Chapter 59 The Wand
After walking out of the overturned alley, Chen Ping, who had a lot of money, removed the magic disguise and began to purchase the items he needed, including a full set of books, crucibles, drug balances, a certain number of medicines and materials, as well as several sets of excellent black velvet robes. His body became younger, and many of the original sizes of clothes were not available. What he was wearing now was releasing the curse of shrinking, and he always felt a little weird.
"In the end, it's time to buy a suitable wand."
In this world, the wands used by every wizard are recorded in the magic department, so Chen Ping needs a wand that can be placed on the surface to perform daily spell casting, and he has a strong interest in the spell casting techniques here.
Hegli once fully recommended the staff of the Olinvande Staff Store. Most of the staff of Hogwarts teachers and students come from here, but this famous store is a narrow and dilapidated store with only the magic wand sign at the door saying "Olinvande, the best magic wand" is written in golden words on the sign of the magic wand at the door.
When Chen Ping entered the store, a crisp ringtone rang somewhere. He looked around and there was nothing but a chair. He sat on this chair and waited. There were hundreds or thousands of narrow boxes in the store that were almost piled up to reach the ceiling. Chen Ping knew that these were all finished staffs. However, the magic power here was too huge, making it difficult for him to pick out the wand that suits him at a glance.
"Welcome, guest, I am Olinvande." An old man suddenly appeared behind the counter, his big, blue eyes shining through the dimness of the shop.
"I need a magic wand that suits me." Chen Ping nodded gently and expressed his friendship.
"Oh, of course, young sir." Olinvand looked at Chen Ping, "I felt the powerful magic on you. Well, let me see which one of your wands would be. He took out a long silver marking ruler from his pocket, "Which hand do you use to hold the cane?" "Well, I use my right hand." Chen Ping replied. As an arcane, his hands are equally flexible, but in comparison, using the right hand is the habit of most people.
"Stretch out your arm, like this." The old man measured from Chen Ping's shoulders to the tip of his fingers, from wrists to elbows, shoulders to ground, knees to armpits, and the entire head. When he measured, he said, "Every Ollivand wand has a core, made of that powerful magic object. We used unicorn hair, feathers on the phoenix tail and dragon's heartstrings. No two Ollivand wands are the same, just as if there were no two unicorns at all, and the phoenix or dragon are exactly the same. Of course, if you use other magicians' wands, you won't have a good result."
"Okay, let's try." After measuring the size, the old man took out a few magic wands, "Try this. The heartstrings of the beech and lizard dragon, 9-inch size, are good and flexible, take it and try to wave it."
Chen Ping picked up the magic wand, and almost at the same time, the two heard a moan.
"No, maple trees and phoenix feathers are extremely elastic, try it."
"No, it's a difficult guest."
For some reason, when Chen Ping began to introduce his magic power into these magic wands, he always noticed something strange. He tried twenty or thirty in a row, and even sweat was seen on the old man's head.
"Strange, why aren't these wands suitable for you."
"I think, try the purple shirt wood." Chen Ping suddenly said. (Whose magic wand is purple shirt wood and phoenix feathers, anyone who has seen the hp knows. Purple shirt wood is always related to death and magic, and has the meaning of representing souls, reincarnation, highly poisonous, immortality, etc.)
"Purple shirt wood? This is not a good thing. Last time, a magic wand of purple shirt wood and phoenix feather fell into the hands of a terrible person, causing a huge disaster." Olinvande shook his head sadly and said.
"Haha, there is nothing wrong with the wand itself, the one who uses it is wrong." Chen Ping said with a faint smile.
"Okay, you're right." The old man didn't insist, turned around and began to search. He didn't notice that behind him, Chen Ping's eyes were emitting a faint silver light.
"Mental Scan"
As an alchemy master, although he only knows the principles of the wand, this is enough to allow him to distinguish the pros and cons of a wand and its attributes.
"Try this, purple shirt wood plus dragon heartstrings, twelve inches long and has good toughness, try it."
Chen Ping took the wand, injected a little magic power slightly, and with a gentle wave, a loud explosion sounded in the store. In a cabinet behind Olinfande, more than a dozen magic wand boxes inside were blown up and fell everywhere. One of them rolled and fell to Chen Ping and was grabbed by him.
"What kind of magic wand is this?" Chen Ping said as if nothing had happened.
