Hogwarts: I'm the only cultivator here!

Hearing Zhang Qiu's words, Dumbledore nodded in satisfaction, because although Zhang Qiu was not very famous at the moment, she was indeed very reliable and a very trustworthy young girl.

It was precisely because of this little girl who made him feel very at ease and worry-free that he wanted to find another young wizard from China and found Ye Feng.

It must be said that Zhang Qiu's family was indeed very hospitable. On the night Ye Feng stayed, they not only prepared a very sumptuous dinner for him, but also cleaned up an empty room for him to stay in. This treatment was much better than that of a certain savior who stayed at the bottom of the stairs.

However, before coming here, Ye Feng was already looking forward to the magic he had only heard of or seen fragments of before. So that night, Ye Feng knocked on Zhang Qiu's door and borrowed her books such as "Standard Spells, Beginner", "History of Magic", "Magic Theory", "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration", "A Thousand Magical Herbs and Mushrooms", "Magic Potions and Elixirs", "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", and "Black Magic, Self-Defense Guide".

Yes, that is, the textbooks that first-year students need to buy for enrollment.

Ye Feng originally planned to borrow books for higher grades, but Zhang Qiu felt that Ye Feng was being too ambitious. In addition, there was only a little over a month left before school started, and it was questionable whether Ye Feng could even get a general understanding of those first-grade books. So she directly rejected Ye Feng's request.

Zhang Qiu underestimated Ye Feng a bit. After all, Ye Feng was a cultivator who could manipulate objects with his divine sense. He could read all the books without any restrictions or prohibitions with just a scan of them with his divine sense. The reason he didn't use his divine sense to explore the others was simply out of politeness.

Of course, there's a difference between reading it and fully mastering it. Besides, he couldn't just say he'd finished reading it the second after borrowing it, so Ye Feng took the book back to his room.

Ye Feng, after moving the book back to his room, did not rush to test whether the contents of the book were real, nor did he try to use the magic in the book, because he had a more serious problem in front of him.

Although his family was considered well-off in China, they didn't have a currency called the British pound. In other words, he didn't have a single penny in his pocket, and at Hogwarts, students had to buy all their own supplies when they started school.

Moreover, although Zhang Qiu's mother, Aunt Li, said that they would cover all the expenses, Ye Feng was too embarrassed to continue using their services while they were eating and living there, since they weren't really family. So Ye Feng was thinking about how to get some money.

Actually, the best solution is to borrow money, because Ye Feng clearly remembers that a historic event occurred internationally in 1991.

At the end of that year, one of the two giants, the elder brother, collapsed and disintegrated, and the ruble, which was issued based on this behemoth, became worthless because of the collapse of this behemoth.

In other words, Ye Feng only needs to borrow a large sum of rubles at this time and exchange them for Galleons. When the giant collapses and the ruble depreciates, he can repay the loan at a very low cost, which is almost like giving it away for free compared to the Galleons exchanged.

In fact, some people have done this in reality.

That's exactly what our third brother did back then. When that giant collapsed, he gave the heir Da Mao a hard blow at that crucial moment, and Da Mao remembered it vividly.

Since then, Third Brother has been ripped off by Big Mao quite a few times, and besides the fact that he almost got labeled as a fool with too much money, this might be an important reason.

But loans require collateral; he couldn't very well mortgage Hogwarts, could he?

While pondering, Ye Feng noticed the row of test tubes on the table that looked like crystals under the dim light.

"Speaking of which, the Philosopher's Stone must be quite valuable, right? What if I took it to Gringotts to pawn for a loan..." Ye Feng's eyes suddenly lit up at this thought. However, the Philosopher's Stone was still in Gringotts, and he was going to Diagon Alley tomorrow, so there was definitely not enough time.

"Looks like I'll have to bleed a little." Ye Feng muttered to himself as he flipped his right hand, and with a flash of light, a pale yellow crystal the size of an egg appeared in his hand.

Over the past ten years, although he hasn't traveled far due to his age and hasn't triggered many missions, he has still managed to accumulate some wealth through daily check-ins and tasks. What he is taking out now is one of the spirit stones he has hoarded over the years that he couldn't use up.

