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Chapter 4075 [The Origin of Magic]

"What are you going to do?" Best looked at Xiang Nan dissatisfied.

"Do you still dare to fight with the two of us?" Samuel asked provocatively.

"Hanging upside down!" Xiang Nan silently recited a spell, and after a flash of light, Best and Samuel were suddenly upside down in the air.

Their feet seemed to be caught by an invisible hook, their robes hung down, and they were completely unable to move, with a look of panic on their faces.

Everyone in the classroom looked at Xiang Nan in surprise. They didn't expect that he could subdue two people with just one move. He was truly amazing.

Seeing this, the other students of Slytherin College did not dare to step forward. Gregory, on the other hand, took out his wand, stood next to Xiang Nan, and took precautionary actions.

Seeing this, Joey and Benjamin also took out their wands.

Seeing this, the Slytherin students dared not move.

"If you dare to say bad things about me again, I won't forgive you." Xiang Nan said, and then he waved his hand, and Best and Samuel fell down immediately, lying on their backs.

They finally got up and were about to say something to Xiang Nan, when the door opened and Professor Flitwick walked in. They had no choice but to shut up.

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"Hello, students. I am Professor Filius Flitwick, and I will be teaching you the Charms class." Professor Flitwick stood on a pile of books and said to Xiang Nan and the others, "Charms is a very profound and great subject. To learn it well, you must have a focused will, a hardworking spirit, and unremitting efforts.

If you want to learn spells well, you must lay a solid foundation. Today I will not teach spells, but will first talk about "Magic Theory" and the origin of magic. "

When the students heard this, they all looked disappointed. They wanted to learn some cool spells as soon as possible and had no interest in boring magic theories.

But Xiang Nan is very interested in this, because only by understanding the principles of magic can he truly master magic and eventually create his own magic.

So unlike other students, Xiang Nan listened very carefully, which also made Professor Flitwick very satisfied.

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Spells originated in ancient times. Magic already existed in ancient Egypt in 3000 BC and is still in use today.

Many ancient Egyptian ruins and tombs still have powerful protective spells to prevent any outsiders who dare to break in.

In ancient Greece, a group of powerful wizards emerged in Europe. For example, the despicable Herpo, who bred the first serpent and created the first Horcrux; the invincible Andros, who cast a patronus as big as a giant; the witch Circe, who was good at transfiguration and could turn people into pigs; and Falco Essaren, the first Animagus in recorded history, who could turn into a falcon.

During the same period, the Chinese wizard Zou Yan perfected the theory of the five elements and yin and yang, and was also an outstanding alchemist.

However, although the spells before Christ were powerful, they were relatively primitive, wild, and difficult to master. Therefore, in the Middle Ages, wizards began to establish magic schools to teach children with magical talents so that they could better control magic power and release magic.

Hogwarts in the UK, Uagardo in Africa, Beauxbatons in France, Durmstrang in Eastern Europe, etc. were established during this period. Magic was also better inherited and developed, and the system became more and more perfect, and the functions became more and more abundant. For example, Ignatia Wildsmith invented Floo powder in the 13th century; Grover Shipworth invented a refreshing potion to treat colds; the flatterer Gregory invented the flattery potion, which can make the person who takes the potion think of himself as his best friend; Felix Summerby invented the Happy Charm...

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"Due to the incompleteness of the literature in ancient times, the specific origin of the spell is unknown." Professor Flitwick explained, "Different wizards have different opinions on this. Some even believe that the history of the spell is far earlier than the origin of mankind, and it appeared at the beginning of the universe. For example, ancient Indian wizards believed that the first word "Om" at the beginning of the universe had powerful magic.

However, all schools of thought generally believe that the writing in ancient times was created and used by wizards and contains magical power. For example, the ancient Egyptian sacred books, the ancient Babylonian cuneiform, the Chinese oracle bone script, the Nordic runes...

The spells we use today are also evolved from these words and pronunciations. For example, the spell for "Lumos" is "Lumos", which comes from the Latin word "lumen", which means "light". Latin comes from ancient Greek, ancient Greek comes from ancient Phoenician, and ancient Phoenician comes from ancient Egyptian sacred books..."

Xiang Nan was greatly inspired after listening to this and thought that what Professor Flitwick said made a lot of sense.

For example, the sacred books of ancient Egypt were created and passed down by priests and monks; the oracle bone script of China was also used by wizards for divination; and the runes were said to have been created by Father Odin after he understood the mysteries of the universe...

"These characters were created by ancient wizards and contain magical power. Therefore, all kinds of spells created in later generations are arrangements and combinations of these characters." Xiang Nan thought again.

For example, the mantra for Expecto Patronum is "Expecto Patronum". Patronus means protector in Latin. Ex is the root word for outward, and pector- means chest.

The meaning of the complete spell is to generate a silver-white guardian angel with an animal appearance from the wizard's body to protect the master.

For example, the vanishing spell is “Evanesco”. E means outward and van- means empty, so it means “disappearing without a trace”.

"So that's how spells are created." Xiang Nan suddenly realized.

After knowing the origin and principle of spells, he can try to develop his own spells, just like after learning C language, he can try programming.

In fact, in the original work, it is not incredible that even students can develop powerful spells.

For example, when Finnigan Seamus cast the spell "Water Like a Spring", he swung his wand too hard, and the spring turned into a water dragon, which knocked Professor Flitwick over. As a result, Professor Flitwick punished him to copy "I am a wizard, not a baboon waving a stick".

But in fact, if he changes his mindset, he can try to increase the power of the spell by changing it from "clear water like a spring" to "water dragon coming out of a cave", making it as powerful as a high-pressure water gun or even a high-pressure water jet.

In that case, its power would not be much different from spells such as Invisible Strike, Shattered to Pieces, Thunderbolt Explosion, and Ten Thousand Bombs Fired at Once.

Another example is the Weasley brothers' Wizard Wheezes, which has launched many creative products. There is a hat that can make your head disappear after you put it on, which is a very powerful invisibility spell. Not to mention the hat that can automatically release the Shield Charm.

Of course, developing spells is not an easy task.

Even a talent like Snape had to revise the spells he developed, and it was unknown how many versions he had to go through before he could finally finalize them. Luna Lovegood's mother also lost her life because she was testing a new spell and something went wrong.

In order to test new products, the Weasley brothers would even use themselves as test subjects, and as a result, they were often covered in bruises.