Hogwarts: I'm the only cultivator here!

Ye Feng: (キ｀?Д??)!!

"Defeat Ye Feng! Reclaim the championship that belongs to us!"

"Defeat Ye Feng! Get your senior back!"

"Beat Ye Feng! Rob the principal!"

Dumbledore, Grindelwald: (キ｀?Д??)!!

"Beat Ye Feng! Rob the principal!"

Others: ゛('◇')????

At first, the people who were shouting along didn't realize what was going on, but when they shouted it a second time, they suddenly realized something was wrong, so they quickly stopped. In order to change the subject, the group started shouting other people's slogans.

"If you let us beat Ye Feng, I'll cover all your snacks for the next month!"

"(ˉ▽￣～) Pshaw~~, only a month's worth of snacks? If we win, or even if we don't need to win at all, as long as we get the prize, I'll provide two months' worth of snacks!"

Are you trying to pick a fight?

"What are you picking a fight for? But you're all not ruthless enough. If our ship wins, I'll do your laundry for a week!"

"Only a week? I'll take a month to wash it!"

"I not only wash for a month, but I wash everything by hand!"

Everyone fell silent immediately upon hearing this, because hand-washing clothes for more than a dozen people for a month was indeed ruthless, something they couldn't match.

However, just when everyone thought this was the strongest, a weak voice drifted out.

“I…I wash socks for a week…without using my hands or my feet.”

"Oh!!!"

Although these words were spoken softly, they were deafeningly loud. Even Ye Feng couldn't help but widen his eyes. However, when he saw that the other party's boat was full of girls, he immediately showed a look of disgust. This was not a punishment for him, but a reward!

"Hmph, you don't get to decide! I'm the boss of this ship!"

"You all need to work hard, and it's really stingy of you to only reward your own ship. I'm telling you this: whoever manages to avoid winning the championship, I can date him for a month! I won't have to take responsibility for anything!"

っ?Д?)っ

"Playing...playing this big?"

Upon hearing this, even Ye Feng and his group's ship sped up a bit, because that senior was truly beautiful. Although she might not be considered the school beauty, she was definitely the class beauty or department beauty. More importantly, she had a fantastic figure and incredibly smooth, fair skin.

But Ye Feng couldn't help feeling that this senior student had ulterior motives. Otherwise, why would she glance at him while saying those words?

Chapter 165 Zongzi, Dragon Boat, Barbecue

It is said that even heroes cannot resist the charms of a beautiful woman. Encouraged by various rewards, almost all of them unleashed their final potential. In addition, their previous morning exercises were not in vain.

Although simply doing morning exercises cannot achieve the effect of cultivation, it can still subtly improve physical fitness. Moreover, because they do not know how to guide the power in their bodies for cultivation, a lot of power has been accumulated in their bodies. After being slapped and having every bit of power drained from their bodies, this hidden potential was finally released.

Although Ye Feng wasn't interested in the rewards, he had suggested building the dragon boat, and he would lose face if they failed to win the championship. So, despite not being interested in the rewards, Ye Feng still tried his best to steer their boat forward to maintain their advantage and win the championship.

Just when they were only a hundred or two meters away from the finish line, the lake suddenly became unusual, which startled Ye Feng. He remembered that he had only set up one 'trap', namely the giant wave and the water dragon, which meant that this change was a real event or something that Dumbledore and his group had orchestrated.

However, when Ye Feng looked back at Dumbledore and the others, he realized that it wasn't them who did it, because their faces were also full of astonishment and they were looking in his direction.

"Quick, row! I didn't do this!"

Others:!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

Hearing this, not only the others but also Harry and his crew on the same boat were startled. When they saw the lake water start to churn, they started paddling frantically without anyone telling them to.

Faced with their own lives, all those fancy rewards were nothing compared to this. So Ye Feng was astonished to find that the rowing speed of these people had actually increased by another level. However, just as everyone was rowing frantically, Ye Feng saw Hagrid say something, and then Dumbledore recited a spell. After that, the lake slowly returned to calm.

But by this point, no one was paying attention anymore, because the finish line was just one step away from them. If they just persevered a little longer, victory would be theirs.

"Hurry! Only fifty meters left! Charge!"

"Go for it! As long as we can maintain our current ranking and cross the finish line, I, Mousey, will definitely keep my promise!"

"You said it! I want to eat duck neck!"

