Hogwarts: I'm the only cultivator here!

Ye Feng: (?_?)?

"Hehehe, to be honest, when it comes to dressing up as a ghost or something, dressing up as a vampire to scare people is so weak, this is what's really scary."

After scaring Nick away, Ye Feng continued walking forward. After walking twenty or thirty meters, he turned a corner and walked less than two meters further when he was called again. This time, it wasn't a ghost that called him, but Quirrell, or rather, Voldemort.

"stop!"

"You're Ye Feng, right? It's so late and you're still wandering around outside. Hurry up and come back with me..."

As he spoke, Quirrell quickly walked behind Ye Feng and reached out to grab Ye Feng's shoulder. But the moment his hand landed on Ye Feng's shoulder, his words were cut short, because his hand on Ye Feng's shoulder felt like it was touching a block of ice—not only icy but also extremely hard.

"boom!"

Almost simultaneously, a clap of thunder sounded in the sky. In that instant of light, Quirrell finally realized why the 'person' in front of him had been walking silently all the way—because the other person hadn't been stepping on the ground at all.

"Gulu~"

Although the Dark Lord, the most terrifying being in the entire wizarding world, was parasitizing the back of his head, and although living ghosts could be seen wandering around Hogwarts all day long, Quirrell still felt endless fear at this moment. He remembered some midnight legends from Eastern countries.

"Are you... calling me?" As he said this, 'Ye Feng' turned his head 180 degrees to look at Quirrell behind him, and when Quirrell saw the face of the 'person' in front of him, a shrill scream rang out from Hogwarts again.

"Ah ah ah ah ah…"

Chapter 35 Voldemort was terrified.

"Ah ah ah ah ah…"

A piercing scream rang out, and Quirrell, terrified by his own imagination, instinctively turned and ran, because he felt he might have encountered the legendary 'ghost'.

If you asked an ordinary foreigner, they might not believe that all of this was true, since they had never been exposed to the magical world and had never seen ghosts or anything like that. But Quirrell was different; he could see ghosts wandering around the academy every day.

It was precisely because he knew of the existence of such things that when a terrifying being from legend suddenly appeared before him, and he knew nothing about the place, fear instinctively surged into his heart.

When faced with something frightening, people's instinct is usually to run. Quirrell was so frightened that he instinctively turned and ran. After Quirrell turned around, Voldemort behind him saw a figure that looked eight-tenths like himself after he turned into Voldemort and felt a chill run down his spine.

Of course, Voldemort was once the Dark Lord, and he was much bolder than Quirrell, but when he saw the figure float up and follow them, slowly turning back as it chased their bodies, Voldemort was also quite frightened.

He'd seen plenty of ghosts and even Dementors, but this was the first time he'd ever seen something so bizarre.

However, Voldemort, as the former Dark Lord, was still very bold, and he was more careful than Quirrell. Therefore, he quickly discovered that the thing following behind them was actually just wearing a mask.

The moment Voldemort realized this, he was so angry his hair stood on end. Oh, Voldemort is bald? Never mind then.

In short, Voldemort, who thought he had discovered the truth, was furious. He immediately told Quirrell to stop, and Quirrell, after hearing Voldemort's words, suppressed his fear, stopped, and took out his wand.

"biu~"

A green light flashed, and a noseless mask flew out. At the same time, a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the entire corridor.

In the flash of lightning, a face exactly like Voldemort's when he was young appeared before Quirrell, but what made Quirrell's legs go weak was that the face was slightly pale, as if someone had been dead for several days.

Of course, this wasn't what terrified Quirrell the most. What terrified him the most was that the familiar face was now wearing a bright smile, and as the 'young Voldemort' smiled, two lines of bloody tears slowly flowed from his eyes.

"boom!"

A closer bolt of lightning suddenly exploded, the loud noise causing the glass beside Quirrell and his companions to rattle and clang.

Such a bizarre scene sent chills down Quirrell's spine, and Voldemort, who was also seeing it through Quirrell's eyes, couldn't help but swallow hard.

"You...want to play hide-and-seek with me? Whoever gets found has to become just like me. Hurry up and hide, I'm about to start the countdown. Don't even think about escaping, I'll...be watching you..."

As he spoke, the 'young Voldemort' made a move to lean against the wall and count, but he suddenly stopped just before he was about to reach the wall, and in a flash of light, he disappeared from the spot, reappearing behind Quirrell.

"Hehehe, I've found you. Now, you're going to become one with me."

Suddenly appearing behind Quirrell, the 'young Voldemort' ripped the cloth off Quirrell's head and leaned in to stare intently at Voldemort. Voldemort, seeing the face that looked exactly like his own in his youth but with two lines of bloody tears and a sinister smile, went completely blank.

The young Voldemort smiled eerily at the older Voldemort, who was parasitizing the back of Quirrell's head. The air seemed to freeze the moment their eyes met, and then…

"boom!"

