For the rest of the year, Professor Celtburn remembered Professor McGonagall's request and tried to let Hagrid lead the class during the lesson.

For example, if you are late, let Hagrid substitute for you, or if you leave halfway, let Hagrid take a while, etc.

During this time, the old professor also picked up the teaching code again, began to write the teaching code that he had long memorized, and handed it to Hagrid so that he could quickly get started.

From time to time, Dumbledore would talk to Hagrid and share some of his experiences. Grindelwald didn't quite understand why Dumbledore was so concerned about this big man.

When Hagrid was convicted by the Ministry of Magic for the Chamber of Secrets incident and broke his wand, it was Dumbledore who stepped in to save him and keep him at Hogwarts.

At that time, Hagrid was still a young wizard, and he was still some way away from adulthood.

It can be said that Dumbledore is Hagrid's other father, and the two are very close. As a result, Hagrid grew up with a lot of problems and rarely bothered Dumbledore unless necessary.

For Dumbledore, who had no children in his life, Hagrid was the closest person to his children in life, and there was almost no one to replace him. Therefore, he fully believed in Hagrid and was willing to entrust him with some important things.

In this way, under the transition of Professor Celt Byrne, Hagrid gradually occupied most of the Fantastic Beasts conservation class.

Strangely enough, the little wizards had no emotions at all other than the initial surprise, not even the idea of writing a letter to their parents.

Although Hagrid succeeded in becoming a professor of Magical Beasts Conservation, this did not mean that Professor Celtic Byrne would be able to retire completely and enjoy the leisurely life at Hogwarts.

The fifth- and seventh-graders still need him to teach them the magical beasts protection class, after all, they are facing the two most important exams of their lives.

At Grindelwald's urging, Dumbledore finally began to search for the basilisk's hiding place.

In this way, Newt and Tina saw the emerging Hogwarts tradition in Dumbledore for the first time, with a wand to show the way.

Since the operation of wand divination was passed on by Ralph, the professors have studied many times and modified some of the permissions of Hogwarts, finally allowing students to use wands to guide them in the castle, but only if they learn the [Levitation Charm].

While they could have done away with the Levitation Charm, the Professors didn't.

Wand guidance is basically only available to junior wizards, especially those who are not familiar with castles, who are interested. Senior wizards basically don't use it except to find lost items, after all, this thing looks at faces.

Some senior wizards have tested it, two of them, two Bibi multi-flavored beans, one delicious, and one unpalatable, looking for the delicious one together, and those who are lucky always find it first.

"The Gantt family repairs the back door left over from the sewer pipe."

It was what Dumbledore was looking for.

Guided by their wands, the group soon arrived at their destination, an abandoned women's bathroom on the third floor of the castle, where Myrtle died.

"Hello, Professor."

Seeing a large number of professors walk in, Myrtle stopped crying endlessly, floated in the air, and said a little timidly.

"Hello, Myrtle."

Dumbledore said gently, his kind smile reassuring Myrtle's heart.

He kindly explained to Myrtle the reason for their arrival, and hoped that she would not reveal it.

Myrtle happily agreed, and she, who had never received much attention, had an inexplicable sense of mission for the first time. After all, it's still a child.

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Soon, Myrtle happily left her bathroom, and as long as she didn't chase her away, she could say anything.

"The women's lavatory is worthy of being a descendant of Slytherin."

Grindelwald said with some sarcasm.

Dumbledore glanced at him disapprovingly, and Grindelwald smiled and didn't speak.

Newt watched their interaction with some strange feeling.

"Is it here, let the wand continue, or are we doing it ourselves?"

Dumbledore asked.

"Let's come, we can't rely on divination for everything."

Professor McGonagall said.

The other professors nodded, circling around the large circular sink. When they came in, they could clearly see that the wand was pointing at this sink.

After a while, everyone found the switch. On a faucet, a small stealthy copper-green snake sticks to it.

