Chapter 59 Wolf Fangs
Time flies, three weeks have passed, and October has arrived unknowingly.
In addition to the tight classes, Draco and Harry also need to start hard training for the upcoming Quidditch game.
Perhaps because of the high-level nutritional supplements taken when he was born, Xiao Yinya grew very fast, and his body size is not much different from that of a puppy. He has also grown beautiful hair with a shining silver-white color on his body, and with his unique emerald green eyes, he is simply loved by everyone.
During breakfast time, when Xie Lin brought it to the auditorium, the appearance of Xie Lin and Xiao Yinya attracted the attention of almost all students from the four colleges, and their eyes were mixed with various emotions such as envy, jealousy, and admiration. Several brave girls even plucked up the courage to talk to Xie Lin, wanting to ask where they could buy this silver wolf pet.
Ron stared at Little Silver Fang, then looked down at Spots, whose fur was mottled and a finger was missing. He could not help but feel jealous and muttered, "What's so great about it? It's just a pet."
Hermione heard Ron's words and directly retorted, "It's a wolf pet. I dare say that no student in the history of Hogwarts has ever brought a wolf cub as a pet, not to mention that I have never seen a silver wolf breed with such beautiful fur. I can only say that he is worthy of being a famous figure in Hogwarts. Even his pet is so unique."
Ron didn't know why he got angry with Hermione and got up and left before even finishing breakfast. The Weasley twins comforted Hermione, "Don't pay attention to Ron. We also think it's really cool to have a wolf cub as a pet."
Almost all the Gryffindors present, both men and women, nodded and agreed with the views of the Weasley twins.
Usually, novels like to have such a plot, where the senior students rely on their strength to bid and force the protagonist's pet, and then get slapped in the face. But unfortunately, this did not happen to the protagonist in this novel. After all, Xie Ling's family background and strength are there, and few senior students dare to guarantee that they can beat Xie Ling, not to mention that offending the Malfoy family is not a joke.
Xie Ling saw that Xiao Yin Ya was getting stronger and no longer needed his careful care, so he began to prepare for the Patronus Charm Exchange Meeting.
After discussing with Cedric, Penelope, and Percy, the date of the Patronus Charm Exchange Meeting appeared on the notice board of each college.
The event date was set for the evening of October 16, two weeks later. Since Xie Ling could not predict the number of people attending at that time, he specially applied to the school to borrow an empty classroom that had been enlarged by the Traceless Extension Charm, which was enough to accommodate 100 people.
There are still two weeks before the exchange meeting. In addition to normal classes and homework, Schelling will also take time to play with Little Silver Fang, study Professor Flitwick's duel notes, study "The Thousand Changes and Illusions", and study Snape's elementary potion notes.
Professor Flitwick's duel notes contain many duel skills, such as how to use the least magic power to release the right spell. For example, if the opponent hides behind a stone, it is better to use the Displacement Spell to move the stone away instead of using the Explosion Spell to smash the stone. For another example, when the opponent releases the Fire Spell, instead of using the Water Creation Spell to put out the fire, it is better to use the Water and Fire Invulnerability Spell on yourself to save magic power.
These optimal ways to deal with different attacks are all practical experience, which is very valuable for Schelling, who lacks practical experience. Of course, it is only relative to say that Schelling lacks practical experience here - in the past two semesters, Schelling has encountered the troll, the basilisk, Gallup, Harry, and Merlin. Schelling, who has fought against these five opponents, is actually the most experienced among the more than 500 students in Hogwarts.
The theory of transformation in "The Thousand Magical Techniques" is slightly different from the native European Transfiguration. The European Transfiguration emphasizes the understanding and transformation of matter, and is a rigorous subject similar to physics and chemistry. But in the distant Eastern country, Transfiguration emphasizes creativity, focusing on meaning rather than form. The transformation process should be free and easy. Yes, the disadvantages of doing so are obvious. Once the transformation process goes wrong, it may cause serious consequences. But - for an experienced and skilled Transfiguration master - mistakes in the process? There is no such thing. If you can finally achieve the level described in the book, then you can be said to be clever, flexible, unpredictable, and hard to defend.
