Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 569 This magic stone... is alive!

After signing all the bills with tears in his eyes, Li Weide leisurely walked out onto the balcony and looked at the ever-changing floating city in front of him.

The floating city at this time had changed significantly compared to before he traveled to the past.

With the secrecy law broken, Muggles gained magical powers, and many converted Muggles had the opportunity to come to the floating city.

And these people are often the wealthiest group.

Therefore, the floating city had to be expanded again to accommodate more people.

Making money isn't something to be ashamed of.

Meanwhile, all sorts of strange things like cars, brooms, and flying carpets flew around in the sky from time to time, and people were riding on them...

After the agreement with the Minister of Welfare was signed, many flying items were already set to be released soon.

Now that the secrecy law has expired, the Minister of Welfare has simply let himself go.

All sorts of flying props were approved, including the previously banned flying carpet.

That's why we see this bizarre scene now.

"No, some rules have to be introduced, otherwise we can't guarantee security," Li Weide muttered to himself.

"That's strange, you didn't go out to have some fun today." A voice came from behind.

"Hmm... I've had my fun, it's time to get back to work." Li Weide smiled and turned his head.

The aloof and cold-looking Grim Reaper reappeared, standing in front of the bookshelf not far from him.

At that moment, Death was slowly flipping through a book.

Upon seeing this, a glint of shrewdness flashed in Li Weide's eyes.

Whether by coincidence or destiny, he found no change in the current knowledge system from the clone's memories.

It's as if the knowledge he casually imparted in the past has had no impact on the present...

Or perhaps the effects have already occurred and changed, but the clones in later generations are unaware of them.

What he couldn't detect, Death might.

The clone could not hide from Death for long; his true self would eventually be revealed.

However, there's nothing we can do about it; it's just a gamble after all...

He was gambling with his life and the future of a world.

If you win the bet, everything goes smoothly, but if you lose...

Li Weide's heart began to race.

Fortunately, Death only flipped through a few pages before slowly putting the book back.

When her gaze fell on Li Weide again, her eyes lit up instantly.

"It seems you've finally started focusing on yourself. You look much better now than you did a few days ago."

Li Weide's expression remained unchanged, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

“I’ve said it before, even if I take a break, there’s still plenty of time… You know, I’ve always had good talent.”

"Perhaps I was too hasty. Let's go at your pace then..." Death's face regained its smile.

"So, what new instructions do you have for me today?" Li Weide asked.

"I just came to check on your progress. Since you're doing quite well, I won't bother you any longer."

Death came quickly and left quickly, leaving Li Weide no time to respond.

Li Weide slowly lay back down on his sofa. No one could see that his fingers, hidden in his sleeve, were still trembling slightly.

However, the anxiety he had been carrying for so long has finally begun to subside.

It seems that my method of concealing my strength has indeed been effective.

Unless the other party catches him and then carefully searches his soul, it will be difficult to discover his secrets.

Now, there is only one way for Li Weide to become stronger: to use the power of ancient magic to slowly peel away the outer garment of his soul that binds his magic power until it is completely removed, allowing the magic power bound within his soul to be released completely.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, when he actually reaches this point, that will be the time for him to be harvested.

So, before he came out, he put his shattered soul cloak back on... pretending it had never been peeled off.

This is also his method of concealing his strength; it's simple, but effective.

This was still a gamble, of course. He was betting that Death wouldn't come and forcibly inspect him to avoid discovering anything amiss...

"That's fucking exciting..."

……

The world has completely changed.

With the assistance of Hydra, the Muggle world is rapidly adapting to the existence of magic.

Many new products combining magic and technology have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Of course, since most Muggles have to learn magic first, the wizarding world, with the help of Hydra, always develops much faster than them.

This is precisely why some people with ulterior motives have to quietly hide their ambitions.

For a world that can maintain a semblance of peace, these people are like ticking time bombs.

Li Weide certainly knew these things, but these kinds of people could never be completely eradicated.

Even if you kill one, hundreds or thousands more will appear; human ambition will never be extinguished.

Once you reach a certain position, ambition is like a small flame that, with enough fuel, slowly grows bigger...

Moreover, Li Weide didn't have the extra energy to focus on these people, so he could only rely on Hydra's surveillance system to observe them silently.

Anyway, they won't show up anytime soon; we'll deal with everything once we've resolved that crisis.

After reviewing all the documents that Hydra had sent over this period of time.

Li Weide entered the laboratory beneath his castle after a long absence.

