From Karma Taj to Hogwarts

Chapter 140 "Fountain of Good Luck"

The next day is Sunday.

In the early morning, the Hogwarts campus was peaceful.

The summer vacation has just ended, and normal classes have just started yesterday. In the eyes of most little wizards, this day's classes are no different than no classes, so many little wizards still retain the habit of going to bed late and getting up late at home.

On weekends, few diligent little wizards get up early in the morning, and most of them are still asleep.

Of course, this does not include Xiwen, who habitually gets up early for morning exercises.

At this time, Xiwen had already arrived at the lawn northwest of the castle with ease and started his daily morning exercises.

Hogwarts still has a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, with only the rustling of wind and grass and the crisp and sweet chirping of birds occasionally ringing out in the Forbidden Forest and lawns...

However, the silence of the castle did not last long——

The harsh sound of sawing wood sounded at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, scaring several forest birds into flying into the air in panic.

Xiwen had almost finished his morning exercises at this time, so he curiously walked towards the direction of the Forbidden Forest. He discovered that the sound came from near Professor Kettleburn's shed.

As expected, the culprit who destroyed the peaceful atmosphere around the castle was none other than Professor Kettleburn!

He was holding a saw with his only intact arm, dragging it back and forth on a tree trunk as thick as a bowl, making a harsh sawing sound.

"Professor, what are you doing?" Xiven looked at Professor Kettleburn's movements dumbfounded and couldn't help asking. "Why don't we use magic to cut down trees?"

"Don't you understand? This is called the renewable utilization of tree resources!" Professor Kettleburn stopped what he was doing after seeing Xiwen, and stuck the saw in the trunk, freeing up the intact tree trunk. With his right hand, he stretched out his sleeve and wiped the sweat.

As he stopped sawing wood, the harsh sounds in the Forbidden Forest immediately stopped, but it was difficult for the atmosphere around the castle to return to the peace and tranquility it had just now.

"So, what is the renewable utilization of tree resources?" Xiwen asked curiously. This was the first time he heard this novel term.

"Let me ask you, do you know what kind of effects will appear on objects that have been affected by magic?" Professor Kettleburn asked.

"What effect? ​​Isn't it changing the shape of the object or something?" Xiwen was a little confused and asked doubtfully.

"Of course that's not what I'm asking you!" the professor said proudly. "During the years of working in the Forbidden Forest, I discovered a very interesting phenomenon - that is, trees cut down with magic are difficult to regenerate, but trees cut with saws can easily regenerate after a rain. New shoots sprouting.”

"You mean... where the magic power acts, it will damage the original structure of matter, so that the trees lose the ability to regenerate?" Xiwen asked.

"Your answer is half right!" Professor Kettleburn showed an encouraging look, and then explained to Xiwen.

"In fact, there should be magic residue at the location where the magic acts, and this magic residue hinders the growth of new shoots. Generally speaking, you can wait a few more days, and after the magic at the incision location completely dissipates over time, new shoots will still grow. .”

"Then you want to tell me that when we use magic power, in most cases we cannot control it perfectly, resulting in excess useless magic power remaining on other objects?" Xiwen said thoughtfully. .

"So, if we can perfectly control our own magic power, there will be no unnecessary waste, so as to better conserve the magic power in the body. Also because of this, we may use this to release a few more magic spells and fight The more you win, the more likely you are to win."

"Professor, this is really an amazing discovery!" Xiwen said to Professor Kettleburn happily as if he had gained a lot.

"Uh..." After hearing Xiwen's words, the professor stood aside and blinked blankly. "I guess that's what I mean..."

Professor Kettleburn was completely confused now.

Who would have thought that at first he just wanted to warn Xiwen to follow the laws of nature and make rational use of natural resources! And this guy Xiwen actually figured out so many things by himself...

However, the professor's face of arguing with the principal for so many years was not in vain. He quickly reacted and said righteously: "Very good, worthy of being the first in the grade. He understood so quickly that I wanted to teach Content for you!”

"Xiao Xiwen, I told you this knowledge without telling anyone else. You can't live up to my expectations!" Professor Kettleburn said earnestly.

Xiwen looked at the professor's exaggerated performance suspiciously and immediately understood the truth of the matter.

"Professor, tell me the truth, have you never thought about this aspect of using magic power at all?" Xiven looked at Professor Kettleburn with sharp eyes and asked.

"Ahaha...how could that happen?" Professor Kettleburn laughed awkwardly and laughed with Xiwen. "Xiao Xiwen, we are familiar with each other, but if you slander me like this, I will be angry!"

"Okay, then remember to tell Professor Wofflin about this academic research and ask him to send it to Magic Theory Weekly for you." Xiwen curled his lips secretly and said.

After Professor Kettleburn nodded proudly, Sivan calmly changed the subject and said to him: "By the way, why did you get up so early to chop down the tree?"

Hearing Xiwen's question, Professor Kettleburn gritted his teeth.

"I get angry when I talk about this!" the professor said angrily. "Xiao Xiwen, do you remember that old guy Herbert promised to let me star in his play? It was the time we both came back from the Forbidden Forest last year and were recuperating in the school hospital."

Xiwen thought for a while, then nodded silently.

"Just remember it. Let me tell you, that old guy Herbert is nothing! He said it well at the time, but in the drama performance last semester, he kept saying that my body was not well maintained and I failed to catch up with the first place. I was not allowed to participate in the performance on the pretext of a rehearsal."

"That's all. I made an appointment with him for the first rehearsal early this semester. Seeing that he couldn't shirk it, he arranged a position in the props team for me. This made me angry!"

"So you want to cut down the tree to make props for a theatrical performance?" Xiwen looked at the half-sawed tree with some speechlessness and asked.

"That's right," Professor Kettleburn said viciously. "Since he won't let me participate in a drama, I have to make the most perfect props. I wonder if he will be embarrassed to refuse me to participate next time!"

Regardless of whether Professor Bierley was embarrassed to refuse Professor Kettleburn's participation, Sivan was not too embarrassed to get involved in the dispute between the two professors, so he had to hurriedly bid farewell to Professor Kettleburn.

"Wait a minute, Xiwen!" Just when Xiwen had turned around and walked back, Professor Kettleburn suddenly called him from behind. "Remember to come see my play at Christmas dinner!"

Sivan disagreed with what Professor Kettleburn, who was just a props team member, said about "his drama", but he still nodded helplessly.

"Professor, what is the name of the play you are going to perform?" Xiwen asked.

""Fountain of Good Luck"!"

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