Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 373 Trip to Hong Kong (4000+ words)

"Oh, right, Jerry, I won the grand prize in yesterday's year-end event organized by the shops on Youzhi Street—a luxurious seven-day trip to Hong Kong!"

Just as Jerry was pondering whether to personally return the Moon Bell to its rightful owner or wait until the winter break was over before having Sakura take it, Sakura suddenly remembered something and excitedly spoke up.

"A luxurious seven-day tour of Hong Kong?"

Jerry looked surprised.

He didn't remember watching an anime as a child, and there was a scene where Sakura went on a trip to Hong Kong. Could it be that he caused the butterfly effect?

"So Tomoyo and I can't come for the next week. There are only four spots for the grand prize seven-day trip. Dad has to go on a business trip and can't go, so Tomoyo, my brother, Yukito and I have decided to go together."

Sakura's eyes were filled with happiness when she mentioned Yukito.

"Xiangjiang, Xiaolang, and Meiling, aren't you going home for winter break?"

Jerry turned to look at Li Xiaolang and Li Meiling.

He remembered that the Li family, the Taoist family to which Li Xiaolang and his sister belonged, had settled down in Hong Kong.

Li Xiaolang closed the magic book:

"We're going back, and it will be a longer trip for us; we won't be able to come back until closer to the start of the new semester."

Sakura and the others went to Hong Kong for tourism, while they were going home, so naturally they would stay longer.

After saying that, he looked at Sakura, coughed, and then said with a slightly nervous tone:

"Um, Sakura, if you have time after you arrive in Hong Kong, you are welcome to visit our Li family."

They went to school together, searched for Clow Cards together, and discussed magic with Jerry. Naturally, Li Xiaolang developed some feelings for Sakura, although he himself was unaware of it.

Li Meiling simply snorted coldly and didn't say anything more.

"Okay, I'll visit you with Tomoyo when we have time!"

Sakura agreed with a smile without thinking too much.

During her seven-day trip to Hong Kong, Sakura could spend one day visiting the Li family home to see what Li Xiaolang's Taoist family was like, which would certainly be a very interesting experience for her.

Seeing that Sakura had agreed, Li Xiaolang turned to look at Jerry, his tone becoming even more nervous:

"Sir, I wonder if you have time to come to my house with Xiaoying and the others? I have some more precious rare Taoist books at home. If you would like to come, my mother said she can lend them to you."

As early as when he began cultivating the "Longevity Manual," which could grant immortality, strengthen the body, and rapidly increase magical power, he had already laid bare his relationship with his teacher and his mother, the current head of the Li family, about their exchange of magical learning.

To his surprise, after learning the whole story, his mother did not blame him. Instead, she told him to study magic diligently and that if he had the chance, he could invite his master to visit their home.

Moreover, after learning that Li Meiling, who had no aptitude for Taoist arts, could actually learn and use magic and Taoist arts with Jerry's help, her mother became even more concerned about inviting her husband to Hong Kong.

She even offered to lend him the few rare books she owned, a condition that he found utterly unbelievable.

According to the Li family's rules, only the head of the family and elders are allowed to view those rare books; even he is not qualified to view them now.

So, after confirming that Sakura and the others would be visiting, he took the opportunity to try inviting them to see if he could fulfill his mother's request.

Upon hearing this, Jerry tapped his fingers twice on the desk, pondered for about two seconds, and then smiled as he replied to the expectant Li Xiaolang:

"Thank you for the invitation, Little Wolf!"

In fact, he had already planned to go to Hong Kong or the mainland, because his progress in Taoist weapon crafting was too slow due to his lack of foundation and reliance on self-study, which did not meet his expectations.

He planned to go and find a master craftsman from the Taoist sect to exchange experiences, at least to learn some basics so he could gradually study it.

However, he hadn't been able to find the time because he was studying the Moon Bell and those important Clow Cards.

Now that Li Xiaolang, or rather the head of the Li family, has invited me, it's just the right time.

Moreover, he was indeed interested in the few rare and precious Taoist books that Li Xiaolang mentioned, so he readily agreed.

In fact, Jerry had always had a suspicion in his mind.