A deafening clap of thunder sounded again, and the next second, Voldemort, who was parasitizing Quirrell's head and had only one face, rushed out with a whoosh.

Ghost!ヽ(；?Д｀)ノ

Ye Feng:!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

No one expected that Voldemort would be so frightened that he would suddenly leap off Quirrell's head, which startled Ye Feng. At the same time that Voldemort rushed out, Quirrell also screamed and ran away without looking back at a speed that Ye Feng could not match.

Watching the figure disappear almost instantly, Ye Feng scratched his head and said with a puzzled look, "Was it really that terrifying? Or was Voldemort just a coward?"

Ye Feng hadn't expected his ghost disguise to be so effective. But now that he'd run away, and judging by the time, it was time for him to go back. So he took out a tissue to wipe the blood and tears from his face and returned to his original appearance. Just as he was walking back and turning a corner, Dumbledore, looking anxious, was walking quickly toward him.

"Ye Feng? What are you doing here? Didn't Professor McGonagall say you and Harry had already gone back?"

Seeing Dumbledore, Ye Feng lowered his head guiltily and quickly wiped the bloodstains and flour off his face with paper. However, although Dumbledore was old, his eyesight was still good, so he naturally saw Ye Feng's actions.

Seeing Ye Feng's actions and recalling the wailing and howling from earlier, Dumbledore suddenly had a thought that this was the truth.

"Were you pretending to be a ghost to scare people just now?"

Seeing that his plan had been exposed, Ye Feng stopped what he was doing, raised his face which was not cleaned properly and was covered in blood and flour, making it look quite eerie, and said innocently, "Isn't today Halloween? I heard that the tradition here is that children dress up as ghosts and monsters to ask for candy on Halloween. Am I remembering wrong?"

Hearing Ye Feng's words, Dumbledore looked helpless. He sighed and said, "There is such a custom, but we are in school now, and there are trolls mixed in with the school. The school is very dangerous now. You should not be here pretending to be a ghost to scare people. You should stay in the common room and wait for the teachers to resolve the matter."

"Ye Feng, please wash off the paint and flour from your face and go back to the lounge, or I'll deduct points from your Gryffindor..."

"Oh? Isn't this Professor Dumbledore? Good evening, Professor Dumbledore! But who are you chatting with?"

Dumbledore was interrupted before he could finish speaking, and the one who interrupted him was another Ye Feng who silently emerged from the darkness behind him.

Dumbledore, who was interrupted, was initially a little angry, but the very familiar voice made him turn around and look behind him. When he saw that familiar smiling face, he suddenly froze, because less than a meter away from him stood another boy with the same face, smiling at him.

"Whoo~"

Dumbledore let out a long breath and forced himself to calm down.

Although he had never seen such a scene before, the magical world possesses Polyjuice Potion, a potion that can completely transform someone into another person. So, although he was startled, Dumbledore was still able to control himself.

After calming himself down, Dumbledore looked at Ye Feng, who was coming up behind him, and said seriously, "What year are you in? Polyjuice Potion is not something that can be brewed and used casually. You have violated the rules of Hogwarts."

Before Dumbledore could finish speaking, Ye Feng, standing beside him, looked at him with a puzzled expression and said, "Professor Dumbledore, are you... talking to me?"

“My little ones, although I have never drunk Polyjuice Potion, I have seen Professor Snape brew it and have seen people use it, so your methods will not work on me.”

"Alright, little guys, since you don't want to go back to the dorms, then come with me to the office. I've prepared enough paper for you there." As he spoke, Dumbledore turned and walked towards the office, but to his surprise, neither of the Ye Fengs followed him. They just smiled at him.

"It seems you two are still not giving up. Well then, let me help you remember."

"Yugadim, Leviosa"

As Dumbledore counted with his right hand, two beams of magical light descended upon the two Ye Fengs like shooting stars. However, to Dumbledore's surprise, the two beams of magical light passed right through them and did not actually land on the two Ye Fengs.

"boom!"

A thunderclap flashed across the sky, and the pitch-black night, coupled with this eerie scene, sent chills down Dumbledore's spine. When he saw that the Ye Feng beside him had no shadow, while the Ye Feng opposite him seemed to have no feet touching the ground, a chill ran down his spine.

"Professor Dumbledore, are you speaking to me?" Just then, both Ye Fengs, with eerie smiles on their faces, spoke in unison.

Dumbledore: "Shit!"

Chapter 36 Midnight Legend

"Shet!"

This bizarre scene startled Dumbledore, who had never witnessed anything like it before. However, he gradually calmed down when he saw that the two Ye Fengs were just looking at him strangely without doing anything to him.

If he had really encountered the evil spirits rumored to be there, they should have already attacked him by now. But since they haven't done anything, there are only two possibilities.

One possibility is that the other party has no ability to harm him at all, which can be seen from the fact that the previous people were scared away rather than killed; the other possibility is even simpler, that all of this is just a prank by that despicable little bastard Ye Feng.

