Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 118 Breakthrough! Entering the third level of meat refining!

A bronze scale of fate appeared in front of Lin Xia.

She keenly discovered that the balance had changed a lot this time, and there were more places to be completed.

If it was a broken balance before, it can barely be called "shabby" now. Although it is still very broken, at least it does not give people a feeling of being too incomplete.

Several patterns on the scale were completed. Lin Xia observed them carefully for a while, but found nothing.

She pondered, it seemed that it was not time to make contact yet.

Just when Lin Xia wanted Tian Ping to release the two strange objects, suddenly, her mind moved slightly, and she first ran the "Nine Heavens Xuanyang Secret Record·Melting Furnace".

In the final battle in Windmill Town, Lin Xia unleashed her magic power without any scruples and fought heartily. She suppressed the residents hiding on the floor for a while, successfully entered the room, and once again suppressed the wizards and wizards inside. Witch.

In that battle, she tried her best and verified what she had learned while fighting.

Transformation, spells, physical combat skills... she performed them repeatedly, and from a mental point of view, she absolutely met the requirement of "having a hearty battle". At that time, she had vaguely grasped a state.

When dealing with the red doll, I thought of using [healing potion] to shower her. I also came up with it in that state.

In that state, my mind is like a clear mirror, my mind is extremely calm and empty, and I am in a wonderful state where I can not only free my mind and focus on myself, but also integrate external information and quickly analyze it.

Then Professor Babling and others arrived, and she withdrew from this state.

Now recalling the state at that time, Lin Xia found that she could easily enter again, so her excitement quickly calmed down, and she calmly watched the changes in her body.

The invisible magic power in the manor slowly gathered on Lin Xia, but it could not keep up with the speed of Lin Xia's absorption.

Her body became the center of the storm vortex, and the magic power from further away was mobilized, allowing her to extract it.

In Lin Xia's body, the furnace method worked, closing all the pores in her body, as if a huge lid was covering it. The absorbed magic power could not escape and could only be forced to integrate into her body.

A soft sound of "click" came, and Lin Xia felt slightly relieved, and the second level of meat refining was broken through.

She has entered the third level of meat refining!

This level is extremely important as it undertakes foundation building.

Foundation building has been described as the "foundation of enlightenment" in many classics, which shows its importance.

In the previous life, the "foundation building" in the family's martial arts refers to a method of using Zen and meditation to control essence, energy, and spirit, thereby increasing strength.

At this stage, there is more "quiet" than "movement", but among the five metaphysical arts, Shan Shu is generally more static than dynamic, and "Nine Heavens Xuanyang Secret Record" is more focused on health preservation than enhancing combat effectiveness.

The family needs strong fighting power, but it also needs managers who can lead the family for a long enough time.

In that world, being old means having more experience and encountering more things, so the older you are, the more popular you are.

Lin Xia continued to practice "Nine Heavens Xuanyang Secret Record·Melting Furnace" to stabilize the aura that had just been broken through.

The furnace she developed can be practiced until the foundation is established. Once the foundation is broken, she has to re-research the next step of the technique.

Before that, Lin Xia wanted to read more books about the wizarding world.

She believed that in the wizarding world there should be some way to continuously enhance magic power through practice, but the way of "cultivation" would be very different from what she knew.

After his realm was stable, Lin Xia once again looked at the balance of fate.

As the master of the Balance of Destiny, her breakthrough will also help the Balance of Destiny, and this help still seems obvious.

Lin Xia discovered that a large piece of the incomplete pattern of the Balance of Destiny had been completed unknowingly.

It's a pity that Fairy Bai didn't bring it with her, otherwise it would be more obvious when observing it.

There were two items floating on the balance of fate, one was a small puppet and the other was a pocket watch. Lin Xia first reached for the puppet.

This strange object feels warm in the hand. It looks rough on the outside but is actually very smooth. I wonder if it is because of the balance of fate. The puppet has been suppressed and automatically recognizes Lin Xia as its master.

Lin Xia held it for a while and was slightly startled, as if she could feel the heartbeat.

Living objects?

She thought for a moment, adjusted her breathing rhythm, and gradually coincided with the puppet's heartbeat.

After a while, the instructions for using the puppet came to her mind.

This is a puppet-controlled puppet, but unlike ordinary manipulation, this puppet has some "rules".

In other words, the puppet can control people to live according to set rules (such as repeating the same daily habits for a week) without the need for the controller to look after them all the time.

Lin Xia's eyes narrowed slightly, which was why it was so difficult to detect abnormalities in Windmill Town before.

Because people's lives are very regular, if it were not for the radio, the Ministry of Magic would not have discovered it so quickly.

So, the puppet in her hands was the culprit that caused Windmill Town to become like that, rather than the Ministry of Magic's acquisition of the red doll?

Lin Xia thought for a moment and shook his head, that's not what he calculated.

The red doll is also a puppet-shaped strange object.

The puppets can currently only control 5 people, but Windmill Town has a population of over a thousand, so the effect may be caused by the superposition of two puppets.

Since the puppet represents the "rules", the red doll is probably more in range, so it has the effect of 1+1>2.

Lin Xia took out the "pocket watch" again.

This pocket watch is gold and has a huge eye on the surface.

When staring into her eyes, Lin Xia felt slightly drawn in.

