Hogwarts Summoning Guide

Turn the page, and you'll find yourself in another world.

After more than ten hours of flight, a Boeing 747 slowly landed at Hong Kong International Airport. In his previous life, Bai Lin had also been to Hong Kong, but that was in 2016. At that time, Hong Kong and the mainland were not much different. However, in 1995, Hong Kong was indeed a famous metropolis throughout Asia, with skyscrapers and bright lights everywhere, a scene of extravagance and debauchery.

Bai Lin came to Hong Kong for two reasons: firstly, there were many flights to Hong Kong and they were relatively quick; secondly, he had contacted Yan Nishuang in advance. Yan Nishuang was handling a case in Hong Kong, and it was a significant case, so he felt he should lend a hand both for his own and others' sake.

This time, Bai Lin traveled alone to the meeting. After the great battle, the heavy burden on his shoulders was suddenly lifted, and the team members had to consider their own future paths.

Having received Dumbledore's power of order, Catherine could now briefly materialize in the real world, allowing her to reunite with Bai Lin and ease her longing. Bai Lin also made a special trip to Wells' home to take Catherine to bid farewell to Old George and his wife, indicating that she would return to the East with Bai Lin. Although the elderly couple were reluctant to part, they prioritized their daughter's happiness, only insisting on holding a grand wedding when the time was right. Bai Lin couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, thinking: I wonder what you old folks would think if you knew the bride probably had five people...

Both Qiqi and Youxi decided to return to their hometown. Youxi hadn't seen her mother for a year and missed her dearly, while Qiqi wanted to go back and rebuild her village. With Bailin's financial support, she believed her wish could be easily fulfilled.

Hagrid would certainly not leave Hogwarts, and Zobi was already buried forever in the Heroes' Tomb on the back hill. Bai Lin could only ask Youxi to bring some compensation to Zobi's younger brother. His brother was just a Muggle who had always lived in an orphanage in the south of France. Zobi had been earning money to support the operation of the orphanage. With his death, this responsibility naturally fell on Bai Lin's shoulders.

The team members were suddenly separated by vast distances, but fortunately, they discovered that they could actually reunite in their habitat. Although, except for Bai Lin, the others could only teleport once a week, the distance between them was no longer a barrier.

Speaking of habitats, after Bai Lin and his teammates destroyed five Horcruxes, and Harry destroyed the last fragment of Voldemort's soul in the Shadowlands, the Seven Deadly Sins quest was completed, and everyone received the system's rewards.

Side Quest: Seven Deadly Sins (Completed). The final reward for this quest will be calculated based on the sum of the contributions of all team members, with each individual contribution determined by the system.

Tom Riddle's Diary, Contribution: 0

Ravenclaw's Crown, Contribution: 100

Slytherin's Ornament Box, Contribution: 90

Hufflepuff's Golden Cup, Contribution: 90

Marvolo Gaunt's Ring, Contribution: 80

Nagini, Contribution: 100

Harry Potter, Contribution: 20

(Unexpectedly, Harry's victory in the one-on-one duel also gave the Whitescale Squad a share of the spoils.)

Follow-up mission: Eliminate evil completely, eliminate Tom Riddle (completed), Contribution points: 210

Total contribution: 690, total completion rate: 69

Fixed rewards received: 30 World Development Points, World Reputation increased to: Revered. The host and team members will gain the Revered status and support of creatures of the corresponding faction, and will receive resource allocation under certain conditions. The hostility of creatures of the opposing faction will decrease to Neutral. (This reward seems intangible and will take a long time to demonstrate its value.)

Completion Rewards: The computing power of the Encyclopedia System has been increased to 4242. All existing creatures can be unsealed and placed in their habitats. The habitat area has been increased to 85 square kilometers. The terrain editing module has been unlocked (the terrain within the habitat can be freely modified by consuming contribution points).

New summonable creatures added: Sphinx (Level 7), Octopus Spider (Level 6, three heads per group)

Bai Lin calculated that, aside from the Mermaid's Blessing and Shadow Chains, the creatures he could currently summon were: Mutant Mudfoile (Level 2), Mandrake (Level 5), White Werewolf Snowwind (Level 6), Eight-Eyed Giant Spider (Level 6), Sphinx (Level 7), Orgrimmar (Level 7), Thunderbird (Level 9), and Romanian Longhorn Dragon (Level 9). If he summoned them all at once, he could practically form his own circus or a magical zoo.

