After the three of Harry left, Zhang Xu finished writing a report on the exchange visit, a report on the communication with the students as the main content was handed to Dumbledore, and a report with a report on the transaction with the French wizarding world through Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was sent back to China. Of course, I won't mention the thing about flirting with girls.

Zhang Xu used magic to make a few paper cranes to deliver letters, and together they flew to the headmaster's office with the report handed to Dumbledore. Then before lunch, I went to the owl house and sent away the letter to Fleur and the report from home.

During lunch, Zhang Xu had been thinking about some questions, so he was a little silent at the table, except for a brief talk to Zhang Qiu about his experience in France, and then went back to the dormitory after eating something hastily.

Zhang Qiu originally wanted to ask Zhang Xu about Furong, but seeing that he looked preoccupied, he didn't bother him too much.

Zhang Xu usually chooses the reading room when he writes his homework, and goes back to the dormitory when he writes something private or thinks about some important issues.

Zhang Xu is now thinking about a question, that is, whether to attack the Philosopher's Stone.

On the second day of Christmas, Fleur had to go back to the dormitory to write a reply to her sister after lunch, and before lunch she received a letter from home from an owl.

Zhang Xu came to the garden by himself after lunch, found a stone bench to sit on, and planned to bask in the winter afternoon sun.

At this time, an owl delivering a letter found Zhang Xu and sent Zhang Xu a letter from Zhao Lao who had been transferred from the French Embassy to him.

The content of the letter is that the Red Furry Bear Empire, as in "history", collapsed yesterday.

Zhao Lao made arrangements for this matter many years ago, and the country also formulated and implemented a series of plans early on, and Zhang Xu also made some additions to some plans after Zhao Lao and Zhang Xu met for the first time.

Now, the red furry bear is still down. At this moment, in that land in the north, a large number of professionals are waving a lot of dollars and vodka to go around to grab experts, equipment, and information.

Zhang Xu, who was thinking, suddenly felt a soft body leaning against him, and a blonde head resting on his shoulder.

Zhang Xu rubbed his head on his shoulder with his cheek and reached out to wrap his hand around Furong's waist.

Intrigue or something, it's all your own business, and it has nothing to do with the little girlfriend around you.

Zhang Xu, who quickly changed his mood, began to talk to Furong about his uncle taking him to fly in the sky when he was a child.

The two chatted for a while, and another owl flew to Zhang Xu's side.

This time the owl sent an invitation to Zhang Xu to have afternoon tea, and the inviter was relatively large - Nicol Lemay.

Zhang Xu came to a tearoom in Beauxbatons Castle on time according to the request of the invitation, and an old man in good spirits sat in the tearoom.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Nicol Lemay first started the conversation: "Albus mentioned you in his letter to me, and he said that you are a very good wizard. ”

"Professor Dumbledore is false, no wizard in front of you and him dares to claim to be superior." Zhang Xu said.

"You don't have to be so modest, at least Albus and I can't build such a beautiful ice castle at your age." Nicol Lemay said with a smile.

Zhang Xu knew his own business, and he also believed that the well-informed Nicol Lemay could also see it, so he could only say truthfully: "It was because I did my best, and I almost overdrew my magic power to have such a result, and it was only now that my magic power has recovered a small half." ”

Nicol Lemay didn't go into the topic further, and changed the topic simply and clearly, "What do you think about permanent life?" ”

Zhang Xu, who had long expected Nicol Lemay's question, replied: "Since the birth of human beings, they have been pursuing power beyond themselves. Because human beings are not very strong in physical strength, humans have invented tools to increase their own strength. Through the quest for greater power, Muggles began in the Stone Age, went through the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, and then the three Industrial Revolutions, and human power reached unprecedented levels with the help of tools. The wizarding world is also the same, after thousands of years of development, wizards have invented and created all kinds of magic, and wizards have also gained unprecedented power through the tool of magic. And lifespan, so to speak, is a kind of strength. The pursuit of eternal life is also part of mankind's pursuit of strength. ”

Nicol Lemay was silent for a while after listening to this, and then said: "It's a novel angle, but I have to say that you have a lot of sense. So what kind of person do you think can have eternal life? ”

"Lack of heart." Zhang Xu replied.

"......" Nicol Lemay inevitably couldn't accept such an answer.

Knowing that Nicol Lemay was unable to accept such an answer for a while, Zhang Xu explained to the other party, "Lack of heart and eye is a necessary quality for an immortal, because you have endless time to experience endless things, if your own mentality is always nervous, sometimes sad and sometimes depressed because of external objects, it won't be long before you go crazy." So you have to learn to make your heart stronger than anything else, and eventually, you can smile at the end of the world and save the world with a smile on your face – and then you'll be done. Abundant feelings, especially negative feelings, are the virtues of mortals, but they are the fatal disease of immortals, and a guy who often falls into negative feelings or depression is not qualified to live forever. ”

This is what Zhang Xu saw when he read the novel in his previous life, it is the true god manifestation, the radiance, the light, the benevolence, the world, the universality, the great merit, the immeasurable wisdom, the godmother of the Tianzun, the godmother of Hongwu, the heroic martyr, the prestige, the name of the three days, the supreme god Fazhen, the extremely benevolent heart, the town of heaven and earth, the evil town, the human god of the most holy and pure, the power of the unpredictable, the brave and fierce generals of the three armies, the empowerment of the holy body of the gods, the holy body, the light and purity, the eternal love of the world, the love of the common people, the love of heaven and earth, the prestige of the great power, the name of the void, the true merit and true virtue, the supreme great god, the leader of the Bingdis clan, the words of the patriarch of the Bingdis clan to the Holy Father Chen.

