Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Lin Xia made a binding wand with 80% binding effect, then left the laboratory and went to Dean Sprout's office.

Because the dean has to deal with herbs for a long time, his office is not located in Hogwarts, but in the greenhouse behind Hogwarts.

From the greenhouse, you can quickly reach Hagrid's cabin. The straight-line distance is not far, but if you take a detour you will have to walk a long way.

If you come to Brother Hai’s cabin, it is like stepping half a foot into the forbidden forest, because the cabin is designed at the entrance of the forbidden forest.

In the dim night, Lin Xia lit a glowing candle and placed it in the kerosene lamp to replace the originally burning candle.

The light of a glow candle is different from that of an ordinary candle.

When ordinary candles are lit, the flame is reddish-orange. When you go out at night, even if there is a glass cover, it will often be blown by the wind coming in from nowhere, making it flicker, as if it will go out in the next second.

But the light of a glorious candle is always a warm white light, standing in the cold wind and never going out, unless it is about to burn out, then it will show signs of decline.

Lin Xia carried a kerosene lamp and walked slowly out of Hogwarts, walking along the long flower garden corridor.

In the boundless night, the glowing candle in her hand seemed to be the only source of light.

A little wizard looked out the window curiously, saw the flickering light, and then noticed Lin Xia.

"It's so late, where is Senior Lin Xia going?" a little wizard asked curiously.

The other little wizards answered: "Either they are on patrol, or they are picking someone up... Oh, yes, maybe they are going to find Dean Sprout. The Dean's office is in the flower garden behind the school."

Because there were so many little wizards gathered by the window, they attracted the attention of other students. Some outstanding students walked over and wanted to ask the little wizards to disperse.

As outstanding students of Hogwarts, they were told many things that ordinary little wizards did not know, and learned that Hogwarts, shrouded in night, was more dangerous than they had imagined.

It is not a good thing for the little wizard to be too curious about the night.

In places where the sun does not shine, the evil god's whispers grow wildly like vines, covering every corner that no one can see.

After expelling the little wizard, the outstanding student looked towards the window and happened to see Lin Xia walking alone in the darkness.

Wood and Angelina stared at Lin Xia in silence until her figure disappeared from the window, then they looked away.

Angelina sighed: "Although Lin Xia is younger than me, I feel that I can no longer compare to her. I can no longer walk so calmly in the dark."

The professor revealed a lot of things to her and she also knew that Hogwarts was very dangerous in the dark.

Especially after leaving the castle, even with the protection of the magic array, it is easy to be attacked by the evil god's whispering.

For her own safety, she hasn't walked freely under the cover of night for many years.

Wood said: "Do you see the candle in Lin Xia's hand? I think that candle is not simple. It seems to be able to withstand the night wind."

Angelina's expression froze when she heard this. "You mean, that candle can resist the evil god's whispering?"

Wood said in a deep voice: "I don't know, but I have this intuition. If we also have that candle, maybe it won't be difficult to patrol and explore outside in the future."

Angelina thought for a moment and said, "The professor should know something about this. Besides, things that can resist those things are often very precious. Even if they can be produced, we may not be able to afford them."

Wood thought that perhaps he could apply to Professor McGonagall.

If they had that thing, they could take a few more and place them under the lights of the Quidditch field, so they could do special training even at night.

As long as they train long enough, they can surpass Ravenclaw in terms of physical strength and win the game.

If Angelina knew what Wood was thinking, she would be speechless and would eventually say, "A madman for victory!"
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Sprout is doing research on plant cultivation.

Herbalism is also a profound subject. Recently, she discovered a strange fungus that glows at night and releases a mild and pleasant gas.

After absorbing this gas, the wizard will not feel uncomfortable. Instead, he will feel happy and calmer than before.

Sprout personally absorbed the gas at ten times the concentration. In that state, she felt that she was full of inspiration and had a feeling that she would succeed no matter what she researched.

It's like the effect of taking Felixir.

