Chinese students at Hogwarts.

Chapter 542: Ancient Immortal Road
Zhang Xiao looked at his grandfather's shadow. This was a message.

"Grandpa wants to say it, but he can't."

The old Taoist priest sat cross-legged in front of Zhang Xiao, as if he knew that his eldest grandson would sit here when he left this message.

"When you were born, Grandpa cast a divination, which indicated an extremely dangerous situation, and the only way out was to the west.

I never understood what was going on, but after discussing it with Principal Deng, I found out that if there really was some way to clear the darkness outside.

The only chance is for you to control the magic network and the heaven."

The old Taoist priest was silent for a while, then said softly:

“Many times, I hoped that this catastrophe would not break out, but that our ancestors made a mistake in their predictions.

But things don’t go as planned, and you still have to endure this kind of pain.”

Zhang Xiao listened quietly. Resentment? Actually, no, it was more like a more complicated emotion.

There is sadness, grief, loss, and pain, but there is no resentment.

"Xiaoxiao, Grandpa still has a lot to say to you, but after thinking about it again and again, it will only add to my sadness.

As a Taoist, I should be free and easy, so I am leaving now!"

The old Taoist priest turned around and walked away, his body gradually turning into a shadow and disappearing.

Zhang Xiao also stood up from the ground, bowed to his back, and said, "Grandpa, goodbye."

The whole space became quiet again, and I was the only one there.

Zhang Xiao did not rush out, but still sat cross-legged on the ground, carefully sorting out the information he had received before.

My original world and this world are like twins, with a strong attraction between them, so the two worlds are extremely similar.

It’s just that there seems to be something called Black Abyss in this world, and the Black Abyss has been sealed.

But because of the existence of the Black Abyss, the humans in this world have undergone some kind of mutation and gained extremely powerful abilities, using their will to modify reality.

However, how easy is it to change reality with one's will?
At this point, the East and the West took completely different paths, whether in Greece, Northern Europe, Egypt, or even further afield.

They embarked on the path of faith.

Zhang Xiao recalled the information he had seen before. There was no doubt that there were people in the East who tried to follow the path of faith in the beginning.

But obviously it did not succeed, and instead it took a unique path.

Even when thinking back, Zhang Xiao was still amazed at what he had seen before. Those "immortals" actually tried to theorize their own power and added their own ideas about the world and life.

The most outrageous thing about the formation of such a thing as a skill is that, under the influence of unreasonable modification of reality, these things became possible.

People who practice it have complete faith in it, just like little wizards; the textbooks and spells they come into contact with are what they believe in without a doubt.

Furthermore, these "immortals" are still constantly "cultivating" to pursue higher powers. They are constantly pondering what the essence of the world is, and using their own powers to try to understand the world.

Zhang Xiao thought for a long time, and suddenly found that these "immortals" were so greedy that they could become stronger by thinking. If you don't think about pleasure, you will be beaten and have fewer disciples.

Then passive involution!

As long as you enter the state of internal circulation, it will only become stronger and stronger!

In short, the strength of this group of "involutionary immortals" increased rapidly, and they discovered the hidden crisis in the world before the West.

At this time, Zhang Hao, who came from the twin world and became a "wisdom" person, proposed the plan of heaven.

That is to say, the souls of these immortals are used as processors, and the processors are connected together to form a huge "operating system".

And this system can be continuously upgraded by adding new processors.

For the sake of absolute safety, Heaven cannot have any emotions or desires; it can only be a cold operating system.

Therefore, the "immortals" who enter the heaven must erase all their spiritual intelligence and emotions.

It sounds extremely cruel that a group of people who were originally at the top of the world, the freest group of people, have to maintain the world in this way.

But they are willing, perhaps they don't want to see the world they live in destroyed, or perhaps they are basing their decision on what they have thought about for a long time.

In short, this group of immortals are really willing to sacrifice themselves, transform into heaven, and protect the world.

It's just that not everyone thinks this way.
Zhang Xiao sighed a little, just like his father had said to him, everyone's "Tao" was different, this world was not like what he saw in novels, where there was a so-called heavenly way or law, and everyone was comprehending the same thing.

The Tao of this world is more like each person's thoughts on life and their views on the world. People are different, so naturally the Tao they comprehend is different.

