Hogwarts starts with stealing power

Reading magical books is easier than Lin Xia imagined.

She learned from Professor McGonagall that books will appear when it thinks they should appear, but how, in what form, and how to read them...

Lin Xia didn't know anything.

Her initial thought was that because of the powerful content of such books, they would also face the intrusion of the evil god's murmurings, so she had arranged many items to combat the murmurings very early on.

Just take it out for situations like this.

But now, those items were still placed on her traceless retractable ring, motionless.

And Lin Xia didn't need to read the books at all.

The moment she opened the book, all the contents in the book appeared in her mind one by one.

Lin Xia couldn't help but sigh, this was the most comfortable time she had ever had while reading a book!

There was no interruption, no need to turn pages one by one, just a light touch, the knowledge appeared in her mind, and she understood everything!

Lin Xia had a hunch that if she had all the materials and the right location, she could use the "Soul Reshaping Method" to change the body of Tom in the diary!

As soon as this thought came to her mind, her heart couldn't help but beat again.

"Lin Xia, Lin Xia...are you okay?"

Draco touched her, and at a casual glance, he found that Lin Xia was in something wrong, and her face suddenly turned very red, as if she had a fever.

But when his hand touched her body, it was not hot.

Lin Xia came to her senses, shook her head and said, "I'm fine, I just saw a good book."

She thought for a moment, shook the book in her hand, and asked, "Draco, in your eyes, what is this book?"

Draco looked over and said in confusion: "Isn't it written on it, "Fifty Effective Ways to Tame Magical Creatures", but why are you suddenly interested in taming animals? Is it possible that your liger Something went wrong?"

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows, put the book back in front of her eyes, and looked down.

Sure enough, it was what Draco called "Fifty Effective Ways to Tame Magical Creatures."

In other words, the "Soul Reshaping Method" is missing.

But this is not surprising.

This book can appear anytime, anywhere, and will choose people to read it.

Lin Xia didn't know how she got selected for the book, but she had to mention that the arrival of this book was a big help to her.

With the method recorded in the book, neither Tom in the diary nor the picture frame locked in the forbidden magic text box by her is anything to be afraid of.

Lin Xia finally bought this "Animal Taming Book".

The clerk still remembered the candy she gave her and specifically told her that he had given her a 12% discount, using the employee's internal price.

Lin Xia smiled and said thank you to her.

Not only that, Hermione and others also benefited from the books they bought, which were also discounted at 12% off.

Ron saw this scene and suddenly said: "I suddenly understand my twin brothers a little bit."

Everyone else couldn't help but look over.

Ron said sheepishly: "Lin Xia just gave candy to the clerk. I saw my brother do this before, but I was too young at the time and didn't know why they did it, so I felt a little aggrieved."

Without waiting for others to ask, he continued: "What I feel wronged about is that I obviously wanted to eat those candies, so why weren't they given to me? They were really excessive to me.

But maybe like Lin Xia did, the candies they gave to the clerk were to gain more benefits.

I unknowingly enjoyed these benefits, but I never found out. "

Lin Xia said calmly: "Ron, we will not force you to understand your brother. In some ways, they are too much for you.

But if you want to let go, we'd love to see that happen. "

Ron, George and Fred have not communicated with each other for half a month.

That's when the two of them were exposed and sold to Ron's unedited magazine.

The Weasley brothers often had cold wars, and no one took them seriously.

But this time Ron seemed to be serious, he hadn't talked to his brothers for a long time.

Even though the twins usually walked up to him to tease him, he didn't say anything.

Ron hesitated and said, "Lin Xia, although I can understand, I still think they are going too far towards me, and I still don't want to deal with them."

Draco and Ron put their arms around each other and said, "Then ignore it. If you work harder and strive to be an outstanding student, maybe your brothers will still ask for help from you."

"Really?"

"Of course, your two twin brothers are very talented in magic, but they are too naughty. They probably won't be able to be top students at Hogwarts."

"Haha, then I will be more motivated to fight!"

Lin Xia suddenly fell silent.

