Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

The pool of black liquid in the prison was becoming less and less as Lin Xia and Dean Sprout collected it.

Professor McGonagall turned her head away, looking at the scene with some reluctance.

She also heard the conversation between Lin Xia and the others just now.

If this pool of black liquid still retains human consciousness and possesses human thoughts, then the liquid itself is the human body.

What the two men were doing now was tantamount to eating a person alive and collecting all kinds of tissues and organs that were still alive.

This kind of thing is enough torture to send anyone to hell.

McGonagall's eyes were slightly red. If it weren't for the difficulty in the wizarding world to collect black bugs with active ingredients, they wouldn't want to use this method.

There are too few samples that can be left behind, and high-level polluters often choose to self-destruct at the moment of going crazy, making it almost impossible for them to collect them, so they have to resort to this last resort.

It is extremely rare to find a high-level polluter who still retains a little bit of sanity. Originally, there was another proposal within Hogwarts to use this pool of liquid for another more sophisticated experiment.

However, this experiment required the consumption of all the liquid, and ultimately most of the professors did not approve of this proposal, so it was left unfinished.

Since this pool of liquid did not choose to go crazy and self-destruct, they also hope to retain the last bit of dignity for it.

After collecting about half of the liquid on the ground, Dean Sprout put down his hands. Seeing this, Lin Xia also snapped his fingers, and all the force applied to the test tube disappeared.

She waved her hand and put the collected test tubes into the seamless retractable ring.

Dean Sprout glanced at her and nodded slightly.

Lin Xia understood something from her eyes and nodded solemnly.

After a while, even Professor McGonagall came in. She stood in front of the two of them, lowered her head, closed her eyes, and observed a moment of silence. Lin Xia and Dean Splett also lowered their heads in silence.

After an unknown amount of time, she heard a soft sigh in her ear, and when she looked up, she saw a bright white light.

This ray of light came from the top of Professor McGonagall's wand, and eventually the light turned into a very small raccoon cat.

The civet cat jumped lightly onto the pool of black liquid, and in an instant, it turned into a ball of burning white flame.

Lin Xia heard something burning, evaporating, and rising... The pool of black liquid on the ground seemed to have encountered an evil star that it could not avoid, and it desperately compressed into a ball.

But under the blazing fire, it eventually turned into nothingness.

The moment the black liquid on the ground completely disappeared, the white flame burning on its body suddenly expanded and grew larger.

This flame does not burn people, but instead makes people feel warm and safe.

And in the flames, Lin Xia seemed to see the face of the manager of Honeydukes appear, smiling at them and nodding in greeting.
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The punishment against Ravenclaw captain Ronan Lynch was quickly issued.

The Hogwarts Quidditch Committee was appalled at the cheating, and disapproved of the new form of the game, which involved chasing the Snitch with a Tracking Charm on a broomstick.

Although Ronan argued that this was just an experiment he came up with on a whim and the other team members were unaware of it, he had to bear all the consequences alone.

However, the Quidditch Committee still imposed a relatively heavy punishment on the entire Ravenclaw team.

Not only will Ronan Lynch be banned for one semester, meaning he will be completely unable to participate in Quidditch matches in the next semester, but all of Ravenclaw's competition results in that semester will also be invalidated.

This punishment was posted as a notice on the bulletin board in the auditorium.

At dinner time, the bulletin board was crowded with people. All the young wizards were looking at the punishment and couldn't help discussing it.

"Isn't this punishment a bit too severe? It's just a tracking spell in the broomstick class, and it may not work. Otherwise, why couldn't Ronan catch up with the Golden Snitch, and let Harry get there first?"

"Didn't you see the details released by the Quidditch Committee? The broom suddenly lost its power at the last critical moment because Harry was injured and blood splashed on Ronan's handle, contaminating the tracking spell. Otherwise, it would have been possible for him to catch the Golden Snitch."

"His behavior has greatly tarnished the fairness of Quidditch competitions. I think this punishment is light. It's only one semester of competition, not a year-long ban!"

