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Physical energy, mental energy, and natural energy.
Chakra is a product of the balance between physical and spiritual energy. To add natural energy to it, the established balance must be broken.
But inertia is a terrible thing.
Especially when the body has become accustomed to how to generate chakra, this inertia has long since developed into instinct.
This is the fundamental reason why Sage Mode is so difficult to cultivate.
Entering Sage Mode when highly focused is not difficult.
The difficulty lies in maintaining Sage Mode during actions, and even in combat.
On his first day of cultivation in the Wet Bone Forest, Chu Yang successfully developed a facial mask.
The impulsive action took three days.
It took five days to conduct a normal battle.
Such speed was unprecedented in the eyes of the Slug Immortal, but Chu Yang was still not satisfied.
If you can't guarantee that you can enter Sage Mode at any time during battle, then it's meaningless.
For this reason, Chu Yang specifically sought advice from Hashirama Senju.
Hashirama Senju: "Like this... then like this... and finally like that."
Chu Yang: “???”
As Hashirama Senju gestured, the words he uttered felt both familiar and strange to Chu Yang.
He seemed to think he had described things in great detail, even vividly.
Until Chu Yang looked at him with a blank expression.
"Tobirama always said I wasn't suited to be a teacher..." Hashirama Senju scratched his head awkwardly and laughed, "I think practical combat will make it easier for you to understand."
Chu Yang sighed deeply; this was the kind of situation that was going to get him beaten up.
However, in order to enter Immortal Mode more quickly, Chu Yang had no choice but to nod in agreement.
In actual combat, apart from Sage Mode, other ninjutsu or sage techniques cannot be used, meaning that Hashirama Senju's most advantageous Wood Release cannot be used.
In terms of pure physical skills, the gap between Chu Yang and Hashirama Senju isn't actually that big right now.
The problem is that Hashirama Senju will not give Chu Yang the chance to enter Sage Mode in actual combat; he has been suppressing Chu Yang from the very beginning.
If Hashirama Senju in Sage Mode were to fight Chu Yang, who was not in Sage Mode and could only use taijutsu, the outcome would be predictable.
Chu Yang was stunned by the beating.
Forget about entering Sage Mode; even with all his might, he could barely defend against Hashirama Senju's attacks.
More often than not, he was like a human punching bag.
The two fought from morning until dusk.
Chu Yang's whole body swelled up.
Hashirama Senju said with a refreshed expression, "It's been a long time since I've had this much fun. The last time was when I fought Madara. After becoming Hokage, I haven't had many opportunities to fight. Sometimes I really envy Madara. At least he can fight against the tailed beasts."
"How's it going? After playing for so long, have you gotten any feel for it yet?"
With his face bruised and swollen, Chu Yang looked up at Hashirama Senju and said resentfully, "Do I look like I have feelings?"
Hashirama Senju held his breath and asked solemnly, "Who are you?"
Chu Yang sighed deeply, "Teacher, this joke is not funny at all."
"Really? Hahaha." Hashirama Senju scratched his head and laughed to himself.
Hashirama Senju's teaching method was simple and brutal.
But it was very effective, fully unleashing Chu Yang's potential. Chu Yang was beaten for three days and three nights, and finally learned how to instantly enter immortal mode during battle.
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The Harry Potter world.
After mastering the three Unforgivable Curses, Chu Yang resumed his research on spells.
As for the wand, it's temporarily out of service.
Chu Yang's wand-making skills have reached a very high level. He has even found a formula for replacing wand cores, but it is still difficult to find a stable substitute for the core so that "himself" in other worlds can make wands.
Therefore, Chu Yang decided to change his research direction and prepare to learn the secrets of wandless spellcasting from Professor Flitwick or Principal Dumbledore.
The wand is actually a European invention. Before the British wizard Isolsel established the Ilvermorny School, indigenous wizards in North America used wandless spellcasting.
African wizards only began to use wands in the 20th century.
Strictly speaking, a wand is not a necessity for casting spells.
Spellcasting without a staff is very difficult, at least much more difficult than the OWL and NEWT exams.
The advent of the wand lowered the requirements for spellcasting, making it more controllable and simple, which was a key factor in European wizards' overwhelming dominance over wizards in other regions throughout history.
Wands and wandless spellcasting are like internal combustion engines and steam engines, the latter of which have been abandoned by the times.
