Chapter 90 Review of Harvest

The whole process of making a Horcrux is very demanding, and the difficulty increases linearly with the number of times the soul splits.

Most dark wizards can split their souls once, which is already the limit.

As far as Schelling knows, no wizard can split himself into more than two parts, even the famous dark wizard "Despicable Herpo" who first studied the method of making Horcruxes can't do it.

This is because the process of splitting the soul is extremely painful. If you want to make more than one Horcrux, the inhuman pain is enough to make the caster collapse.

Like Voldemort, splitting his soul many times and successfully making multiple Horcruxes is simply impossible in Schelling's view.

After the soul is separated, the next step is to choose a suitable Horcrux and inject the soul into it. Although any item can be made into a Horcrux, the best choice is usually an immortal magic alchemy item, and then use the extremely strong power to force the split soul to erode into the Horcrux.

This means that even if a dark wizard is evil enough to split his soul, he still needs to obtain alchemical items that meet the qualifications of a Horcrux. Alchemical items of this level are the core inheritances of major families, and they are not easy to obtain. Not to mention that if there is a lack of strong enough power support, it is impossible to allow the split soul to reside in the Horcrux.

The book specifically emphasizes that dark wizards must properly protect their Horcruxes. The damage to the Horcrux will affect the main soul, making the already extremely unstable main soul even more fragmented. The most direct consequence is that the dark wizard loses his mind and gradually goes crazy. His power will not be affected. On the contrary, as the soul becomes more evil, he will be more adept at using black magic.

Xie Lin's heart skipped a beat. This is not good news.

So far, he has destroyed three Horcruxes made by Voldemort, namely Tom's diary, Ravenclaw's diadem and Slytherin's locket. Destroying Voldemort's Horcruxes seems to bring him one step closer to death, but in fact, doing so cannot effectively weaken Voldemort's power, but will make him more dangerous.

Behind the Horcruxes, "The Secret of Advanced Dark Magic" also introduces a lot of evil black magic. For example, the evil curse "Dementor's Kiss" behind the Horcruxes is based on the study of Dementor's Kiss, directly targeting a person's soul, extracting the soul from the body, and making him fall into eternal damnation.

Later, there are methods for refining the Inferi, detailed introductions to the Imperius Curse, the Cruciatus Curse, and the Killing Curse, etc.

Schelling is not interested in refining the Inferi and the Unforgivable Curses for the time being, because he, like all underage wizards, has been planted with traces by the Ministry of Magic.

The traces are not set on the wand as described in the fan fiction in the previous life. Think about it, if changing a wand can solve the problem, Mad Eye Moody would have taken Harry away with him in the "Battle of the Seven Harrys". Why bother so much, and finally lose a life and an ear?

As far as Schelling knows, there is a mysterious alchemical item in the Abuse of Magic Office of the Ministry of Magic, which was handed down from Merlin's time. The original intention of the inventor at that time was to use this item to discover children with awakened magic in Great Britain, hoping to rescue them as soon as possible to avoid tragedies.

Today, the role of this alchemical item has been replaced by the "Pen of Acceptance" and "Book of Admission" of Hogwarts. It is used by the Ministry of Magic for another purpose - monitoring the spells cast by underage wizards.

The reason given by the Ministry of Magic on the surface is that monitoring whether underage wizards cast spells in front of Muggles violates the International Statute of Secrecy. But in fact, all magic within the range of young wizards can be detected, which means that if Schelling casts the Cruciatus Curse in the company of Lucius, it would be a pitfall. The first thing the Ministry of Magic suspects is that Lucius has violated the law.

Of course, some places such as Malfoy Manor have been released with heavy shielding magic, and even with the power of Tracking, it cannot be detected. But if it can only be used in Malfoy Manor, then what is the point of learning these magics?

What Schelling lacks most now is time, so he chooses to skip these magics that are not useful in the short term.

Another black magic in the book that really interests Schelling is the Taboo spell.

In the original book, Voldemort cast the Taboo spell on his own name and successfully used this to hunt down many members of the Order of the Phoenix. This magic can put a tracking mark on any word, and the person who says the word will be immediately tracked to his location. Obviously, this is a very practical tracking spell.

