Exchange student at Hogwarts

In the following time, Zhang Chen found that the self-protection ability of the little wizards was still too simple. In order to improve their strength, Zhang Chen took them to the Room of Requirement. They practiced in the Room of Requirement almost every day after school. Most of the boys Most of the time was spent practicing the body-training tips taught by Zhang Chen, while Hermione spent most of the time practicing various spells that the teacher had not yet taught. She would practice the body-training tips again when everyone left and she was alone. Zhang Chen once wanted to teach her about magic enhancement, but after thinking about it, he hid his clumsiness. If Dumbledore found out, it might be difficult to get anything from him in the future.

In order to adapt to the fighting style of the wizarding world, Zhang Chen kept sparring with everyone. Without using magic spells, it was difficult for the little wizard's magic spells to hit Zhang Chen at a certain distance with his body skills. At close range, It became difficult to dodge magic, but their magic power could not cause any harm to Zhang Chen who practiced Xuan Gong. As long as Zhang Chen got close, one blow would make them lose their combat effectiveness. If Zhang Chen also uses magic, then everyone will be defeated. No matter how difficult the spell is, as long as Zhang Chen learns and practices it for a period of time, his body skills and magic release will become more and more skillful, and he can almost Casting magic spells in any strange body posture will make his magic release difficult to guard against.

At the same time, Zhang Chen and Harry never gave up looking for the clue of Nicolas Flamel, but they almost rummaged through the entire library and could not find any piece of paper related to this name.

Time passed slowly, and in a blink of an eye, the Christmas vacation came. Most of the children who lived near London went home for Christmas, including Hermione.

"You have to continue searching while I'm away, okay," Hermione said. "If you find anything, send an owl to let me know."

"You can also ask your parents if they know who LeMay is," Ron said. "It's safe to ask them."

"Very safe, as they're both dentists," Hermione said.

A man's mouth is a liar. As soon as Hermione left, Harry and Ron forgot about looking for books. Zhang Chen, as a cheater who knew the standard answers, naturally would not go there by himself. He pretended to be in the library and was happy to enjoy the Christmas holiday life with Harry and the others.

With most of the students back home, the Gryffindor common room was almost entirely at their disposal, and it was much less crowded than usual, allowing them to occupy some of the more comfortable armchairs by the fire. When nothing happened, Harry and Ron sat there, eating all the food that could be poked with a spit, bread, pancakes, and mushrooms, while designing plans to get Malfoy expelled, even though these plans were impossible to pay. Implementation, but always fun to talk about.

Ron also began teaching Harry how to play wizard chess. Wizard chess is exactly the same as Muggle chess, but its chess pieces are all alive, so it feels more like commanding an army to fight. Ron's chess set was very old and tattered. Everything Ron owned originally belonged to someone else in his family, and this chess set belonged to his grandfather. However, the fact that the chess pieces are older does not hinder it at all. Ron knew them very well and had no trouble getting them to do his bidding.

Harry was using the set of chess pieces that Neville had left for him, and they didn't trust him at all. His level is not very high yet, and the chess pieces are pointing at him here and there, which makes people's brains dizzy: "Don't send me there, haven't you seen his horse? Send him, he will sacrifice." It doesn’t matter.”

Zhang Chen, on the other hand, basically spent all his time in the Room of Requirement. After more than half a semester of studying the art of transformation and studying Xuan Gong, Zhang Chen gradually found the fusion point between the two. In the base-building period of Xuan Gong, the main practice is the way to become a saint in the physical body. Compared with Qinglian Sword Code, it uses several main meridians such as Sanyang Shaochong and Sanjiao Zhongchong in order to be able to move the sword energy as quickly as possible. Xuan Gong needs to Qi circulates through all the small meridians throughout the body, strengthening every muscle, skin, and organ through these meridians. The human body has as many meridians as a hair, and some of the slender meridians need to be carefully ventilated, which consumes a lot of energy. In ancient times, spiritual energy was abundant and monks lived long lives. In that state, it was rare for people to practice Xuan Gong. Later, after the great improvement of Buddhism, the power of transformation was added to Xuan Gong. It was first practiced on weak animals with simple meridians. Small animals have simple meridians. After transformation, it is relatively easy to circulate the true energy to strengthen the physical body. Moreover, every time you cultivate an animal, Everyone has relatively access to his innate magical powers, which allows practitioners to suddenly increase their ability to cope with various environments. This makes Xuan Gong the magical power to protect the Tao of various sects.

