After class, the Slytherins were still happily discussing what happened in the previous class in the corridor. This time, Slytherin made a big splash and earned a full sixty points for the house.
Schelling also gradually established his prestige in the hearts of Slytherin classmates.
Among the boys in Slytherin, the two brothers of the Malfoy family and Theodore Nott of the Nott family have the most distinguished status. After experiencing the last semester-Shellin was invited to join the Transfiguration Club, join the Charms Club, Won the "Transfiguration Today" Most Promising Newcomer Award. These achievements all illustrate Schelling's own outstanding strength. Even the rebellious Theodore Nott had to agree that Schelling was the leading figure among the Slytherin students at this moment.
Several Slytherin girls in the same class began to look for opportunities to get close to Sherrin, such as Tracy Davis and Audrey Runcorn, who often hung out with Pansy. They sometimes asked for advice I came to talk to Xuelin for homework reasons, and sometimes I would wait for Xuelin in the lounge to go to the auditorium for dinner. Unfortunately, at such times, the two girls, Daphne and Meredith, would seem to turn into kittens whose territory was violated. , guarding Xie Lin closely and not allowing them any chance to get close to Xie Lin.
Xie Lin is not a pushy person, and what he did in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class earlier actually had another purpose.
The first week of school flies by.
During the first week of school, Schelling took a total of three Defense Against the Dark Arts classes. Although subsequent Defense Against the Dark Arts classes no longer had practical content similar to the Green Fairy, Schelling, who knew Lockhart's works by heart, could still do it. He often scored points for Slytherin in daily questions and answers in the classroom, which won Lockhart a lot of favor.
On the weekend of the first week of school, Draco passed the selection of the Quidditch team without any surprise and became a seeker. Harry Potter also followed the original trajectory in the original book and became a Quidditch in the second grade. The only difference between Llanffindor's Seeker is that in this world Professor McGonagall didn't give him a broomstick, so he spent his own money to buy one to sweep the seven stars.
Schelling didn't take this to heart very much. Draco was different from the idle lad in the original novel, because he couldn't compare to Schelling in terms of academic performance. Draco felt that he was only good at flying, so Schelling witnessed with his own eyes Draco's hard training day and night throughout the summer vacation. His strength was probably not much worse than that of the talented Harry. If the difference in broomsticks was also taken into account, Draco would crush him. It's not impossible for Harry.
(Note: Oliver Wood once suggested buying Harry a Nimbus 2000 or a Seven-Star Sweep, which means that the two brooms have similar levels of craftsmanship, but the Nimbus 2000 was known as the fastest broom at the time, so it should be faster than the Sweep. ; The Nimbus 2001 used by Draco is faster and more optimized than the Nimbus 2000. It can be determined that the craftsmanship level is at least one level higher than Harry's Sweeping Seven Stars)
It is worth mentioning that on the day of the selection, my uneasy brother had another conflict with the Harry trio.
Hermione scathingly satirized Draco for having to pay to join the Quidditch team. The furious Draco humiliated Hermione by saying "Mudblood" to Hermione in public, which resulted in Slytherin and G.C. A huge brawl between the two houses of Llanffindor.
Ron accidentally cast the Slug Vomiting Curse on Draco, only to have his tattered wand go off and shoot the spell onto Draco, causing him to spit slugs out of his mouth for the entire day.
After hearing this, Xie Lin could only shake his head and express his speechlessness at his brother's behavior of seeking death. In his opinion, his brother's behavior of imitating his father and always talking about "Mudblood" was very stupid. Hogwart Dumbledore, who favors Muggles, is now in charge. Doing these things that he hates under his eyes is not seeking death.
In the second week of school, Sherrin asked Dobby to buy him a bottle of Ogden Aged Firewhiskey and take it to Lockhart's office in person. As soon as Schelling knocked on the door, it opened immediately. Lockhart stood at the door and greeted Schelling with his signature smile. "Ah, it's Mr. Malfoy, my best student. Welcome, this way."
In Lockhart's office, there were countless frames of Lockhart's pictures hung on the walls, which were brightly lit by many candles. There is also a large stack of photos on the table, and the portraits in all the photos show white teeth and deliberate smiles.
Schelling first gave Lockhart the Ogden Aged Firewhiskey, saying that he was a fan of Lockhart's books and admired Lockhart's adventures, which suddenly made Lockhart's vanity burst.
After some pleasant exchanges between teachers and students, Xie Lin saw that the atmosphere was about to change, so he proposed the purpose of today's visit: "That's it, professor. I have read some of your books and encountered some problems. For example, , I didn’t quite understand the chronic onset of ghoul venom mentioned in “Wandering with Ghouls”; and the method of resisting the mind control of a dominatrix in “Holidays with a Dominatrix”; and “Wandering with a Werewolf” "The spell that finally restores the werewolf to human form..."
