Being at Hogwarts, something's not right with this system.

As an innate spiritual treasure, the Qiankun Creation Bottle's functions naturally extend beyond what Lin Yu himself has realized; those are merely the abilities he can utilize as a 'partner'.

In fact, the capacity of the innate spiritual treasure did not recognize him as its master at all.

Moreover, this Qiankun Creation Bottle has been inexplicably sealed, preventing the use of its full power. Even the spiritual spring well within it has been sealed, allowing Lin Yu to receive only three drops of spiritual liquid each month.

Lin Yu was speechless and complained, "That's too stingy. Do you believe I'll kiss you?"

The Creation Bottle of Heaven and Earth: "...I can give you three drops first, as this month's. Isn't it the end of the month? I can give you another three drops soon, take it or leave it. If you piss me off, I'll vanish into the void."

Lin Yu felt a sense of unease. How did it know it was the end of October? It really was the end of the month!

And since it has a spirit, does it know how it came to be? Where did it come from before? And how much does it know?

Lin Yu fell silent.

The Bottle of Creation and Transformation...

"Alright, I can give you four drops of spirit liquid, and a maximum of four drops per month. Kid, don't be ungrateful; some things are better left unknown. And tell your system, does it really think it knows about its little tricks that it thinks it can pull off?"

It wasn't that the Qiankun Creation Bottle didn't want to mention its divine father, but rather that Lin Yu simply couldn't hear it.

There are certain things that, if you tell someone they haven't reached that level of understanding, they won't hear you.

Even if something is right in front of him, he cannot see or touch it; it is not in the same realm, level, or dimension.

The system huddled in a corner, trembling with fear.

So it was discovered after all?

Is God going to deal with it? Or throw it back into the factory for reprocessing?

No.

"Alright," Lin Yu finally relented, agreeing to the 'cooperation' with the Qiankun Creation Bottle.

In fact, Lin Yu knew that the system had a mysterious origin, but what was hidden behind it was not something he could ask about at the moment.

Lin Yu is still too weak right now, and his goal is to improve his strength as soon as possible.

Even if the system is using him, it's not the current him; he's not qualified yet.

But what will he face when he is finally qualified?

We can only take it one step at a time.

Lin Yu put everything away, looking somewhat worried because of something. He even casually put the four drops of spiritual liquid into a glass bottle, planning to deal with it later.

Even the joy of successfully establishing one's foundation was tempered by certain events.

Lin Yu first tidied up the discarded spirit stones, planning to throw them away at Black Lake when he had some free time.

(Merkus: You little brat.)

He turned and opened the door to the Room of Requirement. He first used his spiritual sense to see if anyone was outside before walking out and returning to the Gryffindor common room.

As soon as Lin Yu entered, Hermione hugged him tightly.

She had been waiting for him.

"How did it go? Did it work?" Hermione hugged Lin Yu before looking up to ask about his progress.

Lin Yu smiled and nodded, saying, "Not only did I successfully advance to the tenth level, but I also directly received the reward and reached the Great Perfection. Moreover, I also established my Foundation."

Hermione was immediately happy for Lin Yu and did not think he was selfish at all.

Besides, that was a reward that Lin Yu himself obtained through system tasks.

Not to mention Hermione only thinks about Lin Yu.

But Lin Yu immediately added, "Let's take advantage of this time and help you complete your Foundation Establishment as well."

It's unclear how much time has passed since Lin Yu left, but the public rest area is now dimly lit, as everyone else has gone to rest.

It's clearly time for curfew.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Lin Yu pulled Hermione away from the lounge again and opened the small door to the Room of Requirement once more.

"Do you still have spirit stones?" Hermione asked curiously.

Then they saw Lin Yu scatter spirit stones all over the ground again, and there were hundreds of thousands of them, far exceeding the previous amount of more than 200,000.

"How come there are so many?" Hermes was incredulous.

Lin Yu smiled and said that he had specifically asked the system for the reward, which amounted to a full one million low-grade spirit stones.

Hermione's mouth was agape, and even her shocked expression was adorable.

Lin Yu asked Hermione to find a seat, and then began to draw the array. However, when he was inscribing the array, he deliberately left an empty space for himself in the corner of the room.

Unlike Hermione, he had to stay by her side to keep an eye on things, because if the spiritual energy was insufficient at a crucial moment, he would have to throw in more spirit stones to ensure that Hermione could successfully establish her foundation.

Once everything was ready, the Grade 3 Spirit Gathering Array took effect.

Lin Yu said, "Let's begin now."

He has already shared his foundation-building insights with Hermione. Now, Hermione only needs to follow the steps of the cultivation method and absorb the spiritual energy of all the spirit stones to smoothly raise her cultivation level to the Great Perfection.

With her equally remarkable innate sacred body and Dao embryo, as well as the same supreme Dao technique, Devouring Heaven Divine Art, she would naturally be able to successfully establish her foundation.

Sure enough, a few hours later, when Hermione opened her eyes again, she had become a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Moreover, she still had many spirit stones left, and the spiritual energy was completely swept away by the two of them.

"How do you feel?" Lin Yu stepped forward, tossing the waste stones into his Qiankun Ring so they could be thrown into the Black Lake later, before approaching Hermione.

Hermione laughed and said, "Is this the Foundation Establishment stage? It feels completely different from the Qi Refining stage. It's just that I've condensed my previous spiritual energy into a foundational platform, but my power seems to have changed."

That's right, they've only just reached the Foundation Establishment stage. In reality, the total amount of spiritual energy in their dantian should be at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage.

However, as their Dao foundation was successfully solidified, their understanding of power became even deeper.

Simply put, what was originally one unit of strength can now be used to two units.

If the total amount of force remains the same, but the power that can be generated increases.

Or is this the difference between quantitative change and qualitative change?

As Hermione successfully established her foundation, Lin Yu opened his Qiankun Ring and gave her half of the spiritual fruit.

At the same time, Lin Yu also took out two sets of clothes.

"These are the robes?" Hermione looked at the two sets of clothes curiously. Lin Yu had already told her about the super gift package, including the Qiankun Creation Bottle and the spiritual liquid.

He didn't hide anything, except that he was a time traveler and that this world was the world of movies and novels.

Of course, he didn't intentionally hide it; it was just that Hermione didn't ask (an excuse for later).

In Lin Yu's hands were two sets of bright red clothes with patterns embroidered in gold thread.

It looks more like the bride and groom's attire for a traditional Chinese wedding.

Over the past two months, Hermione had begun to learn about Chinese culture, and her pretty face flushed slightly as she asked, "Are you going to marry me? That's too early. I haven't told my parents yet."

But then the robes subtly changed, automatically transforming into two sets of white clothes, though the gold patterns remained unchanged.

The men's clothing features a five-clawed golden dragon coiled around the chest and back.

The women's clothing features a phoenix spreading its wings and soaring.

Each of the two sleeves is decorated with nine auspicious clouds, making it look exceptionally gorgeous.