Chapter 43 - Ch: 351-355

Chapter 351: So the Cheat Was Given By Myself

After a brief chat, Harry and the others left Eisen and returned to their respective dormitories.

Leaning against the headboard, after spacing out for a while, Eisen opened the Chat Group and started chatting with Hermione, who was far away at Hogwarts.

Eisen: Hermione, what are you doing now?

A message had just been sent. Eisen thought Hermionemight not see it for a while, but unexpectedly, she replied immediately.

Hermione: Ah, Professor Aisen, I just finished eating and will have class after reviewing my homework for a bit.

Class? Oh, right, that's correct! There's an eight-hour time difference between Hogwarts and Zhengyi School. When it's past nine in the evening at Zhengyi School, it's past one in the afternoon at Hogwarts.

Eisen: How have classes been these past few days? Is there a lot of pressure after becoming a Prefect?

Hermione: It's okay! There are no problems with studying, and being a Prefect feels quite good too!

Uh, as a top student, Hermione's answer wasn't unexpected.

Eisen: How is the new Professor Moody at school?

Without his influence and interference, Moody would have originally become Hermione's Professor of Dark Arts in her fourth year! Although he ended up teaching nothing, almost everyone basically accepted this conclusion.

And now, in Hermione's fifth year, Moody has become a Professor who defeated Black Magic, which can be considered a return to the right track in some sense.

As for Professor Moody's teaching style, if Eisen's prediction is correct, it should actually be no different from the Moody played by Barty Crouch Jr. in the original work. Otherwise, no one would have failed to see through him!

Hermione: Professor Moody, he is really different from everyone else!

Eisen: Oh? Different?

Hermione: Yes, Professor, Professor Moody demonstrated the Unforgivable Curses in class—

Eisen: Since Dumbledore and they think it's fine, then there's no problem.

Hermione: Professor, I know!

Eisen: By the way, have there been any major events at Hogwarts recently?

Hermione: No!

Eisen: Alright, then how is the Hogwarts Campus Weeklythat you are in charge of?

Hermione: The newspaper is developing very well, and many classmates told me that their families are preparing to subscribe!

...

After a pleasant conversation, Hermione reluctantly went offline only when it was almost time for her class.

The next morning, after Eisen had breakfast at the canteen, he planned to leave Zhengyi School to attend to some unfinished business from yesterday. As for Harryand the others, they would just continue studying according to the regular class schedule here.

"Hi, hello, you are Professor Aisen from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, right?" At the school gate, a young man about the same age as Eisen greeted him warmly.

The young man looked ordinary, wearing a suit, not like a student or a teacher from Zhengyi School, but more like a newcomer in Muggle society.

Judging by his appearance, he seemed to have come out of the teacher's dormitory and just walked down the path from the grassy mound.

"Hello, I am Eisen Turner, and you are?" Eisen nodded towards the other person.

"I am Li Hao, a teacher of the Qimen Dunjia class at Zhengyi School. Speaking of which, I'm your colleague!" The young man introduced himself and then started talking in a familiar manner.

Hearing the other person's self-introduction, Eisen was a bit surprised. Judging from the other person's appearance, even if he was older than Eisen, he probably wasn't much older.

In other words, this young man in his twenties was actually a teacher at Zhengyi School. Moreover, he was a teacher of the Qimen Dunjia class.

It should be known that Qimen Dunjia is actually a very complex body of knowledge, including related knowledge such as Astronomy, astrology, numerology, and divination. Given this, the fact that the other person could become a teacher at Zhengyi School indicates that their level is not low.

"Colleague? I wouldn't dare say that! I only teach Astronomy at Hogwarts, but Qimen Dunjia, as far as I know, also includes very complex numerological knowledge." As his thoughts turned, Eisen said with a smile.

"Actually, I've only learned a little bit." As Li Hao spoke, he came up to Eisen. "Are you heading out?"

"That's right, I have something to attend to outside now. What about you? Are you also going out?" Eisen said calmly.

"Ah, yes, the new school year has started, and the school will hold a flying competition in October. I need to discuss some matters with two other teachers." Li Hao showed a faint smile.

"Flying competition? I remember there's a dueling competition for all teachers and students at the end of every month, isn't there?" Hearing this news, Eisen looked over in surprise.

"The dueling competition is the dueling competition, and it's held at the end of every month. The flying competition is a competition held once a year by Zhengyi School, scheduled for October." Li Hao introduced the difference between the two.

"A flying competition? When in October?" Eisen immediately became interested.

"As for the time of the competition, it hasn't been decided yet." Li Hao said, a hint of awkwardness appearing on his face.

"The time hasn't been decided? Isn't this a competition held every year? How could the time not be set?" This point made Eisen feel very strange.

"Aren't I just about to discuss it with the other two Qimen Dunjia class teachers?" Li Hao pointed to the school gate and then pointed to himself.

"In other words, the time for the competition can only be decided after the three teachers of the Qimen Dunjia class have discussed it!" Eisen showed a thoughtful expression.

"That's right!" Li Hao said, seeming a bit melancholic, and sighed slightly. "Our tradition here is different from yours. We emphasize the right time, place, and human harmony in everything we do. Therefore, although we have set the time for the flying competition in October each year, the specific time still needs to be calculated in detail."

"Is that so? I understand, I understand!" Eisen immediately nodded.

The three teachers of the Qimen Dunjia class discussing together probably means they will use numerological methods for calculation. As for the right time, place, and human harmony, it's probably what he considered a 'lucky day' in his previous life.

After the calculation results are out, the school will probably announce the specific time for the flying competition.

However, if that's the case, the date for the flying competition is probably different every year.

"You can understand what I'm saying?" Seeming to notice Eisen's demeanor, Li Hao showed a surprised expression. "It seems you are just as Teacher Zhang said, you have a deep understanding of our culture here!"

"You're too kind, you're too kind!" Eisen waved his hand, then seemed to think of something. "By the way, not everyone participates in this flying competition at your school, right?"

"That's not the case. The dueling competition at the end of every month is for all teachers and students to participate in, while the flying competition is conducted through student registration to participate," Li Haoexplained.

Eisen nodded and said nothing more.

After leaving the school gate, the two exchanged a few more words, and then Li Hao bid farewell to Eisen.

Through this conversation, Eisen learned that for the four compulsory courses and three elective courses at Zhengyi School, each course is handled by three teachers.

Of course, Eisen didn't care about which grade or class the specific teaching tasks were for. After all, he was just an idle person here.

Watching Li Hao walk towards the foot of the mountain, the smile on Eisen's face slowly faded.

At this time, the sky had just brightened significantly. Under the sunlight, the entire valley gleamed slightly. A gentle breeze blew, scattering fallen leaves, which landed on the ground, adding a layer of desolation to the valley.

Thinking of his actions last night and the half-finished Horcrux hidden in the Dream World, Eisen's mood suddenly became agitated.

Speaking of which, after Eisen, on a whim, refined a new concept Horcrux using his emotion manipulation ability fused with memories from his previous life and the treasure given by Zou Zunian, the cheat suddenly appeared and even 'voluntarily' helped him, refining the Horcrux into the appearance of a small cheat.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but in the end, the cheat also transmitted a piece of information to him. The content of the information was that he needed to travel through Space-Time back to 1972 to refine a more perfect Horcrux.

As for why this happened, Eisen, combining that information with his own understanding, basically understood what was going on.

Speaking of which, the matter is actually quite bizarre, which is that Eisen's cheat seems to have been refined by himself.

However, upon closer thought, one will realize that this matter is not entirely unreasonable.

After all, he had previously traveled through Space-Time back to the past to cast a spell and hide his 'roots'. So, it's understandable that he would create a cheat-like Golden Finger for himself and apply it to his past self, right!

However, after having this thought, he pondered a bit more.

Originally, he thought that with his current level, it would be basically impossible to create something as high-end as a Golden Finger. If he really wanted to create a Golden Finger, it would probably have to wait until he gained 'authority' and became a true god.

But unexpectedly, he coincidentally managed to create a Golden Finger by chance.

So, before going to bed last night, Aisen thought for a long time. Then, after much deliberation, he always felt that the problem lay with the treasure 'glass bead' that Zou Zunian had given him.

The golden threads entwined within the transparent glass bead seemed to be activated after he touched them, and then the glass bead gradually disappeared without a trace. The golden threads, after contacting his Magic, turned into a rope that could enter the Dream World.

So, what exactly were those golden threads? That was probably the key to the problem.

As for why Zou Zunian happened to say he was giving him a treasure, and why he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity and closeness after receiving it, followed by a series of changes, Aisen was actually quite puzzled.

However, one thing Aisen was certain of was that these changes did not have any negative impact on him.

Temporarily clearing his mind of Random Thoughts, Aisen instantly vanished from his spot with a flash.

...

England, Manchester, Altrincham.

On the edge of the town, behind a house near the suburbs, Aisen's figure instantly appeared.

In an instant, after changing locations, even the daytime turned into night.

At this moment, the night was dark and windy, and scattered starlight fell, making the town's scattered lights appear even more desolate. However, Aisen didn't pay attention to these.

After taking a deep breath, Aisen activated the dormant power of time within him.

