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Hogwarts just happened to be such a treasured place.
There is only one school for extraordinary people in England, and it was built with the whole country's strength. Therefore, Hogwarts Castle is magical and mysterious, and it contains mysteries. The castle is also cast with a powerful patronus spell by the four founders, blocking its connection with the outside world. Each principal will also strengthen the school's barrier.
Even ghosts can roam freely here. The souls of students who died decades ago are still alive in the castle. Even if their souls run away, they will not be affected by the laws of nature and can return to their bodies.
So Hu Xiuwu is now trying to use the method of opening the mysterious gate in Hogwarts to open the bridge between heaven and earth.
Chapter 245 The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan
The body is silent, the soul opens its eyes,
Like an embryo in a chicken egg, it wakes up from its confusion and seeing the chaos, it wants to split the chaos and build a bridge to the sky.
The power of the spirit burst forth, transforming into a divine axe of creation, with a heavy body and a sharp blade.
In the Niwan Palace, the soul is the master. He can create anything out of thin air and pick stars and moon. He is no less capable than Long Aotian.
And now he wanted to break open the Niwan and expand his authority outward.
It seemed as if an invisible giant picked up a giant axe and swung it violently, with tremendous force, hitting the border of the Niwan Palace hard.
There were cracks in the border like a network of cracks in an eggshell. The cracks kept growing and eventually merged into one, leaving a big hole on the Niwan Palace. There was a bright light in the hole like the sun.
There is boundless knowledge hidden in the light. As the light flows into the Niwan Palace, I feel countless insights in my mind, including the highest mysteries of the Youyue Sword Technique, the multiple uses of the Seven Killing Orders of Gods and Ghosts, and the key to breaking through bottlenecks in the Huangting Sutra.
The sun, which contained infinite answers, exuded great temptation. The soul subconsciously took a step forward, and a bridge was built under his feet, extending to the end of the light.
The soul subconsciously walked along the bridge, wanting to see the boundless and colorful world outside and throw itself into the embrace of the sun.
When he was halfway through, several pairs of hands suddenly emerged from behind him, grabbed him, and stopped him halfway on the bridge between heaven and earth. His soul awakened and retreated to the Niwan Palace.
Only a bridge to the outside world remains.
The material world,
Hu Xiuwu opened his eyes, and the noisy sound of spells from the classroom was still ringing in his ears.
Opening the mysterious gate was more dangerous than Hu Xiuwu had imagined. Even with his kind heart, he was tempted by the mysteries revealed between heaven and earth. His soul almost left the world and his Tao disappeared, leaving only an empty shell.
Fortunately, the brain god's essence led all the body gods and awakened the consciousness of the primordial spirit.
Although the process was a bit tortuous, Hu Xiuwu finally opened up the secret of the entrance.
This acupoint that seems to be there and not there, to exist and not to exist, is like a converter that converts invisible will into tangible power and intervenes in the world.
Hu Xiuwu stared at the match in front of him, his mental power overflowed from the Niwan Palace, and he drew strength from Hu Xiuwu's Qi and applied it to the match.
The wood was transformed into silver, and the matches were molded into the shape of sewing needles like plasticine, and rose patterns were carved on them.
Although they are all beginners, unlike the freshmen at Hogwarts, Hu Xiuwu is not a novice. His attainments in other aspects are far higher than those of these real rookies.
As long as that layer of window paper is broken, transfiguration will be nothing to him.
Picking up the needle he had conjured, Hu Xiuwu felt the amount of Qi consumed in his body.
Compared with Eastern magic talismans, with the same power, the consumption of transformation magic is twice as high, but it is much more flexible than the magic that needs to abide by the rules of the I Ching Bagua.
The transformation of the five elements is within easy reach. Although the method to get started is extremely dangerous, if the Eastern sorcerers knew about this method, there would definitely be people who would try it with the mentality of hearing the truth in the morning and dying in the evening.
Bang bang,
"It's incredible that you actually mastered the essence of Transfiguration."
There was applause of admiration from the side. Professor McGonagall was standing nearby and saw the whole process of Hu Xiuwu turning the match into a needle. She realized that Hu Xiuwu had really mastered the essence of Transfiguration in just one class.
As a master of Transfiguration, Professor McGonagall has achieved much more in Transfiguration than Hu Xiuwu, but precisely because of this, she deeply knows how rare what Hu Xiuwu does is.
