Custom Wand

"Mr. Ollivander, can you tell me about myself? What wand is suitable for me?"

Hearing Li Mu's voice, Ollivander turned his face, his eyes like two moons, the turbid gaze also like the clear radiance of the full moon, reflecting on Li Mu. Li Mu silently recited the "Heart Cleansing Mantra" twice in his heart, his eyes also wide open, silently facing Ollivander.

While reading the books, Li Mu was deeply impressed by Ollivander. His entire family had been making wands since before the Common Era, continuing for more than two thousand years. And the Mr. Ollivander in front of him had been making wands for at least several decades; fifty years ago, Voldemort's wand was bought from him.

This wand master could actually remember so many wands he had sold... This was not just a matter of amazing memory, but a professional spirit and craftsmanship.

The two stared at each other for half a minute, and Ollivander suddenly grinned, his mouth making a clicking sound: "Oh, yes... there's another big customer here. An Asian, I rarely make wands for Asians, not even one in decades. But this year is an exception, let's start with you."

As he spoke, he conjured a ruler as if by magic. Before Li Mu could be told, he spread out his hands, allowing the wand master to measure his arm length, shoulder width, and even his fingers and joints.

Li Mu heard his mumbling voice in his ear: "Asians should use magical materials originating from Asia, so that they can exert their greatest potential. They told me that there are two foreign students this year, both from Asia, which is really a troublesome business... I've been making wands for more than half a century, and I've never been so distressed. Tsk tsk... Asians... when have they ever used wands?"

Indeed, the Asian magic world seems to have never been associated with props like wands. He had formally cultivated with the old man Li Jianmin for more than eight years, and had only come into contact with "traditional folk" techniques such as drawing talismans, dancing swords, and arranging compasses, and never thought that he would be able to use a wand.

It is said that there is also a wizarding school called "Mahoutokoro" in Yingzhou, which also adopts Western magic education methods and uses wands to cast spells. Translated into Japanese, it means "magic corner," but there are too few students, and it does not occupy the mainstream even in the Yingzhou magic world.

"Fortunately, they also provided some materials, special materials that are very suitable for Asians. Enough to support me in doing a series of experiments." Ollivander continued to mutter, taking out more than a dozen boxes from the shelf behind him, the box lids automatically opening, inside which were placed wands of various styles.

"Choose!" he ordered, looking at the wands lying peacefully in those boxes, like looking at his own children, revealing a gratified and happy expression.

The East and West have been separated for a long time. Using special Asian materials to make wands is probably rare in the entire history of Europe, and this wand customization experience has also given Ollivander a lot of new insights.

Li Mu didn't expect Hogwarts to be so considerate, and even customized a batch of wands in advance. He was also polite, walked to the front of those boxes, took out the wands inside one by one, and waved them like swords, whistling in the wind.

Ollivander stared wide-eyed, staring at Li Mu's movements, and then always muttered in disappointment: "No, no, I don't think it suits you."

He picked up the wands one by one, waved them, and put them down again. More than twenty boxes were quickly tried out, and Li Mu felt that his hands were sore from waving. There were two times when he felt it was almost right, but he understood that there was still something missing, and Ollivander still shook his head.

Ollivander put away the twenty or so boxes, gritted his teeth, and took out more than ten more boxes for Li Mu to choose from.

Just like that, Harry and Hagrid had been staring blankly at Ollivander and Li Mu, and they had lost track of how much time had passed. They were all very curious that this trembling old man could have such patience to pick and choose for a Celestial Dynasty customer.

They even thought they would spend the night in this wand shop today.

Then, finally, when Li Mu felt disheartened and even suspected that he was not the right material for learning magic at all, the dim little shop suddenly lit up, as if a small sun had been planted in the shop.

Finally, a wand had chosen him. When Li Mu raised this wand, a golden light cluster shot out from the tip of the wand, overflowing with colorful light.

Under the light, there was a white wand like a slender bamboo, so crystal clear white, without any trace of flaws, making people unconsciously attracted to it.

About twelve inches, straight, looking like a sharp sword from a distance.

"Oh... let me see. Unexpectedly, really unexpectedly..." Ollivander stretched out his hand and took the wand from Li Mu's palm. After a while, he frowned, "Yes, that's it... a strange combination."

His dry hands stroked the crystal wand, treating the wand in his hand as if it were a jade worth ten thousand gold.

"Made of Locust Wood, this is taken from a Locust tree with at least a thousand years of history, so that it can extract white color, and it is also strong and durable, and not easily damaged... but Locust Wood, according to legend, has a heavy evil spirit, which affects people's mental health..." Ollivander said, widening his blue eyes even more, carefully scanning the wand.

It was clearly a wand he had made himself, but at this time he seemed to have discovered a new continent on the wand.

"Yes, in the Celestial Dynasty, the Locust is the ghost among the trees, and it is the tree species with the most condensed ghost and evil resentment." Li Mu also nodded. He had lived two lives, but he had heard this saying in both worlds.

Whether it was the feudal superstition circulating among ordinary people in his previous life, or the authentic classics of cultivating immortality in this life, the attitude towards Locust trees was with similar prejudice.

"That's right, I would never have used this kind of wood to make a wand. But they gave me a suggestion plan. That's right... using Locust Wood as the shell, and two entangled Dragon Whiskers as the core." Ollivander tried to widen his already large eyes, and the trace of cyanosis became more obvious, "The production plan and Dragon Whisker provided by Shushan Taoist Academy..."

Li Mu didn't listen to Ollivander finish, he almost spat out a mouthful of soda. After a long time, this white wand was purely a customized product of Shushan Taoist Academy, or the old man Li Jianmin... No wonder it fits his own attributes so well.

He had, after all, cultivated the Shushan Taoist Academy's exclusive spells for a full eight years!

The old codger still cares about me quite a bit... Recalling the piles of gold coins in Gringotts, and looking at the white wand in front of him, a warm feeling surrounded Li Mu's heart.

(End of chapter)