Chinese students at Hogwarts.

Chapter 522 Sacred Mountain
"As for the so-called gods in ancient times, relevant departments in the wizarding world have actually conducted a lot of research and excavations.

Existences like the Silent Man were born based on these things.

There are many discoveries in the wizarding world, many of which cannot be made public because they will greatly impact the concepts of ordinary wizards. "

Nicolas Flamel is worthy of being a living fossil in the wizarding world. In his faint narration, hundreds of years of ups and downs are revealed.

Those unknown past events and secrets are all narrated by Nick Flamel.

Dumbledore seemed very happy that Nick could provide Zhang Xiao with these things, in the eyes of this old principal who wanted to retire.

In the future, I always want Zhang to look after the wizarding world on my behalf. Although Dongfang seems to need him to look after him, with great power comes great responsibility.

Five years have passed. These five years are enough for Dumbledore to see a person clearly. If he leaves it to Zhang, he can rest assured.

Zhang Xiao nodded. The Department of Mysterious Affairs, as its name suggests, is quite mysterious. To outsiders, this department studies all kinds of mysterious things.

What love, time, prophecy and so on.

But according to Nickoleme, a large part of the work in the Department of Mysteries is the equipment, materials, documents, etc. left over from ancient times. They deconstruct these things to support the theoretical research of magic.

Much of the information for the Standard Spells Committee comes from the Department of Mysteries.

“Research has found that those gods have more or less magical abilities due to issues of belief, but the beliefs of polytheism are scattered and far less powerful than the unified belief of monotheism.

Zhang, you should be able to understand this concept, right? "

Zhang Xiao nodded, of course he could understand. In fact, if Buddhism were not in China, it would probably not have the momentum of the three major religions now.

After a while, Zhang Xiao's expression suddenly froze, where are his ancestors?

It seems that I have never heard from my parents, but I just know that they do exist?
I still remember my dad asking himself, if offering incense to our ancestors and believing in our ancestors is considered a religion.
has a problem! The water in my hometown is definitely very deep.

"Zhang?" Nicoléme asked a little strangely, watching the expression on Zhang Xiao's face change.

Zhang Xiao came to his senses:
"Oh, it's okay, just keep talking -"

Nick nodded and recalled what he had just said:
"Monotheism has great advantages in this regard. They can concentrate their beliefs, not just about the power of their gods, but about their simple institutional advantages. Monotheism is easier to spread than polytheism.

So in the long battle, the monotheistic religion gradually won.

While this is an answer we have inferred from history, it has never been confirmed, nor has the body of the so-called god ever been seen.

Zhang, your discovery in the pyramid is crucial, just like we never thought that the Greek gods would go to Egypt hundreds of kilometers away and kill them. "

"Mr. Nick, why don't these religions work anymore? What about those gods? They finally won, but why do they seem to be gone now?
And religion still exists and is quite prosperous! "

"Hahahahaha" Nick Flamel couldn't help laughing, the wrinkles on his face were squeezing together: "Zhang, looking at issues out of touch with the times will inevitably lead to misunderstandings.

It seems like this is what you said when chatting with Albus before. "

Looking at issues out of touch with the times?
Zhang Xiao frowned. Could it be that there was something different between the present and ancient times? The environment? Could it be that the spiritual energy was declining and it was the end of the law era?
"Zhang, haven't you ever considered human issues?"

people?
Zhang Xiao looked at him slightly confused, and then heard Nicoléme say softly:
“Thousands of years ago, people’s thinking was much simpler than it is now. The complexity of people’s thinking was based on the information they received and the things they came into contact with.

Because the information received by ancient people was limited, they came into contact with things they could not understand, and they developed fear and worship.

That kind of thinking is undoubtedly many times simpler than that of people today. "

what?
Zhang Xiao immediately reacted, yes, people in the past had simple thoughts, so their cluster consciousness could be useful, but now you let ordinary people be as simple as in the past and cluster.

It is simply impossible. Some countries wish to subdivide infinitely and cut people into countless attributes, so that it is difficult to unite.

