The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

The last time I flew on a dragon like this was a few years ago when I went to Godric's Hollow.

She had been training Quidditch for the past few months and was used to riding a broom. Suddenly, she was riding a dragon again, which made her feel as if she was in another world.

Uncle Long was no longer the length of her forearm as before. He had become at least ten times larger, becoming an enlarged deluxe flying broom.

Maybe it was because she was sleep deprived or because she was confused by the night wind, she accidentally said what she was really thinking: "Jianguo, next time you can just turn into a Firebolt and take me flying when I compete. Hahaha! That way, Hufflepuff will be invincible in the competition!"

"Who are you calling a broom? How ridiculous! I condescended to take you flying, not to be your mount!"

"Eh? You seem to be..."

Uncle Long dived down and accelerated, and Sun Zhu was so scared that she grabbed the hard dragon scales at hand. She had no doubt that if she continued to talk, the angry Comrade Jianguo would throw objects at her.

"Humph, I advise you to shut up and save your energy to think about how to subdue that snake spirit."

"...It's a basilisk, some kind of snake spirit. You remind me of the Calabash Brothers saving Grandpa!" She said incoherently, "This doesn't sound very auspicious. The Calabash Brothers finally won after a long struggle, and I must win in one fell swoop."

"You said it only lives for a thousand years. To me, it's just a little monster. There's no need to praise it so much."

"Indeed, it can't compare to you, Jianguo. But its venom can destroy souls. Using your blood, Jianguo, is a fight between good and evil, and using the basilisk's venom is fighting poison with poison. If you use it as a dedicated soul destroyer, you don't have to waste any more energy."

Uncle Long's voice sounded muffled in the night wind: "You went through so much trouble just for this?"

"It is still necessary. I think that Headmaster Dumbledore sealed the soul in the magic mirror because he has not found a suitable way to destroy it. Now that I know the correct answer, I will not let you take a detour. Once I get the venom of the basilisk, all these problems will be solved. Besides, there is no need to use a butcher knife to kill a chicken. Jianguo, you have to save your magic power for real work."

"What else can be done?"

"Go back to your original world, Jianguo. You don't belong here. We have always known this."

Sun Zhu patted the dragon's head which had grown many times bigger. Although it still looked majestic, its size was still not even one tenth of what it was when she had just seen it.

"Once I've dealt with Noseless, resolved all the problems in this text world, maintained its order, and restored its peace and stability, you can leave here and return to your original state. This is..."

This is what Xiao Tongzi told her. It is said that there is a great possibility. Although it cannot be 100% certain, it is already the most hopeful way.

But she had never told Uncle Long because she was afraid that if she failed, she would disappoint him. Unexpectedly, she couldn't help but tell him today.

"Hmph, you are so naive. You should just take care of yourself first, you weak little human cub... I am a god wherever I go, but you are different. You have to think about everything before and after you do anything, yet you still have the time to worry about me."

Sun Zhu didn't expect Uncle Long to react like this. It seemed that he didn't care at all whether he could go back or not.

"Okay, I know you don't believe me yet. But it's really too early to say this now... Ahem, I can see the Hogwarts Castle. We are almost there. Be invisible, quickly be invisible. Go in quietly, and don't shoot."

Uncle Long rolled his eyes and looked at her as if she were a fool.

"Do you think I'm like you?"

Sun Zhu touched his nose and said, "Tongzi, are you sure Dumbledore and the others are not around?"

"Master, Dumbledore is currently at his residence in Godric's Hollow. The other professors are either staying with their families and friends in their own residences, or are alone at home. Hagrid also left his cabin yesterday. Only Filch is still in Hogwarts now, but he is drunk and taking a nap while holding Mrs. Norris. After all, it is still Christmas Eve. No one would have thought that you would return to the castle to capture the basilisk at this time."

"Bingo! Okay, Jianguo, let's make it quick and get it done in one go."

It was not difficult to sneak into Hogwarts at this time. Although there were still a few students who did not go home for Christmas and were still in school, they were all in the dormitory or lounge at the moment, instead of sneaking into the girls' bathroom where Myrtle was like she did.

The Riddle fragment in the mirror told her the location of the entrance to the secret room - on a faucet engraved with a snake totem in the girls' bathroom on the second floor. The entrance could be opened by saying a word in Parseltongue to it.

Although she remembered all the plots, it would be safer to have Riddle confirm them again.

And, most importantly, she actually didn't know how to speak Parseltongue at all - although her talent of [Beastial Mastery] could help her communicate with all animals, including wizards in the Animagus state, and even hear their mental activities, it didn't mean that she had mastered all animal languages.

Her talent only served as a universal two-way translator, which could help her understand the words of animals and "transmit" her words to them. But she naturally did not have the skill of Parseltongue, which was only possessed by wizards with Slytherin blood. Unless she was as lucky as Harry and had a fragment of Voldemort's soul in her body.

But this is not an unsolvable problem - Dumbledore also does not speak Parseltongue, but he was able to successfully enter the Chamber of Secrets by successfully repeating the "Opening Formula" in full.

