If anything happened to Chu Yang, Harry felt he would definitely regret it for the rest of his life!
To protect the safety of other students, Chu Yang led the Whomping Willow towards the Forbidden Forest, where people were scarce, and it was the only direction he could run.
The Whomping Willow's massive body was like a plow, leaving nothing but desolation and craters wherever it rushed.
He ran for a while like this, until no one was visible behind him.
Chu Yang, who had long been impatient, immediately stopped, clenched his fist, and turned to punch it.
What Chu Yang didn't expect was that after he stopped, the Whomping Willow also stopped, sliding all the way to him due to inertia.
Then it quietly stopped moving, its branches slowly drooping around Chu Yang, swaying gently, as if it was acting spoiled?
Chu Yang looked at the enormous creature in front of him with a strange expression…
What was this all about now?
Seeing that Chu Yang didn't react, the Whomping Willow extended a branch to him and rubbed it back and forth on his hand.
"It couldn't be…"
Chu Yang's eyes widened. He grabbed a branch and infused it with magic.
As magic, containing immense natural vitality, entered the Whomping Willow's massive tree body, all of its branches instantly danced with excitement.
"It really did chase me because of my magic!" Chu Yang thought for a moment. It must have been the scattered magic during his flight that caused an unknown effect on the Whomping Willow.
From its behavior, it seemed to be a very beneficial effect. The original Whomping Willow possessed instincts that some plants lacked, but the current Whomping Willow seemed to have higher intelligence.
Due to the influence of special magic, it was developing towards being a "creature"!
"If this continues, won't I become a Druid?" Chu Yang was bewildered. This was a path he had never considered.
The Whomping Willow didn't think so much; it just kept rubbing against Chu Yang, feeling like a kitten or puppy trying to please its owner, hoping for more food.
The child is hungry; give it some magic to eat!
Due to the dual influence of his soul and physique, Chu Yang's magic reserves were already ridiculously large. In this regard, he was not stingy and increased his magic output.
The Whomping Willow's entire body began to emit a green light symbolizing life, and even its branches started to overflow with green specks like fireflies.
The Whomping Willow was growing little by little, its height breaking through from three stories to five stories, and it was still growing.
It was nearing dusk, and the Whomping Willow was bathed in warm golden-red light, overlapping with the green light, like an ancient god in the process of awakening.
Chapter 44 Dumbledore Felt Exhausted
"Oh! My Merlin!"
Hagrid, carrying large bags of food, stood stunned on the path. He was coming from the hunting grounds, preparing to patrol the school and the areas around the Forbidden Forest.
There were always some young wizards who liked to appear in this area.
He liked to eat while surveying his surroundings.
But today was undoubtedly the most shocking day since Hagrid became the gamekeeper!
He saw a giant Treant!
And there was a student standing beneath the tree monster, who not only wasn't harmed but was acting very docile!
"What in the world is this thing?" Hagrid put down his food and tried to approach Chu Yang, but the Whomping Willow mistakenly thought he was going to harm Chu Yang and promptly swatted Hagrid, who had giant blood, flying!
Hagrid fell directly into the nearby bushes.
Seeing Hagrid get swatted away, Chu Yang interrupted his magic output and angrily grabbed a branch of the Whomping Willow, scolding, "Don't just hit people all the time!"
The interruption of magic made the Whomping Willow, which had only recently gained "intelligence," feel panicked and angry. It instinctively used its branches to entangle Chu Yang, forcing him to produce more magic to supply itself.
"You can only have what I'm willing to give you. If I'm not willing, you have to wait obediently!" Chu Yang hated pets in his previous life that were well-fed but turned on their owners at crucial moments.
Food-guarding dogs, Chu Yang would beat them every time he saw one, to make them understand what an owner was!
While Hagrid was in the bushes, Chu Yang directly tore apart the branches wrapped around him, leaped to the Whomping Willow's side, and aimed a powerful [Shark Tile Straight Punch] at the trunk!
Crack~
The Whomping Willow's body was like a shattered mirror, with countless cracks radiating from the punch mark Chu Yang left.
The fear of death made the Whomping Willow's newly born "intelligence" feel a strong threat. Like an animal, it trembled and prostrated itself on the ground, showing submission.
Only then did Chu Yang spare its life.
He used magic to help it restore the cracks on its surface, giving it a slap and then a sweet date.
"Its strength is really something." Hagrid groaned as he crawled out of the bushes.
With his physique, taking that hit still left him dizzy and disoriented.
However, his curiosity about the Whomping Willow made Hagrid temporarily ignore all physical discomforts, and he stumbled over.
"Can you calm your pet down? I mean no harm!" Hagrid shouted to Chu Yang.
"It's fine, you can come over!" Chu Yang explained, "This is the school's Whomping Willow, not my pet."
"Whomping Willow?" Hagrid stared wide-eyed at the Whomping Willow, which had nearly doubled in size, muttering, "Are you kidding me? This thing is a Whomping Willow? A Murdering Willow is more like it…"
Hearing Hagrid's less-than-friendly remark.
The Whomping Willow shook its massive body, showing its displeasure.
"Oh! Oh! Calm down! Calm down!"
