The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 463 Magic Discussion
The wizards of the Celestial Empire called themselves alchemists, and used magic bracelets to assist with hand gestures in casting spells. The bracelet can be seen as a magic wand bent into a ring. According to the records in the books, the tools used by the Celestial Empire alchemists to cast spells were varied in history. However, as time went on, the Celestial Empire alchemists finally chose bracelets as their own tools for casting spells, balancing the two requirements of simplicity and magic power.

If we talk about the characteristics, the biggest feature of the Celestial Dynasty alchemists is that they use materials for casting spells. For example, various powdered and liquid magic herbs, such as pre-prepared rune paper or talisman cards with runes drawn on them. The disadvantage of this kind of casting is that the type of spells released will be affected by the preparations beforehand and the cost is also higher. However, the advantage is that the success rate and power of the spell will increase by the same amount.

Well, Ryan had tried to use the knowledge of Maoshan Taoism to use spellcasting materials to assist in casting spells. But maybe because different worlds have different rules, and these rules sometimes conflict. As a result, the methods he explored by himself had many flaws, so the effect was mediocre. Now these books in the library can help him a lot.

Hermione also found some magic involving the soul in the library. She could use this knowledge as another entry point to more conveniently study the rules between graduate students and death.

While the two were hanging out in the library, the little puppets also found a good place to be useful: when they were wandering around the campus, they happened to meet Professor Yanyun, a descendant of the Yanshi clan. Rose Crystal, who could share all knowledge with Ryan, used her puppet-making knowledge to talk to Professor Yanyun, so Professor Yanyun also shared her ancestral puppet secrets with the little guy. At the same time, she let her puppets learn from each other with the Rose Girl, helping these new little puppets improve their usual combat and spellcasting skills.

After spending half a month reading the books Ryan and his friends wanted to read, they naturally became acquainted with many of the Chinese Taoist priests who were reading in the library during the holidays. So one afternoon when these Taoist priests clamored to go to the arena to compete, Ryan and Hermione followed them.

"Ring fighting is our favorite activity, much more popular than the Quidditch introduced from you." Yan Yue, a young female Taoist priest from the Celestial Empire, said this. She is a student at Kunlun College and will be in the sixth grade after the start of the school. She met Ryan and the others while reading. She showed up at school during the holidays because she planned to take the entrance exam after graduating from Kunlun College, and her family was well-off. So she came here in advance to feel the atmosphere of the highest institution of Taoist priests in the Celestial Empire.

The fighting ring was actually built in a sunken stadium, which was divided into basketball court-sized venues by magic barriers. In each venue, there were people fighting, some fighting alone, and some fighting in teams of two or three. There were 10 venues in the entire stadium, and four people who looked like professors were ready to stop any magic that was too dangerous.

"Okay, I'll go first." Yan Yue said as she entered a ring with the greetings of several companions. As soon as she and her opponent stood up, she saw her opponent raise his hand and a red light shot over, but Yan Yue stretched out her hand to hold up a blue translucent shield the size of a plate to block the red light.

"Another sneak attack. Is sneak attack the only thing you learned in Jiuli? Can't you be more open and aboveboard?" After saying that, she pointed her sword forward and a transparent air sword shot out. The male Taoist priest with a ponytail opposite her quickly dodged to the side. The air sword hit the specially treated stone slab and made a sound of metal and stone clashing.

"I am really good at sneak attacks!" The Jiuli Taoist priest seemed to be familiar with Yan Yue. He would occasionally release red or green beams to hinder Yan Yue's actions. But Ryan could sense that he was actually using these moves as a cover to secretly release some tiny insects and some medicinal powders.

Because he was trying to do two things at the same time, Jiuli Taoist was pushed to the edge of the ring step by step. Just when he seemed to be about to fall out of the ring, he smiled at Yan Yue: "The Five Gods are gathering, you've been fooled."

With a gesture, the things he had placed on the table were immediately activated. A stream of green smoke emerged from the ground like petals, then wrapped around Yan Yue and closed fiercely.

"Haha, I won." But at the moment when Jiuli Taoist priests cheered, Yan Yue's crisp voice came out from the green smoke ball. "My stupid brother, do you really think you won?"

Before he finished speaking, a transparent gas ball as big as a football hit the front of Jiuli Taoist priest and exploded. The Jiuli Taoist priest who was just cheering was blown away. Then he fell to the ground with a dusty face. "I feel like my bones are going to break. Sister, you are too harsh." The young Jiuli Taoist priest stood up and waved his hand to remove the dust on his body, then complained to Yan Yue who came out of the dust.

"I've been on guard against you since you used this move last time. Don't treat others as fools." Yan Yue cleaned off the dust on her body and grabbed the man's ear. "In actual combat, you need to be flexible. It's stupid to use the same moves over and over again."

Next, at the invitation of Yan Yue and her brother, Ryan and Hermione had a two-on-two fight with them. The Yan siblings did have some practical skills. At the beginning, the younger brother released fog to cover his vision, while the older sister hid in the fog and launched an attack.

However, Ryan and Hermione easily used their magic to sense the location of the siblings hidden in the fog that could block general magic detection, and then used two consecutive silent stun spells to quickly hit the same point. The first spell broke the opponent's defensive magic, and then the second spell knocked the opponent unconscious.

The battle lasted less than a minute, and Ryan and his team fought several more battles with other volunteers. However, the battles were basically over within a minute, whether one-on-one or two-person team battles. Some people didn't even know how they failed when they were defeated.

The students watching around looked a little frustrated. Yan Yue was a very outgoing person, and she had gotten to know Ryan and the others well during the half-month study time in the library, so she came up and asked directly, "Are all wizards in Britain so powerful?"

"No, no, no!" Looking at the frustrated wizards watching, Hermione explained, "We are just exceptions. For example, Ryan won the Triwizard Tournament two years ago. In the first game, he beat a western dragon to death alone. And this year, we escaped unscathed from the battle against the Death Eaters, the most powerful terrorist organization in our country. According to one of our Aurors, our actual strength is no worse than that of some professional Aurors. You don't have to treat us as ordinary students."

After a brief introduction to what an Auror is, a pair of twin young men came up and asked, "May I ask if we would be honored to fight with you?"

"Wang brothers, why are you adults bullying my nephew and his wife?" Uncle Ryan squeezed out of the crowd and looked at the twins. "I remember that you ranked third and fourth respectively when you took the inspection last year, and won the third-class merit within one year of your employment. Isn't it a bit too much for you to come and bully my nephew and his wife who haven't graduated yet?"

"Professor Liang, actually it's like this—" another professor who had just watched the whole process explained. After hearing the explanation, the uncle laughed, "Well, it seems that you two little guys are much better than I thought. In this case, why don't you compete now? We professors will be your referees."

Soon, several professors connected the four rings together and created some shelters and obstacles on top. Then, amid the cheers of the surrounding teachers and students, the four people walked onto the ring and prepared to start their competition.

(End of this chapter)