Hogwarts: I'm the only cultivator here!

"Cedric Diggory, a champion of Hogwarts, and... Wind Leaf!"

"Clap clap clap..."

A round of enthusiastic applause erupted as the two names were announced, but it was clear that the smiles on the faces of the students from the other two schools were not as bright as before, since their schools only had one participant, while Hogwarts had three!

If their school's chances of winning are only one in six, then Hogwarts' chances of winning are a terrifying one in two!

However, the other two schools and the Ministry of Magic had no objections, because they had already realized that if Dumbledore hadn't tampered with the paper with names written on it and burned it, Hogwarts would have had a terrifying number of participants, not just three, but more than twenty.

As for the claim that Ye Feng and his friends cheated because they weren't old enough, Ye Feng actually squeezed his way to the Goblet of Fire in front of everyone and threw his name in. After Ye Feng, many others tried various methods, and neither Dumbledore nor anyone else stopped them.

In other words, it was actually tacitly approved. It was just that they were too incompetent to cross the age line drawn by Dumbledore and put their names into the Goblet of Fire. Therefore, although Ye Feng and his friends were elected, no one came out to say that he cheated or anything, because Ye Feng did not cheat; he squeezed in by force.

After Ye Feng and Cedric left, Barty, the representative of the Ministry of Magic, brought up the trophy representing the Goblet of Fire. Meanwhile, during Dumbledore's impassioned speech, Ye Feng and the others entered the waiting room. As for any worries...

If it were the Dumbledore from the original series, he might have worried about Voldemort causing trouble, but now, Dumbledore says that if Voldemort dares to come, he will show him what a White Lord and... the real Dark Lord are all about!

Chapter 240 I don't care who you are, I'll deal with you if you dare to lay a hand on me.

Why was Dumbledore willing to sacrifice himself in the original series? The reason is actually quite simple: his strength was insufficient to completely eliminate Voldemort. Furthermore, he was already quite old, while Voldemort was relatively young and possessed numerous Horcruxes. Dumbledore understood that he was powerless to completely destroy Voldemort.

But now, after doing exercises with him for three years, learning Ye Feng's simplified magic cultivation method, and possessing numerous talismans, Dumbledore, who led Hogwarts students in the Battle of Hogwarts, says that Voldemort has several divisions.

Therefore, not only Dumbledore, but even Headmaster McGonagall and the others were not worried at all about Harry's safety, even when the Death Eaters caused a ruckus in the Quidditch match not long ago and displayed Voldemort's sign.

Since they weren't worried about the Triwizard Tournament at all, Dumbledore and the others went back to rest after it ended. Ye Feng didn't take it to heart at all. As for Voldemort... he couldn't wait for Voldemort to be resurrected. In fact, if he wasn't afraid of arousing Voldemort's suspicion, Ye Feng would personally draw a vial of Harry's blood and give it to him.

"Yeah, why don't we find an excuse to draw a vial of Harry's blood and give it to Voldemort, so he won't be scheming to get Harry out of Hogwarts all the time."

Although Voldemort had already tested the feasibility of Ye Feng's Grimoire before his actual resurrection, Ye Feng felt it was better to be safe. After all, there was a difference between a true resurrection and not a true resurrection, so if possible, Ye Feng was willing to lend a hand in Voldemort's resurrection.

The next day, before dawn, Ye Feng was woken up by Ron in a hurry. The reason for waking him up was simple: a reporter from the Daily Prophet was coming to interview them that day, so they needed to get up early to get ready for a newspaper cover photo.

Ye Feng, who had been woken up by Ron, glanced at the sky outside the window and immediately went back to bed. Ron and Harry, who had been pulled over with him, rushed to Ye Feng's bedside. While trying to pull Ye Feng up, they excitedly said, "That's a reporter from the Daily Prophet! You're going to be in the newspaper and seen by the entire wizarding world. Aren't you excited at all?"

Ye Feng: (_ _)( - . - )(~O~)……( - . - )

"Even if he's the King of Heaven, he'll have to wait until I wake up before we talk."

“Now it’s her turn to interview us, to take pictures of us, and to create buzz and attract traffic for them, not the other way around. So… let her wait.” After saying this, Ye Feng lay back down on the bed and pulled the blanket over his head, showing no intention of getting up.

Although Ron and Harry didn't quite understand what Ye Feng meant, they roughly grasped the meaning and found his words exceptionally reasonable. Therefore…

"Mr. Cedric, can you tell me where your other two champions from Hogwarts are? Why haven't we seen them yet at this hour?"

Cedric: (￣ω￣;)

"They...should...probably...arrive soon."

Rita: "What do you mean by 'should be, might be, almost there'? Do they even know what day it is today? This is the day you six warriors are being interviewed, the day other wizards in the magical world get to know you, and they've made us wait here for over an hour and they still haven't arrived. They have absolutely no sense of time."

Cedric: (￣ェ￣;)

“Ms. Rita, you can just tell us this, but please don’t say it in front of Ye Feng. His personality is a little… different from others, yes, different from others.”

Rita: "Oh? Now that you mention it, I've suddenly become very interested in this student named Ye Feng. Perhaps I could do an interview with him or something."

