Chinese students at Hogwarts

Zhang Xiao placed the match in front of him, followed Professor McGonagall's instructions, flicked his wand, pointed at the match, and said:

"Vera Verto!"

The match shook lightly twice, but nothing happened. After trying it twice more, Zhang Xiao put down the wand and frowned slightly.

No, such a blind attempt is too inefficient. There must be something you haven't thought of or noticed. Just like doing Mathematical Olympiad questions in your previous life, sometimes it’s not that you don’t know how to do it, but you just lack an idea for solving the problem.

Zhang Xiao pulled the parchment and began to recall the key points taught by Professor McGonagall in the previous class, and wrote down the important points that needed attention.

Professor McGonagall said that deformed objects must have accurate ideas and must not be half-hearted when deforming. Don't regard deformed objects as deformations, but reveal their true appearance.

Anyway, what Zhang Xiao heard was vague, and this description was very magical. Since Professor McGonagall didn't have much contact with Muggle society, she didn't know how to describe it in a Muggle way.

Zhang Xiao wrote: "First of all, it is certain that magic is idealistic. You must have accurate ideas to understand it and clearly know what you want to transform."

Well, it should be very possible. For example, if I want to turn a person into a monkey, then I think that a baboon is not bad. What will be transformed?

After dipping in ink, Zhang Xiao continued to write:

"Then how does the deformation occur? The professor said that the deformed object should be regarded as what it is. It can be understood that if it is not a match, it is a needle? Isn't this the literal meaning of referring to a deer as a horse?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiao put down his pen and picked up his magic wand, thinking desperately about the transformation process from match to needle.

"Vera Verto!"

The match shook more than last time, and seemed to have a bit of metallic luster, but upon closer inspection, it was still a match.

Failed again?

Wrong way of thinking? Still not strong enough?

Zhang Xiao adjusted a few positions and stared at the match with wide eyes, but still failed, even worse than the first time.

Uh, no, what went wrong?

Although transfiguration is difficult, by the fourth or fifth grade, it is basically no problem for a little wizard to transform into a small thing.

In other words, there is nothing incomprehensible about transfiguration, and it is a universal spell that everyone can master.

Malfoy saw Zhang Xiao busy and asked curiously:

"What are you doing?"

"Experiment," Zhang Xiao said without raising his head, "Experiment how the transformation technique is successful."

How did the experimental transfiguration work? Malfoy did not follow Zhang Xiao's train of thought for a moment. He thought for a while and said in a habitual showoff tone:

“My dad told me that I couldn’t even learn the art of transfiguration at the beginning.

But I checked a lot of information and found that you only need to keep trying until you feel that it is either a match or a needle, and then success is not far away from you. After you succeed once, it will be much easier to learn transfiguration in the future! "

As if lightning flashed across his mind, Zhang Xiao suddenly raised his head, stared at the matches on the table, and murmured to himself:

"Is it either a match or a needle? What we need to care about is not the process of change, but the result?"

After taking a few deep breaths, Zhang Xiao closed his eyes, looking for the feeling he usually had when doing morning meditation. When he opened his eyes again, his heart was already at peace.

Staring at the matches on the table, I tried my best to imagine the match as a needle, and kept improving the details:

"This is not a match. This is a needle. It has a bright metallic color and a sharp end. If you accidentally poke it on your finger, it will definitely hurt.

There is a small, oval-shaped hole at the tail, which is used for threading. The hole cannot be too narrow, otherwise the thread licked with saliva will not be able to pass through.

This is a needle, an ordinary needle that I have seen countless times. "

He took out his wand, tapped it gently, and murmured:

"Vera Verto."

Under Malfoy's horrified gaze, the matches on the table suddenly twisted rapidly. In just the blink of an eye, a needle exactly as Zhang Xiao imagined was lying quietly on the table.

A smile appeared on Zhang Xiao's face. He seemed to vaguely touch something in his heart, but when he thought about it carefully, he found nothing. Zhang Xiao knew that this was a sign of having some insights but not accumulating enough.

"Unbelievable" a voice suddenly sounded in front of him. Zhang Xiao raised her head and saw Professor McGonagall standing in front of him, with a rare smile on her serious face. She picked up the needle and looked at it carefully.

Repeated again, "It's unbelievable, Mr. Zhang, have you practiced transfiguration before?"

Zhang Xiao shook his head: "No, Professor McGonagall."

"Perfect! 10 points for Slytherin! To commend Mr. Zhang for his outstanding performance!

You must know that many outstanding children who have been taught by their parents have difficulty in conjuring a complete needle in the first class. It is still such a delicate needle that I can't find any trace of a match at all! "

The little wizards were immediately amazed. Before they even touched the door, someone was able to completely turn into a needle!

Professor McGonagall put down the needle, looked at Zhang Xiao through the square lenses, and pursed her lips:

"Zhang, there is no doubt that you are amazingly talented in transformation. I hope you can keep it up and not let down your talent."

After saying that, she lightly tapped Zhang Xiao's parchment with her wand. A lot of book titles immediately appeared on it. Zhang Xiao glanced at it and felt his scalp numb:

"Transfiguration Today", "How Much Do You Know About the Transfiguration Spell", "The Secret of Transfiguration", "The Fascinating Transfiguration".

"These books are available in the library. I suggest you keep an eye on "Transfiguration Today" and plan to read the books I mentioned. This will be very beneficial for you to establish basic concepts of Transfiguration."

"Yes, Professor McGonagall." Zhang Xiao agreed weakly. After Professor McGonagall left, Malfoy came over and asked in a low voice, half envious and half jealous:

"How did you do it? My dad said"

Zhang Xiao rolled up the parchment, put it in the Qiankun bag, and interrupted him:

"Okay Malfoy, can't you do anything without your father? Your father is not omnipotent, otherwise your statue should be in the Cathedral of St. Mary, being held by the Virgin!"

He stared at Malfoy with a sulky face and said softly:

"You know, it was not Professor McGonagall or your father who inspired me, but the information you worked so hard to check yourself, Draco! You may be able to do better on your own, Draco."

Malfoy was stunned for a while, then silently started trying again, but this time he was much more focused and no longer quietly paying attention to what Zhang Xiao was doing.

Why do I think it can transform successfully just by following the needle? Zhang Xiao touched his chin and thought about this problem.

Wait a minute, isn’t this the power of “I Xunsi”? ? ?

I wonder if this is a needle, it becomes a needle?

That's not right. If that's the case, why do we need spells and wands? And there won't be so many books on the study of transfiguration. Just one sentence is enough: hypnotize yourself.

Isn't this nonsense? Zhang Xiao recalled that Professor McGonagall said that his talent was amazing, and he felt a little guilty. For a top student like him, knowing but not knowing why is the most uncomfortable thing.

What they want is not the result, but the why. If they don’t understand the why, they will feel uncomfortable.

Zhang Xiao secretly decided that if he had the chance, he would find another academic god, Hermione Granger, to share his experience on transfiguration.

It is also worth mentioning that near the end of class, Malfoy also successfully transformed part of the match into a needle.

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Sorry, I know you may not like to watch this kind of plot, but the role of this kind of plot is very important. To bury clues and foreshadow the plot, it needs to be excessive.