Chapter 33: Listening to the Voice of All Things—False
In the next few days, Zhang Jin plans to learn how to make wands with Ollivander first.
Solve the problem of the wand first, forget it if you don't know, if you don't solve it, you will always worry about the potion and you won't be able to study the potion properly.
Especially a wizard without a wand is equivalent to being powerless, and it is not safe to walk in Diagon Alley in this case, and Zhang Jin, who doesn't know whether the wand is reliable or not, is completely like a time bomb, maybe it will suddenly explode at some point.
The place where Ollivander made his wand was on the second floor of the wand shop, a small place filled with everything up to the roof, just like the first floor.
Speaking of which, Ollivanders doesn't seem to be wealthy, the store is inherited from the ancestors, and the interior decoration is extremely simple, even upstairs.
It stands to reason that wands, as a must-have for wizards and a monopoly business of Ollivanders, should not be profitable?
This is a monopoly necessity!
But consider that Ollivanders would have to lose money if he only bought 7 gold gallons per wand, whether it was a phoenix feather or a unicorn tail or a dragon's heartstring, especially since it was said that there were no two wand cores from the same creature, except for Harry and Voldemort!
It seems that most wands are made of dragon heartstrings, phoenix feathers, and unicorn tail cores, which according to the calculations of wizards in the British wizarding world, would require more phoenixes, dragons, and unicorns!!
Is there something wrong with what I think or has I discovered some hidden secret?
The space on the second floor is the same as the space on the first floor, with the slight difference being that the shelves on the second floor are filled with wand-making materials except for one that is used to hold some half-finished wands.
In the middle of these shelves is a large workbench, about three meters long and more than one meter wide, the kind that directly looks like the bed is a little longer.
"That's my workbench, you just need to clean up a spot next to it," Ollivander didn't talk much nonsense after bringing Zhang Jin up, but immediately began to teach wand making methods.
This kind of straightforward behavior is very much in line with Zhang Jin's appetite, like Dumbledore's kind of speech is always half-concealed and half-revealing, and full of temptations and traps, it is too brain-draining to deal with.
And Ollivander seems to be from Ravenclaw, probably an authentic science and engineering man, or how to be single all the time.
"First of all, let's test whether you have the talent for it."
Ollivander took out a large wooden box from the cabinet on the side, and half-held it in his hands with a very solemn look.
It was an old chest, the surface of the lacquer was mottled and formed into a unique pattern accumulated over time, and the edges of the grinding wooden tires around it shimmered faintly with some magical light, which may have been inherited by the Ollivanders.
"One of the most important things about making a wand is to play with the characteristics of the wand, that is, to make the wand fit the wizard, and the greater the fit, the better."
"The key to improving the fit is not only the wand making skills, but also the choice of materials, especially the core of the wand."
"The wands born from the combination of different rods and rods are unique, and each rod core of different materials is also different, and the highly talented craftsman can feel the uniqueness of the wand core and can feel the characteristics of the wand made."
"Like me, I can feel the emotions of the wand, when the little wizard comes to pick the wand, I can feel whether the wand is submissive or resistant, I can feel the joy of the wand when it meets its owner, so it is the wand that chooses the wizard, Mr. Snape."
Well, Mr. Ollivanders, isn't it abrupt for you to say so much in one breath?
I just thought you were a man of few words, you are a slap in the face in the silence!
It may also be because Ollivander usually speaks very little, that is, there are only a few moments of communication with people before the start of school, so he talks a little more, and he should usually be silent.
But the tone of your speech is too much, coupled with the smile on the corner of your mouth, the wrinkles on your face, and your silvery eyes...... Ollivander can't have that state, disease, or control, right?
Let's be considerate of this empty nester!
And you seem to have heard something terrible just now, huh?
"Wait, Mr. Ollivander, you just said you could feel the wand and the wand core material?"
If according to the previous guess, all magic is the embodiment of soul power, then the perceived emotion should be will, right?!
Being able to perceive a will from a dead thing, even if it has just died, is different from a living thing, and this requires an extremely strong soul and will.
Not even Dumbledore and Voldemort could do that!
Combined with the question of the source of the rod core material that I just thought of, this Ollivander can't really be a reclusive master, right?
But this doesn't look like it, and in the movie, Ollivander was caught by the Death Eaters and tortured with the Piercing Heart Curse, so he can't have masochistic tendencies!
Or do all the high-ranking hermits have unique fetishes?
"That's what I'm talking about, Mr. Snape, the Ollivanders have done a lot of research and discovered a way to sense fluctuations in materials."
What Ollivander said was quite casual, but Zhang Jin was a little shocked when he heard it, this is another ancestral treasure casually exposed!
"However, this method requires a lot of talent, and it can only perceive wands."
It's a pity that you can only sense the wand, but Ollivander, do you really not know how to use it?
Although there are some flaws in it, as long as the method is correct, this is the way, a path to the will to perceive.
If you can accurately perceive the will of those soul powers in nature, plus the soul is magic, in fact, it is the will to communicate the magic power of nature, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort, and wouldn't the magic power be able to have a leap forward.
And after communicating with the outside world, you can get information from the outside world, so that the most worried about being attacked by the Avada Death Curse is gone, so at least you have the confidence to be one to ten.
This skill can also be said to be listening to the voice of all things, even if it's a weakened version, it's fragrant enough.
"It's not hard to sense those fluctuations, such as advanced wizards being able to sense spells in the shadows, Aurors being able to track apparitions, and so on."
Perhaps seeing Zhang Jin's surprise, Ollivander gave a rare explanation.
"The perception of the wand by the Ollivanders family is more based on the accumulation of experience, just like the sound of a heartbeat, different beats represent different emotions, and the more you accumulate, the more you can understand."
Ollivander still doesn't recognize the importance of this technique, do you say you should tell him? If he just said that he was heard, it wouldn't be good!
"But if you can sense those heartbeats, that's what I mean by talent."