Hogwarts: I'm the only cultivator here!

Voldemort, who was hiding in the shadows, was completely stunned when he heard this conversation. He never expected that these two students, who were clearly only first-year students, would be so bold as to try to capture his basilisk.

That's a basilisk! Even just looking into it through something will petrify you, and direct eye contact will result in instant death. It's a terrifying creature! Yet these students are not only unafraid, they're even thinking of catching the basilisk. Is he hallucinating?

Just as Voldemort was questioning his existence, a few more students quietly slipped out. When Voldemort saw which house they belonged to, he froze, because those students weren't from Gryffindor, which he hated the most, but from Ravenclaw, which was the most unacceptable to be on the Nightwalkers' list.

"Ravenclaw? How is this possible!!! ヽ(＊｀Д?)ノ"

Under Voldemort's incredulous gaze, the Ravenclaw students stealthily moved forward. However, their movements revealed that it was their first time out at night, so they were very nervous. They were easily startled by the slightest sound and looked around nervously. But what they said made Voldemort freeze in shock once again.

"Seriously, are we really going to go find the basilisk? It's a legendary basilisk! Although we have protective and offensive talismans, what if something unexpected happens and we run out of protective talismans, or they suddenly become ineffective, or we can't activate them in time?"

As soon as Ravenclaw A finished speaking, Ravenclaw B pushed up his glasses and said in a low voice, "Isn't the reason we came out here to experience things beyond books? Being petrified is a completely new experience. We can write about what it feels like to be petrified. If possible, I hope we can use this as an opportunity to research another way to break free from petrification."

Ravenclaw: "That's right. Didn't Ye Feng say that what's in books is just in books? Only personal experience and verification are the true tests. If you just read books without applying them, then no matter how much you learn, it's all for nothing."

Ravenclaw C: "Yes, and so what if we're petrified or even killed by accident? Ye Feng has guaranteed that as long as his talisman malfunctions and the corpse doesn't stink, he can bring us back to life."

At this moment, the only girl in the crowd who hadn't spoken suddenly said quietly, "Yeah, so we need to be careful later. Even if we die, we have to protect our bodies. After all, Ye Feng only said that as long as the body doesn't smell, we can save it. But he never said that we can save it if there's no body."

"hiss!"

The girl's words caused everyone to gasp in shock. They realized that she had contributed to global warming, because based on their understanding of Ye Feng, it was highly likely.

The Ravenclaws, alerted by the warning, became even more cautious. They checked the protective charms in their pockets to make sure they were intact, and carefully moved forward with a wand in one hand and a charm in the other. Judging from their extremely vigilant appearance, if the wind were to blow through the corridor windows at this moment, they would probably have to cast several spells.

Meanwhile, Voldemort, hiding in the shadows, was crying his eyes out in the toilet.

"Why the hell are you everywhere?! Why don't you just die?!"

Chapter 107: Poor Man

"Why the hell are you everywhere?! Why don't you just die?!"

At this moment, Voldemort broke down. He couldn't understand why that guy, who was clearly not here, seemed to be everywhere. This meant that his plan, which should have been easy to complete, had not made any progress at all. But this was not the most devastating thing for him.

What truly drove Voldemort to despair was that Ye Feng, aside from taking away his body or his 'original form' and using him as a tool for his owl for a period of time, had never directly hindered any of his plans. However, every time his plans failed, Voldemort would 'review' them and discover that Ye Feng was inextricably linked to them.

But that's not the most infuriating thing. What's most infuriating is that after his investigation, he discovered that although Ye Feng was involved in many ways, that guy never actually intended to sabotage his plan. Because that guy probably didn't even know what his plan was, and everything was just a passive reaction.

But this is what infuriates and drives Voldemort crazy the most, because Ye Feng clearly didn't target him, but every time he was targeted, he could find a connection to Ye Feng.

In other words, Ye Feng had unwittingly ruined many of his plans, which was the most infuriating thing.

"You want to capture my Basilisk? Fine, I'll grant your wish!" Enraged, Voldemort's eyes blazed with fury as he glared at the groups of students in the academy. He was ready to unleash the Basilisk and wreak havoc, but…

(_ _)( - . - )(~O~)……( - . - )

Ye Feng, who was walking at the front with a windproof oil lamp, yawned and said, "Really, I told you not to eat so much. Now look what happened, you're all stuffed! It's already past midnight and you're so full you can't sleep, so you have to come out for a walk to digest."

