Chapter 356: Qimen Dunjia
Originally, Aisen was thinking of having Harry and the others duel against the people from Zhengyi School who could cast spells with wands, so they could see their shortcomings and make targeted improvements.
But after observing for a while, he felt that he could already see what Harry and their shortcomings were, even without fighting.
And a key point was that this kind of shortcoming was something that Harry and them couldn't fix in a short time.
All they could do was follow Aisen's suggestion and learn some basic knowledge as much as possible during this academic year. Then, they would integrate this learned knowledge into themselves, making it their own.
In the future, when they returned to Hogwarts to continue their studies, if they were willing, they could continue to work hard and develop according to the template of the senior students here.
However, this was destined to be a very difficult process.
Of course, no matter what, Dumbledore restarting the exchange student program, allowing students to come to Zhengyi School to study, broaden their horizons, and expand their perspective, was indeed a good thing.
...
After temporarily clearing his mind of distracting thoughts, Aisen's gaze shifted, sweeping over the teachers around him, and then he looked back towards the direction of the arena.
Putting aside the strength levels of the students from Hogwarts and Zhengyi School for now, a question suddenly came to his mind: what would the strength comparison be like between the teachers?
For example, compared to Zhang Mingwen, Yue Congshan, and others from Zhengyi School, who would be more powerful among Professor Flitwick, Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, and others from Hogwarts?
Let's first compare the Headmasters of both sides, Dumbledore and Zou Zunian. On the surface, Dumbledore was clearly a bit stronger, as he was the universally acknowledged greatest Witch of the contemporary era.
But as for Zou Zunian, you couldn't say that his strength was inferior to Dumbledore's just because he was unknown internationally, right! If you had to say who was stronger, Aisen felt that unless the two fought face-to-face, no one would know the outcome.
However, there was one point that seemed to reveal a bit about Zou Zunian's true capabilities. That was, Zhang Mingwen had once said that Dumbledore had wanted Zou Zunian to help break the blood pact many years ago.
Putting aside what kind of interactions they had back then and what happened, just from this point alone, it showed that Dumbledore at least acknowledged Zou Zunian's ability.
As for the strength comparison between other Professors and teachers, Aisen really couldn't say. Of course, if it were him, he was confident that he could also 'stand out from the crowd' here.
"Zhang, the competition between the Six Grade students seems to be taking a bit longer?" Clearing the unnecessary thoughts from his mind, Aisen asked.
"That's right, the Six Grade students have more balanced methods in practical combat, and the difference between them isn't as obvious as in Five Grade and below, so the competition takes a bit longer," Zhang Mingwen said, nodding with satisfaction while watching the figures moving on the arena.
"By the way, when did your school's monthly duelling competition at the end of the month start?" Aisen's heart stirred, and a look of curiosity appeared on his face. "I mean, which year did you start doing this?"
"Time? Maybe several decades," Zhang Mingwenwithdrew his gaze, looked at Aisen, and then appeared thoughtful. "I remember when I was still studying here, this form of competition already existed."
"Is that so?" Aisen showed a look of sudden understanding.
If this was the case, then compared to the Wizarding World in England, the overall strength of the adult Witches here should be much stronger.
"How about it, are you planning to implement such duelling competitions at Hogwarts after you go back?" Zhang Mingwen said, a smile appearing on his face.
"I have that idea, but how to do it specifically, I still need to discuss it with Dumbledore," Aisen said, looking thoughtful.
Actually, the Duelling Club he was in charge of reopening with Snape and others at the school before was quite good. Every Monday, they could teach students new spells and train their practical combat abilities.
However, overall, the Duelling class at Hogwarts was mainly in the form of Professor teaching. Unlike here, where they directly set up an arena and let students of all grades go up to challenge.
The key was that the number of championships won by students here in the arena was not only linked to the spots for further study and training in the Zhengyi Schoolin the future, but they could also exchange for some treasures from the school after graduation.
This method of motivating students would definitely not work at Hogwarts School. As Aisen said, how to do it specifically would probably have to be discussed with Dumbledore.
"That's right, as the Headmaster of Hogwarts School, Dumbledore needs to think carefully," Zhang Mingwensaid, his smile fading as he lowered his voice. "I heard that guy named Voldemort over there has resurrected?"
Hiss—
Aisen couldn't help but gasp, then asked in a low voice, "Not many people over there know this news, how did you know? Did everyone here know?"
"No, no!" Zhang Mingwen waved his hand. "We used to have a teacher at our school who had a deep understanding of Qimen Dunjia, and he told us. Don't worry, only the teachers at the school know about this."
"The Qimen Dunjia class teacher?" Aisen's eyes showed suspicion.
"He has retired now and has been compiling a new book in the Star Gazing Tower in recent years, which he just completed recently," Zhang Mingwen revealed some vague information.
"As for Qimen Dunjia, you learned that news through divination, right?" Aisen nodded, although he felt surprised, he didn't ask for specific information about that teacher.
"That's right!" Zhang Mingwen nodded. "But not everyone can get information through divination."
"I know, we also have a Divination teacher at Hogwarts School," Aisen seemed to have thought of something, paused in his tone, and continued, "Although sometimes her prophecies are unreliable, she has indeed successfully predicted major events in the Wizarding World. Even Voldemort, who I told you about before, Tom Riddle, who he would be defeated by, she got it right.
