Chapter 174: Voldemort's Request (Fourth Update)

  This day, Lin Xiao Ru returned to her usual self and headed deep into the forest as always.

  It wasn't until today that he had just walked into the forbidden forest for a short while before being blocked by a black shadow.

  "Dear Lin, I need your help." Voldemort was shrouded in a black robe, but at this moment his body was as indistinct as smoke.

  Lin Xiao's gaze swept over him, finally coming to rest on the hood that covered his face.

  "What's up?" he asked indifferently.

  "Magic stone, I think you should know that such a thing exists." Voldemort let out a few strange laughs, and even though he had become the current ghostly figure, he still had his own pride. If it weren't for this matter being particularly difficult, he wouldn't have come to ask Lin Xiao for help.

  "Do you want me to help you get the magic stone?" Lin Xiao's mouth corners slightly curved, "Don't you know that this is a trap specifically set by Dumbledore for you?"

  Dumbledore was the kind of person who had managed to borrow the Sorcerer's Stone from Nicolas Flamel, intending to use it to lure out Voldemort in his current weakened state and destroy him once and for all.

  It's clear that this point should not be unknown to Voldemort with his intelligence, but he has already chosen to walk into this trap.

  "I know, but without the Resurrection Stone, it's hard for my body to recover to its peak period. I need that thing!" Voldemort said with a slightly ominous tone.

  No one hated Dumbledore more than he did, and his hatred for Dumbledore was even deeper than Harry's current hatred. Only after Harry repeatedly ruined his plans would his hatred for Harry intensify time and again.

  As for now, he doesn't care much about Harry.

  "What can I do for you?" Lin Xiao asked after a moment of silence.

  Voldemort seemed very confident that Lin Xiao would agree in general, and after getting Lin Xiao's answer, he looked at him very calmly.

  "I need you to help me tie down Dumbledore, that old guy thinks I'm alone, thinks he's got me cornered, but he has no idea I've also got you. Lin, we're allies, aren't we?"

  Lin Xiao smiled, but the mask on his face blocked all his expressions, Voldemort couldn't see what Lin Xiao was thinking, and if possible, he didn't want to ask Lin Xiao for help, because this was undoubtedly a humiliation for the proud him.

  "Dumbledore will help me hold him off, but I think you should worry about someone else." Lin Xiao pointed to his own forehead, the person he was referring to being self-evident.

  "Don't worry, that little guy can't stop me!" Voldemort seemed very confident. At this time, he didn't take Harry Potter seriously.

  Lin Xiao smiled slightly and did not refute Fudi Mo's words, nor did he have the intention of striking his confidence. He nodded slightly, and had already agreed to Fudi Mo's request.

  "When do you plan to take action?" Lin Xiao asked.

  "In five days, Dumbeldore will be yours." Voldemort told Lin Xiao the specific time and was about to turn around and leave.

  But at this time, Lin Xiao stopped him.

  Voldemort turned around, looking at Lin Xiao in confusion, not understanding what else he had.

  "What do you know about the Dark Council?" Lin Xiao suddenly said this sentence, but it made Voldemort, who was just about to leave, tremble all over.

  "What is this?" Voldemort's tone was somewhat impatient.

  "Nothing, just asking you casually, does the UK have a branch of the Dark Council?" Lin Xiao shrugged his shoulders with an expression that seemed to say he was just asking out of curiosity. But anyone could tell that this was not a casual question at all.

  Voldemort gave him a deep look and then directly transformed into a black mist flying towards the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

  "It's better for you not to ask about what happened at the Dark Council."

  Lin Xiao couldn't help but laugh a few times as he watched Fodi Demon fly away.

  "It seems that this Voldemort knows of the existence of the Dark Council. The question is whether the Dark Council has ever absorbed him." Lin Xiao thought to himself.

  About the information of this dark council, he also accidentally saw it in a book, which recorded the long struggle between the Vatican and the Dark Council for hundreds of years. At that time, most of the wizards chose to support the Dark Council, and the highest chairman of the Dark Council at that time was also a powerful wizard.

  It's just that it's already been thousands of years in history, if Lin Xiao didn't like reading books like Hermione, he really wouldn't have found the information about this aspect.

  Just now he was also casually asking, as for whether the dark council still exists today, he is not clear, but from Voldemort's performance just now, the Dark Council is likely to still exist, only much more low-key than their high-profile style in the past.

  "What kind of powerful beings are hidden in the dark forces of the Western world?" Lin Xiao thought to himself as he walked towards the direction of Luanshi Gang while pondering about the Dark Assembly.

