An unusual magical array fusing Eastern formation and Western magic appeared under Chiao Ying's feet, quickly growing to become a bird-headed staff.
Afterwards, she pulled out a Kurama card from her pocket and gently tapped it with the bird-headed staff:
"Shadow, imprint our shadows onto the sealing glass—into Shadow!"
That Kurama card immediately transformed into a mass of shadows and attached itself to Chiao Ying's shadow.
Subsequently, Chiao Ying moved to the display hall and let Chikashi shine a flashlight on herself so that her shadow could be imprinted beside the painting to which the static card had attached itself in the display hall.
Using the power of the Shadow card as a medium, she cast the shadow of the bird-headed staff onto the painting.
"Restore yourself to your original form, Shadow Card!"
Something miraculous happened. The static card was actually bound by the power of the Shadow staff, turning into a Kurama card and flying out of the painting to land in Chiao Ying's hands.
"Shadow magic, interesting."
George witnessed the entire process and became even more interested in the cards.
With his current magical level, he could clearly feel that these Kurama cards were not as simple as they appeared on the surface.
The Static card is not just a silence spell, and the Shadow card is not just a spell to control shadows; they seem to be a kind of spiritualization of Kurau's understanding of the essence of each type of magic.
The power demonstrated now seems to be weak, but that is because the Kurama cards use the magic of Kurau, who has been gone for a long time, and the remaining magic on each card is too weak.
If Kurau himself used these cards, the Static card could possibly silence the entire world, and the Shadow card might control all shadows that exist in the world.
If he could perfectly parse and understand the magical essence within the Kurama cards, it's estimated that he wouldn't just be able to quickly master all similar magics as he did with understanding the essence of lightning before. He might also be able to create his own set of magical cards.
"Little ghost, how about it? Our Chiao Ying is very powerful!"
Little Can arrived at Little Wolf's side with her hands on her hips, Little Wolf snorted indignantly:
"It's just luck."
"I think we should do this. Since Chiao Ying is the chosen inheritor of the seal guardian, she naturally has the qualifications to collect Kurama cards."
After that, Chiao Ying and Little Wolf, you should each collect Kurama cards based on your own abilities. In the end, whoever has more Kurama cards in their hand will be the new owner of the Kurama cards.
"You should learn from each other during this process, get along well, prioritize friendship first, and competition second."
George reached out and touched the heads of Chiao Ying and Little Wolf, then laughed and proposed.
On the other hand, Little Can responded immediately on behalf of Chiao Ying:
"All right, that's it. Chiao Ying won't lose to this little ghost."
"Come on, I will definitely win in the end!"
Little Wolf also lifted his head with no sign of weakness.
Chiao Ying, however, helplessly covered her forehead, not wanting to compete with Little Wolf who looked quite dangerous.
Chikashi saw this and smiled, covering her mouth with one hand while holding a camera to take a picture of the scene.
"Thank you for your help, goodbye!"
The little girl with a hat saw her father's painting restored to its original state, bowed deeply to the crowd, and then turned around and left the art gallery.
"It's getting late, we should leave too. Make sure to get along well with Little Wolf at school tomorrow."
George grabbed Little Wolf by the hand:
"Phantom Travel!"
The two disappeared instantly.
"That old man has such strong magic, and the Li family actually has such a powerful figure."
Little Can watched as George and Little Wolf left, thinking to herself.
Although she has not yet regained her strength, as a sealed guardian beast, her perception is not weak and she can sense the terrible magic within George's body.
Fortunately, the old man of the Li family had no hostile intentions towards them.
"What does Grandpa mean when he says we should get along well at school tomorrow?"
Chiao Ying looked at Chikashi, who smiled and shook her head.
On the other side, Little Wolf saw himself instantly return to the villa and looked curiously at George:
"Grandfather, is this something one can do after achieving enlightenment?"
"Of course, you will know when you achieve enlightenment later. It's getting late, go to bed now!"
George waved Little Wolf off and returned to his room, using magic to make a series of modifications, and began to study the Li family's Taoist practices.
In this world, Taoism and magic are actually the same thing, but they are just expressed differently.
Even in the Academy City, it was the same. There were also Eastern Taoist books in the magic books, such as "The Book of Pao".
The Li family's Taoist practices contain a lot of things, with its fundamental being the Five Elements Taoism - gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. It also includes extensions like lightning and ice, which have effects similar to various elemental magic in magic.
It's just that the methods of casting spells and the forms of expression are a bit different.
He is particularly good at lightning, wood, and fire magic, and lightning has already touched the essence of magic, so the three systems of Taoist practices are easier for him to learn.
In addition to the Five Elements Taoism, the Li family also collected some other Taoist practices from various schools, but those were just auxiliary, and their power was not as great as that of the Five Elements Taoism.
For example, some of the magic rituals from the Maoshan sect that control zombies, methods of making various talismans, tracking techniques, and so on.
What surprised him the most was that the Li family also had Taoist books on time-related magic, but because it was too profound, no disciples of the Li family had been able to learn it in hundreds of years.
What's more, it was outsider Kurau Li, who had borrowed and mastered its secrets.
He is currently studying time magic and has made a preliminary entry. Once he studies the related Taoist books of the Li family thoroughly, he can attempt to decipher the time card within the Kurama cards, thus mastering time magic.
At that time, the Fairy Ball would likely not be a problem, and it could save the old president and the others.
The next morning, George left with Little Wolf and the relevant materials to head to Yonezawa Primary School in town.
Yonezawa Primary School and Yonezawa Middle and High School are located side by side, covering primary, junior high, and high school education.
The children in this town can go from primary school to high school all in the town itself.
"Good morning, Chiao Ying!"
As they arrived at the school gate, they met Chiao Ying, who was wearing school uniform, skating swiftly from the other side of the street.
"Good morning, Li Family Grandpa!"
Seeing George standing at the school gate, Chiao Ying stopped her skating and politely greeted him. Then, looking at Little Wolf, who was wearing the same school uniform, she said in surprise:
"So that's what 'get along well' meant yesterday."
Subsequently, she extended her hand to Little Wolf:
"Hello, Little Wolf, I'll introduce myself formally. My name is Kimi no Nōmi Sakura!"
"Hmm, Li Xiaolong!"
Looking at Chiao Ying's face with a bright smile, Little Wolf suddenly froze for a moment, and then unconsciously extended his hand.
After holding hands, he realized it and quickly withdrew his hand.
"I won't let you have the Kurama cards."
"It's a great match!"
George looked down at the two little ones, a smile that resembled a kind father's spread across his face.
He suddenly understood a bit more about the look Professor Snape gave him and Hermione at Hogwarts.