Compared with these two books, Snape's potion notes are nothing worth mentioning. There are indeed many improvements to the potion steps in it, and it is indeed very valuable information, but it cannot give Schelling a sense of surprise that "the door to a new world" has been opened.
Schelling did not intend to keep this notebook privately. He used the copying spell to copy a copy for each of his Slytherin classmates, including Goyle, Crabbe, and Millicent Bulstrode, who had little communication with him. They were from pure-blood families and were well-informed. They knew the preciousness of the notebook, so Schelling easily received their grateful eyes.
In addition, Schelling did not put aside his most core plan of exploring Hogwarts and improving spells.
After successfully improving the floating spell, fluorescent spell, loudspeaker spell, and fire spell, this time he focused on the water-making spell. The water-making spell is a spell that allows the caster to spray a stream of clean, drinkable water from the tip of the wand. It is generally used to obtain drinking water in the wild, or to extinguish fires. But in the original book, "Prince of Explosions" Seamus Finigan used it to create the effect of a high-pressure water cannon in the Charms class, knocking away the unsuspecting Professor Flitwick. Obviously, the water pressure sprayed by the water-making spell can be adjusted by improving the spell.
What worries Xie Lin even more is whether the so-called water-making spell can only create the purest water? Or can the thickness and pH of water actually be adjusted through magic improvements? According to this idea, once the improvement is successful, the water-making spell that can release strong acidic water will not add a "corrosive" characteristic to the spell? And the water-making spell that can release viscous water has a "sticky" characteristic? There may even be many other changes that Schelling cannot imagine for the time being, which shows how huge the potential of the water-making spell is.
This is not just Schelling's unrealistic imagination. He remembers that in the original book's sixth grade spells class, there was a spell about liquid conversion, which turned vinegar back into wine. Note that this is not a transfiguration, but a change caused by the curse itself. To explain it using Muggle chemical principles, the curse reverses the oxidation process of the vinegar. It can be seen that the magic spell does have the ability to exert chemical changes on liquids.
Xie Lin had already explored the Room of Requirement and the Forbidden Forest, and the next target location he planned to explore was the secret passage on the fifth floor that Dobby had cleaned and repaired during the summer vacation.
The secret passage on the fifth floor is hidden behind a large mirror. This large round mirror is as tall as an adult. As long as you recite the spell "Secret Mirror Revealed" in front of the mirror, the mirror image in the mirror will reveal a line. Deep path. Schelling reached out and touched the mirror and found that his hand went directly through the other side of the mirror, just like the feeling of passing through the wall of platform nine and three-quarters at King's Cross Station.
Although he knew that the secret passage was unlikely to be dangerous in any way. After all, the Weasley twins in the lower grades in the original book had used it many times, and Dobby was responsible for cleaning and repairing it not long ago, Xie Lin still cautiously put on the Evening Star cloak and held it tightly. The wand entered the path of the mirror world.
Xie Lin muttered in a low voice: "Luminescent flash!", and the end of the lit wand illuminated the entire tunnel. Its slope was not steep, and it was easy to go up and down, but there was no end in sight. The tunnel did not go straight down. There were many turns along the way. Xie Lin estimated that he walked for about half an hour before he reached a large cave space.
It was deserted here, except for four stone walls and only two tunnel entrances (one of which was the entrance where Schelling came in). Traces of magic repairs can be seen on the stone walls not long ago. It is not difficult to imagine that before being repaired, these four stone walls must have been covered with a large number of cracks, which is why they were crushed under the years of snow.
These traces of magical repair should be Dobby's handiwork, but a strikingly long and thin crack suddenly appeared on one of the stone walls. This was strange. Judging from the house elves' dedication to cleaning and trimming tasks, it was unlikely that such an obvious omission would be left. Xie Lin then tried to cast a repair spell on the crack, but it had no effect at all - something was indeed strange!
