Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 183 The Last Month of Summer Vacation
As Harry was thinking, he suddenly felt something tap him.

He turned his head and saw that the big black dog had brought a thick, long branch from somewhere.

When Harry noticed him, he gripped the branch tightly and made shallow marks on the muddy ground damp with morning dew.

HOW OLD
Harry stared wide-eyed at the big black dog in surprise.

"You can write?!"

As expected of Professor Li Wei's chosen pet, it is indeed extraordinary!
Harry wasn't surprised at all; he just found it amazing.

"Ow—"

The big black dog let out a low, almost triumphant growl, then impatiently patted the word "OLD" with its paw.

"Oh—oh!"

Harry realized what was happening and answered with great interest:

“I’m fourteen years old.” He remembered that Dudley always calculated exactly how much time was left until his birthday, and added, “I just celebrated my birthday a few days ago.”

Sirius certainly remembered Harry's birthday—July 31st.

In other words, this child will only be in third grade after the summer vacation?
His eyes suddenly lit up!

Although he seems to have mastered a relatively small number of spells, this child's combat talent is astonishing—it even surpasses that of James and himself during their student days.
Clang—clang—

Sirius, in his black dog form, paced back and forth, appearing extremely excited.

Harry didn't understand what was wrong, so he took out his problem-solving guide, started reviewing his notes, and briefly jotted down the new ideas that came to him that day.

After the review was over, he began a new cycle of spellcasting—his calm and thoughtful demeanor made Sirius nod repeatedly.

Excellent! Absolutely outstanding!
Such an outstanding student. No wonder he's James' son!

Sirius knew without a doubt that Harry was the best student in his grade at this moment—and in a few years, he would be the best student in the whole school!
Just like he and James back then.

And I can undoubtedly help him shorten this process.

"Wang-"

Sirius cried out.

Seeing Harry looking at him, he bit the twig and quickly drew on the ground.

The visuals are very simple and crude—a simple little figure holding a magic wand, shooting out a line to attack a dog.

"Wang."

Seeing that Harry had finished reading, he quickly jumped back and forth, showing off his agility.

"You want me to attack you?"

"Wang."

"No, that will hurt you!"

Harry refused decisively—this was Professor Levy's pet, and even the slightest injury was unacceptable. Even if Professor Levy didn't mind, he wouldn't want to live anymore!

But the next moment, the big black dog snorted disdainfully, patted its chest with its front paw, and shook its head at Harry.

His disdain was palpable.

Seeing that Harry still didn't move, it barked again and began circling around Harry impatiently, as if urging him on and being a bit cheeky.

"Okay, okay—let's give it a try."

Harry, worn down by its nagging, reluctantly agreed.

However, he was also curious to see if there was any deeper meaning behind the big black dog's behavior, since it was so different.
"Except your weapons!"

Harry waved his wand, and red light shot out from the tip—under his deliberate control, the spell's power was greatly reduced this time.

Hmm? Could this also be a training approach?

Harry found that when using the Disarming Charm, it was so natural that it was actually more difficult to reduce the spell's effectiveness.
This means that as long as he can continuously suppress and weaken the spell's power without changing the basic casting method, he can then work backward to figure out what makes the spell's power stronger.
Harry's eyes grew brighter the more he thought about it.

"Wang!"

Sirius, unaware of his thoughts, called out again, urging him on.

"coming!"

Harry responded positively and began to consciously reduce the power of the spell.

While Harry practiced spells, Levi also officially entered his final month of intensive research.

As for Sirius, he didn't plan to deal with him for the time being—Lupin would wait until after the start of the school year to return on the Hogwarts Express.

At least for this month, he doesn't have to worry about Sirius's identity being exposed.

What he needs to do is further improve his magic system.

Regarding Lei Fa Qilin, after life-or-death trials in actual combat and a month of repeated experiments, he has completely mastered the essence of this incantation.

Li Wei dislikes spreading too much energy across a single function.

In the category of offensive magic, the most efficient single-target spell is Palm Lightning, and the most powerful spell is Qilin—and thanks to its powerful attack capabilities, it also solves most of the problem of area-of-effect attacks.

The conflicts in the magical world are ultimately battles between individual groups of wizards. These two spells are sufficient, and there is no need to develop other spells for the time being.

As for the remaining directions, Li Wei has two tentative ideas.

One is a high-level instantaneous movement technique that he envisioned as "Instant Lightning".

By converting all the magic power in one's body into lightning element, the concept of the physical body is temporarily dispelled, allowing one to traverse distances at lightning speed and finally reassemble the body at the destination.

It has a similar effect to Apparition, but the underlying principle is completely different.

The biggest advantage is that once you're proficient with this spell, it won't affect its release even in the heat of battle—it's undoubtedly faster and more practical than "Instant Step," which involves releasing magic from the soles of your feet to move.

Additionally, it is a beacon of lightning that combines magic and alchemy.

By inscribing alchemical runes composed of lightning elements on a specific object or human body, he resonates with his own lightning element.

When needed, no matter how far apart they are, he can use his previously envisioned "instant lightning" to transform into lightning and precisely "jump" to the location of the beacon.

Whether used for hunting down or protecting specific individuals, it is excellent.

Li Wei plans to spend a month completing the basic framework of [Instant Lightning] and [Lightning Mark] – according to his estimate, by the time school starts, his entire body will have been completely transformed into elements.

He will then take more time to refine these two spells—developing magic like Apparition is not an easy task.

With ample time for reflection, he is likely to generate more inspiration.

"But after school starts, will I really still have time to study magic?"

Li Wei thought about the teaching plan for the new semester, feeling both anticipation and a sense of helplessness.

He opened the magically locked cabinet and checked it out—the time converter he had acquired long ago was lying there quietly.

Speaking of which, since students can use the time converter to learn different knowledge, can't they also use it to practice magic?

But theoretically, wouldn't any wizard be able to grow up in this way? How could the Ministry of Magic not do it?
Li Wei closed the cabinet again, not daring to try anything rashly.

We'll have to wait until after the semester starts to experience time travel firsthand to discuss the specifics.

Once he fully understood the underlying principles, Li Wei would only use them in class.

After all, this is the safest approach known at present.

Thinking of this, he smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Is the time converter really only meant to be used like this?"

(End of this chapter)