Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 315: Dangers and Opportunities in the Researchers Association

The method of entry into the Researchers Association is quite unique.

The approach is similar to that of the reply letter.

Lin Xia put all the luggage into her traceless retractable ring, held the White Fairy in her arms, and finally kissed the sapphire dragon on the forehead to say goodbye to it, and then returned to her tent.

She first took out the jasmine scented candles, lavender candles, and golden osmanthus candles needed for the ceremony.

The candles are placed in a triangle shape, with the jasmine candle being the most prestigious, and they are lit one by one.

Amid the fragrance of flowers, she took out rose essential oil, cinnamon essential oil, and tea tree essential oil, dropped them on the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet respectively, and then spread them evenly.

When her body was most relaxed, Lin Xia began to turn around, making a different gesture with each turn, and chanting the relevant prayer blessing mantras of the Researchers Association.

Finally, she waved her wand and chanted the spell: "The phoenix is ​​reborn to explore and study the mysteries."

next second.

A black vortex appeared in the air, growing larger and larger, large enough to accommodate Lin Xia alone, and then froze.

Lin Xia looked at the vortex curiously, stood out of the triangle, and walked around it a few times, wanting to study it.

But suddenly, Lin Xia found that the whirlpool began to shrink. She no longer hesitated and walked in immediately.

A strong burst of daylight hit, and Lin Xia subconsciously closed her eyes.

The dizziness was not as she had imagined, nor was there any discomfort. Lin Xia simply closed her eyes, and when she felt she could open them again, she had arrived in a completely unfamiliar place.

This is a silvery-white space. Everywhere you look is dazzling white, as if there is not a trace of dust or dirt.

"Clean" was Lin Xia's first impression of this place.

"Too clean" was her second thought.

Going to extremes is not a good approach for anyone, anything, or anywhere.

"Welcome to the Researchers Association, dear Scholar Lin Xia."

Pun Skoggar's voice came.

Lin Xia looked up and found that he was standing not far away, wearing a black cloak that covered the body underneath. The skull looked elegant and handsome against the fluttering black hood.

Lin Xia:......

Even as a skeleton he can exude such charm, how popular was he before he became a skeleton?
This damn charm has nowhere to go!
Lin Xia thought, no matter how handsome Lockhart looked, he could never compare to the original appearance of this skeleton.

"Thank you for your invitation, Professor Poon."

The two hugged each other politely, and Puen said, "The last time I saw you on the Magic Bus, I thought you were extraordinary. Even a research lunatic like Anil has his eyes on you. I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon."

Lin Xia's expression remained unchanged: "A research maniac? Is Anil famous in the Researchers Association?"

Puen shook his head and said, "If it weren't for his enthusiasm for research, the Researchers Association would have killed a crazy researcher who had gone the wrong way. Keeping him alive is the last mercy of the Researchers Association."

The repeated mention of Anil is more like a warning than a discussion of the man himself.

Lin Xia said calmly: "I thought he joined the Researchers Association."

Puen smiled magnetically: "Lin Xia, our standards are not that low. People who only cling to past glory have no sense of innovation at all."

They walked out of the silver-white platform and reached some specific steps. The magic runes engraved on the steps would flash a white light, as if it was some kind of test and judgment.

When she reached the edge, Lin Xia saw many doors.

The element of "door" is very popular in the magical world.

Whether it is Hogwarts, Gringotts, or the current Researchers' Association, Lin Xia has the impression that there are "many doors".

Pun Skoggar led her to a door inlaid with skulls and said, "I am your guide. Come to my office first and I will introduce you to the Researchers Association."

Lin Xia has no objection.

After passing through the skeleton door, the light suddenly dimmed. Lin Xia blinked and quickly adapted to the light. She could see the scenes in the house clearly.

A dim chandelier hung from the ceiling, and the swaying light cast mottled shadows on the wall.

Professor Puhn transformed himself into a skeleton, and his office is decorated with skeleton elements.

There is an extra-large desk in one corner of the office.

