A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 132 Conjecture about the ether

The white mist is always lingering in the pure white wall space. In this seemingly eternal silence, only the rustling sound of Owen turning the pages of the book and the rustling sound of the rabbit gnawing on the vegetables echoed quietly.

The little ghost-like nightmare with pale red eyes floated unconsciously in the air. After studying its structure, Owen, who didn't need it at the moment, let it float like a balloon in the space.

At this moment, Owen, who bowed his head between the pages of the book, looked calm and serene, like a deep ink, as if he wanted to dye this white space into a peaceful night.

He turned over a page of the book in his hand, then changed his posture, holding the thick book with red cover in his hand and reading.His pale and slender left hand rested casually on the cover of the book, and through the gaps between his fingers, he could vaguely see that the title of the book on the cover was "The Fifth Element: Exploration".On the table, a quill pen automatically writes and draws in the notebook, taking notes smoothly.

The "fifth element" is the ultimate and perfect concept in ancient Greek philosophy. It is considered to be an invisible existence that cannot be felt, and it is the ultimate power and development of mutual transformation between other elements.It's usually called "ether", or "empty" doesn't matter.

There are also similar sayings in the magical world. Ancient wizards believed that the mysterious fifth element is the bridge between spirit and matter, and is the original, driving force and ultimate of spirit, although this conjecture has never been confirmed.There is no doubt that this "The Fifth Element: Exploration" tells about the tentative exploration of the fifth element and the in-depth interpretation of wizard magic.

Owen has been looking for ways to improve his spiritual strength, and this book is one of the related books he has found recently.Although there is no specific method in it, and it is full of many conjectures and hypotheses, he agrees with many viewpoints in the book.

He believes that the essence of magic power is actually the wizard's own thoughts, that is, the combination of spiritual power and will power.When wizards cast magic, they actually use their thoughts to influence reality, their spirit to influence matter, and their will to create various magical spells.From this perspective, the essence of magic is that wishes come true.

But everyone has the power of thoughts, and Muggles do not lack spirit and will. Why can only the thoughts of wizards affect reality?What kind of transformation did the wizard's spiritual power go through in the process of releasing the spell in order to affect matter?It stands to reason that an invisible force like the spirit cannot directly affect matter.

Throughout the ages, countless wizards have thought about this question.

Some believe that wizards' minds are special, even if they never find it special; No one has ever been able to prove this;
Some people think that wizards are much more powerful than Muggles, but there are also many outstanding figures emerging from Muggles. Their spirit and will are indomitable, no less than wizards, but they have never been able to radiate magic; It starts from the essence of magic power, completely denies the starting point that magic power is the spirit and will, and gives magic power a more special concept and meaning...

Of course, there are also a large number of people who start from the illusory fifth element and believe that there is a bridge between the transformation between spirit and matter. It is precisely because of the influence of this invisible "fifth element" that wizards and hemp There is such a big difference between melons.

In the book "The Fifth Element: Discovery", there is an in-depth explanation of spiritual power.The author believes that it has an extremely close connection with the fifth element, it cannot be extracted, it cannot have a shape that can be described, and it cannot directly interfere with reality, but it can be felt by others.

When a person has a strong enough spiritual power, it will give people an invisible sense of oppression, with stronger convincing or deterrent power.Wizards with strong magic power like Dumbledore will give people a terrible oppressive force when they are unreserved, because they have strong enough spiritual power.

But because spiritual power is also invisible, how to improve it has always been a difficult problem.The growth of wisdom and experience will undoubtedly make people's spiritual strength stronger and stronger, but it is a long process.As for the methods to quickly improve mental strength, there are very few, and they are often extremely dangerous.

Ravenclaw's mental power training method is definitely an extremely precious method, but it is undoubtedly dangerous, and it needs to be practiced in conjunction with Ravenclaw's blessing magic.This may be one of the reasons why Ravenclaw did not teach it to more students, but hid it in his own secret room.

In addition, there are some extremely advanced black magic transformations that can also achieve the effect of enhancing spiritual power.Black magic always has advantages that other magic cannot match in terms of quickly gaining power by any means, but it is also very dangerous. If it is carried out rashly without sufficient theoretical knowledge and protection methods, it is easy to die suddenly.Fortunately, Irving has the wall space to try and make mistakes.

Of course, black magic is not the only way to increase mental strength.Owen speculates that Dumbledore's current spiritual power must not simply come from his wisdom and experience, but may also be driven by magic. Combined with the unusual relationship between him and Phoenix Fox, it is not difficult to guess his general means.You know, although the Dumbledore family has been related to the phoenix family since ancient times, they have never seen other members follow a phoenix.

It might involve some kind of advanced white magic transfiguration, with the help of a phoenix, which Owen envied, but he always found his way.

