Chapter 29 The Attack Begins

After collecting all the information, Xie Ling's life returned to the routine of the previous semester. In addition to daily study and homework, he spent almost all his time on boring magic research.

Although the amount of information on blood magic found in the forbidden section of the library was not much, that was only relatively speaking. These materials were enough for Xie Ling to digest for a long time.

Time passed quickly, and the first two months of school passed.

Nothing special happened during this period. Lockhart no longer brought living things into the classroom. Now, he read long passages from his books to the students, and sometimes performed some dramatic fragments.

Most of the Gryffindors complained, but this became the most enjoyable course for the Slytherins.

Because Lockhart seemed to think that a one-man show could not show his bravery and strength, he often found a little wizard to cooperate with him in acting, and the one he chose most in this class was Harry. So far, Harry has been forced to play the following roles: a villager with a bubble-blowing spell, a Himalayan snowman with a cold nose, and a vampire who has eaten nothing but carrots since Lockhart dealt with it.

Whenever Harry was reluctantly on stage playing a villager with difficulty breathing or a vampire with a wretched expression, the Slytherins, led by Draco, would make faces at Harry to mock him. Sherin actually sympathized with Harry, but it was none of his business, and he just made good use of the class time to complete homework for other subjects so that he could save more private time to do his own things.

Halloween is coming, and according to the plot, the first attack of the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets will occur on that day.

On the Halloween party, even Sherin, who stayed in his room, had to make time to attend.

In the Great Hall, thousands of pumpkins floated in the air, and the faces emitted orange-yellow candlelight, replacing the candles on the plates that usually illuminated the entire Great Hall. Shaylin sat at the Slytherin table, next to Draco.

Draco put his arm around Shaylin's shoulders. After two months of Quidditch training, Draco was much more muscular than before, and his face had a more resolute temperament. "Hey, Shaylin, why do I seem to have seen you less in the past two months? You didn't come to watch my Quidditch training, and I rarely saw you even at dinner time. What are you busy with?"

Shaylin pretended not to hear the last question and smiled slightly, "How can I not understand your strength? It doesn't matter whether I watch your training or not. With your strength, coupled with the excellent performance of the Nimbus 2001, this year's Quidditch champion Slytherin is counting on you."

Draco said yes proudly.

Daphne and Meredith also looked at Shaylin with resentment, as if they had been ignored by Shaylin in the past two months. After Shaylin's sweet words and coaxing, the two girls smiled.

Sherin quietly observed the Gryffindor table. Harry and his group were not there. Sherin carefully recalled the plot of the original novel and remembered that the three of them went to the ghosts' Deathday party.

Soon, the banquet began.

Piles of roast turkeys suddenly appeared on the table, squeezing the golden plates, and groups of bats flew over the students' heads in a gliding array. With a bang, the smoke on the stage slowly dissipated, and a skeleton dance troupe danced a skeleton-specific dance on it.

It's not that good-looking to say that this skeleton dance is so beautiful, but the complex movements of the skeletons' body structures breaking and reorganizing with the beat of the music are quite special and interesting. Even the young wizards born in pure-blood families are watching with relish.

While enjoying the performance on the stage, Sherin also secretly cast his eyes on the target person of the night - Ginny Weasley. Sure enough, a few minutes before the end of the dinner, pale Ginny left the auditorium alone in a low-key manner.

Xie Lin followed calmly, cast an invisible illusion spell on himself at the corner, and after making sure that he could not be seen, he followed Ginny step by step, and as expected, he came to the girls' bathroom at the end of the third floor.

This girls' bathroom has a name. Everyone calls it "Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom". Since a student named Myrtle Warren was killed here fifty years ago, her ghost has been wandering here in the form of a ghost. Most students are reluctant to enter this bathroom, and over time it has become semi-abandoned.

Xie Lin knew that the entrance to Slytherin's secret room was hidden in this bathroom. There was a copper faucet in the bathroom that never flowed water, and there was a small snake engraved on it. If you use Parseltongue to say "open" to it, the faucet and the sink will slowly disappear from sight, revealing a thick water pipe leading to the secret room, which can accommodate a person.

Sherin followed into the bathroom and saw Ginny using Parseltongue to open the water pipe mechanism, seemingly calling out the basilisk. Although he was confident in his invisibility magic and had done many experiments in front of snakes, the basilisk was the king of snake monsters, so Sherin was not 100% sure whether the basilisk could see him when he was invisible. For safety reasons, he quietly left the bathroom and hid behind a piece of armor near the entrance of the bathroom, waiting for the plot to begin.

Then he saw a lot of water flowing out of the bathroom door.

Loris, the cat owned by the school administrator Filch, came to the bathroom and barked at the door, as if she was smug about catching a mischievous student, unaware of the misfortune that was about to befall her.

As soon as Xie Lin closed his eyes, he heard the sound of a large and heavy object squirming. Loris's screams suddenly stopped, followed by another sound of squirming objects, and finally everything returned to calm.

When Xie Lin opened his eyes again, he saw the red slogan "The secret room has been opened, beware of those who are enemies of the heir" painted on the wall, and the petrified Loris hanging high in front of the stone wall. Then he saw the Harry trio running to the scene of the crime following the strange noise that only Harry could hear.

Xie Lin didn't want to cause any misunderstanding, so while he was still invisible, he once again blended into the group of students who had just finished the dinner and returned to the dormitory. Then you can see that the Harry trio were wronged by the angry Filch. Finally, the Harry trio were taken away by Dumbledore, and the matter came to an end.