In an instant, he vanished from his spot! Immediately following a Space-Time shift, at the same location, his figure instantly arrived in 1972.

After changing Space-Time, Aisen first cast Disillusionment Charm, concealment spells, and other spells on himself to hide. Then, after taking a deep breath, he opened his God's Perspective, bringing all the details of the entire room into his sight.

Subsequently, Aisen saw that in the bedroom inside the room, a woman was sitting on a chair, looking at the crib with a happy face. The woman was wearing simple home clothes and was his mother in this world.

And the infant in the crib who had fallen asleep was Aisen himself, who had just passed his first month.

Looking at this scene, a different kind of feeling arose in his heart. This feeling surged from his heart, making him feel as though he wanted to keep time forever at this moment.

After a long while, Aisen smiled and shook his head, clearing the Random Thoughts from his mind.

With a wave of his hand, a ripple appeared out of thin air, sweeping through the entire room like a gentle breeze. His much younger-looking mother then fell into the Dream World.

He synchronized the environment of the room with the Dream World and adjusted the flow of time. Thus, in Aisen's view, she seemed to be sitting quietly on the chair, lost in thought.

Alright, it's time to start acting.

Entering the bedroom, slowly approaching the crib, Aisenfirst cast a spell to separate the entire room from the outside before making a move. Then, he extended his right hand and pulled a golden chain from the Dream World.

As soon as the golden chain appeared in the real world, it seemed to be heading towards infant Aisen, like a young swallow returning to its nest. This situation made him realize that this Golden Finger was indeed a cheat he created for himself.

However, at the moment, Aisen Bondage the golden chain in his palm, not letting it fly towards his infant self. Because there was still one more procedure he needed to complete.

As his thoughts turned, Aisen maintained the posture of his right hand extended, while his left hand, following the information previously transmitted by the Golden Finger, quickly outlined several magic runes.

After the magic runes were connected end to end, they formed a circle, suspended on his left arm. Immediately afterwards, the circle emitted a dazzling golden light.

When the golden light shone on infant Aisen, a faint, dark spiritual light emerged from him and then ascended.

A moment later, the faint, dark spiritual light flickered and rose to Aisen's eyes. Aisen quickly waved his right hand, and the golden chain swallowed all the faint, dark spiritual light.

Immediately afterwards, the golden light radiating from the surface of the magic rune circle suspended on Aisen's left arm converged and also drilled into the golden chain next to it.

He did not stop his movements, his fingers dancing lightly, and magic runes were drawn from the air, continuously drilling into the golden chain.

After five minutes, Aisen seemed to have completed his task, and the movements of his hands stopped directly. The golden chain circled around him a few times, and then, as if it had found its target, it shot towards the crib.

Under his gaze, the golden chain, like a drop of water falling into the sea, went directly into infant Aisen after reaching him.

Seeing all this, Aisen immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Previously, when he created the new concept Horcrux, he originally planned to hide it in the Dream World. This way, it would be foolproof. However, the series of reactions and messages transmitted by the Golden Finger later made him modify his plan at the end.

How to put it? In simple terms, he slightly changed the process of creating the Horcrux.

He originally thought of using memories to bear the connection between him and the Horcrux, then placing the Horcrux in the Dream World, and slowly strengthening this connection until it was as strong as the connection created by splitting the soul to make a Horcrux.

But the information transmitted by the Golden Finger gave him a sense of sudden enlightenment: he could also integrate his soul into the Horcrux.

After all, he had transmigrated, and when he was an infant, before he had grown up, he actually had an extra 'blank soul' on him.

If Aisen hadn't made these moves, his soul would have absorbed this nascent 'blank soul', and in the process of future growth, the blank soul would have been completely integrated.

Perhaps after that, Aisen would have become a true child prodigy because of this.

But after the 'hint' from the Golden Finger, he directly used this 'blank soul' as a 'soul fragment' split off and integrated it into the Horcrux.

How did Voldemort make horcruxes? It was nothing more than killing people and splitting his soul through evil Black Magic, sealing a part of his soul in the Horcrux.

Thus, although the soul in Voldemort's body and the soul in the Horcrux were split, because they came from the same origin, the connection between him and the Horcruxwas very strong and stable. Therefore, as long as the Horcrux was not destroyed, Voldemort could be resurrected even if he died.

And Aisen's actions, although he didn't truly split his soul, were basically considered to be from the same origin because his soul and the nascent blank soul had been in the same body for a month.

Thus, by sealing the blank soul into the Horcrux, he essentially integrated a part of his own soul into the Horcrux.

Clearly, such a clever method could directly complete the creation of a true Horcrux, and the key was that it didn't require killing people or splitting one's own soul.

Aisen was very satisfied with this. It was precisely because of this that he followed the information given by the Golden Finger and made certain adjustments to the process of creating the Horcrux.

However, the current situation told him that what he had created seemed to be not just a Horcrux.

Comparing it with the appearance of the Golden Finger in his mind earlier, Aisen suddenly felt that the golden chain that had just merged into his infant self was not only a Horcrux but also the Golden Finger he had created himself.

"So, my Golden Finger was created by myself," he thought, a myriad of feelings welling up in his heart.

As for why the Golden Finger appeared in the form of a virtual panel, Aisen estimated it was because the 'emotional manipulation' characteristic had absorbed his memories from his previous life.

His memories from his previous life were at play, and perhaps his subconscious felt that expressing the form of the Golden Finger using a virtual panel was more suitable.

Chapter 352: Transferred to First Year

With a thought, Aisen sent his mother's consciousness back to the real world, then quietly withdrew the magiche had cast within the house.

Although it took him some time to cast the spell, his mother, whose consciousness was immersed in the Dream World, was unaware of any of it. Therefore, Aisen's actions were completed without a sound.

As he left, he looked back at his mother's youthful appearance, and then at himself as a child. Afterwards, he smiled and returned to 1995.

The environment before him changed, and when Aisenfocused his attention, he found himself once again enveloped by the night. Looking at his old home in the darkness, just as he was about to leave, another thought suddenly popped into his mind: In this life, when did his memories from his previous life awaken?

Frowning slightly, Aisen thought back carefully and realized that he seemed to have gained memories from his previous life when he was about a month old.

Thinking this, his expression immediately turned strange.

Because of his actions just now, he couldn't be sure if he had transmigrated with memories from his previous life when he was a month old, or if the memories from his previous life within the cheat had taken over this body when he attached the cheat containing those memories to himself.

No, that's not right—

After thinking about it carefully, Aisen realized that it didn't seem to be the case.

Because since he, as an infant, had a blank soul, he must have transmigrated as a soul. Therefore, transmigrating with memories from his previous life wouldn't be an issue.

In that case, the most likely scenario is that he brought a memory with him when he transmigrated, and then the memory contained within the cheat merged with the memory he brought.

Uh—, perhaps, maybe, it might be like that!

With thoughts swirling, Aisen shook his head and didn't linger there, returning directly to Zhengyi School.

After returning to his dormitory, he sat by the window and continued to sort through his previous thoughts.

Of course, he wasn't thinking about whether his actions just now were inappropriate, but rather the significance of those actions to himself.

Leaving aside other things, he originally wanted to refine a Horcrux without side effects, simply to have one more method for Immortality. After refining the new concept Horcrux, he even thought about hiding the Horcrux in the Dream World so that no one could find it.

But only now did he realize that this Horcrux without side effects had been refined, and unexpectedly, it had directly become a cheat. Moreover, it was a cheat that had been attached to him since childhood.

All of this gave Aisen the feeling that plans couldn't keep up with changes. Of course, this wasn't a bad thing, because this kind of change seemed to quite match his wishes.

But, the cheat panel? Thinking of this, Aisen had a thought, and a virtual panel appeared before him.

Character: Eisen Turner

Supernatural Talent: magic (Activated)

magic Value: 18890 (Increases by 10 points of magicdaily)

Supernatural Traits: Excellent Grade Casting Trait (Compatibility 115%) (Integrated), Legendary Grade Immortality Trait (Integrated), Perfect Grade Observation Trait (Integrated), Legendary Grade Time Travel Trait (Integrated), Perfect Grade Self-Healing Trait (Integrated)

Miracle Traits: 0 (Automatically obtain 1 per year)

Looking at the relevant information about himself on the cheat panel, Aisen was completely aware. The Emotion Manipulation Trait that had already been replicated was transferred to the Dream World before he could integrate it.

Then, the Emotion Manipulation Trait absorbed the memories from his previous life and was finally refined by him into a golden rope, becoming the cheat. Uh—is this perhaps why the cheat panel prompted 'Conditions Met' after the Emotion Manipulation Trait was replicated?

Okay, maybe that's how it is.

However, Aisen was thinking a bit too much at this time.

Because if the way the cheat manifested after activation was truly influenced by his memories from his previous life, then he suspected this influence was a bit too weak.

Otherwise, why couldn't he directly learn the self-compiled Eight Nine Arcane Art when he tried to study it right after activating the cheat, no matter how many times he tried?

But on second thought, he felt that his cheat was actually quite good.

On one hand, it can increase the magic within Aisen's body every day, constantly enhancing his strength. On the other hand, it also leaves room for him to actively explore the path of magic.

