A Profound Test

Dumbledore raised his hand and summoned a silver Phoenix Patronus, which he then controlled to fly out of the classroom. Xiwen immediately recognized that it was used to transmit a message.

A moment later, a beautiful female professor walked into the Transfiguration classroom where Xiwen and the others were.

"I am honored to have Professor McGonagall here to demonstrate Animagus Transformation for everyone." Dumbledore led the applause and winked at the young wizards below. "Let's give Professor McGonagall a warm welcome!"

The classroom erupted in enthusiastic applause.

Professor McGonagall pursed her lips, gave Dumbledore a reproachful look, and then began to address the young wizards in the classroom with a serious expression.

"In my opinion, it's premature for Albus to let you know about Animagus Transformation," she said seriously. "Transformation is inherently a very dangerous form of magic, and anything involving Human Transformation is even more dangerous!"

"Furthermore, Animagus Transformation is extremely difficult, and it tests a wizard's luck, talent, and courage to a great extent. The slightest mistake at any step will result in the failure of all previous efforts."

"Anyone who successfully masters Animagus must register at the Animagus Registry. However, to my knowledge, there are fewer than ten registered wizards still alive, including myself. I think this gives you a general idea of how difficult it is to learn Animagus Transformation!"

"..."

Professor McGonagall gave the young wizards a long lecture on a series of precautions, and instructed them not to secretly practice Animagus before they had reached a certain level of skill in Transformation.

She didn't finish explaining the Animagus Transformation until the bell rang to signal the end of class.

"It seems this class will have to go overtime, I'm very sorry everyone!" Dumbledore said apologetically to the students in the classroom. "But I'm sure you don't want to miss Professor McGonagall's Transformation demonstration, do you?"

Amidst the expectant gazes of the young wizards, Dumbledore nodded to Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall nodded slightly, then reached out and smoothed her soft hair before gracefully taking two steps forward.

Then, her figure flickered and rapidly shrank, transforming into a tabby cat at incredible speed as she leaped onto the teacher's desk at the front of the classroom.

Upon closer inspection, it can be seen that the tabby stripes on the cat that Professor McGonagall transformed into are very similar to the patterns on her original clothing.

The tabby cat settled into its seat on the lectern, its sharp gaze sweeping across the audience. The young wizards below seemed to see Professor McGonagall pursing her lips, giving them a serious look.

After scanning the room, Professor McGonagall jumped off the lectern, her figure rapidly elongating and growing larger, transforming back into the beautiful and tall Professor McGonagall.

Thunderous applause erupted from the audience!

After class, Xiwen first saw off his friends, and then followed Dumbledore alone.

"Xiwen, is there a problem?" Dumbledore looked at Xiwen curiously and asked casually.

"Professor, I would like to know something about Animagus," Xiwen said.

Dumbledore gave him a meaningful look, beckoned him, and said, "Come to my office."

The two walked into the Transfiguration Professor's Office one after the other, and sat down with practiced ease.

"Tea, please?" Dumbledore asked Xiwen, sitting behind his desk.

Xiwen sat down on the soft sofa and nodded gently.

After accepting a cup of steaming tea, Xiwen took a small sip and then asked hesitantly, "Professor, I'd like to know why you're teaching these advanced-level topics in advance?"

"Didn't I say that in class?" Dumbledore smiled and replied, "That was to give everyone a clearer understanding of the Transformation system."

"I thought they wanted us to learn about Human Transformation in advance, so we could understand the Blood Curse within wizards from another perspective," Xiwen said softly, looking directly at Dumbledore.

"You're probably overthinking it, Xiwen," Dumbledore said casually, popping a piece of candy into his mouth.

Xiwen frowned, wondering if he was just overthinking things.

Putting aside other things, the Animagus, a branch of Transfiguration, bears a striking resemblance to the Meldigger, a branch of the Blood Curse. Dumbledore's coincidence in advancing the Animagus's learning content before resolving the Nagini Meldigger problem is quite remarkable, inevitably leading to speculation.

Dumbledore didn't speak, but simply watched Xiwen with interest.

After hesitating for a moment, Xiwen finally made up his mind and said, "Professor, I want to learn Animagus Transformation!"

Dumbledore seemed completely unsurprised, simply saying, "Xiwen, I think you've heard what Minerva said."

"Yes, Animagus Transformation is extremely difficult, and it tests a wizard's luck, talent, and courage greatly," Xiwen replied.

"Moreover, Animagus Transformation tests a wizard's understanding of Transformation and their own ability to Transformation," Dumbledore said, looking intently at Xiwen. "Do you really think you, as a second-year wizard, can meet the prerequisites for Animagus transformation?"

"Professor, I think you should already know about my Transformation ability." Instead of answering his question directly, Xiwen calmly countered, "During class, you didn't have any other students demonstrate the Untransfiguration because of the slipper I Transformation, right?"

"I must say, you are indeed very observant, Xiwen," Dumbledore chuckled and shook his head, saying to Xiwen. "When I saw that slipper, I wasn't sure if any other junior wizards could undo your Transformation, so I didn't have them demonstrate."

"Yes, you mentioned that before," Xiwen nodded. "The prerequisite for using the Untransfiguration is that the difference in ability between the wizard casting the Untransfiguration and the wizard performing the Transformation cannot be too great."

Dumbledore smiled and nodded, but his expression immediately turned serious.

"But that's far from enough," he said firmly. "If you really want to learn Animagus Transformation, prove it to me now!"

Before Xiwen could react, Dumbledore suddenly reached out his hand in his direction, and a vast and powerful magical force surged toward him in an instant.

Xiwen immediately felt a powerful force rushing towards him, attempting to Transformation something else.

The magic within his body spontaneously mobilized to resist, becoming entangled with that force. Gradually, the two forces actually formed a balance of power.

Xiwen found it hard to believe that he could block Dumbledore's magic. He subconsciously looked up at him and found him looking relaxed, even having time to take a sip of water.

Dumbledore seemed to sense Xiwen's gaze, and then his eyes flickered as he increased the output of his magic once again.

An even greater pressure swept over him, and Xiwen's left arm twisted Transformation almost instantly, as if it were about to be stretched and widened.

With a forced effort, Xiwen drew his wand with his right hand, pointed it at himself, and shouted—

"Reparifarge!"