Chapter 144

Since getting sick, Xiang Xien had been holding on with one breath; potions could cure his cold and fever, but they couldn't fill his exhausted spirit.

He was getting sleepier and sleepier, and sometimes he would feel dizzy if he walked a few steps faster.

But in contrast, his Transfiguration had reached—

【Transfiguration: Skilled Level (5900/9000)】

The proficiency of the Skilled level was enough to support him in flexibly turning "dead things" into "living things"; the panel's description of this was "in-depth intermediate Transfiguration."

Xiang Xien guessed that advanced Transfiguration should involve turning "living things" into "living things."

Of course, Professor Marcus Maige also introduced him to a higher-level Transfiguration, which is the Vanishing Spell.

The spell is Evanesco.

It is also one of the most difficult spells that appear in the Ordinary Wizarding Level examinations; in the fifth book, Professor Marcus Maige asked everyone to use snails to practice this kind of spell.

Because a snail is an invertebrate, the challenge is not very great; if it were changed to other mammals, the requirements would be much higher.

The fireplace was burning with fierce flames, Professor Marcus Maige was holding a cup of hot tea, and Xiang Xien in front of him was writing a paper she had additionally assigned—【Re-body】.

Even though Xiang Xien had expected the vastness of the Transfiguration field, he couldn't help but be surprised.

According to common sense, turning "living things" into "dead things" is intermediate Transfiguration, while turning "dead things" into "living things" is in-depth intermediate Transfiguration.

But if it is turning the "self" into a "dead thing," then the difficulty will soar.

For example, when the Death Eater Yaxley visited Professor Slughorn's house under the cover of night, attempting to forcibly kidnap him to see Voldemort. He transformed into a sofa and successfully avoided Yaxley.

This is also advanced Transfiguration because it involves a law, which is written in the first article of Adalbert Waffling's "Magical Theory":

【Arbitrarily tampering with the deepest secrets—the source of life, the essence of self—must be prepared to bear the most extreme and dangerous consequences】

This is exactly one of the essences of self, self-form. Before, Xiang Xien only linked this warning to Horcruxes; he didn't expect it to exist in the field of Transfiguration as well.

Besides this, advanced Transfiguration also involves the transformation of "self" into "living things," such as Krum transforming his head into a shark;

and the transformation of "magic" into "objects," such as Buliduo's rope of fire being turned into a snake by Tang Mu;

conversely, there is the transformation of "objects" into "magic," such as the pool water being transformed into a water prison by Buliduo.

However, these all belong to the category of advanced Transfiguration.

But this made Xiang Xien realize that Transfiguration might be the most powerful magic because it can almost do everything.

For example, the Alohomora spell—if Xiang Xien turns a lock into a small wooden stick, does that count as unlocking it?

No wonder powerful wizards almost all master profound Transfiguration, because when a wizard needs a certain spell but doesn't understand it, Transfiguration can also achieve the same effect.