"So even if the 'god' of monotheism defeated the 'god' of polytheism, he did not eventually become an eternal and immortal existence as he expected?
Instead, it gradually disappeared in the long river of history? "

The three old men nodded together:
"While we didn't find conclusive evidence, that should be the case."

"What was the final outcome of those monotheistic 'gods'? Did they suddenly die?"

Zhang Xiao suddenly became interested.

"Well, it shouldn't be crazy. Just like countless people talking constantly in your mind, with all kinds of emotions, you should be crazy, right?

Eventually, because there is no one to lead the movement, internal strife will break out among the religions, which will also ‘tear apart’ their gods and eventually lead to their demise.”

Reasonable! Success is also about faith, failure is also about faith
"It is precisely because these so-called gods are all humans that there are legends about killing gods. If they are really gods, in fact, such an absolute difference in personality makes it impossible to kill gods."

Dumbledore took over the topic, which brought a successful conclusion to the chat between several people.

Everyone stood up and silently watched the commotion below from the rooftop.

The conflict became more and more intense. The higher-ups of the church were no match for the lower-level. The demon hunters they had cultivated so painstakingly finally made themselves suffer a bitter pill.

Zhang Xiao's plan achieved results beyond expectations. The demon hunters chanted slogans and attacked the defense of the church's top leaders regardless of life and death.

Originally, they had the help of Muggle soldiers, but the previous angels' arrival was not only seen by the church, but also by the Muggles.

It was simply a joke to ask them to deal with the 'Soldiers of the Lord', and some simply turned their guns around and joined the battle.

Most of the others who remain neutral are already seeing a hefty weekly paycheck.

At this moment, something happened that no one expected.

The demon hunters were so brave that they even directly broke through the secret stronghold set up by the church, which was underground in the building.

As the headquarters, it has a large-scale underground bunker to prevent nuclear bomb attacks.

When the demon hunters discovered many children imprisoned here, which were the materials for the sacred reincarnation ceremony, as well as women whose limbs were chained and wearing crowns of thorns, acting as fertility machines.

They collapsed immediately. They were more or less secretly captured all over the world, but the explanation given by the church's top leaders was that they were contaminated by demons and needed to be brought back to the headquarters to evolve.

But no one expected it to evolve like this!

Even more collapsed than them were the Muggle soldiers. The situation here directly confirmed the sins of the church's top leaders.

"By the way, Harry's cousin, Dudley Dursley -"

Zhang Xiao suddenly thought of this problem. He never thought that Dudley, the fat bully in the original novel, would transform so much, and even kill Bella with Neville!
At the last moment of evacuation, it was Zhang Xiao who held the line, watching as the church and Muggles did not dare to act rashly while others evacuated.

I really don't know Dudley's current situation.

"Don't worry - your friend Malfoy has put in a lot of effort. Dudley has already lived with Petunia in Hong Kong. Old Malfoy's business is doing well. The company over there also needs manpower."

Dumbledore said with a smile, Zhang Xiao nodded with relief, this is best.

"By the way, there are also some research materials on ruins in Greece. I will send Fox to send them to you when the time comes. I hope it can be of some help to you."

Zhang Xiao thanked Dumbledore, looked back at the building that was already billowing with smoke, and waved to the three old people.

Accompanied by the crackling sound of the apparition, only a wisp of smoke was left behind.

Above the Atlantic Ocean, Zhang Xiao was floating in mid-air, with a strong light rising from his whole body, rushing straight down towards the ocean.

A huge water column rose into the sky, and he rushed towards the ruins on the seabed at an extremely fast speed.

Last time I came, I needed Narcissus, but this time I just relied on my strong strength to rush forward.

The sea water was separated by invisible forces, and Zhang Xiao rushed all the way to the undersea city where the second round of the project had been.

This place is no different from the last time we came here. The traces left by the previous fights have long been smoothed away by the action of the ocean currents.

The sea creatures that were scared away gathered again.

Zhang Xiao stared at the shadowy sea city and directly chose a door to rush towards.

The mark obtained last time is still valid. It is like an ancient identity authentication. Dumbledore admitted that he just borrowed the city's original magic.