"Although this is not a magic stone but a spirit stone, and only a low-grade spirit stone, even a low-grade spirit stone contains very rich and pure spiritual energy, so it should be worth a lot of money at Gringotts."

"Phew~ Everything is ready now. I just need to head to Diagon Alley tomorrow. I hope the magical world of this place will bring me a continuous stream of surprises." Ye Feng murmured as he casually placed the spirit stone in his hand on the table. Then he took out a top-grade spirit stone from his spatial ring and held it in his hand for his daily cultivation.

Chapter 4 Entering Diagon Alley

"The early bird catches the worm. Congratulations on successfully waking up early. The random reward has been credited to your account. Please check it."

The next morning, Ye Feng had just opened his eyes and sat up when he received a reminder from the system. However, Ye Feng was already used to such reminders, so he didn't pay too much attention to them. He still did what he was used to, first going to the window to consume the Morning Sun Purple Qi.

As if by instinct, Ye Feng walked straight to the window, but when he got there, he suddenly realized that he was no longer in his own home, where he could see the sunrise by simply pulling back the curtains and turning slightly. He was now staying at the home of a future classmate in a foreign country.

Looking at the other house across the street, which was only four or five meters away, Ye Feng sighed slightly, turned around and sat back on the bed to put on his shoes. Then, following the directions Zhang Qiu had given him yesterday, he walked to the rooftop. However, when Ye Feng arrived at the rooftop, the sun had already completely risen above the horizon.

Although astronomically speaking, the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth doesn't change much, Ye Feng didn't know the reason why the purple energy that could be ingested through the Qi-absorbing method was only available at the very moment the sun rose each day, and not for even a second in the morning or evening.

"Huh? Didn't you sleep well last night? You're up so early." Just as Ye Feng was about to go downstairs after stretching his muscles on the rooftop since he was already there, Zhang Qiu's voice suddenly came from the stairwell.

"Morning!"

"I slept well last night, but I'm used to waking up early. Are you coming up to get some fresh morning air?"

Seeing Zhang Qiu, dressed in loose sportswear, who, despite her young age, already possessed the youthful beauty of a little beauty, Ye Feng's restless heart couldn't help but pound. It definitely wasn't due to social anxiety or nervousness about how to answer!

"Pfft~"

Seeing Ye Feng's somewhat stiff body and expression, Zhang Qiu couldn't help but burst out laughing. This made Ye Feng a little embarrassed and at a loss, after all, he had no experience in talking to girls, whether in his previous life or this life.

Seeing Ye Feng's awkward appearance, Zhang Qiu's smile became even brighter. However, she was ultimately a gentle and kind person, so when Ye Feng's face slowly turned red, she walked directly in front of Ye Feng and placed her small, whiter and more slender hand, which was even whiter than Ye Feng's, on the top of his head.

"Don't be nervous. From now on, I'll be your older sister and I'll take care of you from today onwards."

Feeling the warmth coming from above, Ye Feng suddenly froze, because he had never felt this kind of care from his sister before, but this feeling... wasn't bad.

After Zhang Qiu's gentle head pat that morning, Ye Feng felt a greater sense of belonging to this place he was staying, and his relationship with Zhang Qiu and his family became closer. Although they weren't very close or familiar yet, the distance between them had definitely decreased, and this change made their interactions more comfortable.

So, after Zhang's parents went to work after breakfast, Zhang Qiu, carrying a huge sum of five hundred pounds, held Ye Feng's hand tightly and headed to Diagon Alley.

To be honest, although Zhang Qiu's little hands were soft and warm, Ye Feng was still a little resistant to being pulled like a child. However, Zhang Qiu was worried that he would get lost since he didn't understand English very well and wasn't familiar with the surroundings, so she held on very tightly. Therefore, after trying to break free twice without success, Ye Feng gave up.

Led by Zhang Qiu, Ye Feng and his group arrived at a relatively bustling street. On this street, there was a shop that looked decent, but hardly anyone went in, or rather, it was as if passersby couldn't see it at all.

"Is this some kind of spell or array that repels those who don't understand magic? No, I don't sense any array in operation, so it should be some kind of exorcism spell."