It was made of some kind of large bone, with a long tail bone running across the edge from the tip of the tail on the left end, making Lin Xia think that it might be a dragon bone, or the bone of some kind of lizard.

On the table, there were some documents and parchments scattered around, and a skull on the left.

The skull was empty. When Lin Xia looked at it, a faint blue flame suddenly burst out of its eyes, as if it had come alive.

Lin Xia couldn't help but be startled.

On one side of the desk, there are densely packed bookshelves filled with yellowed books and scrolls, and some secrets seem to be hidden between the pages.

Lin Xia felt something strange and her eyes flickered slightly. These books gave her the same feeling as the banned books in the restricted area.

Although these books look normal and have not turned into anything.

Just behind the table, there was a huge world map, densely marked with many strange symbols and notes.

Below the map is a bronze globe that keeps rotating as if anchored at a certain coordinate.

Puen's voice sounded: "Sit down."

In this office, his voice is like having a stereo.

Lin Xia sat down subconsciously, and suddenly realized that she had just completed this action automatically and consciously without any awareness at all.

In other words, she accidentally did what Pun told her to do!

Hypnosis?

Lin Xia's heart trembled slightly, and he became secretly alert, while silently operating "Nine Heavens Mysterious Yang Secret Record: The Crucible".

Her body gradually felt a little warmer, which dispelled the invisible coldness that had gathered in the room and made her feel more at ease.

After Lin Xia sat down, she immediately glanced around with the corner of her eye.

She was in just a corner of the office.

This office is much wider than expected, probably because it uses various seamless retractable space technologies.

Suddenly, she saw a pile of skeletons placed in the corner. The skeletons were of different shapes and positions.

When she looked into their empty eye sockets, Lin Xia had a feeling that she was being stared at as well.

The skeletons and skulls that appeared in the office were definitely not ordinary things!

While she was thinking, Puen's voice also rang out: "Let me first introduce you to the Researchers Association. Here you only need to remember four words - [Research First]!
You can study the mysteries of life and death, and you can also gain insight into the puzzles of time and space. The Research Association will give you as much help as possible in the scene. "Lin Xia: "Help in the scene?"

There were "click, click" sounds coming from Pun's skull, as if it was smiling.

"Yes, if you want to study life and death, the Researchers Association can take you to a place where you can explore life and death. There, the traces of life and death are extremely obvious."

Lin Xia asked calmly: "What do I need to pay for this?"

Puen said appreciatively: "It is impossible to say that you don't need to make any contribution at all. You have to give back your research results to the association in proportion to the help the association gives you.

Don't worry, the Researchers' Association will not abuse your results. Generally, they will only provide them for internal communication. At the same time, if other people want to know your results, they will also need to pay something.

If your results are considered by the Researchers Association to be very suitable for promotion to the outside world, then you will get another research point from the association.

Research points are the universal currency of the Researchers Association. You need research points for everything here, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, as well as looking up information and applying for help from others."

A flash of orange-yellow flame flickered in Pun's empty eye sockets, which made him look less gloomy and terrifying, and even had a bit of "warm man" charm.

But Lin Xia did not relax, instead he was very alert.

"Lin Xia, you don't have to be so nervous. I just want to give you a suggestion. Try to get as many research points as possible in the Researchers Association."

Puen sensed her uneasiness and said in a gentle voice:

"You are a member formally invited by the Researchers Association to join. You have your own independent office with an introduction booklet. You can also ask the demon spirit, and it will answer all your questions."

Lin Xia felt that she was about to leave.

She lost no time and asked a question: "I am a member who was formally invited to join the association, but are there informal ones?"

Puen said without hesitation: "Of course, the Researchers Association is a holy place for researchers in the entire wizarding world, but we only select the best of the best.

Every member who is invited to join must have his or her strength recognized by 2/3 of the official members before being able to join.

In addition to the official members, there are many wizards who want to be our chores and assistants, and every year researchers select a group of them to join us."

