Capture clouds?
Weaving Clouds and Creating Chariots?
At that, Dumbledore, who had only been trying to change the subject, immediately lit up with interest. "Oh? May I come and watch?"
Despite the many titles he bore, Dumbledore considered himself a wizard first and foremost. And as a wizard, he could not help being curious about foreign magic.
Master Li glanced at him and snorted. "Trying to steal some techniques again, like you did decades ago?"
"—My dear Li, I told you long ago that it was simply a wizard's curiosity. China is the civilization that has preserved the most complete ancient magical system. Especially flying magic. You should forgive a wizard's fervent thirst for knowledge."
The ancient magic Dumbledore referred to here was a broad term.
Before the Modern Charms system was established, magic had no unified formulas. Most ancient magic was in fact developed from the accumulated experiences of predecessors, which inevitably meant it was influenced by survival needs and path dependence.
England was the most typical example.
The Scots, Irish, and Welsh of the British Isles were all descendants of the Celts. The ancient magic of the Celts was Druidic magic, which, constrained by their needs for survival, specialized in Transfiguration and growth-related magic.
The Gauls of France, Italy, and other regions, who were likewise descended from the Celts, were the same.
The English, however, were Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo-Saxons originated from Germanic peoples who had invaded from Northern Europe. Their environment was harsh, making agriculture and animal husbandry nearly impossible to develop. They could only rely on opportunistic fishing and hunting, so the ancient magic developed by the Germanic peoples was the runes that specialized in divination.
Other traditions, such as voodoo and shamanism, all had distinctive geographical characteristics and areas of specialization.
China was the sole exception!