The demon monk in the second dimension

Chapter 277 Transformation

Transfiguration is a very special kind of magic.

Unlike most other spells that only require chanting an incantation, waving a wand according to specific actions, and then releasing magic, transfiguration requires the wizard to mix their magic and spirit, and then subjectively cause objects to change.

The simplest way to turn an inanimate object back into an inanimate object is...

To turn a living thing into an inanimate object, one needs to use magic to suppress the living thing's will and imprison its spirit.

To turn an inanimate object into a living one, one needs to infuse it with one's own spiritual will, making the transformed object believe that it is that thing.

The larger the living being it becomes, the more agile its movements, and the more difficult the spellcasting process becomes.

The hardest part is turning living things back into living things.

You not only have to suppress the other person's will, but you also have to forcefully suppress your own will.

As for the special transfiguration Animagus, it allows the wizard to transform into a certain animal, and can be transformed back at any time.

But Xia Zhi felt this was dangerous.

When a wizard transforms into an animal, he loses his spellcasting ability and becomes just like a real animal, easily killed by his enemies.

Although the wizard can transform back at any time during this process, the speed is not faster than the speed of the spell's flight.

A single Avada Kedavra or Divine Strike is enough to kill a wizard who has transformed into an animal.

As soon as Xia Zhi entered the Transformation Classroom, she noticed a silver tabby cat standing on the podium.

Without using his divine eye, Xia Zhi wouldn't be able to tell whether it was an Animagus or an ordinary cat with just his naked eyes.

When class started, the tabby cat leaped off the lectern and transformed into Professor McGonagall, eliciting gasps of amazement from many of the young wizards.

"Transfiguration is the most complex and dangerous spell you will learn at Hogwarts."

After attracting the young wizards' attention, Professor McGonagall, with a stern face, spoke in the style of a headmaster.

"Anyone who dares to misbehave in my class will be asked to leave and never be allowed to come back!"

With that indifferent tone and steady voice, all the young wizards felt that Professor McGonagall must be a witch not to be trifled with.

Only Hermione's eyes lit up.

After meeting Professor McGonagall, she decided that she wanted to become a witch like her!

Professor McGonagall took out her wand and waved it gently, turning the lectern in front of her into a pig.

The pig grunted twice, turned around in place, and then was transformed back to its original form.

Then came a whole bunch of magical principles.

For example, what gestures to use when waving a wand, what to think in one's mind, and a taboo in Transfiguration—it is forbidden to turn objects, especially people, into magical creatures.

In the first lesson, Professor McGonagall asked everyone to turn matches into needles.

The eleven-year-old wizard had only recently awakened his magic and was not yet able to control it well, so there were basically no changes in his abilities.

Only the summer solstice.

He held his thousand-year-old white fox tail hair wand and slowly channeled his magic power into the matchstick, transforming it into the shape he desired.

During this process, Xia Zhi discovered that the wand did not amplify magic, but rather reduced the wizard's magic consumption, controlled magic power, and made it easier to cast spells.

Magic is input from the end of the wand, passes through a small but complex alchemical circle, and is output from the head in a more controllable manner, making it easier to manipulate the spiritual energy in the air.

Therefore, the difficulty of casting spells without a staff lies in controlling one's own magical power, while the difficulty of casting spells without a sound lies in using a stronger will to successfully mobilize the sparse spiritual energy in the air to achieve one's goal.

Seeing Xia Zhi's transformation, Professor McGonagall walked over and picked up the needle, discovering that not only was its head sharp, but a name was also engraved on its thin shaft.

Professor McGonagall waved her hand, enlarging the needle and discovering that it contained five Chinese characters she did not recognize.

Actually, it's the five characters "如意金箍棒" (Ruyi Jingu Bang).

Professor McGonagall shrunk the needle back to its original size and placed it on Summer Solstice's table with satisfaction.

"Very impressive Transfiguration, Mr. Xia Zhi. Gryffindor +10 points!"

Looking at Xia Zhi, Ron asked enviously.

"how did you do it?"

“I started this training when I was six years old, and you can’t replicate my experience.”

Xia Zhi gently tapped the match with her magic wand, turning it back into a needle.

"Professor McGonagall has already explained the key points very clearly; all you need to do is follow her instructions."

While the other young wizards continued their contest with Matchsticks, Xia Zhi flipped through the lessons at the back of the Transfiguration course.

After turning matches into needles, they wanted to try to create something more complex.

First, we turn inanimate objects into inanimate objects; after Christmas, we will learn to turn living things into inanimate objects as well.

Using her wand to hold the match, Xia Zhi began to transform it into other forms.

Amidst the astonished expressions of the young wizards nearby, Xia Zhi transformed the matchstick first into a fountain pen, then a quill pen, then nunchucks, and finally even a lizard.

Once the principle is understood, the Transfiguration technique becomes almost transparent to Xia Zhi.

The only limiting factor for him is the meager amount of magic power within him.

"Although the magical power within me is of a higher level than magic power, it is not as abundant as that of other junior wizards, and it has been mostly used up in just a short time."

Xia Zhi never expected that things would come full circle and end up back here.

“You are a righteous cultivator—but even righteous cultivators have their moments of vanquishing demons and monsters and vying for rare and precious treasures!”

Xia Zhi needs to think carefully and analyze what benefits she can get from Hogwarts.

Professor McGonagall was genuinely surprised to see the lizard crawling in front of her.

