Chapter 306 The Dark Secrets Gradually Revealed

Searching for directions with incense is a very elementary technique, and the most important thing is to use the tracking talisman.

Because it is too basic, many spiritual children who have not entered the Taoist sect but have entered the Taoist sect can use it freely.

By the way, those Taoist sects in the secular world like to calculate the eight characters when accepting disciples to see if there is fate. This fate is to calculate whether the disciple is a spiritual child.

Zhang Xiao turned his finger gesture and pointed his sword finger at the three incense sticks. The incense burned out at a very fast speed, but the incense ash did not move in the biting cold wind.

The tip of his toes touched the ground, and there were three light sounds. Zhang Xiao put his palms together and pushed hard, and the circle drawn by his feet on the muddy ground suddenly became dusty.

The gray-white incense ash fell down with a sound, as if someone in the void used incense ash as a pen to draw a thin incense ash line in the circle in a winding and twisted manner.

Zhang Xiao flipped his hand and took out the compass. He didn't know how to use it in a complicated way, but it was no problem to use it with the tracking technique to see the direction.

You said that a good Taoist priest can't use a compass well, right, Zhang Xiao?

The compass uses Zi, Wu, Mao, and You to represent the four directions, plus the other eight characters to form the twelve mountains.

That is, it is divided into twelve directions, and later generations added twelve more directions, which is twenty-four mountains.

Each direction of the twenty-four mountains has 15 degrees, and the three directions have a total of 45 degrees. Every three directions belong to one of the eight directions, represented by a Bagua.

Zhang Xiao stared at the incense ash and silently calculated the direction in his mind.

"Zhen Xun. Dui."

The incense ash slowly drew a line on the ground, which represented the road and direction Harry had just walked. If there was only a talisman, without the cooperation of the compass and the magic, it would actually be useless.

Only when the three are combined can they play a magical role.

At this moment, the incense ash suddenly rushed to the "Kan" position at a very fast speed, and in just a blink of an eye it came to the circle drawn by Zhang Xiao before.

What's going on? Without thinking too much, Zhang Xiao pressed the compass with one hand and stomped his foot on the ground again: "Expand!"

The circle drawn on the soil with the toes was actually slowly expanding outwards.

The ash that was rushing forward finally stopped slowly.

Zhang Xiao wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief. The ash out of the circle meant that the spell was broken. This spell was not broken by drawing a bigger circle and starting over.

The spell was broken, and it would be difficult to find Harry's position again.

Then he looked at the circle with a radius of two meters in amazement. A winding and twisted line was drawn in the circle with incense ash of different thicknesses.

It was just that the thickness of the incense ash line was different. At the beginning, it was a thick line. One inch of this thick line represented 10 meters, and at the moment of rushing forward, it suddenly became a very thin line.

At this time, one inch was 10 miles. Zhang Xiao looked at the messy and twisting thin line, calculated the distance slightly, and then froze.

Because according to the incense ash line, Harry had almost instantly arrived seven or eight hundred miles away!

Zhang Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, cast the Disillusionment Spell on himself again, and still added the Anonymous Charm as a safety measure, and quietly slipped back to the vicinity of the square. Even if he jumped, he relied on the blessing of the Levitation Spell.

He jumped lightly onto the roof of Honeydukes, holding the pointed roof column with one hand, and compared the nearby terrain with the terrain shown by the Tracking Spell in his mind.

He quickly locked onto a place, if I remember correctly.

Zhang Xiao was silent for a while, landed lightly on the ground, and ran towards the direction of the Hog's Head.

The Hog's Head was completely different from the Three Broomsticks. The big bar there always made people feel bright, clean and warm.

And here there was only a small, dark, and very dirty room, exuding a strong smell of sheep.

There was thick dirt on several bay windows, and light could hardly penetrate. Some candles were lit on the rough wooden table.

The ground looked like compacted mud, but when you stepped on it, you found that the stone-paved ground was covered with centuries of dirt.