"Eat! Eat them all! I want to eat four at once!"

...

Amidst the cheers, Ye Feng and his team, who had maintained their initial advantage, were the first to cross the finish line. However, they did not pull too far ahead of the second-place team. Less than five seconds after crossing the finish line, the second-place team, a dragon boat whose crew consisted of a Quidditch team, also crossed the finish line.

Surprisingly, the ship of the senior students who shouted that they would date whoever won the championship for a month actually won third place, and even snatched third place from Dumbledore's ship by a single line, which made Dumbledore and his group look rather unhappy.

However, since the rankings were different but the rewards were the same for all ten places, they didn't find it too hard to accept. After all, they were quite old and there had been some unexpected events at the beginning, so getting fourth place was already quite good.

It's fair to say that if they hadn't been hit at the beginning and then pulled into the water by Ye Feng to take the hit, Dumbledore's professor's fleet would have been a sure thing to get second place.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in life, so they only managed to get fourth place. But smiles soon appeared on their faces, as did those who didn't get a place, because Ye Feng announced some news.

"I hereby declare today's dragon boat race a complete success!"

"Those of you who got a place, I hope you won't be complacent, because you were just lucky and didn't crash twice. Those of you who didn't get a place, don't be sad, because tonight we will be holding a grand Dragon Boat Festival party! And I will prepare all the ingredients for tonight!"

"Oh!!!"

As soon as Ye Feng said this, thunderous cheers erupted on Black Lake. This was because any ingredients prepared by Ye Feng were of high quality; you could say that even if you just boiled them in plain water, they would taste pretty good.

Because of this news, the awards ceremony after the competition ended rather hastily. It was almost as if everyone went to receive their awards, took a photo on the podium, and left. The audience also gave a token applause. Therefore, the entire award ceremony was over in less than ten minutes.

The award ceremony, which was so perfunctory from top to bottom and where everyone seemed eager to end it, left the Daily Prophet reporter, who had been called in to document it, completely bewildered. She had never seen an award ceremony so fast and efficient.

However, she soon understood why these people were in such a hurry. When the participants packed up their dragon boats and cleaned up the trash near the podium before heading back, they were all excitedly talking about tonight's banquet, and everyone's face was filled with anticipation.

"Is this Ye Feng really that amazing? Although I've heard some news about him before, it was all just bits and pieces without any in-depth understanding. Now it seems that this 'little guy' is not simple. I need to find out more about him."

...

As night fell amidst everyone's anticipation, the 'banquet' was not held in the restaurant. Instead, Ye Feng led them to the edge of Black Lake, where a large, flat open space had already been cleared out.

The most attractive feature of this flat open space is not the barbecue grills set up with charcoal fires on the ground, but the huge firewood tower, five meters high, in the very center of the open space.

"Before we begin tonight's 'dinner,' let our Headmaster Dumbledore light a bonfire to commemorate the departed sage, Qu Yuan!"

"Classmates, Ye Feng is right. When we celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, we must not forget why we celebrate these festivals and remember these sages. Although they were not from our country, that does not diminish their greatness. So—flames blaze!"

"Whoo~"

As Dumbledore uttered his incantation, a roaring fire suddenly erupted, illuminating the entire clearing and turning most of the Black Lake red. As the fire ignited, a colossal creature at the bottom of the lake was also drawn to its presence. However, most people, including Ye Feng, were more captivated by the neatly arranged array of ingredients next to the grill after the fire started.

Of course, in addition to various prepared fresh ingredients, there were also pre-cooked crayfish in two different flavors and a plate of... raw marinated crayfish.

However, some people like raw marinated food while others don't, so Ye Feng only gave each person a bite's worth. If they wanted more, they could order more, since he had brought back quite a lot of seafood and crabs, which was definitely enough to eat.

There was no need for formalities. As soon as the food was served, Dumbledore took the first bite, and the others naturally followed suit. As the aroma filled the air, the surface of the Black Lake began to churn, but everyone's attention was focused on the delicious food in front of them, so no one noticed.

Chapter 166 Ye Feng: Giant Squid! (???)

"Glug glug glug..."

As everyone was happily enjoying the delicious food in front of them, the lake water near the shore suddenly began to churn. The time interval between the start of the churning and the continuous churning was very short, as if some enormous creature was rushing from the bottom of the lake to the surface at an extremely fast speed.

"boom!"

