Although the professors were on guard, the news of Colin Creevey being the second victim and being petrified soon spread throughout the school. Lady Loris, who was petrified before, was just a cat in everyone's eyes, so everyone except Filch didn't feel much. But the murder of Colin Creevey taught everyone a hard lesson: no one can escape this incident.

The atmosphere in the school suddenly became tense, and lately the owl of the school has become the most sought-after thing, and all the children want to find a little sense of security by writing letters to their families.

Zhang Feng can also see from the "Prophet Daily" that he ordered that the call for Hogwarts to suspend classes is also getting louder and louder. Dumbledore and the other professors at the school were still holding on, but all those in the know knew that if the person controlling the basilisk was not found sooner, the clouds of panic would still be over Hogwarts.

In class, the professors were able to control the situation, but after class the students were in groups of three and two to discuss the recent attack. Zhang Feng even heard some Slytherin say that the school board had secretly held several meetings to send Hagrid to Azkaban again and remove Dumbledore from his position as headmaster.

Of course, the Weasley twins at Gryffindor also jumped at the chance. The two of them got a batch of amulets out of nowhere—all over the world, some with magic, some with no magic at all—and selling them at school in their spare time, which really made them a lot of money.

It's not just the Weasley twins who are eyeing this opportunity, but also our showy Professor Gilderoy Lockhart. One day, everyone got up together and found a new notice written in floral script on the bulletin board of their house: "International celebrity and writer, recipient of the Order of Merlin of the Third Class, honorary member of the League Against the Dark Arts, five-time winner of the Wizarding Weekly Most Charming Smile Award, and Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart, has submitted to the Headmaster for his approval to form a dueling club, and interested participants will gather in the Hogwarts dining hall every Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. for club activities." ”

At breakfast, the students in the hall were discussing the new dueling club.

"They're starting a dueling club!" said Harry's roommate, Seamus Finigan, "Tonight is the first party. I'm not averse to taking some dueling lessons, which might come in handy one day......"

"Which professor do you think Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart will invite to tonight's party?" said Dean Thomas, looking very excited.

Zhang Feng and the three of them had just walked into the hall when Harry and Ron, whose arms had fully recovered, rushed over.

"Will you attend the first meeting of the dueling club tonight?"

"Go!" Zhang Feng said categorically. Tonight's first gathering was a must-see of Gilderoy Lockhart lashing at Snape, the serpent king!

At eight o'clock in the evening, they hurried back to the auditorium. The long dining table vanished, and a long, gilded stage appeared along one wall, with hundreds of magic candles floating above it illuminating the auditorium. The ceiling was as black as velvet, and the starry sky that had been hidden from it was the magic array. Almost all the students from the whole school came, crowded one after another, everyone holding their own wands, their faces full of excitement.

"I don't know who will teach us tonight. Hermione was a little excited, "I think it's Professor Flitwick! He's a former dueling champion! I learned from Prefect Cedric Diggory that he's Professor Flitwick's protégé!"

Before Zhang Feng could answer, Gilderoy Lockhart walked onto the stage in a fuchsia robe, and he also pulled a Professor Snape in a black robe.

Professor Snape looked reluctant, and Gilderoy Lockhart ignored him, just waved his hand to silence everyone, and shouted, "Come around, come around, can everyone see me, can you hear me? Great! Professor Dumbledore has allowed me to open this little dueling club at this special time, and to train everyone enough in case you need to defend yourself one day." Of course, if you are really short on time, you can also buy my published work, which describes in detail the methods I have used countless times in times of crisis. Now, I would like to introduce you to my assistant tonight, Professor Severus Snape. ”

He bowed to Professor Snape, and then Snape bent over the group.