Voldemort: (キ｀?Д??)!!

The moment Voldemort saw Ye Feng, his blood boiled and he wanted to rush out and fight Ye Feng, but the cool night breeze quickly calmed him down. He had not yet truly resurrected; he was currently just a spirit residing in the body of an unfortunate child using the diary. If he rushed out now, he would definitely be slapped to death.

Realizing the gap between the two sides, Voldemort quickly calmed down. He suppressed his anger and waited for the right moment. As for tonight, he would let these guys go for now. Anyway, there would always be a time when Ye Feng wasn't out on his way, and that would be when these guys would pay the price.

So the next evening, Voldemort looked at the blazing campfire in the Forbidden Forest outside the castle, and the Hogwarts teachers and students sitting around the fire eating barbecue and drinking sweet juice with bright smiles on their faces, and fell into deep thought.

(╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻

"Can't you guys just stay in school or go out alone at night? It's already the fifth day after Christmas! The fifth day!!! Can't you guys just shut up for once?"

Voldemort was completely insane. He simply couldn't understand why these people had been causing such a ruckus since Christmas Eve. Of course, if he were to ask Ye Feng, Ye Feng would definitely tell him, "This is nothing! Back home, we celebrate the Lunar New Year from the Spring Festival Gala until after the Lantern Festival," which would drive Voldemort to the brink of collapse.

Fortunately, Voldemort didn't dare to ask, otherwise he might have really gone completely mad and smashed his head against the basilisk. As for why he didn't fight Ye Feng to the death, Voldemort was self-aware enough to know that.

Without being fully resurrected and obtaining the wand, his spiritual form's power is insufficient to defeat any skilled wizard. Moreover, any wizard with even a little experience can see that his true form is actually the diary, and if the diary is destroyed, he will perish.

So although Voldemort was furious and wished he could rush up and bite Ye Feng to death right now, unfortunately he didn't dare. Therefore, he could only slink back to Hogwarts Castle and wander aimlessly.

What's the saying?

Life is a series of ups and downs...

Voldemort had been on a downward spiral ever since he met Ye Feng, but bad luck can't last forever. This time, Voldemort finally had a stroke of luck. While wandering aimlessly, he suddenly spotted a lone person, and this lone person was not Ye Feng or his companions.

Although the clothes the person was wearing were not Gryffindor, and he could smell the pureblood scent on the other person, he couldn't care less anymore, because if he didn't carry out his plan soon, the mental energy of the little wizard he was inhabiting would be drained.

Yes, Voldemort's spirit needs to absorb the spirit of the person he inhabits to become powerful, and when the spirit of the person he inhabits is completely drained, he will be completely resurrected, but he dares not do so.

The reason is simple: Dumbledore is still at Hogwarts.

If we were to ask who Voldemort feared most in the wizarding world, it would undoubtedly be Dumbledore. Even as the Dark Lord, Dumbledore's strength was not necessarily enough to defeat him, let alone this Voldemort spirit form who only possessed memories of his youth.

Therefore, fearing that he would be discovered or even killed by Dumbledore if he were to be resurrected, Voldemort did not dare to be resurrected while Dumbledore was still at the school. He had to expel Dumbledore from Hogwarts before he dared to be truly resurrected. Therefore, during this period, he restrained himself from absorbing the spiritual power of the wizard he possessed.

But he was Voldemort after all. As long as he was still possessing the other person's body, the other person's spiritual power would be continuously absorbed by him. Even if he tried to restrain himself, he could not completely stop it unless he left and replaced him with someone else.

However, it's not so simple to bewitch and completely control someone else, and it's also easier to expose oneself. So, even if the person he encountered was from Slytherin, Voldemort didn't want to let him go if he had no other choice but to petrify him first, since he could undo it afterward anyway.

So the next day...

Ye Feng:!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

"What did you say? Malfoy has been petrified?"

Ye Feng was shocked when he heard the news, because Malfoy was an absolute celebrity in Slytherin, and his father was one of Voldemort's most loyal followers. Logically speaking, Voldemort should not have bothered to target him.

However, when the facts were laid bare before him—that is, when Malfoy, petrified and with a face that looked like he was about to pee, was carried to the infirmary, Ye Feng had no choice but to believe it was true, and then he took out his camera.