She thought it best not to tell Ron that the twins had been involved in late-night patrols.

Lest he break his defense again.

After visiting the bookstore, it was still early, so Lin Xia and others dispersed to look around.

Hogsmeade is the largest herbal wholesaler nearby, and there is a sufficient supply of herbs, whether dry, wet or fresh.

Lin Xia specially went to the herbal medicine wholesale store.

She wanted to see if there were any older Chinese herbal medicines.

The last time Snape passed by her, there was a strong herbal smell. Lin Xia recalled it at night and determined that the smell was the smell of bruise ointment.

She knows this better than anyone else!

She has an exclusive formula!

Lin Xia wanted to refine a few pairs and sell them to Snape for more gold galleons.

"Lin Xia." Dean Sprout selected a lot of herbs and was about to go out when he saw her walking in.

The dean turned to the clerk and said, "This is the outstanding student I am most proud of."

Lin Xia looked over and saw that this clerk was dressed a little unusually. The wizard's robe he was wearing was embroidered with gold thread and painted with some kind of pattern.

If you look closely, you will see that this is clearly an alchemy wizard robe!

Such functional wizard robes are uncommon and sell for a high price.

Automatic cleaning and dust removal are the most basic, and there are also functions such as mental focus, automatic defense, and passive rebound attack.

Lin Xia didn't know what function this wizard's robe had, but he was sure that this clerk was not ordinary.

Sure enough, the clerk looked at Lin Xia a few times, his eyes flickered, and he suddenly recognized her.

"Dean, is her name Lin Xia? Is she a witch?"

Sprout smiled: "Yes!"

The clerk looked at Lin Xia more eagerly, but because she still had to entertain Sprout, she specially asked someone to follow her.

He repeatedly told that person: "Enter Witch Lin Xia well and give her the highest-end VIP card."

Lin Xia's expression moved slightly.

After they left, she communicated with the store clerk and found out that the person was not an ordinary person, but the store manager.

The store she chose was the largest herb wholesale store in Hogsmeade, so she didn't expect that the store manager would personally entertain Dean Sprout.

It can be seen that the dean is not an ordinary person when it comes to herbal medicine!

The clerk didn't recognize Lin Xia. Research matters were too far away for him. He didn't even read ordinary newspapers. The clerk also asked her curiously: "Are you a relative of the store manager, a relative of the VIP, or a noble? Why does he want to give you a VIP card?"

Lin Xia smiled: "I'm nothing, just a student at Hogwarts. He just entertained our dean. Maybe he just said it casually and gave me a VIP card."

The clerk muttered: "That store manager is quite generous. A VIP card costs at least 100 gold galleons, and it's an annual fee."

When Lin Xia heard this, she felt that the store manager was asking for help and didn't want to get too entangled with him.

Her reputation in the wizarding world is only worth mentioning for her research results.

A sudden heavy gift is not necessarily a good thing.

So she quickly asked: "Do you have any Chinese herbal medicines that are over 100 years old?"

Store clerk: "Yes, we just got a batch yesterday!"

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Ten minutes later, the store manager came back. He looked left and right, but he couldn't see Lin Xia.

He found the clerk and asked, "Where is the little witch? Did you give her the VIP card? Why is she missing? Did she go to see the medicinal materials?"

The clerk said: "Witch Lin Xia has left. She did not accept our VIP card."

The store manager looked a little ugly and glared at the clerk.

The clerk said quickly: "But she bought a large amount of 100-year-old Chinese herbal medicine from us and has already picked it up."

The clerk looked at the store manager flatteringly: "This purchase is worth a thousand gold galleons!"

I originally thought that saying it would make the store manager's expression brighter, but the store manager's face darkened and became more gloomy, and he yelled angrily:

"You idiot! You are short-sighted! Building a good relationship with her is far more than what a thousand gold galleons can match!"

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Lin Xia didn't know that an innocent person was being scolded inexplicably because of her.

But this incident gave her a wake-up call.

That's when she should find an agent to represent her to the outside world.

As her fame grew, there were more things to deal with and an agent was urgently needed.

If you do everything yourself, the situation just now is likely to occur.

