Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Bang.

Hermione slammed the door shut in anger and left the laboratory.

George and Fred exchanged a helpless glance.

Why does she distrust us so much?

Why does she look so angry?

Why is she so unable to accept it?

Why is she so skeptical of divination?

Seeing the twins' puzzled expressions, Ron shrugged and guessed, "Maybe it's because...she's never received a kind word in Professor Trelawney's divination classes?"

Harry has only a superficial understanding of divination.

But he still vividly remembered the prophecy made about a large black dog and a great calamity coming to pass during Trelawney's class.

And it turns out that the big black dog was not only an unlucky omen, but he had also seen the big black dog in real life, which was actually Sirius Black in disguise.

Harry asked, "Do you really believe that divination can give you such accurate predictions?"

George: "I'm not sure, but why can't I believe it?"

Fred: "And during the divination, we felt the call of Lady Luck, and I felt confident that this time we could find the key solvent."

Draco was also somewhat skeptical of the information they released, to be precise:

"Next time you get an idea, put it into practice first, and then announce it. Don't just say it as soon as you have an idea."

Our researchers only look at materials and data. Whether you discover a new solvent through divination or other methods, ultimately you need concrete data.

That being said, Draco still leans toward the Weasley twins having indeed made some discoveries.

After all, a wizard's intuition is quite important.

Take his knowledge of occult medicine, for example. It was through his knowledge of occult medicine that he was able to develop such a powerful magical potion as pitch black.

However, if we use conventional methods to study it, we will never be able to develop this kind of magic potion.

Because it was made using unconventional, disorderly, and even mystical methods.

However, even after the research is successful, the data from the tests still need to be processed.

The production process is rather mysterious, so I won't go into details. At least the data after production is clear, and that's good enough.

Lin Xia shared the same idea as Draco.

She tactfully told the twins, "From now on, whatever you say, you need to provide evidence, otherwise you won't be able to convince others."
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Lin Xia left the laboratory and returned to the golden wooden house.

Instead of immediately starting his cultivation, he took out the silver-white boots he had acquired that day from his seamless retractable ring.

According to Neville, they had been patrolling Gryffindor's patrol area, but inexplicably appeared in Hufflepuff's territory.

During this process, they did not feel any sense of spatial transfer.

Neville is a fairly wary person, so the fact that even he didn't sense anything means that the spatial teleportation ability of this artifact is extremely strong, far beyond what ordinary wizards can match.

Professor McGonagall once used Apparition to take her back to the vicinity of the school.

Even a senior wizard like the professor couldn't counteract the dizziness and nausea caused by spatial magic.

A thoughtful look flashed across Lin Xia's eyes. Could it be that the spatial transfer attached to the silver boots was more advanced, and that it didn't use the same spatial transfer method as Phantom Shift?
After much thought, this is the only reasonable method.

Because many new members have joined the night patrols, bringing in a fresh batch of personnel, each student no longer needs to work the night shift every day; they only need to work three days a week.

Lin Xia wasn't on duty today, so she immediately started studying the silver-white boots.

If you simply want to figure out the function of this strange object and how to use it more efficiently, it's quite easy to analyze.

However, it would be quite difficult for Lin Xia to study the workings of the strange object and discover the deeper ways in which it could be used, and whether there were any previously unseen spells operating within it.

Many magical artifacts have effects that cannot be revealed by spells.

Many strange objects are more illogical and magical than the spells themselves.

Some wizards created magic that resembled the energy flow of magical artifacts by studying their operating mechanisms.

Lin Xia's idea was simple: she wanted to figure out how the silver boots operated during spatial transfer and see if they contained a core ancient demonic rune.

The power of the silver boots is beyond the reach of ordinary spells.

If there is core magic inside, then it must be ancient magic script.

If the silver boots don't have ancient magic runes, then she'll see if she can create a completely new spell or a new magic rune array based on the energy operation mechanism of the artifact.

As soon as the thought crossed Lin Xia's mind, she was already subtly leaning towards developing a completely new magic rune array.

