I'm a priest at Hogwarts

Chapter 32 Soul Cultivation
In the next few days, Harry and Ron left early and returned late every day, and hid in a corner during class, muttering furtively. Only Hermione was worried every day, and wanted to ask for help several times, but Harry and Ron blocked.

Orlando was very careful about them. In his opinion, it would be better to study the mysteries of magic if he had time to spare, so he wouldn't bother to worry about what they were up to.He just warned them verbally that the talisman cannot be used in school, let alone for students, otherwise he will take it back, and it will be impossible for him to want it in the future.

With the in-depth study of the ancient rune, coupled with the senior teacher Nicole Flamel, Orlando's attainments in the ancient rune have improved by leaps and bounds.Now he can understand some documents and manuscripts left by medieval magicians by himself. This has played a vital role in the study of attribute magic. The previously specious and ambiguous questions have now been answered. Orlando enjoys it. This sense of rapid growth in knowledge.

In the evening, after having dinner in the school auditorium, Orlando returned to the hidden hut early. Nicole Flamel habitually sat by the fireplace, reclined in the reclining chair and closed his eyes to refresh himself. Yuri brewed kung fu tea beside him. It was taught by Orlando, and Nicole Flamel liked it very much, and he had to drink a pot every day after meals.

Seeing the little master walking in, Yuri was about to salute with joy, but Orlando hurriedly stopped it, making a silent motion, signaling him not to wake up the teacher.

Finding a chair to sit down, Orlando made himself a cup of tea, which was Chinese black tea in color, took a sip, and it still tasted the same as before. After drinking three cups in a row, he let out a comfortable sigh.

At this moment, Nicole Flamel woke up, "Are you back?"

"I'm back, teacher, are you feeling better today?"

"It's much better, not to mention that this soul-suppressing pill is really a good thing. I've always been curious, how did you learn this alchemy method?" He wanted to ask several times, but he couldn't open his mouth. Live and ask out.

"I accidentally obtained a Taoist classic, and I learned it from the book, teacher." After getting in touch with him for a while, Orlando recognized this teacher in his heart, and he would not hide some things from him.

After hesitating for a while, Orlando stretched out his hand, silently recited the name of the magic weapon, and a glazed bracelet appeared.

"Teacher, along with the classics, there is also this bracelet."

Nicole Flamel inspected it, and then fell into deep thought. After a while, he said: "I have come into contact with some masters of Taoism, and their cultivation methods are self-contained, which can be roughly divided into inner alchemy and outer alchemy. For a period of time, the Outer Alchemy faction dominated the imperial court and the Inner Alchemy faction fought bitterly."

After being silent for a while, Nicole Flamel continued: "When I was young, I traveled to the east and stayed in the north of Mount Tai for a short time. I was fortunate enough to witness a Taoist competition, which can be described as an eye-opener."

Nicole Flamel chuckled, as if thinking of something interesting, "At that time, I was young and vigorous, and I thought that I could go anywhere in the world when I was a master of magic. The more places I traveled and the wider my knowledge, I realized that I was Frog at the bottom of the well, this competition of Daoism has completely awakened me. It turns out that human power can change the world, make the sun and the moon darken, and the sea to change the fields. It was at that moment that I learned from the pain and returned to Europe to concentrate on cultivation.”

Orlando listened with gusto. It turns out that the teacher has such a wonderful life experience, which is really an eye-opener and a feast for the ears.

"Teacher, what happened next?"

"Later, I studied Taoism humbly, but I still couldn't understand it. It seems that Taoism and magic are incompatible. Taoism pays attention to absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, cultivating alchemy and Qi, and cultivating great power for longevity; it is different from magic, but it has similarities. In the same place, magic cultivates the spiritual power, and Taoism cultivates the primordial spirit. Although the two methods are different, they also strengthen the soul, evolve the body, and finally break the shackles of the human body, transcending the outside world, and immortality."

Orlando refilled a cup of tea for the teacher, Nicole Flamel took a sip, looked at the student with a smile, and said with a smile: "Orlando, do you want to know why the teacher can live for hundreds of years?"

"Why?" Orlando asked subconsciously.

"Okay."

In an instant, an identical person walked out of Nicole Flamel's sitting body. This person's expression and behavior were exactly the same as the sitting one, making Orlando wonder if his eyes were dazzled.

"Teacher, is this?"

"Hehe, are you surprised?" The two spoke at the same time, with the same tone and demeanor.

