Chapter 168: Phoenix singing

"The phoenix is ​​a very luxurious bird with a bright red body. It is also the most sacred and cutest magical creature I have ever seen.
The size of an adult phoenix is ​​similar to that of a swan, with a long golden tail, long beak and claws, and golden feathers.
The life span of the phoenix is ​​extremely long because it can be reborn easily. When the Phoenix's body began to fail, it plunged into the fire; it only takes a few minutes for a little phoenix to fly out of the ashes again.
The phoenix is ​​very picky. It only eats some precious herbs.
The singing of the phoenix has magical powers, and it is generally believed that it can enhance people's courage and strength; and its tears have a strong therapeutic effect, which can cure many vicious venoms.
It is very difficult to get the recognition of a phoenix, and it is even more difficult to tame a phoenix!
But Phoenix extremely respects contracts and promises, and if it approves of you, it will not break the contract.
If a phoenix pecks gently on your shoulder with its beak, and a small, golden mark appears on your shoulder at the same time, it proves that you have received its approval. When you are in danger, touch this mark gently, and the phoenix will appear beside you and fight with you.
Of course only this time, the imprint of the Phoenix disappears; your relationship with the Phoenix also disappears.
And if you truly tame a phoenix, it will serve you to death without regrets for life; and when you leave this world, the phoenix will disappear completely in this world.
It is difficult to get the recognition of the phoenix, and it is even more difficult to tame the phoenix. There are only two phoenixes known to be tamed in the world; one of them belongs to an elder whom I respect very much..."
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The above is Newt Scamander's description of the phoenix in the book "Where are the Fantastic Beasts".
After the mermaids holding the harpoon approached step by step, Jon heard a loud singing in the sky... This voice was illusory and ethereal, ethereal and mysterious, and it was exciting to hear it.
It even made Jon some scalp tingling.
The faces of the mermaids showed timid, even awe.
The phoenix, the magical creature that controls the flames, is undoubtedly the natural enemy of the mermaid...Of course, because the phoenix is ​​generally more docile, the mermaid treats it more with respect than fear.
The mermaids stopped moving forward one after another, and Jon took the opportunity to hold the rope and continue upstream.
The patron saint pursed his mouth slightly, looking at the sky with some discomfort; then its body slowly faded until it disappeared.
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Jon headed out of the lake, breathing the air with some difficulty.
As he breathed in a lot of air, the effect of the gall bladder grass gradually weakened... His gills slowly disappeared, and at the same time his lungs returned.
The four girls also floated to the surface with the blisters.
A crimson bird hovered in the sky while singing loudly.
It has a slender tail and a pair of shiny golden claws; it stretches the claws towards Jon
"Oh, Fox!" Jon breathed a sigh of relief, then reached out and grabbed Fox's golden paws: "Thank you very much!"
In Dumbledore's office a few months ago, Phoenix Fox left a mark on his shoulder. Jon repeatedly checked the information and learned the effect of this imprint.
This is also his confidence to provoke the mermaid.
After all, with hundreds of mermaids chasing behind, it is a bit unrealistic to bring four people to the shore (even if their weight is not heavy); but with Fox's help, all this is not a problem.
After all, Phoenix has great strength, he can carry many times his own weight
Jon grabbed Phoenix's paw in one hand, and took the rope with four "hostages" tied with the other, and rose into the air.
Fox took them and flew towards the shore.
The fish people emerged from the water one by one, looking at a few people in the air, and the phoenix that made them feel terrified from the bottom of their hearts...They opened their teeth and danced their claws and swearing wantonly.
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At this moment, Hogsmeade Lake.
The spectators and referees on the sidelines are now stunned.
Especially after Fox sent all the four "hostages" ashore.
"What's going on?" Percy Weasley asked with a dazed expression, his eyes looked at the other referees with some trepidation.
Karkaroff looked at Hermione who hadn't awakened with a dull face, and murmured, "Isn't she a friend of Victor, why..."
Ludo Bagman stayed there too. He looked at Qiu-Zhang, his open mouth speechless.
The expression on his face was even a little desperate.
Only Madame Maxim suddenly smiled, but she concealed it well; at the same time, she lowered her head, comforted Fleur, and pointed to Gabrielle Delacour who had reached the shore.
Dumbledore's eyes looked at Fox; but his appearance pretended that he didn't even know the Phoenix.
Fox obviously got the hint from Dumbledore... it glanced at Jon and then at Dumbledore with some trepidation; it didn’t know what it had seen wrong.
Dumbledore's performance can fool other judges and students, because they don't understand the relationship between this Phoenix and Dumbledore; but obviously they can't fool the teachers.
Both Snape and Professor McGonagall stood up and looked at Dumbledore with questioning eyes; in their eyes, both felt that Dumbledore had ordered Phoenix Fox's behavior.
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There is no peace at the bottom of Hogsmeade Lake.
Although Jon ran out with the hostages... but there were still two people under the water.
The angry mermaid searched wantonly in Lake Hogsmeade.
With the speed at which the mermaids swim and the number of them; it seems not too difficult to find two intruders...
Harry Potter, with webbed hands and feet, was caught by a few merfolk and brought over...Poor Harry thought he had been eliminated~EbookFREE.me~, a little dejected.
And Victor Krum was even more miserable... Harry was a minor, and the mermaids were kinder to him; the grown-up Krum had been by five flowers and brought to the shore.
The mermaid leader who was controlled by Jon's petrification spell seemed to have returned to normal.
It swam to the shore, that green face, already flushed...It was angry and roared at Dumbledore.
Necklaces made of shark teeth scurry around.
Dumbledore had to trot over, and he also made the piercing sound of a mermaid on the water; obviously, he could also say mermaid words.
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While Dumbledore was talking to the mermaid--
The four hostages gradually woke up.
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