The original intention of the Taboo spell was to create an atmosphere of depression and panic, so it is also classified as black magic. But it is obviously not as eye-catching as the Inferi or the Unforgivable Curses. After all, this spell can only track, not directly harm, and will not be so easily noticed by the Office of the Prohibition of the Abuse of Magic.

(Note: People's Publishing House did not translate Taboo, only writing "a taboo was set on the name", but Taboo used a capital T in the original English text, indicating that it was the name of magic, and the author privately translated it as a forbidden spell)

Schelling put down "The Secret of Cutting-Edge Black Magic" and picked up another book "Taboo Transfiguration".

This is a book involving the taboo field of transfiguration. The first page introduces many terrible and irreversible transfiguration magics, such as the ancient Greek witch Circe who likes to turn sailors who get lost at sea and mistakenly enter the island of Aeaea into pigs; for example, the MacLevor family on the island of Deria turns all enemy families into bloodthirsty and crazy five-legged beasts...

(Note: Circe is a Greek mythological figure who appears in the chocolate frog picture)

(Note: The five-legged monster Quintaped is a five-star dangerous magical animal that likes to eat human flesh and cannot speak. It is officially described as covered with thick reddish-brown hair and has five deformed feet. In fact, it is simply a human head with five hands, with a spider-like movement method, but more flexible than a spider, after all, the feet are like hands, and it has strong magic resistance)

Following down, Schelling saw a familiar magic - Transmogrifian Torture. He had seen relevant records of people killed by this spell in the research notes left to him by Lockhart.

This is a very vicious magic. If there is no counter-curse, it is definitely more terrible than the Cruciatus Curse and the Killing Curse. It can create pain and suffering through human body deformation, such as pricking fingertips, pricking eyeballs, putting spiked clamps on the penis, etc.

The most terrible thing is not the pain, but the moment before the pain occurs, such as the moment when the sharp needle tip is aimed at the pupil, such as the feeling of the spiked clamp gently rubbing the penis... Not many people can bear this kind of pressure psychologically.

Unlike the Cruciatus Curse, this black magic does not require evil thoughts to exert its full power, because it is a transformation, not a spell. There are only two requirements for the Transfiguration Torture Curse. The first is to have a very high level of Transfiguration, and the second is to have a very strong and precise control over the mind.

Schelling fully meets these two conditions. This magic is like tailor-made for him.

Further on, there are various evil transfiguration spells, such as the "aging spell" that turns people into old women and old grandfathers, the "quadruped beast spell" that turns people into animals who must stand on all fours, and the "corpse transformation spell" that turns people into ugly and terrifying zombies.

These transfiguration spells are not very practical except for a few cruel and perverted wizards.

What really interests Schelling is the "stone statue transfiguration spell", which is a magic that can turn people into stone statues. After being turned into stone statues, the recipient will not die or grow old, and can even retain his own consciousness and can still perceive the surrounding situation, but cannot make any actions or movements.

This is different from the petrification effect caused by the indirect gaze of the basilisk. The petrification effect of the basilisk is to make people stiff and paralyzed, lose the ability to move, and also lose consciousness. In addition to being unable to move, the recipient does not change in appearance, just like suffering from muscular sclerosis.

The stone statue transformation spell actually turns the recipient into a stone statue from the outside to the inside. If it is not carefully examined by a skilled wizard, most people will only regard it as a statue.

Interestingly, whether it is the petrification effect of the basilisk or the stone statue transformation spell, the way to crack it is to use the mandrake resurrection potion made of mandrake.

["Taboo Transfiguration" is obtained! ]

In addition to these two books, Schelling once again got a big surprise in the black magic book of the Black family - it turned out to be "Abatayr Volume 3"!

The family heirloom spells of the Black family focus on soul spells. From this, it can be inferred that "Abatayr Volume 3" must correspond to the field of soul magic. The ancestors of the Black family obtained this fragment by chance, and were able to create the core inheritance of the family. It is no exaggeration to say that this fragment is the foundation of the Black family.

In Schelling's view, soul magic and mental magic have many overlaps. If used properly, they can completely form complementary gains and achieve the effect of one plus one greater than two.

As mentioned before, there are two factors that affect the growth rate of magic power: mental power and soul strength.

Schelling's mental power has long been capped, and he flipped through this book with great expectations, hoping to find inspiration to enhance the strength of his soul.