Just like the last group of people who held on to Chaoge City, they believed in "teaching without distinction, there are fifty great ways, forty-nine are derived from heaven, and only one is escaped by man."

This idea was naturally excellent. Not only did the fellow villager praise it, but Zhang Xiao himself also thought it was very good.

But after peeling it off, they believe that no matter what kind of disaster or predicament, they can always capture the vitality in it.

That is to say. The one that escaped.

Because of their ideological differences, the two sides began a brutal struggle, and the reasons for their fight also spread.

Add to that the warnings from some Western gods with prophetic powers.

It became "this world cannot support so many gods", which directly led to the various Western pantheons fighting each other.

After completing everything, Senior Zhang Hao also entered the Heavenly Palace.

He also left someone to guard it, and every successive Heavenly Master would be told this secret.

In order to protect the secret, no matter what the surname of the successor to the Heavenly Master is, he will change it to Zhang. This is an extremely powerful oath-taking magic that uses this method.

This ensured that the secret had not been leaked for thousands of years.

Zhang Xiao frowned. He didn't understand why they had to keep the secret.

Wouldn’t it be better to let everyone know that in ancient times there was a group of people who made sacrifices and turned into heaven to protect everyone?

At least we should remember that such a group of people existed, right?

and many more!

Zhang Xiao’s eyes suddenly widened, I understand, I understand!

Western ban!

The Western ban that lasted for thousands of years!
Why has Taoism forbade any Taoist disciple to leave China and any Western wizard to enter China for thousands of years?

Because the East and the West have completely taken different paths at this time.

Taoism practices the dual cultivation of body and soul, but the foundation of practice is still the "Golden Light Mantra". Those ancient techniques, magical powers and the like have been completely destroyed.

And those spells are more like a command line. The feedback obtained after entering the Heavenly Court also received the blessing of the Heavenly Court.

Western wizards are of another kind, that is, the path of ancient magic, relying entirely on themselves to cast magic.

Therefore, both its power and scale are much smaller, but its advantage lies in being quick, convenient and can be used at will.

However, the standard spell system has returned to the path of the Heavenly Court, which can only be said to be a different path to the same destination.

As for the Western Ban
The people of Taoism possess the core of the 'ancient immortals', but they do not have their means.

Western wizards possess the means of ancient gods, but they lack their core, which results in the extreme weakening of the power of the spells they cast.

If the Taoists practiced the Taoist "Golden Light Mantra" and also learned the wizards' spellcasting methods outside,
Zhang Xiao took a long breath, and he finally understood. That was him!
The combination of Chinese and Western cultures is the path that the ancient immortals once took!
This path is extremely powerful. Just by studying for three or four years, I am able to be as powerful as those elite Aurors.

If you can go all out, it will be a huge step forward.

How old were you at that time?
14 years old!
What about the ancient immortals? At least several hundred years old, right?
It’s hard to imagine how powerful the ancient immortals who have been practicing Taoism for hundreds of years are!

If more and more people follow the ancient immortal path again, they will be courting their own destruction.

As for if there was no Western Ban and the secret spread out, would there be someone who would really practice both magic and the other way and retrace the ancient immortal path?

There is no doubt that the answer is yes, and most people will try to walk the ancient immortal road again.

Zhang Xiao sighed, thinking that his grandfather had lied to him.

When I wanted to learn Animagus, my grandfather told me that each sect had its own transformation technique.

Eight-Nine Mysterious Skills, Seventy-Two Transformations.

My grandfather said that only I could practice it, and that was true, but the reality was that the Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts really existed.

It is a true ancient magical skill, and only those who practice ancient immortal arts can practice it.

The darkness slowly receded and Zhang Xiao returned to reality again. The sun was already setting in the small quiet room.

The dim sunlight shone obliquely onto the floor through the lattice windows, and through the gaps in the windows, there were red clouds in the sky.

Longhu Mountain is reflected in this light, appearing exceptionally peaceful.

Has so much time passed?
Zhang Xiao sat down at the table, picked up the tea leaves and sprinkled them into the white porcelain bowl.

He didn't care about the steps of making tea and just used magic to make boiling water and poured it into the bowl.

The tea leaves floated in the bowl, gradually expanding and dyeing the water a green color.

Now all the elites from both the wizarding world and the Taoist sect have gone, leaving only two or three cats, big and small.

Fortunately, with the combination of Heaven and the Demon Network, we should be temporarily safe after all.

