New Professor at Hogwarts

Xia Ran and others tapped themselves with their wands, and their soaked clothes suddenly became dry and warm, as if they had been baking in front of the fire for several hours.

However, it was still cold inside the cave. There were still some aftereffects from swimming in the sea just now. At least their hands and feet were still very cold at the moment, as if the chill had penetrated into their bones. They simply gathered around the fire to warm themselves up.

Dumbledore and Sirius stood in the center of the cave, holding their wands high in their hands, looking carefully at the rock walls and cave ceiling.

Sirius asked anxiously: "Why is there no entrance?"

"Yes, this is the place." Dumbledore said.

"What?" Sirius asked hurriedly, "Have you found the entrance, Dumbledore?"

"How do you know, Dumbledore? You've never been here before." Tonks asked curiously.

"It has seen magic," Dumbledore replied shortly.

Xia Ran obviously found that Tonks looked confused, as if asking what did you say, why can't I understand?

However, he has long been aware of this place. Although he has never been to this place personally before today, he also knows what kind of protective measures Voldemort has taken to this place where his Horcrux is hidden. One layer after another, it is not like Riddle's diary was disposed of almost casually.

"This is just the front hall, the entrance hall." Dumbledore said after a moment, "We need to go inside. What is blocking us now is the trap set by Voldemort, not the obstacles set by nature."

Dumbledore approached the cave wall, touched it with his left hand that was not holding the wand, and whispered something in a strange and mysterious language that no one present could understand.

Although they didn't understand it, they also knew that this was Dumbledore trying to break Voldemort's magic, so they waited patiently and warmed themselves by the fire to dispel the cold chill in the cave.

Now that Kreacher has lost the power of Apparition, he can only rely on Dumbledore to crack it step by step. After all, the magic left by Voldemort is extremely concealed and even more mysterious. They are still a little behind in cracking it, and they can't even touch it. Mind.

Dumbledore walked twice around the cave from the right, touching the rough cave walls as much as possible, occasionally stopping to feel up and down with his fingers on a certain place. Finally, he stopped and placed his palms safely on the cave wall.

"Here, I think you are right." Dumbledore said softly, "We have to enter from here. The entrance is very hidden."

No one asked how Dumbledore knew. After all, he was the most powerful white wizard in the world - Dumbledore. Even if he only used his eyes to see and his hands to touch, he could still solve problems that were extremely confusing to others. .

Making ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-ping-pong-pong-smoking is usually the characteristic of a low-level person, rather than the behavior of a master. Dumbledore is obviously a very powerful master. This is irrefutable and unquestionable.

Even though Xia Ran had long known that there was a door in the cave that could lead to the place Kreacher mentioned, that was the destination of their trip. However, he didn't know the specific location of the door. If he was asked to find it, although it was possible to find it, it would take at least several hours, unlike Dumbledore who could find it in a few minutes.

Dumbledore took a few steps back from the cave wall and pointed his wand at the rock.

Wow——

Suddenly, the outline of an arch appeared there, emitting a dazzling white light, as if there was a strong light shining behind the crack.

"Success?!" Everyone's eyes lit up, but before they finished speaking, the outline of the portal had disappeared. The rock was still as hard and thick as before, and there was nothing on it. What they saw before seemed to be an illusion.

Mrs. Weasley asked in shock: "Why did you disappear again?"

Xia Ran had known the conditions for opening the door, but she didn't know the specific location of the door. Now that Dumbledore has found the door, it means that the problem has been solved for him.

He said slowly and softly at this moment: "Dumbledore, I think you have already made a guess, but maybe you think the conditions set by Voldemort are too low-level."

"Have you made any guesses, Xia Ran?" Dumbledore turned around and looked.

"I don't know if it's accurate, I still have to try."

Dumbledore said softly: "I still think it's too vulgar."

"What are you talking about?" Tonks asked confused, and everyone else, except Moody, was also confused.

Xia Ran stood up and walked over, touched the stone cave wall, and said with a smile: "Voldemort definitely doesn't want anyone other than him to break in without permission. After all, his Horcrux is hidden in it. Although it has been taken over by Lei Gu, Les changed away - he left this door for him to enter and exit when necessary. In order to avoid wizards with bad intentions - just like our group - he believed that opening this door requires paying a certain price. Able to pass.”

"The price?" Sirius asked, "What price? What are we going to do?"

"If I'm not wrong, the price may be blood!" Xia Ran said leisurely.

"Blood?" Everyone was stunned.

"Do you think it's blood, Xia Ran?" Dumbledore made no secret of his disappointment. It seemed that Voldemort did not meet the standards that Dumbledore expected. "So I said this is too low-level. I want my opponent to weaken me." Enter, there is nothing wrong with this principle, but providing blood is too low-level. Voldemort has never been able to understand that there are many things that are much more terrifying than physical injuries."

The others looked at each other, thinking the physical damage was terrible enough.

"I'll do it!" Sirius volunteered. After all, their only purpose here was to bury his brother Regulus, so he had no choice but to stand up and make a contribution.

Before anyone could say anything, Sirius swiped his wand on his arm, and blood immediately flowed out.

"Okay, Sirius, since you insist on it." Dumbledore stepped aside. He wanted to donate blood himself, but Sirius had already taken the lead, so there was no need for him to scratch himself.

Xia Ran also stepped aside.

Sirius stepped forward quickly and let the blood smear on the surface of the rock. A layer of shiny, dark red blood beads stained a corner of the rock surface.

"Okay, Sirius, it's almost done." Xia Ran said, gently tapping Sirius' injured arm with her wand.

"Healed as before!"

The deep wound healed instantly, and he cast a healing healing spell.

The dazzling white outline of the arch appeared again on the cave wall. This time it did not disappear. The blood-stained rock in the arch suddenly disappeared, revealing a doorway, which seemed to be endless darkness, leading to hell. The entrance to Huangquan is average.