It is because the most primitive Transfiguration is too difficult to practice, and 99% of apprentices find it difficult to cross the initial threshold, that the four founders of Hogwarts built Hogwarts and cast a powerful protective spell for it.
"The rest of the courses are probably too easy for you. I recommend that you take classes with the sixth graders in the future."
Unlike other students, after Hu Xiuwu mastered the art of transformation, changing form and properties was no longer a problem for him.
"I do need more knowledge," Hu Xiuwu looked at Professor McGonagall and said respectfully, "I wonder if I will have the honor to learn from you the human body transformation technique you just performed."
He still remembers Professor McGonagall's original ability to transform into animals.
Professor McGonagall was surprised and asked, "You want to learn Animagus?"
So that's the trick for teaching Animagus?
Hu Xiuwu nodded.
Professor McGonagall persuaded him, "Animagus is the most advanced and difficult human Transfiguration. Many people who have tried it have encountered accidents due to lack of experience and have become neither human nor beast. Although I think you will be able to learn it sooner or later with your qualifications, you have just learned Transfiguration. I do not agree with you challenging it now."
"In recent decades, there have been only seven Animagus registered with the Ministry of Magic. Even if there are some illegal Animagus, there will never be more than twenty."
Professor McGonagall said confidently.
Hu Xiuwu believed in Professor McGonagall's inference. Professor McGonagall had been working at Hogwarts for decades. It could be said that during these decades, all the new generation of wizards in Britain were her students.
Even if not everyone registers for Animagus, she knows best who has the ability to become an Animagus.
Their grades in school are not good, and there is no one to look after them after they leave school. How many of them can make a sudden success and change their minds?
"If you are willing to study at Hogwarts for a year, I can help you become an Animagus."
Hu Xiuwu's talent made Professor McGonagall appreciate his talent.
But Hu Xiuwu declined the proposal. He learned the Transfiguration Technique to assist in the practice of the Huangting Sutra. It was impossible for him to confuse the primary with the secondary and neglect the Huangting Sutra for the sake of the Transfiguration Technique.
Professor McGonagall understood Hu Xiuwu's approach and generously stated that during the Goblet of Fire period, as long as Hu Xiuwu had any questions about Transfiguration, he could come to her.
Bell! Bell! Bell! The music for the end of get out of class starts.
A transformation class with a lot of gains has passed.
There was still one potion class left in the afternoon, and Hu Xiuwu was quite interested in it. Medicine and science had been inseparable since ancient times. Although he was not as fond of potions as Zhang Lingyu, he was also full of curiosity.
When I returned to the dormitory, Bi Youlong and Tianshi were not there. I guess they had gone to discuss the matter of the Goblet of Fire. Hua Ming, however, was still in the room processing documents and communicating with people in the country using magic tools.
Hu Xiuwu has a Pisces jade pendant in his hand that can be used for communication, so there is naturally no shortage of such magical instruments in Nadutong.
Seeing Hu Xiuwu coming back, Hua Ming stuffed a small gadget into Hu Xiuwu's hand.
This thing looked like a Bluetooth headset. Hu Xiuwu was playing with it and asked, "What is this?"
Hua Ming said: "This is a simultaneous translator sent by Behemoth. It can translate languages from various countries into Chinese in real time. Behemoth heard that the Heavenly Master doesn't know English, so he sent it as a gift."
"Translator?" Seeing that it had buttons and indicator lights, and looked like an electronic product, Hu Xiuwu was a little confused. "Isn't it said that Hogwarts has a barrier that prohibits the use of all electronic products on campus?"
Hua Ming explained: "I heard that this is the latest product of Behemoth. It is a combination of alchemy and modern technology, so it can be used even in Hogwarts."
"Okay, with this Heavenly Master and Lingyu, at least I don't have to be a deaf person anymore."
Speaking of Zhang Lingyu, he was in his dormitory at the moment, flipping through "A Thousand Magical Herbs and Mushrooms". When he saw Hu Xiuwu coming back, he stood up and saluted as usual:
"Brother, Lingyu was disrespectful just now."
Zhang Lingyu frankly apologized to Hu Xiuwu and seemed to have let it go, but Hu Xiuwu knew that this was just an appearance. Deep down, Zhang Lingyu was still bothered by the fact that he was not a qualified successor to Mount Longhu.