However, with the division of heaven and earth, the law of Jedi Heavenly Power came into effect, the spiritual energy in the world became turbid, and the lifespan of mortals gradually decreased. In order to seek immortality, monks took the path of quickly improving their realm, and the method of protecting the Dao also relied on magic weapons, flying swords and other external objects. Gong, a skill that has been accumulated over time, has gradually been eliminated by the times. Zhang Chen learned the art of transformation and found that the principles of transformation were of great help to him in understanding the techniques of Xuan Gong. In principle, mysticism and transformation can be said to be diametrically opposed. The effects of many magics in the West are incredible from the East, such as Apparition, Animagus, etc. The actual principle of these magics is to break up the physical body. Then reorganize with consciousness. For example, when you apparate, you first disperse the aura of heaven and earth, use the divine source to wrap your consciousness, realize long-distance travel, and then use magic power to reorganize your physical body. In the East, the human body is a treasure raft for transiting the world. Even Buddhism, which attaches great importance to the cultivation of the soul, dares to abandon the physical body only when reincarnated and reborn or reborn in the paradise world. Taoism, on the other hand, almost all pursues the ascension of the day and the sanctification of the physical body. Fundamentally, when practicing in the Eastern spiritual world, people pursue comprehensive control of the spirit. Every cell in the body is filled with its own imprint. Once the physical body is broken up, the true energy has nowhere to stay. It is almost equivalent to re-cultivation, and it is really not worth the gain.

Therefore, the transformation technique that Zhang Chen learned can only be used externally, and can never be used on himself, because the transformation technique of Xuan Gong is to reorganize oneself on the basis of completely mastering one's own cells. No matter how Zhang Chen changes, In fact, his basic composition has not changed, so he will never become an Animagus in this life, but many of the details of the reorganization of the transformation technique are still very helpful for the practice of the seventy-two transformations of Xuan Gong. Recently, Zhang Chen took out Ron's Scabbers to play with. Although he knew he was Pettigrew, there were no simpler animals around. Some people might say that Neville's toads were also small animals. In fact, toads It's a reptile, not a mammal. It's more difficult to cross the category.

On Christmas Eve, Zhang Chen was lying on all fours in the middle of the Room of Requirement. Harry and Ron stood nervously watching him. Zhang Chen muttered words while using the Qi of Xuan Gong and the magic spell of transformation at the same time. His body shape gradually changed. It took about thirty minutes to transform Zhang Chen's bones, muscles, skin, and organs. The weapon was transformed into a giant mouse. Transforming into a mouse seemed to take up a lot of Zhang Chen's physical strength. After the transformation was successful, he was sweating profusely and lying on the ground unable to move. Harry and Ron had received his instructions before and knew that this was a normal phenomenon and could only stand. Be anxious next to me.

After lying down and resting for a while, Zhang Chen began to shrink his huge body. This shrinking was not about using magic energy to break up the cells, but also about condensing the essence. Therefore, no matter how small the Xuan Gong transformation was, the strength of the physical body would not change. Low; and the enlargement of Xuan Gong is based on the cells that are fully controlled by itself as the skeleton, and then filled with external magic power. Although the strength of the unit is reduced, as long as the core physical foundation is not destroyed, those magic filled physical bodies can fight Injuries can be recovered at any time. When reaching the golden elixir stage, Xuan Gong's magnification technique can be strengthened by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth or cherishing materials. It is also called the technique of law of heaven and earth, which greatly increases one's combat effectiveness.

After about half an hour or so, Zhang Chen finally completed the reduction of his body and completely turned into a small white mouse. After crawling flexibly on the ground for a few times, Zhang Chen reversed the Xuan Gong and his body slowly recovered. Restore your human self. After everything changed, Harry and Ron picked up Zhang Chen and cheered. "If you hadn't told us the difference in your skills in advance, we would have thought you were the youngest Animagus in the magical world. It's really amazing." Ron looked in disbelief. He originally thought that Zhang Chen will definitely fail.

After Zhang Chen congratulated them for a few times, he sat down cross-legged and started to use the exercises to restore his energy. "The first change is the most difficult. From now on, practice makes perfect. If I practice it twice more, there should be no danger. I don't need you." I am no longer a Dharma protector. If you have nothing to do, you can go back and rest first."