According to what she said in Divination Class, if a person doesn't have a special 'sight', they can't predict the future through divination."
"Oh? That's really a shame, your school's Divination teacher must have some special talent. If she came here to study Qimen Dunjia, she would definitely be able to master her talent," Zhang Mingwen said, a look of regret on his face.
Uh—, hearing Zhang Mingwen's words, Aisen was directly choked. But upon careful consideration, he found that this matter might indeed be as the other party said.
Thinking back carefully now, he suddenly realized that the Divination Class at Hogwarts actually wasn't of much use. Because Dumbledore, as the Headmaster, had originally planned to cancel the Divination Class at Hogwarts.
However, Dumbledore, out of politeness, met Sybill Trelawney at the Hog's Head Bar.
Aisen guessed that a significant part of the reason Dumbledore met her was likely because she was the great-great-granddaughter of the true prophet 'Cassandra Trelawney'.
As a result, during this meeting, by chance, Sybill Trelawney's talent inherited from Cassandra Trelawneysuddenly worked, and she made a shocking prophecy about Voldemort.
Thus, under Dumbledore's instruction, she became the Divination Professor at Hogwarts.
Afterwards, the situation was very simple.
Professor Trelawney had been relying on her inherited talent, playing some small tricks at Hogwarts School, often making unreliable prophecies about a certain student encountering disaster and misfortune.
It was precisely because of this that many students, including Professor McGonagall, considered her a fraud.
"Can students here master the ability of divination by studying the Qimen Dunjia class?" After regaining his composure, Aisen asked curiously.
"Hmm—, most graduates of Zhengyi School do have some methods of calculation and divination, but if they don't have talent in this area, their achievements in divination and calculation will be very ordinary," Zhang Mingwen pondered for a moment, then slowly explained.
"Ordinary achievements, meaning that they can still do calculations and divination that don't involve complex and hidden information, right?" Aisen's eyes changed slightly, and he pressed the question.
"Let's put it this way, graduates of Zhengyi School can roughly calculate things in the mundane world. If they calculate things related to cultivators—Witches, the effect will be at least halved, or even completely ineffective," Zhang Mingwen said calmly.
"What about a major event that is about to happen in the Wizarding World? Can it be predicted or divined?" Aisen's eyes flickered as he thought of the retired teacher he mentioned earlier.
"Very vague, basically nine out of ten times it cannot be divined," Zhang Mingwen shook his head. "However, if one has talent in this area, the effect of Qimen Dunjia is very obvious."
Aisen nodded thoughtfully. Although he didn't say anything more, he felt quite emotional in his heart.
From this conversation, it can be seen that there are still quite a few differences between divination in the Eastern and Western Wizarding World.
To put it simply and directly, divination in the Western Wizarding World is a purely talent-dependent profession. However, divination in the Eastern Wizarding World, in addition to talent playing a very important role, also has a systematic body of knowledge that can be learned.
Just as Zhang Mingwen said, a student without talent, by studying Qimen Dunjia, can also master certain methods of prediction and divination after graduation.
It's hard to say whether this method of prediction and divination will be one or two points effective, but if he can truly learn this method, it is at least real and not false.
But what about Hogwarts? Among the students who graduated from Hogwarts, count them one by one, who has learned truly effective divination through studying Divination Class knowledge?
If most students had truly learned divination, regardless of whether they could master one point or two points of skill, then why did Dumbledore once have the idea of canceling the Divination Class?
The conclusion is obvious, Dumbledore himself thought that learning that knowledge was completely useless!
As for the other Divination Class at Hogwarts—Arithmancy. Well, although Dumbledore never considered canceling this class either, its presence at Hogwarts is almost non-existent.
This indicates that this class seems to be relatively useful, but also doesn't seem to be very useful.
"What? Do you want to learn about Qimen Dunjia?" Seeing Aisen's attitude, Zhang Mingwen suddenly asked.
"Qimen Dunjia?" Aisen was about to refuse, but then a flash of inspiration struck him, and he smiled. "Alright, I'll study it when I have time!"
The Qimen Dunjia of Zhengyi School includes knowledge related to astrology, numerology, and divination. The content involved is nothing more than prediction, divination, and so on.
Originally, Aisen wasn't very interested in this kind of knowledge, but he suddenly remembered that he was preparing to create a true laplace's demon.
Although he is still far from success, this does not prevent him from fantasizing. In his opinion, after a true laplace's demon is created, it must be able to achieve the abilities that live up to its name.
And the prediction and divination in Qimen Dunjia, which involve content related to predicting the future, some of its concepts might be useful to Aisen.
"Alright, time is almost up. It looks like the Six Grade competition is about to end," Zhang Mingwen pointed at the arena and suddenly spoke.
Looking up, Aisen saw the scene in the arena and was immediately surprised.
He saw a slender girl, seemingly wearing a soft close-fitting armor, pressing down and brutally beating a boy who looked very laid-back.
The girl had silver hair draped over her shoulders, and her face was as cold as ice, giving people an impression of being difficult to mess with. In contrast, the boy who looked very laid-back had a smile on his face, as if he didn't care about anything.
However, as the girl's attack rhythm intensified, the smile on the laid-back boy's face slowly turned into a wry smile.
"Unsheathe!" The girl leaped into the air, spun several times, launched a continuous powerful offensive with her legs, then pulled back her body, formed a hand seal, and shouted loudly.