While Ye Feng was pondering, Zhang Qiu pulled him to the shop that had been enchanted with some kind of exorcism spell. After Ye Feng was pulled into the 'shop' by Zhang Qiu, he knew that they should now be in the 'legendary' Broken Axe Bar.

The wizards in the bar were surprised to see two children enter. It was rare for two young wizards to come alone, especially since they were clearly Chinese.

Just as Ye Feng was observing these wizards, he suddenly felt his hand tighten. Zhang Qiu had unconsciously increased the pressure on his small hand, meaning that Zhang Qiu was nervous at that moment.

Although her face still appeared natural and calm, Ye Feng could sense her tension from her clenched hands. So Ye Feng narrowed his eyes and glanced at the wizards who were looking at them.

The wizards who were drinking in the bar, who were originally full of "rough and ready" vibes, all became friendly after being swept by Ye Feng's gaze. Some of the wizards even nodded at Ye Feng and his group with kind eyes.

"This 'goodwill halo' is quite useful." Seeing that the wizards around him had become more friendly, Ye Feng couldn't help but sigh in his heart. However, this was of course not a so-called goodwill halo. It was just a little trick of divine sense, similar to mental inducement, making people subconsciously develop a goodwill towards them.

Of course, this goodwill is just a feeling of familiarity at first glance, without any hostility or genuine consideration for you as their friend.

After feeling the kind gazes around them, Zhang Qiu gradually relaxed and continued to pull Ye Feng forward. Soon they arrived at the small courtyard behind the Broken Axe Bar where wine barrels were stored.

"Is this the legendary entrance to Diagon Alley? Then this gap in the wall facing the entrance must be the mark, right?"

While Ye Feng was pondering, Zhang Qiu finally let go of Ye Feng's hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "This is the entrance to Diagon Alley. The opening incantation for today is: count three up, then two horizontally to the right, then three vertically down."

As she spoke, Zhang Qiu took out her wand, intending to use it to touch the brick that would open the entrance, but! At that moment, an unexpected event occurred.

As we all know, the domestic economy was not very good in the 1990s, so people grew up relatively slowly at that time. They usually didn't start growing until junior high school or even high school. Ye Feng's body is only eleven years old now, and Zhang Qiu is only one year older than Ye Feng.

In the novel, Ye Feng didn't know how tall the gap at the entrance to Diagon Alley was, but in the movie, Ye Feng remembered that the gap was the same height as Hagrid's, and Hagrid's height was much taller than that of an average adult.

In other words, although Ye Feng and the others knew the incantation to enter and knew they needed to touch that brick, they... couldn't reach it.

Seeing Zhang Qiu leaning against the wall with one hand and raising his wand high with the other while struggling to stand on tiptoe, Ye Feng couldn't help but smile. As for moving the barrel next to them over to cushion the impact, that barrel, which wasn't much shorter than them, might not be any lighter, so Ye Feng simply walked over to Zhang Qiu and squatted down.

"Yeah~"

Zhang Qiu was startled when she was suddenly hugged, but she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was Ye Feng who had picked her up. She then quickly pointed her wand at the brick.

As Zhang Qiu pointed to the brick, the wall began to move on its own. Seeing this, Ye Feng put Zhang Qiu down. However, Zhang Qiu did not see that when Ye Feng put her down, he also stuffed some old bricks into the rapidly moving brick wall that was splitting apart.

Chapter 5 The Wizard Who Questions Life

"Is this Diagon Alley? It doesn't seem like much."

Zhang Qiu: "???"

Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, Zhang Qiu, who was standing next to him, was immediately filled with question marks. After all, this could almost be considered the most prosperous 'trading center' in the entire magical world. Although it couldn't compare to the most prosperous streets in Muggles, it was still quite lively and bustling, far surpassing the still underdeveloped domestic scene.

Ye Feng was unaware of the questions in Zhang Qiu's mind, but he did think so, because Diagon Alley was indeed not that great. In the other world before they came to this world, their relatively backward town was not much worse than this.

Of course, it's a bit unfair to compare the magical world, whose economic development level may still be stuck in the 19th century, with the developed country in the 21st century, but apart from the things they sell, Diagon Alley is really nothing special.

