From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 179 Rumors and Halloween
The legend of the Chamber of Secrets once again began to spread in Hogwarts.

Although the statement that "the disturbance caused by two first-year students in the flying class was influenced by the call of the evil bird" has been conveyed to every student through the deans, there are always some smart people who question the authority of the professors.

They combined the two bloody incidents this semester with the Ministry of Magic's investigation team during the summer vacation, and finally came to a shocking conclusion - the Chamber of Secrets was opened again.

"Salazar Slytherin's heir will release the monster hidden in the Chamber of Secrets and purge all those who have tainted the wizarding bloodline in the entire castle!"

In the corridor, a Ravenclaw student with a sky blue lining in his robe lowered his voice and told the legend of the Chamber of Secrets in a heavy voice, trying to scare the younger students around him.

The Hufflepuff in the khaki lining shuddered and asked cautiously, "So...the two bloody incidents this semester were both done by the monster hiding in the Chamber of Secrets?"

"Of course." The senior Ravenclaw was pleased with their expressions.

"Then... why did I hear that it was the big black dog 'Ominous' who bit Filch, while the one that caused the fight between the two house students was the evil bird that could make people lose their minds?" asked another Ravenclaw student.

"Who told you that there is only one kind of monster hiding in the Chamber of Secrets?" asked the senior Ravenclaw with wide eyes.

"You mean, the Chamber of Secrets built by Slytherin is actually a zoo?" The Hufflepuff student was obviously a Muggle-born, and ordinary wizards would not know what the word "zoo" meant.

"What's a 'zoo'?" asked a junior Ravenclaw.

"It's a Muggle tourist facility filled with animals from all over the world. Muggle tourists take photos with them," explained the Hufflepuff student.

"Isn't that similar to the 'Magical Animal Breeding and Propagation Base' that has already been built?" asked a senior Ravenclaw.

"Not quite. Generally speaking, the animals kept in zoos are of no use to Muggles. They are only for viewing." said the Hufflepuff student.

"So... Slytherin secretly built a magical zoo in Hogwarts that can kill people?" said the senior Ravenclaw excitedly, "I like this idea!"

"I still don't believe there really is a monster in the Chamber of Secrets in Hogwarts." The junior Ravenclaw maintained his usual skepticism. "How can a monster live for a thousand years? Besides, Slytherin raises monsters to remove Muggle-borns who pollute the wizard bloodline in the castle, so why would a Slytherin student get hurt? This doesn't make sense at all."

"You don't know this!" It seems that the senior Ravenclaws were well prepared for this.

He looked around and made sure there were no professors in the corridor before he lowered his voice and said, "Because there are no pure bloods anymore! If wizards hadn't intermarried with Muggles, they would have been extinct long ago! The so-called pure-blooded twenty-eight holy families actually have several Muggle relatives. Those wizard families that cling to the pure-blood view have long since disappeared from the wizarding world!"

"So, the monster in the Chamber of Secrets will actually eliminate everyone in the castle! Including those members of Slytherin House!" The senior Ravenclaw's eyes flashed with an indescribable light as he spoke his final conclusion.

"Oh... I see." The junior Ravenclaw showed a look of sudden enlightenment, "That makes sense... No wonder those first-year Slytherin students were also attacked..."

The Hufflepuff students who had gathered around him immediately cried out in fear and couldn't help but huddle together and shrink.

"Don't... don't worry!" said a brave Hufflepuff. "He must be teasing us! Look, he's not afraid at all..."

"There's a reason why I'm not afraid! Look at what this is?" The senior Ravenclaw opened the inside of his robe, revealing three or five delicate little pendants hanging on it.

"This is... the Dragon Tooth Amulet!" The lower-grade Ravenclaw recognized it immediately and exclaimed.

"You're quite knowledgeable!" A senior Ravenclaw turned up his nose. "This is my grandmother's baby tooth. It's said to be an Australian white-eyed dragon's milk tooth. Even though it's just a baby tooth, dragons are the most powerful among all magical creatures. The monsters in the Chamber of Secrets can distinguish their scents, so they'll stay away from me!"

"Sell me one!" the junior Ravenclaw said decisively. "You have so many. How about ten silvers?"

"Not for sale." The senior Ravenclaw closed his robes immediately. "This is an heirloom!"

"One Galleon?" asked the junior Ravenclaw anxiously. "We are from the same house!"

The senior Ravenclaw had a conflicted look on his face and said through gritted teeth, "Okay... then one gold Galleon... I'm selling it so cheaply because we're both Ravenclaws."