He saw a wand tucked into her waist shoot out rapidly with her movement. Immediately after, a Emerald Green treasured sword wrapped around her wand grew out of thin air.
Then, the blade rapidly expanded, transforming into a sword light several tens of meters long and thrusting straight forward.
"Are the students in your school all like this in terms of combat style?" Aisen's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Zhang Mingwen beside him.
"This... here, the function of a wand is not limited to casting spells," Zhang Mingwen said, his expression turning serious. "Moreover, although the competition between them is a competition, it is not real combat after all. Therefore, there is more or less some... well, playful meaning."
"Playful?" Aisen asked in confusion.
"From the First Grade onwards, they have been fighting with their classmates for several years, dozens of times. They are already familiar with each other's strength. Therefore, using some unexpected methods might be more effective," Zhang Mingwen explained.
"If that's the case, can such competition still improve their practical combat ability?" Aisen showed a thoughtful expression.
"Didn't I say before that we use this method not to increase their practical combat experience, but to make them familiar with their own strength and maintain the state of competition?" Zhang Mingwen looked at him with a meaningful gaze.
Alright, perhaps if Zhengyi School graduates want to gain practical combat experience, there might be something similar to the Auror training in England here.
Bang—
A loud sound was heard, and a layer of mist filled the entire arena. After the mist dissipated, the boy who looked very laid-back lay in the arena with a bitter face.
In contrast, the silver-haired girl stood calmly in the arena.
"Is the Six Grade competition over?" Looking at this scene, Aisen's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Yes, the student standing in the arena is named Zeng Yanan. In recent years, she has basically won First Place in the competitions for her grade every time she participates. Her own strength is quite solid!" Zhang Mingwen introduced.
"Next will be the competition between Seven Gradestudents!" Aisen nodded, changing the subject, his gaze fixed on a certain spot in the stands.
"Yes, the Seven Grade competition, if nothing unexpected happens, will probably end much faster," Zhang Mingwensaid, a smile appearing on his face.
"Oh?" Aisen looked over in surprise.
He originally thought that because their strength was similar, the competition between Seven Grade students should be more intense, but he didn't expect Zhang Mingwen to say it would end faster.
"You'll know when you watch!" Zhang Mingwen pointed towards the arena and said with a smile.
After Zou Zunian announced the Seven Grade students to take the stage, the competition between the last batch of students officially began. And then, Aisen understood what Zhang Mingwen meant earlier.
He saw a tall and sturdy young man standing in the center of the arena.
He was wearing a loose-fitting black training suit, his eyes were bright and focused on the front, and he had a solemn expression, seemingly hiding a certain aura.
After the competition began, he clasped his hands together and pulled hard, and a dark red long spear was pulled out of thin air. At the same time, some runes and secret spells began to subtly flow over his black training suit, making the whole person appear even more extraordinary.
Of course, this appearance was not what surprised Aisen. What surprised him was that almost every opponent who came on stage after that was defeated within twenty rounds in the hands of this young man.
A student would step onto the arena, both sides would bow with clasped fists, then the fight would begin, and after a short while, the fight would end.
Time passed bit by bit, and students came onto the arena one after another, all with the same outcome.
This situation gave Aisen the feeling that the young man defending the arena seemed to be stronger than his other classmates in the same grade.
The young man held a large spear, wielding it like a general fighting on the battlefield, every movement carrying immense power, making it difficult for others to resist.
In addition, as the large spear flipped and turned, it seemed to also Take into account the ability to cast spells. From time to time, runes would leap beside it, activating various attack and defense moves.
The young man maintained a great advantage until the end of the Seven Grade competition.
"How was it?" After the competition ended, Zhang Mingwen looked at Aisen, raising an eyebrow.
"Amazing!" Aisen, who had come back to his senses, looked at Zhang Mingwen's posture and uttered two words. Then, as if he thought of something, he frowned slightly. "By the way, that Seven Grade champion just now—Zhang Xingyi, I saw the runes on his body when he was fighting, it seemed—"
Chapter 357: A Flash of Inspiration
"Oh, you noticed?" Zhang Mingwen's eyes lit up, a hint of surprise showing in his expression as he looked at Aisen. It was as if discovering this was a very rare thing.
"If I'm not mistaken—" Aisen said slowly.
"That's right, this is a new concept we've proposed in recent years." Zhang Mingwen nodded. "Since artifact refining techniques can use certain skills to stack the functions of spells into items, why can't they be directly refined into the body, transforming into an acquired divine ability?"
"So, those talismans are directly engraved on the body?" Aisen's mind flashed with inspiration, as if he had thought of something, and his eyes suddenly became unfocused.
"Exactly! Although this method is a bit of a shortcut and can't compare to true divine abilities, its potential is enormous!" Zhang Mingwen said, looking at Zhang Xingyi who was walking down from the ring, his face full of emotion.
Isn't this something Aisen himself had done before?
He had previously continuously deconstructed various magic spells using magic runes, expressed the magiceffects through runes, and then inscribed them onto his body.
Currently, his body is inscribed with runes for magiceffects such as Armor, indestructibility, ultimate strength and softness, water and fire resistance, and so on. These powerful runes are directly engraved on his body, gradually making him like a super man, which is one of the reasons he can walk safely in this world.