Just kidding. Although he didn't consider Malfoy a nemesis or anything, the guy would come looking for trouble from time to time and always had Mudblood on his lips. So Ye Feng naturally wouldn't let the opportunity to embarrass the guy pass by. Therefore, he used a camera to take a whole set of ten photos of Malfoy.

(? ? ?)?

"If these photos were developed and sent to the Daily Prophet, I wonder how many Galleons they would pay."

"Gulu~"

Even Ron, who had always been at odds with Malfoy, couldn't help but swallow hard when he heard Ye Feng's murmur. Dumbledore, who was checking on Malfoy's condition, even raised his hand to wipe away non-existent sweat from his forehead.

"Can't you be a decent human being?!"

Chapter 108 The Basilisk Has Gone Out of Control?

Malfoy was petrified, which caused great panic at Hogwarts because the Basilisk was rumored to only attack mixed-blood wizards, but Malfoy was a pure-blood. This meant that the one attacking them was likely not the Basilisk or that the Basilisk had gone out of control.

While the basilisk was terrifying before, it was still controllable, and as long as it was controllable, the danger was not great. But now it has started attacking pure-blood wizards, which is quite frightening. This has made all the students at Hogwarts feel uneasy, even the previously calm Slytherin.

Slytherin has always been the stronghold of purebloods, but now that the benchmark for purebloods has hardened and cooled down, how can they not be afraid?

Thus, a rumor quietly began to circulate among the wizards.

"Have you heard? It's said that Harry Potter from Gryffindor is the heir to Slytherin."

"Harry Potter? Impossible! He's from Gryffindor, how could he possibly be the heir to Slytherin?"

"Why can't it be impossible? Harry... knows Parsley! And Parsley..."

The moment these words were spoken, the surroundings fell into a deathly silence, because anyone who knew even a little about the history of Hogwarts knew that Slytherin was Parseltongue, and that only Parseltongue could control the Basilisk.

If it were just the fact that both Slytherin and Harry could use Parseltongue, they might have some doubts. But the fact that only Parseltongue can control the Basilisk basically confirms that Harry is Slytherin's heir. As for why Malfoy was petrified...

This is easier to explain, since everyone at Hogwarts knew that Malfoy was at odds with them, so the 'perfect explanation' for Malfoy, a pureblood, being 'killed' was given. However, this did not alleviate the panic at Hogwarts at all; on the contrary, it made it worse, because someone else was petrified the next day.

The reason why the panic was not relieved but worsened is simple: the one who was petrified today was none other than Filch, the night patrolman.

Logically speaking, Filch is just a Squib who possesses magical power but cannot use magic. In the eyes of wizards in the magical world, such a person might not even be as good as a Muggle, because at least a Muggle can live well in the Muggle world and is no different from other Muggles, but a Squib cannot.

Because they possess magic, they do not belong to the Muggle world. However, because they possess magic but cannot cast spells, they cannot integrate into the magical world and become wizards. In other words, they are beings abandoned by both worlds.

It's fair to say that if Filch weren't the Night Watchman, the young wizards at Hogwarts probably wouldn't have given him a second glance, let alone Voldemort, and the Basilisk wouldn't have ignored so many young wizards to attack a Squib instead.

In other words, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Filch should be the safest person in all of Hogwarts, because he is neither a pure-blood nor a mixed-blood, since he is not a wizard at all, so he should not be attacked by the basilisk.

However, the person who was least likely to be attacked has now been petrified. He is currently lying on the bed next to Malfoy's bed, and judging from his posture, he was probably holding an oil lamp when he was petrified, trying to see what was in front of him.

Filch's petrification definitively confirmed the fact that the basilisk was 'out of control,' which made all the young wizards at Hogwarts feel uneasy. Even the most audacious students at Hogwarts dared not wander around at night, since who knew if Ye Feng's talisman could stop the out-of-control basilisk?

The students panicked as one after another was petrified. In particular, Malfoy's petrification aroused serious dissatisfaction from the board of directors. So, the day after Filch was petrified, Malfoy's father rushed to Hogwarts with an order from the board of directors to temporarily relieve Dumbledore of his duties as headmaster.

Dumbledore was dismissed and taken away for investigation. Grindelwald also went into hiding temporarily because of his identity, otherwise Dumbledore would have been in even more trouble. So Malfoy's father naturally took over Hogwarts temporarily.