Owen controlled the quill and quickly wrote down several black magic transformation methods in his notebook. Some of them transformed and enhanced themselves as he had done before, and some used some means to draw power from the magic power and even life force of magical animals. In essence, it is to stimulate the wizard to carry out a new round of magic riots, so that the spiritual power can be jumped in the process.

"Speaking of which, last time my mental power suddenly increased by a small amount, was it because of a small magic riot?" Owen closed the book in his hand thoughtfully.

He stroked the big characters on the cover with his fingers, and muttered to himself: "The fifth element, ether..."

He pinched his chin with one hand and pondered, as if he had suddenly turned into a marble sculpture, but his eyes lit up brilliantly.The weird thoughts in his mind intertwined and collided with the knowledge he had come into contact with in his past and present lives, and the chaotic sparks of inspiration burst out brilliant stars in his thinking.

Owen grasped the inspiration in his mind with ease, and the quill that had stopped jumped up again under his command. The notebook opened a new page, and some scribbled fonts and rough sketches flowed smoothly under the tip of the pen. swayed out.

At this moment, he once again ushered in the "wall-facing moment" of inspiration after a long absence.

However, the inspiration this time only lasted for just over 20 minutes.Owen closed his eyes and remained silent for a while, then rubbed the space between his brows wearily, and then looked at his notebook with interest.Apart from some unconstrained ideas written down above, there is only one idea of ​​creating a special spell, which is about the research on ether.

Although it is too early to get involved in this field, Owen always has a strong curiosity in his heart.Of course, he will not forget the issues he should consider the most at this stage, but since he has related inspirations, he might as well improve them in his spare time, since there is no loss in trying anyway.

He doesn't think that this difficult problem that has stumped countless wizards in ancient and modern times will be easily solved by himself, but even if the final result fails as expected, at least it can dispel his thoughts and prevent the urge to try .

Owen put the notebook aside, then waved his wand, letting the book in his hand float back to the bookshelf, then turned his head to look at the side of the wall space.There is a piece of writing slowly floating there: the connection point collection port will be released soon, please be ready to collect.

The truth fax machine that was solved last year brought 17 connection points of income. Later, Owen used the truth fax machine to ask two questions in the wall-facing space, consuming two connection points, and duplicating a Nightmare in the Nightmare Forest consumed 14 connection points. [-], and [-] remain.

On the first day of school this year, in order to maintain the stability of the space facing the wall and avoid the so-called "collapse", 10 connection points were automatically deducted to maintain the consumption for the next year, and now only 4 are left.

"I don't know what kind of trouble will happen this year..." Owen sighed lazily.

Rabbit Muse started bouncing around Owen's feet after eating the greens.There seems to be no concept of time in this white mist space. This rabbit, which has long died of old age in the real world, is still alive and healthy in this place, as if it has escaped the limitation of its lifespan. Of course, is Muse still alive now? , this is a debatable question.

Owen huddled in the soft armchair and closed his eyes for a moment, then drew out his wand and started the daily practice of spells.This is what he never slacked day after day, just like he never slackened his training in magic techniques in his previous life.

During this time, he has made good progress in casting spells without spells.Supported by sufficient theoretical knowledge, coupled with persistent practice, Owen can basically release simple spells without spells, such as body-binding spells, disarming spells, and obstacle spells.

Of course, he still can't cast the Iron Armor Curse, Illusion Curse, Forgetting Curse, etc., which are more difficult, but his proficiency has also improved visible to the naked eye.His Iron Armor Curse can be released faster and more stably, the Disillusionment Curse can barely be used on others, and the Forgetting Curse can also modify other people's memories.

In addition, he finally learned the very advanced solution to the curse "All curses end".It can be used not only to end out-of-control Fiendfire, but also to end the effects of many spells, and even end some damage and curses caused by black magic. It is a very versatile spell.

In terms of advanced spells, Owen successfully completed the advanced level of the floating spell, transforming it into a magic that can be used for offense and defense.

Owen waved his wand at a thick stone slab beside him, and the slate floated up lightly, and flew to Owen at an extremely fast speed with the swaying of the wand, blocking him like a shield.Then, with a quick shake of his wand, Owen sent the slab flying forward with a whoosh, hitting a wooden dummy hard, smashing it to pieces.

"Next, you can try the advancement of other spells." Seeing the effect of the spell, Owen nodded with satisfaction.

Then, he began to practice black magic, and the expression on his face became much happier.He cast black spells one by one smoothly and freely. During this process, his magic fluctuations obviously tended to be dark and distorted, but they were also extremely powerful.

"Revenge of the Wraith Shadow." Owen muttered while pointing his wand at the top of his head.

