Hogwarts: Dumbledore reigned over the wizarding world.

Chapter 236 Spell: Essence Spell

Dumbledore pondered for a moment and asked, "But this still doesn't solve the problem of the differences in students' learning progress."

"Simple!"

Vaughn had already considered this: "We can divide that place into beginner, intermediate, and advanced zones, and then implement a point system. All students entering for the first time will start in the beginner zone and earn points through adventure, exploration, puzzle-solving, combat, and so on, advancing to the advanced zone—"

To put it bluntly, it's basically a typical online game.

In 1992, this idea was novel, not only to wizards in the magical world but also to Muggles.

The novelty represents a lack of understanding, so Dumbledore actually didn't understand much, after all, he wasn't someone who traveled back from decades in the future.

However, even in Vaughn's brief explanation, he still detected some obvious drawbacks: "If a student clears the advanced level within seven years, what happens next? Won't it lead to a situation where there's nothing left to teach? And how many of those challenge items are there? Won't there be situations where someone successfully completes a challenge and then shares their method with others?"

Vaughn smiled.

"These problems do exist, but they are minor details that can be gradually resolved by refining the rules."

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"For example, the issue of clearing the advanced zone can be solved using a season system. Simply put, it means using one semester as one season, and resetting the semester's scores to zero at the end of the season. You don't have to worry about high-level students going through the lower-level zone again and disrupting the balance. We can record the previous semester's scores under each student's name as hidden scores."

"At the start of the new season, placement matches will be based on hidden MMR. Those who fail to place will start from the beginner zone, while those who succeed will start from the intermediate zone. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced are just the current tiers; the specific number of tiers and zones can be improved later."

Old Deng listened very carefully.

He found that the design of this so-called season perfectly solved his concerns, not to mention that Vaughn also mentioned the concept of rankings.

"—Grades should not only differentiate students' activity areas, but also be reflected in rankings. In my initial plan, I intend to divide students into five levels based on certain score ranges, named Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, etc., and create a ranking list. The list will be made public to everyone, just like the college cup selection at the end of each semester, except that this list is for individual honors."

"If you agree, I'm also planning to create an annual ranking list based on factors such as grade level and scores within each tier. People from every grade might make the list—and each person on both lists will receive bonus points for their college, along with corresponding rewards!"

this----

Dumbledore paused, stroking his beard.

If the previous season system was a solution to the problem of system cycles, then rankings and annual lists are a catalyst.

The current Academy Cup system is so lenient, yet it still attracts young wizards to compete fiercely for it.

Moreover, this system involves personal honor, collective honor, and material rewards.

Driven by profit, it even incidentally solved the problem he just mentioned: if someone clears the game, they might share the walkthrough with others.

He stared blankly at Vaughn.

Vaughn smiled calmly and said very "humbly," "These are just preliminary ideas, and the thinking may not be perfect."

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Is this called incomplete thinking?

Dumbledore wanted to complain, but didn't know how to say it.

Finally, all he could say was, "You and Ms. Rozier, write me a detailed plan—by the way, will Ms. Rozier agree with your ideas?"

Vaughn said confidently, "She'll agree."

Vaughn knows Isabella.

This system, which originated from a game, means that guy would never refuse her coming to Hogwarts; she was just looking for fun out of boredom!

Vaughn chatted with Dumbledore about their ideas in the headmaster's office for a while longer, until it got a little late, before taking his leave.

As he was leaving, Dumbledore suddenly remembered something and said, "Regarding the Potions academic exchange, I have already sent invitations through the Federation to the magic schools you requested. As for whether they will accept the invitations, that's up to you."

It's an academic exchange!

You have to present academic work that interests people for them to come.

Vaughn nodded, indicating that he understood.

He wasn't worried about that. Not to mention his achievements in potions over the past few years—he developed the Wolfsbane Potion, and even the most stubborn members of the Extraordinary Apothecaries Association acknowledged that he was already a potion master.

The magic extraction method alone has sparked controversy in recent years, but it has also attracted the attention of many pharmacists.

The magic extraction method is controversial because many pharmacists are unable to learn and reproduce it.

Vaughn was able to propose this method and the theory of properties because of his innate, maxed-out potion-making talent. This allowed him to easily sense why herbs were effective, which elements were effective, and thus define the concept of properties. He could then use magic to extract them.

A pharmacist lacking talent cannot even perform the first step of sensing characteristics.

It would be strange if there wasn't controversy!