He hadn't expected that at Zhengyi School, someone else was also planning to go down this path.
"Oh, amazing, amazing!" Aisen, who had come back to his senses, nodded and kept praising, but for some reason, a sense of urgency grew in his heart.
Could it be that he was afraid someone would surpass him through this method? Aisen asked himself this question but didn't know how to answer.
However, once he creates a true laplace's demon...
Wait—
laplace's demon?
It was true that he wanted to create a laplace's demon in the real world, but when he thought of laplace's demon, he suddenly realized that since he was going to build a true laplace's demon in the real world, why would he still use a crystal ball as the hardware carrier?
Hiss—
"Plans can't keep up with changes!" As if he had thought of something, Aisen couldn't help but gasp.
"What?" Zhang Mingwen looked at Aisen curiously.
"Ah, oh, it's nothing, nothing. The competition is over, should we leave now?" Aisen waved his hand and directly changed the subject, looking at the students who were still in the stands around them.
"Next, aren't we supposed to arrange a few students who use wands to cast spells for Harry and the other three to have a match?" Zhang Mingwen looked at Aisen with a strange expression.
"Oh, yes, that's right! You can arrange it!" Aisen forcibly suppressed the thoughts in his mind that were like skyrockets, speaking somewhat incoherently.
"Alright, I'll go talk to the Headmaster." Zhang Mingwenglanced at Aisen, then got up and walked towards Zou Zunian.
In the blink of an eye, a few minutes later, Zhang Mingwen returned.
"Alright, the Headmaster has arranged it. He's letting a few fifth-grade students who use wands to cast spells go up to the ring. Do you want to go over and talk to your students?"
"Talk to them? Okay!" Aisen repeated distractedly, then seemed to react, nodding and looking towards the side of the ring.
He saw four fifth-grade students, arranged by Zou Zunian, descend from the stands and stand in a row below the ring. When his gaze fell on Zou Zunian, the latter turned to look at him and nodded with a smile.
Immediately, he got up from his seat and walked towards a certain spot in the stands.
Aisen's actions attracted the attention of many people. The students all looked at him, their faces full of curiosity. Presumably, they wanted to see what he planned to do.
However, Aisen paid no attention to these gazes and walked directly in front of Harry and the others, waving to them: "Do you remember what I told you before?"
"Professor, you mean you want us to duel with him?" Harry's eyes showed a look of eagerness.
"They seem to use wands to cast spells differently from us!" Padma said with a serious expression, staring at the few classmates standing below the ring.
"That's right, when they use wands to cast spells, they are actually just using the method of wand casting as a supplementary means during duels. How about it? Are you ready to duel with them?" Aisen let out a long breath, no longer thinking too much, and immediately asked with a serious expression.
Harry, Padma, and the others looked at each other, then turned their gaze back to Aisen and nodded vigorously.
"Alright, go over there and get ready!" Aisen reached out and patted Harry's shoulder, then turned around and walked back the way he came.
When Aisen sat back down behind the long table, next to Zhang Mingwen, he saw that Harry and the others were also standing in a row on the other side of the ring.
"What do you think the outcome of their match will be?" Zhang Mingwen asked, pointing to the group of people standing below the ring.
"Outcome?" Aisen shook his head slightly. "We'll know in a bit!"
Before, if he hadn't watched the matches between students of different grades at Zhengyi School, he would have been quite confident in Harry and the others. Especially confident in Harry, feeling that he would have no problem defeating many older students at Zhengyi School.
However, after watching this duelling competition from beginning to end, he understood that he had actually thought wrong. Leaving aside other things, just dealing with the four fifth-grade students who were about to go on stage, Harry would probably find it quite difficult.
The reason, of course, was just as he had thought before, students at Zhengyi School, by the time they reached the fifth grade, had a more comprehensive development in all aspects.
Of course, in terms of duelling matches, it might be difficult for Harry to defeat the fifth-grade students here. But if it were a life-and-death struggle, then it would probably be unpredictable.
Because there are many factors that can affect the outcome of a life-and-death struggle, even a strong person can be killed by a weaker person if they are not careful.
Next, without waiting for a few minutes, a new round of competition officially began under the curious eyes of the many spectators in the stands.
The first to go on stage was Malfoy, against a fifth-grade student.
Originally, Aisen was very unoptimistic about this battle, or rather, he thought this battle would end in Malfoy's crushing defeat. Unexpectedly, Malfoy reacted quite quickly in the ring, using Barrier Charm, Stun Charm, and Shield Charm relatively skillfully.
At first glance, the opponent's footwork was relatively agile, every move had terrifying light effects, and in the gaps between casting spells, he would also use his wand to cast magic attacks. But Malfoy's battle strategy seemed to lean towards defense.
As a result, after grinding in the ring for nearly three minutes, Malfoy's strategy seemed to be seen through by his opponent. He was hit by a move similar to a "shockwave" and was directly knocked off the ring.
"This student is called Draco Malfoy, right?" Zhang Mingwen said, looking at Aisen, a hint of surprise showing on his face.
"Is there a problem?" Aisen nodded.
"His strength is quite good!" Zhang Mingwen said with a look of praise, looking at Malfoy who had fallen below the ring and then stood up with a dejected expression.
"Heh heh, he's alright!" Aisen forced a fake smile.
