Chapter 3043 - Ch: 36-40 (cont.)

Chapter 36: Eclectic! Compromising Cassandra!

Cassandra dragged Li Kai back to the common room, staring at him with a pair of beautiful big eyes without blinking, as if she wanted to see traces of the performance on his face.

"Stop acting! I know you are not affected by the love drug at all, you can't fool me!" Cassandra crossed her arms, as if she had everything under control.

Li Kai knew that Cassandra was deceiving him, and he said blankly: "What kind of acting? Sorry, Cassandra, the influence of the love potion may not have faded yet. I may have said the wrong thing in the auditorium just now, but you You must forgive me, you know, it is the effect of the love potion."

The love potion is not an amnesia potion, it will not make people lose their memory, it will only make people ignore everything while the potion is in effect.

Now that Penello is gone and the effect of the love potion is gradually fading, Li Kai can't continue to pretend to be dumbfounded. After all, he knows that he has taken a chocolate frog mixed with a love potion.

"Hmph! What should we do next?" Cassandra could not see anything strange and was too lazy to continue pestering her. "Should you ask your mother to send you some antidote to the love potion?"

Li Kai shook his head slightly: "It's a waste to take the antidote to the love potion now. I have a better idea. Do you want to listen to it?"

"What idea?" Cassandra said warily: "What other crooked ideas do you have?"

"Cassandra, you can think about it carefully. The antidote to the love potion is easy to get. So what if you help me get rid of the love potion?" Li Kai analyzed carefully: "In a few days, those people with evil intentions will The girls will try to drug me again. Don't you think it's troublesome to push me like this? I think we should solve the problem from the source. The reason why they use love potions is because they think the love potions can change my mind towards you. Do you think they would still do it if they knew it was futile?"

Cassandra thought what Li Kai said was very reasonable and couldn't help but nodded: "Then what do you think we can do to make them give up the idea of using love potions?"

"We can use the trick," Li Kai said in a bewitching tone: First cooperate with Penello, and after a while everyone will think that I have fallen in love with her, and then you can give me the antidote, and then I will suddenly return By your side, everyone will know how firm my friendship is for you, and they will naturally stop using such ineffective methods. Cassandra, think about it, you won't lose anything anyway, why not give it a try?"

After hearing these words, Kassandra struggled in her heart. She thought what Li Kai said was very reasonable, but she was worried that Li Kai was pretending to be real, and she didn't know how to make a choice for a while.

Li Kai couldn't help but sigh when he saw this: "Cassandra, it seems that you don't trust me and are not optimistic about this plan, so I will prepare the love potion now.

"No!" Cassandra said proudly: "Just do as you say. Even if I don't trust you, I still have to believe in myself. I don't believe I can't compare to Penelo!"

Li Kai was secretly happy in his heart, but he put on an affectionate look on his face: "Don't force yourself. I may not be able to control myself during the execution of this plan."

"Tsk tsk! It's not you who are at a disadvantage anyway, what do I have to worry about?" Cassandra said coldly: "As long as you don't really fall in love with Penelo, I will turn a blind eye even if you do something small. , I hope you won't let me stare."

Li Kai took Cassandra's hand, looked at her quietly, and slowly approached her.

Cassandra suddenly became very nervous. She seemed to have guessed what Li Kai was going to do. While looking forward to it, she was also thinking about whether to refuse.

Seeing Li Kai getting closer and closer, she couldn't help but close her eyes, not daring to look at Li Kai anymore.

The next moment, there was a warm touch on her lips, causing her mind to go blank.

After a few minutes, she came back to her senses weakly.

Only then did she realize that she had been completely obsessed with Li Kai since she didn't know when.

She thought with excitement that this was the first time they were so close.

"Cassandra, I promise you, I will never leave you no matter what." Li Kai said solemnly.

For most people, this guarantee is not binding.

In his previous life, Li Kai had seen too many people who had vowed to be sworn to each other end up falling apart, but women in this era just like this kind of words, especially a little girl like Cassandra who is just starting to fall in love.

Even if it is a lie, they like to hear it because these words can give them the sense of security they lack most.

For Li Kai, there is no need for him to lie. If he says he won't leave, he will never leave. The woman he likes will be tied up by his side even if he is tied up.

He believed that time travelers, especially those with systems, should be so domineering.

If you can't even protect your own woman, wouldn't you become a waste?

"Huh, this is what you said." Kassandra rolled her eyes at Li Kai charmingly, "If you dare to leave me one day, I will kill you! Keep your word!

In the next few days, Penello would always look for opportunities to appear in front of Li Kai from time to time.

Every time she appears, Li Kai will stare at her like a fool, as if he is seeing the most beautiful fairy in the world.

Within a few days, almost everyone knew that Penello had used a love potion on Li Kai.

Even the professors had heard about it. They thought this behavior was inappropriate, but they did not interfere too much.

This is the Western concept of love. In some countries, one can get married even at the age of twelve.

Every time Kassandra saw Li Kai and Penello flirting with each other, she would turn around and leave angrily.

This gave Penelope an opportunity. She was like an intimate big sister, giving Li Kai all-round care.

Just a few days later, they even started dating openly.

Some people scolded Penello for eating young grass, but she didn't care. She still went her own way, with a happy smile on her face every day.

On this day, the two were dating in an empty classroom. Peeves was instigated by some people to cause trouble. As a result, he was imprisoned in the Sealed Book by the furious Li Kai.

Penello said lovingly: "Kyle, I like you, can you be my boyfriend?"

"Am I not your boyfriend yet?" Li Kai pretended to be disappointed and said, "I thought I was already your boyfriend!"

"Then will you kiss me?" Penello seemed a little excited. She grabbed Li Kai's hand and put it on her waist.

Li Kai was a little confused. He felt that Penello had gone too far. This was too bold!

It had only been a few days, and it had to be said that this kind of development was so fast that he had not expected it.

But if you don't take advantage of it, you're a b*****d!

Li Kai let nature take its course, hugged Penello directly into his arms, and had a French kiss.

He thought to himself: "That's about it. Cassandra will probably explode if we keep playing!"

After the date, Li Kai returned to the Slytherin common room, where Cassandra had been waiting for a long time.

"Tsk, tsk, is Penello's lipstick delicious?" Cassandra asked angrily: "My dear Mr. Kael'thas, you are really unscrupulous!"

Although Kassandra's tone was not very good, Li Kai didn't care at all, because her real personality is like this, poisonous tongue, cold, arrogant, righteous, cold on the outside and hot on the inside - the combination of covering up is what she is. The charm of.

"I'm sorry, dear, you have been wronged these days." Li Kai said sincerely: "But it's all over today.

"Humph, don't you plan to enjoy it for a while longer? I think you are already enjoying it, aren't you?" Cassandra was obviously unhappy.

Li Kai sighed: "The longer time goes by, the more serious the damage Penello will suffer. She is the one who likes me after all, so how can I bear to let her get hurt?"

Having said that, he did not intend to give up on Penelo. Since they couldn't be together on the surface, going underground was also a good choice.

Anyway, Li Kai has made up his mind to be the King of the Sea, and he will not let go of any fish that enters the fish pond.

"You do have some conscience, but not much." Cassandra rolled her eyes at Li Kai and said angrily.

That night at dinner, Penello came to see Li Kai again.

But this time, Li Kai didn't flirt with her, which was completely different from her ex-husband's behavior.

Cassandra didn't leave either. She just glanced at Penello indifferently and then withdrew her gaze, as if she didn't care at all about what happened during this period.

Penello had an ominous premonition in her heart. She looked at Li Kai and said affectionately: "Kyle, can you go out with me for a while?"

Li Kai glanced at Cassandra, nodded and said: "Okay, let's go out and talk."

The two people came to the corridor and walked a long way along the corridor. No one spoke first.

After walking to the abandoned classroom where they often had dates, Penello said with red eyes: "The love potion has failed, hasn't it?"

"Yes, I have taken the antidote." Li Kai said calmly: "I think you should have realized that love potions cannot give people true love.

Penello threw herself into Li Kai's arms and sobbed softly: "I'm sorry, I really don't know what to do."

Li Kai gently patted Penello on the shoulder and said softly: "I don't blame you, after all, love is selfish, and no one wants to share the person they like with others."

"Then have you ever liked me?" Penello raised his head and looked at Li Kai, "Don't lie to me, I just want to know the real answer, even if the answer may be cruel."