For most wizards, abandoning their wands and choosing to cast spells without a wand is as incomprehensible as modern people abandoning high-speed rail and choosing steam trains.
Even someone as powerful as Dumbledore would never use staffless spellcasting in battle.
But for Chu Yang, the high learning threshold and drawbacks of wandless spellcasting were far more important than enabling "himself" in other worlds to use magic.
As for the drawbacks of casting spells without a staff, Chu Yang can gradually overcome them by utilizing the knowledge from various worlds, so he is not worried about that at all.
Headmaster Dumbledore has been very busy lately.
Since Chu Yang passed on the information about Voldemort's seven Horcruxes, he has rarely been seen at Hogwarts.
Harry's mood also became somewhat depressed, but fortunately Ron and Hermione often stayed by his side.
Since Dumbledore wasn't at the school, Chu Yang had no choice but to ask Professor Flitwick to teach him the techniques of wandless spellcasting.
As the champion of the dueling tournament, Professor Flitwick's spellcasting ability was second only to Dumbledore in all of Hogwarts.
Snape and Professor McGonagall were also good at wandless spellcasting, but their explanations might not have been as thorough as Professor Flitwick's.
This is not their forte.
After class, Chu Yang did not go to the auditorium for dinner with his classmates. Instead, he went to the eighth floor alone, passing by the Room of Requirement, and followed the corridor to the office near the west tower.
He reached out and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Professor Flitwick's high-pitched voice rang out.
Chu Yang pushed open the door and saw Professor Flitwick making coffee.
"Would you like a drink?" Professor Flitwick asked with a smile. He really liked students like Chu Yang who would come to him after class.
When the two discussed spells, Chu Yang's imaginative ideas often brought him great inspiration.
"No, Professor, I came to ask you some questions."
Chu Yang sat down on the sofa with practiced ease.
"Have we encountered some incomprehensible curse?"
Professor Flitwick, holding a freshly brewed cup of coffee, sat curiously opposite Chu Yang.
“It’s not a curse…” Chu Yang smiled and said, “I want to learn the technique of casting spells without a staff from you.”
"Wandless spellcasting?" Professor Flitwick paused for a moment, then frowned and said, "Why would you want to learn this? Wandless spellcasting is both inefficient and difficult, like the stone tools in the hands of primitive people..."
It's easy to tell from Professor Flitwick's words that he looks down on wandless spellcasting and, like most wizards, considers it backward.
Seeing that the topic was getting further and further away, Chu Yang quickly interrupted him, "I've been studying the history of magic recently, and I'm very curious about the earliest history of wizards. I want to know how European wizards cast spells before they invented wands."
“Oh!” Professor Flitwick exclaimed, smiling knowingly. “I used to be just like you, full of curiosity about everything in the magical world.”
"Since you want to understand wandless spellcasting, I must first explain the relationship between magic, wand, and spell."
"Each person's own magic is like water in a large bucket, and the magic required to release a spell is like water in a small bottle."
"We need a funnel to precisely pour the water from the large bucket into the small bottle, and the spell acts as that funnel, helping us regulate the output of magic."
"Even if I pour in a little too much water sometimes, the funnel can help me adjust it so that the water doesn't overflow."
"Without a wand, it's like trying to pour water from a large bucket into a small bottle without a funnel. If you use too much force, it's a minor issue if the water overflows, but sometimes it can even knock the bottle over."
"At this point, the entire spell will fail, and in severe cases, it may even cause a magical backlash, which is a terrible thing for a wizard."
At this point, Professor Flitwick's expression became extremely serious. "Yang, you should have read about the consequences of wizards losing control of their magic in books."
"And most spellcasting without a wand will result in even more severe loss of control of magic. The magic will run rampant in the body, like an endlessly inflating balloon. I don't need to say more about the consequences, do I?"
Chu Yang immediately nodded and said, "I understand, Professor Flitwick."
"Hmm, very good." Professor Flitwick's smile returned, and he began to further instruct Chu Yang on the key points of staffless spellcasting.
"Without a wand, our bodies take on the role of a wand. Without a wand to act as a regulator, we must use our mental power to strictly control the output of magic."
"Mental strength is a natural barrier to casting spells without a staff. If one's mental strength is not strong enough, one cannot accurately pour water from a large bucket into a small bottle."
"As a person's mental strength increases with age and through continuous meditation, it becomes stronger and stronger. This is why Principal Dumbledore's wandless spellcasting looks more effortless than others."