Simply put, this cheat wasn't too overpowered, and it just so happened to leave a little room for Aisen himself to develop more methods to enhance his own strength.

For example, Aisen's body is now inscribed with various protective magic effects, his eyes have integrated the traits of the replicated Basilisk eye, he has created the Dream World, created Apparition Without A Trace, and plans to create the laplace's demon, and so on.

It's obvious that even without relying on the cheat, his strength would continuously improve like a super man.

Thinking the other way around, if his cheat were more powerful, he probably wouldn't have had so much inclination to create new Charms.

Of course, now, Aisen no longer has such concerns. Since the cheat was refined by himself, relying on the cheat is not a problem.

However, on the other hand.

Why did the cheat he attached to himself activate when he started working after becoming an adult? Was it because the cheat didn't have enough energy to activate, or was there some other deeper meaning?

After thinking for a long while, Aisen still couldn't figure out what was going on.

...

After staying quietly in his dormitory for a while, Aisencame out of his room, planning to go across from the dormitory to take a look at the Library hidden behind the bamboo grove.

Speaking of which, when the cheat was activated back then, he even compiled a book called Eight Nine Arcane Art, wanting to use the cheat to learn it easily, but he didn't manage to achieve his wish.

This time, upon arriving at Zhengyi School, he witnessed the disposable flying tool developed by Jindouyun Company—the Somersault Cloud—during his journey, and also learned that the real Somersault Cloud had already been refined.

So, what he was more curious about was whether the Eight Nine Arcane Art from myths and legends had been developed here. Or rather, whether other divine abilities and magical treasures from myths and legends had been recreated by the Witches here.

Perhaps, going to the Library to observe could satisfy Aisen's curiosity.

Following the path winding down from the branches and leaves, crossing the central passage, and entering the bamboo grove on the other side, after just a few minutes' walk, Aisen had already arrived in front of a row of quaint and elegant buildings.

Pushing the door open, a scholarly aroma wafted towards him, making Aisen's heart feel a chill.

Looking from the outside, this row of ancient buildings didn't occupy a large area, and being hidden among a bamboo grove, it appeared even more serene. But upon entering, one would discover a world of its own inside.

At a glance, the interior space of the Library was large. But what was even more eye-catching were two rows of parallel large trees, planted directly inside, extending into the distance.

The roots of the large trees were embedded in the floor, then protruded out about a meter away, forming wooden stumps of various shapes around them. The trunks of the large trees stood straight, extending to the ceiling before branching out into countless scattered leaves and branches.

Amidst the intertwining branches and leaves, tangled vines formed transparent gourds beneath the ceiling. Aisen had seen these gourds in the teaching building; they were clearly intended for lighting.

In addition, several twisted branches hung down from the ceiling, resting above the various-shaped wooden stumps below, connected by a shelf.

At first glance, it looked as if several ropes were hanging from the ceiling, suspending a round tabletop, encircling the large trees.

Is this—the reading table in the Library?

Unexpectedly, the interior of the Library at Zhengyi School held a world of its own. Seeing this design, Aisenimmediately showed a surprised expression.

Looking at these two rows of large trees rooted inside, and the scattered branches and leaves like a canopy, he even suspected that this row of quaint and elegant buildings was grown by directly interfering with the trees through magic.

This point was completely invisible from the outside.

"Hello, may I ask what you need?" A person who had been sitting in the corner saw Aisen come in and walked straight up to inquire.

Although this person was thin and gaunt, the light blue, faded Daoist robe on him, and his eyes radiating light, gave him a unique temperament.

This was an elder who appeared to be around sixty or seventy years old. Although he was wearing a Daoist robe, he felt more like a scholar to Aisen.

"I am Eisen Turner, the teacher leading the team from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I would like to read some books in the Library, may I ask who you are—" Aisen introduced himself with a smile.

Although he had almost guessed the other party's identity, he still appropriately showed a hint of doubt.

"Oh, you're a teacher from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hello, hello! I'm the librarian, Zhao Cikun. Feel free to look at any books you like." The old man smiled, "But there's one thing to note, these books are not allowed to be taken out and must not be damaged—"

"Alright, I'll keep that in mind," Aisen immediately agreed.

Walking into the Library, along the walls on either side of the trees, stood rows of bookshelves displaying various ancient texts.

Aisen casually picked up a book from the shelf, sat on a wooden stool, and began reading with great interest.

Originally, he had thought that in this Library, he would find some Taoist classics such as "The Classic of Purity and Stillness Spoken by the Supreme Elder Lord," "The Precious Scripture of the Jade Emperor's Heart Seal," and so on, or books on drawing Charms.

But unexpectedly, the books he saw were all very practical. For example, how to mobilize the power within the body, how to activate Charm Arrays to leverage the power of heaven and earth, how to increase the power of spells, and so on.

In addition, there were books on alchemy, artifact refining, and even divination.

Overall, Aisen felt that the books here had a strong connection to the knowledge students learned in class.

At first, Aisen was surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, he understood.

Although Zhengyi School is related to the Zhengyi School, this is still a school. And those studying here are a group of students who have not yet become official Witches.

And the Library in the school largely serves the students.

Given this, Aisen mused that the books in the Librarywere sufficient to allow students to expand their knowledge. As for Taoist classics, he couldn't say they were useless. After all, he couldn't apply the situation from his previous life to this world.

But if those Taoist classics were truly useful in this world, they would definitely be fundamental, inherited knowledge. Thus, they naturally wouldn't place them in the school Library for anyone to read.

Aisen estimated that if a student graduated from Zhengyi School, they might join the Zhengyi School for further study. And only by becoming a disciple of the Zhengyi School would they have the possibility of reading those ancient texts.

Of course, this was all his speculation, and he had no way of confirming whether it was actually the case.

After reading for a while, Aisen quietly stood up and began his "great project of moving books" again. There was nothing he could do about it, given that he had created the cheating ability of the Dream God Spell.

Although he didn't necessarily need to learn the knowledge here, it was still a completely new system. Therefore, Aisen planned to move some books into the Dream World.

Of course, the reason he said he didn't need to learn it wasn't that he looked down on the knowledge of this system, but because it was truly unnecessary. After all, he had already gone very deep on the path of magic, and could even be considered invincible in the Wizarding World.

Therefore, what Aisen needed to do was continue along the established path, not learn the knowledge of another system from scratch.

Furthermore, even after moving the content of the books into the Dream World, it didn't mean he wouldn't use them at all. Perhaps, in the future exploration of the path of magic, he might even be able to combine this knowledge to give himself more inspiration.

Time slowly passed. Near noon, Aisen went to the cafeteria, and after returning, he continued to stay in the Library.

Although his behavior was a bit strange, since he didn't damage the books and didn't take them out, Zhao Cikundidn't bother with his peculiar book-flipping actions.

...

After seven o'clock in the evening, Aisen, who had spent the day reading in the Library, was organizing his gains when he encountered Harry and the others arriving together.

"How was it? How did you feel after a day of classes today?" After putting away the 'Crystal Ball Supercomputer' that he was still refining and improving, Aisen casually asked.

"Uh, I don't feel so good!" The others didn't say anything, only Padma answered quietly, "If the Professor hadn't deliberately taken care of us, we probably wouldn't have understood anything."

"Deliberately taken care of you?" Aisen looked over in surprise.

"Some of the things the Professor taught in class were changed into words we could understand!" Harry said with a conflicted expression.

"You mean those professional terms?" Aisen was a little curious.

"Probably. I think if we want to learn well, we might have to learn some Chinese," Padma nodded.

"Take your time, no need to rush!" Looking at their expressions, Aisen comforted them calmly, "Since Dumbledore and the others assigned you to come here to study, they probably anticipated this situation long ago."

"So, even if we don't learn well, Dumbledore doesn't care?" Hanna said, her eyes darting around, wondering what she was thinking.

"I think so," Aisen shrugged, "Otherwise, he should have arranged for you to be exchange students at Beauxbatons or Ilvermorny."

"Professor, thank you for comforting us, but I think we still need to study hard," Padma said calmly.

"Very good, just keep up this momentum!" Aisen smiled at Padma.

To be honest, Aisen had long expected that the group would have difficulty understanding the classes here. He had anticipated it after Zhang Mingwen told him earlier. He figured Dumbledore and the others had also anticipated it long ago.

But there was nothing they could do! They couldn't just give up learning and start loafing around just because they couldn't understand much. After all, they had to stay here for a year.

Just as Aisen had suggested earlier, since they were destined not to learn much, it would be better to focus on one course. That way, they might gain more.

"Professor, then should we focus our energy on the Charm Array Class as you said?" Malfoy asked.

"That's a good method!" Aisen nodded, "I suggest you choose this method."

"Professor, what do you think we should do?" Harry's face showed a look of anticipation.

"Hmm—, how about this, you can ask the Charm Array Class Professor for guidance and look for the first-year textbooks. Then, in your free time, study the knowledge in them," Aisen pondered for a moment before saying.

"First-year Charm Array Class? Then should we talk to the Professor and ask to be transferred directly to the first year to start learning from the beginning?" A glint flashed in Malfoy's eyes.