"Of course I have liked you, otherwise the love potion would not have any effect at all. You must not know how hard I have been acting these days." Li Kai smiled and said: "I can't resist beautiful girls, let alone you. Still so beautiful."

Penello was taken aback, and then she felt infinite joy in her heart. However, apart from the joy, she also felt very angry: "Do you just like my appearance?"

"That's not true. You are also very smart and very gentle. These are all plus points." Li Kai still held Penello in his arms and had no intention of letting go.

"Then if I ask you to leave Cassandra and be my boyfriend, will you?" Penello said, biting her lip.

Li Kai shook his head: "No, everything must be done on a first-come, first-served basis."

"You just said you like me!" Penello said dissatisfied: "Are you lying to me?"

"Of course not. I like both of you. I can't give up on her because of you." Li Kai said calmly: "If I really do this, it means that one day I will give up on you because of others. Are you willing to bear it?" Is that the result?"

"Of course I don't want to, I won't let you leave me." Penelo said viciously: "If you abandon me because of someone else, I will definitely kill you!"

Li Kai smiled and said: "What a coincidence, Cassandra said the same thing."

"Then what are you going to do?" Penello said angrily: "You can't fall in love with two people, right?"

Li Kai shrugged and said nonchalantly: "Why not?"

Penello pushed Li Kai away fiercely and said loudly: "How can you think like this? Cassandra and I, you can only choose one! If you want to have us at the same time, you will end up with nothing! You said, love It's selfish, I won't share the person I like with others!"

"Sorry, you have no choice." Li Kai said coldly: "You have lost the right to choose since you tried to control me with love potions! Do you think I am an ordinary man? I told you

You, I am a domineering devil with a collecting habit! If you provoke me, then you can only become my collection! Whoever dares to touch my collection, I will make him pay with his life!

Hearing these words, Penello seemed to know Li Kai for the first time. She looked at him blankly, with a strange throbbing in her heart. It was obvious that Li Kai was very extreme and evil at the moment, but she still couldn't.

I don't find him annoying at all, I even like him more than before.

"Madman! You are such a madman!"

A smile reappeared on Li Kai's face. He slowly approached Penello, hugged her into his arms again, took out the wand from her pocket, placed it in her palm, and whispered in her ear: "

I am a madman, and I will do many crazy things in the future. Now I give you a chance to stop me. You don't know how to do the killing curse yet? I'll teach you - Avada bites the big melon, spell

It's simple and the gestures aren't difficult either. "

"Now, either kill me or fall in love with me completely and fall in love with a madman. Remember, this is your only chance. If you miss today, you will never kill me again."

opportunity, and you will also lose the right to like others. Come on, tell me, your choice. "

One word after another, like the whispers of the devil, is imprinted in the depths of Penello's soul.

Li Kai held her hand, put the tip of her wand between his eyebrows, and looked at her quietly.

With a constitution of up to 66 points, 517 and various resistances rewarded by collecting various herbs and magical animals, Li Kai is already immune to most spells.

According to the words of Barty Crouch Jr. in the original book, even if a junior wizard uses the Death Curse, it will only cause a nosebleed at most.

Penello is only fifteen years old this year and is not much better than a junior wizard. Her life-killing spell can hardly cause any harm to Li Kai.

But Penello didn't know this, so she was filled with fear.

It's like a child who has just become sensible is pointing a gun at the head of his loved one.

She had the urge to pull the trigger, but she was afraid that if she pulled the trigger, she would lose her loved ones.

In fact, not to mention family members, even if you point a gun at a stranger, I am afraid not many people can treat it calmly.

Of course, perverts with mental illness are not included in this list.

Big tears dripped down Penello's cheeks. She bit her lip and looked at Li Kai.

"You know, you know I can't do it, right?" Penelo said unwillingly.

"Yes, I know you can't do it." Li Kai smiled and said: "I also know that you can't live without me. Don't struggle anymore, you can't escape from my grasp!"

Penello threw down the wand and hugged Li Kai tightly again, refusing to let go.

"You are so bad! I like it so much!"

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded outside the classroom: "It seems that I came at the wrong time.

Li Kai followed the voice and saw Cassandra standing at the door, her face covered with frost. He smiled and said: "No, you came at the right time."

Then, Cassandra walked up to Li Kai step by step with a confused look on her face. With Penello's shocked eyes, he embraced her into his arms.

Cassandra's expression was shocked, and then she regained consciousness instantly. She couldn't help but feel at a loss when she discovered her situation.

"What happened to me?" Cassandra was stunned, she had no memory of what just happened.

"To be honest, I just used the Imperius Curse on you. Li Kai showed a devilish smile: "Did you see it? As long as I want to, none of you can get rid of me!"

Cassandra said angrily: "That's the Unforgivable Curse. How could you use the Unforgivable Curse on me? Do you know that you will be imprisoned in Azkaban?"

"Aha!" Li Kai said with a proud smile: "Did you see it? I cast a soul-stealing curse on you, but the first thing you thought about was not your own safety, but whether I would be imprisoned in Az

Caban. What does this mean? It means that you already regard me as more important than yourself, right?"

"I-I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!" Cassandra struggled to leave, but Li Kai hugged her tightly, and she couldn't break away at all.

Penello watched the show from the sidelines. She wanted to know what a proud girl like Cassandra would do when faced with this situation.

"If you continue to struggle, then I will continue to use the Imperius Curse on you until you send me to Azkaban." Li Kai said domineeringly: "Cassandra, compromise, I can't live without you.

Even if I drive you, you can't live without me. "

Chapter 37 Prepare To Form A Group To Go To The Underworld!

Cassandra finally compromised. There is not so much love and hatred in the real world, and few people live and die because of love.

Without the modification of literary works, all love will eventually become dull.

Most people are losers in life. When they are unable to change their destiny, they almost always choose to compromise.

Cassandra was unable to resist. She and Li Kai already had a certain emotional foundation. In this case, the only choice was to compromise except death.

But since that day, she never gave Li Kai a good look.

Li Kai doesn't care about this, he has ways to solve this problem, both short-term and long-term.

There is a complete solution, but the time is not yet ripe.

Compared with Cassandra, Penello's attitude is much better. She was originally prepared to lose Li Kai, but now she is just sharing it with others.

This is like doing business. A person who is supposed to lose everything ends up retaining half of his assets. This person will only feel lucky in his heart and will never throw away this half because he failed to retain the other half of his assets.

On the last Saturday in March, the last Quidditch match of the school year began.

This game is Slytherin versus Gryffindor again.

Li Kai's Nimbus Two Thousand and One was damaged by a Bludger last year. Instead of buying a new broom, he played with the Nimbus Two Thousand that he bought before the first grade started.

In fact, with his strength, he can fly super fast even with the crappiest broom.

Compared with the Quidditch World Cup, the Hogwarts Quidditch game is not formal. Many fouls will not be punished at all, otherwise the Slytherin team would have been banned from participating.

So as long as Li Kai rides a broom, he can use flying magic to cheat unscrupulously.

There was no suspense, this time the Dizzy Competition ended with the Slytherin team winning again.

"This is too much! Kael'thas' cheating is so obvious, why does the school still allow him to compete?"

"Shh! Don't you know? Kael'thas is a bully! He forced Penelo to be with him, and almost everyone knows about it!"

"And Cassandra, I heard that she and Penelo wanted to break up with Kael'thas, but Kael'thas didn't agree and he took them by force!"

"This guy is really a big devil!"

One morning in April, Li Kai received a letter from Nicolas Flamel while having breakfast.

The giant magic stone is almost finished, and now only the last two steps remain.

Those two steps are very critical. One of the steps is to cast a spell. The more powerful the spell caster is, the more powerful the magic stone will be.

The other spell is spiritual infusion, which means injecting soul into the magic stone.

The Philosopher's Stone is a legendary divine object that contains the power of the gods, so it can have all kinds of incredible effects.

Divine power is ethereal and related to spiritual will.

It is impossible for dead objects to have spiritual will, so the last step in making the Philosopher's Stone is to give it a soul.

Creating souls is an ability only possessed by gods, and it is impossible for mortals to create souls out of thin air.

So if you want the Philosopher's Stone to have a soul, you can only find a way to inject ordinary souls into it.

The Philosopher's Stone requires not one or two souls, but endless ones.

This problem is the key factor that restricts the number of Philosopher's Stones in existence.

Without enough souls, even if you know how to make the Philosopher's Stone, you won't be able to make it.

When Nico Flamel made the Philosopher's Stone, it was the time when the Black Death was ravaging the continent of Europe.

