Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Neville suddenly slacked off and ran off to Hufflepuff. The Gryffindor officials came looking for him and brought Neville back.

The person in charge originally wanted to give a few words of advice not to be so nervous, saying that strange phenomena are not so scary as long as they are handled properly.

But seeing Neville's face was deathly pale, like a paper doll, the person in charge had no choice but to swallow back his stern words.

He mentally crossed out Neville.

With a personality like that, why did you sign up for night patrol?
This person clearly wouldn't even pass the basic interview!
Night patrols are known only to a small number of wizards and are only circulated among a limited number of people. Even when there is an open selection process, it is only open to a small group of people.

Most of the students who knew about the night patrols were high-achieving students, so they received reminders from professors or other outstanding students.

The person in charge had never seen anyone as timid and cowardly as Neville before.

Even if others see a strange phenomenon for the first time, they will be nervous, but they will not panic and run out of the line.

Not only did he run away, but he also shouted and yelled, making a scene that everyone knew about.

In the eyes of those in charge, Nawei's behavior was tantamount to desertion.

The subsequent patrol went exceptionally smoothly. The entire Gryffindor contingent only experienced one strange phenomenon, which was discovered by Neville.

The patrol ended at night.

Neville and Mikel returned to their dormitory in a daze.

Mikel was dazed because he was under a lot of mental strain while on patrol, which left him feeling somewhat exhausted.

Neville was dazed because he was completely panicked.

After being frightened by the strange phenomenon once, his mind seemed to leave his body and he didn't know where it went.

From then on, the patrols were conducted by being pushed around, told when to change shifts, when to walk, when to turn, and when to leave...

They were all led by Mikel.

Although Ron and Harry were both in the Gryffindor class, they patrolled different routes. They had met before, but had no opportunity to talk.

Back in the dorm, Ron asked Neville what he thought, but Neville didn't know what to say and just lay down on the bed like a drowsy creature.

Ron looked at Mikel and asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

Mikel said in a low voice, "Didn't you hear a shout when we first started patrolling, and then someone broke away from the group?"

Ron hesitated and said, "Yes, there is, but I don't know who it is."

He and Harry exchanged a glance, and both asked in confusion, "Could it be Neville?"

Mikel nodded with a sorrowful expression. "That little wizard was Neville. On his first patrol, he encountered a strange phenomenon. It was a headless female ghost that kept saying, 'I died so tragically.' Neville was completely terrified."

He thought for a moment and added, "He not only ran out of the Gryffindor line, but also ran to Hufflepuff and hid behind Lin Xia."

Ron said instinctively, "He's quite smart, knowing that Lin Xia's location is safe."

Harry said with some concern, "Although Neville has joined the patrol team, it doesn't mean that the problem will be solved once and for all."

"This is Neville's first time participating in a patrol, and there are various tests being conducted behind the scenes. His performance was unsatisfactory, and he will probably be asked to leave by Professor McGonagall tomorrow."

Ron asked anxiously, "Then what can we do to help him get through this?"

Just as Harry was about to say something, Mikel said, "If Neville fails the test, it's better to just give up patrolling."

Night patrols are not for everyone; they involve many dangers. I don't think Nawi is capable or mentally prepared for this task.

Ron opened his mouth: "But..."

He looked somewhat annoyed, suddenly realizing that he had registered Neville without his consent. Had he made a mistake?
Late at night, Ron tossed and turned, unable to sleep, as did Harry.

Before going to sleep, he remembered what Lin Xia had told him to do and asked Ron to draw another tracking magic rune array.

With something on his mind, Ron casually drew a picture on the petrified drawer.

Without a doubt, the drawing was a disaster.

But he only drew it once and had no intention of redrawing it.

This time, Harry only glanced at it, but the urge to help him make changes welled up in his heart again.

But he restrained himself, made a record of it with a photographic stone, and then left.

Instead, Mikel asked with some curiosity, "Harry, didn't you draw a miniature rune circle yesterday? Why didn't you draw it today?"

Harry seemed to be thinking of something, his expression stiffening as he stared wide-eyed at Mikel in disbelief.

"You not only recorded the magic rune array that Ron drew yesterday, but also the miniature magic rune array next to it?"

Mikel nodded casually: "Yes, aren't the miniature magic runes you drew magic runes? I wanted to study both of these magic runes, so I recorded them all."

