Chapter 269 Snake Shedding

In the white light, the faucet rotated, and the pool slowly rose, revealing a huge water pipe entrance.

Cold and humid air escaped from it, with a strange fishy smell.

Harry couldn't help swallowing his saliva: "Where is this place?"

"Obviously, a secret room - what's so strange about finding such a place in Hogwarts?"

Wade turned his head to look at the phoenix:

"Please, Fawkes."

The phoenix chirped softly, turned into a golden flame, and disappeared from the hole in an instant.

"Fawkes?" Harry said.

"The basilisk's gaze can't kill it, so we need it to peck out the basilisk's eyes first." Dumbledore said calmly.

At this time, Harry had not experienced the process of his classmates being petrified and himself being wronged. He hesitated and asked:

"That basilisk...hiding in Hogwarts...what is it for?"

He actually wanted to ask-is this also a conspiracy of the mysterious man?

Dumbledore and Wade looked at each other, and then Wade said:

"There is a legend... Before Salazar Slytherin left school, he built a secret chamber under the castle and placed a special creature. This creature will purify the school and remove all Muggle-born students when needed."

"That creature... is the basilisk?" Harry whispered.

"It seems so."

Wade tapped the ancient pipe next to him with his wand and said, "The basilisk has lived in the secret chamber for more than a thousand years. Until fifty years ago, the heir of Slytherin entered this school, awakened the basilisk, and killed a person."

"He killed someone?" Harry asked in surprise: "Who did he kill?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized-what a stupid question he asked!

If the basilisk came out of this pipe, the first person he saw, besides the person who woke him up, would be the students who came here to use the toilet.

That is...

Harry couldn't help but look back, but saw Myrtle still hiding and observing them, with a look of watching the fun on her face, not realizing that the dead person they were discussing might be her.

Harry looked at Wade with a questioning look, and saw him nod affirmatively.

Suddenly, the boy felt a strong sympathy and pity. He opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't speak.

- Will revealing the cause of her death cause her a second injury?

He thought again and again, and then asked: "Who is the heir of Slytherin?"

"He is Voldemort." Dumbledore said: "That is Tom Riddle, a student who once studied at Hogwarts like you."

Harry was stunned for a moment, and then found that he was not surprised at all.

It was just a kind of empathy.

The person who... killed his parents also killed Myrtle... when he was just a student...

How terrible!

Even when Harry was beaten by Dudley as a punching bag and locked in a cupboard and starved, he just hoped that he could escape from there at most, and never thought of killing the Dursleys.

Not to mention killing people personally.

While Harry was in a daze, a faint chirping sound came from the pipe.

"It looks like it's time for us to go down."

Wade pulled out his wand, rolled up his sleeves, took a deep breath, looked at the dark pipe and said, "I hate this environment."

Dumbledore seemed very interested and said, "People always have to step into different places."

He tucked his long beard into his collar and pulled up the hood of his robe to cover his neatly groomed silver-white hair. Wade waited patiently for him to finish.

Harry was puzzled: "...What are you doing?"

"We have to ensure everyone's safety, don't we?" Wade said, "Let's explore a way first, and you wait for the other challengers to gather and then set off together."

"But..."

Harry wanted to say something, but Dumbledore waved at him and said, "See you later, Harry."

The principal got into the pipe and disappeared with a "chi".

Then it was Wade. Before he went in, he turned back and said:

"Don't worry if you can't see us after you come down... If you are not in mortal danger, the headmaster will not take action... Of course, neither will I."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wade let go of his hand and let his body slide down under the pull of gravity.

The pipe was not only very dark, but also sticky, and there were many thinner pipes extending in all directions.

One of them might be the one that Professor Kettleburn went into.

He held his breath and counted the time in his heart. After a long time, he felt that the slope became gentler and a faint white light came out of the hole in front.

Wade closed his eyes and felt his body slide out and stop.

He adjusted to the sudden change in brightness, then opened his eyes and stood up.

Dumbledore stood in front of him, holding his wand, with white light emitting from the tip, illuminating the surroundings very brightly.

This was a very spacious stone tunnel, nearly three meters high, very damp and cold.

There were some animal bones scattered on the ground, which seemed to be almost integrated with the soil.

In the distance, there were faint sounds of terrible roars and collisions, which sounded like the screams of monsters and shrill cries.

After Wade was ready, Dumbledore said, "Let's go, it looks like we are not far away."

The sound echoed in the tunnel.

They walked forward along the tunnel, and before long, a huge monster suddenly appeared in front of them.

In the darkness, the winding black shadow seemed to be staring at them. Even though Wade was prepared in his heart, he was still shocked when he saw it suddenly.

The light on Dumbledore's wand suddenly expanded several times, illuminating the shadow in the dark.

It was the slough of a giant snake.

The green scales looked very bright under the light, and seemed to be able to move.

"Oh, it's twenty feet long!" Dumbledore said happily: "Severus will be very happy!"

Wade didn't mean to take it for himself.

He already had enough Galleons. And with so many potion materials, Professor Snape couldn't use them all by himself, so he would definitely give some to the students.

Of course, students with poor levels like Neville can forget about it. Given the preciousness of the Millennium Basilisk, it must be students in the advanced class or students who are very talented in potions who have the opportunity to practice with it.

Wade is still very confident about this.

The two put the snake slough aside, giving the students behind them a little surprise, and then continued to walk forward.

Suddenly, a red light shot out.

With a huge roar in front, Fawkes returned to Dumbledore's shoulder.