Although Professor McGonagall knew that Xia Zhi was the disciple of the strongest superhuman in the East, given his age, she didn't feel that he was much different from other young wizards.

Dumbledore taught many students, but not all of them became successful.

His most famous disciple was the second Dark Lord!

But first, he watched as Xia Zhi unleashed a bolt of lightning from Voldemort, who was parasitizing Quirrell, and now he watched him turn inanimate objects into living things—this was already the content of the third-year Transfiguration final exam!

“Excellent, Mr. Xia Zhi.”

She approached Xia Zhi and said to him with a smile.

"If you are interested in Transfiguration, you can join the Transfiguration Club that I run. We meet twice a week to discuss and research Transfiguration-related topics with other club members. If you are willing to join, you will be the first student to join the Transfiguration Club in your first year."

"Thank you, Professor McGonagall. I will seriously consider it."

Xia Zhi smiled and nodded to McGonagall, but in her heart she had already refused.

As long as his magic power keeps up, he can use Transfiguration even better than McGonagall.

Even if McGonagall can't conjure magical creatures, Xia Zhi can!

When get out of class ended, Xia Zhi went to see Professor McGonagall and declined the offer, much to her regret.

Chapter 278 Time Converter

Although Qiluo was struck by Xia Zhi's palm lightning, which can be considered as a bug that caused the first boss to be offline when the game dungeon just opened, all the other mini-bosses were still there.

During Potions class, Snape asked Harry Potter three soul-searching questions that left him speechless.

who am I?

Where am i?

What am I going to do?

Snape was spewing venom throughout the entire class, seemingly wanting to criticize every part of Harry Potter except for his eyes, which scared several young wizards so much that they lost their balance.

Xia Zhi wasn't good at alchemy or medicine making, but she wasn't completely incapable of it either.

Some adjectives that give young wizards a headache, such as "a little," "some," and "a few," can be easily understood by Xia Zhi with just a little thought.

With this level of potion-making ability, as long as you give him the recipe and materials, he can even concoct Felix Felicis for you.

After completing the task assigned by Snape, he looked at the standard potion in his hand, then glanced at Xia Zhi several times before finally speaking with difficulty.

"...Gryffindor gets 5 points."

At this moment, Harry Potter, who had lost at least 15 points in this class, looked at Xia Zhi next to him with an expression of unspeakable envy.

Please help me, expert!

When the students from other grades heard that Snape had actually given Summer Solstice extra points, they were all stunned!

"Snape actually gave you extra points? He's the only professor, besides Slaterlin, who doesn't give extra points to the other three houses!"

George Weasley was absolutely blown away by the Summer Solstice!

Fred Weasley remarked.

"I think he's afraid Xia Ye will strike him with a bolt of lightning, right? Crackling sound!"

As he spoke, he made gestures and onomatopoeic sounds, which immediately amused those around him.

Then came Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

As it turned out, Dumbledore simply couldn't find a suitable brave man to fill the position in such a short time.

With no other option, Dumbledore had to let Snape take up the post at his insistence, teaching both Potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Dumbledore said he would find a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor as soon as possible so that Snape would not be overworked.

Snape: No need, I can handle it!

At the same time, Harry Potter suffered twice as much damage as in the original story.

Charms class, Herbalism class, Potions class, Flying class... These ordinary courses would be daunting for young wizards, but Xia Zhi, with his superior experience as a thousand-year-old demon, mastered them in no time.

What Xia Zhi wanted to study even more was the principle hidden within these magic spells.

Xia Zhi did not get involved in the grudges and feuds of these young wizards.

However, due to his outstanding performance and the legendary story of striking the professor with lightning at the start of the semester, he still became the leader of the first-year students in Gryffindor.

Many upperclassmen, even those in Slytherin, held him in high esteem.

After all, this guy is incredibly audacious!

A month after enrolling, Summer Solstice, who had basically mastered all of the "Standard Spells, Elementary" spells, approached Professor Flitwick, the headmaster of Ravenclaw.

Because of her outstanding performance in spells, Xia Zhi often received extra points from the professor with fairy blood in Flitwick's class.

Almost the instant Professor Flitwick demonstrated the magic, Xia Zhi was able to immediately display it as well.

Therefore, even though Harry Potter was constantly losing points to Snape for various reasons, even if the 200 points Dumbledore initially added to Gryffindor were deducted, Gryffindor would still hold the top spot in the House Cup.

"Oh, Mr. Xia Zhi, please come in."

When Xia Zhi entered Professor Flitwick's office, he was drinking black tea.

Flitwick pointed, and another steaming cup of black tea appeared.

Sitting on a high stool, he asked Xia Zhi to sit opposite him and said with a smile.

"What do you want from me?"

"Actually, it's about the spell for cleansing."

Xia Zhi poured some black tea onto the table and took out her magic wand.

"Clean up!"

The black tea on the table was immediately drawn to a point about ten centimeters in front of the wand, turning into a round black tea ball.

Xia Zhi tossed the tea ball into the trash can with a flick of her wrist and asked Professor Flitwick.

"How does this spell distinguish between trash and stains? Why does it think the black tea on the table needs to be cleaned, but the tea in the cup doesn't?"

"If the differentiation fails, when you use the Cleanse on yourself, won't it also remove your hair, beard, and even your eyes, nose, and ears?"

Professor Flitwick's eyes lit up when he heard that Xia Zhi had actually started studying the principles of magic.

"If that's really the case, it's terrifying! I'm afraid no one in the entire wizarding world will dare to use the 'Cleanse' spell anymore."