The world begins with refining skills

Chapter 277 Witch Freemasonry (Subscribe and vote)

The next morning, when the first ray of sunlight after the festival shone on the spire on the east side of the castle.

Penelope returned to her dormitory with a heart full of heavy Christmas gifts and a magic book in her sea of consciousness.

Without even having time to change his clothes, he fell on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

When the sixth gift was given out, new magic fruit happened to grow.

Mu Sheng gave it to Penelope.

The two-week Christmas holiday passed quickly.

The students who had left school also returned to school one after another before the end of the holiday.

In a blink of an eye, it was the end of January, and the refining of the Soul-stealing Spell in Mu Sheng's panel was about to be completed.

[Refining progress: Imperius Curse 99%]

In the restaurant on the first floor of the castle, at the long Hufflepuff table, Mu Sheng was eating lunch while focusing his attention on the refining panel that was flashing like a breathing light.

"It hasn't even been refined yet, but it has already produced two magic fruits. I don't know how many more there will be after the refining is complete."

In addition to the magic fruit given to Penelope, another fruit grew on the bloodline tree during this period of time.

"It's time to arrange the fruit for Justin."

Mu Sheng was thinking about it when he heard Hannah calling him from the side.

"Victrey, have you heard? Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are going to hold a two-house social gathering this weekend."

"I know!"

Mu Sheng answered affirmatively that this was an activity led by Megan and Penelope.

As the female class leaders of the two colleges, the two girls have been busy with this matter during this period.

"Don't you find it strange? I've never heard of such a social event in Hogwarts before."

Hannah continued, "And it's normal for Hufflepuffs to like to have parties. Shouldn't Ravenclaws have book clubs?"

"What's so strange about this?" Ernie on the side said disapprovingly: "Ravenclaws like to study, but they are not only good at studying. It's normal for them to join a social gathering."

"Is that so?" Hannah was about to say something when she saw Hermione walking towards her with a book in her arms.

"Hermione, why are you so late? Going to the library again?"

"Okay, I'll go to the library to look up some information," Hermione nodded, picked up the food on the table and started eating while turning to look at Mu Sheng.

"Victeri, do you know Nicolas Flamel?"

Nicolas Flamel?

Mu Sheng looked at Hermione in surprise. Of course he knew who this was.

An immortal alchemist, maker of the Philosopher's Stone.

However, because of his intervention, the iron triangle in the original book was also broken up by him. Logically, Hermione should have nothing to do with the Philosopher's Stone incident.

Why is she investigating Nicolas Flamel now?

"I know! But I'm more curious, why are you looking for his information?"

Mu Sheng looked at Hermione curiously.

It shouldn't be the inertia of the plot. He has traveled through so many worlds and has never noticed the existence of this thing.

But that’s not necessarily the case. After all, Harry Potter’s power system and mystery are much higher.

It is very likely that this kind of idealistic magical power will really give birth to some kind of world will.

However, Mu Sheng suspected that it was Dumbledore's guidance.

At least in the Philosopher's Stone incident in the first grade, Mu Sheng was extremely suspicious that Dumbledore was using the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter to fish.

Just look at the traps and checkpoints that protect the Philosopher's Stone; they are so obviously targeted.

It was a magical trial carefully prepared for the Iron Triangle.

At this time, although Dumbledore did not know the existence of Voldemort's Horcruxes, he always suspected that Voldemort used some kind of dark magic to survive.

Then the Philosopher's Stone, which can turn stone into gold and make people immortal, is very attractive to Voldemort.

Plus a Harry Potter who caused his failure many years ago.

As long as Voldemort is not dead, he will not be able to resist the temptation and take action.

"It was Harry and Ron. They came to see me the day before yesterday."

Hermione told Mu Sheng the reason without hesitation. Although Harry said he would keep it a secret for him, Mu Sheng was not an outsider.

Harry: What about trust between people?

Following Hermione's narration and some reasonable speculation, Mu Sheng roughly understood the cause and effect of the matter.

It should be that Harry, who had the invisibility cloak, accidentally discovered a room in the restricted area on the third floor during a night walk.

There is a three-headed dog guarding something.

When Hagrid took him to Gringotts to withdraw money at the beginning of the school year, Harry also saw Hagrid take something from a heavily guarded vault.

Coupled with some misunderstandings, even without Hermione's cleverness, Harry and Ron still came to a conclusion.

That's what Snape was going to steal!
So after accidentally learning the name Nicolas Flamel from the talkative Hagrid, Harry and Ron, who had been racking their brains to no avail, had no choice but to seek help from Hermione, who was known as the 'know-it-all'.

'So, Dumbledore has now hidden the Philosopher's Stone in the Mirror of Erised?'

Mu Sheng's eyes flickered as he began to think.