But unlike the Felix decoction, which can really make your wishes come true after taking it, the gas from this fungus can only make people reach the mental state of taking the Felix decoction, but will not have any effect in real life.

Sprout is studying what gas this magical fungus plant absorbs and then converts it into a special pleasant gas.

If she could figure out the mechanism, she could create more varieties and use the gas in more ways.

Just to name one, it can be used to treat serious injuries and relieve the patient's pain.

Another thing is that it can be used in critical moments to relieve the tension of wizards and make them think of solutions more calmly.

"Knock knock!"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the office door. Sprout raised his head instantly and looked outside the door with great vigilance.

In the past, few people came to see her at night.

If the professor came to see her, he would notify her in advance, but this time she did not receive any information.

Sprout carefully picked up his wand and slowly walked over. "Who is it?"

"Professor, it's me. I came here to show you my invention."

Lin Xia's crisp voice came, and Sprout breathed a sigh of relief. She waved her wand to open the door, but she still remained cautious.

It was not until she saw Lin Xia and the glowing candle in her hand that she completely let down her guard.

Sprout is a high-level wizard. Although her combat power is not enhanced, she also has the knowledge and background of a high-level wizard.

She immediately noticed the extraordinary glow of the candle in Lin Xia's hand and asked curiously:
"Is this the glow candle you invented? It can resist the evil god's whispers in the dark. Is it for the purpose of making such a magical item that we have been learning ancient magic words recently?"

Lin Xia nodded: "Yes, it is to create a brilliant candle. It can resist the cold wind in the dark night. Under the illumination of its light, the evil god's whispers dare not approach, which helps wizards explore the evil god's world."

Sprout smiled and said, "What an interesting invention. Is this what you wanted to show me?"

Lin Xia shook her head: "No, Dean, what I want to show you is another brand new invention."

She took the binding wand out of her sleeve and handed it to the professor. "This is a new type of wand I developed. I named it the binding wand. This wand is different from the previous magnetic wands and natural wands. It does not tolerate the attributes of wizards.

Wizards who don't match its attributes can't use it, but even wizards who match its attributes can use it to the same effect as an ordinary wand. The only difference is that it will increase the power of binding magic. "

Sprout took the wand and waved it curiously: "Vine entanglement!"

After a while, a green light shone on the smooth ground, and many vines grew out of thin air, densely packed together, and soon entangled themselves together.

Sprout looked at this scene in great surprise: "The effect on binding magic has been greatly enhanced. I feel that it is equivalent to using Ivy Entanglement twice!"

Lin Xia nodded: "Using the binding wand to use binding magic can add another 80% effect on top of the spell effect."

Sprout looked closely at the binding wand, as if trying to discern a flower from it.

But she was a plant researcher and couldn't understand technological inventions. No matter how she looked at them, it was all in vain. She just thought the patterns wrapped around the magic wand were beautiful.

Sprout couldn't help but sigh, "This wand can be used as a special type of wand. Although it is not as popular as magnetic wands and natural wands, it can be used on special groups to have a great effect, far exceeding the bonus brought by a customized wand."

Lin Xia smiled. As expected of the dean, she could see the greatest function of this magic wand at a glance.

She said, "I think the binding wand is very suitable for the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic. When they capture special criminals, they often use binding magic. This can greatly enhance their attack power and improve their efficiency."

Sprout pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Binding magic is not only of wood attribute, but also of gold and earth attributes, even water attribute has binding magic.

Although I only tested the binding magic of wood attribute, I can sense that this wand has more functions than that, and it needs to undergo rigorous experiments.

If it works on all Binding Magic, I'll write to the Ministry of Magic and recommend it."

Lin Xia said gratefully: "Thank you, Professor."

With Dean Sprout's endorsement, even if the Ministry of Magic does not purchase the binding wand, other wizards will know the effect of the binding wand after the news gets out.

