Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 144 A first taste of alchemy

Ron and Harry didn't expect that there was anyone else in the bedroom. Mikel hadn't been moving with them recently and was silent every day.

Ron said with some embarrassment: "Mikel, didn't you come home for Easter?"

Mikel said "Yeah", "It's too far away, so I didn't go back. Instead, it was you. What happened to the fire dragon exploding gold coins?"

Harry thought about it and felt that there was nothing he couldn't say about it, so he told him about Gringotts.

Mikel had a solemn expression on his face and asked Ron: "Does Gringotts hold activities during Easter?"

Ron said "Uh", "It's not just Easter, there are also activities on other holidays. You were not born in the UK, so you don't understand."

Mikel did not pay attention to the follow-up of the "Fire Dragon Exploding Gold Coins" incident. He was more concerned about the incident itself, which simply refers to the existence of such a thing.

His expression changed for a while, and he continued to read with his head lowered.

Harry and Ron quietly went on a night out. When they went outside, Ron talked about Mikel's changes.

Seeing this scene, Lin Xia did not choose to sacrifice anymore.

Therefore, after obtaining the key, she did not alchemy immediately. Instead, she used all the learning points given to her by Mr. Ollivander to exchange for basic books and study on her own first.

"Have you ever thought he was acting strange lately?"

The scale of fate on her wrist was hot. Lin Xia finally remembered who TM Riddle was. Wasn't this the name of Voldemort when he was young?

Encountering Voldemort-related items again, she summoned the Scales of Destiny without hesitation and made a sacrifice!

Without hesitation, the right end where the little white cat was was rose rapidly, almost reaching the vertical line.

But something went wrong with this sacrifice.

Originally, the learning speed could be faster.

Harry nodded, "He has become like Hermione and loves to read."

Now that the progress of the natural magic wand has been delayed, Lin Xia has time to go out and do other things to see if he can draw parallels and trigger new inspirations.

This diary is too powerful and contains other secrets. Maybe she can decipher the secret first.

Alchemy is a very advanced subject, and you need to learn a lot of basic knowledge before you can try alchemy.

But she has a lot of things to do every day, especially the [Natural Wand] where she needs to read a lot of data, so she wasted some time.

She put the diary on the other side, took out the secret key of the Alchemist Association, and swiped the card to learn.

After her daily practice, she first took out her diary.

She actually couldn't use solo sacrifice!
In other words, this item is not yet completely at her disposal.

It took Lin Xia nearly two months to learn all the basic knowledge before he dared to try alchemy for the first time.

Ron: "No, that's not what I mean."

On the other side, Lin Xia returned to the golden wooden house.

Lin Xia tried another sacrifice mode, placing the diary on the scale on the left, and the little white cat stood on the scale on the right.

But when asked to tell him the specific reason, he couldn't.

When she tried alchemy for the first time, the entry-level work Lin Xia chose was the most basic and simple "Guardian Talisman".

The guardian talisman only requires one rune, which can be made directly on the talisman. It is said to be an alchemy product, rather than a drawing talisman.

Although it is the least difficult alchemy item, it has always been a best-seller in the wizarding world. Some people say that the guardian talisman can prevent evil spells, evil intentions, bad luck... there are many theories.

Lin Xia also wore a guardian talisman, but maybe because Hogwarts was too safe, her guardian talisman never worked once.

But for some people, it is quite useful. For example, Neville wears many guardian talismans. He says every day that if the guardian talismans were not there, his toads, textbooks, and homework would be lost.

Every night when he went back to his dormitory, he would remember at the last moment what he was missing.

However, Lin Xia believes that this simple guardian talisman can only protect small things. Once a person suffers too much malice and bad luck, he will still be unlucky when he should be unlucky.

Lin Xia calmed down, lit an incense stick for herself, picked up the yellow paper and a brush, and began to draw the talisman.

There are many basic runes in alchemy, and the guardian rune is a relatively complex rune, but it only needs to be carved into the rune, and it is a usable alchemical product.

Unlike other basic runes, the combination must be repeated many times to form an effective alchemical rune.

In Lin Xia's eyes, alchemy is the combination of craftsmanship and magic, rather than the ingenious application and transformation of runes.

But compared to pure drawing of talismans, alchemy also requires some additional external forces, which is a bit like a combination of talismans and weapon refining.

No wonder so few people become alchemists, after all, few people can have talents in both.

The first guardian talisman failed.

The second guardian talisman failed.

The third guardian talisman, success.

……

Lin Xia concentrated on it and spent two hours making a lot of guardian talismans. She counted 10 of them that were successful and 30 that were failed. The probability of success was 4/1.

Barely enough to break even.

Lin Xia thought to herself: If the family's financial resources are not strong enough, I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand the burning of money.

She collected all the guardian talismans and planned to take some time to continue working on them tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, reaching the minimum amount required for collecting items at Hogwarts and receiving the mission rewards.

This mission issued by Hogwarts does not provide door-to-door collection. You have to go to a special collection point to ship the goods.

But she was in Hogwarts, and the nearest collection point was the newly opened grocery store on campus, which was quite convenient.

By the time she finished all her work, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. When she was about to take a rest, the diary suddenly opened automatically on the table without any wind.

Lin Xia did not ignore it because it was too conspicuous, and the sound of turning the page was very clear, as if it was deliberately heard.

Lin Xia's eyes moved slightly and she walked over. There was already a line written in her diary:

[Hello, I am Tom Riddle, are you a student at Hogwarts? ]
The handwriting was very new, as if it had just been written. Lin Xia was a little confused as to where the ink for this notebook came from.

She stared at it silently, saying nothing.

[I was also a student at Hogwarts, you should call me senior]
This sentence automatically appeared in the notebook.

She still didn't speak, nor did she make any move.

After a while, another sentence was written in the diary:

[I know you are wary of me, but please don’t worry, I don’t have any intentions towards you. I have always stayed in my diary. I haven’t talked to anyone for a long time. I am very happy to meet you]
Lin Xia's eyes flashed with interest. She dipped her quill in ink and wrote a sentence.

[Nice to meet you, Tom Riddle, my name is Lin Xia, good night]
A sentence soon appeared in the diary:

[Good night]
(End of this chapter)