With a wave of Professor Flitwick's wand, the system of magical patterns covering it was revealed, magnified and suspended in the center of the crowd.

The magic pattern system in the air is very rough and has no aesthetic sense, not only is it asymmetrical, but also the sense of cutting is very strong.

"It's a magic item enchanted with a spell."

Professor Flitwick said, and everyone nodded their heads when they saw it. Professor Flitwick was indeed an expert in this regard.

There are two kinds of magic items in the magic world, one is engraved with magic patterns, and the other is made by alchemy. Spell enchantment belongs to the former, but because the enchanted props are very rough and generally do not last long, they are generally used for home homemaking.

And this little snake statue can exist to this day, which has a lot to do with the material. The Gaunt family, as always, wanted to keep a low profile, but they chose a very precious material.

After a brief analysis, everyone knows that the opening method is very in line with the characteristics of the Gaunt family.

Luckily, they had been prepared and hired a magical snake from the Forbidden Forest. While no one can snake old, snakes certainly can. It was a verdant green python, and at the moment it was in a feather, and the feather was in Newt's hand.

"Grey, try to speak to it."

Newt released the verdant green python and pointed to the faucet with the statue of the snake attached.

After several failures and exchanges, Grey finally opened the "door", and thought it was some complicated spell? It turns out that the instructions are simply "open", and as long as the meaning is similar.

The faucet emitted a dazzling white light and began to spin rapidly. Then the pool moved. They watched as the pool slowly faded from view.

A pitch-black sewer pipe entrance appeared in front of everyone. Everyone walked curiously to the edge of the entrance and looked down, and the interior was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

"Fluorescent flicker!"

Dumbledore raised his wand and released the [Illumination Charm], and a bright light came out of the tip of the wand, detached from the wand, and slowly floated towards the inside of the pipe like a furball.

Although there is a sink on top, the inside of the pipe is surprisingly dry, and the pipe wall is smooth, with no bumps and depressions, and no cobwebs, which makes it look very dead.

The last light disappeared in front of everyone's eyes, as if falling into an endless abyss of darkness.

"Let's go down."

Dumbledore said, and with a wave of his wand, invisible magic enveloped everyone and led them down the pipe.

When they went down, the sink slowly closed. Little by little, the light from above faded, and many professors looked up.

The pipe seemed a bit long, and everyone started chatting a little bored.

Now that she has joined Hogwarts, Tina has something to say. She bluntly said that Dumbledore's control of Hogwarts was so poor that even the Chamber of Secrets was only recently known and explored.

There is no need to talk about the other secrets that exist in this castle. For thousands of years, Hogwarts has had all kinds of magical geniuses, enough for them to leave their mark on Hogwarts.

Who knows what the attitude of these traces will be towards future generations? Of course, under the erosion of time, there are very few traces that have survived to this day.

The pipes began to slow down, and the wizards, aware of this, stopped talking. Newt's green python Grey also returned to the feather due to discomfort.

Dumbledore waved his wand, and everyone landed smoothly.

Lights lit up, and everyone lit up the area with magic.

It's spacious, surrounded by hard stone, and tall enough for an adult wizard to jump. Beneath his feet was fine sand, soft but with a few small animal bones.

Under the guidance of the wand, several people walked in one direction, and at the same time, the bones of the small animals on the ground became denser and denser.

Suddenly, a large black shadow loomed in the darkness not far away, scattering a faint green light under the action of the light.

Everyone stopped, clenching their wands.

Professor Flitwick took out several pairs of glasses and handed them out.

Everyone put on their glasses, and even Dumbledore and Grindelwald were not surprised, looking nervously in that direction.

The atmosphere was a little anxious, and the wizard and the dark shadow stood opposite each other. At the same time, the mobile [Illumination Spell] light source released by everyone was also slowly drifting in the direction of the huge black shadow.

"It turned out to be a snake molting!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt a little funny, and looked at each other, and there was a smile in each other's eyes. is already so old, and it is rare for everyone to experience this feeling of being deceived by themselves.