To everyone's surprise, Malfoy's father, upon taking over Hogwarts, did not immediately seek out the Basilisk or rescue his son. Instead, he confronted Ye Feng and immediately wanted to expel him.

This move left not only Ye Feng bewildered, but also everyone else at Hogwarts, because they couldn't understand what reason Malfoy's father had to target Ye Feng like this. Moreover, the reason Malfoy's father expelled Ye Feng was very simple: repeated violations of school rules.

Yes, after taking over Hogwarts, he immediately wanted to expel Ye Feng on the grounds that "Ye Feng has repeatedly violated school rules and refused to correct his ways." This was unexpected by everyone, and his attitude was extremely firm. Even though most of the students and teachers in the school opposed it, he still insisted. And then, he got beaten up.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't Ye Feng who hit him. Ye Feng isn't that rude. It was the ghosts of Hogwarts who hit him. However, the thing the ghosts used to hit Malfoy's father had a tiny bit to do with Ye Feng, because they used door gods that were pasted on the door.

Even Ye Feng hadn't expected that these door god images, which contained a trace of spiritual energy, could become the dwelling place for these ghosts he acknowledged. What surprised Ye Feng even more was that after they entered these images, they absorbed the spiritual energy that should have dissipated and gained some of the powers similar to those of the door gods.

In other words, if someone who is not recognized by them or Hogwarts wants to enter Hogwarts, they can merge with the portrait and then use the figure of the door god to transform the illusion into reality and walk out of the painting.

Normally, the spiritual energy contained in a single door god painting couldn't achieve this, but now almost every door at Hogwarts is covered in them, and since these ghosts are part of Hogwarts themselves, they can directly borrow the power of the entire Hogwarts school, and then…

Anyway, Malfoy's father's screams were quite loud that night, as for why Malfoy's father didn't fight back.

Please, these ghosts are using the power of the entire Hogwarts. In this situation, let alone Malfoy's father, even Dumbledore would have to turn tail and run before the time limit for these ghosts to merge expires, because these ghosts... simply cannot die.

Ghosts are products of human death, meaning they are inherently dead. You can't kill a dead thing, can you? So as long as the fusion period hasn't expired, even if these ghosts are scattered, they can emerge again from the next door god's image.

So, on the second day, Malfoy was still very firm in saying that he would never change his mind and would definitely expel Ye Feng. But on the third day, when he found himself inexplicably inside the Forbidden Forest, his tone softened a bit and he said that they could discuss it.

On the fourth day, Malfoy's father stopped mentioning expelling Ye Feng, because after being thrown out of Hogwarts, he was never able to step back into the gates of Hogwarts, even though he brought all the other children with him. The ghosts of Hogwarts blocked the door, along with portraits of past headmasters.

Chapter 109 Ye Feng: Using your power to suppress me? Are you kidding me?

After being taught a lesson by the ghosts of Hogwarts, Malfoy's father completely gave up the idea of ​​expelling Ye Feng. The next day, he found Ye Feng again, but this time he didn't threaten Ye Feng or anything, although his attitude wasn't very good either.

Looking at Lucius Malfoy, who was so arrogant and haughty, Ye Feng couldn't help but frown.

"Headmaster Lucius, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now. I have to go to class." To be honest, Ye Feng didn't have a good impression of Malfoy and his father, mainly because of their self-righteous and condescending attitude.

Although they are indeed so-called pure-blood wizards, and their families are quite wealthy and powerful, as Ye Feng said before, in China only pets talk about the so-called pure bloodline. As for money and power, these things are like fleeting clouds in the eyes of true strong people. Unfortunately, Ye Feng is the kind of person who can ignore these things.

Therefore, when Lucius appeared in front of Ye Feng with an arrogant attitude, Ye Feng immediately frowned, because he didn't like the other party's attitude, and he knew very well that this guy coming to see him was definitely not for anything good.

Indeed, after stopping Ye Feng, Lucius frowned upon seeing Ye Feng's attitude and said with considerable dissatisfaction, "Is this how you treat your headmaster? Although I admit I made a mistake in expelling you, don't forget, I am still the headmaster of Hogwarts for the time being."

When Lucius mentioned the word "principal," he emphasized it slightly, which made Ye Feng curl his lip in disdain.

Despite Ye Feng's apparent respect and 'fear' of Dumbledore, the title of Hogwarts Headmaster held little real power over him. What truly made Ye Feng willingly accept punishment from Dumbledore was Dumbledore's age and actions.