He had found the Mirror of Erised in the restricted area on the third floor a long time ago, but did not get the Philosopher's Stone from it.

Mu Sheng thought that Dumbledore had not put the Philosopher's Stone in at that time.

After all, the condition for getting the Philosopher's Stone from the Mirror of Erised is that 'only those who want to get the Philosopher's Stone but do not intend to use it for profit can take it out of the mirror'.

Makisheng met this requirement perfectly.

The Philosopher's Stone's immortality and its ability to turn stone into gold were of no importance to him.

Nicolas Flamel lived for more than 800 years thanks to the Philosopher's Stone, so Mu Sheng's giant bloodline can also be considered immortal in a sense.

This is much better than relying on external things!

As for turning stone into gold, it is even more useless. If you have the power, is there anything you can't get?
'Would you like to go get the Philosopher's Stone tonight?'

After thinking for a while, Mu Sheng gave up.

On the one hand, old man Dumbledore must be watching.

After all, Harry's father James and Sirius Black were able to create a 'Marauder's Map' that showed the location of everyone in the castle.

Mu Sheng didn't believe that Dumbledore had no means to do it.

Although Dumbledore did not do this in the original book, it was because he didn't want to, not because he couldn't.

Another thing is that this thing really doesn't have much appeal to him.

"Since it is a trial, then who is it not a trial for?"

"Wait a little longer until the professors have finished setting up all the trap levels."

Mu Sheng glanced at his little followers and decided to let them go for some training.

After making plans, Mu Sheng told Hermione the information about Nicolas Flamel.

"The Philosopher's Stone? The Philosopher's Stone that can make you immortal! Is it in Hogwarts now?"

Before Hermione had time to speak after getting the answer, she heard Hannah's low exclamation from the side.

When she looked back, she realized that several of her friends had leaned forward and were eavesdropping on her conversation with Mu Sheng.

"What are you doing?" Hermione rolled her eyes helplessly.

Harry, it's not that I won't keep it a secret for you!

Harry:
"Sorcerer's Stone, but why did Dumbledore hide the Stone in Hogwarts? Wouldn't it be safer in Gringotts?"

"Don't forget, Dumbledore is at Hogwarts."

"Too."

Looking at her friends who were already chatting among themselves, Hermione could only repeatedly ask them to keep it a secret and not leak the news of the Philosopher's Stone.

"Don't worry Hermione, it's safer if we all keep it a secret!"

Ha ha
Do you think I believe it or not?

Hermione felt a little regretful. She should have come to see Mu Sheng in private.

Ravenclaw student accommodation is located on the top floors of the west tower.

To enter the dormitory, you need to answer the bronze eagle-shaped door knocker at the door, and the questions are different every day. There are often Ravenclaw students who cannot return to the dormitory because they cannot answer the questions.

But this did not pose a problem for Mu Sheng, as he solved it with an unlocking spell 'Alaho Open'.

Every time, the bronze eagle-shaped door knocker would get so angry that he would yell at him for cheating, but there was nothing he could do about it.

At two o'clock in the morning, Mu Sheng was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the Ravenclaw prefect's dormitory, basking in the moonlight.

On the bed behind her, Megan, Isabella and Penelope, who were so lucky to share a boyfriend, had fallen into a sweet dream, exhausted after studying hard.

The white moonlight fell on Mu Sheng's jade-like skin, scattering a circle of holy halo.

Like a marble statue from ancient Rome.

The floor-to-ceiling window in front of Mu Sheng faces the Forbidden Forest to the west of Hogwarts Castle, and he has an unobstructed view of the road from the castle to the Forbidden Forest.

Just as Mu Sheng was sighting, a man in a black cloak suddenly emerged from the forbidden forest.

"Have you started sucking unicorn blood?"

Mu Sheng kept watching Rocky's figure disappear into the castle.

"This is ugly, Voldemort!"

As a Dark Lord, Voldemort is much lower in status than his predecessor Grindelwald.

And because his soul was corroded by dark magic, Voldemort became more and more cruel and crazy.

It is no wonder that Lucius and others did not take the initiative to look for Voldemort. It was not until Voldemort was fully resurrected that they reluctantly submitted to him again.

Apart from those lunatics in Azkaban, which normal person would be willing to follow such a leader?

The refining panel in his mind suddenly flashed a golden light, bringing Mu Sheng back to his senses.

As the refining of the Soul-stealing Curse was completed, a shining rune star appeared in the starry sky in Mu Sheng's sea of consciousness.

"what?"

Mu Sheng suddenly discovered something.

When the rune star representing the Imperius Curse rose into the sky, a sense of security suddenly emerged in his soul.

It's like being shivering in the cold wind and suddenly being put on a thick coat.

"Why is this happening? Is there something special about the Imperius Curse?"