The pocket watch cannot be opened and has a long thin chain, suitable for being held in the hand and shaken continuously. After putting it on the palm of her hand and feeling it for a while, Lin Xia also felt a heartbeat with different frequencies.

She adjusted her breathing rhythm and breathed according to the heartbeat of the pocket watch. After a while, the function of this pocket watch came to her mind.

[Hypnosis Pocket Watch (Gold)]: Can hypnotize people or things to do what they want.

Lin Xia's eyes flashed with amusement. This item is quite interesting. It can not only control people, but also objects.

In terms of practicality, both wonders are very practical. If the golden pocket watch is used properly, it may have unexpected effects.

Lin Xia suddenly realized that the male and female wizards in the room were probably not controlled by the puppets and the red doll, but were hypnotized by the golden pocket watch.

The performance of these two wizards was more flexible than that of other residents. At the time, she thought it was due to the different levels of control, but now she thought they must have been hypnotized.

Moreover, this hypnosis is very powerful. Even though I was injured like that, I still don’t wake up from the hypnosis. It has a profound impact on people.

Lin Xiafu looked at the balance of destiny again, and the balance of destiny sent out a thought, asking her whether to choose sacrifice or storage.

Lin Xia's mind moved slightly and asked: "What is the difference between sacrifice and storage?"

The two scales on the scale of fate suddenly started to swing up and down, appearing a little agile.

"The rules of sacrificing plundered rare objects can be added to the Balance of Destiny, and become part of the Balance of Destiny's strength. It cannot be upgraded at the moment."

"Storing the rare items can be used by others, and it will not give any benefit to the balance of fate."

Having said that, Lin Xia felt that the balance of fate had already gained some benefits from these two rare objects, but if he did not choose to sacrifice them next, the benefits would not be amplified.

Out of her own needs, Lin Xia chose "storage".

Once sacrificed to the Balance of Destiny, it acquires the ability of the strange object and feeds some kind of power back to her, and I am afraid she will also gain some kind of power accordingly.

Now she is not sure whether this power is good or bad for her.

She hasn't reached Foundation Establishment yet, her strength is not strong enough, and the rules are too far away from her, so she might as well leave it for later.

What's more, there is Voldemort in Hogwarts. He keeps the rare items and can exert 100% of his power. Not only can he use them by himself, but he can also give them to his companions to facilitate team operations.

……

Next, Lin Xia began to spend her Christmas vacation.

She gave herself a week off, and besides the daily exercises, she also participated in many recreational activities.

She doesn’t want to open all the Christmas tree gifts at once. She likes to reserve surprises for herself, so she only opens a little bit a day.

On the first day of vacation, Lin Xia opened a gift from Aunt Narcissa, which was another set of brand-new skirts.

It was a red horse-faced skirt and a double-breasted coat, with the collar surrounded by fluffy rabbit fur. Lin Xia looked like a New Year doll when she put it on.

She went to Malfoy Manor as a guest, and Uncle Lucius also came back.

Xu was still on vacation, so her uncle didn't talk about them and wished her a Merry Christmas in a good mood.

The group went to the Muggle World and watched three movies together. Lin Xia personally cooked a hot pot meal that day.

The next day, she continued to go to the Muggle world to see what products were launched to facilitate life.

Magic is very convenient, and all her household appliances can be controlled by magic, but the models are too old, and Lin Xia likes to use the most cutting-edge models.

On the third day, she finally opened the Christmas gifts given to her by Harry, Ron and Hermione.

What Harry gave was a custom-made astronomical telescope. The magnification of the telescope was higher than the school's requirements, and the appearance of the telescope was beautiful and elegant, which was her favorite style.

Say it or not, Harry is still very considerate among his friends.

Ron sent oriental recipes that he found from nowhere. Lin Xia actually didn't understand. How could she, a pure oriental, read these recipes that were not as good as hers.

But this was his intention after all.

Lin Xia thought to herself that next time she could remind this little friend that her cooking skills are really good and she can also create her own dishes.

What Hermione sent was a set of books that she had read and found interesting.

Lin Xia looked at the book list and became interested, thinking that she could exchange books with Hermione.

Hermione's books were all miscellaneous books and did not involve any teaching content, so Lin Xia read them with great interest.

Hermione had carefully selected these books after reading them, and she had a very good taste in reading.

She also opened Christmas presents from Draco and Cedric.

Thank God, Draco finally didn't give her a broomstick, although Lin Xia suspected that it was because the latest version of the broomstick had not been released, so he didn't give it to her.

Draco gave a set of high-end magic cameras. Other clips can be inserted into the film and various editing adjustments can be made. This fulfilled Lin Xia's small dream of "I must make a movie about the magical world when I have time." wish.

Such high-end magic cameras have to be specially customized and are expensive.

Lin Xia seems to have a lot of money on hand, but in fact, he spends a lot of money doing research and is short of money all year round.

Even if you have money, you don't dare to spend it randomly.

What Cedric gave him was a copy of "Transformation Experience".

He knew that Lin Xia was going to compete for the Most Potential Newcomer Award of "Transfiguration Today", so he wrote about the tutoring he had received from Professor McGonagall and what he saw and heard when he went to the headquarters for the competition.

This is very helpful to Lin Xia. She can practice in advance during the winter vacation.

(End of this chapter)