"Oh, your idea—" Aisen propped his chin, his face showing a look of surprise.

"Professor, what do you think?" Malfoy asked.

"I think this idea is very good!" Aisen thought for a while and affirmed Malfoy's idea, "Since Hogwarts assigned you to be exchange students at Zhengyi School, and it's an experiment after the exchange student program started, it's better to start learning from the first year. That way, studying for a year, it might be easier to learn some things."

Before, Aisen had never thought about this, thinking that since Zhengyi School had provided Harry and the others with fifth-year textbooks, and even English versions, and considering that Harry and the others were also about to enter the fifth year, they could just follow the arrangements here.

But this time, Malfoy's suggestion made him think of some things Dumbledore had said to him earlier. Dumbledore said that this exchange student program, after it started, assigning Harry and the others was an experimental activity.

Since it was experimental, there was nothing wrong with starting to learn from the first year, right! Perhaps, when the next batch of students applies to become exchange students at Zhengyi School, they will also start learning from the first year.

In other words, Harry and their experimental transfer to the first year might even become the standard in the future!

With this idea, Aisen didn't hesitate and immediately took Harry and the others to find Zhang Mingwen and Zou Zunian.

When Aisen brought up this issue, Zou Zunian and Zhang Mingwen were quite surprised. Because such an arrangement was indeed unexpected.

However, as he had said before, since both sides knew that the first exchange activity was experimental, it was not impossible to transfer Harry and the others to the first year.

After some discussion, Zou Zunian agreed to Aisen's suggestion and allowed Harry and the others to directly enter the first year to start learning the next day.

As for the first-year textbooks, they said they would re-translate a few for Harry and the others to use.

Chapter 353: The Duel

"Alright, you should go back and get some good rest!" After leaving Zou Zunian, Aisen waved at Harry and the others, "Get ready, you'll start attending One Grade classes tomorrow."

"Yes, this way, studying should be much easier!" Padmasaid, a smile showing on her face.

"Goodbye, Professor Aisen!" "Goodbye, Professor!"

The few of them said their goodbyes and walked towards the student dormitory building.

Looking at their slightly lighter steps, Aisen shook his head and smiled.

Although transferring Harry and the others to One Grade might mean they wouldn't learn any profound knowledge, this was the most suitable knowledge for them to learn.

Now, Aisen estimated he wouldn't have to worry about anything going forward.

...

The matter of Harry and the others being transferred to One Grade classes was a small interlude at the school.

At first, it caused some discussion, especially among the One Grade students, who were particularly curious how a few upper-grade foreign exchange students ended up in the same class as them. But after a while, they slowly got used to it.

As for Aisen himself, he continued to be busy with his own affairs.

In the blink of an eye, several weeks passed.

This evening, after Aisen came out of the Library and returned to his dormitory, Harry and the others came looking for him.

As for Harry and the others coming to him, he had long since gotten used to it.

Since they were transferred to One Grade, although studying became much easier, they were still a bit behind compared to the One Grade students.

Therefore, after seven o'clock every evening, they would almost always come to Aisen for help.

Just as Aisen had told them before, between seven and eight o'clock, they would come to ask about the meaning of some technical terms, and Aisen could still answer them.

This evening, they came directly to his door. Aisenthought they had some idea, which was why they came a little earlier when they showed up, but he didn't expect that when they opened their mouths, it wasn't about studying.

"Professor, do you think it's appropriate for us to participate in tomorrow's duel?" Harry and the others looked at each other, a hint of embarrassment on their faces.

"Tomorrow's duel? Did the school teachers tell you about this?" Aisen was slightly startled, then he reacted.

That's right, tomorrow is the end of the month. At the end of the month, according to Zhang Mingwen, a school-wide competition activity would be held. The competition activity was divided into two groups: one was a competition between teachers, and the other was a competition between students.

Of course, whether it was the competition between students or the competition between teachers, Aisen was actually quite curious.

Just like the questions he asked Zhang Mingwen before, he was very curious about what the dueling methods were like here. Blasting each other with wands? Or like martial arts masters in TV dramas from his previous life, engaging in a back-and-forth battle of three hundred rounds!

"That's right, Teacher Zhang said we should gather in front of the teaching building at nine o'clock tomorrow morning," Harry nodded and said.

"Teacher Zhang? Zhang Mingwen?" Aisen's eyes flickered.

"Uh, yes, Teacher Zhang not only teaches the Five Grade Charm Array Class, but also the One Grade Charm Array Class!" Padma took over the conversation and replied.

"Since the teacher said so, what problems do you still have?" Aisen looked at Harry and the others, a hint of doubt appearing on his face.

"Professor, this duel is between students of the same grade," Hanna couldn't help but say, "But even though we've been transferred to study in One Grade, we—"

Hanna didn't finish her sentence, but Aisen already understood what they meant.

How to put it? It was actually a coincidence.

Perhaps, Zhengyi School hadn't expected before that Aisen would suggest they transfer Harry and the others to One Grade to start studying. This resulted in Harry and the others, after truly entering One Grade to study, having to compete with classmates of the same grade in the end-of-month duel.

But the problem was, they had studied at Hogwarts for four years after all.

If they were truly to divide the scope of the competition according to grade, wouldn't they have to duel with a group of One Grade freshmen in tomorrow's duel?

"You're worried that tomorrow's duel will sweep through all the One Grade students at Zhengyi School?" Aisensaid, a hint of a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"We are exchange students after all, isn't doing this a bit inappropriate?" Harry shrugged his shoulders.

"Although we are studying the One Grade content here, we should actually be considered Five Grade students!" Malfoy said very calmly.

It seemed that they thought it was a rather embarrassing thing for them, as Five Grade students, to duel with One Grade students.

However, Aisen could actually understand this mindset.

As students of Hogwarts, studying at Zhengyi School as exchange students, their every action, to some extent, carried the label of Hogwarts.

Putting themselves in their shoes and thinking about it, even if they defeated the One Grade freshmen of Zhengyi School, what would it matter? Could it demonstrate the teaching level of Hogwarts and bring glory to Hogwarts?

Obviously, that was impossible. Because this was an unequal comparison.

"How about it? Should I talk to the teachers tomorrow and let you participate in the duel between Five Grade students?" Aisen's gaze shifted back and forth between the few of them.

"Is that possible?" Harry's eyes seemed to start shining.

It wasn't just Harry; the other three also had faces full of anticipation. It seemed they had discussed it before coming to his door.

However, Aisen didn't think there was any problem with this choice. If Harry and the others could defeat the Five Grade students of Zhengyi School, the teachers of Zhengyi School would probably look at them in a more favorable light.

By the same token, if Harry and the others were to suffer a crushing defeat, then—the reputation of Hogwartsmight only be saved by him.

Uh—yes, that's right!

Zhang Mingwen had told him back then that he would be quite idle this year and wouldn't be assigned a position like an assistant teacher as he had thought. But he would have to participate in the school-wide teacher-student duel at the end of each month.

At that time, Aisen also happily agreed. Therefore, if he were to uphold the reputation of Hogwarts, it seemed there was still no problem (O(∩_∩)O).

"In that case, it's not impossible! But if you're going to duel with the Five Grade students of Zhengyi School, the outcome might be hard to say," Aisen said slowly after thinking for a moment.

"I think it's no problem!" Harry displayed a very confident demeanor.

"As for you, I think there shouldn't be any problem. After all, at Hogwarts, your performance in dueling class has already proven your strength," Aisen nodded slightly, "However, the fighting style here is completely different from ours, so even if you are defeated, it's not impossible!"

"This, we already thought of!" Padma said, her expression becoming serious, "During class, the teacher demonstrated some applications of charm arrays in terms of attack. They are very fast and very concealed! If the Five Grade students here can reach the level demonstrated by the teacher, it will be very troublesome."

"Is that so?" Aisen said thoughtfully, "Then how have you been studying during this time? Do you feel like you can use what you've learned in a duel?"

"This, I'm afraid it's not possible!" Hearing Aisen's words, Harry immediately shook his head.

"What they learn in One Grade here is some very basic knowledge. We've currently learned the Body Cleansing Charm and the Water Generating Charm, but they definitely can't be used in a duel," Padma added immediately.

"Body Cleansing Charm and Water Generating Charm? Like the Scouring Charm and the Water-Summoning Charm?" Aisen nodded slowly.

"It's precisely because we know what One Grade learns that we wanted to ask the Professor to talk to them and arrange for us to duel with the Five Grade students," Hanna explained.

"According to what you're saying, One Grade has no combat ability at all. Why would they still arrange for One Grade students to compete?" Aisen's face showed a hint of doubt.

"We've found that the fighting style here is—different from ours," Harry said hesitantly and slowly.

"Different?" Aisen asked in surprise.

"It's the Combat Spell class. They aren't limited to using charm arrays or casting spells by chanting. They also fight directly!" Hanna said, showing an eager expression.

"Fight directly? Harry, Malfoy, come demonstrate what it's like?" Aisen waved at the two of them, then moved aside to make space for them with interest.

Harry and Malfoy calmly stood facing each other, while Hanna and Padma stayed by Aisen's side. He had originally thought they would be embarrassed, but unexpectedly, they looked very calm, as if they had demonstrated this before.

