Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 96 The Connection Between Body and Magic
By the time I finished reading the first part of the book, the agreed time had quietly arrived.

Harry packed up the books and placed them on the table in the common room, then headed to the Great Hall while pondering their contents.

The more I read Professor Levi's textbooks lately, the deeper my understanding and appreciation of magic becomes.

Phenomena that were previously incomprehensible gradually became clear as the other party explained them step by step.

This knowledge will surely be useful in future training.

Arriving at the Great Hall five minutes early, Harry saw two figures already talking at the door.

It's Cedric and Jowell.

The two looked like they were cut from the same mold, both with gentle smiles on their faces, except one was a teenager and the other a young adult.

Harry pursed his lips, suddenly feeling as if he didn't deserve to stand beside them.

Before he could hesitate, both of them had already noticed his arrival. Cedric waved enthusiastically at him, while Jowell waved gently.

Harry smiled and quickly ran to their side.

Good morning, Cedric, senior Joe Willy.

"Good morning."

"Just call me Joe Willy."

Jowell smiled gently, looked the two men up and down, nodded, and said:
"Let's go, I'll take you for a run."

"running?"

"Yes, running."

Jowell led the two toward Black Lake; the morning dew on the lawn dampened their trouser legs.

"Since you have become the teacher's students, you should learn the teacher's methodology in all aspects and understand the teacher's thoughts. Running is a very important part of this."

The three of them stood under a large tree near the illegal residence. While teaching them warm-up exercises, Joe Veri continued, "..."
"The teacher believes that the physical and mental aspects are complementary."

A strong physique can enhance a wizard's spirit and strengthen their will through physical training.

Although he stopped doing this in his third year of studying magic—according to his teacher, it was because he had grasped the connection between his body and magic and no longer needed to perform this repetitive act.

However, this does not mean that it is not beneficial for beginners like you.

Ultimately, we need to learn to use this training method to think and explore, to find a magical path that suits us best.

After warming up the two for five minutes, Joe Willi led them in a run around Black Lake.

Harry and Cedric are both Quidditch players with decent physical attributes, and they were able to keep up with Joe Willie's pace.

Joe continued talking to them as he ran, handling the situation with ease.

"If I were to let you directly experience magic right now, you definitely wouldn't be able to feel it—now I'll teach you a spell created by your teacher—Instant Step."

Upon hearing the self-created incantation, the two people who had started to pant became interested.

"This is a spell that releases magic from the feet and uses the recoil to move at high speed. It is also a very useful spell for short distances and duels."

Cedric's mind raced, and he asked:

"Did Professor Levi use this spell to dodge Professor Snape's first attack during the previous public dueling lesson?"

"That's right, you're very observant. I thought you wouldn't have noticed."

Harry, who was standing nearby, didn't say anything—he hadn't noticed at the time.

Jowell pretended not to notice him and explained:

"Alright, now I'll demonstrate this spell for you—by the way, this spell doesn't have any specific syllables, so you'll be learning staffless and silent spellcasting in advance through this method."

Harry glanced at Cedric instinctively—the man looked somewhat surprised.

As for him—he had absolutely no idea what staffless spellcasting or silent spellcasting were. Although he could understand them from the literal meaning, he had no idea how to learn them or how difficult they were.

Cedric was indeed very surprised at this point.

As far as he knew, silent spellcasting was a subject taught in the sixth-year advanced course, and not every wizard could master it.

As for wandless spellcasting, apart from wizards aspiring to become Aurors, ordinary people have no access to this thing at all—according to my father, even the most powerful striker among the Aurors can only do so much if he loses his wand.

However, he did not voice his doubts but chose to believe.

Judging from the knowledge system disseminated by Professor Li Wei, it is clear that he places the greatest emphasis on the basics, or even overemphasizes them—Cedric had never heard of the idea that one must master all the basic spells before learning intermediate spells.

But that's exactly what Professor Levi did—he didn't teach a single superfluous spell except for the Obstacles and the Body Binding Spell, and it was remarkably effective.

His actions at this moment must have had a deeper meaning.

“Look closely at the soles of my feet.”

Jowell noticed Cedric's distraction and quietly reminded him.

To fully demonstrate, he slowed his movements by 0.5 times so that Cedric and Harry could see clearly—a burst of blue magical light suddenly erupted from the soles of his feet, propelling Jowell's body forward three meters in an instant.

Before the two could turn around, he had already stepped onto the ground and returned to their side.

"Do you see clearly?"

“I can see it clearly—” Harry said blankly.

“I just don’t know how to do it,” Cedric continued.

The two exchanged a glance and surprisingly saw a hint of understanding in each other's eyes.

"Completely lost, aren't you? That's why we need to run."

Joe smiled.

"Don't rush to learn this spell immediately. In fact, you probably won't grasp the trick until the end of this semester—if you can use it unconsciously even once, that's already a success."

Upon hearing what Jowell said, Cedric and Harry pursed their lips slightly and remained silent.

Both of them are young people. How could they easily accept such a conclusion before they have even tried it?
"Come on, let's run!"

After running for another fifteen minutes with the two of them, Harry and Cedric's breathing began to become erratic. Thirty minutes later, they began to feel numbness in their feet.

"Okay, let's stop here."

Jowell suddenly stopped.

"Senior, I can continue."

Cedric insisted.

"Me—I can do it too!"

Harry managed to do it, albeit reluctantly.

"No, stop here—now it's time to focus."

Joey looked at the two somewhat tired men and smiled mysteriously.

"Your feet are sore, right? Actually, you can imagine this soreness as magic gathering in your feet."

"?"

Cedric and Harry stared at him in shock.

Can magic be understood in this way?

(End of this chapter)