During this period, Xie Lin's homework and studies did not fall behind at all. This semester's magic class focused on spiritual magic, which is Xie Lin's strongest field - as Xie Lin delved deeper into "Abatail Volume One" 》 and the Malfoy family curse, spiritual magic can be said to be easily picked up by Xie Lin, and he can use it freely without any difficulty.
During the activities of the Charms Club, Schelling published a research paper on using the Happy Charm to enhance the power of the Patronus Charm. The angle of this paper was so novel that even Professor Flitwick was full of praise. After obtaining Schelling's consent, the paper was revised by Professor Flitwick, and the two of them jointly published it in "Magic Innovation".
Unexpectedly, this paper caused a great response in the academic world - Ulrich Hicks, chairman of the Defense Against the Dark Arts Alliance, wrote a letter to Schelling, expressing that the alliance was willing to buy Schelling's possession of this paper. For all relevant research notes, in addition to paying a considerable amount of gold galleons, Schelling will also be awarded the qualification of an honorary member of the Dark Arts Defense League; Gulana Kropatra, the president of the Medieval European Wizards Federation, will also be awarded The queen offered Schelling a higher amount of gold galleons and also awarded him the medal of "Wizard Scholar Contribution Award". This medal not only gave Schelling access to the library of the federation's headquarters in Sardinia, but also allowed him to Obtain a competition spot in the "All-European Duel Competition".
The All-European Dueling Competition is sponsored by a mysterious organization called the "Silver Spear". The Silver Spear was a secret dueling club in the 18th century. It was said to be organized by a group of dueling enthusiasts. The four founders Wands were invariably made of aspen wood, so the early organizations had very strict membership requirements. Only wizards who used aspen wands were eligible.
By the mid-20th century, the Silver Spears had relaxed the conditions for membership, and anyone with outstanding performance in any international level duel competition might be invited to join the Silver Spears. Although he didn't know what specific benefits there were to joining the Silver Spear, Schelling knew that many famous wizards were flocking to it, so it was not difficult to surmise that there must be unexpected benefits.
Schelling thought about it again and again, consulted Professor Flitwick and Lucius on this issue, and finally chose to accept the conditions of the Medieval European Wizards Federation. The main thing that attracted Schelling was the quota in the All-European Duel Competition. Having this quota allowed Schelling to save the lengthy time of participating in various selections. Moreover, Professor Flitwick was also looking forward to Schelling's performance in the Duel Competition. For this reason, he also He specially gave Xie Lin the dueling experience notes he compiled when he was young.
This notebook is full of exclusive spells that he has developed himself, as well as exclusive dueling techniques. As a former duel champion, his notes are obviously very precious.
[Professor Flitwick’s duel notes obtained! 】
This semester's Transfiguration class focuses on the art of transfiguring dead objects into small animals. The topic given by Professor McGonagall was to transform a teapot into a turtle - Xie Lin could do it as early as when he took the Merlin test last semester. Therefore, Professor Ge directly exempted Schelling from all homework and only required Schelling to participate in the Transfiguration Club activities every week.
Incidentally, two more of Schelling's papers were selected for publication in Transfiguration Today. The readers of "Transfiguration Today" are not limited to the British wizarding world. Now Schelling has begun to gain some popularity on the international stage. Some well-known figures in the field of transfiguration also did not hesitate to write letters to give him some care and guidance as a rising star with great potential, such as the Chinese transfiguration master Zhang He.
Zhang He's ancestor is the famous Zhang Guo in the Tang Dynasty. He once left the myth and legend of "Zhang Guolao" in the Muggle world. But in fact, he was a wizard who was best at turning pieces of paper into living donkeys. Transfiguration.
Xie Lin benefited a lot from the correspondence with him, and the two became friends who appreciated each other through frequent correspondence. Zhang He also specially gave Xie Lin a copy of the secret book of transfiguration in the Chinese wizarding world, "The Hundred Changes". "Qian Huan Jue", although this book is written in Chinese characters, Zhang He thoughtfully included English annotations in it, which made Xie Lin very grateful.