Lin Xia couldn't help but ask, "Then the official members won't be eliminated?"

Puen looked at her calmly: "I really want to continue communicating with you, but Lin Xia, you have to leave now."

His skull made another "click, click" sound, and he said with some regret: "Our time for talking is over."

Lin Xia suddenly felt the space around her become distorted and her body felt squeezed, which made her stand up.

Then she saw that the scene in front of her was constantly distorting. Pun's head was twisted under his body, and the pile of skeletons in the distance seemed to be moving.

Suddenly, Lin Xia realized that it was not Pun who was twisted, but she!

The next moment, she returned to the silver-white space before.

Looking up, the platform I had come down from before has disappeared.

Looking around, all the doors that had appeared before had disappeared, leaving only an ordinary bronze door.

Suddenly, a mechanical voice sounded around: "Researcher Lin Xia, please go to your personal office."

Lin Xia couldn't help but ask: "Mo Ling, can I go somewhere else first?"

The demon spirit replied: "You can only activate other permissions if you go to the office first. You must first fully understand the association."

Lin Xia no longer hesitated and pushed open the bronze door in front of him.

……

After Lin Xia left, whispers were heard again in Puen's office.

All these sounds came from the pile of skeletons in the corner.

At the same time, ghost lights of different colors rose in the sky.

"It's rare to find a little witch who is not affected by Pun's charm. It seems that her resistance is very high."

"Hahaha, I said a long time ago that Punn's charm couldn't be cross-species. He turned himself into this, and the witches want to run away when they see him!"

"Come on, if your wife wasn't obsessed with Skeleton Punn, how could you have come here to do chores for him? In the end, you owed him so many research points that you had no choice but to sell your soul to him!"

One of the skeletons said regretfully: "I thought she could become one of us, but now it seems difficult. Pun has been alerted by the witch."

Pun didn't listen to the sour words of these skeletons, they were just a bunch of ants working for him.

However, he was somewhat surprised that Lin Xia was so resistant to his charm.

He lowered his head. There was a file on the table, which contained all of Lin Xia's information.

A flash of green flame flashed in his empty eye sockets, and stayed on the column of "Completely resist the evil god's whispers" for a long time.

Puen murmured to himself: "What a perfect material!"
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Lin Xia came to her office.

Her office is a very standard ordinary office room. The desk, chair and the wall behind her are all ordinary and simple.

Perhaps she had been staring at her office for a while, and the demon spirit sensed it, and asked:

"Researcher Lin Xia, are you dissatisfied with the decoration style of the office? You can spend some research points to modify the style."

A light blue screen appeared in front of her, with Lin Xia's photo and various data on it.

Lin Xia (Formal Researcher)

Identity: Hogwarts student, excellent student, Romanian non-staff dragon breeder, Babel's favorite, suspected heir to Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets

Research Points: 10

Research topic: None
The 10 points were given to Lin Xia by the Researchers Association just after he became a member. Since he was not sure whether the research points were difficult to obtain, Lin Xia did not plan to use them for the time being.

She focused on the "Identity" column and asked the demon spirit: "How was this information collected?
The demon spirit replied in a soft voice: "The resident spell of the Researchers Association is the Sage's Eye. This information was collected by the aftermath of the power of the Sage's Word as member information of the Researchers Association."

Lin Xia asked: "Does everyone know my identity?"

The demon said: "If a formal researcher does not have the permission, he cannot view the permissions of other formal researchers, except for law enforcers. But if law enforcers want to view it, they also need to be reviewed."

Lin Xia thought for a while and asked, "Can my identity be encrypted and protected?"

Monster: "It requires research points to upgrade, the minimum protection is 10 points, even law enforcers need to go through a more rigorous review before they can view it."

Lin Xia asked again: "If I do an experiment, do I need to use the research point?"

Monster: "The Researchers Association provides members with basic experimental equipment and related basic knowledge for free. If you need additional help, you need to use research points."

The light screen in front of Lin Xia changed again, listing various places that needed research.

(End of this chapter)