanced defensive capabilities.

She weighed the [Illusionary Snail] in her hand and began to test its defensive capabilities.

And it split into a sub-body, which was placed in the golden wooden house, mainly responsible for monitoring the diary and portraits in the forbidden magic box.

Although the diary and the portrait of Voldemort are gradually losing their powers over time, Lin Xia believes that they will not surrender so easily.

Besides, even if the diary could cooperate with her, the portrait would never give in.

Lin Xia lowered her eyes and thought. She had to find another opportunity to completely destroy the portrait of Voldemort.

She was not sure how much power Voldemort's portrait had lost. If she rashly took it out for sacrifice, she would probably face a strong counterattack.

As the agent chosen by the world of evil, Voldemort, even with his Horcruxes, possesses a huge amount of evil whispers.

Without being fully prepared, Lin Xia did not intend to confront the portrait head-on.

A dreamless night.

When Lin Xia woke up in the morning, she caused the Illusionary Snail to split into several sub-bodies again.

She wanted to test the sub-bodies' ability to record and receive information, and planned to take a few sub-bodies and put them in different classrooms.

Today's morning class is Transfiguration.

Professor McGonagall raised the difficulty and began to ask the young wizard to give life to dead objects, turning them into living creatures.

Professor McGonagall said: "You can turn it into a singing eagle, a walking lion, a dancing badger... My requirement is that it must have an ability of a living creature, at least to allow me to detect that the transformed object is a living creature."

Ron's expression immediately became bitter. He sat with Lin Xia and immediately turned around and said, "Lin Xia, the professor's request is too high. I can't do it."

Lin Xia shook her head: "Ron, you didn't listen carefully to what Professor McGonagall said. She didn't require the shapeshifter to be very lifelike, but to give it a characteristic that only living things can possess.

For example, "singing and dancing" and "running and moving" are not things that dead things can do. Only living things can do such things.

If you really can't transform, you can also make a dancing flower, which can also be regarded as giving the flower the characteristics of a living thing."

The other little wizards pricked up their ears and listened to Lin Xia's guidance.

Her words broadened the horizons of the little wizard. Before that, the little wizard only thought that Professor McGonagall asked them to create a vivid living creature.

But what Lin Xia said can be interpreted from another perspective: they can transform some dead objects and then give them the characteristics of living things!
One of the little wizards had a sudden idea and turned a wooden stick into a box. Then he tried to make the box gradually split and then put it back together to form a King Kong model.

The little wizard controlled the King Kong model and performed a mechanical and stiff dance.

"Wow!" The other little wizards couldn't help but applaud.

Professor McGonagall watched the performance of this "Transformer" and a smile appeared on her serious face. She immediately announced that the young wizard had passed the test.

The young wizard finally understood. It turns out that the characteristics given to living creatures can be used in this way?

The Transformer just now was a dead object, but it possessed the characteristics of a living thing, because ordinary dead objects would not be able to dance on their own, just like humans.

So the little wizard used his imagination to make many interesting transformations.

Ron listened to Lin Xia's suggestion and first turned the wooden stick into a small white flower in a pot. Then he stretched the green leaves of the small white flower and turned them into magic wands.

After the transformation was completed, Ron directly controlled the little white flower with a magic wand to dance wildly. The next second, the magic wand on the green leaves could actually cast a spell!

Biu! Biu! Biu!

The little wizards were surprised and asked what kind of spell this was.
After observation, I found that it was not a spell, but silk threads spit out by the green leaves. Those silk threads were very thin. Occasionally, when the sun shone through, it was reflected by the silk threads, and it looked like lasers were emitting.

Although this pot of flowers does not cast spells, the little wizard was still amazed.

Some people even thought that Ron's Transfiguration skills had made great progress, and began to gather around Ron and ask him questions about Transfiguration.

Hermione was very puzzled as to how Ron could perform such a transformation. She had never seen such a plant. Lin Xia said:
"The little white flower exists in real life, and the special ability of the green leaf also exists in some real-life flowers, so Ron is not making it up out of thin air."

She changed the subject, "But there is one thing I agree with, that is, Ron's transformation skills have improved a lot. He couldn't do it so smoothly before."

Harry glanced at Ron, who was chatting smugly with other wizards.

Harry lowered his head and silently performed Transfiguration, but he failed many times.

Lin Xia seemed to notice his condition and asked casually, "Harry, do you need help?"

Harry came back to his senses and shook his head, "Ah? No, no, I can do it myself."

Ron heard the voice and hurried over, saying excitedly, "Harry, I know what to do. Let me help you. You can first imagine something simple, such as a plant or a table or chair..."