According to him, he traveled to many places to collect enough souls.

In the past hundred years or so, the entire world has experienced two wars. It was a good opportunity to make the Philosopher's Stone, but Nico Flamel did not take advantage of these two opportunities.

Now that both world wars have ended, it is impossible for Li Kai to start another world war just to make the Philosopher's Stone, because he has other ways to obtain souls.

Don't forget, he controls the super magic of the Gate to the Underworld!

If there are not enough souls in the human world, he will go to the underworld to collect them. Anyway, he has long wanted to explore the underworld.

Summer vacation is not far away, so he is not too anxious and is still enjoying the wonderful campus life leisurely every day.

Mrs. Worley sends a long letter almost every week. On the one hand, she reports on the sales and income of Cantha Beauty Potions, and on the other hand, she delivers some of the latest news in the magical world.

Time passed day by day, and finally, the final exam began.

Li Kai performed as steadily as ever, ranking first in almost all subjects.

Cassandra followed, then Hermione.

After the exam, Li Kai took Cassandra, Hermione and Penello to the Forbidden Forest.

"Kyle, what are we doing in the Forbidden Forest?" Hermione couldn't help but ask.

Li Kai didn't say anything before coming, so the three girls didn't know anything.

"Wanda has woken up. She has often lost her temper in the Emerald Dream recently. It is still too small for her. Living in the Emerald Dream for a long time will make her feel very depressed." Li Kai explained: "So I plan to let her out." Stretch your muscles, you will be the first to see her evolved form. "

"Who is Wanda?" Penello asked curiously: "Are you hiding a lot from me?"

"I didn't mean to hide it from you, but I never had the chance to say it." Li Kai smiled.

Cassandra hummed softly: "Penello, wait a minute, your eyes will be opened. I hope you won't be so scared that you wet your pants!"

"Cassandra, don't be like this. We are all poor people who surrendered to the Great Demon King! When will you be friendly?" Penello said helplessly.

Cassandra curled her lips, obviously still brooding about what happened before.

A few people walked for more than an hour before stopping. Li Kai said with satisfaction: "The environment here is good, let's stay here."

With a thought in his mind, the door to the Emerald Dream suddenly opened.

Wanda's figure suddenly appeared in front of the three women. She looked even more mysterious, and her whole body was filled with dark power.

Her body size has also increased several times, reaching nearly a hundred meters in length, with a wingspan of more than seven hundred meters.

Penello looked at Wanda in shock and exclaimed: "Oh my God! Is this a dragon? I have never seen such a dragon!"

Li Kai hugged Penello, kissed her on the face, and said with a smile: "Let's go to the Emerald Dream in a while and let you see Zhiqiang. She is bigger than Wanda, but she is still sleeping recently."

"Is Zhiqiang also a dragon? Like Wanda?" Penello's eyes were completely attracted to Wanda, and he didn't care about Li Kai's little moves at all.

"No, they are two dragons with completely different styles." Li Kai said with a smile: "I plan to go to Romania in a while and go to the dragon training farm there to see if there are any other dragons." Eggs, or catch a few and turn them into fire dragons."

Hermione asked in confusion: "Kyle, why did you catch so many fire dragons?"

"Of course it's for collection. Don't you know that I am a collector?" Li Kai said with a smile: "I not only collect dead objects, but also collect all kinds of rare magical animals."

"Tsk tsk! There are also beauties, right?" Cassandra sneered: "You also want to collect all kinds of beauties and build a big harem. Am I right?"

"Ahem! Cassandra!" Li Kai said righteously: "You said that I am too evil. I am still a pure boy now!"

Hermione and Peneiro both rolled their eyes at Li Kai. They were not fools. Li Kai's thoughts had long been on the table, and now even a blind person could see it.

It's a pity that they have lost the right to choose and have no choice but to compromise.

Magic is power is not an empty talk, powerful magic can really do whatever you want.

It means that Lao Fu and Grindelwald are not interested in women, otherwise they would have set a precedent long ago.

Wanda's character is more in line with her own attributes. She is very quiet. After coming to the real world, she did not yell, but quietly unfolded her dragon true and flew into the sky.

"She flew away?" Penello grabbed Li Kai's arm and asked excitedly: "Will she come back? Why are you not anxious at all?"

"Don't worry, she will come back. I signed a summoning contract with her." Li Kai said with a smile.

"Summoning contract? Is it the magic in the guild that has an exchange price of up to 10,000 contribution points?" Penello has joined the Dragon Knight Guild long ago, but she is not very concerned about the guild's tasks. On the one hand, it is a matter of ability, and on the other hand, it is a matter of ability. On the other hand, there is nothing urgently needed.

She also comes from a Muggle family and has no foundation in the wizarding world. It is really difficult to complete the tasks issued by Li Kai.

"I really don't know when I will learn that magic. Ten thousand contribution points is too much. We have to save for a long time to redeem it." Hermione said dejectedly.

"This is the second purpose of bringing you here today," Li Kai hugged Cassandra with one arm and Penello with the other, and said with a smile: "I decided to teach you some advanced magic spells in advance, Contract Summoning ( bcdd) surgery is also among them."

The three women looked at each other, obviously a little surprised.

"Is this true?" Penello was so happy that he took the initiative to kiss Li Kai on the face, "Kyle! You are so generous!"

"Of course, I have always been generous to my own people. Li Kai smiled and said: "It will take some time for Wanda to come back. I will take you to the Emerald Dream [where it is safer] first.

"Will Wanda be discovered by others?" Hermione asked worriedly: "Will there be a wizard hunting her?"

"It's impossible for a wizard to discover Wanda. She is a dark dragon. She is best at hiding." Li Kai has opened the door to the Emerald Dream, "Let's go in and let you see my world."

The three girls followed Li Kai into the Emerald Dream, and were stunned by everything in the Emerald Dream.

"It's so beautiful here, it's like the legendary fairyland!" Hermione said happily.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" has been published a long time ago, and the Emerald Dream can satisfy all people's fantasies about Wonderland.

Cassandra and Penello were also dazzled by the sights, immersed in all the beautiful scenery.

"It's such an ideal world. If possible, I would like to live here for the rest of my life." Penello praised.

"No, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, there will be a day when you get tired of it." Li Kai said leisurely: "It's a good choice to come here for vacation occasionally. If you live here all the time, you won't be able to hold on for long. After all, there are no other people here, and humans are social creatures. You can't stand the loneliness here.

Cassandra pointed to a huge, house-like mushroom and asked, "Is that edible? Wouldn't it be delicious if I used that to make chicken stewed with mushrooms?"

Li Kai laughed secretly in his heart. In the past year, he often cooked various oriental delicacies for Cassandra.

Chicken stewed with mushrooms is one of Cassandra's favorite dishes. Every time she sees a mushroom, her first question is always whether she can make chicken stewed with mushrooms.

"That mushroom is old and not delicious." Li Kai picked a small one from the ground and said, "This one is delicious."

Thanks to the super rich magic power, there is almost no growth limit for creatures in the Emerald Dream, and all plants can grow infinitely.

Therefore, of the same kind of animals and plants, some are very big and some are very small.

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The mushrooms Della pointed to have grown into mushroom houses, while the mushrooms in Li Kai's hands are just right for cooking.

"The little one is also very cute, tsk tsk." Cassandra smiled.

Li Kai first took the three girls to the place where Zhiqiang was sleeping. Cassandra and Hermione were shocked to find that Zhiqiang had grown up a lot. She was lying there quietly, just like a girl.

Like a hill.

Since no one helped clean it up, a lot of dirt fell on her body. Plants even grew on the dirt, and some birds built nests on it.

Penello said in shock: "She is indeed bigger than Wanda. It's incredible! Can such a giant dragon defeat dozens of fire dragons?"

"No, no matter how many fire dragons come, they can't defeat her. They are not at the same level at all." Li Kai said calmly.

"Hey! The herbs here seem to have been seen in herbology class before, but they don't feel exactly the same." Hermione pointed to an herb and said.

"I transplanted some herbs from outside and plan to cultivate some new varieties." Li Kai said proudly: "From now on, this will be our largest material base, with a world-wide support base."

Hold on, we won't lack anything. Let's go, I'll show you something else. "

Next, he took the three girls to see unicorns, acromantula and other magical animals.

Many of the magical animals that were brought in at the beginning have now begun to give birth to offspring.

There is even a unicorn that is pregnant. The fertility rate of this kind of creature is very low, and there are not many even in the Forbidden Forest.

