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Chapter 350 Magic Theory Learning for Pragmatists

The magic that Dumbledore called "difficult" is really unusual. After understanding the principle of Soul Torrent, Lockhart still had enough mental preparations, but he still encountered difficulties.

The reason why Dumbledore said that it needs the skill of splitting the mind into three parts is because "Soul Torrent" needs to call a person's magic power, emotion and soul power at the same time, and each part needs to control the frequency change and output power, It will be very troublesome if you can't use it for two purposes.

After all, he learned the dual-use of mind and the sequence of spells by chance. Lockhart was a little dumbfounded when he encountered this kind of magic that needed real materials to use.

Lockhart tried about a dozen times, but still couldn't figure it out, so he could only push back and try again.

He wasn't really a genius after all.

Fortunately, Dumbledore didn't expect him to learn it right away. After teaching Lockhart the spell and some methods of casting it, Dumbledore asked him to leave Hogwarts to figure it out by himself. Anyway, he should tell him It has already been confessed that it is up to Lockhart himself to do what he can do.

Lockhart walked and thought about the new magic, and returned to Hogsmeade before he knew it.

At this time, the people in the village were busy removing the red lanterns during the lantern festival. When Lockhart saw it, he took the initiative to help, and wanted to use magic to remove the red lanterns floating in the air one by one.

These red lanterns have probably been placed in the grocery store for too long, and they are very unwilling to go back, so each of them is very naughty, floating around in the air, refusing to come down, and the villagers are worried that they will be broken by brute force. Lantern, so it was messed up.

Just as Lockhart was competing with the biggest red lantern on top of Jack Pea, the two guests happened to come to the cloud terrace as if they were going to have a drink.Seeing this situation, the guest casually pulled out a wooden sword from behind and pointed at the lantern.

After the red lantern was pointed by the wooden sword, the candlelight inside was suddenly extinguished, and the restless body slowly fell down with the string.

"Ah, thank you." Lockhart quickly thanked the two guests, "I thought this afternoon would be spent here."

Only then did he notice that the two guests were both yellow-skinned and black-haired, and one of them was the Japanese guest he had met, Mr. Kinomoto, who should be a representative sent by the International Association of Wizards.

"You don't need to be polite, this is our thing." One of them said in articulate English.

Since they helped him, Lockhart bought the guest a glass of wine by the way, and complimented the other party's superb spells by the way.

In line with the humility of the Orientals, the other party said that this is just a specialization in skills.

"Western magic emphasizes spirit and spirit, but lacks energy. This is a pity." The guest explained what he just did. "That lantern just needs energy to control it."

"'What is chi?" Lockhart wondered.

Hearing his question, the guest was at a loss for words.It is not that he does not understand the concept of qi, but it is difficult to express it in English.

Seeing this, Mr. Kinomoto next to him took the conversation.After all, it has been a long time since Japan left Asia and entered Europe, and the Japanese have more say in the exchange of ideas between the East and the West.

Chen Fang's so-called essence, qi, and spirit can roughly correspond to the magic power, will, and soul in European and American magic. ’ he explained in general terms to Lockhart, ‘Western majors

Magic power, regards will as the initiator of magic power.But in the East, what the Qi refiners major in is "God", that is, people's mood, emotion and will."

Hearing this, Lockhart's heart moved.

"So, are there any fellow practitioners in the East who are 'Jing, Qi, Shen' magicians...I mean monks? "He asked humbly.

The two guests from Asia laughed loudly.

After laughing, the guests helped Lockhart reveal the answer: "There is indeed a spell that requires "essence, energy, and spirit" at the same time. It is a sign for us to test a monk to enter the top level. Huo', the monks who can practice that are the treasures of all sects."

"So...they are all masters of the three functions of the mind, controlling the essence, qi, and spirit separately to practice that magic?" Lockhart was a little surprised.

"Dividing the mind into three functions? No, no, no..." The visitor immediately denied it, "Heart without side crossbow is the upper class. The spirit, energy and spirit are all one, so why divide the mind into three functions."

Lockhart graciously poured a glass of high-strength whiskey for the other party: "Please elaborate, I'm curious."

People are all vain, and there are not many times when you can see barbarian people humbly asking for advice, let alone asking questions about basic ideas.In addition, several people have already poured a lot of yellow soup, and it is normal for those who have no door on their mouths.

"It's so easy! The heart is the foundation, the body is the use, concentrate on returning to the original, keep the spirit inside, and follow it..."

After drinking the wine and returning, Lockhart found that he had a deeper understanding of that "soul torrent".

If the division of mind into three functions is a modular training method, then the Orientals seem to be more inclined to start from the whole, but in the end they still come to the same goal by different routes.

Lockhart didn't think about which one is superior at all. As an excellent politician, pragmatism is their true creed.