While Cedric and the others were waiting in the 'waiting area', Ye Feng and Harry were slowly walking over while eating their breakfast.

A few minutes later…

"Oh, you're all here! I didn't expect you to arrive so early. Have you had breakfast? If not, would you like some?" As he spoke, Ye Feng handed Cedric and the others a piece of fried dough wrapped in oil paper, which hadn't been touched yet.

"Oh! You must be Ye Feng? I didn't expect you to be such a handsome Asian guy."

“I’m Rita Skeeter, a reporter for the Daily Prophet, which you all certainly know, but you’re not very well-known, especially you. Would you be interested in talking to me privately afterwards? I’d like to get to know you better, and perhaps we could do an exclusive interview.”

As Rita spoke, she walked up to Ye Feng with great interest. While talking, she looked Ye Feng up and down and even reached out to pinch his face. This made Ye Feng frown and instantly take out his wand to stop her outstretched hand.

"I don't like older women touching me, especially those who are arrogant and have no manners at all."

Rita froze instantly when her hand was pressed against the wand, her confident smile freezing on her face.

As a reporter for the Daily Prophet, she had never been treated like this before.

It's fair to say that wherever she goes, people give her some face; they wouldn't treat her like an honored guest, but they certainly wouldn't dare offend her. But Ye Feng? Not only did he pull out his wand the moment she reached out, but he also actually called her an old woman!

Where is she old? Although she is a bit older than Ye Feng and the others, she is only around thirty years old now, and she is quite confident in her appearance and figure. She may not be a great beauty known throughout the magic world, but she is definitely one of the top beauties.

Ye Feng's words directly broke her defenses. Although she still wore a smile, her eyes were filled with rage. Because of her anger, Rita didn't retract her outstretched hand. Instead, she pushed Ye Feng's wand forward, determined to grab his face.

"All petrified!"

Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

If it were someone else, they might not have dared to use magic, and in the end, Rita successfully grabbed their face with a forceful attitude. But who is Ye Feng? He's the one who blew up the roof of Hogwarts in the first semester and was completely unharmed.

So when Rita stubbornly resisted the magic wand and tried to reach out, Ye Feng didn't hold back at all and directly petrified her.

Harry and Cedric knew Ye Feng fairly well, so while they were a little surprised by what they saw, they weren't too taken aback. The others, however, were completely stunned by what they saw, because Rita was a reporter for the Daily Prophet!

Ye Feng actually dared to use Petrify on a reporter from the Daily Prophet right here at Hogwarts! This is practically the biggest news in the wizarding world this year! Perhaps tomorrow we'll see the headline in the Daily Prophet: "Shocking! Why were Hogwarts Triwizard Tournament contestants imprisoned in Azkaban?"

Chapter 241: The same lineage

"Mr. Ye Feng, could you please explain why you used the petrification attack on Ms. Rita?"

Ye Feng: (▼へ▼メ)

"She tried to grab my face without my permission, and even after I warned her, she didn't stop. Instead, she forcefully reached out her hand against my outstretched wand."

"Her complete disregard for my warnings has severely insulted my self-esteem and dignity. In order to protect my self-esteem and dignity, I have no choice but to use petrification to stop her outrageous behavior."

Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, Dumbledore turned his gaze to Barty, the representative of the Ministry of Magic standing beside him.

Sensing Dumbledore's gaze, Barty first glanced at Harry and the other three, then fixed his gaze on Rita, who had been saved by a magical potion.

"Ms. Rita, is what Mr. Ye Feng said true? You really reached out and grabbed him without his permission, and you didn't give up even after being warned?"

Rita: (╬◣д◢)

“Even so, he shouldn’t have attacked me with a petrification spell directly, right? I just wanted to pinch his cheek. If he didn’t want to dodge, that would have been fine. Why did he have to attack me with magic?” Rita turned to Dumbledore and said sharply, “Is this how Hogwarts teaches its students? Students can use offensive magic at will in school.”

“I think the outside world is very interested in the situation at Hogwarts, and I feel I need to give other people in the wizarding world a proper introduction to the mysterious Hogwarts in their eyes.”

Dumbledore: ￣へ￣

“Ms. Rita, may I take this as a threat?” As he spoke, Dumbledore drew his wand.

!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

Dumbledore's action startled everyone, and Rita's face turned pale instantly.

Dumbledore was hailed as the strongest person in the wizarding world, a figure feared even by mysterious figures who dared not utter his name. So when Dumbledore put on a stern face and pulled out his wand, the others panicked instantly. It was at this moment that they finally understood why Ye Feng had pulled out his wand directly; it turned out there was a 'legacy' involved.

Seeing that Dumbledore was 'angry', Barty and Headmistress McGonagall quickly stepped forward to stop him. The female reporter Rita immediately changed her mind and apologized, saying, "Your Excellency Headmaster Dumbledore, you have misunderstood. What I want to say is that I will definitely report the matter of Hogwarts and the five contestants truthfully and fairly, and will absolutely not mix in any personal emotions or speculations."

