Hogwarts: I'm the only cultivator here!

"What...what's wrong with you all?"

Hogwarts members: ...

Although they wanted to scold him or even beat him up, they were too exhausted to move, so most of them just glanced at Ye Feng and ignored him. This puzzled and disappointed Ye Feng.

"Alas, it seems you still don't know my achievements. I am your savior!"

"But seeing your current state, I'm too lazy to bother with it." Muttering to himself, Ye Feng quickly walked towards the cubicle where Zhang Qiu and the others were.

"Hey, hey, how many laps have you guys done? Who won and who lost?"

...

As Ye Feng squeezed into Zhang Qiu's cubicle and kept throwing snacks into his mouth while chatting about mahjong, several professors were anxiously riding heavy flying broomsticks five or six meters above the dilapidated Hogwarts Express.

"Wait a minute, Headmaster Dumbledore, even if what Dobby said is true, and the Hogwarts Express really can go that fast, we should be able to catch up with them at our current speed, so why can't we see any trace of them?"

“Minerva, your suspicions are quite valid, and I’ve discovered that this section of track is different from the ones we’ve passed before.”

“Oh? What’s the difference, Headmaster Dumbledore?”

"Didn't you notice that this section of railway doesn't have any serious friction marks? The rust is still very clear, and there isn't a single scratch."

"You mean..."

“That’s right, maybe they never even passed by this section of track.”

“But Headmaster Dumbledore, that’s impossible. We’ve been following the railway all the way here. We couldn’t have missed them. Even if… even if something really happened to them, we should be able to see the wreckage of the train.”

“Yes, Headmaster Dumbledore, I agree with Vice-Headmaster Minerva.” Snape, who had come along, unusually agreed with Professor McGonagall, the Head of Gryffindor.

Upon hearing their words, Dumbledore shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, no, you misunderstand. I don't mean that we missed them. I mean that perhaps we haven't found the right direction."

"Who says a train has to run on rails? Maybe it can run in water, on land, or even... in the sky."

"This... can't be right, can it?"

“Nothing is impossible. Don’t forget, that little guy Ye Feng is in the car too, and… look up.”

"Oh~ Merlin's long trousers!"

When Snape and his companions looked up, a familiar train speeding through the clouds instantly came into view.

Chapter 223 Caught in the act

The idea of ​​a train flying through the sky is incredibly groundbreaking, even in the magical world of Hogwarts. So when they saw the Hogwarts train actually flying in the sky, even Snape and the others, who had been amazed by Ye Feng more than once, couldn't help but stare in disbelief.

Ye Feng, while leaning against the window and looking at the scenery outside, was still feeling lost and sentimental.

"Sigh~ It's a pity this train doesn't have a steering wheel, accelerator, or foot brake. Otherwise, it would definitely be much more exciting to speed along, unlike now, where it can only move straight toward its destination."

Dumbledore and his companions happened to arrive at the train on flying broomsticks: ...

"Ye Feng, can you explain to me why Hogwarts flies in the sky, and why it has become so dilapidated?"

After a brief silence, Dumbledore couldn't help but speak, but to Dumbledore and the others' surprise, Ye Feng seemed not to hear what they were saying, or even see them, as if they didn't exist.

Seeing this, Dumbledore could tolerate it, but McGonagall couldn't. So she controlled the flying broom to move forward a little more. At this moment, Luna took off her robe and covered Ye Feng, who was sitting next to her and had fallen asleep by the window.

Professor McGonagall, who had just approached the train and stood by the window: ...

"Oh, it's Professor McGonagall!"

"Professor McGonagall, what brings you here?"

Ye Feng was asleep and didn't see Professor McGonagall. Luna was sitting in the middle on the inside, separated from Ye Feng, so she also didn't see Professor McGonagall. But Zhang Qiu, who was opposite her, wasn't asleep, so she saw Professor McGonagall at a glance and greeted her.

But what puzzled them was that although Professor McGonagall's mouth was moving, they didn't hear any sound. Out of politeness, they didn't say anything, but just looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Professor McGonagall: ...