You don't know what the teaching at Hogwarts is really like. If you knew that there hasn't been a proper Professor of Dark Arts there for decades, you would understand the truth of the matter.
Think about the past, before Hogwarts restarted the Duelling Club, Malfoy was someone who was stunned by a slap from Hermione. Now, after training in duelling class, having this kind of strength is already quite good.
After Malfoy was defeated, Padma and Hanna were arranged to go up to the ring next.
From the looks of it, they seemed to be planning to adopt the same tactics Malfoy used, but unfortunately, this strategy could only be used once. If they used it again, it wouldn't be very effective.
Indeed, in less than two minutes, Padma and Hanna were both defeated and knocked off the ring. Fortunately, although they looked a bit disheveled when they fell to the ground, they were not injured.
After getting up, they, like Malfoy, had faces full of disappointment. Afterwards, they glanced towards Aisen, seemingly worried about something. However, upon seeing that Aisen's expression hadn't changed, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Their level?" Zhang Mingwen looked at Aisen and shook his head slightly.
"At Hogwarts, there aren't many students with talent in combat," Aisen explained calmly.
"I heard there's a house at Hogwarts called Hufflepuff, and all the students there are foodies?" Zhang Mingwenlooked at Aisen with a look of sudden realization.
Hearing the other party say this, Aisen was immediately speechless.
What a foodie!
Isn't the Hufflepuff common room just closer to the kitchen!
What? Hufflepuff, one of the founders of Hogwarts, is particularly good at food-related Charms? Oh, never mind then!
"Actually, the students from the four houses at Hogwartseach have their own characteristics and qualities, but none are famous for combat!" Aisen thought for a moment and forced out an explanation.
"Understood, I've heard about the traditions of your school's four houses!" Zhang Mingwen had a clear expression.
That's right, students from Gryffindor House possess courage and a bold adventurous spirit. Students from Hufflepuff House possess honesty, fairness, justice, and tolerance. Students from Ravenclaw House value wisdom and creativity more. And students from Slytherin House are cunning and resourceful, and value ambition and leadership.
As for their combat level, that depends on individual effort.
What? Hogwarts' Defense Against the Dark Arts Class is abnormal? Oh, then there's nothing that can be done!
"Harry Potter is on stage, he's your Savior, what do you think of his dueling level?" Looking at the two people who had taken the stage, Zhang Mingwen asked with interest.
"He's alright!" Aisen said expressionlessly, but he didn't speak too definitively.
Although, after he personally trained him for a period, Harry's strength was indeed much higher than Malfoy's, but facing a Fifth Grade student from Zhengyi School, the outcome was really hard to say.
With a command, the contest on the stage officially began.
Harry quickly cast a Shield Charm on himself with his wand, while simultaneously moving his feet to retreat. This action was clearly correct for him.
Because for the students here who can almost all perform some close-quarters combat, it was the most suitable plan for Harry to create some distance and cast spell attacks.
However, Harry's opponent was also not simple. The moment Harry cast a Shield Charm on himself, the opponent drew a lightness talisman and a Vajra talisman on himself, and at the same time waved his wand, a spell shot towards Harry.
Harry cast a Barrier Charm to block the opponent's steps, but it was cut open by the opponent using his wand as a blade.
The two thus became entangled on the stage.
Although the opponent's offensive was fierce, fortunately, Harry quickly adapted to the rhythm of the battle. He occasionally dodged sideways, blocked the opponent's spells, and sometimes counterattacked in the gaps of the opponent's attacks.
The two fought back and forth on the stage; one side's combat scene was exceptionally flashy, while the other seemed plain and perhaps weak, but in reality, their confrontation was exceptionally fierce.
Seeing this scene, Aisen nodded slightly.
"This round is being fought hard!"
"It looks like Brother Lei won't have an easy time winning!"
"The opponent's strength looks quite strong. Fighting with a wand and spells, to be able to fight Brother Lei to this extent, I'm afraid even a Seven Grade senior couldn't do it."
...
It seemed the intensity of their exchange exceeded many people's expectations, and some students in the stands by the field began to whisper.
"Is Harry going to win?" Zhang Mingwen's gaze was on the stage, and he suddenly spoke.
"That's probably a very difficult thing!" Aisen shook his head.
Huh—
Aisen originally thought Harry would continue to be in a stalemate with the opponent, but he didn't expect him to use a clever trick, summoning clear water and then making it disperse into mist, blocking the opponent's vision. Then, he took the opportunity to use a Banishing Charm to directly force the opponent off the stage.
"You actually saw that coming?" Ignoring the situation on the stage, Aisen turned his head and looked at Zhang Mingwen with a surprised expression.
There were many factors that determined victory in a battle, so Aisen couldn't determine which of two people with similar abilities would win. But Zhang Mingwenseemed to know the outcome in advance, which made it truly difficult for him to understand.
"Shi Lei was a bit too impatient!" Zhang Mingwenexplained unhurriedly, "When you're impatient, you naturally easily reveal flaws. With flaws, it's easy to be exploited by the opponent."
So that's how he looked at it? Aisen nodded thoughtfully.
"Let's go, let's go, the contest is over!" Zhang Mingwensaid, standing up from his seat.
Aisen looked over in surprise, only then realizing that it wasn't just Zhang Mingwen; some teachers on the other side and students around the stands all seemed to have received some command, getting up one after another and moving towards the arena entrance.