There, a clone wearing a Ravenclaw crown meticulously oversees the operation of various projects in the laboratory.

As Li Weide walked in, the clone approached.

“Long time no see,” Ravenclaw said in a crown.

"It has indeed been a long time." Li Weide looked at the crown, his gaze somewhat complicated.

Having spent over a month with Ravenclaw, it's impossible to say I have no feelings for her at all.

Therefore, seeing that the person had passed away and only a crown remained, Li Weide's feelings were still hard to describe.

Of the four giants, the other three all came back to life, but she alone had no chance of being resurrected.

"The research and operation of all projects are going very smoothly at present," Guanmian reported meticulously to Li Weide.

Now, the crown is nothing more than a man-made soul created by Ravenclaw, and no more emotions will ever be born.

"Thank you, you've worked hard," Li Weide said helplessly.

"Regarding the progress on the Philosopher's Stone, it seems that it has reached the most crucial step. I think you should probably take a look for yourself," Guanmian said, walking towards the corridor next to him.

Upon hearing that there was progress on the magic stone, Li Weide immediately followed.

Li Weide had been nourishing that stone with the power of his life law.

However, he ultimately could not maintain such an output of life force for 24 hours a day.

This isn't a string of beads, and it's not very efficient either.

Therefore, Li Weide immediately built a simulator in the laboratory that automatically transmits the power of the Law of Life.

As long as Li Weide injects enough life law power into it on time, the simulator will maintain a stable output.

Before returning to the past, Li Weide would infuse all the life force he had recovered that day into the simulator every day. Therefore, even more than a month after Li Weide left, the simulator still had enough life force to sustain it.

Soon, Li Weide was taken to the simulator.

An irregularly shaped, lush green "stone" is suspended inside the simulator's glass case. However, the "stone," which had been absorbing the power of the Law of Life, has now stopped absorbing any more of that power.

Even though there is still a considerable amount of life force remaining in the simulator.

"It seems that the power of the Law of Life is sufficient, but the necessary substances for advancing to the next stage are missing." Guanmian's voice remained as calm and composed as ever.

Upon hearing this, Li Weide opened the cabinet and took the "stone" in his hand.

In an instant, he sensed the surging vitality contained within it...

It seems that the life force contained within is greater than what I have poured into it!

This unexpected discovery greatly surprised Li Weide.

“The life force contained in this stone is almost the same as that of a real magic stone… but why hasn’t it transformed?” Li Weide frowned and pondered.

Guanmian said, "From what I've observed, it has come to life."

"It has life?" Li Weide looked at the clone in surprise.

"Yes, life... Every day we nourish it with the power of the laws of life. One day, it suddenly begins to generate additional power of the laws of life within itself... It's like a plant that has sprouted new buds and gained the ability to grow on its own."

Li Weide stared at the pebble in his hand, speechless for a long time... What exactly was missing?

“I suggest you seek advice from Nicolas Flamel, because he is the only one who has successfully crafted the Philosopher's Stone…” Crown suggested.

"Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking..."

Watching Li Weide's departing figure, the crown shimmered slightly...

……

Li Weide quickly found Nicolas Flamel with the stone in hand.

This was not difficult, because Mr. Lemaître and his wife lived on the same floor as Livde.

"This is truly astonishing! I never imagined you could refine the Philosopher's Stone to this level in such a short time!"

Nicolas Flamel took the Philosopher's Stone from Livid's hand and examined it closely, his eyes full of admiration.

"But……"

“I know what you’re thinking, Wade. This is the final step in the refinement of the Philosopher’s Stone.” Nicolas Flamel returned the stone to Wade.

"The final step? What exactly is missing?" Li Weide asked humbly.

“Hmm… I’m actually a little confused too. Logically speaking, your Philosopher’s Stone should have been successfully crafted by now…” Nicolas Flamel was also quite puzzled.

How did you achieve that final transformation?

“Back then… when I reached your level of refinement, it was a natural progression, and I transformed into the Philosopher's Stone myself,” Nicolas Flamel said.

"What needs to transform it, teacher? Do you know?"

“It’s a soul… Vader. I didn’t mention this to you before because it’s a somewhat cruel truth…” Nicolas Flamel sighed. “The war has just ended, but tens of thousands died in it, and the air is thick with the power of souls… I thought you could achieve it directly without me having to mention it…”

Li Weide was stunned. "The final step requires a massive amount of souls?"