Li Kai only caught five, three of which were female unicorns, but only one successfully conceived.

Today, the total area of the Emerald Dream has reached more than thirty square kilometers, but it is still too small for many top predators.

"Okay, I'm going to teach you magic now. Please listen carefully. You may need it at any time in the future." Li Kai said solemnly.

He plans to teach the three girls the Contract Summoning Technique, Flying Thaumaturgy and Void Spell.

These three are all his unique skills. After learning the contract summoning technique, as long as you can contract a powerful pet, you can greatly increase your combat power and fly to thaumaturgy and virtual magic.

Casting a spell can improve your life-saving ability.

In addition to these three unique skills, he also plans to teach them some advanced magic spells that belong to this world, such as the Patronus Charm, Occlumency, and Summoning Stone Pillars.

For the rest of this school year, Li Kai took a girl to the Emerald Dream to learn advanced spells every day.

On the evening of June 23rd, Hogwarts once again held its annual year-end dinner.

Then, the two-month summer vacation begins.

At the beginning of the vacation, Li Kai took his three little girlfriends to travel around the Muggle world for a few days, and then came to Gaul to assist Nico Flamel in completing the final steps of making the giant magic stone.

"Ha, Kyle, welcome back." Nico Flamel looked very happy to see Li Kai again. "I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I can't wait to witness the second magic piece."

The Dharma Stone was born!"

Perenal also hugged Li Kai with a smile on his face.

"I'm going to bother you again. I brought you some gifts. I hope you like them." Li Kai took out the gifts he had prepared and handed them to the two of them.

"There are two fruits here, which have the effect of strengthening the body. Your physical condition should be improved a lot after taking them.

"Thank you, we just need this." Nico Flamel was not polite. He smiled and asked: "Want to see the magic stone?"

"Of course, go now." Li Kai was also full of expectations for the upcoming duel with the Magic Stone.

They came to the laboratory together, and Li Kai quickly saw the semi-finished product.

It is as big as a basketball, and its color is transparent and clear, almost like a polished diamond.

"How do you plan to solve the soul problem?" Nico Flamel said with emotion: "This is not a war era, and it is not easy to get a large number of souls. You don't

If we start a world war in order to complete this work, we will become the criminals of history. "

"Don't worry, Nico, I have a better way." Li Kai touched his chin and said, "But you need to find some powerful helpers to open that world. Send an email to Dumbledore

Believe it or not, we need him to help contact people, and there is another person we need to rely on him to mobilize. "

Chapter Thirty-eight: The Gates Of The Underworld Open!

The day after Nicolas Flamel sent his letter, Dumbledore and Snape arrived in Gaul.

Snape was clearly surprised to see Li Kai, but he didn't ask any questions.

"Kyle, tell me, what brings you here this time, this old fellow?" Dumbledore asked with a smile.

"I'm sorry, Professor Dumbledore, I should have told you about this much earlier." Li Kai sat opposite Dumbledore and said casually, "You always say death is a great adventure. This time, I'd like to take you on a trip to the Underworld. I wonder if you'd be willing to go?"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room was taken aback.

Nicolas Flamel murmured, "Did I hear that right? Is this child going to kill us all?"

"Kael'thas!" Snape stared at Li Kai and said, "What kind of trick are you trying to pull?"

Li Kai smiled and said, "It means exactly what it says. I want to create a giant magic stone, but the final step in creating the magic stone is to collect a large number of souls. Obviously, to obtain a large number of souls in the mortal world, one has to commit murder, so I set my sights on the underworld."

"You've mastered the method to travel to the Underworld?" Dumbledore instantly grasped the key point. He solemnly asked, "To travel to the Underworld as a living person?"

"Yes, to go to the underworld as a living person." Li Kai said calmly, "This method has certain risks, so I must find a few reliable teammates."

"What a crazy plan!" Nicolas Flamel shook his head: "My old bones can't take this kind of turmoil."

Li Kai laughed and said, "Of course you don't need to go, after all, your strengths are not in combat."

Snape asked, "Who else are you planning to contact besides us?"

"Gellert Grindelwald." Li Kai looked at Dumbledore meaningfully.

When Dumbledore heard the name, his expression visibly faltered for a moment, and he asked in a low voice, "Why him?"

Li Kai sighed, "Because he's strong enough, isn't that reason enough? Putting a top-tier wizard in that small cage is, in my opinion, a huge waste. I need help, but an average wizard obviously won't do. I can't exactly resurrect Voldemort, can I?"

"He won't go; you can't persuade him." Dumbledore shook his head.

"Professor Dumbledore, I must go to the Underworld." Li Kai said in a deep voice, "There are many dangerous creatures in the Underworld. If our power is not strong enough, those creatures may rush into the mortal world, and then there will inevitably be a great loss of life."

"Your dragon possesses invincible power. If even she cannot stop the creatures of the underworld, how can we possibly do so?" Dumbledore sighed.

"Better safe than sorry. I don't know much about the underworld, so I can only try to be as well prepared as possible." Li Kai said helplessly, "Actually, I also thought about going to the underworld alone at first, but I felt that this was a rare experience, so I decided to call you all. You all have people you care about who have lost their lives. I thought you would be interested in the underworld, but now it seems that I was overthinking it."

Upon hearing this, Dumbledore and Snape were immediately taken aback. They exchanged a glance, their expressions becoming somewhat resolute.

"Count me in. I really want to know what the Underworld is like," Snape said coldly.

His voice was calm, but you could tell from his eyes that his heart was not as calm as it appeared.

"Alright, you've convinced me." Dumbledore sighed again. "Let's go to Nurmengard now."

A slight smile appeared on Li Kai's lips. Snape had always been deeply troubled by Lily's death.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald both regretted Ariana's death for the rest of their lives.

Snape lived a life worse than death, and Dumbledore always said that death was another great adventure.

They all had reasons for going to the underworld, not to find the dead, but to find solace for their souls.

The reason Li Kai approached them was because each of them had their own weaknesses.

Only by going through thick and thin together will they truly stand on his side.

Dumbledore reached out his hand, and the others placed their hands on his arm.

With a crisp "crack", several people instantly appeared at the Nurmengard Tower.

The person inside the tower seemed to sense something; he stared intently out the window until several people appeared there.

Dumbledore waved his wand gently, and the doors of Nurmengard Tower opened automatically.

They went inside, and neither of them spoke first.

Li Kai glanced around and instantly recognized the man who, for many, existed only in legends—Gellert Grindelwald, the most powerful Dark Lord from the last century to this century.

He had a full head of white hair and looked about 80% like Johnny Depp.

Compared to the revered and powerful Emperor Ge in the movie, the Emperor Ge in front of us looks frail and old, with many teeth missing. He is decrepit and looks like an ordinary old man in his twilight years.

"Albus, you've finally come, and Nicolas Flamel too. It's been a long time since any old friends have come to see me." After a long standoff, Grindelwald finally couldn't help but say.

"Gellert, I'm sorry I haven't visited you in so long." Dumbledore's face was stern, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

Li Kai chuckled inwardly, guessing that the old man must be feeling very distressed right now.

"Gellert, it's a pleasure to see you again." Nicolas Flamel gave a strange smile.

"Ahem, let bygones be bygones," Li Kai said with a smile. "What can't you understand at your age? Let's leave first. A lot of people will be arriving soon, and you don't want to be bothered by irrelevant people, do you?"

"Who is this child?" Grindelwald said with a wry smile. "He seems to know nothing about my situation?"

"Kael'thas Lee, he sent me to find you." Dumbledore looked at Lee Kai. "There are no guards here. Every day at mealtimes, elves bring food, and every now and then someone comes to check if he is still alive. We have plenty of time; there's no need to rush to leave."

Li Kai said nonchalantly, "Sorry, I don't know much about these trivial matters. In that case, it won't hurt to stay a little longer."

"Tell me, what do you want from me? As you can see, I'm just an old, useless piece of trash with not much time left to live. What can I possibly do for you?" Grindelwald looked disheartened, as if he had lost all desire for freedom.

"This child is organizing an adventure to the Underworld, and you've been chosen as one of the team members..." Dumbledore explained Li Kai's plan, then stared at Grindelwald. "Whether you go to see him or not, this is your only chance to gain your freedom."

It's called an opportunity, but it's really just a pretext.

Nurmengard cannot hold Grindelwald; if he wants to leave, no one can stop him.

But he had no reason to leave; his career had failed, and the most important person in his life had broken ties with him.

What reason does he have to appear before the world?