Two or three seconds later, a huge splash of water shot into the sky, and along with the splash, a colossal creature burst out of the water and appeared in front of Ye Feng and the others. However, they had no mood to admire this colossal creature at the moment, because the lake water in front of the colossal creature was as big as a room.

If such a large ball of water were to crash down, it's hard to say what would happen if people were injured, but it would definitely knock many people unconscious. More importantly, besides these people, there are still a lot of uneaten food here. If this water were to crash down on them, everything would be ruined.

A foodie's obsession with delicious food is indescribable, so the moment Ye Feng saw the towering water crashing down, his eyes sharpened, and his immortal power quietly circulated within him. This caused the enormous creature that broke through the water's surface to freeze suddenly, because it sensed the breath of death in that instant.

Fortunately, Ye Feng reacted quickly. He reacted and controlled the slight movement of the immortal power in his body. Then, he raised his right hand, and two huge magical shields protected them and the huge bonfire in the middle of the field.

"boom!"

Like a tidal wave, the 'splashes' crashed down, slamming the young wizards who had drawn their wands and the professors, including Dumbledore, to the ground. This scene brought Ye Feng immense shock.

!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

"You...none of you...are you...defending...?"

Ye Feng was shocked to see the people who had been knocked down by the waves. He then decisively removed his magic shield and lay down on the ground, pretending that he had also been knocked down because he hadn't been able to block the waves.

Before Harry and the others could react, they were horrified to see Ye Feng suddenly collapse to the ground. But our clever Miss Granger reacted instantly and also lay down on the ground, though she did so rather hastily…

"Boom~"

Ye Feng: Ah~ My… my stomach!

Hermione was immediately followed by Cho, and seeing Cho fall down, Luna and Ginny also reacted and lay down on the ground as well…

Ye Feng: (???)

"No, you can lie down all you want, why are you all lying on top of me?"

Ye Feng was in tears after being knocked down by several girls in quick succession. Harry and the others were a little slow to react, but they weren't stupid. So when they saw Hermione and the others lying down, they followed suit without saying a word. However, they weren't so lucky, because there was no room for them to lie down on Ye Feng. Hermione and the others had already taken all the spots, so they could only lie directly on the ground.

Fortunately, the ground was still dry because Ye Feng had protected it with a magic shield, so even if you waded in it, it wouldn't get too dirty. Unlike the others, who were slapped on the ground and ended up lying in the mud and water.

It was only then, by the light of the roaring bonfire in the middle of the field, that they saw that the culprit behind all this was an enormous octopus, with just one of its tentacles capable of supporting a dragon boat.

It should be... an octopus, right? Because they remembered that Black Lake was a lake, not a sea, and octopuses should only live in the sea.

But that's not important. What's important is that the enormous creature's big, bright eyes were filled with confusion. Its small brain couldn't understand why, just because it saw a flash of light, it rushed out of the water and caused all the people to fall to the ground.

Of course, it didn't dare to move, because the 'little bean' that had made it sense the aura of death was lying on the only dry ground. For some reason, it was being pressed down by a group of its kind that looked 'weaker' than it.

Ye Feng: (???)

The moment Ye Feng saw that the trouble was caused by this giant octopus, his eyes lit up with excitement. He had been eyeing this giant octopus for a very long time, but since the octopus belonged to the Lawful Good alignment and had never shown any intention of taking the bait, he had no reason to make a move against it.

But now things are great, this guy actually came to my door on his own initiative, this is simply wonderful news, and Ye Feng believes that even Dumbledore and the others will definitely not stop him this time, after all, they are still lying on the ground and unable to get up.

Giant octopus: (°Д°)

The moment it felt Ye Feng's burning gaze, the giant octopus panicked. It began to regret rushing to the surface of the lake. Dumbledore, finally getting to his feet, realized that the giant octopus was the culprit. Helplessly, he first cleaned himself of the mud before taking a few steps forward, and then…

(キ｀?Д??)!!

When he first got up, Dumbledore didn't notice anything amiss, but after he cleaned himself up and made himself look neat and tidy, he realized there was a problem.

While everyone, including myself, was so engrossed in the food that the barbecue grill and all the food were wasted when the unexpected waves crashed onto the ground, the campfire in the very center was still burning brightly without any damage!

"Wait, why... is the ground Ye Feng and the others waded through dry? And the food on the barbecue grill and the charcoal inside are all fine?"