"Merlin is on." Olinvand glanced at the box and shouted: "Purple shirt wood plus the hedge tail feathers are nine or nine inches long. I remember this wand. This is the only work made by a rebellious guy in our family. No one can use it. It is very powerful, but very difficult to control."
Chen Ping pulled out the magic wand, which was pitch black from the black leather box, and the handle was engraved with mysterious glyphs. A wave of loneliness and roughness, filled with desolate music echoed in the store.
"Okay, it's yours, 200 sailing coins." Olinvande borrowed money and said helplessly: "Please use it well. I don't want to make the mistakes of that year again."
"Well, thank you." Chen Ping said with satisfaction. He could feel that this wand was one of the three most powerful wands in the store, and the other two wands were the cores of the unicorn's tail mane, which was not consistent with his attributes.
"Oh, you're here. Have you chosen a magic wand?" The door was pushed open, revealing half of Hygre's face.
"Well, it's almost done. Can we go to the academy?" Chen Ping put away his wand and replied.
"Well, that's not the time yet. Students are going to take Hogwarts in the morning five days later and go back on the 9/3/4 platform. Before that, you can go shopping more or read books by yourself. We still live in the Broken Cauldron Bar." Hegli scratched his messy hair and said.
"It's Hegree. I'm very happy to see you. I heard that you have become a teacher in the college, right?" Mr. Olinvande said enthusiastically.
"Yes, hehe." Haigli smiled embarrassedly.
"Dunmbledore is a good guy."
"Highley, is Mr. Olinvande your friend?" Chen Ping asked thoughtfully.
"Haha, yes, although Hegre is a little rude, he is a good man. I watched him grow up from a baby." Mr. Olinvande smiled.
"That's it, Haigree, you just said that the college is on holiday now, right?" Chen Ping suddenly said.
"Yes, every winter and summer, students go back to their homes." Hegli replied.
"Well, you don't think I can still live in that pile of garbage, right?" Chen Ping asked.
Hegli showed an awkward smile and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Young man, what do you want to say?" Olinvande said in a little puzzled manner.
"Oh, that's it. I'm very interested in making magic wands. I've been exposed to some knowledge about this before. Chen Ping said, taking out a crude bone wand. This is a light magic wand, which stores 10 fluorescent flashing spells.
"If I can, I would like to go to Mr. Olinvande to help every year when I have time to learn the skills of making a magic wand. Being able to learn a craft is better than wasting time in nothing."
"Uh, this..." Olinvande looked at Hegli hesitantly.
"If you need a helper, you can really consider accepting him as an apprentice. He is a transfer student from China, with a pair of skilled hands, and Mr. Dumbledore has a high evaluation of him." Hegree did not doubt anything, and told the truth.
"From this work, you do have a certain talent, but you have not received special training. Since Hegree said that, well, you can live here when the college is not in class. I can teach you how to make a magic wand, and you also teach me how to make this magic wand. In addition, I can give you 10% of Olinvande shares, but you can't teach this method to others, how about it?"
Olinvande played with the wand in his hand and immediately understood the business opportunities. According to the magic setting of this world, the wand exists simply as a way to cast spells. For every wizard, they use almost all the magic, so this reason directly determines that a wizard will not buy wand frequently. Chen Ping's light magic wand contains another concept, that is, a limited number of times and a low threshold. As long as it has magic power, it can stimulate the magic sealed in the wand, which will be scrapped after it is used up, or charge it through special techniques. In this way, a wizard will buy wands to cast magic that he has not mastered, and will repeat it to the store for charging.
"I have been studying this method for 20% of the shares for many years, and I need enough funds to continue researching."
"Trade." Olinvand nodded, which was a completely acceptable price for him.
The two immediately signed a magic agreement. In this world, Chen Ping invested in the Olinfande Staff Shop with his technology, exchanged methods of making staff with each other, and kept it confidential.
"Young man, I've seen what you bought, you can also consider buying an owl to contact others and pass on items. In addition, if you are interested, you can buy a good flying broom."
After helping Chen Ping to count the items on the side, Haigli raised his head and said.
"Highley, you know I just got here and I was tight, so I needed this job. I would consider buying an owl, but I don't think it's something I can afford in a few days."
As he said that, Chen Ping opened his backpack and poured out more than a dozen bone staffs sealed with various spells. This was one of his achievements last night, which made Olinvande stunned.
"I think I can start working now."
Chapter completed!