Just as economic policy is often born out of the theories of economists, but never according to the goals that economists hope to do, a politician must choose the part of the theory that is useful to him according to the actual situation, and never allow himself to be so fanatical that he falls into a trap. Can't extricate ourselves from a certain theory or a certain doctrine.

Such behavior of politicians certainly annoys scholars, but what annoys scholars even more is that the results of their actions often work, and scholars can only wait for problems in policy implementation before jumping out and shouting, saying What will happen to Zhuangkouguo according to what I said at the beginning”, but I don’t know that if the theory is followed completely, the policy will only collapse faster.

Similarly, Lockhart, who has been immersed in this way for a long time, doesn't care whether this magical theory is authentic or not, and his creed has always been used if it is useful.

The Orientals provided him with an overall training method that does not require distraction, but Lockhart is not a wizard trained by the Eastern magic system, so he can only use this theory for reference, and add his own understanding and Use it after modification.

Among magic power, emotion, and soul, the only thing that needs him to mobilize temporarily is emotion, so Lockhart decided to continue to play tricks, sequence the magic power in advance, and give it to his second heart to release, and then according to the Eastern theory, with Emotion is the main body to mobilize the soul, and finally complete this magic.

After completing the preparations, Lockhart didn't even bother to eat dinner, and took advantage of the night to come to the training ground outside, and released his improved soul torrent to the sky.

The result was not the same as Dumbledore's demonstration. Lockhart's soul torrent was a little more pyrotechnic, less soft, and the speed of the magic power was much faster, but the duration was also greatly reduced. cut.

What's more, the mana consumption of this thing is really terrible.Lockhart thought on the ground.

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Chapter 350

I just sparred with Dumbledore in the morning, and I didn't take a long break before I had another shot. Even though Lockhart claimed that the training was in place, he still had to ask for two days off after this one visit, which made others think This guy hurt his back from playing too much during the festival.

During this period, Dumbledore came over to confirm, and after knowing that Lockhart had practiced the magic, he ignored him.Although Lockhart can spend two or three days practicing a high-level magic is very good, but it is still a little short of amazing talent, so Dumbledore's attention quickly shifted to more important things.

Like, where did dear little Tom go?

Because of Voldemort's threat, Dumbledore decided to hand over the school to Professor McGonagall after the New Year, and he went out to find Voldemort's Horcruxes, trying to destroy a few more before he returned.

While Dumbledore is not behind the castle, Lockhart also needs to be more careful, lest Voldemort take advantage of it.

But the problem is not so big now—after all, most of the Death Eaters are still in Azkaban, and Hogwarts still has Professor Flitwick and Moody watching, Lockhart can take advantage of this last window Periodically complete your layout.

Despite his reluctance, Sirius came to Lockhart as agreed after the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Without further ado, Lockhart took him to MI[-], and asked him to work here from now on, clock in at work on time every day, and obey all attendance orders while receiving training.

"Don't give him any clerical work. This idiot is not even as good as a junior high school student in arithmetic. Please assign him the most dangerous duty." These are the exact words of Lockhart.

Mrs. Rimington was helpless: "What you said is also a misunderstanding of us by outsiders. In fact, we really don't have any dangerous missions under normal circumstances."

"No?"

"Yes, no. We spend most of our time collecting intelligence through some formal channels, or using formal means to eliminate foreign spies, and occasionally contacting informants. There are almost no such thrilling gun battles as in the movies.

If Mr. Black is not very good at clerical work, then he can go on duty o”

As far as the issue of food is concerned, let him do whatever he can, in short, don't let him waste food. "

Lockhart was very generous. If you just listened to the tone of voice, you might think that he was introducing himself, but he was not.

Sirius Xin said that although he was not afraid of any dangerous missions, Lockhart's actions made him always feel like he was being sold.

But Lockhart didn't seem to have any self-consciousness, and patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him to do a good job.

Damn it, how out of my wits did I have to agree to this guy's job?Sirius couldn't help but wonder.

But there is no way, since I promised, I must do it.Besides, even if he doesn't do this, Sirius won't be able to figure out what to do for a while.

Of course, neither of them knew exactly how many ways Mrs. Rimington would use to experiment with Sirius, but Lockhart had already agreed with Sirius in advance that no matter what Muggles did to him, he had to at least Work for half a year, and learn their working methods from Muggles.

Otherwise, they will suffer, and the information will be leaked, but they have not learned anything from there.

How to deal with Voldemort, that would be a miserable loss.

After sending Sirius off to work, Lockhart traveled to Malfoy Manor, where he met with two members of the Golden Hand.

There, the two "nobles" Malfoy and Farley had already been waiting there, and judging by their well-dressed appearance, they spent at least three hours on their attire.

Seeing Lockhart coming, the two greeted him together.

"Ready, both?" Lockhart asked.

"Of course." Lucius Malfoy answered first, "We've been waiting a long time—almost 300 years."