"They've fought before?" Aisen asked Hanna beside him curiously.

"Yes, in Combat Spell class, Teacher taught some direct hand-to-hand techniques," Hanna nodded.

Before demonstrating, Professor Aisen saw Harry and Malfoy bowing to each other with cupped fists. This posture made him almost unable to hold back a laugh.

After the bow, Malfoy, with a clenched fist, took the initiative to attack. He closed in on Harry, his fist aimed directly at Harry's abdomen. But Harry shifted his feet, sidestepped Malfoy's attack, then smoothly reached out to intercept Malfoy's attack, and with force from his feet and a twist of his waist, he was about to swing his leg towards the back of the opponent's knee.

And Malfoy's reaction was not slow. He quickly retracted his arm, lowered his body, and after lowering his center of gravity, actively met Harry's shin with his knee.

Bang—

The two exchanged blows, making a sound.

"Alright, alright, you can stop. I know what you mean by demonstrating hand-to-hand combat!" Professor Aisendirectly called a halt to the two who were fighting.

"Professor, what do you think?" After stopping, Harryimmediately asked.

To be honest, this method of hand-to-hand combat, with such a strong sense of déjà vu, made Professor Aisen feel unsure of what to say. But upon closer thought, he felt that this fighting style wasn't flawed.

Zhang Mingwen had already said that although the mainstream fighting style here is casting spells with hand seals, there are also close-quarters combat methods.

Perhaps, in Zhengyi School, before lower-grade students have deeply learned more advanced skills, they first learn a set of "kung fu" to protect themselves.

"I think you don't necessarily have to learn this method of hand-to-hand combat," Professor Aisen mused for a moment, then slowly said, "After all, you have been studying at Hogwarts for several years, and you have had many dueling classes, so you can just maintain your own fighting style."

"So what we learned is useless?" Malfoy asked curiously.

"It's not useless. You can—" Professor Aisen rubbed his chin with his hand, then pointed at them, "Hmm, you can absorb the advantages of this hand-to-hand combat and apply them to your casting rhythm. For example, anticipating attacks when striking, and counterattacking after dodging, and so on."

"Professor, do you mean that when we cast spells with wands in battle, if we find an opportunity, we can apply the rhythm of this hand-to-hand combat to the enemy?" Harry said while swinging his fists.

"That's pretty much what I mean!" Professor Aisen's gaze swept over the group, "But there's no need to deliberately change!"

After all, Harry and the others had many dueling classes at Hogwarts, especially Harry, who had been specially trained by Professor Aisen for a long time. Therefore, their fighting styles were basically mature.

To be honest, he was relatively familiar with the situation Harry and the others were currently facing. However, how to proceed was worth deep consideration.

On one hand, Professor Aisen felt that if they absorbed some of the fighting concepts from Zhengyi School, it would greatly help their future growth. But on the other hand, he worried that Harry and the others would learn something half-baked, not only failing to absorb the essence of the concepts here but also disrupting their original fighting style, which would be counterproductive.

"Then aren't we here to learn and absorb the knowledge here?" Padma seemed to understand Professor Aisen's meaning and couldn't help but ask.

"Hmm, how about this! I've basically understood the fighting methods here. Besides the methods you just demonstrated, there are also battles using wand casting. You can watch the duels tomorrow and see if their fighting styles give you any inspiration," Professor Aisenmused for a moment before slowly saying.

"Like that? That's great!" Harry looked at Padma, a smile appearing on his face.

"If you want to feel it more deeply, then after the duels are over, I'll talk to Teacher Zhang and arrange for you to have more practical combat sessions with the students who fight using wand casting, how about that?" Seeing the expressions of the group, Professor Aisen thought for a moment and continued to suggest.

"Professor means that some people at Zhengyi Schoolalso use wands to fight, and then arrange for us to have practical combat with them?" Malfoy's eyes lit up, seemingly interested.

"This should allow you to feel if there is room for improvement in your practical combat methods," Professor Aisen nodded, "At that time, you can decide for yourselves whether to integrate the knowledge you learn here into your own fighting style."

Hearing him speak, the group said nothing, but looking at their thoughtful expressions, they clearly took his words to heart.

Of course, while that's true, upon closer thought, Professor Aisen discovered another problem.

After all, Harry and the others would only stay at Zhengyi School for one year, and after that, they would return to Hogwarts. And Harry and the others, upon returning to Hogwarts, would likely revert to their previous state.

That is to say, after completing their Seven Grade studies, they would graduate from Hogwarts, and then, they would either stay at the school as teachers, work for the Ministry of Magic, or choose other professions to make a living.

In other words, would the knowledge they learned at Zhengyi School still have opportunities to be frequently used?

Why say this? Just think of Lockhart and you'll know. He was a Ravenclaw graduate, after all, yet in the end, only his use of Obliviate was good.

By the same token, if Harry and the others returned to Hogwarts, entered a familiar and comfortable environment, and entered society after several years of study.

At that time, let alone the knowledge learned during their year at Zhengyi School, it would be good if they didn't forget the knowledge they learned at Hogwarts School.

What? Hogwarts will continue to deepen its exchanges and cooperation with Zhengyi School in the future, and more Hogwarts students will gain knowledge from Zhengyi School? Oh, then it's fine.

If this exchange is continuous, then Harry and their diligent study might be of great significance. Of course, the specifics will likely only be seen many years from now.

"Oh, right, Harry, isn't there Quidditch here? Have you applied to join the Quidditch team here?" After a moment of silence, Professor Aisen seemed to think of something and asked curiously.

"That's right, I've already spoken to Teacher Zhang. He told me that after the Flying Competition, I can join the training," As soon as Harry mentioned Quidditch, he seemed to have endless energy, and his whole person became energetic.

"Flying Competition? When is the Flying Competition being held?" Professor Aisen asked calmly.

Previously, a teacher named Li Hao had mentioned the Flying Competition to him, only knowing that the time was set for October, but the specific day was not mentioned. Looking at Harry now, the specific time for the Flying Competition was probably set.

"He didn't say the time for the Flying Competition!" Harrysaid without hesitation, "He only said it's in October, and after the Flying Competition, I will train with the team every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon."

"Quidditch team, how many teams does Zhengyi Schoolhave? Is it the same as Hogwarts?" Professor Aisenlooked curious.

"It seems different from Hogwarts. I heard from Teacher Zhang that Zhengyi School has two teams, and the matches are played between these two teams," Harryshook his head, then continued, "However, I heard that before the end of the school year at Zhengyi School, the team with more points will also compete with other schools."

"That kind of system? It is indeed different from Hogwarts," Professor Aisen nodded.

After the important matters were discussed, the group stayed with him for a while longer before returning to the student dormitory. As for Professor Aisen himself, he took out the crystal ball, looked at it, and then put it away.

That's right, building a new supercomputer in the real world has reached a bottleneck.

Although the supercomputer hardware in the Dream World was a bit too different from the hardware in reality, with the computing power support of the Laplace's Demon System, he still successfully replicated it in reality.

But building a new Laplace's Demon System using runes is a more delicate task. Even with the help of powerful computing power, progress has nearly come to a standstill.

This is because continuously filling a fist-sized crystal ball with runes and building a new system with runes is very difficult. Therefore, during this time, after thinking, he decided to change direction to continue advancing his plan.

Chapter 354: So It Was a Ring Match

Speaking of which, Aisen's plan was very simple: to create a new Charm.

The effect of the new Charm was to continuously magnify the area his gaze focused on, or rather, to allow him to directly see the microscopic realm. Well—okay, it was like a microscope.

His idea was simple: to continuously magnify the fist-sized crystal ball by looking directly at it. This way, he could see the nodes where every thread connected inside the crystal ball and check if the Magic runes residing there needed adjustment or modification.

Of course, if he were to directly replicate the Laplace's Demon System from the Dream World, there wouldn't be much difficulty. But he had tried it, and the exact same system did indeed have significant flaws in the real world.

Therefore, the Magic runes in the crystal ball needed to be continuously modified or adjusted.

It was just that the difficulty of adjustment and modification was a bit high, resulting in very slow progress. That's why he wanted to use this method to speed up the progress of his plan.

As for how much it could speed up, he didn't actually know at the moment.

...

Early the next morning, as soon as Aisen woke up and before he could do anything, Harry and the others came looking for him directly. Since he had already told them last night that he would speak to Zhang Mingwen and ask him to arrange a duel for them in the Five Grade group, he didn't hesitate.

Immediately, he took the group to the dining hall for breakfast. Afterward, surrounded by people, they arrived at the football field opposite the teaching building.

At the edge of the field, some teachers stood quietly on the track.

Besides Zhang Mingwen, Zou Zunian, and others Aisenhad seen before, there were also more than ten figures with various expressions. Presumably, if there were no surprises, those were the other teachers of Zhengyi School.

In front of those teachers, students occasionally streamed in from the direction of the dining hall, and only when they got closer would they line up in a queue.

Looking roughly, it was clear from height alone that the lower-grade students were lined up on the far left, forming two rows, then each grade lined up to the right, all the way to the Seven Grade on the far right.

"Hello, Zou Principal, Zhang, hello..." As he approached, Aisen smiled and greeted them.