But this small, broken bar was Aberforth's territory. When Zhang Xiao rushed in, Aberforth was standing in front of the bar, wiping the cups that seemed to never be clean with a dirty rag.

He was an old man who looked grumpy, with a lot of long gray hair and beard.

The bar was empty, perhaps the customers were attracted by the dazzling performances in the square, which was convenient.

"I need to contact Dumbledore urgently!" Zhang Xiao's voice was urgent but his words were very clear.

Aberforth stopped moving, he frowned, and seemed to want to lose his temper, but Zhang Xiao did not give him a chance, but used a sentence to make him realize the seriousness of the matter.

"The Death Eaters kidnapped hundreds of young wizards, and Harry Potter was taken to another place."

Aberforth looked at him steadily and finally spoke:

"You'd better tell the truth - Arianna, please."

He said the last sentence to a huge portrait behind him. The girl in the portrait seemed to have a trace of worry in her calm expression. She had two long braids. She was the sister of the two and the scar that Dumbledore dared not touch in his heart.

The girl nodded gently and quickly disappeared in the frame. Not long after, a portrait of Dumbledore who looked much younger appeared in the frame. He nodded at Zhang Xiao with a serious face:

"I have heard about the general situation from Arianna. Tell me more details, Zhang."

"There is a problem with the Arcanus Circus." After quickly recounting what happened in the venue, Zhang Xiao paused and continued:

"The most important thing is that Harry was taken away by them and the Imperius Curse was used."

Dumbledore's face in the frame became more and more serious, and he sighed softly:

"It's troublesome, Zhang, this is indeed a troublesome problem-there are many young wizards. I think Tom just wants me to be cautious, but he won't really hurt the young wizards, but Harry is different."

Aberforth showed a disdainful smile and laughed rudely: "You are always like this, always waiting until things become irreversible before thinking about how to remedy it, but no matter how much you do, what should happen has already happened.

You can't save anything!

If you simply killed Voldemort when he was young, and killed him when you first noticed his ambition, nothing would happen, Albus!

You are too cowardly!"

Arianna in the portrait glanced at her brother with a reproachful look. She seemed unable to speak, but looked at Dumbledore again with a worried look.

Aberforth immediately shut up and muttered something in a low voice.

"Yes, you are right, Aberforth. I have made mistakes all my life, and I have been repenting and trying to make up for it. But the most important thing now is to solve the troubles caused by Voldemort.

The most important thing is that we don't know where Harry was taken."

"No, Professor, we know--" Zhang Xiao took a deep breath. This is why he had to hurry up to track Harry's whereabouts.

Because basic things like tracking symbols are too easy to be interfered with and blocked.

And when you encounter something, it is always ten thousand times better to find a solution and method as soon as possible than to look for someone in a panic!

"London! Harry is in London now!"

"London? How do you know? No - well done, Zhang!"

Dumbledore's portrait stopped his doubts. This was not the time to ask questions. He made a decision almost immediately:

"Zhang, let's go to London first. I will inform the Ministry of Magic about the little wizard and ask the Order of the Phoenix to assist -"

At this moment, Dumbledore's portrait suddenly showed a puzzled expression and then disappeared.

Only Aberforth and Zhang Xiao were left with the same confusion.

When he appeared again, Zhang Xiao felt that the face of Dumbledore's portrait was full of uncontrollable anger. He was silent for a while, calmed himself down, and said slowly:

"Just now, the main body sent a message that things have become worse. I'm afraid our plan must be changed.

Zhang."

Time went back to not long ago.

Leng. Penny opened her eyes. It was dark in sight. Only the cracked corners were dripping with water.

She looked around blankly. Where am I?

Penny felt a headache like it was about to split. She clearly remembered that she had taken Dudley to the venue by car first, because according to the letter she received, there was a sumptuous banquet waiting for her at the venue.

This was a major occasion where the best "lawn experts" in the entire Greater London area gathered together.

Penny also wanted to share her experience in lawn maintenance with everyone, and warned herself not to be too proud, even though she was the best and most powerful one among them.