If he really cared, he wouldn't just apologize for his rudeness and not mention anything about what happened just now.
Only if you care, you avoid talking about it.
Hu Xiuwu asked Zhang Lingyu: "Have you read "Autumn Water"?"
"Of course I have."
As soon as Hu Xiuwu mentioned Qiu Shui, Zhang Lingyu knew what he was going to say. The Taoist priest had also tried to enlighten him with Taoist scriptures.
"Brother, are you trying to tell me to be a phoenix and not care about the opinion of the owl holding a dead mouse in its mouth?"
"No," Hu Xiuwu denied flatly, "What I mean is that the Heavenly Master is the phoenix, and we are all sparrows."
Zhang Lingyu looked at Hu Xiuwu in astonishment, not understanding why.
Hu Xiuwu said: "When I was a child, after I gained the Seven Emotions, I felt bored in the mountains. What I liked most was to pester my master to tell stories about the deeds of the senior masters in the alien world."
"That is a rare pleasure in the boring life of retreat."
The corners of Zhang Lingyu's mouth curled up unconsciously, and it was obvious that he felt the same way.
"Master once told me an interesting story about Senior Lu Jin, one of the Ten Masters, and the Heavenly Master when they were young. At the birthday party of Lu Jin's grandfather, Lu Jin tried to challenge Zhang Zhiwei, who had not yet become a Heavenly Master."
Hu Xiuwu slowly recounted the past events, which attracted Zhang Lingyu's attention because he had never heard his master mention this past.
Did the master lose? That’s why he doesn’t want to mention this to us?
No, that wouldn’t happen. The master is not the kind of person who cares so much about winning or losing.
Zhang Lingyu shook his head and got rid of the idea, but he became more curious about the subsequent developments.
Hu Xiuwu did not keep the secret:
"The Heavenly Master beat Lu Jin to tears with one palm strike."
"In front of everyone, at the birthday party of the old man of the Lu family, he beat Lu Jin, the eldest grandson of the Lu family, until he cried!"
"Autumn Water" in Zhuangzi: Huizi was the prime minister of Liang, and Zhuangzi went to see him. Someone said to Huizi, "Zhuangzi is here, and wants to replace you as prime minister." Huizi was afraid, so he searched the country for three days and three nights. Zhuangzi went to see him and said, "There is a bird in the south, it is called a phoenix, do you know it? The phoenix flies from the South Sea to the North Sea; it will not stop unless it is a phoenix tree, it will not eat unless it is a lychee fruit, and it will not drink unless it is a sweet spring. Then an owl found a rotten mouse, and the phoenix passed by, looked up and said, "Scare me!" Now you want to scare me by coming to Liang State?"
Chapter 246 Registration
As a close friend of the Heavenly Master, Lu Jin was received by Zhang Lingyu many times on Mount Longhu.
I didn’t expect that such a handsome, free-spirited and fashionable old man would have such a dark history.
Zhang Lingyu wanted to laugh, but felt that laughing would be disrespectful to his seniors, so he forced himself to hold back his smile, making his face look strange, as if he was laughing and crying at the same time.
Hu Xiuwu told this story not to tease Lu Jin for no reason, but to enlighten Zhang Lingyu:
"I don't know what happened to you in the past that makes you feel sorry for yourself here."
"But I want to tell you that the Heavenly Master doesn't care about these things. My master once said that when the Heavenly Master was young, he seemed peaceful and lively, but in fact he was the most arrogant and rude. He treated people kindly, purely because he didn't take the people in the world seriously. Even if you scolded him in front of him, he wouldn't take it to heart, and would only feel pity for you."
"It's like a phoenix that won't stop unless it's on the Chinese parasol tree, and won't eat unless it's made of nuts or sweet spring water. In fact, there's no trace of the owl in its eyes."
"The so-called fame is nothing to him. He soars into the sky, and the criticisms on the ground cannot touch him."
"If being a turtle rolling in the mud can make him happy, then the master will not care about other people's opinions. He will just swim freely in the mud and enjoy the sunshine and mud."
"So from the beginning to the end, the only one you can't let go of is yourself."
Zhang Lingyu lowered his head and said nothing. In fact, he understood what Hu Xiuwu said, but even though he knew it in his heart, he could not get over the hurdle in his heart.