  Today's encounter with Fudge was just an unexpected episode, Lin Xiao had not thought that Fudge would ask for his help, but since it did not conflict with his own plans, he would not refuse Fudge's request.

  After all, it was closely related to his own task, and he didn't want any mistakes. What if Dumbledore suddenly found something about Voldemort? Who could Lin Xiao cry to then?

  Now that he knew Voldemort was going to make his move in five days, Lin Xiao also needed to get ready. In the next one or two days, he could break through to the mid-term of the second-order Yuan Wu Zhe. By then, his strength would be comparable to that of a powerful wizard like Dumbledore. Moreover, the weaknesses of wizards were so obvious. Lin Xiao had an 80% chance of being able to fight Dumbledore to a draw if the latter's combat power did not exceed his own by more than ten points. If it did not exceed twenty points, he could also successfully hold him back and snatch the magic stone, which was not impossible.

  The best case is naturally no more than five points, so Lin Xiao has enough confidence to defeat Dumbledore, even if his magic is stronger, he is not afraid.

  "What's most important now is to break through, other things can be put aside for the time being."

  A few minutes later, Lin Xiao had arrived at Luanshigang. He soared into the air and his entire body seemed to be weightless as he gently landed on that large bluestone.

  If luck is on our side, we might just make a breakthrough today.

  Lin Xiao, who was cultivating the Wan Jie Secret, did not have a bottleneck in these small realms, but the bottleneck of the larger realm was more difficult to break through than for other martial artists cultivating other techniques. Otherwise, he wouldn't have spent so much time breaking through from first-class Yuan Wu to second-class Yuan Wu.

  After all, it's just a transition from first-order to second-order, and it's not a particularly difficult bottleneck.

  Another day passed, Lin Xiao was embarrassed to find that he hadn't made a breakthrough. Looking up at the sky, it had already darkened, and he couldn't help but leave this place and return to school.

  The next day, he continued to cultivate in the forbidden forest and finally successfully broke through to the middle of the second-order Yuanwu. In the following two days, he worked hard to stabilize his cultivation after breaking through, successfully stabilizing his cultivation thoroughly in the middle of the second-order Yuanwu, and his combat power also increased from over 230 points to the current 248 points.

  The next day, Lin Xiao returned from the Forbidden Forest in the evening and found Hermione and the other two whispering about something. Listening carefully, they had already discovered that Hagrid had leaked the secret of Fluffy, so they planned to go over tonight to see if they could catch Snape's evidence of stealing the Philosopher's Stone.

  "Calculating the time, today is the day that Voldemort will make his move. Coincidentally, Harry and the other two are also planning to go over there. Is this really fate?" Lin Xiao didn't believe it was fate. Rather than saying it was fate, it would be better to say that Dumbledore had been plotting this from early on.

  From Harry and his friends, Lin Xia got the news that Dumbledore had left Hogwarts for the Ministry of Magic. Of course, he knew that it was actually a trick by Dumbledore himself, and he didn't go to the Ministry at all. This couldn't be hidden from Lin Xia, nor could it be hidden from Voldemort. At most, it could only deceive Harry and his three little friends.

  And they really believed it, and thought it was Snape's plot, that he had opened the way for Quirrell to steal the Philosopher's Stone while Dumbledore was away. They didn't think about how Snape's poker face could have managed to get Ministry officials to help him distract Dumbledore.

  Lao Deng isn't a fool, could he believe it if the documents from the Ministry of Magic were forged?

  So all of this must have been his own plan, and there was no document from the Ministry of Magic at all. The purpose is to let Harry and others go on an adventure, and let Harry face Voldemort directly.

  Dumbledore probably knew long ago that there was a piece of Voldemort's soul in Harry, and in order not to let Harry become another Voldemort, but also to thoroughly eliminate Voldemort, he had no choice but to do this.

  Although some adventures were allowed for Harry, he would also personally protect him by his side. If nothing unexpected happened, Harry wouldn't be in danger and his plans would succeed perfectly.

  Unfortunately, this unexpected event has occurred.

  ……

  At night, Lin Xiao saw Hermione and the other two sneaking out of the rest room. He immediately opened his eyes, although he was curious why Hermione didn't bring him this time, but he couldn't care less. He directly split a clone, letting the clone drink Polyjuice Potion to transform into Ron's appearance, while he himself restored his original face and secretly followed Hermione and the other two downstairs to the common rest room.

  At this time, Harry and his friends also found a frog lying on the armrest of the sofa, which was Neville's frog.

  "Interesting little guy." Lin Xiao looked at Nawei, who was normally timid and cowardly, yet now dared to stand up and block Harry and the others, and couldn't help but look at him curiously.