Modern spells have actually evolved and improved by countless wizards generation after generation, resulting in the relatively simple way they are used today.

Tracing back to the origins, spells that could achieve the same effect may very well have evolved from magical runes.

Lin Xia didn't want to become a big fat person overnight; she couldn't simplify it into a modern curse all at once.

She studied this research from evening until 3 a.m.

It was only when her body reminded her that she needed to cultivate every day that Lin Xia had no choice but to put down the strange object, close her eyes, and circulate the "Nine Heavens Profound Yang Secret Record" within her body.

The research that night was not entirely fruitless.

She easily figured out how to use the silver boots.

Before using this boot, the positioning coordinates between the two spaces must be anchored so that the two fixed coordinates can be transferred with a thought.

Lin Xia repeatedly moved herself from the Golden Cabin to the Hufflepuff common room, and then from the common room back to her own Golden Cabin.

At this point, she had to admit: the silver boots are incredibly powerful!

This power is not only reflected in the fact that there is no discomfort when transferring space, but also in the fact that it seems that you can go from one place to another with just a blink of your eyes.

But that's not the most important thing.

Most importantly, she set up many protective runes in the golden cabin, including the Hufflepuff common room, which also had various large protective runes in operation.

However, the silver boots ignored these magical rune arrays when they were traversing space!
Lin Xia, in the blink of an eye, had moved on.

At first, she thought that the silver boots might have a strong anti-spell effect, which was why the defensive magic runes were ineffective during the spatial transfer.

But later Lin Xia felt that this was not the case.

With such powerful spatial teleportation ability, and such strong anti-curse ability, if the effects of these silver boots were truly that powerful, they couldn't have remained hidden in Hogwarts for so long without anyone noticing.

If it weren't for her accidentally revealing the aura of the portal to the evil god's world within her body, leading everyone to believe that an evil god had appeared in the school, thus triggering the appearance of the silver boots, "Perhaps they are from different dimensions?" Lin Xia thought to herself.

The magic rune array was set in the surface space, while the silver boots entered the inner space to transfer, which is why they ignored the surface space's defenses.

The idea suddenly popped into Lin Xia's mind, and she had a vague intuition that this might be the truth.

Her expression hardened slightly, but if that was the case, then researching the ability to make silver boots would be even more difficult.

Lin Xia had only seen the relevant knowledge about inner space in the "Complete Collection of Ancient Magic Scripts and Spells" given to her by Professor Babuling, specifically in the advanced magic script arrays.

She still lacks information on this aspect.

"Does this mean I have to apply to study with Professor Baburin again?"

Lin Xia thought about it carefully for a while and felt that now was not a good time to find Babuling.

She has to wait a little longer.

Meanwhile, Babling, whom Lin Xia had been thinking about, was attending a meeting convened by the Ministry of Magic.

The Ministry of Magic explained its exploration of the world of evil gods to its senior wizards.

However, the information that can be disclosed to the public has already been circulated privately beforehand, so it can be considered semi-public information.

The truly secret information has not been released by the wizards who are still exploring the world of evil gods.

The Ministry of Magic must also have more confidential information, but they wouldn't reveal it in such a public meeting.

When the meeting ended, none of the high-ranking wizards in the Ministry of Magic offered any opinions.

Just as Babling was about to leave, a high-ranking wizard stopped her and asked if she could borrow the "Complete Book of Ancient Magic Spells".

A faint smile played on Babuling's lips: "If you had asked me for the loan a few months earlier, I could have lent it to you, but not now."

I gave this book to my disciple; she's already studying the advanced spells and runes within. The book can only be shared with the outside world after she's finished learning all the material.

Upon hearing this, the other wizards, who were hurrying along, slowed their pace, a glint of shrewdness flashing in their eyes.

Not lending out the "Complete Collection of Ancient Demonic Scripts and Spells" is secondary; what's really important is that she wants to tell everyone that she has a new disciple.

No longer just a student with supposedly good talent, he used his position as a Hogwarts professor to provide extra tutoring to those students.

