Time Turner

Chapter 040

The British Ministry of Magic. Li Mu appeared silently via Apparition.

Summoned by the Phoenix Mark, his current top lackey, Lucius Malfoy, quickly arrived.

Ever since the destruction of Hogwarts, in the days when he acquired the Nuclear Submarine, the British Ministry of Magic had been peacefully taken over. The entire process was met with no resistance. Those wizards who knew resistance was futile and were unwilling to plant the Phoenix Mark had already fled.

"Master, what are your orders?"

Lucius knelt respectfully on the ground, saying excitedly.

"Lead the way..."

Li Mu commanded, "First to the Magical Creatures Administration and Control Department, then to the Department of Mysteries."

"As you command!"

Lucius immediately got up and led the way.

Soon, they arrived at the Magical Creatures Administration and Control Department on the fourth underground floor. This was where the Ministry conducted all its research on magical creatures.

In the eyes of the arrogant wizards, many Alien Races were merely magical creatures.

Even if Nicolas Flamel managed to escape, he wouldn't be able to gather enough elite wizards again in a short period.

During this time, it would be enough for him to completely rule the British Magic World.

However, even if he succeeded in ruling the British Magic World, such a rule would be a castle in the air, very unstable.

The reason was simple: his current ruling foundation consisted of three pillars: Wizard Potions, Gold Galleons, and the Phoenix Mark. The first two were enticements, while the Phoenix Mark ensured he could use Apparition to instantly reach the mark's owner and control their life and death.

Because of these three pillars, the Ministry of Magic had fallen so easily and peacefully.

But the British Magic World ruled in this manner was merely a pile of loose sand.

Therefore, he needed Snape's potions and needed to control more loyal followers through the HuoZhong Human Skin Mask. Only then could this pile of loose sand be consolidated. This way, whether it was fighting against the magic worlds of other countries or ruling other magic worlds afterward, it would be twice as effective with half the effort.

Now, with his threat, Snape would definitely complete the potion refinement at the fastest speed.

At that time, sufficient HuoZhong Source Power would be needed to produce enough HuoZhong Human Skin Masks to completely guarantee the loyalty of his high-ranking subordinates.

These expenditures were unavoidable. Without a group of subordinates who could not betray him, how could he rest assured to leave this world and conquer Humans and destroy Alien Races? Conquering Humans was more difficult than destroying Alien Races, and ruling after conquest was even more challenging.

But conquering and ruling a world would yield immeasurable benefits in the future.

Although it would be difficult to return to this world through the Seedship, as the Seedship could only travel between worlds once a year, shortening the time would require relying on those legendary powerful Subordinate Modules, or the Seedship's level continuously increasing could also improve the travel cooldown time.

But even if the Seedship was not in this world, this world could still offer him resources through Sacrifice Seed.

So these HuoZhong Source Power had to be invested, but with this, his existing HuoZhong Source Power was not enough.

The biggest drain wasn't the Human Skin Mask, but the Transcendence Level, the reinforcement of the Elder Wand, and the reinforcement of the Wizard Bloodline.

Reinforcing all of these by one level would require a total of over a thousand HuoZhong Source Power.

And he currently only had 921 units of HuoZhong Source Power.

The reinforcement of the Elder Wand could wait, but it was best to raise the Wizard Bloodline and Transcendence Level together.

Because doing so would make it easier for him to control the newly added power.

The battle at Hogwarts didn't raise the Elder Wand's level because the reinforcement level of Spark Artifacts couldn't exceed one's own Transcendence Level. He hadn't raised his Transcendence Level because he hadn't yet mastered the new strength gained from raising his Transcendence Level and Wizard Bloodline.

Although HuoZhong Source Power could directly increase strength, it couldn't make one instantly control the increased strength.

This required a digestion process; otherwise, if the speed of improvement was too fast, he could only exert a few tenths of his full strength.

According to estimates, it would take another week before he could perfectly control his existing strength.

By then, his current HuoZhong Source Power would not be enough.

In the entire British Magic World, he had almost cleared out the Alien Races on his elimination list.

From now on, to obtain HuoZhong Source Power, he could only go to other countries. While clearing out Alien Races with spells, he could also train his control over his newly added strength. This would be the most suitable approach, killing two birds with one stone.

However, there was a problem involved: not all Alien Races lived in groups.

Moreover, the Alien Races he chose to clear out generally had a very bad relationship with Human wizards. They were already being squeezed out by wizards from various countries and had to hide everywhere. It was already difficult to find those scattered Alien Races, let alone clear them out from all over the world.

Therefore, the priority for this operation would be those Alien Races that lived in groups.

As for the remaining scattered Alien Races, he could only deal with them after he ruled the global magic world.

Relying on Hypermnesia's perfect memory, Li Mu quickly finished reading the Ministry of Magic's materials on magical creatures.

With these, he wouldn't have to wander around blindly when hunting Alien Races.

Dropping the materials in his hand, Li Mu headed straight for the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic.

That was the most important place in the Ministry of Magic, hiding the Ministry's most valuable secrets and treasures.

Among them, what he valued most was the Time Turner, a treasure that could reverse time.

Although this thing had likely been modified, he was still very curious about what kind of Spark Artifact Fantasy Conversion would produce.

Li Mu soon arrived at the Chamber of Time, which was filled with the incessant ticking of clocks.

He immediately spotted a Necklace on a table. It was a golden timer the size of a pocket watch with a small rotating hourglass on it. This was the Time Turner, the treasure from the movies that could go back in time and reverse it.

It was just a bit disappointing that Sacrifice Seed wasn't interested in this.

He picked up a Time Turner, and the Fantasy Conversion activated, but it had already failed.

It wasn't that it couldn't be converted, but that the HuoZhong Source Power was far from enough.

Conservatively estimated, it would require one hundred thousand cards of HuoZhong Source Power.

Li Mu deeply suspected that these Time Turners might actually be the most precious treasures in this world.

Putting away the Time Turner, Li Mu dug out the Ministry of Magic's manufacturing and research data on Time Turners accumulated over the years.

This data was even more valuable than the finished products. Without hesitation, he converted it into Kindling Tomes and immediately fused these Kindling Tomes to acquire the knowledge within. His Alchemy, which was at most LV6, directly rose to LV9.

"This is my biggest gain in this world."

Li Mu stated decisively after digesting the knowledge bestowed by the Kindling Tomes.

Strictly speaking, within the field of Alchemy, the Time Turner was in no way inferior to the Philosopher's Stone. Throughout history, only a handful of alchemists could create Time Turners. Before this, the only living person in the world capable of creating a Time Turner was Nicolas Flamel.

PS: Thanks to brother [Li Lu Mu Yu Fu Zhuan Yin] for the 1500 reward, thanks to brother [Lan Feng Zi Yun 11] for the 1000 reward, thanks to brother [Ye Ying] for the 500 reward, thanks to brothers [Hongchen Zhong De Lianxin Zhe] and [Ai Guo DJ] for the 100 reward each, and thanks to sister [Xiao Zhi Di Guo] for the 100 reward.