"Albus, I'm going to molt the snake."

Professor Sgrahorn said politely, his eyes shining at the green snake moults, I don't know how long had passed, and the snake moults were still strong and smooth.

"Well, no one needs this anymore but you."

Dumbledore said with a smile.

But they apparently forgot that although Dumbledore was the nominal Headmaster, Professor McGonagall was in charge of all the affairs of Hogwarts.

Although not as qualified as Professor Sgrahorn, Professor McGonagall was not unworthy and rejected their ideas.

Eventually, the basilisk's snake came into Hogwarts possession, and Professor Sgrahorn only needed to pass it if he needed it. Similarly, each magic research group can also apply.

Professor McGonagall also asked Professor Flitwick if the basilisk goggles mixed with the basilisk snake molt would have a more professional magical effect.

Professor Flitwick did not experiment, but only gave a model lake answer, which, according to some theories, is possible.

After Professor McGonagall took the snake away, the group moved on.

Tina, on the other hand, was a little strange about the way the Hogwarts professors got along. One colleague at one time, another friend at the same time, much happier than when she used to be an Auror at the Ministry of Magic.

Moving on, turning one bend after another, several people came to the end of the stone tunnel.

There was a sturdy stone wall carved with two intertwined snakes with large, sparkling emeralds in their eyes.

It was this shiny and huge emerald that caused everyone to be cautious for a while. Knowing that the distance was getting closer, they realized that it was an emerald.

"Newt, it's your turn."

Grindelwald said with a smile. Obviously, the old snake cavity is needed here.

Newt summoned Grey out of her feathers, but Grey was visibly affected by the basilisk aura and lay on her stomach and didn't dare to move.

In desperation, Newt had no choice but to put Grey back. They were still negligent, underestimating the basilisk's ability to suppress other snakes.

"Grey can't stand the smell of this place."

Newt spoke to them.

"It's okay, just find a place, we can come back next time."

Professor McGonagall said.

Everyone nodded, knowing how to enter, everything would be very simple, in the wizarding world, there are many ways to record, and it is easy to make the sound attach some magic.

It was Dumbledore, looking at the wall in front of him, lost in thought, his brows furrowed slightly, and everyone was a little curious about what he had in mind.

Grindelwald had thought of something, and waited amusefully, his brow slightly raised.

"Hiss~"

He suddenly let out the sound of a snake, which was dark and twisted, and with the surrounding environment, everyone thought that Dumbledore had become a little dark.

Dumbledore's attempt worked, though. The two snakes twisted their bodies and separated, and the stone wall cracked in the middle, slowly sliding to both sides and disappearing.

"Is this the Chamber of Secrets?"

Professor Sgrahorn said in a wistful voice.

The light source entered the chamber one step ahead of everyone, illuminating most of the room. Everyone walked in cautiously.

It was a long room, and despite the light source that everyone had set up, the light was still dim.

There are two rows of stone pillars in the secret room, and the surface of them is carved with coiled and entangled snakes, which are extremely agile, as if they are watching the center of the secret room.

The whole room was filled with a mysterious green cloud that seemed to have the function of obscuring the view, and the two rows of stone pillars were submerged high into the darkness, as if the darkness was the ceiling they supported.

Everyone looked at their surroundings, amazed and a little worried.

As they moved on, they soon came to the end of the chamber, where a stone statue was as tall as the room itself, clinging to the dark wall behind it, and as expected, it was Salazar Slytherin's.

By this point, the wand had lost its divination ability and began to swing wildly in the air.

But there was still no sign of the basilisk, which made everyone very uneasy.

Dumbledore frowned, the magic on his body surging. Everyone felt the surging magic around them, and the air seemed to become viscous.

The wand was relieved, and the wand went from swinging randomly to some regularity and slowing down, but it didn't solve the problem.

"Need help?"

As everyone else backed away, Grindelwald easily approached Dumbledore and asked earnestly.