"It's over already? Didn't they say there would be contests between the teachers?" Aisen stood up, first waved to Harry and the others who were still standing by the stage, and then asked.
"Oh, I forgot to mention, the contests between teachers are usually scheduled for eight o'clock in the evening, that's the school's custom!" Zhang Mingwen seemed to have remembered something and explained with a smile.
"So, they'll come back here to watch at eight o'clock in the evening?" Aisen pointed to the students crowding down from the stands.
"That's right! Alright, you guys talk amongst yourselves, see you tonight!" Zhang Mingwen patted Aisen's shoulder, pointed towards Harry and the others who were walking over, and left chatting and laughing with the other teachers.
...
"How is it? Feeling down?" After leaving the arena, seeing the few of them silent, Aisen immediately laughed.
"Except for Harry, we all lost!" Hanna said, her eyes seemingly turning red.
"What's there to care about? You've been here for almost a month, and you must know that this place is different from Hogwarts." Aisen comforted them casually, "It's clear that Zhengyi School is very good at training students in combat, and Hogwarts doesn't focus on practical combat teaching, so it's normal for you to lose.
Besides, didn't Harry win? I trained Harry for a period before the Duelling Club at Hogwarts reopened. From this, it can be seen that with long-term training, it's not impossible for Hogwarts students to defeat Zhengyi School students, right?"
"Professor is right, if Hogwarts had more dueling classes, we wouldn't be worse than them!" Malfoy said in a calm tone.
Seeing that their expressions had improved quite a bit, Aisen slightly breathed a sigh of relief: "Alright, you guys go eat, and then go to the arena to watch the teachers' contest at eight o'clock tonight. You don't need to follow me!"
...
After separating from Harry and the others, Aisen quietly paced alone on the track around the soccer field. Walking slowly, his eyes were vacant, and he recalled the flash of inspiration that had crossed his mind earlier.
Regarding the laplace's demon, at first, he planned to follow his own plan, using magic runes as the lowest-level language, and writing a system in the real world using a crystal ball as hardware.
Comparing it to the Laplace's Demon System in the Dream World, after a period of adjustment and modification in reality, he already had considerable confidence that he could build a supercomputer with similar functions in the real world.
After that, what he had to do was continuously upgrade and iterate this supercomputer existing in reality until it became a true laplace's demon.
However, how should I put it?
Just like when he learned from Zhang Mingwen that someone planned to refine spells into their body to turn them into divine abilities, and he sighed after a flash of inspiration, plans can't keep up with changes.
At that time, he thought, why use a crystal ball to carry the Laplace's Demon System, why not just directly use his own body as hardware to carry the Laplace's Demon System?
After thinking of this, an anime hidden deep in his memory called "Super Seminary" immediately surfaced in his mind.
Immediately after, concepts like dark matter computers, genetic systems, and celestial computers suddenly caught his attention.
At this point, he suddenly thought, if he combined these concepts to assist in creating the laplace's demon, would it be easier? Although he wasn't sure how far he could go yet, he had a premonition that this path had a high possibility of working.
Therefore, as soon as he thought of all the possibilities for the future, Aisen immediately became extremely excited.
Chapter 358: magic Version of the God-Making Project
The setting sun cast its afterglow on Aisen, stretching his shadow on the runway far into the distance. A streak of sunset clouds in the sky was rendered colorful by the residual light.
But he had no mind to appreciate such beauty; he was just immersed in those thoughts, a smile occasionally appearing on his face.
"Hope has greatly increased!" After a long time, Aisenseemed to come back to his senses and then exclaimed.
Previously, building a true laplace's demon in the real world was a very difficult task for him. It could even be said that he basically had no clue.
What? You said Aisen used a crystal ball as hardware and programmed the Laplace's Demon System into it? That just sounds good; in reality, what came out of that was just a supercomputer. It was unknown how far it was from a true laplace's demon.
But now, with the plan adjusted to use his own body as hardware, combined with various concepts from the Super God Academy, the difficulty of programming a true Laplace's Demon System seems to have suddenly been greatly reduced.
At the very least, the power system in the Super God Academy, in Aisen's view, is highly likely to be reproduced.
For example, the components of power in the Super God universe, such as [Dark Energy], [Gene System], [Dark Matter Computer], [Dark Dimension], [Engine], and [Algorithm], and so on.
Dark energy is clearly the source of energy in the Super God universe. Whether it's a divine body or a Dark Matter Computer, they are all powered by Dark Energy.
So, in Aisen's world, although there is no so-called Dark Energy, there is magic. Wouldn't it be perfectly appropriate to use magic as the energy source to drive everything?
As for the Gene System, it is a system implanted in the body, and it is a system directly programmed from genes. The so-called angel genes, demon genes, etc., are just different Gene Systems implanted.
As for how to program a system on genes, it is a difficult point for Aisen, but it is not impossible to adopt other alternative solutions.
After all, the Gene System is a concept in the Super God universe, and Aisen plans to program the Laplace's Demon System using magic runes, so there might be other options.
But no matter what, the Laplace's Demon System he plans to program can be directly implanted into the body. This is clearly very similar to the Gene System.
As for the Dark Matter Computer, in the Super God universe, it can be seen as a supercomputer. Whether it's the Dark Matter Computer implanted in the Gene System or the so-called Grand Clock, Sky Blade series, etc., they are basically all like this, the difference being only in their computing power.
