[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-481":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Hogwarts Learning Panel",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2250719,4210,"Chapter 481: Do Less, Seek Emptiness","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-481",481,"\u003Cp>“Alright, Wizard Sean, let me tell you something interesting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, Ron said with a mysterious grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the twins also drifted over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here’s the thing—Percy has a girlfriend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred dropped a stack of books onto George’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s the Ravenclaw prefect, Penelope Clearwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ginny told me—last summer, Percy wrote her so many letters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percy kept sneaking off to meet her all over the school. One day, Ginny even caught them kissing in an empty classroom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron spoke freely, adding a shrug,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hope you don’t tease him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’d never dream of it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred said, though his delighted expression made it seem like his birthday had come early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Absolutely not.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George replied, smirking secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so the summer began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst bursts of laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Hogwarts Express departed, Hogwarts Castle grew much quieter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gave Wizard Sean more space to practice the Fiendfyre Curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, even if he set the entire dungeon ablaze, he wouldn’t harm the Slytherins who also dwelled beneath the school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time became a vague unit during these days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean knew only that his Fiendfyre Curse had progressed from [Apprentice] all the way to [Beginner].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rapid advancement in his Dark Magic proficiency always left him slightly puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once he achieved Mastery in Fiendfyre, he could claim his second Mastery title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This summer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Wizard Sean’s life became thoroughly regular:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rise early, practice Occlumency and Legilimency under Professor Snape’s watch;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At noon, practice a hundred methods of potion brewing;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the afternoon, become a gas tank…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally, Dumbledore would suddenly appear with a twinkling smile and invite him for afternoon tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, it was that afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Owls flew into the Great Hall—not many, just four or five of varying sizes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having stayed at Hogwarts for so long, Wizard Sean could identify the owls’ owners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The short, chubby owl was Professor Flitwick’s messenger; the barn owl was Professor Sprout’s “Fluffball”—that’s what the professor called it; the elegant, snow-white one was Professor McGonagall’s pet; and the one in front, the fastest flyer, was Bai Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It brought the latest newspaper. Wizard Sean gently unfurled it, but he wasn’t reading it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze fell on a side panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Impedimenta: Mastery (1800\u002F?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Petrificus Totalus: Mastery (1100\u002F?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sectumsempra: Mastery (2300\u002F?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reducio: Mastery (100\u002F?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bombarda: Mastery (100\u002F?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Depulso: Mastery (500\u002F?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiendfyre: Skilled (10\u002F900)…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advancement: Seven Mastery-level Dark Spells unlock the Mastery title in the Dark Magic domain (6\u002F7)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiendfyre had reached Skilled. Wizard Sean turned back and realized only half a month had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, magical advancement slows the deeper one goes—but this pace was still too fast. Over lunch in the Great Hall, Wizard Sean couldn’t help but ponder the key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t chosen any cruel faith—why did Dark Magic always come to him on its own?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also thought of something more important: How does a wizard truly grow stronger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Great Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one lonely young wizard remained at the tables, yet nearly all the professors sat at the head table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Another year ends, Minerva. Scotland’s spring is too short, winter too long—days fly by like a happy bird past the window.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dumbledore seemed to be musing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hogwarts’ summer isn’t short.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor McGonagall replied, her eyes settling on the newspaper—a moving magical photo showed a fat Ministry employee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the photo: Ministry Employee Wins Grand Prize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that so? I know wizards always use clocks to measure time—but did you know some wizards use magic to record it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dumbledore blinked, his gaze falling on the focused young wizard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held a large parchment, recording his magical progress and organizing his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the [Blind] era, wizards excelled at channeling emotional power—they needed no spells, no wands; their magic was wild and savage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the [Order] era, ancient wizards emerged with archaic magic, nearly defeating all contemporary magical overlords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to today’s magic, archaic magic inherited the ferocity of the previous age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though wizards who fully mastered archaic magic were exceedingly rare, they were immensely powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most outstanding among them was the wizard Merlin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean pondered deeply, his quill trembling slightly, continuously filling gaps in “The Chronology of Wizarding Magic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wizards seek inward, building an unshakable order within—their magic is merely the external manifestation of that inner order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What we call [Wisdom] is more like wizards’ attempt to find external patterns for magic…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a certain period of study, all wizards eventually encounter spellless casting; once a wizard learns spellless casting, he finds it nearly impossible to return to spoken incantations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like Wizard Sean himself—he hadn’t spoken the Levitation or Cleaning Charm in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After mastering spellless casting, wizards swiftly learned wandless casting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Headmaster Dumbledore simply pointed his finger at the sky when Harry’s broom lost control, protecting Harry; Professor Snape needed only to flick his robe to shut the window; Voldemort’s flight required neither spell nor wand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If spells and wands enhance a wizard’s magical power, why do wizards always…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean paused, then wrote a few words:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do less, seek emptiness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Hall held only low murmurs and the brisk scratch of Wizard Sean’s quill:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does wizarding wisdom truly raise a wizard’s magical ceiling—or merely raise the floor, making it easier to spread?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this could be proven, Wizard Sean would know how wizarding magic truly becomes powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it by mastering spells? By mastering gestures?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or by defining magic through one’s own will—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If wizards grow strong by mastering external patterns of magic, newly created magic should be primitive and weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the opposite is true. For example, Dumbledore’s Fire God Clearing Path, or Grindelwald’s refined Fiendfyre…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean suddenly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do less, seek emptiness—order endures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this be the truth of magic?\u003C\u002Fp>",953,"2026-06-19T10:00:42.198Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d44c5966eb60e5e3f577068cb9596a5739cbaadd0cfd85a8f9aa0a10b43884d4","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-482","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-480",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]