["Abatyr Volume 3" is obtained! ]

Schelling has no idea how many times he has been impressed by his extraordinary luck.

He is much luckier than Ravenclaw. Ravenclaw only got a glimpse of Abatyr in his entire life and had to die with regret.

Schelling is only 14 years old now (he just had his birthday three weeks ago), and he has already collected three volumes of the Spirit, Soul, and Curse. He still has a long way to go in the future. Maybe he can really fulfill Ravenclaw's last wish and collect all eight volumes of the book.

In a blink of an eye, it was June 30, and the little wizards boarded the Hogwarts Express.

On the train, in Schelling's compartment, in addition to the usual trio, there was another Astoria.

"Brother Xielin, I got the first place in the exam this semester! Is there any reward? Hehe!" Since Astoria kissed Xielin in the Dingo incident last time, Astoria seemed to have let go of her shyness and reserve. At this moment, she showed a naughty expression and acted cutely towards Xielin.

Xielin's eyes flashed with an imperceptible brilliance, but he showed a gentle smile on his face: "My Tori, of course there is a reward. Don't worry, I will definitely give you an unexpected surprise this summer!"

Then, as if he didn't care, he asked casually: "How did the other people in your class perform?"

"Well..." Astoria tilted her head, thought for a while, and replied: "The students from other houses in this class are also very strong. Apart from me, there are only the Carlo sisters in Slytherin." The results are pretty good, my sister Hestia Caro came in fifth place, and my sister Flora Caro came in sixth place.”

The Carlo family? Xie Lin's eyes flashed with unfathomable thoughts.

Then, Xie Lin frowned, "Is this all Slytherin's performance? It shouldn't be!"

Since he established his influence in Slytherin, the style of the little snakes has changed a lot - they unite and help each other, value knowledge, respect teachers, and Astoria often receives academic tutoring from Schelling in private. Schelling has told him that the former can properly share Schelling's study notes with his classmates, which will not only establish a strong friendship, but also improve Slytherin's overall strength.

"Then - who are the second to fourth places?"

"The second place is Melinda Bobin from Ravenclaw. She is very proficient in Potions and Herbology. I feel that she is far beyond the first-year level. Even the second-year students may not be better than her; third place The name is Demelza Robbins from Gryffindor. She is very good at magic, transformation and flying. Professor McGonagall said she is very imaginative! The fourth place is from Hufflepuff! Joanna Derwent, just like other Hufflepuffs, is ordinary on weekdays, but unexpectedly she suddenly becomes famous and shines in the exam.”

Xie Lin suddenly discovered an interesting phenomenon. The top six were all little girls! how so? Where has the little wizard gone?

"There is the Quidditch World Cup this summer!" Daphne said, "Didn't you promise my dad to come to my house? How about we go to the World Cup together? Dad can definitely get the tickets."

"Yes, yes, brother Xie Lin, let's go together!" Astoria said coquettishly.

Sherrin turned to look at Meredith, who shrugged, "Since my parents passed away, only me and the house elf are left in the family. I have already promised Uncle Gareth to let the Shafiq family become The vassal family of Greengrass may be able to continue the glory of the family. I will spend this summer vacation at Greengrass Manor. If you can come, we can go to the World Cup together. "

Xie Lin planned to use the time before the summer vacation to do his own things. He calculated the time and said, "Okay, let's do this! I will meet you over there probably a few days before the World Cup starts, and we will watch the game together!"

Melinda Bobin comes from the original work and appears in the Slug Club, and her family opens a large chain pharmacy; Demelza Robbins comes from the original work and replaces Angelina as the Chaser (when Harry leads the team); Joanna and Ka The Luo sisters are made up by the author. The former is a descendant of Principal Derwent, and the latter is a direct descendant of the Carlo family. (The Carlo sisters actually appeared in the movie The Slug Club and are quite beautiful blonde sisters) - Thanks to Ghost Genius for the 15 recommendation votes! 10 recommended votes for urban cloth killing artists! 5 votes from Admiral Jaina! Jinjue Menghan’s 6 recommendation votes! 4 recommendation votes from Overlord Youdao! 5 recommendation votes for Scholar Swordsman Liufeng! thank you all! So grateful!