The benefits of being sent to your door, how to refuse is also an art!

Lin Xia was impatient to deal with those businessmen.

As a researcher, she has many characteristics of a researcher, one of which is that she doesn't like to deal with businessmen.

Fortunately, she does not have the aloofness of a researcher.

She is not an ancient aristocrat, she does not have a huge fortune, and the research she does is too expensive.

Lin Xia, Ron and others got together again. They had finished visiting Hogsmeade and planned to experience some thrilling activities.

This time I went shopping in a hurry, and there were many shops that I didn’t even open to look at.

When they come back next time, they can experience some stores in depth.

Lin Xia saw that one of the shops was actually a shop selling body parts!

This is obviously a store that can only be opened in Knockturn Alley, and I don’t know why it can be opened in Hogsmeade.

Ron suggested: "How about we go to the Shrieking Shack. Several people told me that they heard a wolf howl coming from the shack last night. Maybe we can discover the real secret."

Hermione was not interested in this: "The Shrieking Shack has existed for so many years. If the secret was so easy for us to find, it would have been cracked long ago. I think it is just an ordinary small shack."

Ron: "You are obviously afraid, so you don't dare to go with us!"

Hermione said dissatisfiedly: "Just go! Look who will be scared to cry when the time comes!"

Ron scolded her: "If I'm scared to tears, I'll give you a gold galleon!"

Hermione: "Who wants your gold galleons? I have a lot of pocket money. If I don't bet with you, we will bet that if you lose, you have to read a book every week and write a paper every weekend. Lasts for a month!”

Ron snorted a few times: "I can accept this condition, but your bet cannot be this. If you lose, you will help me do my homework for a month. Bet or not!"

Hermione gritted her teeth: "Bet!"

On the way to the Shrieking Shack, they met Neville.

Neville shouted as he walked, looking a little anxious.

Lin Xia stopped him and asked: "Neville, what happened?"

Neville said anxiously: "I lost contact with Mikel. Mikel said he saw a house elf, and the house elf seemed to be in trouble.

Mickle wanted to help it and asked me to follow. But he ran too fast, and I lost contact with him after a dense crowd of people."

Neville, a third-year student, was encouraged by Professor Lupin to speak without fear, and dared to look into people's eyes and speak out his thoughts loudly.

The successful spell in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class gave Neville great confidence.

Hermione said, "House elves?

Excuse me, Hogsmeade is not a place where house elves can come. House elves are slaves and are basically locked up in castles or their owners' houses."

Neville said in a panic, "That's why I'm worried about Mikel's safety."

Lin Xia looked at the others, "Why don't we look for Mikel first?"

The other little wizards agreed immediately. Although Mikel was not familiar with them, he was also a student of Hogwarts, and they were happy to help their companions.

Lin Xia led Neville, Ron and Hermione to a group, and Draco randomly pulled a little wizard from Ravenclaw to a group, and they all went to look for Mikel.

With Lin Xia, Neville was calmer, which was a tacit understanding cultivated during the potions class.

Neville felt that Lin Xia would definitely find Mikel.

Lin Xia asked about the details of the house elf.

Neville recalled carefully: "I took a few glances, it was dressed very elegantly, like a butler, the clothes were not torn, just a little old."

Lin Xia judged: "Then this house-elf should be helping the nobles."

Neville suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up: "By the way, Mikkel called the house-elf's name, it seems to be Kreacher!"

Lin Xia paused, "Are you sure it's Kreacher?"

Neville was not sure, and thought for a long time, afraid that he remembered it wrong.

So he took out the memory crystal ball he carried with him, and still found the memory of Mikkel calling the house-elf at that time.

"Yes, it's called Kreacher."

Lin Xia's expression suddenly became serious, and he paused.

Every name of a house-elf will not have the same name.

"Neville, we may have to tell the professor about this, because the house-elf named Kreacher is the elf of Black Manor."

"Black Manor?" Neville sounded a little familiar.

Lin Xia whispered: "Sirius Black."

Neville's expression turned pale instantly. (End of this chapter)