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Chapter 4055 [Wingardium Leviosa]

"This book, The True Explanation of the Five Elements, could really be the lost book of Kunlun Magic Academy." Xiang Nan stroked the bamboo slips and said, "I just don't know how it ended up in the junk shop in Diagon Alley."

But he didn't dwell on it. No matter how the scroll came out, it was in his hands now. Xiang Nan then read the "True Explanation of the Five Elements" carefully.

There are spells, hand seals, runes and magic arrays of the Five Elements Taoism on it, which are similar to Western magic. To perform magic in the Western world, spells, hand gestures, runes and magic arrays are also needed.

It's just that the Eastern and Western worlds have different names for it. Moreover, Eastern Taoism and Western magic are similar in nature.

For example, the gold-based Taoist magic "Golden Armor Body Protection" is roughly equivalent to the "Iron Armor Curse"; the water-based Taoist magic "Mysterious Ice Curse" is roughly equivalent to the "Freezing Curse"; the fire-based Taoist magic "Red Flame Curse" is roughly equivalent to the "Burning Flames"; the wood-based Taoist magic "Thorn Curse" is roughly equivalent to the "Vine Root Entanglement"...

However, the Five Elements Taoism is still magical, and many of them are not found in the Western magical world, or are unknown to Xiang Nan.

For example, the "earth escape technique". As far as Xiang Nan knows, there is rarely such magic in the Western magic world. Another example is the "sword-wielding technique". It is also not found in the Western magic world.

But they have flying brooms, so they can ride on them and don’t have to step on a sword to go up to the sky.

……

Xiang Nan read "The True Explanation of the Five Elements Taoism" for the whole night.

Although he memorized all the contents of the bamboo slips in less than half an hour, he still needed to practice for a long time to deeply comprehend and apply them freely.

After getting up early and having breakfast, Xiang Nan received an owl from Lily, asking him to go to the river to practice magic.

It turned out that Lily had wanted to learn magic before, but because she didn't have a wand, Xiang Nan never dared to teach her magic.

After all, although she is very talented, she is still young and has just started to learn magic, so it is impossible for her to "cast spells without a wand".

This is different from Xiang Nan. He has been learning magic with his mother since he was five years old, and it has been seven years now. Most wizards only learn magic for seven years at Hogwarts.

Although Xiang Nan looks like a child, his soul is actually that of a thousand-year-old man. He has profound inner strength and a strong will, and he remains calm even when facing a crisis.

So he can master advanced spellcasting techniques such as wandless casting and silent casting. But if Lily also tries it, it is likely to cause serious consequences.

It has been said more than once in the original Harry Potter novel that failure in casting a spell can have serious consequences.

For example, when he used the Levitation Charm, he ended up lying on the floor with a bison standing on his chest; Seamus Finnigan's spells would explode whenever he cast them, blowing up feathers, cauldrons, cups, and even singeing his own hair; Luna Lovegood's mother tried a new spell and ended up killing herself...

So even though Lily had always been curious about magic, Xiang Nan never taught her.

But now that Lily has her own wand, she can start learning.

Also, since they were not officially enrolled yet, it wouldn't be wrong to practice magic outside of school.

In fact, the reason why the Ministry of Magic prohibits underage wizards from practicing magic outside of school is mainly because they are afraid of being discovered by Muggles and exposing the magical world.

Therefore, children from wizarding families can practice magic at home.

For example, in the original Harry Potter book, it is mentioned more than once that Fred and George of the Weasley family had performed magic at home. They once turned Ron's doll into a spider, causing him to suffer from arachnophobia. Harry Potter also read Snape's memories, in which his parents were always arguing, while Snape hid in the bedroom and shot mosquitoes in the house with his wand...

……

Xiang Nan then came to the river, where Lily was already waiting.

"Severus, I read the Standard Book of Spells: Elementary yesterday. It records several kinds of magic." Lily frowned and said, "I tried it, but it doesn't seem to work."

"For magic to be performed successfully, spells, gestures, and concentration are all essential." Xiang Nan explained, "The spell must be recited clearly, and the intonation must be mastered. The gestures must also be done well, and you must concentrate fully.

For example, the spell of the levitation spell "Wingardium Leviosa" should be pronounced as "Wingardium Leviosa", and the word "Ga" should be pronounced long and clearly.

And don't forget to wave and shake it, so that it can be successfully performed. "Xiang Nan explained, "Come, look."

As he said this, he took out his magic wand, waved it and shook it, "Winga-Dimlevi-O-Sa", and a stone on the shore immediately floated up.

Xiang Nan then shook his wand, and the stone flew everywhere.

"Wow~" Lily Evans was stunned.

"Come on, try it yourself. Remember 'Yujia-Dimlevi-O-Sa', wave and shake." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

"Yujia Dimuleviosa." Lily imitated it, waving and shaking. Suddenly, her body shook, as if she was hit by something, and then blood gushed out of her nose.

Xiang Nan was shocked when he saw it, and hurried forward to help her stop the bleeding, "What's going on? Your spell was correct, and your movements were standard, so why didn't it work?"

"I don't know either. I wanted to make that stone fly, but it didn't work." Lily pointed at a stone on the shore in confusion.

Xiang Nan understood immediately after seeing it, "I see. That's because you are still young and your magic power is not that strong, so when you try to lift such a big stone, you will naturally suffer a backlash.

Just like weightlifting, if you can only lift 20 kilograms but force yourself to lift a 100-kilogram barbell, it will definitely crush you. Let's proceed step by step, starting with leaves. Once you get used to it, you can slowly challenge higher levels."

Although the Harry Potter world does not clearly divide magic power into strong and weak, it is certain that the magic power of young wizards is weaker than that of adult wizards.

Therefore, when professors teach, they always start with the easy and then move on to the difficult. For example, when Professor Flitwick teaches the Levitation Charm, he first asks students to make a feather fly; when Professor McGonagall teaches the Transfiguration Charm, she first asks students to turn a match into a needle. When teaching the Vanishing Charm, she also asks students to turn into a snail first, then into a mouse...

It was a bit radical for Lily to plan to lift a large rock just after she practiced the levitation spell.

"I saw you lifting a rock and I thought I could do it, too." Lily smiled awkwardly.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I didn't explain it to you clearly." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "I started learning magic from my mother when I was five years old. I also started by practicing with leaves and grass roots."

"It's not your fault." Lily waved her hands. "I was too aggressive. I'll try again~"

"Winga-Dimlevi-Osa." She cast the spell again, then waved and shook it, and a leaf on the ground immediately floated up. "Great!" Lily said happily, and then the leaf fell to the ground again.

(End of this chapter)