However, the habitat is still too small. Small creatures can live freely, but large creatures such as pterosaurs and longhorn dinosaurs cannot meet the requirements for flight and sufficient prey. If they are released, it would be similar to being in a zoo, requiring human feeding and supervision. It seems that there is still a long way to go for the white unicorn.

Besides the expansion of their habitat, the construction of the Ivory Tower also went smoothly. Bai Lin had almost exhausted the team's contribution points, and a tall building had already been erected on the mountaintop. The first floor was already open, and all members could enter the Ivory Tower to learn advanced elemental magic, such as Chain Fireball and Frost Nova. With Bai Lin's current level of magic power and the aid of the magic encyclopedia, he learned several newly unlocked spells in just one day, while the others could only pick one or two and practice diligently.

Putting away the encyclopedia interface and his thoughts about the future, Bai Lin stood up from his seat. Since there was no longer any revenue from the zoo and the Ministry of Magic, and he had donated a lot of Galleons to the families of the dead and injured wizards, Bai Lin's mountain of Galleons was no longer there. With the money left, Bai Lin decided to be more frugal and took an economy class flight back home. Sure enough, the comfort level was far worse, and his back ached as soon as he stood up.

Bai Lin clearly remembered the disdainful looks on the goblin employees' faces when he withdrew all the Galleons from Gringotts and returned the vault rental. Of course, the account manager, Christo, wouldn't come to see him again. He exchanged all the remaining Galleons for pounds, a thick stack of them. Pounds were quite valuable in this era, worth 114 Eastern dollars. At the current cost of living in the East, that was enough to buy more than ten houses in Bai Lin's hometown. Then he could wait for the times to change and easily exchange all the pounds for Eastern dollars when crossing the border to Hong Kong.

Of course, although Bai Lin had long known that housing prices in the East would soar, he didn't intend to actually hoard several houses and become a landlord—that would be too unambitious. Instead, he was preparing for the upcoming Asian economic crisis, when there would be gold everywhere, and anyone could make a fortune by buying at the bottom. If he handled things properly, the stack of cash in his hand could multiply a hundredfold.

Bai Lin glanced out the window; the rain was quite heavy. Taking advantage of the other passengers' inattention, he pulled an umbrella from his magical pouch.

So people saw a young gentleman who had traveled from England for more than ten hours to Hong Kong, but only carried an umbrella as his luggage, and gracefully stepped off the boarding car.

After going through immigration like an ordinary person, he had just stepped out of the terminal when he saw the person who was supposed to pick him up. Yan Nishuang was wearing large sunglasses and a uniform of the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption. Even though her figure and appearance were like a fairy descended from heaven, no one dared to approach her. It was as if she wasn't wearing a uniform, but a man-eating monster.

Bai Lin ignored all of that and went up to give Yan Nishuang a big hug, making her face turn bright red. Although it had only been a little over three months since they last met, Bai Lin missed Yan Nishuang quite a bit.

Bai Lin hadn't figured out how to handle his relationships with so many girls, but his feelings for Yan Nishuang were bound by many childhood memories—unbreakable and impossible to ignore. Whenever the night was quiet and Bai Lin closed his eyes, he would think of her, wondering if she was on another dangerous mission, if she was eating and sleeping well, if she had many worries… Bai Lin felt that this was love.

Since it was a public place and she was still wearing her uniform, Yan Nishuang gently pushed him away with a hint of arrogance and gave him a light glare. Bai Lin wasn't angry; instead, he took her hand. This time, Yan Nishuang didn't pull away and let him hold her hand. The two walked out of the airport like a perfect couple.

Yan Nishuang was driving a very unassuming old Lexus, but the car was crammed full of stuff. Bai Lin sat in the passenger seat and glanced to the side. Good heavens, there were at least five or six guns piled up in the back, all brand new imported ones, along with boxes of ammunition.

"This... you're just parading around with all this stuff?... Besides, you can drive a car with the steering wheel on the right?" Bai Lin looked on in astonishment.

Yan Nishuang took off her large sunglasses, smoothed her hair, and revealed her stunning beauty, making Bai Lin swallow hard. Meanwhile, he heard Catherine coughing, which made him quite embarrassed.