Seeing that Zhang Qiu and the others hadn't heard her call to wake Ye Feng, Professor McGonagall assumed the wind was too loud and she had to repeat herself. But to her surprise, Zhang Qiu and the others still didn't hear her and looked at her with puzzled expressions.

Just then, Hermione suddenly remembered something and anxiously pointed to the talismans pasted on the carriage. Zhang Qiu followed Hermione's pointing finger and saw the talismans. He immediately looked embarrassed and quickly took one off.

The moment the talisman was removed, a noisy wind entered their ears, and Ye Feng was instantly awakened by the noise without even needing to be called.

"Hmm? What's wrong? Have we arrived?"

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Ye Feng looked up blankly and saw Professor McGonagall outside the window.

"Huh? Professor McGonagall, what are you doing here?"

Professor McGonagall: ...

"I'm sorry, Professor McGonagall. We put up soundproofing tape in the carriage because the wind was too strong, so we couldn't hear what you were saying."

Professor McGonagall: (￣ー￣)

“I’ve already seen it, but it’s good that you’re awake, Ye Feng. Headmaster Dumbledore has something to ask you.”

Ye Feng: o(?Д?)っ!

"Headmaster Dumbledore...is here too? Doesn't that mean..."

“That’s right, you should think carefully about how to explain this Hogwarts Express to him.”

"Gulu~"

Upon hearing Professor McGonagall's words, Ye Feng couldn't help but swallow hard.

If Dumbledore weren't there, he would have simply slipped away upon reaching his destination, Station Nine and Three-Quarters. Once he left the wizarding world and returned to the Muggle world, it wouldn't be so easy for Dumbledore to find him.

As long as he isn't caught red-handed, even if Dumbledore hasn't forgotten about it by the time he returns from his holiday, he should find the Hogwarts Express completely transformed while he's repairing it. By then, after a holiday to cool things down and with the train being modified, he'll definitely be safe and sound.

Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. Ye Feng never expected that Dumbledore would come chasing after them at this time. Therefore, he could only dejectedly open the door for Dumbledore and the others to come up.

To Ye Feng's embarrassment, when he opened the door to the locomotive carriage, Dumbledore and the others didn't get on; instead, they looked at him as if he were an idiot.

Seeing that Dumbledore and the others were just watching and keeping parallel to the train without boarding, Ye Feng scratched his head and thought to himself, "Could it be that they don't know the technique of high-speed docking?"

Thinking of this, Ye Feng looked the group up and down again, and finally looked at Dumbledore and the others with pity, which made Dumbledore and the others instantly furious.

Although Ye Feng didn't say anything, his first glance back and forth and then that look made it clear to everyone that he wasn't thinking anything good. When Ye Feng saw the professors' gazes turn dangerous, he immediately flashed a bright smile.

"It was my oversight. I'll improve it right away. Please wait five seconds... Alright, Headmaster Dumbledore, you may now fly up here on your flying brooms and land."

It really was only five seconds. In just five seconds, Ye Feng used his talisman brush to draw a golden barrier magic circle on the car door. This magic circle had no other purpose than to serve as a 'landing pad'.

Seeing the golden barrier that appeared after Ye Feng infused with a little magic, Dumbledore curiously tried to control his flying broom to fly over and land on the barrier. To Dumbledore's surprise, he actually managed to land the flying broom steadily on the four-meter square golden barrier.

"This barrier... is not bad. It even has a cushioning effect. Not only is it stable when I stop on it, but I also don't feel any impact." As he spoke, Dumbledore got off his heavy broomstick and stomped hard on the golden barrier as he retracted his flying broomstick.

After confirming that it was indeed a place where people could stand and that it was as flat as the ground, and that they wouldn't be blown off by the wind, Dumbledore nodded to Snape and the others, then turned and walked into the carriage.

With Dumbledore leading the way, the remaining professors followed suit and entered the carriage in an orderly fashion. Once everyone was inside, Ye Feng lightly tapped the magic circle from a distance, and the golden barrier instantly disappeared.

After closing the door, Ye Feng sat obediently opposite Dumbledore and the others like a good child, with his head down as if he knew he was wrong and was willing to be punished. Unfortunately, this approach was useless against Dumbledore.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Ye Feng: ...(。oˇ?ˇo。)...

