Volume 4 Chapter 162 - It's Finally Here!

  Lin Xiao has been going to Duijie Alley a lot these days and occasionally gets some things like hair from some people.

  In his wine jug, there were eight compound potions targeting humans that could make Lin Xiao drink and turn into eight different people, while the other two slots stored compound potions that were not targeted at humans.

  One is a cat, a male Persian cat with beautiful golden fur.

  One was a snake, a Nepalese venomous snake, a kind of magical creature, one drop of its venom was enough to kill a powerful wizard in three seconds.

  "That's all settled then!" Lin Xiao put away the wine jug and walked out of the room.

  ……

  It's already mid-August, and Lin Xiao has been living in the alley for nearly half a month. In this half-month, he bought a large number of books about the wizarding world, starting from some basic knowledge points to learn, and with his terrible memory ability, it took him almost seven or eight days to memorize the contents of so many books.

  Some of these books were purchased from Lihen Bookstore, while others were looted by Lin Xiao from Bokinbok. The ones looted from Bokinbok mainly included some forbidden techniques and books introducing evil curses, which also detailed the three unpardonable curses.

  Unfortunately, Lin Xiao didn't buy a magic wand, so he couldn't cast these spells at all, including ordinary ones like 'Disarm'.

  These days, Lin Xiao has also been thinking about whether he should go buy a magic wand, but he's afraid that this will leave a mark on himself in the wizarding world.

  Who knows if there's something marked on those wands, if this thing is like a tracker and follows its own people, then Lin Xiao wouldn't be lifting a stone to hit his own foot?

  The wand chose the wizard, Lin Xiao just thought about it briefly and put it aside for the time being. These days he was mainly still searching for Professor Qī Luò's trail. He knew he would return to Diagon Alley, but the only thing he knew about the timing was when Harry first entered Diagon Alley, and that day was clearly still some days away.

  Lin Xiao was looking forward to him coming over earlier, this way he could meet Voldemort ahead of time and exchange greetings.

  If Lin Xiao had wanted to find Voldemort before, it was because he wanted to use him to sneak into Hogwarts. But now that's no longer necessary, because he has thought of a better way to get in.

  Every student at Hogwarts is allowed to bring one pet, such as a mouse, a toad or... a cat.

  Two days ago, Lin Xiao used the technique of dividing his body to create a fairly decent duplicate. At least in the eyes of those wizards, he was not a useless cannon but just a low-level wizard.

  With this identity, his alter ego sneaked into a pet store in the alley and became an apprentice shop assistant. Lin Xiao would also use this identity to transform himself into a golden Persian cat and sell it in the store.

  Of course, it's not that anyone who wants to buy is willing to sell, his target has long been set, that is Hermione, one of the Iron Triangle.

  This little girl is only 11 years old. Lin Xiao remembers that she also bought a cat later, which shows that she likes cats herself. In fact, for girls, there are not many who don't like cats, especially this beautiful and noble Persian cat of Lin Xiao's. As long as the price is right, I believe Hermione will definitely buy it.

  So at that time he followed Hermione every day, wouldn't it be just fine to monitor Harry Potter? As for sneaking into Hogwarts, that's even simpler.

  Of course, Hermione hasn't come to Diagon Alley yet. Even Lin Xiao doesn't know when Hermione will be back, but the notice should not have been sent out so early, and buying first-year textbooks and cauldrons shouldn't need to be done so early either, if school starts around September 20th. So Lin Xiao estimates that they will come to buy things around the 15th.

  In fact, unless you're someone like Harry Potter who encounters special circumstances, nobody would go out to buy the necessary items on the eve of the new semester.

  However, in case of an emergency, Lin Xiao had already prepared to stay in the form of a cat at that pet store after September 10th, and as for what to say, he had also thought it through long ago.

  A young boy who lost his parents, due to financial difficulties, cannot afford to raise his own cat. In order to find a suitable owner for it, he must require the new owner to gain his cat's affection. If his cat does not like the new owner, he is determined not to sell it.

  As for the price, just give two or three silver coins and that's it, it's just a formality.

  But whether he likes it or not is not up to Lin Xiao himself to decide.

  ……

  Before he knew it, the end of August was approaching, and Lin Xiao still hadn't seen Professor Qilo at Broken Pot Bar, which left him extremely disappointed.

  That day, he left his room as usual and went downstairs to have a simple breakfast.

  During this time, due to Lin Xiao's prolonged stay here, the regulars in the bar also became familiar with this strange young man who liked to wear a white bone mask, and at least they wouldn't be as intimidated by Lin Xiao's appearance as they were at first.