"Ha, let's practice the key points of the Seven Birds and Five Beasts a few more times. Isn't your Xuan Gong an upgraded version of this? If we have mastered the key points of the training earlier, you can also teach us the transformation techniques, okay?" Ha Li Mingming was deeply envious of Zhang Chen's learning progress.

"Okay, I now feel that this technique is designed to combine east and west, and it is very suitable for us." Zhang Chen was not stingy and agreed.

After several more exercises, Zhang Chen was able to easily switch back and forth between the mouse and the human body. However, he could only change forms within five minutes while lying on the ground and concentrating on his exercises. He was unable to change freely during action. However, Zhang Chen is already very satisfied with the current progress. After a lot of subsequent practice, the transformation into whatever he wants will become a matter of course. After successfully transforming into a mouse, Zhang Chen also successfully mastered the Mysterious Skills and rushed directly to the top of the first level of foundation building. Like the Green Lotus Sword Code, he only had one chance to break through to the second level.

With joy and relaxation, the trio from the left-behind school returned to their dormitory and fell asleep with their heads covered to welcome Christmas the next day.

The next morning, Zhang Chen got up and was startled by the piles of gifts in the room. Neither he nor Harry thought that they would receive Christmas gifts again.

"Merry Christmas, Harry, Zhang," Ron said sleepily as Harry fumbled out of bed and pulled on his dressing gown.

"I wish you happiness too." Harry said, "Come and take a look, I have received a few gifts."

"Ha, I only have three or four. I guess, Hermione should have some. Sure enough, these and the chocolates were given by her." Zhang Chen looked at the number of gifts from the three of them. Ron's was the most, piled up into a small mountain. Harry was second, with two digits of gifts, and only he had the least, with three or five boxes barely stacked into a tetrahedron shape.

"Oh, no," Ron groaned, pointing to a big box that he, Zhang Chen, and Harry each had. "My mother, she knitted a Weasley's unique thing for each of you. Grow sweaters.”

Harry opened the paper package and saw a thick bright green hand-knitted sweater and a large box of homemade fudge. Zhang Chen opened his own packet. Fortunately, it was black.

"She knits us a sweater every year," Ron said, opening his own paper bag. "Mine is always dark purple."

"She's so nice," said Harry, tasting a piece of fudge and finding it very sweet.

"I also think, Ron, you should be grateful. You are much better than Harry and I. We have never felt about our parents. Well, Harry still knows who his parents are at least. I don't even know who my parents are." "Know." When talking about this topic, Zhang Chen and Harry couldn't help but feel a little bit in the same boat.

The sentimental atmosphere was dashed away when Harry opened his final gift, an invisibility cloak that looked like liquid metal from The Terminator. Harry put the fabric on his body, walked to the mirror, lowered his head, and found that all his shoulders had disappeared, and only his head was dangling in the air. Zhang Chen asked Harry to pull the invisible spirit above his head, and he used his spiritual consciousness to discover that Harry was completely invisible. Not only was he invisible visually, but his spiritual consciousness could not detect traces of him.

"There was a note," Ron said suddenly. "A note fell out of it." Harry took off his invisibility cloak and grabbed the letter. On it, written in a slender, circle-within-a-circle font that he had never seen before, were the following lines: Your father left this thing to me before he died. It should be returned to you now. Use it well. I sincerely wish you a Merry Christmas. Harry waited in a daze for the unsigned note, while Ron and Zhang Chen took the invisibility cloak and marveled at it. Zhang Chen tried to use his chi to pass through the invisibility cloak, but found that the chi could not penetrate it, but became invisible. After wandering around on the surface of the clothes, it is emitted from the other side of the clothes. This magical material can isolate the movement of magic. After putting it on, it is like isolating a space between heaven and earth. Everything in this space is self-contained. The system no longer communicates with the outside world. Moreover, this invisibility cloak has a large area, and four adults can fit in with a little squeeze without any problem.

"Zhang, Ron" Harry suddenly shouted excitedly, "With this invisibility cloak, we can go to the library area to find Nicolas Flamel."

"You can still explore Hogwarts without any worries." Ron also suddenly understood the function of the invisibility cloak. "Filch will never find us again."

The three of them were very excited and immediately decided to use the invisibility cloak to go to the district to find information about Nicole Flamel tonight.