"It's all the guy's fault for starting the train!"

Whether Feng Guan was truly at fault or not, he wanted to shift the blame first, and do so while looking pitiful. With that cute demeanor, even if he didn't successfully escape punishment, he'd at least receive a lighter penalty. Therefore, Ye Feng started by shifting the blame right from the beginning.

"You...you...you can't frame Dobby! Dobby just saw everyone boarded and started the train according to regulations. It was you, you must have tampered with the train that caused this to happen!"

Ye Feng: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

"Wait, never mind that for now. When did you get up here? I didn't see you just now."

Ye Feng was genuinely surprised to see Dobby peeking out from behind Dumbledore, because he hadn't seen Dobby at all.

Chapter 224 Substitute Work for Punishment

Although Ye Feng ate house-elves' cooking almost every day, he wasn't really fond of them. First, house-elves were simply too ugly and didn't fit his aesthetic; second, house-elves had once been enemies of humans, or rather wizards, and had once wanted to rule the magical world and enslave wizards.

Unfortunately, the house-elves lost the final battle, and it was precisely because of their defeat that the house-elves came into being. So even though Dobby was very kind to Harry and tricked him many times, Ye Feng still couldn't feel any sympathy for the house-elves.

However, he was still very interested in Dobby's method of evading his gaze. Although losing to a wizard who had never even seen lethal magic meant that they were indeed quite weak, there must be something to them, right?

Then... then Ye Feng was disappointed, because Dumbledore directly shattered his illusions.

"Alright, Ye Feng, don't change the subject. Dobby came in hiding inside my magic robe. You should tell me what happened."

Ye Feng: ...

"Okay, actually, this is what happened."

Upon discovering that Dobby hadn't used any magic to evade his gaze, but had instead entered by hiding inside Dumbledore's clothes, Ye Feng immediately lost interest and began to offer excuses and explanations.

"Actually, I didn't intend to sabotage the Hogwarts Express. I just felt that the Hogwarts Express was too slow. Every time we went home or back to school, it took us a whole day to get there, so I wanted to make the Hogwarts Express faster."

"I had just finished modifying the locomotive and was about to modify and reinforce the carriages when this guy, yes, this guy named Dobby, started the train."

"But that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this guy doesn't know anything about driving a train. He actually slammed on the brakes of the freight car and the train as soon as the train's speed increased. The end result was that the train's brakes broke down."

"If I hadn't immediately reinforced the train body when I saw something was wrong, the train would probably have fallen apart after that sudden stop."

"But that's not the most outrageous part. What's even more outrageous is that when this guy saw the brake, he actually pulled the speed control lever in his pocket, pushing it to an even higher speed instead of slowing down, and then he abandoned all of us and ran away!"

"If I hadn't noticed something was wrong and taken control of the train in time to repair it, this historic Hogwarts Express would have been completely destroyed and everyone on board would have perished."

Ye Feng spoke with extreme anger, and it looked as if he would have rushed up and stabbed Dobby to death if Dumbledore and the others hadn't been there.

Ye Feng's appearance really frightened Dobby, so Dobby immediately hid behind Dumbledore. Seeing this, Ye Feng went over to find him, because he had to get rid of this mess.

However, it can't be entirely said that they're shifting the blame, because what Ye Feng said was also true. If it weren't for Dobby's many outrageous actions, the Hogwarts Express wouldn't be in its current state.

But you know what, this Hogwarts-themed train has a unique charm.

Therefore, Ye Feng wouldn't allow Dobi to hide; he wanted to pull this guy out.

But something shocking happened to Ye Feng. Dobby hid behind Dumbledore for only a second or two at most, but when Ye Feng walked behind Dumbledore, he couldn't find Dobby at all. Even when he turned his body to the side and looked around, he couldn't find any trace of Dobby.

"Wow, that's something else."

"Shadow Step?"

"No, the Shadow Step should also produce footsteps, but yours doesn't make any sound at all, let alone footsteps, so this shouldn't be the Shadow Step."

"So, you were actually invisible, right? And not just any kind of invisibleness. You also silenced yourself while being invisible, and took advantage of blind spots in people's vision."