"Aisen, you're here. Today is a competition between all the teachers and students of the school, you must take a good look!" Zhang Mingwen stepped forward and immediately began speaking.

"I'm looking forward to it!" Aisen nodded at everyone and showed an expectant expression.

"Oh, right, after the student competition is over, the teachers will also go on stage to demonstrate for the students. Later, why don't you also go on stage and show off a few moves?" Zhang Mingwen said with interest. Immediately, some teachers nearby looked over, examining Aisen with curious eyes.

"Do I really have to go on stage?" Turning his gaze, Aisensaw many students looking at him curiously after his eyes swept over the teachers, and he couldn't help but feel a bit speechless.

"That's right! When we make a move, it's mainly to show our abilities to the new students. As for you, the purpose of making a move is to let the students understand what the Witch combat in England is like compared to ours," Zhang Mingwen said.

Hearing the other party's words, Aisen fell silent for a moment.

He wasn't silent because it was inconvenient for him to make a move or anything, he was just thinking about whether or not to display his strength.

If he were to lose directly to the other teachers of Zhengyi School, he actually wouldn't mind, but the key was that he still had the Hogwarts School label on him.

Of course, if he won cleanly in the competition, that would be a very good experience. But the problem was, as a guest, would it be a bit inappropriate to cleanly sweep the host's face?

This was like a teacher from another school going to Hogwarts to participate in a duel and then sweeping through all the Professors. Such a result would inevitably disappoint all the students of Hogwarts.

Therefore, Aisen was considering whether to control his performance and fight to a draw with the opponent he was about to face.

A draw could both showcase the strength of a HogwartsProfessor and not make Zhengyi School lose face. More importantly, such a result should be satisfactory to both sides.

Of course, at worst, even if he had to lose, he had to make himself lose "gracefully". It would be best to admit defeat with a slight disadvantage after showing some "strength", which was also acceptable.

After all, he was just the Astronomy Professor. As everyone knew, it was very reasonable for an Astronomy Professor to not be able to fight.

"That's not a problem," Aisen said with a smile, his thoughts turning in his mind. "However, although Harryand the others have been transferred to study in the First Grade, arranging them in the First Grade for a duel competition might not be appropriate!"

As he spoke, Aisen stepped aside and beckoned Harryand the others to come closer.

"Those few!" Zhang Mingwen's face showed a look of realization, then he looked at Zou Zunian beside him.

"Aisen is right, it's indeed inappropriate to arrange them in the First Grade student competition!" Zou Zunianthought for a moment and felt that Aisen was correct.

"My idea is to arrange them in the Five Grade group. What do you think?" Aisen took the opportunity to propose this suggestion.

Exchanging glances with Zou Zunian, Zhang Mingwenseemed to receive some information and immediately nodded at Aisen: "Then let's do that, arrange them in the Five Grade."

Since his goal was achieved, Aisen relaxed slightly. After telling Harry and the others to stand at the back of the Five Grade queue, he continued chatting with Zhang Mingwen and the others.

"Oh, right, I heard you mention before that people here also have a combat style using wands to cast spells?" As the teachers gathered and talked, Aisen curiously asked Zhang Mingwen, "So, what are the Charms they cast?"

"Oh, are you talking about Charms? Actually, it's the same as your side, we can use the Charms directly by translating them," Zhang Mingwen paused, then smiled faintly.

Can be used directly by translating? Aisen was stunned for a moment, then he realized.

That's right, there's nothing wrong with saying that. Because casting spells with a wand is essentially using emotions and the wand to guide the Magic power within the body to cast spells. As for the Charm, it's really not that important.

This also meant that if people here used wands to cast spells, they didn't necessarily have to translate Charms or anything, it should also be fine for them to create some Charms themselves.

"Then, could you arrange for some students who use wands to cast spells to compete with Harry and the others?" Aisen organized his words slightly and said unhurriedly, "My idea is to let them experience the difference between them and the students here."

"Combat using wands to cast spells, although it has also become popular here, the combat style is actually different from yours," Zhang Mingwen said, giving Aisen a meaningful look.

"The combat style is different, I know that. So I think arranging such a duel for Harry and the others, what do you think?" Hearing Zhang Mingwen talk about the combat style issue, Aisen immediately thought of the scene where Harry and Malfoy fought in close combat, going back and forth.

"Wait a moment!" As if he thought of something, Zhang Mingwen said to Aisen, then walked over to Zou Zunianand said something.

Afterward, Aisen saw Zou Zunian look at him, nod with a smile, and then speak to Zhang Mingwen. A moment later, Zhang Mingwen nodded and walked towards Aisenwith a smile on his face.

"Didn't you just propose arranging the four of Harry and the others into the Five Grade group? I just spoke to the Headmaster about your idea. How about not having them participate in this competition?" Zhang Mingwen spoke directly.

"And then?" Aisen's expression didn't change at all.

"We can change the method. After the Five Grade competition is over, we can select a few students who use wands to cast spells from it to compete in a duel with Harry and the others, what do you think?" Zhang Mingwen looked at Aisen.

"That's really great, let's arrange it that way!" Aisenimmediately agreed.

When he talked about this with Harry and the others last night, he had thought about having the school arrange a match between Harry and those students who use wands to cast spells after the duel competition.

And Zhang Mingwen and their arrangement was to have Harry and the others not participate in this duel competition, but directly duel against some people in the Five Grade who use wands to cast spells. Although this result was different from his plan, the effect was similar.

Time flew by, and when it was nine o'clock, the students of each grade, under the command of the teachers, walked along the track towards the other side of the dining hall, in the direction of the arena.

As for Aisen, he went to the back of the queue and told Harry and the others about what had just happened.

"So, we don't have to participate in this duel competition later?" After hearing what Aisen said, Harry couldn't wait to ask.

"That's right, for this duel competition, you can just watch as spectators." Aisen nodded. "Of course, didn't I say before, the school has agreed to my proposal, and after the competition ends, they will arrange for some fifth-year students to have practical combat with you."

"Just like Professor you said yesterday, the people arranged are all those who use wands for spell combat?" Although Harry was asking, his tone revealed firmness.

"That's right, so you need to be mentally prepared!" Aisen's gaze swept over the four people, and then he said seriously.

...

Continuing forward along the track, just having left the dining hall behind, everyone arrived in front of an ellipsoidal building.

As soon as the teachers leading the way stopped, Aisensaw Yue Congshan, the Combat Spell class teacher he had seen at the exchange student welcome party earlier, shaking her long brown hair, walk straight to the front of the building's main entrance.

Focusing his gaze, Aisen noticed that on this metallic-looking main door, there was a square area that looked particularly smooth.

Yue Congshan was seen reaching out and pressing on that smooth area, and then, as if a sensor device had been triggered, that square area lit up with a red light.

Immediately after, several red patterns resembling talismans appeared on that main door. Then, the main door seemed to be pushed by someone and opened straight inwards.

"Line up and enter the arena!" The teacher in front shouted, and the students lined up behind him followed suit, stepping inside.

As soon as they stepped into the arena, surprisingly, a fierce aura rushed towards them, making Aisen feel a different atmosphere.

The walls around the arena, like the layout inside other buildings, were entwined with winding vines, but after those vines extended and twisted to the ceiling, they hung down as branches, bearing transparent gourds.

At this moment, those gourds emitted bright light, illuminating the entire space.

Close to the surrounding walls, circle after circle of circular stands were built with wooden planks from high to low. Clearly, this was where the audience would stay.

Of course, what was most eye-catching was a circular stone platform standing in the middle of the surrounding stands. That platform was about one meter high and covered an area of about two hundred square meters.

This scene made Aisen a bit stunned.

The teachers led the teams of students from each grade, surrounding the stone platform in order. Those students seemed very familiar with it and ascended the stands in an orderly manner.

Afterwards, the teachers gathered together and sat behind a long table at the edge of the venue.

"Zhang, what's the process for your competition?" Aisensat down next to Zhang Mingwen and asked curiously.

"Do you see the platform in the middle?" Zhang Mingwenpointed to the stone platform in the middle of the venue, and then said unhurriedly, "Students of the same grade will go up for one-on-one competition, the winner accepts the challenge from challengers, and the person standing on the platform at the end is the champion of this competition."

"A platform competition format?" Aisen showed a look of realization.

"That's right, just like a fighting platform, whoever can defend the platform until the end is the winner." Zhang Mingwen nodded.

"I remember you said that this duel competition is a competition between students of the same grade, right?" His gaze swept over the surrounding stands, and Aisen's eyes fell on Zhang Mingwen.

"That's right, according to our custom here. First-year students will go up to compete first, and only students of the same grade are allowed to challenge. After no one challenges, the second-year students begin their competition, and so on, until the Seven Grade determines the final winner." Zhang Mingwen gave a brief introduction.

Hearing this explanation, Aisen already understood what was going on.

Simply put, after a first-year student goes onto the platform, they will accept challenges from classmates of the same grade. The winning side will stay on the platform and continue to accept challenges. Until there are no more classmates of the same grade challenging or they have defeated all classmates of the same grade, the person defending the platform will be the champion of the first year.