Harry knew that Lin Xia had really seen the magic runes he had drawn, and he no longer harbored any illusions.

He wondered if Lin Xia knew something, or if she had something she wanted to tell him.

Furthermore, why doesn't she expose him? Why doesn't she talk to him? Does she have other plans?

Harry didn't believe that Lin Xia knew what the miniature runes he had drawn meant.

But he wondered, if Lin Xia really came to his door, what could he possibly say?

Harry sighed sadly, not even understanding why he had drawn this miniature rune array.

He couldn't help but slap his hand, wishing he could control himself!
the other side.

The night is dark.

After returning to the golden wooden house, Lin Xia resumed her cultivation of the "Nine Heavens Profound Yang Secret Record" technique as usual.

During this training, she consciously controlled the speed at which she absorbed magical energy.

As she became more and more proficient in using her skills, her body became like a bottomless whirlpool.

Once she opens up to absorb it, she can quickly deplete all the magic power accumulated in the golden wooden house.

In the past, Lin Xia wouldn't have thought much of this, but since the beginning of this semester, she has become more cautious.

During her cultivation, she realized that the restriction she had placed on the snail-sheep beast had been triggered.

Lin Xia opened her eyes, a golden glint flashing in them, and she couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

She snapped her fingers and used her wand to draw a small monitoring rune array in the air.

As Lin Xia delved deeper into the study of magic runes, she came to believe that magic runes were the ultimate goal of all magic.

Using magic runes, one can actually do many things that even magic cannot do.

Take modern spells as an example. There must be corresponding spells and hand gestures for the magic to be released according to the spell's settings.

If there is even the slightest error, the spell will not work.

However, modern spells are not omnipotent; there are many situations where magic is desired but there is simply no corresponding spell to trigger it.

On the one hand, no one is specifically researching new types of spells.

On the other hand, because there are so many different kinds of spells, wizards have to memorize so many that many wizards can't find the spell they really want to use.

Take cleaning spells for example. There are many subcategories under the name of cleaning spells. For instance, you need a special bubble spell to make bubbles, a special moving spell to wash and move things, and there are other subcategories of spells for rinsing with water after washing.

Some cleansing spells only require one incantation, thus conveniently summarizing all the above steps.

But that doesn't mean all spells can do that.

Cleansing spells are spells that people use daily. Because they are used so frequently, people will study spells that incorporate multiple steps into one.

Many spells are not combined together, but must be released individually, step by step. She previously built mobile restrooms at the Quidditch pitch, which was a large-scale, compound spell.

If any spell is cast incorrectly, the construction of the bathroom will fail.

At that time, she was not yet proficient in ancient spells, so she could only release spells one by one, creating washrooms by stacking them.

But if she were to build it now, she wouldn't do so much strenuous work.

You can directly draw an ancient spell, add the ancient spells you need, and add or delete the functions you want at any time.

Once the spell is released, it is a single, unchangeable entity.

However, once the ancient demonic script is drawn, there is always room for modification.

Moreover, compared to releasing individual spells one by one, drawing ancient runes is actually faster.

Once you've mastered the basic interpretations and have some understanding of the arrangement order, you can draw a magic rune array that can release a mobile washroom in just half an hour.

This half hour is for ordinary wizards. Wizards like Lin Xia, who are somewhat proficient in ancient magic runes, don't need half an hour.

She might be able to make one in ten minutes.

If it were pushed to its maximum speed, it would be far more than that.

Without using a mithril pen, simply drawing a magic rune array in the air was enough to achieve the desired effect.

This magic rune array can only perform monitoring for a short time; the duration is not long, but it is sufficient for emergencies.

Before long, Lin Xia saw a unique perspective.

This is a relatively low-angle view.

Looking at the outside world from this perspective, you'll find that everything is very tall.

Tall tables, tall chairs, tall people and objects... it's as if you've entered a world of giants.

A hint of interest flashed in Lin Xia's eyes. So this was the perspective of the snail-sheep beast?

It is indeed quite unique.

The snail-like creature is relatively small, but compared to things like rats and cockroaches, it is still quite large.

Therefore, snail-sheep beasts usually don't provoke creatures that are larger than them in their field of vision, but instead seek out smaller creatures to bully.

They like to eat mice and also catch cockroaches to play with.