Xie Lin opened his magic eyes and saw magic fluctuations in the cracks. However, this magic fluctuations were not the usual hazy white, but rather a spooky dark green. It did not look like the handiwork of a wizard, but instead It's more like the magic traces left by creatures like elves or goblins. Since Dobby's magic can't have an effect on it, Schelling is more inclined to guess that this cave space is related to goblins.
Although goblins regard the unique magic of their own race as their own life, it does not mean that all wizards know nothing about it. One of the books that Schelling collected from his grandmother Druella's house contains information about goblin magic. The record was written by a cruel ancestor of the Lestrange family. This ancestor was obsessed with studying magic. He had kidnapped many people in order to study the different magic systems of wizards, goblins, and elves. Goblins, tortured them with various cruel magics, and learned a little bit of the secrets of the magic used by goblins and elves.
Although this book cannot be said to truly analyze the field of magic systems of fairies and elves, it is qualified as a superficial basic enlightenment. Although Xie Lin cannot cast fairy magic, this does not prevent him from understanding the traces of magic on this crack. What's more, with the magic eye, the magic fluctuations on the crack are clear to Xie Lin.
Schelling decided to try an ancient and rare magic. He first used a cutting spell to carve a complicated magic circle on the stone wall around the crack. Then he stood three feet away and pointed his wand at the magic circle and shouted: "Magic Divide all things into one!
There was a warmth in the hand of the Thestral wand, and the magic power in Xie Lin's body flowed into the wand like water bursting from a dam. The tip of the wand emitted a white halo, like ripples in the water, in circles. Spreading outward - this happened only when Schelling held the wand for the first time. The magic circle seemed to come alive, emitting waves of magic power. A mysterious ancient rune suddenly appeared on the stone wall - Xie Lin recognized this rune as "Kaunaz", which represents "Holy Fire" or "Light" "the meaning of.
Although Schelling had read in many historical documents that words could have magical powers, and knew that each ancient rune had been used to cast spells in the Middle Ages, it was still eye-opening to see the magic power of a rune with his own eyes. At this time, the ancient rune broke away from the stone wall, floated in the air, exuded a fiery breath, and finally turned into a red-gold flame and disappeared without a trace.
What Schelling didn't know was that his pupils suddenly reflected the same flame at the moment the flame disappeared, and then it slowly disappeared from his eyes as if it was faded.
"Is this the legendary ancient Runic magic?" Sherin muttered to himself, "This flame seems to be different from the fire spells in modern magic... In addition to light and heat, there seems to be traces of soul magic. I seem to feel the passion and desire for knowledge in the flame. No, that's not right. It should be the guidance and inheritance of knowledge..."
(Note: "Kaunaz" stands for "holy fire", "passion for knowledge", and "attention to inheritance". The author consulted the Muggle ancient Runic dictionary and is not fabricated by the author)
Looking at the crack again, the magic fluctuations are no longer there, and Sherin closed it with a repair spell. Continue walking forward through this cave space, and finally lead to an empty shop in Hogsmeade Village. It has been abandoned for a long time, and there are dust and cobwebs everywhere. You can even smell a strong musty smell.
Looking out of a window of an empty shop, you can see an old bar with a conspicuous boar's head hanging on the sign at the door. Obviously, this shop is not located on the main commercial street of the village, but on the same remote side road as the Boar's Head Bar. No wonder it can't be rented out.
Schelling didn't want to be caught for wandering around Hogsmeade Village, so he turned and went into the tunnel, returning along the way he came, ending today's adventure.
On the surface, this adventure didn't seem to have much to gain for Schelling, but in fact it opened another door to magic theory for Schelling. Not only did he gain knowledge by witnessing the ancient rune magic with his own eyes, but it also inspired Schelling's various ideas to try to cast spells with the ancient rune magic talisman that he was quite proficient in.