Lockhart froze there, seemingly speechless. Several of Schelling's questions seemed to be a bit too much for him.
"Of course, I'm not here to ask you for advice!" As his eyes wandered, Schelling said hurriedly: "I think you can answer these simple questions easily, but you didn't write them in the book. So it definitely wants us to explore these issues ourselves..."
"Really!" Lockhart blinked: "No, I mean you are right, Mr. Malfoy. I really want you to explore the answers to these questions on your own. You are indeed my best student!"
"So I want to find some books from the library, hoping to solve my doubts. But the problem is that these books are in the restricted area of the library, so I need a restricted area permit signed by a professor."
Lockhart nodded: "Of course, I can't stop a seeker from exploring the truth." He quickly signed a large, curly name on a piece of paper with an elegant name on it. The letter read: Sherrin Malfoy is granted access to the restricted area of the library. Gilderoy Lockhart.
"Thank you, Professor!" Xie Lin quickly took the note.
"You're welcome, Xie Lin..." Lockhart waved his hand grandly: "Study hard, you are very likely to achieve something close to mine in the future!"
[Restricted book area permit obtained! 】
That's right, the purpose behind everything Schelling did was to enter the restricted area of the library!
Schelling possesses the collections of the Malfoy and Black families, the family heirlooms of the four major families, Professor McGonagall's transfiguration experience, and Nico Flamel's alchemy experience. He does not lack any powerful magic at all. He is very good at it. It is clear that the problem he is facing now is that his magic power is not enough for him to learn high-level magic that consumes a lot of energy and is powerful. The lack of magic power is the biggest bottleneck for him to learn magic.
There are very limited ways to increase magic power. In addition to relying on the natural increase of the wizard's age, the other three known methods are:
First, collect legendary magic artifacts such as the Elder Wand, but legendary magic artifacts are very rare and difficult to obtain. Many wizards have never even seen one in their lives;
Second, use black magic to transform your body like Voldemort. It is said that Tom Riddle was very handsome when he was a student, and he was not at all the same as Voldemort, who later had an ugly and terrifying appearance. This method can easily gain powerful power, but thanks to Lin didn't want to become a noseless monster like Voldemort;
Third, use various potions and alchemical items to activate the wizard's magical potential. This potential is generally hidden in the wizard's bloodline power.
Although Schelling had browsed several family book collections, he did not find any records about the power of blood in them, so he set his sights on the restricted book section of the Hogwarts library, where he hoped to find information about his research on blood. Power useful information.
Schelling spent the next few days in the restricted section of the library. There was a cool atmosphere in the forbidden book area. When Xie Lin walked in gently, he felt the coolness seeping into his pores.
Schelling looked at books on the bookshelf, including "Poisonous Magic", "Wizard's Sonnets", "Book of Spells", "Powerful Potions", "Mysteries of the Soul", "Demonic Codex", etc. The name makes people shudder at a glance, and the cover is even more terrifying and eerie. For example, the cover of "The Wizard's Sonnets" shows a skinny wizard bleeding from his orifices, with his head raised and reciting something.
Xie Lin curiously opened a copy of "The Mystery of the Soul". The texture was soft and smooth, but there was a roar when he opened it. A skull made of light mist charged towards Xie Lin ferociously, but he dodged it wisely and floated into the air and turned into nothingness.
Xie Lin did not open the book again. He was not interested in too advanced soul magic now. The first priority was to find a book about blood magic. Schelling hurriedly scanned the names on the spine of the books row after row. After experiencing the Voldemort incident, he thought that Dumbledore would not allow books like "Advanced Dark Arts Revealed" to exist in the restricted area. , Xie Lin is also relatively relieved about the danger of accidentally touching the black magic book.
After three weeks of hard work, Xie Lin successfully collected all the information he needed.
Even with the rich collection of books in the library, there is still not much information on blood magic. Among the many materials, the most helpful ones are the research notes of the legendary wizard Merlin on bloodline transformation. Merlin wanted to increase the magic value in the human body by implanting the bloodline of magical creatures in the human body. Unfortunately, this research ended up touching a forbidden area. Had to give up.
Although he was a little disappointed that he couldn't find a specific way to help him stimulate the power of his bloodline, Xie Lin was not discouraged. Magic research was originally a step-by-step process and could not be accomplished overnight. He was indeed very lucky to have been able to do everything smoothly. Now he encountered setbacks. It can be used as a test for yourself.
