Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 342 The manhunt concludes! A strange divination!

The sparse grove where the battlefield was located has now completely disappeared.

Although the chaotic energy generated by the explosion has been largely depleted, it is still raging everywhere.

The almost transparent and invisible spatial rifts, although the newly formed ones are much smaller than the previous ones, are still constantly growing in the raging energy, and automatically closing under the world's repair mechanism, in a continuous cycle.

Among them, a rampant energy, accompanied by intermittent spatial rifts, is slowly approaching the area where the Chinese anti-crime team is currently concentrated.

"Quick! Brother Li, here is a cross-border key that has been prepared beforehand. Once I activate it, we can all touch it together and return directly to the Ministry of Magic in Guilin."

Seeing that the situation was still critical, but the mission was already completed, one of the Chinese Ministry of Magic Aurors took out a high-grade portkey shaped like a palm-sized brass key, preparing to send the Chinese anti-crime team back to China to get away from the danger.

The other four Aurors from the Chinese Ministry of Magic were also working together quite well, using the Levitation Charm to gather the eleven severely injured young righteous cultivators and prepare for their return journey.

"Not necessarily!"

Suddenly, a voice in ancient but gentle and powerful Chinese came from ahead.

The members of the Huaxia Criminal Investigation Team all looked toward the source of the sound.

Suddenly, an elderly man with white hair and beard, dressed in a Bagua Taoist robe and holding an ancient tortoise shell, appeared out of nowhere and shielded everyone from the chaotic energy that was coming.

"Master Lingyan, what are you doing here?"

Holding a broken array eye pestle, with blood at the corner of his mouth, array cultivator Li Yubo asked in surprise.

But as soon as he asked the question, he understood why.

“I’ve always been here, but I’ve never interfered with your actions.”

The efficacious patriarch replied with a sentence, and at the same time threw out the ancient tortoise shell in his hand.

Instantly, a guiding array, centered on an ancient tortoise shell, emerged in the sky, subtly conforming to the principles of Qimen Dunjia. This array redirected the incoming chaotic energy into the air, gradually diminishing its power until it dissipated completely.

Without the chaotic energy, the spatial rifts gradually healed and repaired themselves.

"Since you're here, then just now..."

The array cultivator, Li Yubo, deliberately hesitated before asking.

Lingyan Ancestor was one of only two Supreme Elders in the Array Cultivation lineage, second only to Li Yubo's grandmaster in cultivation. He was not only extremely skilled in array formations, but also proficient in divination.

He was proficient in all of the following: Plum Blossom Divination, Six Lines Divination, Eight Trigrams Divination, and Tortoise Shell Divination.

His self-proclaimed title of "Master of Miraculous Efficacy" is a testament to this.

However, this matter was merely a rumor among young cultivators in other righteous sects.

Li Yubo asked this question so that his elders in his own sect could explain it to him, lest the holy sons and daughters of other branches complain that the efficacious ancestor was not doing a good job as a protector.

Upon hearing this, the efficacious patriarch understood. He did not turn around, but continued to work, setting up a large array to dissipate the remaining chaotic energy and spatial rifts on the battlefield.

At the same time, he slowly explained, "I just calculated that you will not be in any danger to your lives, and the magical treasures you are carrying will not be completely destroyed."

Moreover, even if I intervene, there's no guarantee the outcome will be any better.

The self-destruction of the Myriad Souls Banner, an evil treasure from a thousand years ago, means it's impossible for the righteous path to escape without paying a price.

Before you went abroad, I discussed it with your seniors.

This trip is mainly for training. As long as you don't die or damage your cultivation foundation, even if you are seriously injured or your magic treasures are destroyed, it is within an acceptable range.

You handled things quite well today, and didn't embarrass our righteous path. Your training mission for this trip is now complete, and you can go back.

You must remember every insight you gained from this trip and transform it into resources for your own spiritual practice. After returning home, take good care of your injuries and cultivate your mind in peace.

This world is full of talented people; China must never fall behind!

As the efficacious master spoke, he glanced in the direction of Hogwarts from afar.

"Yes, Master, I will remember!"

Li Yubo dared not neglect the admonition of his elders and responded immediately.

The other ten young cultivators from the righteous path also chimed in to show their respect.

After the sound subsided, Li Yubo raised another question he wanted to confirm:

"Master, the explosion just now created so many spatial rifts. Could the demon's soul have escaped? After all, he is a ghost cultivator who is skilled in soul secret techniques."

"I've divined it; that little devil is dead, without a doubt," Master Lingyan replied. "But what did we promise him... what was it again?"

“Hogwarts,” Li Yubo reminded him.

"Yes, Hogwarts. The evil foreign soul we promised to send them didn't die; it must have escaped."

When the efficacious master mentioned Voldemort's split soul, he frowned slightly. "Moreover, the divination results of this evil soul later puzzled me greatly."

He has the potential for physical resurrection, but also the potential for premature death; in short, he won't live much longer.

Logically speaking, this evil soul is over sixty years old, not a fetus or child. Even if it were to die, it wouldn't be considered premature death, would it? Truly bizarre!

Li Yubo rarely saw anything that even the most efficacious ancestral masters couldn't calculate, and he was quite surprised.

But surprise was useless; if even the most efficacious master couldn't understand it, he was even more helpless.

Therefore, Li Yubo ignored the ramblings of the efficacious ancestor and offered a suggestion to bring the matter to a close:

"Since that evil soul won't live much longer, it's a good end. We can just inform Hogwarts and send them a gift, and that will settle the matter."

"You're in charge of this matter. When you get back, let the younger members of the Ministry of Magic handle it!"

The efficacious patriarch stopped dwelling on it and continued, "Let's not disturb them today. I've calculated that it's not auspicious for them to receive guests today. Besides, your injuries can't be delayed, so let's go back first!"

As he spoke, the efficacious ancestor recalled the tortoise shell magic treasure that had already dealt with the chaotic energy and spatial rifts of the battlefield, and once again used it to set up a transnational teleportation array that enveloped all members of the Chinese criminal investigation team.

The next second, the formation activated, and everyone present vanished.

All that remained was a desolate, wrecked battlefield.

……

Not long after, Dudley and Dumbledore teleported to the scene and were slightly taken aback when they saw the charred and chaotic battlefield where a thick layer of soil had been scraped away.

Let's rewind to Hogwarts Castle not long ago.

Inside the principal's office, the process of separating Voldemort's soul fragments from the three Horcruxes was proceeding methodically and cautiously.

Snape applied a soul-numbing potion to the Hufflepuff chalice, numbing the Voldemort soul fragment within it that possessed only instinct.

Dumbledore waved the Elder Wand, drawing upon the power of love stored within the Hufflepuff House flag above, bypassing the dark magic on the chalice, and imbuing the chalice itself with a protective spell of love.

Once the Love Protection spell was complete, Dudley and Harry immediately joined forces to cast the spell.

Dudley naturally used the 'Soul Stealing' spell on the Voldemort soul fragment in the Golden Cup.

Harry, with the mindset of cooperating with his cousin and fighting alongside him, used his holly wand to cast a negligible extrasensory charm on Dudley, enhancing Dudley's perception.