"No, that's not right, there's actually another possibility." Thinking of this, Dumbledore suddenly pulled a yellow talisman from his pocket and slapped it onto Ye Feng's forehead, who was standing next to him, looking up at him with a rather eerie smile.

Ye Feng: "..."

Dumbledore: "..."

Seeing Ye Feng remain motionless, both Dumbledore and Ye Feng fell silent at this moment, because the thing stuck to Ye Feng's forehead was the Spirit Binding Talisman he had used to immobilize Nick earlier.

"Ye Feng, now you should explain to me what's going on, right?" As the talisman struck Ye Feng, Dumbledore noticed more things, such as the magical elements around Ye Feng, who was floating in the air, being slightly more active, and more importantly, the lighting here was dimmer.

Of course, what truly convinced Dumbledore that Ye Feng was indeed behind the mischief was that he noticed a bit of flour still clinging to Ye Feng's face when he came out later. It was this detail that confirmed Dumbledore's suspicions: he hadn't encountered anything unclean, but rather it was this little rascal Ye Feng causing trouble.

Seeing that Dumbledore had seen through his disguise and was about to arrest him, Ye Feng knew he couldn't keep up the act any longer. So he immediately withdrew his divine consciousness clone, and his true self, the Ye Feng who had washed his face and run over later, turned around and ran away.

"Good night, Professor Dumbledore! It's very late, I'm going back to sleep!" Before he could finish speaking, Ye Feng had already disappeared into the darkness. Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Ye Feng disappear into the darkness, especially when the Ye Feng beside him also disappeared, and the talisman was slowly floating to the ground.

"You really can't underestimate this little rascal. I was almost fooled by him. But I have to say, he's really good at pretending to be a ghost."

"Now I finally understand why I've never heard of my Chinese friends dressing up as ghosts during the Ghost Festival. This kind of Chinese horror is really terrifying. What if someone actually gets caught in the act..."

Even Dumbledore couldn't help but shudder at the thought. He involuntarily glanced around, raised his wand and cast a glowing spell before hurrying back to his residence.

Perhaps genuinely frightened, Ye Feng and his classmates' Defense Against the Dark Arts class was canceled the next day. The news immediately caused a stir in the classroom, and then a well-informed 'red-haired' boy quietly told Harry about the information he had gathered.

"I can't believe it's actually true!"

"What do you mean, 'really'? Ron, where did you hear this rumor from now?"

“I heard it from the upperclassmen when I was having breakfast this morning. They said that Professor Quirrell seemed to have encountered something terrifying last night and was terrified. Headmaster Dumbledore and the others searched all night but couldn’t find him. He’s hiding somewhere.”

"I initially thought it was just a rumor, but I didn't expect that Quirrell actually didn't come to class, which means that the news is very likely true."

Ye Feng：ヽ(￣▽￣)ノ

Hermione, who was next to Ye Feng, glanced at him after hearing the news. When she saw the happy expression on Ye Feng's face, she could easily guess, based on the time it took for him to return to the dormitory after they returned last night, that he was most likely the one who did it.

Although Hermione couldn't read Ye Feng's mind, she knew him quite well from spending time with him. She was certain that Ye Feng was capable of such an act; after all, someone who could wield the Gryffindor sword to kill fish could do anything outrageous, and Hermione said she could accept it.

Yes, after that day she developed a strong interest in the exquisite and incredibly sharp sword Ye Feng used to kill fish. Hermione always pursues things that interest her to the end, and after spending two days in the library, she successfully found information related to that sword.

When Hermione first discovered that the sword was the Gryffindor sword, she was also somewhat incredulous. However, after confirming it repeatedly and asking Ye Feng where he had found the sword, she had no choice but to accept that it was the Gryffindor sword that countless people had been searching for for many years without success.

Therefore, when Hermione saw the expression on Ye Feng's face, she guessed the situation pretty accurately. However, she didn't say anything, because once such a thing was revealed, it wouldn't be good for either Ye Feng or Professor Quirrell.

This discussion continued until lunchtime, when Harry's owl brought him a flying broomstick with the words "Nihilos 2000" clearly written on it.

Although the discussion gradually subsided, the incident evolved into several versions and was passed down from generation to generation, becoming a midnight legend. As a result, no one dared to go out at night on Halloween at Hogwarts anymore, and almost everyone would go back to their dormitories to rest early on this day.

Of course, an important reason that led to this 'tradition' was that Dumbledore issued a new school rule the next day: 'Students are absolutely not allowed to dress up as ghosts and scare people on Halloween night, especially students from China.'

Of course, that's all hindsight; right now, everyone's conversation has gone off-topic because of the Nimbus 2000 in Harry's hand.

Nimbus 2000 is arguably the most powerful flying broomstick of its generation. As a result, a large crowd gathered around it as soon as it appeared. As for the Nimbus 2000 that Ye Feng bought for himself, Cho Chang, and Hermione, it wasn't given to them in public. Few people had seen it, and since they had never used it before, even Harry and the others didn't know about it.