Chapter 77 The Mysterious Tree Shepherd
Chapter 520 The Mysterious Tree Shepherd
"Seeds, do they have to be planted in the soil?" Harry couldn't help but picked up a red seed.
In his eyes, the seeds were as red as blood, as if they were beating with his heartbeat.
"Have you heard of tree shepherds?" Hagrid didn't answer directly, with a mysterious smile on his face.
"I have heard of it, but I only know that it is a lost school of magic, and I don't know the details." Neville said.
He couldn't help but look at the seeds in Hagrid's hand.
Could this be related to tree shepherds?
"Tree shepherds are a by-product of the ancient wizards' research on longevity.
The specific idea is actually very simple and plain.
That is, the normal life span of wizards is only more than two hundred years, while the life span of trees is very long.
In Brazil, there is a legal Kalin Yurui, called the Patriarca Floresta tree, which is three thousand years old.
The purpose of the tree shepherd is to connect his life with the life of the tree, so as to gain a longer life." Hagrid said.
But Ron was a little bit unbelievable, "These are for us? Let us become tree shepherds?
Isn't this more precious than the Philosopher's Stone?
You know, Nicolas Flamel only lived for more than 600 years!"
"Hagrid hasn't finished his words yet!" Harry looked at Ron helplessly, and then looked at the red seeds in his hand, "This is the holly berry of the holly tree. Holly can generally live for three years with normal maintenance. If it is really like what you understand, Ron, wouldn't my life span be shortened?"
"If I'm not mistaken, Hagrid, the seeds in your hand are holly, cherry, willow, yew, and hawthorn seeds." Draco on the side guessed confidently.
"How did you--, I know! This is related to the material of our wands!" Ron realized it later.
"So my seeds have the shortest lifespan." Harry couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.
Harry has learned about wandology and even studied wand trees.
Although wand trees are like wizards and Muggles compared to their peers, their branches can be used to make wands.
But the lifespan is still the same as that of the ‘Muggle’ kind.
Ron’s wand material, willow, generally has a lifespan of 20 to 30 years, and a few species can reach more than 100 years.
The second is Neville’s cherry wood, which generally has a lifespan of 50 to 70 years. If it is well cared for, it may live for 100 years.
Then there is Draco’s hawthorn wood, which has a longer lifespan, generally living 60 to 70 years without aging, and some can even live for more than 150 years.
And Ginny’s yew wood is even more amazing. Like other yew trees, it has a long lifespan. The oldest yew tree today is near the cemetery of St. Snog Church in Wales, England, and is at least 5,000 years old.
The wood of his brother’s wand is said to be this yew wood.
"The tree shepherd school is a failed attempt.
Just like the Dumbledore family tried to achieve immortality through the phoenix.
Although the pursuit of life extension failed, the tree shepherds found that as the contracted trees grew, they died.
Their magic power will also transform.
But this is only limited to young wizards, whose magic power is still very active. According to Professor Kastrubshe, it still contains the original and pure vitality that has been retained since birth.
Only such magic can transform according to the contracted trees." Hagrid said.
"Death?
Then is it the best to have the shortest lifespan? What about Ginny?
It is very likely that Ginny is dead, but her tree is not dead yet!" Ron asked hurriedly.
He also knew a little about yew wood.
After all, yew wood is the material of Voldemort and his sister's wand.
Harry has done research, and he once asked curiously.
"Not entirely right, Ron.
Then let me talk about the knowledge of the contract tree." Hagrid said and took out a notebook.
"The contract tree is the tree that the wizard contracts with.
But only the wand tree can be used as the contract tree.
And the mature tree will reject the wizard, and only the tree species will be "willing" to accept the wizard's magic.
This means that the tree shepherd needs to find the tree species that can grow into the wand tree from tens of millions of tree species.
And it also needs to be compatible with the wizard's magic.
These two requirements are like a natural barrier that blocked the development of the tree shepherd, to the point of being lost.
With the progress of the times, the tree shepherd got inspiration from the wand craftsmen.
The wand craftsmen found that the tree-guarding bowtruckle can easily identify the wand tree, and the same is true for the tree species.
And the tree species suitable for wizards are often the wood of their wands.
These two discoveries made the tree shepherd People can continue.
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Now, the tree shepherd system has been passed down in Kastrubshe for hundreds of years.
They have a better understanding of the tree shepherd system.
Although the wizard's magic power will transform with the natural death of the contract tree, this is not a necessary condition.
The tree shepherd whose contract tree has a long life can also transform his magic power in advance through the growth cycle of the contract tree in the four seasons.
But this depends on the talent of the tree shepherd himself.
Over the past hundred years, among the many tree shepherds, the best of them even transformed when the contract tree just sprouted.
But there are also stupid people, because the contract tree has a long life, until it died, it has not undergone a transformation." Hagrid looked at the notebook and read word by word.
"So, these trees will be connected with us after they are planted?
What if they are destroyed by others?
Will it have an impact on us? "Draco immediately thought of the disadvantages.
Or the moment he heard the introduction, he imagined a tree shepherd enemy and thought of stopping the enemy's growth by destroying the enemy's contract tree.
"Being destroyed does have an impact. According to a poor guy who doesn't want to reveal his life, it's like being hit hard on the head.
There is no other impact. Does magic and other wizards' inability to undergo additional transformation count?" Hagrid looked at Draco and said.
"What about the curse?
Curse through the connection between the tree and the wizard?" Fred and George, as outsiders, guessed.
"This kind of connection can be cut off unilaterally by wizards." Hagrid glanced at Fred and George unhappily.
"What does transformation mean?"
"Is it an improvement in magic?" Harry and Neville said respectively.
They both have a desire to improve their strength.
"You all know that every wizard has his or her own special field of expertise.
After the magic is transformed, a new ability will be born in combination with the area in which one is good at.
Like Metamorphmagus, it does not require a wand and is an innate ability like instinct.
I have asked the professor of Castrubshe, but these abilities are as important to the tree shepherd as the color of their underwear.
Only a few are willing to reveal it.
Because their abilities are not very outstanding and are very common. ”
“Common?” Harry asked.
Hagrid thought for a moment and said, “Let me give you an example. There is a wizard who is particularly good at creating fire spells.
Well, for example, Flame.
His ability after the magic is transformed is to create fire directly without a wand. ”
