Xiwen Felt Like He Was About to Take Off
"Have you packed everything?" Madam Flamel asked with concern, watching Xiwen and Newt as they prepared to leave.
Xiwen checked his belongings in the Pocket Watch Space, then glanced at the Little Cat perched on his shoulder to make sure he hadn't forgotten anything.
He smiled at Madam Flamel and said, "I've brought them all!"
Then, Xiwen looked at Newt, who had also nodded to Madam Flamel.
"Where are you headed, Mr. Scamander?" Xiwen asked.
Newt paused for a moment, then said in surprise, "Of course it's Paris Montparnasse Station. We need to take the European Magic Star Train to get back to King's Cross Station. Aren't you with me?"
Xiwen shook his head, revealing a mysterious expression, and said to him, "Actually, we can return to England in another way."
"Stop joking, Xiwen," Newt said, seemingly thinking Xiwen was joking. "We're going to miss the last bus."
Seeing this, Xiwen had no choice but to unleash his ultimate move.
He extended his left hand, pointing forward with the silver ring on his index finger, while drawing a circle in front of him with his wand in his right hand.
A halo that seemed to shimmer with golden sparks suddenly appeared before the two of them. Inside the halo was a majestic castle, standing tall under the dim sunset!
"That's... Hogwarts?" Newt was stunned.
"Yes," Xiwen nodded slightly and said. "To be precise, it's Hogsmeade Wharf, the place where I first saw Hogwarts."
"Huh, what kind of magic is this?" The Flamel were quickly drawn to the commotion Xiwen had created, and they were extremely surprised when they saw Hogwarts Castle within the circle of light.
"This is... a long-distance teleportation portal?" Flamel asked, looking at Xiwen with great curiosity.
Xiwen smiled and nodded.
After receiving the ring from Flamel's Alchemy World that morning, he began to constantly adjust and modify it.
He kept activating the Dimensional Gate, and after each use, he would compare the feeling with the difference between summoning the Dimensional Gate in Kamar-Taj, and then improve the ring based on this comparison.
Because the ring made by Flamel possessed extremely exquisite craftsmanship and excellent quality, and since learning alchemy, Xiwen had been constantly thinking about how to make Sling Ring. Thus, under his focused study, he transformed the ring into the "Sling Ring" he needed in just a few hours.
"No wonder you need a tool to assist with remote positioning." Flamel nodded in sudden realization, clicking his tongue in amazement. "This is truly a magical thing!"
"Meow?"
At this moment, the Little Cat on Xiwen's shoulder curiously poked its little head over and sniffed the familiar air near the castle within the light circle.
Before Xiwen could react, she nimbly jumped off Xiwen shoulder and disappeared into the circle of light.
"Little Cat, come back quickly!" Xiwen called out hurriedly.
However, perhaps because she hadn't returned to her "territory" for several days, the Little Cat had excitedly darted far away, and Xiwen had no way of finding her again.
Xiwen's lips twitched, and he closed the Dimensional Gate with a black line on his face.
"Is the Little Cat alright?" she asked, turning her head with some concern.
"Oh, no need to worry about that." Xiwen waved his hand and said to Newt, "The Little Cat already considers herself the master of Hogwarts; she knows that area very well."
Xiwen was extremely confident in the Little Cat's safety. After all, she had been hanging around that area for a long time and could teleport, making her an excellent escape artist. And if all else failed, there was always Ghost Xiwen there to look after her.
Newt couldn't help but chuckle when he heard that the Little Cat considered itself Hogwarts' master, and then he felt relieved.
"How far can this portal teleport you to?" Newt pursed his lips and suddenly asked.
"Um, all I can say is, it's very, very far!" Xiwen said.
"So, are you confident you can teleport me directly to China?" Newt asked with a smirk.
"China?" Hearing Newt mention this familiar country, Xiwen felt a sense of unreality and asked incredulously, "What are you going to China for?"
"It's a secret," Newt smiled.
Hearing the word "secret" come from Newt's mouth, Xiwen immediately understood. It was probably another task Dumbledore had assigned to Newt, his mere tool...
"Alright." Xiwen looked at Newt with pity and shrugged. "Where in China do you want to go? You know, China is almost as big as the whole of Europe."
Newt pulled a slip of paper from his pocket and read it somewhat awkwardly, "Yangshuo, Guangxi."
"So it's going to Guangxi." Xiwen silently closed his eyes, recalling the location of Guangxi Province in China.
He wasn't sure if the places he had visited in his previous life could still serve as coordinates to open Dimensional Gate in this world.
Xiwen extended his left hand again and drew a circle with his right wand.
A shimmering golden halo appeared before my eyes, revealing a picturesque landscape within—magnificent mountains and clear waters, towering peaks and craggy rocks. In this cold winter, a warm breeze blew in from the other side of the halo, making it exceptionally comfortable.
Newt took a compass-like object out of his pocket, saw the faint light emanating from it, and nodded slightly.
"This is pretty much it." Newt turned to Xiwen and said, "Thanks a lot this time, Xiwen!"
"No problem!" Xiwen shook his head, then asked curiously, "By the way, do you speak Chinese? And to communicate smoothly in Guangxi, you might need to learn several dialects."
Hearing Xiwen's words, Newt smiled without saying a word, but silently opened his briefcase and called out to it.
A winged bird with a pair of small wings and a long tail flew out.
The Winged Bird outside the circle of light and suddenly flapped its wings a few times. With each flap, it inflated itself like a balloon, filling its body with air. Its small wings flapped vigorously, and its bulging body floated upwards like a hot air balloon.
Then, the Winged Bird used its long tail to curl Newt up and slowly carried him into the sky.
"Don't worry, I'm just looking for a Fantastic Beasts in the surrounding mountains and rivers. I don't need to understand Chinese," Newt said to Xiwen, floating in mid-air.
Xiwen hesitated for a moment, then called out to him, "Mr. Scamander, remember to always keep Mr. Flamel's Two-Way Mirror with you!"
"No problem!" Newt's voice came from afar.
Xiwen saw the Winged Bird that had recently helped them so much spread its wings high in the sky, its wingspan becoming extremely wide, carrying Newt into the distance...
After retracting the light from the Dimensional Gate, Xiwen looked at the Flamel couple who were still standing beside him.
"May I visit you often in the future? I'd also like to continue studying alchemy with Mr. Flamel," Xiwen asked.
"Of course, we two old folks would be so bored staying here all the time. You'd better come over every day," Madam Flamel said with a kind smile.
"Can your portal take you directly to the safe house?" Flamel asked curiously.
Xiwen nodded, took out Two-Way Mirror with Phoenix relief carved on its frame, and said softly, "I can sense the location of the Phoenix Relief Book from this mirror, so I can open the portal and come here at any time."
Not only that, he could even sense the exact location of other mirrors. This is why Xiwen told Newt to carry the Phoenix relief Two-Way Mirror with him. He could instantly go to Newt's side whenever he wanted!
After bidding farewell to the Flamel once again, Xiwen opened the golden halo leading to the Rosier Family and returned to his own courtyard.
Only then did he truly appreciate the convenience of being able to teleport freely. Even when facing invincible enemies, he now had the ability to escape unscathed!
Xiwen felt like he was about to take off!