This city lying on the bottom of the sea is still quiet. Without the obstacles and forbidden air magic set by Dumbledore, this journey is extremely convenient.

After a while, they crossed the residential area in front and came to the palace.

Atlantis is very interesting. According to Dumbledore and Nicolás, it has a common king system. The king of the largest city of Atlantis was appointed by Poseidon himself.

It also has several satellite cities, each with its own king, just like a vassal.

The statue of Poseidon stood silently. Just looking at him, Zhang Xiao could imagine how magnificent this statue once was.

As one of the only Atlantis cities discovered so far, the secrets of this city have actually been unearthed.

Perhaps it was because the destruction was so sudden that no useful clues were left at all.

The reason why Zhang Xiao came here was because he had a two-pronged mentality. He used the methods taught by Dumbledore and used various detection spells to the extreme.

Dazzling streams of light immediately appeared on the statue, and Zhang Xiao identified it carefully.

Hmm. The spell of being permanently smooth and as new as new has been almost destroyed, and it is indestructible. This one is still there.
After looking carefully for a while, he still sighed regretfully, not seeing what he wanted.

Also, before the second round of competition, Dumbledore had already scanned the entire city inside and out.

With the old man's sophistication, he usually won't pull anything off.

After circling the empty city again, Zhang Xiao turned around and rushed deeper into the ocean.

His speed was extremely fast, and he drew a long white wake in the deep sea.

The deeper you go, the darker it becomes. Even with the magic eye and illumination, his field of vision is still far inferior to that of land.

The pressure was increasing. When they reached a depth of two to three thousand meters, even Zhang Xiao felt a little tired.

The bright light source attracted those deep-sea creatures to gather curiously, such as a giant squid with a body length of twenty meters.

It looks like it really wants to take this glowing thing home and use it as a light bulb for lighting.

In desperation, Zhang Xiao had no choice but to suck the tears that fell from the corners of his mouth, freeze the large seafood into lumps and put it away.

After wandering aimlessly in the sea for a long time and attracting countless marine creatures, Zhang Xiao finally gave up this futile move.

Looking for a lost ruin in the sea without any clues is no less difficult than looking for a black cat in the Coal Mountains.

So he simply stopped in the sea, and then apparated directly into the deep sea.

Goal, Greece!
The Greeks once believed that Greece was the center of the earth, and the Olympus Mountains were the center of Greece, so the gods settled on the Olympus Mountains, which were shrouded in clouds and mist all year round.

But later the Greeks changed their views, because they felt that since the Olympic Mountains were covered in ice, snow, and surrounded by clouds and mist, they did not want to live there, and obviously God did not want to live in such a deserted place.

Later, based on their sailing experience, they learned that Greece is not the middle of the world, and the Olympic Mountains are not the center of the world, so it is impossible for those gods to live in the Olympic Mountains.

When the Greeks ascended the Olympic Mountains, they thought that the gods were so close, but found no trace of them.

So I gradually changed my view.

They began to think that the Olympic Mountains in their imagination were far away in the horizon, and that the gods lived in that distant place that was out of reach.

And it is true.

Zhang Xiao stood on the highest peak of the Olympus Mountains, quietly looking into the distance.

In his hand, he held the note sent by Fox, which contained the clues given by Dumbledore.

There was once a wizard who saw a shadow of a mountain full of gorgeous palaces in the sky of the Olympus Mountains when the sun rose.

He used the word "sacred mountain" to describe what he saw. After the news spread, countless wizards flocked to it, wanting to witness this magnificent scene or find out what was going on.

But many wizards wandered around for a long time without finding any trace. Rolando, the wizard who first discovered this sign, was also known as the King of Liar.

Rolando was depressed after being spurned by everyone, and eventually died alone, but before he died, he still murmured to himself that he had really seen the sacred mountain.

Dumbledore said in the note that he had heard about this story and had also traveled to Greece. After searching, he also found nothing.

But before leaving, he did find something unusual, which was traces covered by powerful magic.

Therefore, Dumbledore felt that Rolando was not lying, but that he just wanted to see the sacred mountain, and there must be harsh conditions.

But Zhang Xiao needs to find this condition by himself.

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(End of this chapter)