Dudley was still shouting that he would surpass himself today and eat more than usual, but as soon as he entered the door, he seemed to faint?

That's right, Dudley!

Penny hurriedly looked for Dudley's trace. Thank God, Dudley was in another corner of the room, curled up and shivering.

She staggered over and lay on her son's body and shook him gently:

"Dudley, Dudley?"

Dudley didn't respond at all, like a body without a soul. Penny panicked and sobbed softly.

She didn't understand what happened, and she didn't know that she and her son were locked up in this dark dungeon just to receive an award.

Could it be a perverted killer?

Fear and worry about Dudley surged up together. Petunia covered her mouth and tears flowed down her cheeks. She didn't dare to cry out loud, fearing that she would attract the people who caught her.

Vernon Petunia hugged Dudley, and the feeling of despair and powerlessness was like the sea, drowning her deeply.

Vernon, where are you?

Vernon Dursley closed the black leather notebook in his hand, pinned the Montblanc pen on the notebook, and stood up with a staggering body.

His boss, Mr. Granning, the general manager of Granning Drilling Rig, frowned:

"Vernon, the meeting is not over yet!"

Vernon's big beard trembled, and his face was filled with a happy and determined smile. Because he was too fat, the action of laughing almost squeezed his eyes out.

Pointing to the watch on his wrist:

"Sir, I'm afraid I have to go. My wife's award ceremony will be in two hours. I'm sorry, but I have to be there to witness her glorious moment.

She has given so much to our family--"

"Award ceremony?" Mr. Granning asked doubtfully. He had seen Vernon's wife. In his impression, the woman named Penny was more like a paparazzi.

What award did she win? Was it the Best Paparazzi Award? The Gossip Award? Or - the Long Neck Award?

"Yes, in fact, that award is not important and not famous, but what is important is that Penny won the award by herself. Can you understand? She won it by herself!"

Vernon's expression became happier and prouder. He spread his hands towards Mr. Granning:

"Sir, work is for a better life. Nothing is more important than family, right?"

Granning thought of his lovely children and pet dog at home, as well as his wife with whom he had a good relationship. A smile of approval appeared on his face:

"Yes, nothing is more important than family. Go, Vernon. If you were not there at that moment, she would remember you for the rest of her life, haha!"

Vernon nodded and walked towards the door of the conference room with his fat body. At this moment, Granning's voice sounded behind him again:

"Vernon--"

Vernon turned around and saw Granning waving at him:

"Congratulations to your wife for winning the award! Congratulations to you for having an outstanding wife!"

"Thank you!"

Granning swore that he had known Vernon for so many years and this was the first time he saw such a bright and happy smile on his face.

Vernon hummed a little tune and used the rearview mirror to adjust his hair and tie while waiting for the traffic light. Although the expensive suit was tightly stretched on his body, the excellent fabric and workmanship still showed the extraordinaryness of the suit.

"Perfect, Vernon! You are radiant today! When you appear at the awards ceremony, you and Penny will definitely be the focus of the crowd!"

Vernon muttered to encourage himself. He was in a good mood and even gave way to an old woman with a puppy. He rolled down the window and asked them to go first with a smile on his face.

This is incredible! You know, even if a dog ran past the side of his car, he would be insulted by Mr. Vernon.

The old woman probably didn't expect that Vernon, who didn't look like a good person, would do such a thing. She was quite surprised, but still bowed to Vernon elegantly:

"Aha, this feels not bad?"

Vernon carefully used his left hand to maintain his hair style with thick hair wax, thinking in his heart whether he should give way to someone every day?

The weather is really nice today - even the colors are brighter.

Vernon smiled at everyone he met.

Until he arrived at the venue - it was empty.

The front desk staff told him that someone was doing something in the hall before, but they left quickly.

After a big argument with the front desk, he was finally driven out by the unfriendly security guard.

Vernon stared at the building in a daze, and picked up the letter in his hand to confirm it again and again.

The address is correct - but where is Penny?

Where did Penny go?

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