Chinese students at Hogwarts

When Hermione got into the car happily, she looked around curiously, and then asked belatedly:

"Zhang, are you only 15 years old? According to British law, you cannot drive and you don't have a driver's license!"

Zhang Xiao put on the classic expression of Batman replying to The Flash:

"I have magic!"

"Boom -" Ferrari's engine burst out with a powerful roar, and the tires rotated rapidly, causing a plume of smoke to rub against the ground.

The powerful push on the back caused by the ejection start made the little witch let out a sharp scream.

The exclamation soon turned into laughter, and Hermione's long hair was blowing in the wind.

Zhang Xiao took a look - it looked a bit like kelp swaying in the water.

The wind whistled in her ears, and Hermione turned her head and said something loudly, but at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour, the wind noise was frighteningly loud.

He stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers again, and the howling wind sounds disappeared, replaced by a tranquility that could hear a pin drop.

Hermione's eyebrows furrowed. She supported the front windshield, leaned her body sideways and faced Zhang Xiao and asked curiously:

"I just wanted to ask, the Ministry of Magic prohibits underage wizards from using magic outside of school. How did you do it?"

"Zongsi - actually this is not a secret, many people know it."

Zhang Xiao held the steering wheel and slowed down. His eyes circled around Hermione. Today, the little witch was wearing a light pink dress and a hairband on her head.

There was obviously no room for her wand.

"What? What kind of thread?" This completely unheard knowledge point immediately touched Hermione, and her eyes were shining.

"Where's your wand?"

"I can't use magic at home, so in order to prevent me from subconsciously reciting magic spells, I locked up my wand."

"Then I think you can try casting without a wand." Zhang Xiao patted the steering wheel and joked.

Ferrari nimbly bypassed a GT-R that was trying to compete with itself and entered the path along the river.

"The trace is something that the Ministry of Magic uses to monitor whether little wizards are using magic. It is wrapped around the wand.

If you use magic, you will be sensed by Traces, and the Ministry of Magic will get feedback, but this kind of thing cannot accurately discover who released the magic.

Therefore, children from wizarding families can always use magic during the holidays. "

"So that's it - have you put your wand away too? What's the detection range?"

Hermione's little mouth immediately spit out a series of questions, just like in class.

Zhang Xiao parked the car on the edge of the river.

The setting sun has gilded the Thames River with a golden edge, and the light of the water flow also trembles, like crystal scales.

The ferry on the river was sailing slowly. On the other side of the river was the bustling commercial district, where there were rows of high-rise buildings and all kinds of vehicles going back and forth.

The summer breeze in the evening is so gentle, with a hint of warmth mixed with water vapor, which makes up for the coolness.

The two of them leaned on the car and looked at the beautiful scenery in front of them. This was mysterious and ancient, different from the wizarding world.

Rather, it is full of vitality and an industrial beauty unique to ordinary people.

Both Hermione and Zhang Xiao came from ordinary society, so they can better understand the dazzling wisdom behind this kind of beauty.

"Zhang, you know, I was in the bookstore just now and found that the books inside have been basically updated, and there are many more books that I have never read."

Hermione lifted her hair from her ears. The 15-year-old girl looked at the scene in front of her in trance with a sadness that was inappropriate for her age:

"But Flourish and Blotts hasn't updated its book list for a long time, and the most recently published book is actually Lockhart's.

Academic books are versions from ten years ago.”

Zhang Xiao folded his arms and listened silently. In fact, no one understood the backwardness and lag of the wizarding world better than him.

Even Taoists will choose to embrace the real world, with modern gyms, wired telephones installed on Longhu Mountain, and the necessary downhill training for Taoist disciples.

All these illustrate the "down-to-earthness" of Taoism. Taoism is by no means aloof and aloof. On the contrary, they know the importance of traveling thousands of miles.

But what about the wizarding world? Except for those little Muggle-born wizards and some purebloods doing business in modern society, most of them completely hide in small circles.