Hearing Rita's apology, Dumbledore finally calmed down and put away his wand, much to the relief of the others.

After putting away his wand, Dumbledore turned to Ye Feng and said, "Although it was Ms. Rita who forcibly tried to pinch your face without your consent, it was wrong of you to use Petrify All on her directly. You should have used a control spell like the Stop Charm, not an offensive one."

"So, Mr. Ye Feng, I'm punishing you by making you copy the Hogwarts school rules three times. Do you have any objections?"

Ye Feng: (キ｀?Д??)!!

Three times!!!

Dumbledore: [?ヘ??]

"Three times, is that too many?"

Upon hearing Dumbledore's words, Ye Feng immediately became anxious. He quickly said, "Headmaster Dumbledore, do you know how much thicker the Hogwarts rules are now compared to before? Three times, are you expecting me to copy them until the Triwizard Tournament is over?"

Dumbledore: (?_?)

"What does that have to do with me? And don't you have any idea why the school rules have become so thick?"

Ye Feng: (。oˇ?ˇo。)

Under Dumbledore's 'authoritarian' rule, even though Ye Feng argued his case, he only managed to get the rule to be copied twice. The other two schools, the Ministry of Magic, and Rita secretly grumbled as they watched the two arguing and even quoting classical texts over how many times to copy the rules. However, after seeing the rules of Hogwarts, they realized they had missed out on Dumbledore.

This punishment is more like lifting high and then gently putting down; it's like lifting high and then slamming down hard. The Hogwarts school rules are almost as thick as all the books in their grade combined. If they have to copy them twice by hand, it would probably take them three to five days to finish.

At this point, Rita felt better. She happily took a group photo of Ye Feng and the others. However, just as she stepped forward and instinctively reached out to pinch and pat Furong's face, she made eye contact with Ye Feng, who was standing next to Furong on her right and had his hand on the chair Furong was sitting in.

It was this eye contact that made Rita freeze, and then she awkwardly withdrew her hand.

"A group of five with extraordinary charm, you're the juiciest news! What stories lie beneath those rosy cheeks? What secrets are hidden in those strong muscles? Is courage hidden in those curly hair? And what are those dark eyes gazing at?"

"I think my loyal readers are very curious, so who wants to go first?"

After a moment's thought, Rita, completely ignoring what had happened, looked at Harry. Although she had originally wanted to interview Ye Feng, Ye Feng's direct pulling out of his wand and Dumbledore's protective behavior made her quite wary. So, in the end, she focused her attention on Harry. As for Ye Feng…

If asking about his name, age, country of origin, why he came to Hogwarts to study, and why he participated in the Goblet of Fire counts as an interview, then he should be considered to have been interviewed by Rita.

As for the claim that her stenographer has its own ideas, the stenographer says, "I dare not move, I really dare not move."

The Daily Prophet was published soon, but the vast majority of the article was about Harry. As for Ye Feng and the other three, they were only given basic information such as their names, schools, and houses, which took up only a small corner of the page.

Of course, Rita's actions were perfectly normal and correct, because Harry's fame in the wizarding world far surpassed theirs. Compared to Ye Feng and his group, the rest of the wizarding world was more interested in seeing reports about Harry, after all, there was only one Immortal Boy in the world who survived being poisoned by Avada Kedavra.

The infamous Undead Boy participated in this year's Triwizard Tournament at the age of 'twelve,' and the Death Eaters caused trouble at this year's Quidditch World Cup, with the appearance of Voldemort's signature mark. All of this combined is definitely explosive news, so it's understandable that the Daily Prophet would do this in order to boost newspaper sales and attract more readers.

The Daily Prophet didn't have much of an impact on Ye Feng or Harry. They continued to attend classes and sleep as usual, because the Triwizard Tournament was still in preparation, but it was almost ready.

The reason is simple: when Ye Feng went to the Forbidden Forest to find materials, he 'accidentally' saw Ron's brother help transport several large boxes. Unfortunately, there were quite a few guards, otherwise Ye Feng felt that he could definitely collect a lot of good materials.

Chapter 242 Ye Feng: Things from the Forbidden Forest are Easy to Pick Up

"This is the thing for the first competition? It seems a bit low-class. And I seem to remember that the thing in the movie was chained up. This is not difficult at all. If you let it go completely, it would be a bit difficult."

"I just don't know if, after killing the dragon during the match, it will be considered my spoils of war."

Looking at the dragons not far away, Ye Feng muttered to himself. Perhaps sensing the deep malice from this side, the dragons that were making a ruckus suddenly quieted down, leaving the guards watching over them completely bewildered.

Ye Feng: Huh? [?_??]

Seeing that the dragons had quieted down, Ye Feng was slightly surprised. Then he directly applied invisibility talismans, silence talismans, snow-treading talismans, wall-penetrating talismans, and unidirectional energy talismans (to blend himself with the environment). Finally, he took out a sharp pair of scissors and a syringe as thick as an arm, made of fine steel.

"Now everything is ready, you just need to rest." As he spoke, Ye Feng tucked the syringe under his armpit, then used his free hand to take out his wand and waved it gently.

Sweet dreams~