"An adventure to the underworld? What a crazy idea! Are all the young people these days so brilliant? They're even going to the underworld on a whim. It makes an old man like me feel ashamed." Grindelwald said with a smile, "I thought it would be several years before I went there. It seems this adventure will have to be brought forward."

Li Kai asked, "Is there anything else you need to prepare?"

"At least let me change my clothes, I'd like to get a gold tooth, and uh, I'll need a wand." Grindelwald shrugged. "That shouldn't be too much to ask, right?"

Li Kai smiled and said, "These requests are very reasonable."

He took a piece of rotten wood from the Emerald Dream, placed it on Grindelwald's bed, and then took out his wand and waved it lightly.

The next instant, another Grindelwald appeared, but this Grindelwald was lifeless, merely a stiff corpse.

"From now on, Grindelwald, the former leader of the Wushi Party, is dead. You need a new identity." Li Kai handed over a parchment and smiled, "On behalf of the Dragon Knights Guild, I invite you to join us."

"Dragon Knights Guild?" Grindelwald frowned. "It sounds like children playing house."

"Ha! It's just kids playing house. We're all members of this guild." Dumbledore said with a sigh, "It's the age of the young now [we old folks are being swept away by the tide of time].

Two days later, when Li Kai saw Grindelwald again, the old man had changed drastically; he looked no different from the Grindelwald in the movie.

It's just that his big gold tooth is a bit out of place; he seems to be a combination of Grindelwald and Captain Sparrow, even if Captain Sparrow's style only accounts for a small part.

The group met at Nicolas Flamel's alchemy shop, and Li Kai asked with a smile, "Ready? We're going to a deserted place. Does anyone have any good suggestions?"

"What about the Sahara Desert?" Dumbledore suggested. "I went there when I was young. If there really are spirits that come out through the Gates of the Underworld, they must not like the environment there, and might even retreat back to the Underworld."

.....

Li Kai nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you to take us there."

Dumbledore extended his hand, and Li Kai, Snape, and Grindelwald exchanged glances before placing their arms around him.

Crack!

In an instant, only Nicolas Flamel and his wife remained in the alchemy shop.

"I hope everything goes well for them," Perenaar said worriedly.

Nicolas Flamel took out a newspaper, only to see the headline on the front page: "The Tragic Fall of the Dark Lord Grindelwald."

He exclaimed in admiration, "That child's skills are getting better and better; no one can see through his shapeshifting."

Deep in the Sahara Desert.

As the air distorted, the Taoist priest suddenly appeared.

Li Kai glanced around and said with satisfaction, "The environment here is indeed quite nice. Shall we begin now?"

"Please." Dumbledore nodded slightly.

Summoning the gates to the underworld requires a significant amount of magic power. Li Kai put away his wand and took out the Dragon Fang.

This surprised those around him. Grindelwald looked at Dumbledore and asked uncertainly, "Is he really a wizard?"

Dumbledore shrugged; he really couldn't answer that question.

Snape has long since faded into obscurity; he's probably missing Lily again right now.

Li Kai had already begun casting a spell; with the blessing of the dragon tooth, his magical power had increased considerably.

However, summoning the gates to the underworld consumes a great deal of magic power; almost instantly, Li Kai's magic power dropped below thirty points.

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In the scorching midday heat of the Sahara Desert, a chilling wind suddenly swept through, sending shivers down one's spine.

"Open! Gates of the Underworld!"

Li Kai brandished the Dragon Fang sword, slashing at the air in front of him. At the end of the blade, a pitch-black crack suddenly appeared.

A ghost seemed to have caught the scent of a living person and rushed out of the crack.

Li Kai quickly took out the Philosopher's Stone and instantly put away the ghost. He smiled and said, "Good luck. It seems there aren't any troublesome enemies on the other side. Let's go in."

He took the lead and stepped directly into the gates of the underworld.

The others followed closely behind, and soon the surrounding area...

There was no one there, but the gate to the underworld had not disappeared; a chilling wind continued to blow into the human world from there.

Li Kai felt a shiver run through his body, and then he found himself in a vast, dark world.

He looked around and saw that the whole world was gray and hazy. There was a sun in the sky, but it was not very bright, just like the full moon on the night of the fifteenth.

The land was pitch black, covered with strange and unusual plants, some tall, some short, some bright and shiny, some withered and decaying…

In the distance, there are towering, insurmountable mountains and an endless expanse of Gobi Desert.

It seems that the environment of the underworld is not monotonous.

"Is this the underworld?" Dumbledore exclaimed as the others arrived, "It's completely different from what I imagined."

"The deathly aura is eroding my body; it seems we can't stay here for long," Grindelwald said grimly. "This is a world of the dead; it's hard for the living to adapt."

With a thought, Li Kai summoned Zhiqiang and Wanda at the same time.

"roar!"

Zhiqiang roared to the sky, his body radiating boundless light, and the surrounding death energy was completely dissipated.

"As I expected, Zhiqiang's power of light allows us to stay in the underworld for a long time," Li Kai said with a satisfied smile.

Dumbledore and the others were stunned. Grindelwald muttered, "With these two big guys here, do we even need them?"

"Mr. Grindelwald, they're only a little over a year old and can only handle simple things." Li Kai shrugged and explained his plan: "We need to keep Wanda here."

Here we guard the gates of the underworld; Zhiqiang and we explore the underworld together.

"Why not close the gates of the underworld?" Snape frowned. "What if your pets can't stop the creatures of the underworld, and they manage to flood into the human world?"

"Professor, the underworld doesn't simply correspond to our world. If we close this gate to the underworld, opening another gate from there might not necessarily lead to our world."

"World. If you don't want to become dimensional wanderers, then you must guard this Gate of Kang!" Li Kai said seriously.

"I have a feeling this adventure is a bit risky," Grindelwald sighed softly. "Is it too late to back out now?"

"If there's no danger, how can it be called an adventure? Since we're here, let's make the best of it!"

Chapter Thirty-nine: The Underworld Village! The Power Of The Resurrection Stone!

As planned, Li Kai left Wanda at the Gate of the Underworld, and then led everyone, riding on Zhiqiang, towards the depths of the Underworld.

Occasionally, they would encounter some ghosts along the way, and Li Kai would take out the giant magic stone and collect the ghosts into it.

As they traveled, they observed their surroundings, collecting anything strange or unusual they found to take back for further study.

The spirits in the underworld look no different from the living, but once they smell the scent of the living, they go berserk instantly, then rush forward with red eyes, as if they have an innate hatred for the living.

This greatly disturbed Dumbledore and Snape. If all the wraiths were like this, what would be the point of them finding Ariana and Lily?

Suddenly, Li Kai spotted a tree and exclaimed in surprise, "There's an elderberry tree there!"

Dumbledore and Grindelwald exchanged a glance, both thinking of the Elder Wand.

"There are many varieties of elderberry, and many people know the material of the Elder Wand, but no one in the mortal realm has ever been able to replicate it," Grindelwald remarked. "I always thought it was a matter of technical skill; I never imagined that the real elderberry was in the Underworld!"

The group stopped near the elder tree. Li Kai observed it carefully and saw that the elder tree in front of him was indeed very similar in material to the Elder Wand. The twigs were segmented, and from a distance, they looked like human finger bones.

"This isn't the elderberry that Death used to make the Elder Wand. Legend says that tree is by the river. If the legend is true, perhaps that tree should grow on the banks of the River Styx. Li Kai has also read the Tales of Beedle the Bard and is very familiar with the legend of the three brothers."

There is no doubt that the underworld exists in this world.

If Death is real, then the legends of the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak are highly likely to be true.

Perhaps the Elder Wand really was created by Death.

Most likely, it's true that some Grim Reaper was bored and wanted to amuse himself by finding some living people, so he went to the human world to stop the three brothers who were facing a problem.

Judging from the fate of the three brothers in the story, the Grim Reaper was clearly not an honest man; he was cunning and treacherous, yet he had certain principles.

He created the three Deathly Hallows, ostensibly giving mortals a chance to defeat Him, but this very opportunity could lure people to their deaths.

It's like fishing; the three Deathly Hallows are incredibly powerful for mortals, but they mean nothing to Death.

"It seems elderberry is quite common in the underworld. Should we collect some?" Grindelwald smiled at Dumbledore. "I still prefer that wand. Even if I lose it, I'd like to have a replacement."

Li Kai nodded, used magic to dig out the entire elderberry tree, and transplanted it into the Emerald Dream.