Books represent knowledge, and the iteration speed of knowledge represents the vitality of this society.

In other words, if the wizarding world does not change, it will actually die slowly.

Zhang Xiao did not respond directly to Hermione's words, but smiled and made a joke:

"Hermione, you talk like a Minister for Magic when you talk about this."

"You mean to wait until I become the Minister of Magic before seeking opportunities to make changes?" Hermione puffed up her cheeks. At this time, she looked like a lively girl.

Then she put her hands together and shouted loudly toward the river:

"I - Hermione Jane Granger, will definitely become the Minister of Magic, let Zhang salute me!"

Zhang Xiao smiled very happily: "No need later, you can do it now."

As he spoke, he saluted Hermione exaggeratedly:

"Minister Granger, what an honor."

The two couldn't help laughing together, and the cheerful laughter spread in the wind, making even the wind a little happy.

However, this happy atmosphere only lasted for a short while, and then the familiar teaching session came again.

The little witch couldn't wait to ask for tips and key points on how to cast spells without a wand.

And I really want to go home first and get a shorthand notebook and pen.

Zhang Xiao had to take out a substitute from the Qiankun bag, otherwise he might not be able to defeat Hermione.

"Hmm - how difficult is it to cast a spell without a wand?"

Zhang Xiao has made countless inferences about what a magic wand is, and he has also written and communicated with Ollivander many times.

Ever since he ordered a thousand-year lightning strike wood wand when he first entered school, it seemed like a door to a new world had opened for Ollivander.

This is the East, and there are many rare woods there that I have never tried before!

So after Fudge banned the trade between the East and the West, Ollivander was the most saddened. He ordered a large number of oriental specialty trees, rare wood and some materials for monsters and spirits.

For example, ebony, locust wood, peach wood, huanghuali

Zhang Xiao thought about it carefully and decided to start from the beginning:

"To cast spells without a wand, we must first understand what a wand is. Hermione, what do you think a wand is?"

"Wand?" Hermione had never thought about the secrets contained in the familiar wand in her hand. She thought for a while and said slowly:

"The wand is a tool?"

Uh--that's very good. It's the same as not being said at all.

Zhang Xiao was startled and spread his hands, "Buzz - it's stabbed!"

A dazzling electric light flashed, and the lightning-strike wooden wand flew out from the waist with a whoosh, jumping in the palm and rolling back and forth.

Like a puppy begging its owner to pet its head.

Hermione looked at this scene in surprise and said with envy:

"My wand doesn't seem to be able to do that."

Zhang Xiao held the wand and danced in the air. The feeling of blood connection was as if the wand was an extension of his own limbs.

"Hermione, when you use your wand, do you ever feel that it's not the same thing, but a part of your body?"

"Well, of course there is. This is also the most important rule in selecting wands, the issue of compatibility."

The little witch answered simply, and Zhang Xiao also nodded:

"First of all, if you want to release magic, you need concentration, emotion, and desire. This is what Professor Flitwick taught us, but why can't those extremely familiar magic be released without the wand?"

Before Hermione could answer, Zhang Xiao had already continued talking on his own.

"Even though we are very focused on releasing magic, we are actually not that focused. We still have a lot of distracting thoughts. Concentration is only a necessary condition for releasing magic, but it is not the only condition.

As I just said, we also need emotions, we also need desires and so on.

Simply put, the magic wand helps us complete a large number of auxiliary tasks. "

"A wand? A wand can do this?"

"Of course, why else would the birth of the wand be hailed as the greatest milestone in the wizarding world?

In the past, ancient wizards needed a lot of meditation, long-term practice, and difficult-to-speak incantations and magic circles to help themselves focus enough. The hard-to-speak incantations and special magic circle patterns were all for the process of chanting and drawing. Concentrate.

That's why we see that the more difficult magic is, the more difficult the spells are to pronounce, and the magic circles are becoming more and more complex, precisely because the requirements for casting are increasing.

But the wand is different. Magic has thoughts. When you want to complete a spell, a lot of distracting thoughts and spells will first pour into the wand.