Previously, Vaughn was limited by the lack of a theoretical system for the development of spells in the magical world, making it difficult to get started. The magic extraction method could not be transformed into a spell that other wizards could master, so he had no choice but to allow the existence of doubts.

However, the situation is different now.

He has the magic development module!

Previously in North America, in order to cope with the complex situation there, he could only prioritize using his reputation points to improve his combat power.

Now that I'm back in England, back at Hogwarts, and without the pressure of survival, I can finally get down to business.

Perfect timing! Today is September 1st, the day last month's reputation points are tallied!

After leaving the headmaster's office, Vaughn didn't go to wander around the other houses he hadn't visited in a long time because he had important business to attend to that day. Instead, he went straight back to Slytherin.

Two months later, the words "Seaview Room" that Vaughn once engraved at the entrance of the Slytherin dormitory in the underground prison area still shine brightly.

Pushing open the door, the common room was not crowded. After a long day on the train, everyone was tired and had gone to bed early.

Vaughn did see Draco, who was sitting far away by the fireplace, seemingly lost in thought.

Seeing Vaughn come in, he hesitated for a moment, seemingly wanting to come over.

Unfortunately, Vaughn wasn't in the mood to pay attention to him today. He just nodded slightly, said hello, and hurriedly returned to his dormitory.

In the new semester, Vaughn still occupies a dormitory room by himself, and no one in Slytherin House is so foolish as to assign this great devil a roommate.

When Vaughn returned to his dorm, he found that all the other beds had been removed, leaving a large space.

Guoguocha is playing with a ball of yarn in the empty space.

When it saw Vaughn return, it abandoned the tattered ball of yarn and clung to him affectionately.

Picking up the fruit tea, Vaughn looked at the empty space. Although his expression was calm, he was actually quite satisfied: "It must have been made by those upperclassmen at the station. I think they were student council members—what were their names again?"

I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but I'll look back on my memories when I have time!

"Hmm, the desk by the bay window can be extended a bit more. The place where I used to put the bed is now used to put my bookshelf and medicine shelf, and I brought them all with me this time."

The vacated area was planned out.

Of course, we'll talk about actually placing it later.

Since Dumbledore has already extended invitations to those magic schools as agreed between the two, Vaughn cannot hold them back.

Thinking it over, he opened the system panel:

[Host: Vaughn Weasley]

[Magic Scale: 717 (500 for a typical adult wizard)]

【天赋：魔咒学8、黑魔法6、变形术8、魔药学10、草药学6、链金术6、占卜学2（满值为10）】

[Spells: Occlumency LV5 (MAX), Ironclad Charm LV5 (MAX), Disarming Charm LV5 (MAX), Flight Charm LV5]

（MAX）、萤光咒LV5（MAX）————幻影移（显）形LV4（6/48）、摄神取念LV4（1/64）、幻身咒LV4（2/32）、神锋无影LV3（22/24）————多频谱视界咒LV2（10/16）、次声咒LV1

(5/6)

【诅咒：岁月咒LV2（16/24）、复生咒LV1（3/4）、枯萎咒LV1（3/4）——觉醒咒LVO（2/3）————】

[Ancient Magic: Soul Stealing Charm LV0 (1/4), Vorn's Living Disintegration Ritual]

[LVO Alchemy (5/20)]

[Spell Development Module]

[Potions: "Vorn Beauty" series, "Vorn Hair Care" series, Wolfsbane Potion, etc.]

[Reputation Points: 29]

Vaughn first checked his magic gauge.

Last month, my magic power was 705 points, but now it's 717. The monthly magic power growth has changed to 12 points. It seems that I've entered a period of rapid physical development, and the natural growth of magic power is also gradually accelerating along with the development.

Meanwhile, due to a series of events in North America, coupled with his visit to Pacific island nations on his return trip, and the impact of bringing back hundreds of North American werewolf wizards.

The monthly reputation points reward has also been increased to 25 points.

The increase wasn't significant, partly because the brand's reputation was relatively limited and its influence wasn't widespread, and partly because the news still needed time to spread.

In particular, the werewolf parade that is currently underway is still confined to England and has not spread to other places.

It is believed that in the coming months, as the news unfolds and its impact expands, there will be a period of accelerated development.

After briefly observing the progress in various aspects and looking at the 29 reputation points, Vaughn pondered for a moment.

The magic extraction method involves many complex techniques and concepts.

The first step is the perception and definition of characteristics. Each medicinal material contains multiple characteristics, and it is quite difficult to distinguish them among all the elements that make up the medicinal material.

Of course, Vaughn could use his past research to incorporate the properties of medicinal herbs he knew into the structure of the spell as a "recognition template".