Those were the Taoist books that Li Xiaolang brought from home, not all of the Taoist books in the Li family.

After reading all the Taoist books, he found that they mainly contained basic Taoist knowledge and the spells were not particularly powerful.

In his view, this was not very reasonable.

Clow Reed combined Western magic with Eastern Taoist arts to create the Clow Cards, and the magic contained within the Clow Cards involves many extremely profound fields.

It's impossible that all these profound theories come from Western magic; he felt that at least half of them originated from Eastern Taoist arts.

However, this part was not included in the Taoist book that Li Xiaolang sent.

Therefore, Jerry guessed that when Li Xiaolang asked his family for Taoist books to learn Taoist arts, his mother did not send him all the Taoist books, but only the ones she thought were suitable for the stage of Li Xiaolang's learning.

It's actually normal. Li Xiaolang is indeed the most talented Taoist in the Li family this generation, but his age is a factor, and there is still a big gap between him and the real Taoist masters.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Li family head, the Taoist books of that level that she sent should be enough for Li Xiaolang to learn while collecting Clow Cards.

This means that the Li family definitely possesses many Taoist books containing powerful and profound Taoist knowledge.

If he could read all these Taoist books, his magical abilities would definitely improve even further, and it would also greatly help him in analyzing Clow Cards.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he seems to have successfully deciphered every Clow Card, and has even improved upon them to create his own magic.

However, this does not mean that he has fully understood the principles behind these card games.

For example, the "Time" card can trap a small town in an infinite loop of twenty hours. Clow Reed, the creator of the "Time" card, is definitely more powerful in time magic than the "Time" card.

Although Jerry successfully deciphered the time cards, he can only fix the time in one area at most, and the gap is still quite obvious.

In short, he successfully analyzed every single Kukulak card, but that's just the beginning. To unleash its full power, he needs to spend more time researching and exploring.

The Li family's precious Taoist books have a high probability of shortening this process.

Two days later.

Jerry looked at a world map, roughly calculated the distance in his mind, and then drew a portal with his right hand.

He had never been to Hong Kong, so he couldn't draw a portal to Hong Kong directly. However, the advantage of a portal is that as long as the distance is calculated accurately, a portal can be opened even for places you've never been before.

Today is the day Sakura and her friends are flying to Hong Kong for a trip. Jerry didn't choose to fly with Sakura and the others, but instead chose to open a portal and go there by himself.

He felt that instead of wasting time on the plane, he would rather spend it exploring Hong Kong, since Hong Kong in the 1990s had a unique charm.

To avoid attracting attention, Jerry deliberately opened the portal quite high, so when he crossed it, he appeared in the sky above the entire Hong Kong.

"Is that Victoria Harbour?"

Looking down at the iconic port of Hong Kong, Jerry knew that the portal had been opened in the right place. He used the Disillusionment Charm to become invisible and then slowly flew down.

"By your side, though the road is long, I am never tired of walking with you, crossing one peak after another, only to find another one yet to come."

Skyscrapers, bustling crowds—Hong Kong in the 1990s was a prosperous city, filled with men in suits, stylish and beautiful women, and Teresa Teng's song "Walking the Road of Life" playing from a roadside video store.

Of course, even the most glamorous cities have their dark side. For example, before Jerry landed, he saw a dozen or so shady-looking, tattooed gangsters fighting in an alley.

In fact, Jerry discovered something a long time ago: that although the main world and the small world are different in many ways, there are still many similarities in the circle of ordinary people.

For example, country names, geographical locations around the world, celebrities, songs, etc.

So the Hong Kong he sees now is largely the same as the Hong Kong of the 1990s in his previous life, except that there are definitely some differences in the details.

Just like in his previous life in Hong Kong, there was no so-called Li family, no Taoist priests, no magic. Well, maybe not, after all, he was just an ordinary person in his previous life, and even if there really were similar things, he certainly wouldn't know about them.

The agreed-upon time for visiting the Li family is tomorrow, the day after Xiaoying and her friends come to Hong Kong for their trip.

Therefore, he arrived in Hong Kong a day early.

The reason he came to Hong Kong a day early was that he had been engrossed in magic research for some time, which had made him a little tired. He wanted to take this day to relax and see if he could gain anything unexpected.