The junior Ravenclaw took out a gold Galleon, and the senior Ravenclaw gave him a "Dragon Tooth Amulet".

The money and goods have been exchanged, and there is no deception on anyone.

Seeing the two were about to leave like this, a group of Hufflepuffs quickly grabbed the senior Ravenclaw, while the junior Ravenclaw who bought the Dragon's Tooth Amulet first disappeared without a trace.

"Wait, wait!" said a brown-haired male student, "Sell one to us too! We want one too!"

"Just one?" The senior Ravenclaw was a little dumbfounded. The two of them had been playing a duet for so long not just for a mere gold Galleon.

"Right!" said the brown-haired Hufflepuff. "We always act as a team, so we only need one amulet. The monster in the Chamber of Secrets might mistake all of us for a full-grown dragon!"

The badgers beside him also nodded: "You have no idea how many Honeydukes candies you can buy with one gold galleon!"

"Okay... just one." With a reluctant look, the senior Ravenclaw took out a dragon tooth amulet from his robe. But as soon as he got the gold galleon, he said in the fastest tone, "This is an heirloom, no return or exchange!"

Then he quickly disappeared into the corridor.

Only the Hufflepuff students were left, who seemed much more at ease with the amulet.

The two Ravenclaws met again at the corner of the corridor.

The senior student complained, "You only bought one! What a waste of my breath."

The junior student consoled him, "One is not bad. Our cost is almost zero anyway."

"Hi..." Someone suddenly greeted quietly, startling both of them.

They looked back and saw Neville in a red lined robe.

"Can you sell me that dragon tooth amulet?"

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Halloween has arrived as rumors are flying everywhere.

As in previous years, the giant pumpkin planted by Hagrid was carved into the shape of a ghost, a group of bats and many orange streamers spewing flames were flying in the hall, and the festive atmosphere reached its climax when the Skeleton Dance Troupe appointed by Dumbledore came on stage. Everyone in the hall was shouting and the horror atmosphere created by the bloodshed and the legend of the Chamber of Secrets seemed to dissipate in laughter in an instant.

Besides Harry, Ron and Hermione.

"Think of your promise, Harry!" said Hermione bossily. "You promised yourself to go to the Deathday party."

So the three of them walked through the foyer leading to the auditorium, through the thick festive atmosphere, away from the sweet pumpkin pie and festive food, and headed towards the basement classroom.

"This is not the way to the auditorium." Ivy had just returned from the map secret room and he went to feed Norbeta.

The bad-tempered dragon's appetite was getting bigger and bigger. If it weren't for the Philosopher's Stone, Ivy really couldn't afford to feed it. "Oh! Ivy." Harry looked up at his Slytherin friend who had suddenly grown a lot taller. He still remembered the revenge for not saving him on the train.

"We are going to attend the Deathday party." Hermione was in high spirits. It was a rare experience to attend a party where all the guests were ghosts.

"Understood." Ivy took out his wand and tapped the three men's shoulders, turning their robes into thick fur cloaks.

"What's this for?" Ron couldn't help but rub his face against the soft fur and asked.

"Trust me, this will be very useful." Ivy glanced at the bulge in Ron's pocket and replied with a smile, "Also, I suggest you pack some food for the banquet. Food for the dead is not for the living."

The three of them looked at each other, and all felt that attending the death anniversary party was obviously an abrupt decision.

"No need...we're just going to take a look around and we'll be back to the party soon..." Harry hardened his heart and led his two friends down the stairs leading to the dungeon.

During this period, Ivy has specially prepared a 4th-level prophecy spell for Peter Pettigrew - the creature locating spell.

Locate creature lasts for up to one hour, during which time the caster can continue to sense the creature targeted by the spell, as long as the distance between them is no more than 1000 feet.

The target creature can be a large group of species, such as a unicorn, in which case it will target the individual closest to the caster.

Or it may be a specific target that the caster is familiar with, as defined by having seen it at least once within 30 feet.

Note, however, that if there is a line of flowing water at least 10 feet wide blocking the direct path between the target and the caster, the spell's targeting effect is negated.

The only body of water in Hogwarts that can make the Creature Locating Spell ineffective is the Black Lake, so as long as the spell fails, Ivy needs to cast the Creature Locating Spell again on the other side of the Black Lake.

Ivy plans to use Peter Pettigrew to find Voldemort.

Although Voldemort's Horcruxes have been gradually decreasing, as long as his real body is still hiding in the Black Forest, it cannot be considered as eradicating the entire system.