Catherine, residing in the Celestial Cloud Palace of the Lawful Good alignment, shares a special connection with Bai Lin. While she can't always know what's happening around Bai Lin, Catherine can certainly use Sifugar's abilities to spy on him for a while if she wants. Catherine has fully embraced her role as a Star Angel, spending most of her time sensing the changes in Lawful Good energy in the world and maintaining the balance of alignments. However, she also enjoys occasionally joking with Bai Lin.

Yan Nishuang glanced at Bai Lin and said, "I have modified this vehicle with talismans. Although ordinary people can see this vehicle, they will completely ignore it. As for mages, the weapons of these ordinary people are meaningless."

Bai Lin noticed that a push-pull handle had been modified on the car's center console. The last time he saw this thing was on the Knight bus. As long as you pull this handle, the car can enter a secondary space. This way, even if you drive recklessly on the street, there will be no problem. Streetlights, railings, pedestrians, other cars, and buildings will all seem to jump aside to let the car pass.

However, Yan Nishuang did not activate this function, but instead slowly drove onto the street. Bai Lin certainly wouldn't ruin such a good atmosphere of being alone. Just sitting next to Yan Nishuang and smelling her fragrance (although the smell of some kind of lubricant on the weapon in the back seat was a bit of a killjoy), Bai Lin felt quite satisfied.

Yan Nishuang calmly said, "I've heard about what happened in Europe too. This time, it's caused quite a stir!"

Bai Lin shrugged, somewhat sorrowfully saying, "This great villain has been around for decades; it always has to be dealt with eventually. It's just that the price of war is terrible; many good people have died... Zhuo Bi, the tall, thin Frenchman who came back to China with us last time, also unfortunately died in battle..."

Yan Nishuang glanced at Bai Lin, patted the back of his hand, and comforted him, "I was very curious during the New Year, why did you insist on going back to England to deal with Voldemort?"

Bai Lin was taken aback. It seemed that there was really no need for him to do this, and no one had assigned him such a task. He paused and said, "I don't know... Maybe he felt that if he didn't help and let Voldemort resurrect, he would kill many of the people I knew over there..." He thought of Sirius Black, Lupin and Tonks, Dumbledore, Fred, who died in the original story... His appearance saved their lives, but also sacrificed Drowby.

Yan Nishuang said, "That settles it then. You're doing the right thing by saving people. There's a saying in the West: even if the person you're saving is a criminal, you should still save them, and leave the rest to God."

Bai Lin smiled at her and said, "I didn't expect you to know more about Western proverbs than I do."

Yan Nishuang said, "Times are progressing. English is now a core subject. We should learn from the West to strengthen ourselves."

She paused for a moment and then asked, "How long do you plan to stay in China this time?" Her tone was somewhat low, as if she was afraid of hearing an answer she didn't want to hear.

Bai Lin took her hand in return, interlocking their fingers, and said, "Unless something special happens, I don't plan to go back. I'm going back to China to develop my career. After all, I've already been banned from entering the UK and France..."

Yan Nishuang seemed to cheer up immediately, her eyes sparkling. She glanced at Bai Lin and said, "That's their loss. The country needs a lot of talent in all walks of life right now. You can find a good job, haha. If you can't, I'll support you!"

Hearing Yan Nishuang's words, Bai Lin couldn't help but think of the 1999 film *King of Comedy*. He casually leaned back, looking like he was ready to live a life of leisure, and said, "You said it yourself, I'm not planning on looking for a job. I'll just be your sidekick. Fighting and killing are my specialties, after all." He paused and asked, "By the way, why are you wearing an ICAC uniform?"

Yan Nishuang was silent for a few seconds, seemingly considering whether to tell Bai Lin about the case. Finally, she gritted her teeth and said, "It will make the case easier... Since you plan to come back and be my assistant, I'll officially hire you now. You'll have a one-month probationary period, and you're currently an external staff member, so I can't say too many details."

Bai Lin straightened his posture, adopting an attentive listening expression. He knew that Yan Nishuang must have encountered difficulties, and he had originally intended to help her. This was now getting to the point.

Yan Nishuang looked at the rainwater being wiped away by the wipers on the windshield and said, "We've encountered a major case involving illegal magical potions. In the past six months, someone has been smuggling a new type of drug into the Hong Kong market. In the samples we found, we discovered several magical potion ingredients that only mages can concoct. We suspect this is a major case orchestrated by an illegal mage organization in Southeast Asia."

Follow Bai Linshuo's pen and embark on an adventure in the "Hogwarts Summoning Guide".