The Dark Matter Computer can operate independently and can also interface with the Gene System implanted in super soldiers, providing powerful auxiliary functions.
Of course, as mentioned earlier, the Dark Matter Computer can also be directly implanted into the human body to serve as the operating platform for the Gene System.
It's like having a supercomputer built into the human body, and the Gene System runs within the supercomputer.
Simply put, the Gene System and the Dark Matter Computer are like the relationship between a system and a computer; they complement each other and can only exert their greatest effect when working together.
Correspondingly, if it were Aisen, he would want to use all his cells as hardware and then implant the Laplace's Demon System, programmed with magic runes, into them.
This way, he would perfectly achieve his goal of using his own body as the hardware carrier for the Laplace's Demon System.
As for the Dark Dimension, simply put, it's like a portable space.
Various auxiliary equipment can be created within the space, and then the output end of the function can be connected to a super soldier, providing the super soldier with various abilities.
For example, if a laser cannon is created in the Dark Dimension, and the laser emission output port is set on the super soldier's eyes, then the super soldier directly gains the ability of a super man's "heat vision".
For Aisen, although there is no such thing as the Dark Dimension in this world, he possesses a portable space like the Dream World.
What? You said the Dream World is purely illusory and its usefulness is greatly limited.
Uh, that's correct. The laplace's demon supercomputer he built in the Dream World before could only provide him with powerful computing power, but not the great power to leverage reality.
However, since he created the Dream God Spell, he has been using this Charm. Therefore, the power of the Dream World has also been accumulating.
So, whether it's accumulating power to trigger a transformation or interfering through faith power or other means, Aisen feels that his Dream World will eventually have the day it turns from illusion to reality.
Of course, turning from illusion to reality doesn't mean truly becoming a real world, but rather becoming a world that is between illusion and reality.
But even if it is between illusion and reality, in Aisen's view, there is still the possibility of interfering with reality.
In this way, building supercomputers and various auxiliary equipment in the Dream World can provide him with more help. Just like the knowledge Library that Holy Keisha placed in the Dark Dimension, he can do the same.
However, just like what he did before, he currently has almost omnipotent authority in the Dream World, but it cannot be reflected in the real world. Therefore, it's better to simply implant the supercomputer directly into the body.
Just like the Dark Matter Computer in the Super God universe, it can be used after being directly implanted into the body. When the Dream World turns from illusion to reality one day, it will also be fine to build a celestial computer and various auxiliary equipment in the Dream World.
As for engines, there are various engines in the Super God universe, such as black hole engines, sub-biological engines, and so on.
Besides having different biases, these engines are all relatively powerful without exception. Of course, fundamentally, their main difference lies in their functions.
In Aisen's view, this is like various kinds of peerless divine skills.
For example, Ge Xiaolen practiced a set of peerless martial arts that can rewrite physical laws. Hua Ye practiced a set of peerless martial arts that can simulate black holes, and so on.
If it were Aisen, he would choose to integrate the various extraordinary characteristics fused into his body as engines, and then mount them on the Laplace's Demon System.
In this way, the fusion of extraordinary characteristics in his body should not change, but driving these extraordinary characteristics through the Laplace's Demon System should be more efficient.
As for algorithms, it's simple. The same move, expressed through a better algorithm, will obviously be more powerful. So, in Aisen's view, algorithms are like skills, an important means of exerting one's strength.
He already has an idea about this: he can load all the Charms he knows onto the Laplace's Demon System.
Thus, a conclusion can be summarized: Aisen can first imitate the power system of the Super God universe and build a similar system for himself:
Using the magic within his body as energy, using all cells as hardware to build a built-in supercomputer, implanting the Laplace's Demon System programmed with magicrunes into it, then installing the extraordinary characteristics as engines on the system, and finally integrating all the Charms he knows as skills.
As for the Dream World, which replaces the Dark Dimension, there is no hurry; just wait for it to slowly accumulate power and continue to transform. When it turns from illusion to reality one day, it can be used as the Dark Dimension.
Of course, as for when the Laplace's Demon Systemimplanted in Aisen's body can become a true laplace's demon, that is hard to determine. After all, upgrading from a supercomputer to a laplace's demon is not a simple matter.
However, this can be considered a magic version of the god-making project!
Aisen, walking slowly on the runway, seemed to have thought of something, and a smile bloomed on his face.
As he walked, he stretched out his hands and clenched his fists forcefully, feeling the body full of powerful strength, and couldn't help but think of another matter.
His body, because it was inscribed with many runes with magic effects, had become very powerful. Moreover, because the Energy Absorption runes have been continuously absorbing energy from the world, his body is still growing stronger.
This situation indicates that although he is not like a super man, whose physical quality has improved excessively ridiculously, he will still continue to grow stronger.
So, what Aisen is thinking now is whether he still needs to develop technologies like divine bodies? Does he need to spend the effort on things like second-generation divine bodies, third-generation divine bodies, and so on.
In fact, comparing them shows that his current physical quality is really no worse than the so-called divine body. At the very least, in terms of defense, his body is inscribed with magic effect runes like 'indestructible' and 'ultimate hardness and softness', which are no worse than the third-generation divine body.
Even, considering the magic wonders of this world, his body strength might even surpass the fourth-generation divine body.