  The bar owner, Tom, had mentioned to Lin Xiao more than once that he didn't need to wear the mask all the time, but Lin Xiao listened and still didn't want to expose himself so quickly to the world. As for using one of the eight identities in the compound potion, that was even more nonsense.

  Lin Xiao didn't know if those eight guys had any acquaintances here, what if they were exposed?

  "Tom, I'm leaving." Lin Xiao swallowed the last mouthful of butter beer, patted his hands and stood up from his seat.

  Tom, who was behind the counter, smiled and took away the tray in front of Lin Xiao, chatting with him casually.

  After chatting with Tom for a few sentences, Lin Xiao decided to go out and stroll around the alley. Having stayed there for so many days, he was already completely familiar with the alley and could walk through it with his eyes closed without getting lost.

  But today, just as Lin Xiao was about to leave through the back door for the opposite alley, the large door of Broken Jar Tavern was pushed open once again.

  Lin Xiao glanced over there casually, without even stopping his footsteps, but as soon as he saw the figure clearly, he suddenly froze in place, motionless.

  "Professor Qilo!" Lin Xiao slowly turned his head, and his eyes fell on Professor Qilo again, who was wearing a purple scarf around his head. His heart suddenly burst with joy.

  "Good fellow, I've finally waited for you." Lin Xiao thought to himself.

  At this time, he didn't plan to go to the corner alley either. He turned around and sat down in the seat next to him. The several wizards next to him looked at him curiously, wondering why the strange wizard who went to the corner alley every day didn't go today?

  "Hey! Professor Kyuro." Tom, the bartender, greeted Professor Kyuro as he walked in, clearly not familiar with him and only doing so out of courtesy.

  Professor Chihiro's introverted face showed a slightly tense smile, he nodded towards Tom and quickly walked towards the back door of the bar.

  "Huh? This guy is heading to the alley, but why didn't he use teleportation instead of walking from here?" Lin Xiao couldn't help but feel puzzled as he saw Professor Qilo walking towards what seemed to be the back door of the bar.

  In fact, it's not that Professor Chi Luo doesn't want to use transformation magic, but he dares not. He is no longer a normal white wizard, as his body still harbors a weak black demon king. In this situation, how can he dare to use transformation magic? If he accidentally exposes the black demon king's aura, you will suffer a disastrous fate.

  The guests in the bar seemed to dislike Professor Chi Luo, not because he was unfriendly, but because a strong smell of garlic lingered on him, making people really unwilling to get close to him.

  Professor Chi Luo quickly walked towards the back door of the bar. If Lin Xiao was by his side at that time, Lin Xiao keenly felt a gaze sweeping over him from behind. That gaze didn't come from Professor Chi Luo, but from the back of Professor Chi Luo's head.

  "Foul devil!" Lin Xiao sneered in his heart and immediately stood up from his seat, quickly walking towards the back door.

  Squeak!

  Pushing open the door and walking into the backyard, Lin Xiao saw Professor Qiluo about to open the gate leading to the alleyway opposite. At this moment, he suddenly heard a noise behind him and was startled so much that he quickly turned around with his magic wand pointing at Lin Xiao.

  "Professor Chi Lo, are you tense?" Lin Xiao smiled as he looked at him, seemingly oblivious to the wand pointing at him.

  Professor Chihiro, who had started to sweat on his forehead, seemed to have realized that he was over-tensing himself. He hastily put away his wand and gave an embarrassed smile.

  "Professor, I heard you're the teacher of Defense Against Dark Magic this semester at Hogwarts, right?" Lin Xiao walked up and stood beside Qiao, with a casual tone.

  Professor Chi Luo's body was almost tense in an instant near Lin Xiao, and one hand even tightly grasped the magic wand in his hand, with blue veins bursting out, as if he had seen the murderer of his father.

  He nodded stiffly, opened his mouth, and finally squeezed out an "en".

  "Does the professor rarely go to the alley from here?" Lin Xiao continued to say casually, but at this time he stretched out his hand and knocked five times on the wall in front of him.

  Chi Luo was somewhat tense at this time and didn't notice that Lin Xiao was using his fingers instead of a magic wand, but the Fudi Demon residing in Chi Luo's body did.

  A wizard actually used his fingers to open the door instead of a magic wand, which seemed quite strange. This was also why Lin Xiao had never gone to the alley with other wizards before, so he didn't know that this behavior was actually very strange.

  As the portal opened a little bit, Chi Luo's entire body began to tremble slightly with tension.

  Lin Xiao glanced at him with a hint of a strange arc at the corner of his mouth under the mask.