["A Thousand Changes of Fantasy Technique" obtained! 】
The potions class this semester is quite difficult. In addition to the shrinking potion in the first week of school, another interesting potion class is about Confusing Concoction. The ingredients of the confusion potion are sneezeweed, scurvy and lovage, all of which are herbs that can cause fever in the brain. After drinking it, the effect is similar to that of a confusion spell, but it is more effective than the confusion spell. In addition to affecting thinking ability, confusion potions can also affect emotions, making users become reckless and impulsive. As long as they are used properly, they can definitely achieve miraculous effects.
Schelling knew that Snape had a good personal relationship with his father, Lucius, and privately went to Professor Snape for advice on some advanced potion issues, such as why Neville's shrinking potion could cause creatures to regress to their juvenile state. Could this be applied to humans to keep people young? For another example, what is the difference between a Confusion Potion and Essence of Insanity, even though both are used to confuse the mind and make people make wrong decisions?
Snape was different from his usual aloof persona. Well, although he still had a cold face, at least he patiently explained these advanced contents to Xuelin one by one, and he did not express himself at all because Xuelin was learning ahead of time. show any objection.
What surprised Xie Lin the most was that Snape also gave Xie Lin the potions knowledge he wrote when he was a student. Inside were his notes when he was preparing for the OWL proficiency exam. Although they were not as good as "The Potions Notes of the Half-Blood Prince" Powerful, but very practical for Schelling at this stage.
Xie Lin even saw many improvements to the magic potion preparation steps in the textbook. If this knowledge spread to the outside, I am afraid it would cause quite a stir in the potion world.
Snape had noticed Schelling's potential as early as last semester when he was in the Duel Club. His senior Lucius, who had a good relationship with him, also asked him to take care of the Malfoy twins in several letters.
Fortunately for Draco, Xie Lin was so good that he was picked up as their favorite disciple by McGonagall and Flitwick when he was in the first grade. Although he also wanted to do that, he was used to maintaining a cold persona. , I really couldn’t save my dignity to take the initiative to take care of Xie Lin. Seeing the increasingly close teacher-student relationship between Xie Lin and the two professors, I could only feel anxious. Now that Xie Lin took the initiative to ask me for advice, I was relieved.
[Obtained Snape's primary potion notes! 】
No one really enjoyed Care of Magical Creatures. After the exciting first class, this class became particularly boring. Hagrid seemed to be losing confidence. Now, lesson after lesson, they learn how to care for Flobber caterpillars.
The Flobberworm is a 10-inch-long, toothless brown worm. The creature prefers lettuce, but in fact it eats just about any plant. This kind of course content is completely meaningless, because they like to be alone, do nothing, and do not need too much care. Feeding them blindly will cause them to eat too much and die.
Not only the Slytherin snakes were moaning in distress, but also Ron, who had a good relationship with Hagrid, also complained frequently.
This semester's herbal medicine class focuses on learning to take care of Puffapod. Puffapod is a magical plant that can grow fat, bulging pink pods on its branches. The little wizard's task is to peel open the pink pod, take out the shiny beans inside, and put them into a wooden barrel. These beans are very sensitive and will bloom immediately upon impact with a solid object.
In the process, Schelling discovered that his strength and agility did not bring him much advantage. On the contrary, being able to maintain stable and non-trembling gestures for a long time was more important.
In this regard, girls will have an advantage. Murray shared his secrets with Xie Lin. She usually loves embroidery, knitting, and painting, so she can use her wrists dexterously without accidentally shaking the beans out. Xie Lin, Daphne and Meredith also slowly understood the essentials under Murray's guidance.
It was a tragedy for Goyle and Crabbe who were extravagant - they scattered beans on the greenhouse floor more than once, and the beans on the ground blossomed instantly before their eyes. Although the flowers bloomed very brightly and beautifully, Professor Sprout's face that turned red with anger was not pretty. Not only did Slytherin get deducted points, but Goyle and Crabbe were also put into solitary confinement.
