Chapter 229 The Insect Master's Legacy
Before Hogwarts was founded, or even until the early days of its founding, the inheritance of the wizard system was actually quite chaotic, without a detailed classification system.
Slytherin himself was good at Legilimency and the Dark Arts; Hufflepuff himself was good at healing magic and life magic; Ravenclaw himself was good at magic theory and space magic; Gryffindor himself was very diverse, even dabbling in Muggle swordsmanship.
Look, in the magic fields that the four of them were good at, there was no so-called modern Transfiguration, Charms, Herbology, Potions, Alchemy, History of Magic, and Warcraft.
These branches of magic disciplines were successfully divided by the first headmaster of Hogwarts (because the founders founded the school equally, none of them elected a headmaster) to the third headmaster, who spent a lot of time and effort, and went against the crowd. Because they believed that these subjects were the cornerstone of learning magic and the most suitable way to impart knowledge in the form of "college".
Before the division of magic disciplines in the academy system, the inheritance of wizards has always been practical, with magic from all fields mixed together. This was especially true when wizards were still in the master-apprentice system. Wizard apprentices followed their masters, observing their every move, words and deeds, and learning the magic that their masters cast every day.
(In fact, the earliest knowledge inheritance in the Muggle world was also like this. A long time ago, there was no division between liberal arts and science. Whether it was liberal arts or science, it could not escape the scope of philosophy.)
In that era, because wizards cherished their own possessions, magic could not be popularized, and the inheritance was lost.
Not many people remember it anymore--
In that era of flourishing, every wizard had his own unique skills...
The inheritance of snake tongue masters who cast magic in snake language, the inheritance of druids who worship nature, the inheritance of necromancers who associate with corpses and undead, the inheritance of sorcerers who mainly raise poison and refine poison, the inheritance of puppet masters who control alchemical puppets with spirit diversion, and the inheritance of insect masters who mainly control insects...
Most of these ancient inheritances have become legends passed down by word of mouth in the wizarding world. Only in pure-blood families with a sufficiently ancient heritage, there may still be some records. Most of the other modern wizards probably have no concept of these words at all.
Of course, Schelling himself has gathered the knowledge of the four major families, and then he also got the collection of books of Ravenclaw, the most knowledgeable of the four founders, by chance. Among the above inheritances, the snake whisperer inheritance is already in his grasp; the druid inheritance has been lost, but there are clues; he has also learned from Dumbledore that the necromancer inheritance is in the Guild of Necromancers in Transylvania...
As for the inheritance of the insect manipulator, he once got the book "The Book of the Insect Manipulator" from Ravenclaw's collection, and he had carefully read the whole book. It was indeed as he expected, a magic used to control insects. But the magic in it seemed to require the blood of the wizard, so Schelling tried several times but failed, and finally had to give it up.
Let's go back to Luna.
Luna awakened the complete "Son of Nature" blood talent - after countless experiments, she can easily control all small magical animals, but she will be unable to cope with large magical animals.
Small magical animals such as the cattail and the bowtruckle may have their own magical features, but they are not good at fighting.
As smart as Schelling is, it is impossible for him to waste Luna's talent. He soon came up with an idea -
If you can't control large magical animals, then don't control large magical animals. Who says that small magical animals must have no fighting power?
Among small magical animals, the most powerful ones are of course insects.
As far as Schelling knows, in the era when insect masters dominated the world, summoning locusts all over the sky and creating the effect of insect plague was not an impossible myth, but a real existence.
Moreover, don't forget that the types of insects are almost the most extensive among the known biological orders. Some can fly, some can spin silk and weave webs, some can burrow into the ground, some can swim in the water, some have amazing bite force, and some have terrible toxicity...
This is simply an insect-level (i.e. Bug-level) ability!
Since the "Book of Insect Masters" cannot be used by himself, and Schelling, as the only heir of Ravenclaw, has full authority to deal with the collection of books, he generously gave the book to Luna, hoping that she can master the magic in it as soon as possible.
A week passed quickly, and it was the first weekend after the Easter holiday, which was the last weekend of April.
Xie Lin convened a general meeting of the Sleeping Dragon Society again.
Although the Sleeping Dragon Society regularly held various activities during the normal semester, such as exchanges between wizards and Xie Lin's magic guidance, they were not the kind that all members had to attend.
This kind of general meeting that all members had to attend had only been held twice in history - the one when it was founded, and the one when Zhang Qiu and Susan joined the club. This time, it was considered the third time.
Since Daphne had always been in charge of recruiting members and the list of names, Xie Lin also knew for the first time that the Sleeping Dragon Society already had so many members. He still remembered very clearly that when the organization was just founded, there were only 19 people. He didn't expect that it had grown to such a scale in less than a year.
After Schelling conquered six Slytherin prefects, more than 80% of Slytherin students joined the Dragon Society. For some unknown reason - maybe he couldn't let go of the previous things, maybe because of her, or maybe for other reasons, Draco and his three followers (Pansy, Goyle, Crabbe) knew about the Dragon Society, but they did not join.
However, the senior followers that Draco had conquered before, such as Graham Montague and Cassius Warrington, turned to Schelling with Draco's approval.
The other two examples who did not join the Dragon Society were Blaise Zabini and Theodore Nott. The former was not within Schelling's recruitment range, and the conflict between Schelling and Mrs. Zabini was almost inevitable; and the latter was purely due to his nature. Theodore was a loner, he didn't like to participate in these club activities, and preferred to hide and tinker with his own things alone.
Even so, the total number of members of the Dragon Society still reached 81.
"Good morning," Xie Lin cleared his throat. He did not use the amplification spell, and his voice was naturally transmitted to everyone's ears clearly. Several senior elite students who knew what was going on immediately showed a respectful expression, "I called everyone here today because I have something to announce..."
"Today, I see everyone here. There are new faces and familiar faces. It doesn't matter, because we are different from other ordinary student clubs-" Xie Lin paused for a moment, and then said loudly: "We are all family!"
"Brothers and sisters," Xie Lin said slowly in a deep voice: "I am really pleased to see you today... As a platform for academic and magic exchanges that allows us to love and help each other, transcending blood, class and gender, it is not easy for the Sleeping Dragon Club to develop from a mere 19 people at the beginning to today. This is the credit of each of you, and you deserve this honor!"
Several core members such as 6 class leaders and 6 girls also took the opportunity to take the lead in applauding, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm.
"But I must explain one thing to everyone," Xie Lin's tone turned solemn and serious, which made the young wizards' minds hang high. They all sat upright and listened attentively. "Since its development, the Sleeping Dragon Society has always been a platform for our academic exchanges, allowing us to learn knowledge that is not taught in the classroom and allow us to conduct practical training, but-"
"Have any of you ever thought about what the ultimate purpose of learning these magics is?"
"As the senior members graduate one by one, they will also leave this organization to pursue their future. One day, even as the founder of the organization, I will have to leave this organization and do what I must do. This day may be two or three years later, or it may be in the near future, or even tomorrow!" Xie Lin's eyes flashed with a sharp edge, "Then I think everyone here must have the same question in their hearts-"
"Where is our future?"