At that time, other wizards will only need to cast spells to activate the "template" for automatic identification at the cost of magic and emotions.

Secondly, there is the extraction of characteristics. Different medicinal materials have different characteristics, and the extraction techniques are also different. This also requires Vaughn to add the preset templates into it.

However, in this way, the contents of the spell would be extremely vast and bloated—and this is only the medicinal properties that Vaughn himself has experimented with and mastered; who knows how many more he hasn't mastered!

even so.

Based on Vaughn's previous two experiences using the Spell Development Module, something as extremely complex as the Mana Extraction Method would probably require far more than 29 points to condense into a single, concise spell.

but----

He himself doesn't need it to become a fully-fledged spell immediately.

The purpose of developing the magic extraction method into a spell is to make it easier for other potion-making talents to understand and grasp the concepts and feelings of "magic extraction" and "characteristics".

It's just a tool.

This does not mean that the tool must be perfect.

Is there anything in this world that is perfect?

Moreover, an imperfect spell is necessary to allow the "potion geniuses" from all over the world to participate deeply in the continuous improvement of the spell during the upcoming potion exchange activity at magic high schools.

This was originally part of Vaughn's "academic" plan.

How can they deeply understand the huge talent gap between themselves and him if they don't participate in perfecting the spell?

Without such an obvious gap, how could those geniuses be truly convinced? How could they willingly make a name for Vaughn Weasley?

As he pondered this, Vaughn cleared his mind.

In an instant, his main consciousness entered a boundless void of darkness.

sink!

In an instant, the main consciousness traversed the seemingly boundless darkness, passing by a series of bizarre and colorful sights that were difficult to describe in detail.

That is a mental world without a fixed form.

But Vaughn knew very well that his inner world was just an empty shell, and those images, clouds, bubbles, and colors that seemed to be memories and thoughts were traps created by brain occlusion and personality disguise.

His memories and emotions reside in a deeper place.

As the main consciousness continues to fall, the world of the mind becomes nothingness. Nothingness naturally has no direction, so falling is a conceptual description that is easy to understand.

In terms that we can understand in the real world, this state of "falling" deeper is somewhat like the transition of microscopic particles.

A jump in energy level (whether low or high).

In Muggle society, classical physics considers "space" to be the "place" of matter, and it is tangible. However, in quantum physics, this concept is overturned.

They believe that space may be a fundamental form of energy.

If space is energy, then both tangible space and intangible nothingness can be called "space". If space is energy, then energy layers naturally exist.

Of course, those assumptions are still inconclusive.

However, after spending a long time in the spiritual world, Vaughn felt that energy and energy layers might indeed be the essence of space.

Are the thought processes of intelligent beings located in a state that is not easily accessible to the energy level?

Or perhaps the location of the mysterious ether is also a part of the energy layer in space?

Sensing and thinking, I don't know how long I "fell," it seemed like a long time, yet it also seemed like only a second, when my main consciousness appeared in a magnificent hall.

It was shrouded in a faint halo, and the carved beams and painted rafters, the deep dome, and the bookshelves and books that floated or stood upright into the darkness all looked somewhat blurry and double-image, but in Vaughn's "eyes," they seemed incredibly clear and vivid.

Amidst the stark contrast of his conflicting senses, Vaughn saw the purpose of his arrival here:

A hypercube that is constantly changing shape.

Spell Development Module!

Ever since obtaining it, Vaughn has suspected that the reward from this system mission might come from a higher-dimensional world. Putting everything else aside, visually speaking, no matter which direction you look at it from, this hypercube has almost no distinction between inside and outside.

In Vaughn's understanding, this is precisely the state of how higher dimensions view lower-dimensional matter—low-dimensional matter holds no secrets for higher-dimensional life.

At the same time, this speculation also aligns with the functionality of the spell development module.

It seems to be omniscient; given enough resources, it can develop any spell according to its needs!

"What is the universe like in your dimension?"

After admiring the hypercube in its constant reciprocating motion for a while, Vaughn put aside his chaotic thoughts.

"The spell development module doesn't create spells out of thin air; it needs to provide a defined framework."

Vaughn drew a strand of silver thread from his main consciousness—it was his idea, his vision of the function, requirements, and structure of the spell he wanted; it was a blueprint.

But it was still very rudimentary.

After glancing at it, Vaughn tossed the strand of silver into the spell development module.

The constantly moving hypercube immediately sucked it in!

The hypercube looks normal on the outside, but as the master of this mental world and the user of the spell development module, I am truly aware of its significance.