Orlando couldn't help stretching out his hand to touch it. If he could touch it, it was a real person, which made people very puzzled.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, the person who came out slowly merged into the real body.

Nicole Flamel drank his tea and said with a little complacency: "This is why I can live for hundreds of years."

"Please ask the teacher to clarify." Orlando thought like a cat's claws scratching. Isn't the purpose of his hard practice of Taoism to cultivate the golden core and escape from life, old age, sickness and death?Now, this secret door is right in front of him, how can he not let his heart move.

"You, you have always given people the impression that you are diligent, studious, courteous, calm and capable, and immovable like a mountain. Why do you suddenly break your defenses and become irritable?" As he spoke, he laughed out loud.

"Teacher, how can you joke with the students like this." After being teased by the teacher, Orlando's eagerness calmed down. The Taoist is the most afraid of impetuosity, so no matter what time it is, controlling one's emotions is the kingly way.

"I haven't been this happy for a long time. Since I accepted you as an apprentice, I have found that I have become a lot younger. I thought I was used to the boring life and looked down on life, old age, sickness and death. Now it seems to be full of youthful vitality." Nicole Flamel With a sigh of emotion, he continued.

"I still remember the first time we met. I asked, there are so many people in the world, and there are amazing and talented wizards in every era. Why should I accept you as a student?"

"Remember, the teacher said that I have a good talent and a strong innate soul power, so I can learn any magic at once."

"Then do you know what a soul is?"

"This is how I explained it in the book." Orlando thought for a while and then said: "According to the Taoist classics, the three treasures of man-jing, qi, and god. Jing is the foundation of life; Qi is the driving force of life; God is the source of life." Master. Among them, the god is the primordial spirit, that is, the soul, who is the master of the three treasures and rules everything about people. The human soul is composed of three souls and seven souls. Teacher, am I right to answer this way?"

Nicole Flamel looked at the student in front of him with a strange expression, and asked him to explain his soul. He produced a set of Taoism classics. Although he did not object to Taoism, as his only student, what he studied all day long It's heresy, which makes him feel so embarrassed, it seems that it's time to correct his mistakes.

"Apprentice, although Taoism is wonderful, it is not the right way after all. You must know that since the world changed drastically 500 years ago, without the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, Taoism has completely declined. Although there are still some wonderful inheritances in the ancient eastern country, it is not the mainstream after all. , It’s hard to continue, you still have to focus on magic cultivation.” Although Nicole Flamel was a little angry, he still persuaded him in a kind tone.

Orlando understands the painstaking efforts of the teacher. Although the path of cultivation goes against the sky, if the sky is gone, there is nothing to practice.After all, without the aura of heaven and earth, no matter how you practice, it is still a period of Qi training. If you can't cultivate it, you will end up with loess.In his last life, he practiced hard for [-] years, and replaced the aura of heaven and earth with industrial electric energy. In the end, he ended up with a golden core explosion. This is a lesson from the past.

"Teacher, I understand, please teach me the way of soul cultivation." Orlando said solemnly.

Seeing that the student understood so quickly, Nicole Flamel comforted him. After all, no matter how smart and talented the student is, if he is unwilling to learn, how can you, a teacher, force him to fail?

"This soul is a collection of thinking and will. The will starts from the form and ends in the body. What does it mean? It means that the living body perceives the world through the senses and forms judgments. These judgments are the initial cognition of the world. All kinds of cognitions come together to form various thoughts, and finally thousands of thoughts come together to form an aggregate. With this aggregate, there is spirituality, the seven emotions and six desires. This is the will, and the will is the high-level expression of the soul. Different forms, different life forms have different strengths and weaknesses, and their abilities also vary."

Having said so much in one breath, Nicole Flamel paused and took a sip of tea. Seeing that Orlando was deep in thought, he was not in a hurry to speak.

"Teacher, what you mean is that the strength of the soul depends on the will, and the will can be tempered the day after tomorrow, so the cultivation of the soul is the cultivation of the will."

Putting down the teacup, Nicole Flamel chuckled and continued noncommittally: "That's right, tempering the will is a way to increase the power of the soul, just like you get up early every day to exercise your body, high-intensity exercise tempers your body , increased the strength of the body, but if you don't get enough food to replenish energy, do you think you can continue to maintain high-intensity exercise? In the same way, it is not enough to temper the will alone, and it must be combined with the practice of soul magic. Strengthen your own will, and at the same time absorb the magical elements of heaven and earth to strengthen your soul. Of course, if it is just like this, your soul may be immortal in a hundred years, but your body will be decayed. When your body dies, you will become a wandering between the world Lonely ghost." At this point, Nicole Flamel deliberately paused, looked at the teacup, and deliberately said in a hurry.