Hagrid raised his hands, begging for mercy repeatedly. He didn't want to be swatted again.
The next second, the Whomping Willow quieted down.
"It can understand me?" Hagrid was stunned for a moment, then showed an expression of wild joy, "It's actually communicating with me! This is beyond the scope of plants; it's an animal! It's a magical creature!"
As an avid enthusiast of magical creatures, Hagrid instantly fell in love with this big tree and generously forgave its earlier act of swatting him!
Hitting is affection, scolding is love; that was just "its" little bit of acting spoiled towards him, it didn't hurt at all!
Hagrid thought, grimacing as he pressed his wounds.
He rushed to Chu Yang's side, hugged the tree trunk, and rubbed against it comfortably.
Completely obsessive behavior, which made Chu Yang's skin crawl.
The Whomping Willow also seemed displeased. It swayed and stood up, shaking its body as if shaking off fleas, trying to shake Hagrid off.
Hagrid rolled and tumbled to the ground, grimacing as he looked up.
He noticed that Chu Yang was tightly protected by the branches, completely unharmed.
"How can it treat us differently?" Hagrid looked at the Whomping Willow with a pained expression. He had put aside his grudges, so why didn't he get any benefits?
Under the setting sun, several figures were approaching.
"Mr. Chu Yang, I'm glad to see you safe and sound, but can you explain why the Whomping Willow I personally planted has become like this?" Dumbledore, wearing a silver robe, slowly walked over, followed by Professor McGonagall.
Chu Yang jumped down from the Whomping Willow, walked to Dumbledore, and bowed slightly, "I'm not entirely sure of the specific reason, but it should be my magic that affected it, Headmaster Dumbledore."
"Magic?" Dumbledore suddenly understood, then said with a complex expression, "It seems we still lack the necessary understanding of your magic and underestimated its influence on plants, especially rare magical plants."
"When Sprout told me about your performance at the wand shop, I should have thought of this. It was my oversight…"
With that, Dumbledore walked towards the Whomping Willow, his eyes like the starry sky, constantly observing the Whomping Willow's condition.
Professor McGonagall and Chu Yang quietly followed behind him.
The day's shocks had left the elderly Deputy Headmistress physically and mentally exhausted.
Professor McGonagall looked as if she had aged several years.
She didn't even have the energy to argue with Chu Yang, but she still said admiringly, "In a moment of crisis, you gave your classmates a chance to escape and led the Whomping Willow away by yourself. Although it was a bit reckless, it is a very noble quality. Therefore, Slytherin gets ten points."
Dumbledore suddenly turned back and smiled, "I personally will add another ten points to Slytherin. You haven't disappointed me, Mr. Chu Yang."
Chu Yang shrugged, "Thank you for your generosity, Headmaster and Professor. I think the Slytherin students will be very happy."
"Yesterday it was the sorting hat, today it's the Whomping Willow. You always manage to give me surprises. However, Mr. Chu Yang, I sincerely hope to hear news of you quietly attending classes tomorrow. This is the wish of a centenarian."
Dumbledore, who had been amiable a second ago, suddenly became serious and warned, "Also, don't let your classmates sleep on the floor again. If this continues, there won't be enough beds in the second-floor infirmary soon!"
"In just two days, the number of patients from Slytherin alone has overcrowded the place! Do you want to paralyze the school hospital?"
Chu Yang shrugged, saying innocently, "I can't make decisions on this matter. It depends on whether they can calm down. After all, I'm not the one causing trouble, and you're the one telling me to fight back, unless you get me a single room."
Dumbledore was immediately speechless and felt very tired.
He felt that perhaps he shouldn't have persuaded Chu Yang to go to Slytherin in the first place.
He had originally thought that Chu Yang would use his talent to gradually change Slytherin's perception of Muggles, reshaping their self-righteous pride, but he didn't expect the person to use his fists!
Fighting is also a talent, and it's simple and violent!
Wizards solving problems with fists instead of wands…
He was a close-combat wizard, that's what he was.
Chapter 45 Miracle of Life
Dumbledore genuinely felt that Chu Yang's fighting style was very similar to Godric Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts.
The great Godric Gryffindor also held a sword in one hand and a wand in the other, using both physical and magical attacks to make his enemies flee in terror.
Chu Yang beat his roommates onto the floor; his realm was a bit lower, but the results were no less impressive.
The more Dumbledore thought about it, the more his head ached. He sighed, "A single room is a privilege for prefects. I cannot break the rules. At most, I can arrange a double room for you."
Chu Yang nodded in agreement, settling for a compromise, which also gave Dumbledore some face.
He just wondered which Slytherin would be so unlucky as to be his roommate…
"Headmaster Dumbledore, you really should see this, it's truly amazing! This Whomping Willow just responded to me!" Hagrid excitedly greeted Dumbledore, gesticulating as he recounted the miracle he had witnessed.
"As you said, this is indeed a great miracle. Precisely because of this, we must protect this secret, otherwise Chu Yang will be in danger!" Dumbledore looked up, his deep eyes gazing at Hagrid, as if holding an endless starry sea within them.
Hagrid, who was in high spirits, felt as if he had been doused with cold water. He instantly sobered up and immediately promised, "Please rest assured, I will keep all your secrets."