Hermione was also trying to transform, but she was trying a more advanced transformation. She wanted to transform into a lifelike lion!

But with her level of Transfiguration skills, she was still unable to transform into a large lion. After some effort, she could only transform into Crookshanks, her own cat.

But the real cat was relatively small, a bit like a smaller version of Crookshanks' childhood. After Hermione transformed, she felt a little tired, as if she had consumed a lot of energy.

Professor McGonagall walked over to Hermione and gave her an "A" very straightforwardly, praising her encouragingly: "Well done, Hermione."

Hermione laughed happily.

She turned to look at Draco and found that Draco had also completed his transformation at some point, becoming a badger that looked like the real-life version of Crookshanks.

Hermione could only control the miniature version of Crookshanks to squat in place, lick its paws, and wag its tail, while the badger transformed by Draco could run and jump, and could even follow Lin Xia's transformed badger and provide music for Lin Xia's badger!
Hermione's expression immediately became unwilling, and she wanted to give her cat more anthropomorphic emotions.

But if it could be done so easily, Transfiguration wouldn't be considered advanced magic in the wizarding world.

The Transfiguration that some people perform can fight against the Dark Arts!
Hermione tried for a whole class but failed, but it was not completely ineffective. The smaller version of Crookshanks was able to circle around a person.

Lin Xia took a special look at the transformation of Neville and Mikel. Neville transformed into a box, and then made the box run around, as if he was performing a box version of tap dance.

Mikel transformed into an eagle with sharp eyes and flew around the classroom. The people of Ravenclaw praised Mikel for his transformation.

Ron heard the noise from Mikel's side and couldn't help but curl his lips and muttered, "If you have the ability to conjure up a lion, why conjure up an eagle? It's not that I'm not sure I can conjure up a lion. Conjuring a lion is much more difficult than conjuring an eagle."

Lin Xia pretended not to hear Ron's complaints, and the more she answered him, the more excited he became.

She looked at Harry. Under Ron's guidance, Harry...

Harry still hadn't completed any Transfiguration.

But this is actually normal, half of the students in the classroom cannot complete the transformation on the first try.

After finishing the Transfiguration class, Lin Xia ran to Professor McGonagall's office because she had a question to ask the professor.

Harry and the others knew what question Lin Xia was going to ask. This was what they had discussed yesterday. If they couldn't find any relevant information on how pollutants were transformed into strange objects, they would simply ask the professor directly.

Among the professors they knew, probably only Professor McGonagall would answer their questions.

After a while, Professor McGonagall returned to the office.

In the office, Lin Xia was already waiting, while Ron, Harry and the others arrived at the laboratory earlier.

It's not that I don't want to wait at the door, but once I stand at the door, it will be easy for Professor McGonagall to find out.

Professor McGonagall was a little surprised to see Lin Xia, and asked with concern: "Did you have any problems with your body after absorbing that strange fragrance yesterday?"

Lin Xia remained calm and expressed what the other four people felt today.

Her physique was so strong that the boost brought by the strange fragrance was quickly digested and absorbed, and her body did not experience any problems.

But it’s different for other friends.

Except for Draco who was more receptive, everyone else was more or less "not used to the local climate".

"I feel a little itchy and hot. Sometimes I feel like I have a fever, but when I take my temperature, there is no change. It seems to have grown a little bit."

Mag said with some surprise: "It seems that your physique is very good at absorbing that strange fragrance. The phenomena you described usually do not appear in one person. A person usually only has a single symptom."

Lin Xia:......

Is it too late to change your mind now?

Mag seemed to notice her expression and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous, this is a good thing. The more strange smells appear, it means your body is gradually adapting to the benefits. This is a transformation process.

I told you before that the effect of the fragrance on wizards is subtle, increasing the wizard's potential bit by bit. You will experience more and more discomfort in the future. If you are not sure, come and ask me directly."

She paused and continued, "The symptoms you just mentioned are all symptoms caused by absorbing the strange fragrance in the early stage. They are all normal."

The topic ended here and Lin Xia asked another question.

"Professor, I want to ask, when the pollutants are cleared, will they all disappear?"

Mag raised an eyebrow, "Did you find something?"

Lin Xia said calmly, "I once read a banned book that said some pollutants would disappear completely, while others would remain. I am confused about this."

Mag pondered for a moment and said, "You will know this sooner or later. I can tell you all at once. After all, you have also been exposed to pollutants."

She admitted frankly: "The wizarding world has not yet discovered a pattern as to whether the pollutants disappear or remain and transform into strange objects."

Lin Xia asked curiously, "Leave it and transform it into a rare item?"

It seems that the conch that was purified yesterday and became a rare object is not an isolated case. (End of this chapter)