Xie Lin's performance in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was also remarkable. Professor Lupine did not dare to treat this student with the slightest contempt for being able to fight two Dementors head-on, and Xie Lin lived up to expectations in class. Show his outstanding strength.
The first lesson of the Defense Against the Dark Arts course was Boggart, and Xelling easily turned the Boggart into a smiling face; the second lesson was red hats, and Xelling didn't even know how many of them he had dealt with in the Forbidden Forest; the third lesson was The Japanese kappa, also called a kappa, is a reptile that lives in the water. It looks like a scaly monkey with webbed hands. It likes to hide in ponds and strangle unsuspecting people who are wading by.
This is not a problem for Schelling. Kabbah, like the red hat, can only create danger when the wizard is unprepared. Therefore, you only need to use a "trace appearance" spell to detect Kabbah's existence before entering the water, and then use a drying spell. Drying the water from Kabba's skull is enough to scare it away - Kabba's strength comes from the water in his skull, and losing that water will make him weak.
Schelling's favorite class was alchemy. Professor Ibinos Bock is a retired elderly alchemist, from the ancient Bock family. His knowledge of alchemy is very solid and extensive, and he also has an eccentric temperament like a scientist. When teaching, he is very strict and serious.
He was willing to teach this time because Lucius paid a huge favor and specified that he would only teach students of Schelling's grade, unlike other professors who were responsible for teaching seven grades of students.
Due to the small number of students, the alchemy class was held in four colleges together.
Perhaps because Professor Burke was brought here by Lucius, the students in the alchemy class are basically Slytherins. Under Schelling's call, all second-year Slytherin students took this course; Hedge Patch has only two students, Ernie MacMillan and Susan Bones; Ravenclaw has four students: Michael Corner, Terry Butt, Maury McDougal and Lisa Dupin. students.
There are no Gryffindor students. I heard that the relationship between the Alchemy class and the Malfoy family has long been spread within Gryffindor, so most people are not interested - maybe Hermione is thirsty for knowledge. It was an exception, but in order to take care of her friend Ron's mood, she resolutely chose to give up this course. In fact, she was overwhelmed after taking 12 elective courses, which was one of the reasons why she gave up the alchemy class.
The content of the alchemy course was not as exciting as imagined. The students neither had the opportunity to practice alchemy nor were they able to come into contact with the legendary legendary alchemical items.
On the contrary, the alchemy knowledge taught by Professor Bock is very basic theory - starting from the alchemical theory of ancient Egypt. Not only does it require a deep understanding of celestial phenomena and geology, but also memorizing various magic substances and magic metals. characteristics; and then derived from the theory of the conversion of matter and magic put forward by European alchemists in the Middle Ages. This theory believes that certain words are magical, and can be further achieved by engraving ancient runes on alchemical items. Solid alchemical effects.
This knowledge sounds boring and seems to have no practical use, but it is just right for Schelling.
Schelling's own alchemy was directly learned from Nicol Flamel, the most powerful alchemist in centuries. It is a pity that Nikosi is not a good teacher. What he has learned is so profound that it takes Xie Lin a long time to ponder the principles behind every word or principle he says.
Not to mention, the alchemy notes in Lemay’s address book, which Nico left to Schelling, were Nico’s daily notes and notes. They had never been systematically organized and looked very scattered and messy. There was a lot of content in it that made Schelling confused, and he had to consult Nico Flamel many times before he could barely understand it.
The alchemy course at Hogwarts just made up for Schelling's weak foundation. By systematically relearning the basics of alchemy, many previously unclear things were suddenly revealed.
Xie Lin did not forget his promise to Daphne. When he had free time, he gave Astoria advice on her homework and gave her some academic help, making Astoria the most outstanding student in the first grade. The relationship between Schelling and Astoria also gradually became familiar.