Therefore, Ye Feng's eyes suddenly lit up after he finished speaking, because he saw many things containing special power fluctuations, which must be products of the magic world. Ye Feng's appearance also relieved Zhang Qiu, who was full of questions.

"Let's go, I'll take you to Gringotts first to exchange some Galleons, and then I'll take you to buy school supplies."

Although he really wanted to rush out and buy all the magical items, especially herbs and materials, he didn't have any Galleons in his pocket. So he could only obediently follow Zhang Qiu forward. As they walked, Zhang Qiu naturally bent down slightly and took Ye Feng's hand again to pull him along.

Ye Feng:/(//o/ω/o//)/

After Ye Feng and Zhang Qiu left, another adult wizard brought the young wizard who was about to enroll to the same small courtyard.

After leading the young wizard to the courtyard, the adult wizard turned around, took out his wand, and said seriously, "You young wizards cannot use Floo Powder at will, so if you want to enter Diagon Alley, you need to enter through these special entrances, and the secret to opening these doors is on the wall behind me."

"Remember, the notch in this wall is the mark. Count up three notches from the left of this notch, then to the right..."

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"Missing...wait, why isn't there a gap?"

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"The gap is gone!!!"

The loud exclamation was heard by everyone in the Giant Axe Bar, and when the wizard who had been alerted arrived at the small courtyard and saw the wall intact without missing even a single brick, he fell silent.

"Could it be... that we've gone to the wrong place?"

After a long silence, one of the wizards suddenly suggested a very likely possibility. So a group of wizards left the small courtyard and began to search for the 'real entrance'. However, ten minutes later, they found that they had returned to the small courtyard.

"Do you think there's any possibility, just one possibility, that this is indeed the entrance to Diagon Alley from Broken Axe Bar, but someone has patched up the gap in this wall?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Even if it were patched up, the person who did the repairs wouldn't remember where to start counting."

"Do you think someone might have put a hallucinogenic spell on this wall?"

Upon hearing this, a large group of wizards' eyes lit up instantly, and each wizard eagerly pulled out their wands, because in their view, someone was issuing a challenge to them, so they had to break this illusion charm no matter what!

Soon, chanting filled the small courtyard, and magical lights shone throughout the Broken Axe Bar. But no matter how hard they tried, the wall remained unchanged. All of this gradually turned their confidence and determination into insecurity, and finally, they began to doubt their very existence.

Meanwhile, Ye Feng and Zhang Qiu had already arrived at Gringotts.

"We want to exchange for Galleons."

Upon hearing Zhang Qiu's words, the goblin sitting behind the table, which was almost as tall as them, glanced at them coldly and then said in a rather impatient tone, "Hand over the Muggle currency you wish to exchange. Remember, each little wizard cannot exchange more than one thousand Galleons at a time."

Zhang Qiu was probably not a first-timer at Gringotts, so he didn't pay much attention to the fairy's attitude, but Ye Feng was a little annoyed by the fairy's haughty demeanor.

As we all know, goblins in the Harry Potter world are a very greedy race. Therefore, they crave certain very valuable things and will even lower their 'proud' heads and humbly beg you to sell them or pawn them to Gringotts in order to obtain these things.

Of course, once they get what they want, they will revert to their previous behavior.

Ye Feng remembered that in a certain novel, a ruthless character took advantage of their greed, using the opportunity of the giant's collapse to mortgage Hogwarts, and then completely took over Gringotts, transforming himself from Gringotts' biggest borrower into Gringotts' biggest creditor.

So, when Zhang Qiu handed over the small stack of pounds, Ye Feng took out the low-grade spirit stone and pretended to play with it nonchalantly.

"and many more!"

Just two seconds later, before Zhang Qiu could even take out the Galleons he had exchanged, the fairy who had been sitting behind the counter with an air of superiority suddenly widened her eyes and almost leaned over the counter.

Seeing the elf's attitude, Ye Feng suddenly put the spirit stone in his hand back into his pocket, then looked up at the elf who had half of his body sticking out of the counter and said impatiently, "Why are you so slow? Haven't you taken out the Galleons yet? I still need to buy a complete set of books for my studies, and all sorts of school supplies!"