Ivy is not a person who likes to leave any chances to his opponents. Not only does he want to destroy all of Voldemort's Horcruxes, he even plans to use his soul and body to create a magical weapon.

He has already chosen the shape, which is called - the chattering head.

The Snap-Mouth Skull is a pale skull that was created using black magic and can move and speak freely. It retains the magical knowledge of the skull's owner, making it a very valuable research partner.

This is something Ivy found from a black magic book called "Book of the Dead". In fact, the name of this book can also be translated as "Book of the Dead". The pages seem to be made of human skin, and the human skin is bound together with very sharp bones. The binding thread is the hair of the dead, and the text is written with some kind of foul-smelling dirty blood as ink.

It looked so evil that Ivy only flipped through one page before using Scholar's Touch to finish reading it. But the knowledge hidden in the book was indeed very interesting.

The skull made with black magic will gain the power to move freely, but it is still subject to its maker. Although it retains all the magical knowledge of its life, the broken mouth skull has nothing to do with the brain that was once installed in it. Its consciousness is made up of the master's black magic, so there is no need to worry about it betraying.

However, the Book of the Dead also states that for some unknown reason, all Chatterbox heads are extremely talkative, stubborn, and chatterbox, which is why they are named "Chatterbox".

In addition to the Snap-Mouth Skull, the Book of the Dead also records another very interesting black magic creation - the Crawling Hand.

In short, the raw material of the Crawling Hand is the human hand, whether it is a hand made up of several different fingers sewn together, a skeleton hand with only bones left, or a bloody palm that has just been chopped off, it can be used to make this black magic creation.

Ivy thinks that the shape of this thing is like the "little thing" that appears in the Gothic movie "The Addams Family" and the spin-off series "Wednesday", a reptile that uses five fingers to walk on the ground.

It can help turn pages, pass things and paint nails. If the owner uses magic to give it the ability to fly, it will look like a wizard's hand that will never disappear.

However, Ivy already had a convenient spell like the Mage's Hand, so there was no need to create another similar thing. On the contrary, the Broken Mouth Head, which had all the knowledge of its original owner, was much more useful. The "Book of the Rule of Monsters" created by Ivy had already fully demonstrated the value of what was in Voldemort's mind, and that was only one-seventh of his soul.

The Chatterbox, who possesses all the knowledge of Voldemort's main soul, would be a good helper.

While Ivy was arranging Voldemort's funeral in her mind, she put a piece of tender lamb chop into her mouth.

The food at the Halloween dinner was much more exquisite than the daily meals at Hogwarts. Although Ivy also ate special meals provided by the house-elves on a daily basis, it did not prevent him from praising the delicious taste of the festive dishes.

The table shook and the pumpkin juice in the cup spilled out.

Ivy turned his head and seemed to feel that the whole castle shook.

boom.

A muffled sound was heard, but it was not Ivy's illusion.

Then came the third tone, the fourth tone...

The muffled sound seemed to occur at the same frequency, and all the teachers and students in the auditorium felt it.

Dumbledore stood up at the guest of honor seat, but he shook with the ground and was unable to finish his words.

Now all the students began to panic. Some of them screamed and stood up, but were frightened by the sudden shaking and fell to the ground.

Someone crawled directly under the table, but was hit on the head by the food that fell from the table.

"Silence!" Dumbledore's voice echoed in the Great Hall. "Everyone stay where you are!"

Fortunately, just as he finished saying this, the muffled sound and vibration suddenly stopped.

"Secret Chamber...Heir..." Ivy heard someone whispering.

"The prefects of each college should count the number of students in each college and tell me who did not come to the Halloween dinner!" Dumbledore gave his instructions.

Before the senior took any action, Snape sneered and said, "Potter and his two lackeys, it's obvious."

"It cannot be proved that they are involved in this matter." Professor McGonagall was obviously unhappy. It was not known whether it was because of Snape's words or because there were indeed three Gryffindors who did not attend the dinner.

"The sound seems to come from underground...we should go and take a look." Professor Flitwick suggested.

"Okay. The prefects will organize the students to go back to the common room. The house-elves will deliver the unfinished food there." Dumbledore gave the order again, "Minerva, Severus, you go down to the underground to take a look. Pomona, Filius, I leave this place to you."

Ivy winked at the Slytherin female prefect who was maintaining order, then used the Disillusionment Charm to catch up with the three professors.

Norberta was staying underground, so he had to go and see her anyway. It would not be good if the professors found out that he kept a dragon in the castle.

(End of this chapter)