Ron was also looking at the notice.

He didn't need to crawl in like other young wizards. He just needed to sit at the Gryffindor dining table and use the extrasensory spell to enhance his vision to clearly see what was written on the notice.

"The punishment has been issued. All Ravenclaw's game results this semester will be invalidated. The extra points for the House Cup obtained by winning the Quidditch game will also be immediately cleared. So..."

Ron turned to look at Harry, "Is our team's next opponent in the final going to be Slytherin?"

Harry said uncertainly, "All scores have been reset, and the four teams have become three. We will face either Slytherin or Hufflepuff."

Hermione added: "Although Hufflepuff has senior Cedric, the overall competitive level of the team is relatively poor and they always come in last in Quidditch matches.

If the school arranges for Hufflepuff to play against Gryffindor, doesn't that mean Gryffindor will be the champion? I guess Slytherin, whose competitive level is similar, will be arranged."

Draco was hesitant to speak. He really wanted to say that Hufflepuff's competitive level was not bad, it was just that the team members' physical fitness could not keep up, and the training was not harsh and did not over-exploit the players.

But after thinking about it, I just couldn't bring myself to say it.

Forget it, whether Hufflepuff plays against Gryffindor or Slytherin, the probability of winning is too low.

"If you are curious, why not ask Wood? He should have received the final list of finalists."

A crisp voice was heard, and the four of them turned around with some surprise. It was Lin Xia who came back.

This time Lin Xia was away for a longer time. She disappeared for three whole days. Professor McGonagall and Dean Splett also disappeared for three days.

They were worried about what might happen and went to ask Professor Lupin.

Lupin specially helped them to find out, and finally found out that they were out on a mission this time. The mission had a very high confidentiality level and no information could be disclosed.

Professor Lupin came back and said to them: "We can only wait, but don't worry, the two professors are senior wizards, Lin Xia will be safe with them."

"Lin Xia, we heard from Professor Lupin that you and the two deans went out on a mission. Did it go smoothly?" Hermione asked curiously.

Lin Xia's expression was very calm. She had just returned, but she didn't look dusty at all. She was clean from head to toe, showing the gentleness and elegance of a high-level intellectual, and a sense of refinement. The reason why she looked refined was that the wizard robe Lin Xia was wearing was different from the one she usually wore at school.

Everyone can clearly feel that the material of this wizard robe is very special. Although it is all black, it exudes a sense of solidity and strength. Draco feels that it is a bit like the material of tough dragon skin.

On the outside of the wizard robe, Lin Xia also pinned three exquisite badges.

One of them was the badge of Hogwarts top student, and they recognized another one, the Wizengamot Order of Third Class, but they had never seen the last one before.

It is very delicate and complex, with stars, sun and moon unfolding around a book.

It is these three badges that make this plain wizard robe look classy.

Lin Xia smiled slightly: "It went smoothly. The professor didn't let me wave my wand. I was under their protection."

The other world they entered was also in Hogwarts, but it was a different dimension.

The speed of time flow in the inner world is different from that in the outside world. The flow rate is faster, and the flow rate in different spaces inside the door is also different.

Ron and the others only thought that she had been out for three days, but in fact Lin Xia had been in the world for seven days.

After collecting the black blood, Lin Xia and Sprout both had flashes of inspiration, but they were afraid that these inspirations would be fleeting, so they immediately began research in the laboratory in the other world.

Although this was just a hasty decision made by her and the dean, the inner world was indeed a higher-level place. Even though it was just the most ordinary laboratory, many of the mechanical equipment inside were things that even Lin Xia had never seen before.

Even though she had previously used her outstanding student quota to purchase advanced machinery that the school could provide, she had not seen these devices on the in-app purchase page.

Lin Xia specifically asked the dean if it was possible to take these mechanical equipment outside for use?
The dean said: “It is possible, but the review process is very strict.