Mu Sheng instantly became curious and focused all his attention on his sea of consciousness.

Searching for this sense of security and sensing its source, Mu Sheng's attention remained on the starry sky in his sea of consciousness.

Finally, he discovered something.

The rune star that he had previously considered to be a spell casting location actually did not exist independently.

More like different nodes in a picture.

If the previous spells are regarded as the plants, fish and birds in the mountains and forests, then the Imperius Curse is the white clouds and flying birds in the sky.

The latitude of the entire picture expanded from the ground to the sky, becoming more complete.

It is precisely this completeness that makes certain changes that have been ignored by Mu Sheng appear after the spell is refined.

"What is this, soul defense?"

Mu Sheng was pleasantly surprised to find that the star map composed of these rune stars actually had this function.

“So that’s how it is. I thought that after refining the spell, apart from the changes in skill effects, the only thing left was the magic resistance increased by the magic power nourishing the body.

It turns out that there is such an effect.”

"So should I choose the lower-level spell that can be refined more quickly, or the killing spell 'Avaken Melon'?"

After hesitating for a while, Mu Sheng finally put the killing curse 'Avaken Big Melon' on the panel.

[Refining progress: Avada Kedavra 1%]

"As a soul attack spell, the 'Avaken Melon' should have a greater effect on soul defense after being refined, right?"

Mu Sheng wasn't quite sure, but he had to refine the Killing Curse.

Compared to discovering the soul defense function of the star map, the five magic fruits that grew on the bloodline tree were nothing in Mu Sheng's eyes.

In a good mood, Mu Sheng left the window, went to the big bed behind him, found a comfortable position and inserted himself.

A night of silence.
A few days later, Saturday.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, many Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw senior students came out of the Hogwarts Great Hall on the first floor of the castle, chatting and laughing.

Obviously everyone was very satisfied with this two-house get-together.

After the students gradually dispersed, only a dozen girls were left in the auditorium.

Except for Megan, Isabella and Penelope, the others are also the best students in the two colleges.

"Meghan, why did you leave us alone? Is there something wrong?"

A red-haired girl with freckles on her face asked in confusion.

The others were also curious about why Megan asked them to stay, and they all looked at her.

Under the gaze of everyone, Megan walked to the stage in the middle of the auditorium.

Then he looked at everyone from left to right, and finally looked at the red-haired girl who had asked the question just now.

"Susan, if I asked you to organize a social gathering like today, do you think you could do it?"

The red-haired girl was stunned when she heard this. She was just an ordinary student who couldn't even apply for the right to use the auditorium, so how could she organize such an event?

Thinking of this, her face turned a little ugly, and she felt that Megan was embarrassing her.

"Don't get me wrong, Susan!" Megan comforted her and continued:

"It's not just you. If Penelope and I didn't have the status of prefects, we wouldn't be able to organize such a big event!"

"And this is only the privilege of the college prefect. The student union president has even more privileges!"

Everyone nodded in agreement. Why did everyone want to be a prefect? It couldn't really be to serve the public, right?

"But no matter how powerful he is, we are all students of Hogwarts. Even if he hates you, he can't expel you!"

"But what about after leaving Hogwarts?" Megan's voice suddenly rose.

"At school, each of us is the best in the academy and the envy of others!"

"But if we leave school, we are just ordinary witches with no background and no power!
You will find that no matter how hard you try, it is not as good as having a good family, a good background, and a good father!"

Megan's voice became deep and powerful again, filled with resentment about her future mediocre life.

The dozen or so students present were also infected by her emotions.

"Susan, I remember that you are a half-blood wizard. Your mother is a Muggle, and your father works in a magic shop."

Megan looked at the red-haired girl and told her about her family situation, then turned to the next person.

"Ajani, although your parents are both wizards, they are only the lowest-level employees."

"Avina, you have it harder than them, your parents are both Muggles"

"Juno."

"Martha."

After not finishing talking about one person's family background, Megan immediately turned to another person and continued.

It didn't stop until the situation of everyone was described.

There was silence for a long time before it was broken again.

The red-haired girl, Susan, no longer had any displeasure on her face at this time, and her eyes were fixed on Megan: “Meghan, what do you want to say?”

"Yeah, Megan, just say whatever you want to say!"

"You and Penelope brought us together, you can't just tell us how bleak our future is, right?"

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The others followed suit, being the best students in their respective colleges.

When they heard this, they had more or less guessed what Megan was thinking, but they were still a little unsure.

Looking at the expectation flashing in the eyes of more than a dozen girls present, Megan slowly opened her mouth and said loudly:

"Since we have no background, let us become the background ourselves! I want to set up an organization to support each other in the wizarding world."

"Witch Masonry!"

(End of this chapter)