Bountiful Rewards, Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears

As Malfoy read out that line, his voice trembled. He looked at Rhine with the terror of someone staring at a demon.

"You... how dare you?"

Rhine grinned and shoved the quill into Malfoy's hand.

"Young Master Malfoy, don't ask so many questions."

"Sign your name, and we won't report this to the Ministry of Magic. Then they won't investigate your father."

"If you don't sign... tsk, tsk. You don't want your father locked up in Azkaban, do you?"

Malfoy pressed his lips together, took the quill with a trembling hand, then closed his eyes and signed his name.

"Is that enough?"

Rhine put away the parchment, looking satisfied.

"That'll do. Harry, open the compartment door."

"Young Master Malfoy, you can take your two lackeys and go."

Then he lightly waved his wand.

"Clear Water Like a Spring."

Two streams of water splashed across Crabbe and Goyle's faces, making them suddenly open their eyes with blank expressions.

"What happened?"

Seeing that the two still had no idea what was going on, Malfoy was first furious, then deeply relieved.

Thank goodness Crabbe and Goyle hadn't seen what had just happened!

He forced out stiff words.

"Enough. We're almost at Hogwarts. Hurry up and go!"

Only then did Malfoy leave resentfully with Crabbe and Goyle.

At that moment, seeing their bedraggled backs and recalling how they had been frightened into agreeing to anything, the compartment erupted in laughter.

Ron laughed so hard he bent over, his face twisting.

"Galloping Gorgons, Merlin's puffed sleeves! Rhine, this is the first time I've ever heard of a Malfoy being this miserable."

"You're incredible!"

Harry laughed until tears streamed down his face. He took off his glasses and kept wiping them with his hand.

He suddenly felt as though he had learned something.

To win a fight and teach those bastards a proper lesson, there were methods besides brute force.

Even Hermione couldn't stop the corners of her mouth from curling upward.

However, Hermione quickly thought of something, and concern appeared on her face.

"Rhine, Malfoy's father can't really be the culprit behind the Gringotts incident, like you said, can he?"

"Wouldn't it be bad if we didn't tell the Ministry of Magic?"

Rhine curled his lip disdainfully.

"No, he isn't. I was just bluffing Malfoy."

"If you look carefully into the Dark Lord's history, you'll find that apart from providing money, the Malfoys did absolutely nothing."

"Believing that their family could break into Gringotts would be even more ridiculous than believing I'm Merlin and need some Galleons to reclaim my magic. Now give me your money."

His words set Ron and Harry laughing again.

Even Peter Pettigrew, transformed into Scabbers, couldn't help letting out a few squeaky laughs.

Soon, a smile appeared on Rhine's lips as well, and he joined in the cheerful atmosphere.

After the Malfoy incident, his relationship with the newly acquainted Ron and Harry had improved by leaps and bounds.

A series of messages rapidly flashed across the system screen.

You, young Nezha, young Lei Zhenzi, and young Deng Chanyu jointly repelled Chong Heihu

After this battle, your relationship with young Deng Chanyu has deepened further

Your relationship with young Lei Zhenzi has reached Close Friendship. You have obtained rewards—Soaring Wind Dance talent, Wing-Beating Wind and Thunder talent.

Your relationship with young Nezha has reached Close Friendship. You have obtained rewards—Innate Divine Strength talent, Lotus Body Protection.

Receiving four rewards at once, Rhine had only one feeling: he had struck it rich!

If he claimed these four rewards, his strength would surge once again.

However, the messages on the system screen had yet to stop refreshing.

Chong Heihu's name appeared under the Enemy Relationship section.

You viciously humiliated Chong Heihu, causing him to harbor deep resentment toward you.

Your relationship with Chong Heihu has reached bitter enmity.

As you have already beaten up Chong Heihu once, you have obtained a reward—Twin Axe Chain talent.

Understanding dawned on Rhine.

Right, he had forgotten about Malfoy.

That meant five talents this time?!

The next second, another line of information appeared, leaving Rhine stunned.

Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears, hidden in the shadows, witnessed you humiliating Chong Heihu.

Though both belong to the Jie Sect faction, Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears was born of rabbit stock and ranked at the very bottom of the Jie Sect. He was frequently scorned by others and often humiliated by Jie Sect disciples of noble birth such as Chong Heihu.

Your humiliation of Chong Heihu greatly delighted Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears.

You and Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears have become casual acquaintances.

Rhine froze for a moment.

Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears?

The traitor who had defected when the Jie Sect was preparing for a desperate final stand, handed the crucial Six Souls Banner to the Chan Sect, and utterly destroyed the Jie Sect's chances of victory?

Aside from himself, Hermione, Harry, and Ron, where was there another person in the compartment?

Then a possibility surfaced in Rhine's mind, and his gaze swept over Scabbers, who was still squeaking.

"Him?"

"Peter Pettigrew?"

The system judging Peter Pettigrew to be Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears was quite fitting. Rhine even felt that Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears was far inferior to Peter Pettigrew when it came to stabbing people in the back.

After all, Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears had only betrayed someone once. Peter Pettigrew, meanwhile, betrayed the Potters at the most critical moment, successfully revived Voldemort after lying low for more than a decade, and later, while serving Voldemort, let Harry go. Even Malfoy would have to call that a six.

Still, Rhine truly hadn't expected that protecting Harry and humiliating Malfoy would somehow allow him to build connections with Peter Pettigrew.

He suddenly recalled that, in the original story, the train incident had seemingly ended because Peter Pettigrew bit Crabbe's finger hard enough to draw blood, prompting Malfoy and the other two to flee in haste.

Peter Pettigrew had clearly betrayed Harry's parents, yet he still couldn't help defending Harry at this moment.

Human nature truly was complicated.

But Rhine's sighing quickly vanished without a trace.

The grudges and entanglements of Harry's parents' generation had nothing to do with him. What he cared about more were the specific rewards.

His gaze continued down the system screen.

During the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears was able to betray Sect Leader Tongtian and deliver the Six Souls Banner to the Chan Sect. His ability to conceal his aura was peerless.

By becoming casual acquaintances with him, you may obtain the talent—Conceal Qi and Hide Mechanism. After obtaining this talent, if you deliberately hide, your presence will greatly diminish. Ordinary heavenly eyes, detection spells, and the like will find it difficult to lock onto your aura.

A strange light appeared in Rhine's eyes.

Well, this talent was quite useful, whether for hiding or stabbing someone in the back.

Then he continued reading.

By reaching Close Friendship with him, you may obtain the talent—Cross the Sea Under Camouflage. You may conceal the secrets of heaven through methods such as faking your death. Prophecies, divinations, and the like will be ineffective against you.

By reaching Life-and-Death Friendship with him, you may obtain the talent—Betrayal of Trust. When you stab your allies in the back at the most critical moment, you will often succeed. This talent is extremely potent; at its peak, even a Sage may be successfully betrayed!