As a 'part' of your body, the wand has extremely pure thoughts and does not have a lot of selfish thoughts like humans, so it is so simple to release magic through the wand. "

Zhang Xiao waved his magic wand, and some small light spots gathered in front of the two of them.

A crude little man holds a stick in his hand.

[fainted to the ground]

The words of the curse appeared on the head of the villain, and then quickly shrank, mixed with many strange light spots entering the wand.

When he came out of the wand again, those light spots representing distracting thoughts were gone, leaving only pure [fainted].

Hermione looked at the little man in front of her in trance and murmured:

"So that's it! So this is why the wand must require affinity?

A wand that is unwilling to obey will refuse to help the user filter out distracting thoughts, will become uncomfortable to use, will become less powerful, or even become unusable? "

"Bingo!"

Zhang Xiao nodded in approval. The function of the wand was only fully understood recently when he communicated with several big bosses of the 'Elderly Demon Thief Group'.

Not many people know the secret of the wand. It just so happens that these big guys know it. It's not that they keep it secret, but that people in the wizarding world don't care what the wand is or how it works.

Just like most ordinary people don't care how their mobile phones work.

According to his own understanding, the magic wand is an external filter and amplifier. The magic that originally required concentration of 10 can be released with the help of magic and concentration of 2.

The emergence of the wand is like the Industrial Revolution to Muggles, with unparalleled advancement.

Meditation, magic circles, and awkward spells have all withdrawn from the stage of history. The threshold for casting magic has gone from meditating for three years to be able to barely cast the lighting spell, to now a young wizard can cast it with almost no practice.

More than just a little improvement?

Modern standard mantras are as concise as possible and are almost being translated literally!

Once you understand what a wand does, it will be clear how to practice wandless spellcasting.

"So I need to improve my concentration to something close to or even as high as when I use a wand?"

As expected of Hermione, Hermione immediately found the problem. Not only that, the little witch's eyes were shining and she said quickly:

"You just said meditation. Well - I know a way to achieve similar results, yoga!"

Yoga? It's a good direction. There are cultural barriers to meditation in China, so foreigners really have to put in some effort if they want to learn it.

This is also the reason why Zhang Xiao can cast spells without a wand so easily. He has achieved these things long ago, and the "Golden Light Curse" he practiced hard is the extremely solid foundation.

If he hadn't practiced the Golden Light Curse, Zhang Xiao estimated that he was at most a genius like Percy Cedric, and there was definitely a gap between him and Voldemort.

The absolute gap in talent cannot be smoothed out simply by having the experience of rebirth.

"By the way, there are some tips." Zhang Xiao stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers. Hermione felt a breeze blowing across her cheeks, and she floated lightly. She was not high, about ten meters tall. About centimeters.

"Have you noticed? Every time I cast a spell without a wand, I will snap my fingers. Some suitable small movements that you are accustomed to will effectively help you concentrate.

When you become proficient, like me, when you snap your fingers, you will instinctively focus your attention, thus achieving the effect of a 'virtual magic wand'. "

Hermione's furry little head was nodding hard, and she was writing furiously while holding her sketchbook.

Her heart was filled with joy. It was her biggest regret not being able to practice magic during the holidays. Now that she had found a way to avoid traces and could practice wandless casting, how could she not be happy?

When the two of them sat in the car and prepared to go back, the sky had darkened. On the other side of the Thames, lights lit up, creating a magnificent scene of brilliant lights.

"Zhang, where are you going next?" Hermione asked contentedly, holding her sketchbook.

"Well - nothing specific yet, but I'm going to go around in a circle and finally go to the Burrow to meet up with Harry Ron and the others."

Hermione hesitated for a while and sighed regretfully. If she hadn't just obtained the key points of wandless spellcasting, she would have wanted to go along.

However, no matter how good the relationship is, it is still inconvenient for a man and a woman to be alone, so they can only give up.

(if line: Let’s travel together, hahahahahahahaha)

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