Not just physical pleasure, but spiritual pleasure.
Especially before going to the Soul Palace, Chu Yang was still an ordinary person. The comparison made him understand this ineffable pleasure even more.
It's like playing a game where you fight a monster that yields high rewards, but your damage is very ineffective. When you come back with a cheat, one hit kills it with 999 damage. That feeling is incredibly satisfying.
Chu Yang is in this state now, not wanting to interrupt, so he took out books from his backpack and continued reading until dinner time. Chu Yang's stomach growled with hunger before he reluctantly put down the books.
In just this short while, Chu Yang had finished reading "History of Magic," "A Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi," and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," three popular science books.
Chu Yang stretched, and a tingle ran through his body. He murmured, "If I could have read like this in my previous life, I probably could have gotten into a world-renowned university in a year or two."
After a hurried dinner downstairs, Chu Yang rushed back to his room.
"Hey, slow down, slow down, soon-to-be enrolled little wizard, why the hurry?" Old Tom reminded Chu Yang, who was walking down the stairs, looking up.
"Sorry, Mr. Tom, I'm busy going back to read!" Chu Yang replied, then tiptoed and quickly returned to his room.
"He's really studious..." Tom was stunned. In his impression, little wizards who first came to Diagon Alley would mostly get lost in the exciting Magic World outside, and very few people could quiet down and read at his establishment.
Back in his room, Chu Yang first let out his owl to feed it, then eagerly took out "Magical Theory" to read.
Compared to popular science books, "Magical Theory" had a much higher barrier to entry, and Chu Yang needed much more time to understand and memorize.
It wasn't until the sky darkened that a slightly mentally fatigued Chu Yang put down the book and fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, Chu Yang, like yesterday, stayed in his room reading "Magical Theory" and "Guide to Self-Defense Against Dark Forces," also known as "Defense Against the Dark Arts." He read both books back and forth over a dozen times.
In the evening, Chu Yang, wearing a hooded sweatshirt over a wizard's robe, left The Leaky Cauldron.
Tonight, he was going hunting in Knockturn Alley.
...
Knockturn Alley and Diagon Alley are connected by a hidden alley. Few people use this route to travel back and forth because too many ill-intentioned people watch from the road.
In wizarding families, parents warn their children not to go to Knockturn Alley from a young age, as it is a gathering place for Dark Wizards.
If there's an urgent need, adult wizards usually use Floo Powder for quick travel to and from Knockturn Alley, and those with stronger abilities choose Apparition.
If Chu Yang were just running errands, he would also choose Floo Powder, but today he was here to hunt.
The more greedy people set their sights on him, the better!
"Defense Against the Dark Arts" made Chu Yang clearly understand the incantations and casting animations, the "casting animation," when Dark Wizards cast dark magic.
Kenbunshoku Haki can help Chu Yang predict the opponent's movements and avoid them in advance.
With Chu Yang's current physical condition, even without using the Body Flicker Technique from the Naruto World, most Dark Wizards would find it difficult to hit him.
This was Chu Yang's confidence in daring to hunt Dark Wizards.
An 11-year-old child strolled through the street connecting to Knockturn Alley, attracting a lot of attention as expected.
Chu Yang deliberately dropped his money pouch on the ground, and a few Gold Galleons rolled out of the bag with a clatter.
The eyes of several pale, skinny Dark Wizards almost popped out.
Chu Yang quickly picked up the Gold Galleons.
Facing the greedy gazes from all around, he "panicked" and darted into a small alley.
Immediately, Dark Wizards followed Chu Yang into the pitch-black alley, emitting sinister laughter.
Chu Yang shouted and ran faster!
"Little wizard, didn't your elders tell you which places in Diagon Alley not to go to?" a bald wizard with sunken eyes and a fierce appearance chased Chu Yang, laughing heartily.
At the entrance of the alley, a group of Dark Wizards stood guard. Hearing the bald wizard's brazen laughter, they also smiled.
But before long, the alley suddenly fell silent again. After a long time, there was no sound, as if no one had ever entered.
Looking at the dark entrance, the Dark Wizards exchanged glances.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't take this long to deal with a child.
"Who's going to take a look?"
"York, why aren't you going to take a look? Are you afraid of the dark?"
"Hahahaha."
Amidst the laughter of the Dark Wizards, York, who looked sickly, became furious, "Fine, I'll go, all of you shut up!"
Saying that, he tremblingly leaned against the wall and walked in.
The laughter behind him paused briefly, then erupted.
"Hahahaha, York, you walk like a woman!"
York cast a Lumos spell, dispelling the surrounding darkness, and strode inside. Suddenly, his foot caught on something, and he stumbled and fell to the ground.
What he sat on felt soft, like a cushion. He looked down and saw the bald wizard who had been chasing Chu Yang.
York's pupils suddenly constricted!
He looked around and saw a large number of people lying on the ground.
The Dark Wizards on the ground were not dead, but they had been stripped of everything but their wizard robes.
York was so scared that he fell onto the ground and started howling. The Dark Wizards outside rushed into the dark, cramped alley and were also startled by the scene.
At this moment, Chu Yang had already left Knockturn Alley and returned to The Leaky Cauldron.
He poured all his gains onto the bed. The sound of coins clashing was like a magnificent orchestral concert.
There were Gold Galleons, Sickles, and Bronze Knuts, currencies of three different values.
This trip alone earned him nearly a thousand Gold Galleons.
"The lives of Dark Wizards are not easy either. Their most prosperous times were probably when Voldemort's power was at its peak, but alas, times have changed," Chu Yang lamented, though his lips couldn't stop turning upwards.
He hadn't used any magic throughout the entire process, so he wouldn't attract anyone's attention.
With a source of income, Chu Yang had no worries about spending money. He first went to Flourish and Blotts to buy some advanced textbooks, then stayed in his room to read.
For the next month, Chu Yang's life was very regular: reading during the day and going out to "work" in different disguises at night.
He was practically the Batman active in the dark nights of Knockturn Alley.
Carefree days passed by in a flash, and time quickly came to September 1st. Chu Yang packed his luggage, left The Leaky Cauldron, and headed for King's Cross Station.
The area around Platform 9 3/4 was enchanted, imperceptible to Muggles, and they would unconsciously walk around it, just like The Leaky Cauldron.