Since Halloween, the atmosphere in the school has become very spooky.

The legend of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets was uncovered by someone unknown, and various rumors began to spread in the school. Most people suspected that the perpetrator was Harry Potter.

Among the Loris people who were first discovered on Halloween, Hermione's parents are both Muggles and cannot be descendants of Slytherin; Ron's family is full of wizards, but their family is all Gryffindor, and Ron En's strength is not enough; the only one left most suspicious is Harry, because he defeated Voldemort. In the minds of most young wizards, only the most powerful dark wizard can defeat the Dark Lord.

Xie Lin curled his lips, it was none of his business anyway, and then returned to his previous closed life.

Hogwarts in November officially ushered in the start of the Quidditch match. The first Quidditch match was Slytherin versus Gryffindor.

This Quidditch game is different from the description in the original book - Slytherin's broomstick is more than one level higher than Gryffindor, and Draco's strength is not much inferior to Harry's, while Dobby's broomstick is more than one level higher than Gryffindor's. He did not interfere in this game despite his instructions.

On the day of the game, Schelling did not go to the scene to watch the game. He just sent Dobby to hide in a corner to watch the game, and reported the game process to himself after the game.

In the game that day, Slytherin relied on more advanced flying broomsticks to lead the way, and Draco also appropriately and effectively restrained Harry. It can only be said that Harry is worthy of being enveloped by the halo of the protagonist, and he was surrounded by many Zhong Yiran caught the Golden Snitch with a sweep of seven stars, allowing Gryffindor to win by a mere 10 points.

Because there was no intervention from Dobby, there was no plot in which Harry was injured by the Bludger and subsequently lost his arm bone due to Lockhart's mistaken spell.

After listening to Dobby's report, Schelling secretly sighed at Harry's terrible flying talent, but also expressed helplessness at his halo as the protagonist.

"Dobby, haven't you been worried about Harry Potter's safety at Hogwarts this year? Now I give you a task. You go to Harry Potter. Of course, when he is alone, you can Give him some warning, tell him that the Chamber of Secrets has been opened, and let him leave Hogwarts and go home quickly."

"I understand, little master, Dobby will definitely do it."

Slytherin did not fall into depression because of the defeat in the first battle.

On the contrary, the Slytherin team's superiority in equipment has been revealed in this battle. In addition, although Draco's performance is not amazing, it is much better than expected. It is not many first-time players. Players can perform like this, and Harry is just a rare exception. Moreover, Slytherin's loss in this game was so small that it was almost negligible, so it still has great potential to compete for the championship.

Under Draco's call, the entire team trained harder. The situation of the Slytherin team is obvious to all, which puts pressure on both the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw Quidditch teams.

Schelling's magical research lasted until the first week of December when it was temporarily suspended.

Xie Lin rubbed his temples to soothe his tired spirit. The long period of seclusion and research made him look a little haggard, but it gave him a solid foundation in theoretical knowledge of the power of blood.

What he needs now is some samples that he can experiment and practice on. He already has an idea about this, but what is more important to him now is to lay out the plot that will happen this semester and see if he can Seek maximum benefit in the secret room incident.

While Schelling was concentrating on his magic studies, a second attack occurred at Hogwarts.

The victim this time was Colin Creevey, a first-year Gryffindor student. Colin, like Loris, was lucky enough to be petrified instead of being stared to death by the basilisk. News of his attack spread quickly throughout Hogwarts.

Rumors are flying around the school, everyone is suspicious, and fear begins to spread among the students. During this time, it became popular in schools to exchange amulets, amulets, and other devices to protect oneself.

Schelling walked in the corridor. When there were no classes, the corridor seemed particularly quiet. It was obvious that this was because the students were afraid that wandering around the castle would become the next victim. This situation made it easier for Schelling to explore the castle.

Schelling's first goal was the Room of Requirement that appeared in the original novel. The original novel mentioned that the entrance to this magical room was opposite the tapestry on the eighth floor of the castle where the troll beat Barnabas silly. Schelling silently thought to himself, "I need it." Where the things were hidden, after passing the wall three times, a door appeared on the wall.

Pushing open the door with great expectation, Xie Lin found himself standing in a room as big as a cathedral, with the light beams cast by the high windows reflecting a city lined with high walls.

Schelling saw that the high walls were made of items hidden by people in Hogwarts over the past generations. There were crumbling piles of broken furniture, probably stuffed here to hide evidence of accidental witchcraft; there were thousands of books, no doubt banned, scrawled, or stolen; there were There were winged slingshots and fang flying saucers, a few of which were still hovering feebly on the mountains of forbidden objects; there were also hats, jewelry, cloaks, and things that looked like fire dragon eggshells; a few plugged bottles were still shining. Evil light; and several rusty swords and a bloodstained axe.

Xie Lin couldn't help but complain, this place is simply a treasure. Countless people have come to Hogwarts. Are they all blind? How could he turn a blind eye to so many items that looked like treasures.

Xie Lin summoned Dobby, and one person and one elf began to slowly screen and sort out the garbage-like items.

After a long period of hard work, Schelling found that most of the items were incomplete or badly damaged. He only found 3 interesting items: a suitcase, an ancient sterling silver dagger, and Voldemort's Horcrux. One of Ravenclaw's diadems.

After tidying up, Xie Lin couldn't wait to take the harvest back to the dormitory to study.