Dean Sprout asked: "Did you come to me this time to hand over the binding wand so that Hogwarts can quickly check it?

Or do you want to get it published and have it appear in a research journal as soon as possible? "

Lin Xia shook her head: "These are secondary. I came to see the professor this time to ask if the binding wand I invented can be used as a Hufflepuff achievement to increase Hufflepuff's points in the House Cup."

She smiled and said, "My requirements are not high. I just need to increase my score by 100 points."

Dean Sprout laughed and understood Lin Xia's plan.

This student of hers was mature and had been an excellent student since the first grade. She didn't expect that he would care about the score of the college cup.

But unfortunately, Sprout only thought about it for a moment, then shook his head and said, “If there is a precedent before, and your invention adds points to the college, then I can still bring it up.

But it has never happened before, and even if I bring it up this time, it is absolutely impossible to add 100 points, the maximum I can add is 50 points. "

Lin Xia researched new things and published papers, but the main extra points came not from the college cup but from the excellent student badge.

The points she gets can increase her authority in the secret key and help her get subsidies from the school.

So logically speaking, if Lin Xia chose to get extra points in the College Cup, then there would be no extra points on the secret key, but neither of them mentioned this.

Otherwise, why would she come here specifically to see the dean?
The dean will help her solve it.

The night was getting darker and darker. Even though the dean had already witnessed the magic of the glow candles, he was still worried about Lin Xia and sent her back personally.
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After two days of observation, Draco was released after being confirmed by Professor McGonagall to be fine.

After he went out, Lin Xia didn't let him take care of the binding wand, but hurried to experiment with strange medicine.

The inheritance of strange medicine is very unpredictable. Although Draco gained a lot of experience this time, it is ultimately not as good as what he has summarized himself.

Just to better understand weird pharmacy, Draco would often get an inspiration in the middle of a meal and then rush to the laboratory.

I had just started class when an inspiration came to my mind. I thought that the next time would be the best time to do an experiment, so I had to ask the professor for leave and rushed to the laboratory again.

Draco told Lin Xia and the others that because he consciously chose the best time for refining during the day, he would basically set the refining time based on his inspiration during the day.

But he couldn't control the time period during the day.

Lin Xia was originally worried that if Draco suddenly had an inspiration while patrolling late at night and thought that this was the best time to refine it, would she release it or not?

Now Draco didn't make things difficult for them after all.

In addition to the fact that the refining time is basically fixed after daytime, Draco also keeps collecting various strange refining items.

The school playground, the dust in the classrooms that no one has entered for a long time, the Hufflepuff common room, the Gryffindor common room, the kitchen... even many unknown secret passages would be visited by Draco.

Not only did Lin Xia help him collect strange materials in her free time, he also asked Ron and Hermione to pick up the dew produced by certain points and the sandpaper rubbed by Peeves... Even Harry would pull a handful of grass from time to time during his Quidditch training.

Some of the grass had to be mopped with a broom, which was Draco's request.

After several days of hard work, Draco still hadn't come up with any special potion, but Harry's Quidditch match was about to start.

Gryffindor vs Ravenclaw!

The weather today is still bad. Although it was not raining or windy when I went out in the morning, it was very cold. There was a layer of gray mist covering the sky and visibility was very low.

Harry woke up early in the morning and met George and Fred in the common room. They all greeted the Fat Lady and then went to the Great Hall for breakfast.

The Fat Lady heard from the little wizard that today's Quidditch match would most likely allow Gryffindor to win the house cup, so she went out of her way to cheer Harry and the others up.

"Come on, little wizards. I hope to see Gryffindor win the first place in the house cup for three consecutive years."

George: "But Ravenclaw isn't that easy to deal with."

Fred: "Gryffindor's winning rate against Ravenclaw is 45% in all previous matches, which is lower than against Slytherin."

Harry couldn't help but ask, "What is Gryffindor's chance of winning against Slytherin?"

George and Fred said in unison: "50%!" (End of this chapter)