After learning about the habits of the snail-goat beast from Hagrid, Lin Xia had the idea of ​​having the snail-goat beast catch the rat Banban.

Peter Pettigrew, having used the Animagus to transform himself into a rat for so many years, it's hard to guarantee that his sanity will ever return.

Perhaps, at many times, even Peter Pettigrew thought of himself as a mouse.

Only when someone is so deeply immersed in the role will they seem like a perfectly normal mouse.

He definitely has some of the habits of a rat.

The snail-sheep beast is an expert at catching mice, especially after it goes into berserk mode when it is hungry.

If it could catch Peter Pettigrew, who had transformed into a mouse, that would be even better.

Lin Xia never makes preparations for only one thing. She will try to catch Ron's tracking magic rune, but she doesn't want to give up the snail beast route either.

After obtaining these snail-like beasts, she placed some restrictions on them, also through the magic rune array.

Neither Ron nor Harry noticed that the ears of the snail-like creatures they had been given were slightly curled, and that there were actually tiny magic runes engraved on them.

Through the monitoring magic rune array, Lin Xia saw the snail-sheep beast staring at a group of rats with glowing green eyes in a dark corner.

From the perspective of the snail-sheep beast, these mice were not fast at all; on the contrary, they were very slow.

Lin Xia watched with great interest, unaware of the remarkable motion capture ability of the snail-sheep beast when she saw the things from the giant kingdom.

But when it comes to smaller creatures, their dynamic abilities actually perform quite well.

Is this snail-sheep beast also the type to pick on the weak?
One, two, three...

After watching for only a short while, the snail-sheep beast caught six mice.

And this is far from the limit.

These snail-sheep beasts are still using special sound waves to hunt, and sometimes a mouse will voluntarily jump into the traps they set.

Lin Xia thought to herself: It seems that Harry and Ron were a bit careless today and didn't feed the snail-goat beast.

"Meow~"

As Lin Xia was observing, a warm sensation came from near her feet.

Looking down, she saw that the White Fairy, who had been asleep for a long time, had finally woken up and was gently brushing her legs with her soft tail.

"Meow~"

The white fairy nuzzled Lin Xia with her fluffy head.

Lin Xia squatted down and gently stroked its body. "You're already undergoing bloodline awakening. Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

The White Fairy nodded in a very human way.

Deep within the White Fairy's bloodline lies a drop of blood from a high-level exotic beast, a legacy passed down from her ancestors long ago.

After many years of dilution, this bloodline has almost disappeared.

However, because the White Fairy signed a contract with her, and through the feedback from the scales of fate, this blood showed signs of activation, and the White Fairy gradually began to revert to her ancestral state.

Its fur was originally very white, but it gradually turned into a darker silver-gray.

Later, the White Fairy woke up less and less, gradually falling into a deep sleep, with very limited time awake each day.

This is because a dramatic change has occurred inside its body, causing it to channel all its power into that wisp of blood.

Only when that wisp of blood grows strong enough to allow it to completely revert to its ancestral state can the White Fairy regain normal consciousness.

During its slumber, the White Fairy needs a lot of energy.

It was already considered lucky to be able to stay by Lin Xia's side and have Lin Xia replenish its energy.

If she stayed elsewhere, the White Fairy would have to go hunting despite being sleepy in order to have enough energy for her body.

This is the most dangerous time.

Many amazing creatures have been able to awaken their bloodline by chance, but they all fail at the energy replenishment stage.

But Lin Xia knew even better that the magical creatures that survived the natural selection in the wild would be even more powerful after their bloodlines were awakened.

Bloodline awakening also varies in strength.

Not every bloodline that awakens can gain great power, nor can everyone skillfully wield that power.

Although the White Fairy was able to get through the energy replenishment stage safely, the deeper awakening that follows will likely be much more difficult.

Lin Xia touched the white fairy's tail, where black and white colors had already appeared, but the colors were very dark.

She said, "From now on, as soon as you regain consciousness, stay by my side. I will try my best to find you something to do, otherwise you may not be able to get through this."

The white fairy rubbed against Lin Xia's leg as a sign of agreement, then curled up next to her, snuggling close before closing her eyes and falling asleep again.

The aerial monitoring magic array lost its effect, and the image gradually disappeared.

Lin Xia silently circulated the "Nine Heavens Profound Yang Secret Record," cultivating methodically. (End of Chapter)