A dim black beam of light suddenly flew out from the tip of the wand, turning into a huge blurry translucent black shadow, it swished across the air, and finally landed behind Owen, opening his arms as if to embrace him The same into his body.

Owen closed his eyes slightly to feel it, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It seems that the spell has been completed."

Last semester, Dumbledore taught everyone in the study group a kind of white magic to resist curses. Owen Wen didn't know it, but he also kept it in his heart, because the power of curses is really hard to guard against.During the summer vacation, he found this more advanced black magic spell in a book of black magic spells. It is also a passive spell to resist curses, and it also has the effect of counterattack.

Revenge of the Wraith is actually a curse, which normally makes people feel gloomy and depressed all the time, but Owen can use the Dark Guardian to bear this effect, so this spell has no side effects for him.But when someone curses him, this vengeful wraith will return to the caster with the curse it has resisted, and it will evolve into a very difficult hybrid curse, enough to make the caster drink a pot.

Of course, like other curse-resistant spells, Revenge of Wraith Shadow also has a certain upper limit to resist curses, and this upper limit is closely related to Owen's own strength.If this limit is exceeded, he will still be cursed, so Owen learned another black magic - curse transfer, which can transfer the curse from one person to another.

It's just that the transfer of the curse requires blood as the price, and the stronger the curse on the body, the greater the price.If it was a curse like the blood curse, the cursed person might not be able to pay the price.

In addition to these two curses, Owen also learned several curses, as well as some offensive and special black magic.For example, the "Frozen Everything" that can freeze the environment and even the enemy, the "Darkest Realm" that can create a lightless area around you, the "Punishment" that can be used to control and torture, and can be used like a marionette Puppet spells that control the human body, etc.

At the same time, Owen also made further improvements to the self-created gravitational spell "Assembly".In the case that the existing level of knowledge is not enough to continue to improve it, he brilliantly integrated the use of emotions into this spell, which greatly enhanced the strength of gravity.As a price, the spell becomes a black magic...

This is also the biggest advantage of black and white magic, and why only by setting foot in this field can one touch the peak of magic.For two wizards with the same level of knowledge and strength of magic power, the one who knows how to use emotions to cast magic must be stronger, because it is difficult to continue to improve magic with the current level of knowledge, once extreme emotional power is added as a driving force, it can be used. Stronger power.

Time passed slowly, but no trace of time could be felt in the space facing the wall.Owen released the last spell with a smile, and this practice ended.

He exhaled lightly, and skillfully suppressed the active and churning malice in his heart. Suddenly, a thick ominous black mist gushed out of his body, condensing into the shadow of a black cloak and a top hat.

Owen stretched out his hand and patted the top hat of the Dark Devil Guard with a smile, then inserted a small red flower on the brim of the hat, clapped his hands with satisfaction, and let it flutter lightly in the space facing the wall, chasing after playfully. Flying around with that little nightmare.

Owen slowly paced to the other side, picked up Muse the Rabbit, who shrank tremblingly into the corner, and kneaded it for a while like kneading dough before leaving the space facing the wall.

It was night, and he was huddled in an armchair in front of the fireplace in a comfortable position, with Melet lying on his lap, and his legs were numb.There were many little wizards doing their homework in the common room. Harry and Draco were not there, so they were in confinement.

In today's Quidditch training, the Slytherin team and the Gryffindor team had a conflict because of the training ground.Flint, the captain of the Slytherin team, said something nasty, which triggered a mighty group fight, and everyone was locked up in the end.

Harry originally disapproved of the captain's taunting, but it was Gryffindor's Fred Weasley who made the first move.Although Harry's original intention was to stop this brawl, he used his best disarming spell to confiscate the wands of several Gryffindor players, which directly caused the opponents to lose and became the MVP of this brawl. , and also ruined his good reputation in Gryffindor... Well, the confinement is also the most severe.

As a result, in the mouths of many Gryffindor students, Harry changed from "the famous Harry Potter" to "abominable Potter".But even so, it's touching that Harry's little fan, Colin Creevey, insisted on secretly filming him, rain or shine.

Owen sighed gloatingly, then pulled out a few pieces of parchment from his schoolbag, waved his wand gracefully, and manipulated the quill to "swipe" and finish today's homework before Harry and Draco returned to the lounge.

"I really don't know why I help Lockhart answer letters to his admirers!" Harry shook his sore hand from writing, his expression dazed.

"Come on, it's better than cleaning the toilet..." Draco said with a livid face, exuding an unspeakable smell.

"Uh...you have to be strong, Draco." Harry patted him on the shoulder sympathetically.

Draco rolled his eyes with a disgusted expression, and ran back to the dormitory without looking back.

(End of this chapter)