Vaughn clearly sensed that some obscure change had begun.

A response containing a clear need emerged from the depths of his consciousness, telling him that it needed resources!

"—Next is the resource. The resource is the process by which the spell is ultimately realized, the details of the exploration, the basic principle by which magic moves nature, and the foundation for achieving miracles—"

With a wave of his hand, the Archives of Memories responded to his master's call.

Piles of documents detached from the "bookshelf" and flew over.

Vaughn glanced over.

These are his memories.

Four years ago, after the first magical upheaval ended and he gained magical power within himself, he first sensed the existence of a special characteristic on a datura flower in the garden of his humble abode.

Through repeated experiments, the results were determined and categorized.

Then, in the same year, he first penetrated his magic into the interior of the medicinal herbs, using the perception provided by his maxed-out potion talent to separate their properties.

Then came another series of experiments.

A large number of "files" similar to memories floated out automatically. They were all his knowledge and experience of characteristics and magic extraction methods over the past few years.

These insights and experiences cannot be put into writing because they are based on Vaughn's maxed-out potion talent.

Even if he records them, people without talent still won't be able to sense them. Thus, the so-called knowledge and experience lose their value for dissemination.

But today, creations from higher dimensions will create a "miracle"!

Vaughn captured those memories and sent them one by one to the module.

As he incorporated these previously unshared insights, experiences, and memories, Vaughn sensed that the responses from the depths of his consciousness were becoming increasingly clear.

At one point, Vaughn's act of sending memories suddenly stopped.

A sudden realization dawned on him: "That's enough. Any more, and the reputation points won't be enough to support it."

At the same time, a system panel popped up in front of him, asking if he wanted to begin spell development.

Vaughn did not hesitate.

【Yes】

The next instant, the hypercube that was still maintaining its constant motion suddenly released some kind of incomprehensible power.

Vaughn's consciousness involuntarily detached from the memory archive located in some unknown energy layer, continuously "rising" upwards. When he opened his eyes again, the system panel that popped up before him displayed the word "success."

[The spell (half-finished product) is complete. Please name it.]

Vaughn pondered for a moment, then said, "Essence Charm!"

In the morning, Hermione woke up early and had even finished washing up. When she opened the window, the long-absent moisture from the Scottish Highlands rushed in.

That was the mist rising from the Black Lake, the breath exhaled from the Forbidden Forest, and the clouds descending from the surrounding snow-capped mountains.

Moist and cool.

Just a whiff of it made her feel refreshed, as if it had washed away the dust she had picked up in the city over the past two months.

Of course, Hermione thought it might be because she had been away for too long and had developed a filter; once she got used to living at school for a while, she might not notice anymore.

But at least for now, she felt quite relaxed.

Now in her second year, she has been in the wizarding world for a year and no longer needs to frantically catch up on her studies because she is a Muggle and afraid of falling behind her classmates.

At the same time, the pace in second grade is not as fast as in first grade.

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Hermione saw the class schedule sent by the prefects last night. The first week of second year doesn't have any formal classes; it's the time for professors to check and grade summer homework.

Today is Wednesday. Having already finished her summer homework, she can relax for another 5 days—although she has decided to spend those 5 days in the library!

Read some books on divination, the history of magic, etc., to make up for your weaknesses.

Of course, Hermione's situation is relatively rare. In Gryffindor, the common practice is that everyone is frantically copying each other's homework.

For example, the famous Harry Potter!

"Good heavens, Harry, you haven't written a single word?"

Hermione was having breakfast in the Great Hall when she exclaimed. Harry, with a fawning smile, approached her and begged her to lend him and Ron their history of magic homework so they could "learn from" it.

Although she had come to realize over the past year that this savior friend was unreliable, Hermione was still surprised when she saw the parchment Harry had taken out, which contained only a title and no other words of text.

She was still shocked and couldn't help but ask, "What exactly have you been doing all summer?"

Harry didn't know what to say, so he just gave a dry, silly laugh.

What else can he do?

He lingers at the Dursleys' house, engaging in witty banter with his Uncle Vernon and Cousin Dudley.

He had a falling out with the Dursleys.

Then we went to the humble abode!

It was too embarrassing to say this aloud, but unfortunately, he could control himself, but not Ron. Ron excitedly boasted to Hermione about the last few days of summer vacation, how he and his father had taken Harry to the Burrow, and how they practiced Quidditch together every day while cleaning the garden. He didn't mention that Hermione had already done that when she visited the Burrow at the beginning of summer vacation, so there was no point in going to boast about it!

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