There was no need to understand the meaning of the snake language, as long as the same syllables were pronounced, the same effect would naturally be achieved - so she asked Riddle to recite the formula clearly and completely, and asked Xiao Tongzi to record it for her.

It is certainly better to use her "high technology" to be lazy than to imitate her by yourself.

She found the tap easily and carefully wrapped her Invisibility Cloak around her.

The invisibility cloak was to protect Myrtle. After all, this was her territory. Although she would not be discovered, there were more than just people in Hogwarts. Even if Myrtle was not there, she might be discovered by other ghosts, so she wore the invisibility cloak the whole time and took a shortcut to get here.

"Myrtle isn't in the bathroom at this time, which really saves a lot of trouble."

Otherwise, if she was seen in the school at this time, it would be hard to explain, and she had no confidence that Myrtle would keep it a secret for her.

Sun Zhu confirmed again and again that there was nothing unusual around her before asking Tongzi to play the recorded Parseltongue voice. When the entrance to the secret room was opened, she covered her eyes with a silk scarf.

The deadly thing about the basilisk is that any living thing that sees its eyes will be killed - this is how Myrtle died.

It's easy to crack this, just cover your eyes. Or wear glasses or something like that to block your sight and avoid looking directly into the basilisk's eyes - this won't kill you, but you'll be petrified like Hermione and the others.

But Sun Zhu would not put herself in danger, nor would she lose her ability to move. She did not know how Professor Sprout's mandrake was growing now, nor did she plan to use it in the future.

Because the snake monster was about to be put into the Sumeru Pearl by her, and it would never come out to harm people again.

"Jianguo, please lend me your protective golden light for a while. After the basilisk swallows the chicken that the bead turned into, I can take it in. During this period, I have to be careful in case the basilisk does not eat the chicken as planned, but turns around to eat me... After all, I can't see anything now."

She groped in the darkness and threw the motionless "dead chicken" into the depths.

If we were to ask what subject Sun Zhu studied most diligently, it would naturally be Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration. Not only because if she learned well, she could get generous extra points from Professor McGonagall, but also because it was really very practical. After practicing hard, she could now turn the artifact bead in her hand into a dead object and turn it into a lively chicken, which she couldn't do yet.

But this is enough, a dead chicken is still a chicken. However, although she was sure that the basilisk must be very hungry, she was not sure that it would eat this sudden food. After all, the basilisk was a pet that Salazar had raised for many years. Even if its IQ was not high, it could not be underestimated.

Fortunately, she had already exchanged double the flavor enhancer from the system store, making the chicken look more tempting. When she deceived Banban, she only spent 10 experience points. The huge basilisk was not comparable to Banban, but a chicken could only be disguised to this extent. Tongzi suggested not to rush, just be moderate, after all, it was always very confident in the quality and efficacy of the products it produced.

Uncle Long didn't say much and seemed to be in a bad mood. He just casually wrapped her from head to toe in a layer of faint golden light.

Sun Zhu, who was blindfolded at the moment, did not realize that her golden glow in the dark would only attract more attention from the snake monster. She was busy giving instructions to Xiao Tongzi and turned on [Beast Language Mastery].

Before this, the basilisk had been lurking in the pipes of Hogwarts, hissing and marching. If Sun Zhu had always used her talent for animal language proficiency, she would probably have been able to hear the sound of the basilisk. However, she would only use this function when necessary, so as not to fill her mind with the sounds of various magical animals.

Now that she had opened the door of the secret room, the basilisk hiding in the pipe swam towards her as if it had been summoned.

It was unclear whether it was because it smelled the scent of "chicken" or because it sensed that the secret room was invaded, it was rumbling and sneaking all the way. In the darkness, Sun Zhu felt his hair stand on end, and he forced himself to suppress the trembling in his heart.

As the basilisk got closer and closer, the hissing sound of its tongue and the banging sound of it hitting the pipe wall made her nervous. But Xiao Tongzi comforted her in her heart that the basilisk would definitely not ignore the bait with the flavor enhancer, and she would not be its primary target.

"Food... hunger... the breath of living people..."

She heard an uncomfortable sound as rough as fingernails scratching on a blackboard, which frightened her so much that she subconsciously took a step back.

Fortunately, she didn't use this talent all the time, otherwise she would be frightened by the sudden strange noise sooner or later.

"Hey, that thing looks like it really wants to eat you." Uncle Long finally seemed to be interested.

"You sound excited?"

"Finally, there's something that can fight me. Of course I'm excited." Uncle Long said with a sigh, "The only flaw is that it turned out to be an ugly snake spirit."

Realizing that the basilisk was getting closer, Sun Zhu held her breath for a moment, preparing to silently wait for Uncle Long's golden light to bounce the basilisk away - no matter what, she was still very confident in Uncle Long's abilities, and her clothes were also attached with high-level defensive magic, and she also held a high-level defensive talisman in her palm.

"Host, the basilisk is very close. It has seen the bait and you." Tongzi reminded.