This is equipment specially developed by researchers in the other world. It is not sold to the outside world, and even Hogwarts does not have a channel to buy it. Only when researchers inside go out to visit relatives and friends, and relatives and friends ask them to do so, will they make a few sets for sale. "

Sprout suddenly thought of something and asked, "Do you have a certificate from the Researchers Association, that is, the Researchers Association badge?

The Researchers Association can purchase equipment directly from the event, and each researcher has a specific quota."

Lin Xia was a little surprised, "Is the Researchers Association so well-known in the other world?"

Dean Sprout looked at Lin Xia deeply and said, "I think you need to understand the status of the Researchers Association in the entire wizarding world.

The researchers in the other world are certainly powerful, but the Researchers' Association is the place that all researchers in the wizarding world yearn for.

Researchers in the other world only need to have one outstanding research invention, but the Researchers Association requires wizards’ inventions to change the wizarding world to a certain extent before they will invite wizards to join and research more inventions that can change the world.”

So when Lin Xia came out of the inner world this time, in addition to some research results that had some clues, he also brought a set of special advanced equipment for researchers in the inner world.

Her original idea was to bring three sets so that Draco and Hermione could also use them, but with her ordinary research institute quota, if she wanted to buy three sets, she could only buy the ordinary version.

After comprehensive consideration, Lin Xia chose advanced equipment. The other world was inside Hogwarts. She believed that with the talents of the other two, they would be able to reach the other world soon, and they would figure out a way themselves by then.

Lin Xia said as she sat down and enjoyed her dinner.

With her joining, the topic instantly became serious.

She first said that the paper on binding the wand had been submitted and would most likely be approved before the end of the semester, and she would then hold a paper release conference at the school.

Ron asked, "Are there enough people? Do you still need my and Harry's help?"

Lin Xia said decisively: "Yes, you and Harry have done experiments and can handle most of the problems. As for the more professional questions, I will answer them when the time comes."

Hermione asked, "I wonder how the school will prepare this time?"

In the past, when Lin Xia held a paper release conference on campus, he had to decorate the auditorium a few days in advance. However, they had held several press conferences before and were familiar with all the procedures, so they were not at all nervous even if it was held at the last minute.

Lin Xia thought for a while and said, "But this time I just want to hold a simple press conference and don't plan to invite outsiders to participate. I just need to ask the examiners to come."

Draco frowned. "Will the school agree?"

They wanted to keep it simple before, but the school disagreed, believing that some honors need to be known to the whole world.

The more people come, the better, so that the news can spread further.

Lin Xia nodded: "I have discussed this with Dean Sprout in advance. Because the purpose of this invention, the binding wand, is somewhat special, I am afraid that after the press conference, it will be on the Ministry of Magic's weapons procurement list, so it is better to let as few people know as possible."

However, they never thought of hiding the Binding Wand. After all, once the paper was published in a journal, it would be known to the entire wizarding world.

As long as they have the channels, researchers can buy a current issue of the journal, and anyone who is interested can still notice the special use of the binding wand if they want to.

Lin Xia reduced the number of people on the invitation list for the press conference simply because she didn't want to make such a big fuss.

She was already very prominent, and Hogwarts had helped her to fend off many sinister and cunning businessmen, so she should try to be as low-key as possible.

As they were walking out after dinner, they passed the Ravenclaw table.

When the disciplinary notice came out, the Ravenclaw students seemed less calm.

During the meal, people at several tables started arguing.

Some people firmly stand on Ronan Lynch's side, but others believe that such opportunistic means affect the fairness of the competition.

As they passed by, one person even said loudly: "I am going to write a suggestion letter to the Quidditch competition organization. I think we can introduce a new type of competitive game method, so that the game will look more exciting and not so boring!"

Ron looked a little angry when he heard this, but before he could make a move, a student who was eating at the Ravenclaw table threw a banana peel at him.

"Shut up, you incompetent who doesn't understand Quidditch!"

After Ron walked out of the Great Hall, he kept muttering, "That warrior is really good. Quidditch organizations need wizards with ideals like this!"

(End of this chapter)