The top priority is to stabilize the Taoist sect and the wizarding world. Zhang Xiao then realizes that he has become the strongest person in the world.

The wizarding world was better than Taoism. The people there just fell into a deep sleep, and the only one who actually died was Dumbledore.

This is not to say that the Demonic Network is more advanced than the Heavenly Palace.

On the contrary, the function of Heaven is far more extensive than that of the Demonic Network.

The magic network is more like a tool, and its composition is based on the wizard's belief in the standard spell system.

Once there is a problem with the wizards' beliefs, the magic network may even collapse.

The functions of the Heavenly Court are much more. First of all, it can amplify the power of spells and develop "Talismans", which are equivalent to one-time spells.

Moreover, it can suppress evil spirits. The most important thing is that the Heavenly Palace is eternal because it was originally built with the soul of an ancient immortal as its basic structure.

It is an independent system.

After drinking tea for a while, Zhang Xiao thought quietly for a while, then he reached out and brushed the tea bowl he had just used.

Then the whole person disappeared in the room, and the white porcelain bowl quietly returned to its original place, as if no one had ever been there.

Hogwarts was filled with noise and all kinds of noise.

A long table was set up at the school gate. Muggles with frightened looks formed more than 10 long lines and were registering something in front of the long table.

The speed was extremely fast. After just a few questions, he got on a big truck. After the truck was full of people, it rumbled away.

Immediately afterwards, another large truck arrived.

In the chaotic crowd, Zhang Xiao unexpectedly discovered the figure of Mr. Zhao Fangyuan.

He obviously also saw Zhang Xiao who suddenly appeared at the door.

"Zhang - Heavenly Master. I'm sorry."

Director Zhao said this, but his eyes were red and his face was sad, and it was obvious that he had been crying for a long time.

Zhang Xiao was silent for a while and then shook his head:
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Director Zhao, what are you doing?"

"Oh - this is resettlement work. There are probably millions of foreigners coming here this time, and now we are the only ones left. We have to rely on ourselves for everything."

Director Zhao pointed to the long line and talked about work. The sadness on his face disappeared a lot, replaced by a serious look.

He said anxiously:

"If we rely solely on the internal circulation, many things will become difficult, so the goal now is to build a complete system and develop productivity at all costs.

At least everyone’s food, clothing, housing and transportation needs must be met.

Therefore, these millions of people are very important and need to register their previous occupations and immediately get involved in production.

Every second counts, no time is wasted"

Zhang Xiao nodded. This was indeed the top priority.

The original direction has just turned to exports, but now it has immediately come to the internal circulation. I am afraid that the efforts to be made will definitely not stop here.

I talked with Director Zhao again for a while, mainly because the original responsibility of the Taoist sect might be difficult to handle due to the number of people.

Director Zhao expressed his gratitude very solemnly, and conveyed the intention of the higher-ups to the Taoist sect, which would now enter a long period of rationing and military control.

If you have any problems, try to solve them yourself first. If you can't, contact Zhang Xiao.

After a while, Professor Sprout hurried over.

The chubby Hufflepuff Headmaster was currently the Headmaster of Hogwarts.

Just like thousands of years ago, Slytherin, Gryffindor, and Ravenclaw left the school one after another for various reasons.

Just like Helga Hufflepuff was left to support the school alone.

"open----"

As soon as Professor Sprout arrived in front of Zhang Xiao, he hugged her and comforted her while crying softly.

Finally, he whispered to him that Dumbledore asked him to build up the school first, and when Zhang Xiao was twenty years old, he would let him be the principal.

In this regard, Zhang Xiao could only smile bitterly and shook his head. The Taoist master, the headmaster of Hogwarts
Is there a concurrent minister at the Ministry of Magic?

In a trance, Zhang Xiao found that the things he had said as a joke before were actually becoming reality one by one, as if he was carrying the real things on his shoulders and shouldering the responsibility.

"By the way -" Professor Sprout wiped his tears and whispered, "Minister of Magic Susan has been looking for you, it seems like there is something very important.

I will contact her now.”

Ministry of Magic? Something important?

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1. Monthly ticket 2. Recommended ticket

It was originally scheduled to be finished tomorrow, but now it has been changed to June 5th, which is just the right time to fill in two or three more chapters of details.
(End of this chapter)