There are also places in the Emerald Dream that are rich in dark elements, but it's hard to say whether they meet the growth conditions for elderberry.

This is, after all, legendary timber; no one knows how to plant it. Perhaps it needs corpses and souls as fertilizer?

Li Kai thought to himself, "Even if they don't survive, it doesn't matter. At worst, we can make them all into elder wands. This one tree can make dozens of elder wands without any problem."

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the epic collectible "Elderberry," and are rewarded with "Master-level Wand Crafting" and "Magic Power" +1.]

After transplanting the elderberry trees, the group continued on their journey.

Suddenly, Li Kai saw two groups of ghosts fighting at the foot of the mountain ahead.

"Huh? The spirits of the underworld are actually fighting each other? What's going on?"

As they drew closer, the fog gradually thinned, and the others were able to see the scene Li Kai had described.

The scene before them took them by surprise; it was a massive battlefield of the undead, and the battle of the wraiths they had just witnessed was only a tiny fraction of it.

Turning the corner at the foot of the mountain, on the other side lies a vast plain.

On the plains, various undead creatures are silently killing each other.

Skeletons, zombies, ghosts, Dementors, Death Knights, vampires, liches, bone dragons...

The various undead creatures were dazzling to behold; there were no shouts or wails, only the clanging of weapons against bones...

Humans have their own language, and ghosts have their own stories.

They do communicate, but the living cannot hear them.

Suddenly, the fighting spirits seemed to sense something. They stopped fighting at the same time and looked in the direction where Li Kai and the others were.

After a moment, the ghosts all rushed towards Li Kai and the others.

"They've found us!" Snape's face was grim. These wraiths were utterly irrational and impossible to communicate with.

He couldn't imagine what would happen if Lily were in the underworld; would she have become like that too?

Li Kai showed no mercy, taking out a giant magic stone and preparing to collect all these vengeful spirits into it.

The magic stone seemed to have a natural advantage over souls. As soon as those ghosts rushed within a hundred meters, they were torn apart and deformed by a mysterious force, and then turned into black smoke and were sucked into the giant magic stone.

This wave of ghosts numbered in the tens of thousands, but they were all absorbed by the giant magic stone in just a quarter of an hour.

Li Kai could sense that if this happened ten or eight more times, the giant magic stone might undergo a transformation.

And on that battlefield, there were countless vengeful spirits, scattered in every corner of the battlefield, constantly fighting and devouring each other.

"I'm going deep into the battlefield; you wait for me here."

Just as Li Kai finished speaking and was about to leave, he was stopped by Snape.

"Wait, if Lily is in here, are you planning to suck her in with you?" Snape's face was grim.

Li Kai said frankly, "Professor, take a closer look. The clothes of these spirits are completely different from those in our world. They are not the dead from our world. Moreover, Lily has been dead for a long time. If she really came to the underworld, if she participated in this kind of battle, do you think she could have survived until now? Even if she could have survived until now, she wouldn't recognize you. Those spirits lose control when they see a living person. You should realize that your hope has been shattered, and your only hope is that boy."

Dumbledore and Grindelwald remained calm; they must have already realized the problem and fully accepted reality.

"Severus, you should know that we've come here seeking nothing more than an answer," Dumbledore said in a deep voice. "Even if it's not the answer we're looking for, it's right here in front of us, and no one can change it."

Professor Snape remained silent, his eyes completely losing their luster.

Holding a giant magic stone, Li Kai, enveloped in purple magic mist, soared into the air and charged towards the terrifying battlefield of the undead without hesitation.

The undead were focused on their battle, and perhaps because Li Kai was too insignificant, few of them noticed him. He fished in the chaos of the battlefield, using a giant magic stone to eliminate wave after wave of wraiths.

Yet no undead creatures attacked him.

No, perhaps it's not that they don't want to attack him, but that they simply can't detect him.

The flying technique has the effect of concealing one's presence, so undead creatures cannot detect Li Kai's whereabouts.

After several hours of effort, the giant magic stone was finally filled with soul power.

Now, by simply using a few specific spells on it, it will undergo a qualitative change [becoming ten real magic stones].

Li Kai put away the giant Philosopher's Stone and then returned to Dumbledore and the others.

"We've achieved our main objective for this trip. Would you like to continue exploring?" Li Kai asked with a smile, in high spirits.

"Of course we have to continue. We've come all this way, how can we go back so soon?" Grindelwald said with a smile. "To be honest, I wasn't afraid of death before, but after coming here, I suddenly became afraid of death. If after people die, their souls turn into those ghosts, I think it's better for me to stay alive."

Dumbledore remained noncommittal, but his eyes seemed to be filled with apprehension.

Snape remained silent, as if all his energy had been drained away.

Li Kai suddenly said, "Actually, the dead are not necessarily beyond resurrection. I have now mastered the basic resurrection technique, which can resurrect the recently deceased with intact bodies. Among the more advanced resurrection techniques, there is a method that uses the deceased's belongings and related people or events to forcibly summon their memories and soul fragments from the world, thereby reshaping their soul."

Upon hearing this, the three people around Li Kai stared intently at him.

"Why didn't you say so sooner? Why didn't you say so sooner?" Snape gritted his teeth in hatred. "Were you deliberately keeping us hanging, weren't you?"

Dumbledore seemed somewhat excited as well. He squinted and asked, "Are you serious? You really know resurrection magic? Have you tried it?"

"Of course, I practiced many times during the second semester of last year [but I only used the resurrection spell on the Little-Eyed Spider]. After all, you don't allow me to use living people for experiments." Li Kai said helplessly, "

The three bigwigs looked at each other, speechless. Using living people for experiments, this kid really dares to think of such a thing.

"Go back and find him a dead person to try," Grindelwald joked. "Living test subjects are hard to find, but dead ones are easy to find, right?"

"Let's go explore in other directions; we might find something unexpected." Li Kai instructed Zhiqiang, and they changed direction and continued flying.

Soon after, they came across a village.

Li Kai thought for a moment and asked everyone to wait for him: "I'll make some props to shield our auras, and we'll try to conceal our auras when we go in."

After he finished speaking, he slipped directly into the Emerald Dreamland and started tinkering in the small laboratory inside.

More than an hour passed before he reappeared in front of everyone.

In his hands, four exquisite silver-white masks appeared.

He wore one himself and distributed the remaining three masks to the others.

"Try wearing it; if it doesn't fit, there's nothing you can do to fix it."

After everyone put on their masks, Li Kai put Zhiqiang back into the Emerald Dream and then headed towards the village ahead.

The silver mask was extremely effective at isolating auras; even the omnipresent death energy of the underworld could not penetrate their bodies.

They entered the village and witnessed a shocking scene.

This village was just like any other village in the mortal world, with villagers coming and going, and their expressions were incredibly rich, almost indistinguishable from those of living people.

Li Kai observed them carefully for a long time and found that they could do laundry and cook, communicate with each other, and he could even hear their voices.

The clothes they washed were fake, seemingly created by magic, and the ingredients they used for cooking were the same.

This situation is very abnormal; it's completely different from the ghosts we've encountered before.

However, the language spoken by these villagers was strange; it was not any language that Li Kai knew.

In fact, Li Kai was not the only one who noticed these problems; others also noticed the anomaly.

"They seem quite lucid. What's going on?" Grindelwald said with a laugh. "If I could live like that after I die, it wouldn't be so bad."

Li Kai suddenly took off his mask, and the villagers immediately looked over.

But something even more shocking happened: they showed no hostility whatsoever, only looking at Li Kai with curious eyes.

An old man walked over and mumbled something in English.

Li Kai was confused and couldn't understand what the old man was saying at all.

The old man seemed to realize something; a look of sudden understanding flashed across his face, and then he spoke again.

"You're alive? My God! Alive!"

How can a person come to the underworld?

This time, Li Kai understood. It wasn't a language, but a direct spiritual exchange.

The old man seemed very excited, and other villagers gradually gathered around.

"Yes, as you can see, we are all alive." Li Kai gestured for the others to remove their masks. "It seems this place is indeed special; they were able to remain unaffected even when facing living people."

Stay rational.

"Haha, of course! We're protected by the sacred stone here, which is why we can stay conscious." The old man explained upon hearing Li Kai's words, "You must have encountered some tragic events..."

"The vengeful spirits—in reality, most of the dead cannot escape becoming vengeful spirits; only a lucky few are able to retain their consciousness and memories from their previous life, just like us."

Upon hearing this, Dumbledore and Snape became very excited.