When Zhang Xu was thinking about this question, he suddenly remembered this passage.

Nicol Lemay has always been seen from the perspective of a mortal now, and in his opinion more than 600 years old is almost immortal. But he didn't know that in the Muggle world, where thinking was more active than the wizarding world, and in the online literature world, where thinking was the most active in the Muggle world, he didn't know how many versions of the answers there were, and the level of these answers was an order of magnitude higher than that of more than six hundred years old.

Faced with Zhang Xu's answer, Nicol Lemay fell into a wave of contemplation. Originally, he just wanted to hear what angle Zhang Xu had and what kind of views he had, but who knew that the other party did not play cards according to the routine, and directly crushed them at different levels.

Then Nicol Lemay suddenly thought of a question, such words should not be said by an eleven or twelve-year-old child, only people who have experienced a long life can say such words, and such words are not like the feelings of one person, but the summary of many immortals.

Zhang Xu secretly observed Nicol Lemay while drinking tea, and after drinking a cup of tea, he was sure that Nicol Lemay was misled by his asymmetrical brain hole.

When Zhang Xu finished drinking another cup of tea, Nicol Lemay broke away from his contemplation.

"Mr. Zhang, may I ask if there is such an immortal in Huaxia?" Nicol Lemay asked with a serious face.

"I haven't seen it." Zhang Xu replied.

After experiencing a time travel himself, knowing that there is another fellow who has traveled through the country, and knowing that this is a world with magic, Zhang Xu will not be surprised that no matter what strange things happen in this world, even if Dumbledore hires Gandalf to be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts next semester, he can treat it calmly. If someone told him one day that the old man who sold tea eggs at the gate of his community was Dayu, and the one who sold roasted sweet potatoes was Jiang Ziya, he would also be calm.

So for some things, Zhang Xu didn't dare to deny it easily. What if such a person really exists?

And in Nicol Lemay's eyes, some problems are not denied even if they are admitted.

Seeing that Zhang Xu didn't want to say more, Nicol Lemay didn't ask much.

For a while, Nicol Lemay didn't know how to start the following topic.

At this time, Zhang Xu changed the subject, "Professor Lemay, the Philosopher's Stone you made can be called a miracle in the history of magic. In the magical world of China, you are also full of praise for your Philosopher's Stone. ”

Nicol Lemay shook his head and said, "It's not as magical as it seems, and it's not as powerful as people think." ”

Zhang Xu thought for a moment and asked, "Is there a limit to its energy?" ”

Nicol Lemay nodded and said, "Yes, it's running out of energy. ”

Nicol Lemay was misled by Zhang Xu's words just now, thinking that the magic stone in his hand was not a unique thing in the eyes of others, and it was not interesting to hide it himself, so he simply said it. Nicol Lemay knew that the young man in front of him was not just a simple international student, but also a mouthpiece for the magical world between the East and the West.

"Then why don't you make another piece?"

Only then did Zhang Xu understand why Dumbledore destroyed the Philosopher's Stone in the end. The biggest reason is that Nicol Lemay's life-sustaining treasure balance is insufficient, so Nicol Lemay simply made my death not because the balance of the life-sustaining treasure that is said to be on permanent standby is embarrassingly insufficient, but because I have lived too long and have a long life. In order not to let people find out the truth, he set up a game for Dumbledore and then destroyed it. In this way, no one will be able to know the truth about the insufficient balance of the Life Continuation Treasure in the future.

"There's no way to make another piece, when I made the Philosopher's Stone, I used up the last bit of material for some extinct magical creatures, and now I can't get all the main materials together." Nicol Lemay shook his head.

"That's a shame." Zhang Xu said.

"Can you trade the Philosopher's Stone for me? There is also how to make the Philosopher's Stone. The price you don't have to open. At this moment, Zhang Xu said like a dog.

Nicol Lemay was stunned for a moment, although he had thought that the person behind Zhang Xu would want to get the Philosopher's Stone, but he didn't expect the other party to pop up a transaction window so directly.

"I have already handed over the Philosopher's Stone to Albus, and I will let Albus decide where it will belong in the future." Nicol Lemay kicked the ball to Dumbledore, "I put all the Philosopher's Stones in the Philosopher's Stone from the beginning, and there is no other way to make Philosopher's Stones in the world." ”

After getting such an answer, Zhang Xu couldn't say anything more.

Next, Zhang Xu asked Nicol Lemay for alchemy knowledge, who let Hogwarts not have alchemy courses?

Nicol Lemay returned to his home stadium and answered all questions asked by Zhang Xu.

Nicol Lemay soon discovered that it was not an exaggeration for Dumbledore to praise Zhang Xu for being very good. Many of the questions asked by Zhang Xu are very basic, but after answering them himself, he can quickly understand the content and draw inferences.

After a question and answer from the two, dinner time soon came.

After the two complained that Hogwarts did not have an alchemy class, Nicol Lemay said that he gave Zhang Xu a set of Beauxbatons's alchemy class textbooks, and if Zhang Xu had any questions when he was studying on his own, he could write to him, even if he did not have the Philosopher's Stone, he could live for several years.

That night, Zhang Xu wrote to Dumbledore, telling him about the transaction between him and Nicol Lemay about the Philosopher's Stone, and asked Dumbledore if the Philosopher's Stone was for sale. Dumbledore's reply was a back-to-school interview.