Orlando hurriedly refilled the tea for the teacher, watched him drink slowly, tried to urge him several times and finally endured it, this is really a person who is anxious to death.

"What's the hurry? You don't have many unique skills. You really think that your teacher is just for nothing." The more anxious Orlando became, the more calm Nicole Flamel became. After getting along for so many days, he is satisfied with this student No, I completely treat him as my younger relative, and tease him from time to time, just like the grandfather of the next generation.

Orlando played tricks together and made the old wizard laugh out loud.

"Teacher, tell me how to do it."

"The soul is not born with it. It must grow with the host body. The host body can be everything. Without the host body, the soul is just a rootless weed. Have you seen ghosts in Hogwarts?"

"Yes, I remember the headless Sir Nick of Gryffindor also called me the ghost messenger."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Orlando recounted in detail how he had entrapped Peeves and was called the ghost messenger by the ghosts.

"Oriental Taoism is always so mysterious and powerful! It's a pity that the way forward has been broken and it's hard to continue. That's why I don't agree with you to take this way." Nicole Flamel said with emotion One sentence.

"Orlando, until you become stronger, it's better to use these methods sparingly."

"Well, teacher, I remember."

"Let's get down to business, today I will teach you the method of nourishing the soul. This method seizes the elements of heaven and earth for your own use, cultivates the soul and nourishes the soul, strengthens the soul and then feeds back to the body. You must know that the body is the body, and the soul is the master. Without the body, the soul can do nothing." By; without the soul, the body is just a shell."

Afterwards, Nicole Flamel explained and demonstrated in person, and immediately corrected any mistakes. One taught carefully and the other studied seriously. Soon Orlando mastered the key points.

When meditating before, he just felt that the magic elements of the soul entered his mind. He didn't know how to use them. Now with the teacher's guidance, these magic elements that were absorbed into his mind were absorbed by the soul and refined to become part of the soul body.

When one day, his soul turns from virtual to real, and grows to be the same as his teacher, he can also go out of his body and act like a real person.

At that time, as long as his body is immortal, his soul will not dissipate, and his lifespan will be infinitely extended. Of course, it is not easy to achieve this step.

"Teacher, since your soul has materialized, why..." Orlando stopped in the middle of this question. He hesitated, wondering if he should ask.

"You want to ask, why is the body still decaying, and almost died, right?"

"Sorry, teacher."

Nicole Flamel waved his hand to indicate that it was all right.

"There is no limit to soul cultivation. As long as you want, you can practice indefinitely. Of course, the premise is that you have to live, but my body is a mortal body after all. Even if I have the power of the soul to feed back, I can't break the shackles of the body."

After pausing for a while, Nicole Flamel went on to say: "100 years ago, I found that my body function began to decline. No matter how the power of the soul fed back, the decline was still inevitable. At this time, I knew that the time limit was not far away. Well, in order to prolong my life, I tried my best to create a Philosopher's Stone, which is also the Philosopher's Stone, and it was this stone that allowed me to prolong my life for 100 years."

"So that's the case, teacher, then why did you give the Sorcerer's Stone to Dumbledore? It's not tantamount to suicide."

"Hehe, the Philosopher's Stone is a product of alchemy after all. After a long time, my body has developed resistance to it. It can extend my lifespan for 100 years, which is already the limit. So for me, it is no longer necessary to have it It's important. Fortunately, Dumbledore recommended you to me. I was optimistic about your qualifications, so I accepted you as a disciple, and you gave me the Soul Rescue Pill. This really corresponds to the Buddhist saying, the cycle of cause and effect , Good people get rewarded! Hahahahaha."

Accepting Orlando as an apprentice was something Nicole Flamel was most proud of. He felt that he had taken advantage of Dumbledore, and every time he talked about it, he would be extremely happy.

The old and the young are sitting in front of the fireplace while sipping tea and chatting happily.

"Teacher, it's getting late, you should go to bed early." Seeing that the teacher was already showing signs of fatigue, Orlando hurriedly terminated today's teaching and told the teacher to go to bed early, otherwise he would overdraw his life.

(End of this chapter)