Lockhart knew what Lucius meant, that the Malfoys hadn't been to see the royal family for nearly 300 years.

"Then let's go!"

Lockhart took out a small luxury car "model" from his pocket, and dropped it on the ground.

Seeing this, Malfoy couldn't help asking.

"Driving? Aren't we going to Buckingham Palace?"

Lockhart chuckled, but didn't answer the question.

Isn't Buckingham Palace a place where a little noble like you can go if you want: Her Majesty the Queen comes to Balmoral Villa in winter to see that her horses are not frozen, and it is very good to be able to take time to meet you by the way , you still want to go to Buckingham Palace?

And it still depends on the face of the prime minister. If it wasn't the prime minister, you might just arrange a banquet for the nobles and send you away. How could you meet alone like this.

Of course, he couldn't say it directly, after all, he had to save some face.

"It is a royal tradition to meet nobles at the country house on New Year's Day," he said.

That's the only way to explain it to Malfoy.

Malfoy said he could accept that statement.

Designation 7 I like tradition, just so I have prepared the same traditional gift JJ

He put the emphasis on "traditional" deliberately, to show that the Malfoy family's noble blood has a history to follow.

"Crabbe, Goyle!" he called into the room, "load our presents into the cart!"

After hearing his shout, two burly men came out from Malfoy's villa: on their shoulders each carried a huge box as tall as two people, and judging from their steps, the weight of the box didn't look heavy. light.

If Lockhart was not mistaken, they were the fathers of Draco Malfoy's two followers at school.

"My God." Lockhart frowned, "Why not use the Levitation Charm?" Lucius shrugged, "What I want to give away is something our family has saved for 300 years, and it is very precious. Level, what should I do if I fall to the ground with the Levitation Curse? Besides, I have already used the Feather Fall Curse to reduce their weight."

He spoke loudly, and he didn't seem at all afraid of Crabbe and Goyle hearing him.

Under Lockhart's gaze, the two blond men didn't show any dissatisfaction, as if Lucius was not talking about them at all.

Even though he knew that the people in front of him were all Death Eaters, Lockhart couldn't help but feel worthless for these two big fools.

This is the tragedy of vassal families relying on pure blood - because they need the support of the main family to survive economically, they must sell their freedom and loyalty to some extent.

The positions of these two people should have been closer to the Lions faction of the populist faction, but Nai

Why can't they let go of the "pure blood" airs, and refuse to go out to do that kind of "low" work, so they can only do jobs that are actually even more humble and have no self-esteem.

As long as there are people like this, the absence of Dobby will not have much impact on Malfoy, and he still has labor to exploit.

But are these two guys really as honest as they appear on the surface?

Lockhart couldn't help but think of the Room of Requirement in "Death Hallows", the little Crabbe yelled at Draco, "I will never listen to your orders again, Draco, you and your father are finished .”

Looking at Lucius who was still indifferent, Lockhart felt that he didn't need to remind him at all.

Chapter 350 Eighth Title

When the three of them came to the Queen's country house, it happened that Her Majesty was feeling cold occasionally.

According to the butler, they usually come to Scotland to escape the summer heat and watch horse races in summer, but this year, for the sake of Malfoy and Farley, the queen resolutely decided to come here in winter in the snow, but she caught a cold when she got off the car.

When he said these words, he looked at the three of them full of curiosity. Although he had seen Lockhart before and personally experienced the effect of the hair growth spirit, he didn't expect it to be a wizard.

If it weren't for the Prime Minister who said this, he would probably pick up the broom and drive the other party out without waiting for His Majesty to speak.

Fortunately, Major still had face, and produced all kinds of evidence to prove that what he said was true. In the end, the queen decided to meet the two wizards with suspicion, and strictly limited the right to know about this matter to herself and her husband. There are two housekeepers.

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And the old butler is not idle, after learning the names of the two wizards Malfoy and Farley, he rummaged for a long time in the pile of ashesy old papers in the Royal Archives, and finally succeeded in a large pile of coats of arms and genealogy charts. The names of the two families are found in .

"One is from the 0th century, and the other is from a nobility conferred in the 14th century." The steward reported to the queen.

Because the royal family has changed, theoretically the nobles who were canonized at the beginning are no longer nobles, and the royal family does not need to pay attention to them.

But Her Majesty has other ideas about it.

She decided to recognize the aristocratic status of these two families, and took advantage of the new year to go to Scotland to meet them in person to show the royal family's affinity beyond honor.

She can be friendly, but the housekeeper can't, because it must be "graciousness comes from above"

So he vaccinated Malfoy early, and warned them not to mess around. After all, how to prevent threats from wizards is still an unknown topic for the Royal Police.

Although Lockhart felt that what the butler said was not true, he would not say it.And judging from the mixed expressions of gratitude and guilt of Malfoy and Farley, there is no need for this.

Malfoy immediately stated that he would personally treat His Majesty's illness.