Next, the second-year students will go onto the platform, repeating this process. And so on until the final Seven Grade.

"How do you motivate the students here?" Aisen changed the topic and asked, "My meaning is, if a student from a certain grade goes onto the platform and no classmates challenge them, wouldn't the champion be determined in advance!"

The possibility of this happening is quite high. For example, if everyone is a fifth-year student, and I want to win the fifth-year championship of this duel competition, then I can gather all the fifth-year students beforehand, promise some benefits, and make everyone give up challenging.

This way, wouldn't I easily get the fifth-year championship?

"Actually, at Zhengyi School, the championship after the monthly competition at the end of the month is quite significant." Zhang Mingwen thought for a moment, pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, and continued, "Because the school has implemented a measure, anyone who ranks in the top five for the number of championships won from first year to Seven Gradegraduation will receive a spot to study at Zhengyi Schoolafter graduation."

"Oh, no wonder!" Aisen showed a look of realization.

"Moreover, the rewards don't stop there." Zhang Mingwen continued, "After graduating from Seven Grade, students can exchange the number of championships or runner-up titles they've won for a certain amount of rare materials or precious herbs from the school."

"In other words, the results of the duel competition at the end of each month are related to how many resources those students can obtain in the future, right?" Aisen said with emotion.

"That's right!" Zhang Mingwen nodded.

If that's the case, then it can indeed prevent the situation Aisen mentioned earlier.

"By the way, how long does this duel competition held at the end of each month last?" Aisen suddenly discovered a question.

"Looking at the situation in previous years, basically one day is enough. Even if some tense situations arise, it will be finished within two days." Zhang Mingwen thought for a moment and then gave an answer.

In other words, at most two days are needed for the entire school to complete one duel competition. Then at the end of the next month, another competition will be held, repeating until the end of the school year!

This frequency seems quite high.

What? Hogwarts has a dueling class once a week? Oh, then it's fine!

"Then, what about the competition between teachers?" Aisen looked around and then lowered his voice.

"Ahem, I was just about to tell you!" Zhang Mingwenseemed to have thought of something and also lowered his voice. "Actually, the competition between teachers has more meaning in being demonstrated for the students to watch."

"Demonstrated for the students to watch?" Aisen showed a thoughtful expression.

"That is to say, when teachers perform on the platform, they need to show some grand scenes." Zhang Mingwensaid, giving Aisen a meaningful look.

"Is it to make the students feel shocked?" As he spoke, Aisen's brows furrowed slightly.

"Hey! It's that—" Zhang Mingwen winked at Aisen, "Movie special effects, you know, just make the scene a bit more spectacular!"

"But isn't that faking it?" Aisen immediately reacted.

"How can you say it's faking it?" Zhang Mingwenimmediately retorted, "When teachers compete on the platform, of course they have to show some real skills. It's just that displaying some spectacular scenes can better stimulate the students' curiosity and desire to learn, right?"

Hiss—

Hearing Zhang Mingwen say this, Aisen couldn't help but take a sharp breath.

But thinking about it carefully, what he said was indeed correct.

Think about it, when teachers are dueling on the platform, it's as if movie special effects have been added. You strike with an Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, producing a dragon-shaped energy that swirls and surges around your body, and then I unleash Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin, filling the entire space with sharp sword energy.

Once such a scene appears, any student who sees it will likely have the mindset of "I must learn this technique."

Tsk tsk, Aisen suddenly felt that this idea could be brought back to Hogwarts. Then forget about organizing duel competitions, just let the Professors perform at the welcome dinner.

This way, those first-year students will surely be eager to learn.

Chapter 355: A Different Kind of Battle

"Alright, next, our competition will officially begin!" Just as Aisen was still thinking, Zou Zunian stood up and announced the start of the competition.

Then, the first-year students stepped onto the stage and began their one-on-one duels.

However, it was quite clear that since the first-year students hadn't learned much yet, the duels were mostly close-quarters combat, just like what Harry and the others had demonstrated that day.

Occasionally, a new student would make a hand seal and draw a talisman in the air, directly releasing a large amount of light to interfere with the opponent's vision and gain a slight advantage.

Sometimes, Aisen also noticed that some new students would cast minor curses similar to the tripping curse.

After watching for a while, he put a part of his consciousness into the Dream World.

Didn't Zhang Mingwen say that the duels between teachers should display some magnificent techniques, like movie special effects? So Aisen decided to dig into his memories from his previous life to see what kind of battle scenes would be magnificent enough.

Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms? Wind God Leg? Three Points Return to One Qi?

Scene after scene flashed through the Dream World, and Aisen rejected them one by one.

Hmm, Lingbo Weibu is quite good, it's very misleading to use. With the computational power of the Laplace's Demon System, it should be possible to complete and reproduce it.

And this one, Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Origin, is also quite impressive. Hmm, Destroying Heaven and Earth Sword Twenty-Three also looks pretty good.

Wait—, speaking of cool and magnificent, it seems that the moves from a certain anime are more to his liking. For example, Heaven and Earth Lose Color, Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow, etc.

Tsk tsk, after withdrawing his consciousness from the Dream World, the corners of Aisen's mouth slightly curved up.

Because only at this moment did he realize that if he wanted to develop various Charms or attack methods, he could just learn directly from anime movies or mythical stories.

Things like Ten Thousand Rivers Flowing into Autumn Water, and Harmonizing Light and Dust would be no problem. Even things like Returning Heaven and Reversing Sun, Inverting Yin and Yang, Flying Body Traceless, Standing Upright Without Shadow, etc., are not impossible.

Ahem, alright, the latter ones seem impossible for now. However, isn't he currently researching the laplace's demon? Maybe after he figures it out, he'll be able to do it.

Time passed bit by bit, and the students in the stands stepped onto the stage one by one, challenging the defending champion.

"The first-year competition is over. Next up are the second-year students." Zhang Mingwen suddenly looked at Aisen, "What do you think of the previous matches?"

"Great!" Aisen opened his mouth and finally uttered two words.

To be honest, the duels between the first-year students of Zhengyi School looked very immature. If it weren't for some people occasionally casting a spell, he would have thought they were just brawling in the street.

But then he thought about it, Harry and Malfoy's performance in their second-year dueling class was just a scene of "you cast a Charm to attack me, and then I cast a Charm to attack you."

Looking at it this way, it's really just as Aisen said, the duels between the first-year students of Zhengyi Schoolcan already be considered decent.

After the first-year competition ended, a teacher came to the area where the second-year students were gathered. After saying a few words, two students stepped onto the stage.

On the stage, the two students stood facing each other, first cupping their fists and bowing, and then directly launched their attacks.

"Protect!" "Protect!"

Watching the two students make hand seals and chant spells before covering themselves with protective profound light, Aisen's eyes immediately lit up. Compared to the first-year students, the duels between second-year students were clearly more organized.

Covered in protective profound light, they then began to cast various spells or magical attacks. In addition, their rhythm in moving and dodging was already quite apparent.

However, after watching for a while, Aisen realized that their duels could not really be called actual combat. Although the rhythm of the battle between the two was well controlled, it felt to him as if both sides were familiar with each other's routines.

Of course, for second-year students to perform like this is actually quite good.

Bang—

One student dodged the opponent's attack, made a hand seal, and the protective profound light around him quickly changed like flowing light, condensing in his hand to form a blade. Then he quickly approached, slashing through the opponent's protective profound light with a wave of his hand, and then stepped forward, punching through the gap and hitting the opponent's chest and abdomen.

Then a light exploded from his fist, and the student who was hit showed a look of pain. After staggering back a few steps, he fell to the ground.

At the same time, not far below the stage, a woman who looked about fifty years old, wearing a green robe and with her hair in a bun, waved her hand and threw a white light onto the student who had fallen to the ground.

The pain on the student's face immediately disappeared. After getting up from the ground, he cupped his fists and bowed to the victor, and then walked down the stage.

"Zhang, is that also a teacher at the school? Her healing spell looks great!" His gaze shifted from the stage to the woman.

"Yes, that's Nangong Qiu, the teacher for the Elixir Studies class. If students get a minor injury, she usually helps treat it," Zhang Mingwen said with a smile.

"Minor injury?" Aisen looked thoughtfully at the teacher.

"Actually, the teachers at the school are all more or less proficient in healing spells. So there's no need to worry about students getting injured during the duels," Zhang Mingwen said lightly.

In that case, it wasn't strange. Just like Aisen himself, although he wasn't a professional healer, his mastery of healing Charms was no less than that of those professional healers.

Nodding, Aisen's gaze returned to the stage.

The defending champion waited for challengers to step up one by one, and after a back-and-forth battle, the loser would step down and the winner would remain on the stage.

"It seems these second-year students are improving quite quickly!"

"That's right, it proves that the more frequent the duels, the more obvious their progress and changes are!"

...

When the duels between the second-year students ended, the teachers sitting on Zhang Mingwen's other side began to chat. They talked while nodding in satisfaction.

It seemed that the students' performance met their expectations.

Next, it was the third-year students' turn to step onto the stage for their duels.

Compared to the first and second-year students, the duels between third-year students were more mature, and the rhythm of the battles was closer to actual combat.

Of course, perhaps due to the influence of the teachers, the scale of the duels between third-year students had unconsciously become much larger.