"Why is this happening?" Snape asked impatiently. "Why are you doing this? What's this about the Holy Stone you just mentioned?"

The old man laughed and said, "Oh, I forgot! I can't tell you about the sacred stone. If you get greedy and take it away, we'll become like those vengeful spirits."

"We won't take the sacred stone, just let us take a look," Li Kai said with a smile. "We're just curious, you know, living people are always curious."

"No!" The old man shook his head. "Living people are extremely greedy. Even if you don't know what the sacred stone is used for, you'll still steal it. I can't tell you where the sacred stone is."

Li Kai's face darkened, and he said fiercely, "Do you know how many vengeful spirits I've eliminated along the way? Millions! Do you think the villagers of your village are comparable to millions?"

"Wraiths? If you don't take us to see the sacred stone, I'll wipe you all out and then go find it myself! You can try me if you don't believe me!"

Upon hearing this, Grindelwald whispered to Dumbledore, "See? A dark wizard's demeanor. He's more promising than I am."

Dumbledore shook his head slightly: "No, this child never uses dark magic recklessly."

"How do you know?" Grindelwald scoffed. "Do you follow him around every day?"

"There's no need for that," Dumbledore sighed. "He disdains using dark magic because the magic he creates himself is far more effective."

Upon hearing this, Grindelwald felt somewhat dejected. His most skillful self-created magic was a blue gas stove; "the others seem rather mediocre."

He felt a little unwell and quickly put his mask back on.

The villagers who had gathered around were frightened by Li Kai's words. The old man was so angry that he glared and puffed out his beard, but he couldn't do anything to Li Kai. He could only say coldly, "Come with me, I'll take you to see the sacred stone."

Li Kai smiled slightly, not surprised by the old man's reaction.

Compromise offers a glimmer of hope, while non-compromise means certain death; they have no other choice.

We followed the old man deeper into the village and finally stopped in front of a rather impressive house.

The old man pointed to the house and said, "The sacred stone is inside. Go in yourselves."

Without hesitation, Li Kai took a few steps forward to the door, casually pushed it open, and cautiously observed the room.

The danger prediction did not issue any warnings.

He then entered the house, glanced around, and saw that there was little furniture inside, with only an irregular boulder about half a person's height in the middle of the floor.

This must be what is known as the sacred stone.

The others followed. Dumbledore was clearly surprised when he saw the Holy Stone, and he subconsciously looked at Li Kai.

Li Kai took out a Gantt ring from his storage equipment and said with a smile, "So the so-called Holy Stone is the Resurrection Stone?"

The gemstone set in Gaunt's ring is the legendary Resurrection Stone, a fact few people know.

Previously, perhaps only Li Kai and Dumbledore knew this, but now there are two more.

"The Resurrection Stone?" Grindelwald leaned closer for a look. "So the true function of the Resurrection Stone isn't to resurrect the dead, but to preserve the soul's will and memories!"

He was once obsessed with the Deathly Hallows, but until his downfall, he only ever obtained the Elder Wand. This was the first time he had ever seen the Resurrection Stone.

"If Lily happens to be somewhere with the Resurrection Stone," Snape's eyes lit up again, "could she still be gazing down at the world from some corner of the Underworld?"

"That is very possible," Dumbledore sighed, "but the hope is very slim."

He had obviously thought of Ariana as well, though he didn't hold out much hope, but people always have a bit of wishful thinking.

Chapter Forty: Return To The Human World! Resurrecting The Dead!

Li Kai did not take away the resurrection stone from the village, guessing that there should be many more such resurrection stones in the underworld.

"The Resurrection Stone and Elderflower are both products of the Underworld, so what about the Invisibility Cloak? Is it also a product of the Underworld?" Grindelwald pondered. "Who exactly brought these three Deathly Hallows to the mortal realm?"

Li Kai was also pondering this question, because it meant that there might be another being that could also open the gates to the underworld.

"Where do we go next?" Dumbledore asked with a smile. "The Underworld is so vast, we seem to have no destination in mind?"

They are now riding on Zhiqiang's back, wandering around aimlessly, without a fixed direction or clear goal.

"Let's wander around and collect some materials. It would be great if we could find a larger resurrection stone so we can take it back to the human world to study it." Li Kai wasn't really interested in the underworld; his purpose in collecting materials was to fill the spirit chamber with the magic stone.

Now that the main objective has been achieved, and with many additional gains, he has the idea of returning to the human world, but the other three are clearly still somewhat unwilling.

"There is a resurrection stone below, Zhiqiang, descend."

Li Kai's magical eye was so sharp that he could see several large resurrection stones even through the Netherworld.

They landed on the ground, dug up the underworld, and collected the resurrection stone.

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the perfect-grade collectible "Soul Stone". Reward: "Magic Power +3".]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the perfect-grade collectible "Soul Stone". Reward: +2 "Magic Power".]

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"So the real name of the Resurrection Stone is the Soul Stone! Collecting this thing actually rewards so much magic power, it's a pity that collecting too many makes it worthless." Li Kai clicked his tongue in amazement, his heart filled with joy.

The sudden increase of six points of magic power was a truly unexpected and delightful surprise.

"It's time to head back! We should go back and study this so-called Soul Stone carefully to see if it has any other uses."

The resurrection stone is precious because there is only one in a small quantity.

Now that we know there are a large number of resurrection stones in the underworld—no, we should say soul stones—we can freely conduct research on these magical stones.

Alchemy and potion-making are, to put it simply, advanced techniques involving materials.

The study of the properties of materials and their utilization is the foundation of all technology in human history.

Even a wooden stick needs to be understood in order to be used.

In the past, people's understanding of the Soul Stone existed only in legends. What it was composed of, and whether that substance had any other functions, remained unclear. Ultimately, the reason was that its quantity was so small that no one was willing to cut it open for research.

Now, Li Kai has a large piece of Soul Stone in his hands. He can cut it open, grind it, mix it with other materials, observe what changes will occur, and study its properties.

On their way back to the Gates of the Underworld, they found another elderberry. Li Kai showed no mercy and transplanted it into the Emerald Dream as well.

If two elderberries can survive, then there will be countless Elder Wands in the future.

Soon, Li Kai led everyone back to the Gate of the Underworld. With a wave of his hand, Zhiqiang and Wanda were both taken into the Emerald Dream.

They passed through the gates of the underworld and finally returned to the human world.

Upon entering the human world, the group felt an intense hunger in their stomachs.

"That's a bit strange," Dumbledore said with a smile. "It feels like I've been starving for days, even though I've only been in the underworld for a few hours."

Li Kai frowned: "There might have been a time distortion when we crossed the gate to the underworld. Let's go back to the alchemy shop first, since we can't confirm the time here either."

He waved his hand to close the gates of the underworld and stretched out an arm.

The others then put their hands on his arms.

Crack!

In the next instant, the group had traveled thousands of miles and returned to Nicolas Flamel's alchemy shop.

Dumbledore remarked, "This is my first time taking a long-distance ride, and it feels pretty good. Kyle, I didn't expect your Apparition skills to be even better than mine. You should travel around sometime, so you can go wherever you want in the future."

"That's exactly what I was thinking too," Li Kai said with a smile. "Unfortunately, I'm too busy! Although I've tried to slow down my pace of life, it always seems like there are things I can't finish."

"Take your time. You have plenty of time," Dumbledore smiled. "More than anyone else."

As they spoke, the group pushed open the door and entered Nicolas Flamel's alchemy shop.

Nicolas Flamel was reading the newspaper inside. Perenaerts wasn't home; Li Kai guessed she must have gone to visit someone.

"Oh! Thank goodness! You've finally returned from hell!" Nicolas Flamel exclaimed. "I thought you were left in hell by Satan. It's good that you're back. Tell me, how was it? Was the underworld fun?"

"Nicole, get us something to eat first. I feel like I haven't eaten for days." Dumbledore was an honest man and never skimped on food and drink.

"Okay, you wait here, I'll get the food." Nileme quickly brought over some toast.

Li Kai was quite dissatisfied that it wasn't a fancy meal, but since he was at someone else's house, he could only eat whatever was available.

(cfcj) Grindelwald picked up an old newspaper from the coffee table and said to himself with a self-deprecating smile, "Is that all there is to it? It seems I really will have to live under a different identity from now on."

"What's the date today?" Dumbledore asked, eating his bread. "How long have we been walking?"

The hunger they felt earlier was definitely not caused by fasting for just one day; everyone suspected that several days had passed.