"To be precise, it's soul power, not the soul itself," Nicolas Flamel corrected. "When a large number of people die in the world, their souls transform into spirits and go to the world of the dead. At this time, countless soul energies are released into this world. The Philosopher's Stone will automatically absorb these soul energies and then automatically transform... What puzzles me is that, with so much soul energy available now, your Philosopher's Stone hasn't transformed at all..."

Li Weide suddenly realized...

At that time, he asked his senior to absorb the demons on the eastern and western fronts into the Emperor's Banner.

When passing through my hometown, I also took the opportunity to use a uniquely Eastern method to "send off" the spirits of those who died tragically...

The situation is similar on the western front.

Therefore, all that soul power dissipated, directly preventing the magic stone from undergoing the final step of transformation.

"Teacher...you were like that back then..."

“Alas… when I was forging the Philosopher’s Stone, a plague broke out, and many, many people died…” Nicolas Flamel sighed.

Having personally experienced the dark ages, he still feels a chill run down his spine when he recalls those scenes.

“I understand. Thank you, teacher. Perhaps I can try using artificial soul power to see if it can accelerate the evolution of the Philosopher's Stone,” Li Weide said.

"Well... it seems that this is the only way for now." Nicolas Flamel's experience has failed, and he has no other good solutions. It is up to Li Weide to try new methods himself.

In fact, Li Weide didn't need to feed a large number of artificial souls. Putting aside whether artificial souls were suitable, producing so many artificial souls was not a goal that could be achieved in the short term.

Therefore, Li Weide plans to use a portal to travel to other parallel worlds to collect...

After all, the world in which he changed the history of war was only the world he lived in.

However, this time he plans to use the portal in the basement directly.

Death knew about the crafting of the Philosopher's Stone, so there was no need to hide it from her.

After all, he didn't want to have to sneak around when using the Philosopher's Stone anymore.

On a whim, Li Weide decided to take Miravia and her "little flag" with him this time.

To transform the magic stone, going to a parallel world would be enough, but since we've already thought of that, let's go to a few more worlds and make sure Miravia's "little flag" is fed even more!
As for Tom... since he can't even come out in his original form right now, there's naturally no need to bring him along.

……

The new parallel world is one that has just ended World War II.

When Li Weide stood on the land of this new world, he felt the stone in his pocket suddenly begin to heat up.

Li Weide quickly took out the pebble.

At this moment, the pebble was emitting a blazing light!

At the same time, cracks were slowly spreading across the entire pebble.

Li Weide and Miravia stood to one side, watching the pebble that was automatically levitating in the air with a slightly nervous expression.

"Click..."

Just like an eggshell cracking, the green outer layer suddenly peeled away piece by piece, revealing the red kernel inside...

Li Weide waved his hand and collected the detached skin cells one by one.

Soon, a minute had passed.

The pebbles suspended in the air had turned completely red.

Gradually, the light it emitted slowly faded away.

The moment the light completely disappeared, the suspended stone fell down.

Li Weide stepped forward and caught the scarlet pebble.

It was slightly warm to the touch.

"You...you've finally forged the Philosopher's Stone!" Miravia exclaimed.

The life force overflowing from the Philosopher's Stone when it was first created was something she could clearly sense even from the side.

“Yes…that is indeed the case.” Li Weide murmured, sensing the rich life force and magic contained within the Philosopher’s Stone.

Suddenly, the Philosopher's Stone transformed into a red light and landed on Li Weide's finger, turning into a red ring!

“Ah, this…” Li Weide looked at the change in surprise.

“I just felt like it came to life… Was it just my imagination?” Miravia said in surprise.

“It shouldn’t be your imagination… It seems that my previous treatment of it as a Hogyoku, and the long-term use of the power of the Law of Life to nourish it, did produce some different effects…” Li Weide said softly, “This Philosopher’s Stone is more vital than the one that Master Flamel had. It… is truly alive!”

This change is quite reasonable. After all, when Lemaître forged the Philosopher's Stone, he didn't have that much life force to nourish it.

Nicolas Flamel's Philosopher's Stone is a miracle.

Besides relying on his superb alchemy skills, all the objective conditions were just right.

It is a miracle that would not have been born if even the slightest condition had been missing! Miracles are rare, so to date, we have only ever heard of Nicolas Flamel successfully creating the Philosopher's Stone.

With a slight thought, Li Weide transformed the ring-shaped magic stone into a slender red magic wand, which landed in Li Weide's hand...

(End of this chapter)