This time, he truly became her disciple.

The word "disciple" implies that Babling will invest more resources in that person, and that person will also be brought into the core of power by Babling.

If her disciple is ambitious and wants to work for the Ministry of Magic, he can certainly secure a relatively high position there.

Of course, many wizards were thinking of finding out who the disciple Babling was talking about was, and then quickly trying to curry favor with him.

For many years, Barbling has only taken on one disciple, and that disciple has now made a name for himself in the world of evil gods. He is a radical member of the exploration team and has discovered many things that the Ministry of Magic had not explored before.

The next day, early in the morning, we had a potions class.

Snape appeared before the students with a deadpan expression that made everyone feel like they owed him money.

This time, I'm also teaching everyone how to make a truth serum, but I'm giving the most basic and common recipe, and the teaching method is also the most common refining method.

Unless one is a genius, it is impossible to deduce the true formula for truth serum based on these simple recipes and methods.

Otherwise, relying on just one or two fake tricks can only fool laymen, but not experts.

But the other students didn't know.

They were completely fooled by Snape in their very first lesson on making Truth Potion.

One or two were still fantasizing that they would excel in refining the truth serum, be noticed by the school, and obtain the real truth serum formula.

If they can successfully produce the truth serum, they will be set for life.

In addition, the formula for truth serum could easily become a valuable asset for a small family, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it could even create a small family.

After explaining some of the key points of the crafting process in class, Snape took the young wizard outdoors to collect moon dew.

At the same time, the little wizard was asked to bring out the moonlit dew collected last time to see how many people passed the test.

In such a short time, the preparation of moonlit dew is definitely not successful; it will take at least half a month for the conversion to be completed.

However, it is possible to determine whether the collection of moonlit dew was successful from the initial stage.

If the collection goes smoothly, the moonlit dew will appear transparent for the first few days after it is placed.

However, a mistake was made during the collection process; the collected moonlit dew would become cloudy after only one day.

The young wizards dawdled and reluctantly took out test tubes containing the dew they had collected from the moonlit night.

Snape swept his gaze across them menacingly, his words utterly merciless.

"What I wanted was dew, but you gave me water. Do you think I can't tell the difference between dew and water?"
Even if you had used your monstrous brain before you started this forgery, you wouldn't have tried to fool me with something like this!

Snape glanced around and saw that only ten young wizards had successfully made it.

Ten of them included members of the laboratory like Lin Xia, and their success was well-deserved.

If this doesn't work, then there's no need to go into the lab anymore.

Aside from these members, there are only three truly successful junior wizards.

Snape was deeply disappointed in them, and his words were so cold they felt like a bullet to the heart.

“You’re already third-year students, how come you can’t collect as much dew as first and second-year students? You should be role models for those younger students, not a disgrace.”

Each of the students' colleges present will have 10 points deducted!
If this gathering attempt is unsuccessful, then don't bother coming to my Potions class next time. I'd love to teach you how to make Veritaserum, but it's not something a fool like you can figure out!

Snape flew into a rage, then arrogantly declared, "The top student from last time will continue to teach you. If you don't understand anything, go ask the top student."

After he finished speaking, he left the lawn, leaving the students looking at each other blankly.

Lin Xia and others stepped forward and once again reminded the students of the key points of collecting moonlit dew.

Just as Lin Xia had predicted, Snape wanted to keep using them after just one point; he would definitely feel like he was missing out if he didn't use them to his fullest potential.

Finally, the bell rang to signal the end of the potions class, and the students returned to the castle.

Draco whispered, "How about we bring up the honor student teaching assistant system with Snape next time? We can still get points from the honor student badges from the teaching assistant system and exchange them for useful things."

Lin Xia said helplessly, "Do you think he even knows about the teaching assistant system?"

Before Draco could speak, she said, "Snape definitely knows, but he just doesn't want to pay."

She changed the subject: "But it's alright, we can still ask him to add more points. After he finishes collecting the moonlit dew, if he wants us to tutor his students again, he'll get extra points!" (End of Chapter)