It's nice to occasionally stroll through bustling streets like an ordinary person, enjoying the scenery and snacks!

"Huh? Someone's performing magic in the street!"

Jerry, who was strolling down the street enjoying the scenery, suddenly sensed a magical fluctuation coming from not far ahead and couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

Following the source of the magical fluctuations, he quickly found the person who cast the spell.

At this moment, a group of curious onlookers were gathered at the entrance of a fitness club on the street.

Among the onlookers, a young man in his twenties stood there somewhat bewildered, holding a wooden board covered in incense ash. In front of him stood a middle-aged man in his forties.

The magical fluctuations that Jerry sensed came from that middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man held a glass in his left hand and took out a talisman covered with incantations with his right hand. He shook it lightly, lit it with his magic, and quickly put it into the glass.

Then, he took out a red string, quickly wrapped it around the young man's index finger, put a drop of blood on it, and placed it on the flame in the glass to heat it.

A moment later, the middle-aged man picked up the glass and said softly:

"Ambush and pursuit, swiftly as commanded!"

As the incantation sounded, the flame in the cup immediately went out, turning into a wisp of white smoke that seemed to have a mind of its own, swirling around in the glass.

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man immediately turned the cup upside down and placed it over the young man's mouth, and the white smoke quickly entered the young man's body through his mouth.

White smoke entered his body, the young man closed his eyes, and knelt on the ground while hugging the wooden board.

The middle-aged man seemed to have expected this. As the young man bowed his head and knelt on the ground, he took out three incense sticks, bowed to the sky, lit two of them, and put them into the incense burner in front of the wooden board. He then put the last one into the young man's mouth.

The young man with his eyes closed quickly opened his mouth, bit the incense stick, and began to draw on the incense ash covering the wooden board.

Before long, a map of the route appeared on the incense ash.

"Interesting, this seems to be a Taoist technique that can locate people."

Standing among the onlookers, Jerry watched the middle-aged man's actions and quickly realized that the man was probably using some kind of magic to locate people.

On his first day in Hong Kong, Jerry encountered a Taoist priest performing a ritual, which piqued his interest.

So, seeing the middle-aged man give a brief instruction to another young man who had been hiding among the onlookers, and then quickly get into a convertible on the side of the street, he smiled and walked over.

"I wonder which sect this fellow Daoist belongs to? His tracking technique just now was truly exquisite!"

"I am Lin Feng from the Maoshan Sect. And you are?"

The middle-aged man heard someone talking to him and thought he had met his fellow cultivator, but when he turned around, he was completely dumbfounded.

Because standing next to his car was a brown-haired, blue-eyed foreigner.

However, out of politeness, he still replied.

Seeing the other person's surprised look, Jerry immediately realized that, given his current appearance, it would be rather abrupt to approach them and start a conversation.

"My name is Jerry Carmen, and I am a magician."

"Carmen, what a strange name."

Knowing that Jerry was a foreign mage, the middle-aged man muttered to himself, then politely asked:

"Fellow Daoist Carmen, what can I do for you?"

"It's nothing much, I just suddenly saw Fellow Daoist Lin casting spells on the street, and on a whim, I thought I'd come over and make friends!"

Jerry smiled.

"Fellow Daoist Carmen, I'm afraid I'm busy today. I'm investigating a wicked cultivator who uses evil magic to commit evil deeds. I'll treat you to drinks another day when I have time."

Seeing the two young men running over noisily, Lin Feng made a gesture to Jerry and told them to drive quickly and follow the route he had drawn with magic to track down the escaped henchman of the evil cultivator.

Seeing the other party's somewhat perfunctory words, Jerry didn't say anything more. He simply became invisible and flew up to chase after the convertible that was speeding away.

"Is it some kind of heretical practice? I wonder what kind of heretical methods it involves!"

Fortunately, he had nothing to do today, and since he was somewhat interested in the Maoshan Taoist Lin Feng and that so-called evil cultivator, he decided to go and take a look.

……

Sorry, I had relatives visiting today and really didn't have time to write, so there's less to write.

(End of this chapter)