"Watch my Golden Bell Shield!" A third-year student made a hand seal and shouted loudly, and saw the light flowing around him turn golden.

Immediately after, the golden light spread out, forming a large golden bell that covered him.

"Ha, my Cloud Dispelling Palm says no!" The opponent of the student who used the Golden Bell Shield quickly waved his hands, and saw a talisman flash in front of him, after which a layer of mist rose up, instantly surrounding him.

Then, he saw him put his hands together, then spread them out and pushed hard.

...

How should he put it? When Aisen saw this scene, he was almost stunned. Regardless of how this fighting style was or whether it had a sense of 'chunibyo', the battle effects were at least maximized.

Watching the two people on the stage fighting back and forth, with flames and ice bursting out from time to time and rapidly spreading across the stage, Aisen suddenly felt like he was watching a blockbuster movie.

Next, he also discovered that some of the third-year students carried wands with them. Originally, he thought their fighting style would be like in England, where they would take out their wands and poke each other, dueling with Charms.

But after watching their duels, Aisen realized. They seemed to use wand casting more as an auxiliary tool.

For example, they would seize the opportunity during gaps in attack and defense to pull out their wands and cast a Charm to interfere with the opponent.

After watching the third-year students' duels, Aisenfound that even when they used wand casting, they only treated it as an auxiliary method. It was as if they had never thought of directly using a wand to cast spells and defeat their opponents.

After seeing all this, Aisen couldn't help but shake his head inwardly.

If this was how Zhengyi School used wand casting, then there was no need for Harry and the others to learn this way. After all, they had already formed their own fighting style.

"Alright, the champions and runners-up for the third year are out, they are Sun Shaoqiang and Xia Feng respectively, you may step down," Zou Zunian said, his voice resonating throughout the arena, "Fourth-year students, prepare to take the stage!"

With a command, the competition between the fourth-year students began.

Having watched the battles of the previous grades, Aisenhad some expectations for the fourth-year students' competition. As expected, while continuing the consistent fighting style of the third-year students, the spectacle became much more dazzling.

However, Aisen noticed that among the students using Wands to cast Spells in battle, their fighting style was different from that of the third-year students.

They seemed to use Wands to cast Spells more naturally.

This 'naturalness' didn't mean they used Wands like Witches in England, casting various offensive or defensive Charms, but rather using the Wands directly as 'staves'.

For example, a fourth-year student on the stage, using a fighting style familiar to Aisen, waved his Wand and cast a Barrier Charm towards his opponent.

Immediately after, he formed a hand seal with one hand and forcefully swung the Wand with the other.

It was as if an invisible sword was drawn from the air; a current of air wrapped around the body of the Wand he held, rotating, and then a 'light sword' grew from the tip of the Wand.

It looked as though the Wand in his hand had become the hilt, and the invisible light sword had transformed into the blade.

After completing this action, the young man drew a Talisman with his other hand and placed it on himself, then charged towards his opponent, gripping the invisible light sword.

Whoosh—

As if to pierce the air, in the blink of an eye, he had covered a significant distance and arrived in front of his opponent.

This speed surprised Aisen, likely due to the Talisman he had just applied.

Meanwhile, his opponent's response was also quite interesting.

The opponent directly waved his Wand, formed a hand seal and pointed, similarly placing a Talisman on himself, making his entire body glow like gold. Immediately after, the Wand began to grow out of thin air, turning into a club as thick as an arm, blocking the incoming invisible light sword at the critical moment.

Clang, clang, clang—

The invisible light sword struck the club and, after being blocked, scattered into sword energy. When the sword energy landed on the young man's opponent, it hit the golden body, producing a metallic sound.

This battle scene was truly an eye-opener. However, besides being an eye-opener, Aisen felt more deeply that their fighting style increasingly resembled 'Wuxia blockbusters'.

"Zhang, what Talismans were those two students using?" Aisen asked curiously.

"Lightweight Talisman and Vajra Talisman. You should have already seen their effects!" Zhang Mingwen shifted his gaze and explained to Aisen with a smile.

Lightweight Talisman and Vajra Talisman? Upon hearing Zhang Mingwen's introduction, Aisen immediately understood. It was obvious from the names that the Lightweight Talisman should make a person light as a swallow, greatly increasing their speed. The Vajra Talisman should increase defense, achieving an indestructible effect.

Hmm—, regarding the Vajra Talisman, the Shield Charmcould actually achieve a similar effect. Or rather, by making some adjustments and modifications to the Shield Charm, Aisen could also produce the same effect as the Vajra Talisman.

As for the Lightweight Talisman which allows one to be as light as a swallow and greatly increases speed. Uh, would the Summoning Charm work? Or perhaps, would the Levitation Charm work? Tsk tsk, it's likely that a new Charm would need to be developed by combining these Spells to achieve it.

After figuring this out, Aisen's eyes immediately lit up.

This wasn't to say that he wanted to learn some of the Talismans here, but rather that he found the functions of these Talismans very practical, and he could directly develop corresponding new Charms based on their effects.

However, if Harry and the others were to learn these Talismans, it would be quite beneficial.

Leaving other things aside for now, just consider that Lightweight Talisman.

If they learned this Talisman, they should have a much easier time when facing some Dark Wizards in the future. Even if Harry wasn't a match for some Dark Wizards, he should still be able to dodge the Spells they cast by leveraging the convenience of the Lightweight Talisman.

Thinking this, Aisen nodded secretly. He felt that Harryand the others could learn such methods.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was noon.

After the fourth-year champions and runners-up were decided, Aisen went to the cafeteria with the entire school staff and students for a meal, then returned to the arena to continue watching the subsequent competitions.

...

From the moment the fifth-year students stepped onto the stage, Aisen's expression gradually became serious.

Before the fourth year, he watched the students duel as if watching a play, completely unconcerned. Only a few students in the fourth year, with their fighting styles, could occasionally catch his eye.

But the students from the fifth year onwards, their fighting styles made Aisen adjust his mindset.

Many of these students were more skilled in forming hand seals and chanting Spells. Students with the strength to contend for the championship could even integrate the rhythm of Wand casting into their own combat rhythm, making their performances more striking.

They would sometimes use Wands to cast offensive Charms, sometimes cast protective Charms on themselves, and sometimes they could even find opportunities to directly draw Talismans with their Wands to add buffs to themselves.

It can be said that after watching the duels between the fifth-year students, Aisen realized that although they still used Wands to cast Spells, they had already integrated it as one of their own methods.

When the sixth-year students stepped onto the stage, this point became even more evident.

Previously, Zhang Mingwen had said that their mainstream casting method was forming hand seals and chanting Spells, and besides these, Wand casting was also gradually becoming popular.

Aisen initially thought that the popular Wand casting method here was like that in the Wizarding World of England. But unexpectedly, judging solely from the previous duels of Zhengyi School students, their so-called popularity was actually about integrating it for their own use.

Take the competition between those sixth-year students, for example. Whether it was forming hand seals and chanting Spells, drawing Talismans out of thin air, or Wand casting, for them, they had basically reached a state where they could use them at will.

It was as if they carried both a knife and a sword. When fighting, they used the knife if they wanted to use the knife, the sword if they wanted to use the sword, and both knife and sword together if they wanted to.

Seeing this, Aisen knew that if the graduates of Zhengyi School all had this level of strength, then the graduates of Hogwarts would basically not be their opponents.

Take Harry, for instance. Although Aisen had specifically taught and trained him for a long time, judging from the current situation, he felt that Harry's practical combat level was probably only at the level of a sixth-year student here.

One must know that after Aisen's specialized training, Harry's strength had already surpassed that of an average adult Witch. But here, based on the performance of the Zhengyi School students now, his strength was indeed quite ordinary.

Aisen even suspected that Harry might find it difficult to defeat some of the more outstanding opponents from the fifth year.

Why say this? It's simply because the students at Zhengyi School here grow in a way that is too different from Hogwarts.

Primarily, they are learning another complete system of knowledge, and after years of combat training, they have mastered methods that Harry and the others are completely unaware of.

That's one thing, but the key is that they have also absorbed and integrated the method of fighting using Wands.

In other words, what you know, my students here can pretty much learn and know how to deal with. And what you don't know, my students here know more of. How can you still compete with me?

What? You say let the students of Hogwarts also absorb the casting methods here and integrate them for their own use? But that is really not a very realistic thing.

There's no helping it, who makes the Wand casting in the Western Wizarding World particularly easy to learn? Just like when Aisen first entered the Wizarding World, he could teach himself Charms just by buying books like 'Standard Book of Spells'.

Perhaps, if the teachers at Zhengyi School just bought the books, translated them into Chinese, and let the students learn by themselves, those students would probably learn quite a few Charms.

Conversely, if Witches from the England Wizarding World were to learn Eastern magic and Talismans, if they didn't have a teacher to guide them from the beginning, they would probably just complain bitterly.

This, perhaps, is the natural limitation in terms of culture.

Thinking of this, Aisen suddenly felt that he might have discovered a truth. Looking at the ongoing battle on the stage, and then at Harry and the others somewhere in the surrounding stands, he felt a sense of inexplicable emotion.