"Today is July 11th, and you have been gone for a full nine days," Nicolas Flamel remarked. "Although it has only been nine days, a lot of important things have happened recently."

He looked at Grindelwald and said with a smile, "Your sorcerers, the saints of the sorcerer party, held a grand funeral for you. Many people in the wizarding world went. Some say that when a person dies, all debts are settled, and all your past sins were completely wiped away with that funeral."

Grindelwald remained silent, his feelings clearly very complicated.

Li Kai smiled and said, "This is a good thing. Many people want to say goodbye to the past, but they can never let go of it."

In Li Kai's understanding, from the wizard's perspective, Grindelwald was a great revolutionary leader. Although he failed, his spiritual goals will forever remain in the hearts of many wizards.

But from the perspective of Muggles, Grindelwald is an absolute villain and a demon. No one can deny that he did allow his men to kill many Muggles.

On the surface, he was trying to establish a new era of wizards ruling over Muggles, but in doing so, he also killed many wizards.

It's obvious that in his eyes wizards and Muggles are probably no different. He'll keep useful people and won't kill useless people casually, but anyone who blocks his way will surely die.

Li Kai sometimes wondered if Grindelwald had done so much throughout his life just to prepare for that duel in 1945.

This conjecture is somewhat far-fetched, but humans are indeed extremely complex beings.

A person can focus wholeheartedly on one thing, or use ten things to achieve many goals.

Therefore, there may be many reasons for Grindelwald's actions.

Who can tell which of a man's words are true and which are false when he has fooled countless intelligent people into following him?

"It felt like no time had passed in the Underworld, we didn't even feel hungry there, but when we came back we found that nine days had passed in an instant." Dumbledore said with emotion, "The Underworld is indeed very dangerous. If Kyle hadn't made such thorough preparations, we might not have been able to come back, no, we might not have even gotten very far."

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Snape suddenly said, "If there's nothing else, may I leave?"

"No, Professor Snape," Li Kai said lazily. "You probably can't leave now, unless you don't want to resurrect that person."

"We haven't seen your so-called resurrection spell yet." Snape stared at Li Kai, a hint of anticipation mixed with skepticism in his eyes.

This is understandable, since resurrecting the dead is already somewhat absurd, and Lily is probably just a skeleton now.

According to Li Kai's previous statement, he currently has no ability to resurrect people who have been dead for a long time.

Li Kai didn't care about Snape's doubts. If you want someone to work for you, you have to at least show them your abilities and let them know that you can afford to pay them.

He looked at Dumbledore and asked with a smile, "If you won't let me experiment on living people, surely you can find dead ones?"

Dumbledore thought for a moment and said, "Go to St. Mungo's Hospital and see. I don't know if any unfortunate souls have died today. If not, then you can use me for your experiments."

"Pfft!" Li Kai spat out a mouthful of tea, staring in disbelief. "Professor, are you serious?"

Dumbledore shrugged. "Having traveled to the underworld, how could I not trust you?"

Li Kai admired Dumbledore to the extreme. This old guy really knew how to win people's hearts. He was even willing to sell himself out when it mattered most.

In the original story, he had Snape kill Draco in order to complete his plan and save the lost Draco.

Many people might think that operation was somewhat unnecessary, but Li Kai knew it was absolutely necessary.

Many things can only be done zero times or countless times, especially for young people whose values are not yet fully solidified.

If Draco had actually killed Dumbledore that time, the wizarding world would have gained another ruthless and heartless dark wizard who treated human life as worthless.

"Let's go, let's go to St. Mungo's Hospital," Dumbledore said with a smile.

A few minutes later, Li Kai, Dumbledore, and Snape appeared at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magic and Wizardry, the most famous hospital in the wizarding world.

St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries was founded in London, England, in the late 16th or early 17th century by Mungo Bohan.

It is the most important, and perhaps only, large-scale comprehensive magical injury hospital in the magical world. The hospital's symbol is a bone and a wand crossed.

Medical personnel working in St. Mungo's must undergo rigorous training and acquire extensive knowledge of all aspects of magical medicine and magical injuries.

This hospital not only treats wizards and witches suffering from various magical injuries and illnesses, but also treats Muggles in specific circumstances (when Muggles suffer from magical injuries and illnesses).

St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries welcomes donations from all members of the magical community.

The entrance to this famous hospital is in London's Baptiste department store, an old-fashioned red-brick department store where Muggles can only see the "Closed for Renovation" sign on the door and cannot enter.

The wizard only needs to explain the origin of an ugly doll in front of the shop window, and it will nod slightly and wave its joined fingers to let you in, much like the partition you have to pass through to enter Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, or the glass window you have to pass through to enter St. Mungo's Hospital of Magical Injuries.

Grindelwald is not suitable to appear in public for the time being, so he was not brought along this time.

Dumbledore spoke with the head of St. Mungo's Hospital and quickly confirmed that someone had indeed died that day.

The current director of St. Mungo's Hospital is named Terrencenil. This gentleman is also a great wizard, but he spends all his time researching healing magic and is not proficient in combat.

His beard was as long as Dumbledore's, and he wore a dark green robe with the emblem of St. Mungo's Hospital embroidered on his chest. He had two emerald rings on his hands, and his nails were cut very short.

Seeing that Dumbledore was happy, Tandinier was clearly pleased. They hugged and exchanged pleasantries for a moment before starting to talk business.

"Albus, what brings you here?" Tandinil said leisurely. "You look quite robust; you don't seem like someone who needs my treatment."

This means, "I'm very busy right now, so speak quickly and get to work."

Dumbledore didn't care. He said softly, "Teresais, we're here today to conduct an experiment, an experiment that will shock the world. If the experiment succeeds, you may be recorded in history."

Mr. Tandinier said dismissively, "I've already been made history; every director of St. Mungo's Hospital has received this treatment."

"Uh!" Dumbledore paused for a moment, then added, "Then make your resume even more impressive."

"Alright, I'll make time to listen to your nonsense," Mr. Tandinier said with a smile. "Tell me, how can I make my resume even more impressive?"

Dumbledore pointed at Li Kai, "This boy has mastered a resurrection spell that can bring back people who have recently died. We wanted to see it, so we came over."

"What?" Tandinil stared at Li Kai in astonishment, saying incredulously, "Are you guys just bored and messing around with me? This kid can bring the dead back to life? Do you think he's a god?"

"No! He's more amazing than a god!" Dumbledore said jokingly. "He just took us on a tour of the underworld. We're still hungry, so we came here to show you his challenge to Death."

Tandin Neil knew Dumbledore well; he knew Dumbledore liked to use a joking tone when discussing important matters, so he knew Dumbledore wasn't really joking now.

"Are you serious?" Mr. Tandinier said excitedly, "If you really have that kind of ability, then I really want to see it for myself."

"So, esteemed Dean Tandinil, could you help us find a body that has recently passed away?" Li Kai said casually, "A few more would be fine too, preferably those between one and ten days after death. I also want to know my limits. Uh, and the body should be preserved as intact as possible."

"The body needs to be relatively well-preserved, and it needs to have been dead for between one and ten days?" Tandinil frowned. "That's a bit difficult. We'll have to go to the morgue and ask."

So the group went to the morgue.

After some investigation, only three bodies matched Li Kai's requirements.

The first body was that of a middle-aged man, an American wizard, who was killed by a black wizard with a killing curse. He died yesterday afternoon, and because no one claimed the body, it was sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for research.

As is well known, there is basically no cure for being struck by a Killing Curse by an adult wizard, so engravers have always wanted to develop drugs or items to resist the Killing Curse.

However, attempting to find a way to counter the Killing Curse by studying the corpses of those who died under it is clearly no different from resurrecting the dead.

Therefore, those who truly understand the field will generally not waste that time.

The second body was that of a beautiful 30-year-old woman who committed suicide by drinking expired "life-and-death water" due to emotional trauma. She was poisoned to death immediately, and even the administration of stimulants was ineffective. She had been dead for 31 hours.

The third body was that of a German Quidditch player whose broom was struck by lightning and he fell from a height of 600 meters, breaking his neck.

After a series of rescue efforts, he was given a one-way ticket to the underworld: "Time of death: 48 hours."

It is said that his family is negotiating compensation with his club and insurance company, and will hold a funeral after the agreement is reached.

Li Kai examined the three corpses and said with satisfaction, "They are all very fresh. I am very satisfied!"

Dean Tandinil urged, "Let's get started quickly. I can't wait, and I think these three test subjects are also eager to return from the underworld."