Of course, this is just a comparison from the perspective of defense. The problem is, every time the divine body technology is upgraded, the difference becomes incredibly exaggerated.
Especially the difference between the fourth-generation divine body and the sacred body.
Take Sacred Keisha for example, all the atoms in her entire body are conceptualized sacred atoms. Conceptualized sacred atoms, each atom carries all of her personal data.
That is to say, even if her body is destroyed, as long as one sacred atom exists, she can be resurrected through it.
But in reality, the sacred atom itself cannot be destroyed. Moreover, sacred atoms can instantly locate each other.
How exaggerated is this? Let's put it this way, even if Sacred Keisha is in the center of a supernova explosion, or even directly enters a black hole, her sacred body will remain unharmed.
Because even if her sacred body is completely dispersed, turning into individual atoms, it can instantly reassemble.
Obviously, such an exaggerated thing is currently impossible for Aisen.
To be honest, he cannot determine now how much his body strength needs to be enhanced to not fear a supernova explosion, but there is no doubt that he is very willing to possess a sacred body like Sacred Keisha's.
But as for how to specifically advance this plan, Aisenfeels he still needs to carefully consider it.
After all, the number of atoms contained in a person's body is counted in units of hundreds of millions. If he really has the technology to transform the atoms in his body into sacred atoms, how long would it take to transform them?
Therefore, he estimates that he will have a greater chance of success only after his own "dark matter computer" is successfully implanted into his body before starting to do this.
Of course, sacred atoms are conceptualized atoms. As for how to conceptualize atoms and what technology is needed, Aisen has actually already considered it.
After all, in this world, many magic spells involve conceptual abilities. The most intuitive point is that Voldemort cursed the Defense Against the Dark Arts Class at Hogwarts, resulting in each Professor of Dark Arts being able to serve for only one year.
Also, the Obliviate Charm Hermione cast on her parents in the original work resulted in both photos and traces of their life directly disappearing.
In addition, Aisen's method of transforming into light, which he can achieve in Transfiguration, is also like this.
Previously, he only thought that his attainment in Transfiguration had reached an unprecedented level, even involving the essence of Transfiguration.
But looking again at this moment, he found that the method of transforming into light has indeed involved and sublimated to conceptual level changes. The reason for being so sure is simply because he thought of how, when he transformed into light before, he perceived that every photon carried his life information.
From this perspective, this concept seems to be somewhat close to sacred atoms.
That is to say, if he starts researching from this aspect next, perhaps he will have some very good gains.
After figuring out these things, the smile on Aisen's face grew wider.
At this moment, the setting sun had already fallen, and the sky gradually darkened. After checking the time, he found that it was only a quarter past six, and there was still some time until eight o'clock.
Walking back along the direction of the track, after passing the arena, he spent some time eating in the cafeteria, and then Aisen walked towards the Library.
That's right, since he has figured out the next plan, he is now going to start acting to advance his plan.
His trip to the Library this time was in preparation for programming the Laplace's Demon System.
Previously, Aisen planned to use a crystal ball as the carrier to program the new Laplace's Demon System.
When he was planning to take action, he happened to see a book called "Two Forms Rune Array" in the Zhengyi School's Library. Of course, upon first reading, although Aisen had memories from his previous life, it was impossible for him to fully grasp the knowledge inside all at once.
But even so, he immediately gained a lot of inspiration from this book.
Among them, Aisen didn't particularly care about the concept of rune arrays and related knowledge of runes. The key was the concept of array formations, which made him realize that if he used magic script to construct the Laplace's Demon System, it seemed possible to introduce this part of the knowledge into it.
Of course, before he could implement this idea, the plan changed.
But no matter what, even if he planned to use his own body as the hardware to carry the new Laplace's Demon System, the knowledge of array formations was still very useful to him.
Therefore, this trip to the Library was to browse through all the books on array formations and transfer the knowledge within them into his memory palace.
After that, he could just study them slowly.
...
Passing through the teaching building and the tall stone wall, Aisen saw two rows of flying stars suspended in mid-air, over twenty feet above the ground, on both sides of the gravel-paved road here.
The flying stars seemed to be embedded in the air, emitting bright light, illuminating the road as brightly as day, like streetlights. Aisen had seen before that every night, those flying stars that seemed to be invisible would emit light.
Obviously, these were artifacts created by Zhengyi School, and their purpose, naturally, was for illumination.
Entering the bamboo forest, amidst the lush branches and leaves, scattered points of light danced within. Magical creatures resembling fireflies provided faint rays of light, preventing Aisen from getting lost in the woods.
Successfully passing through along the small path, Aisenentered the Library as he wished.
Entering it, it felt like entering another world, with whispers coming from inside. As his gaze swept through, Aisen saw the figures of many students.
Obviously, some students were taking the opportunity to look up information in the Library.
"Hey, Mr. Zhao, could I ask which area the books on array formations are in here?" Ignoring everything else, Aisenwent straight to the Library administrator Zhao Cikun and asked.
"Array formations? Let me see!" Zhao Cikun was not surprised to see Aisen coming over. He took out a list from the drawer and began looking at it.
Aisen nodded without saying anything, quietly standing by the entrance and waiting.
As his gaze swept around, he saw some students strolling in front of rows of bookshelves. From time to time, they seemed to have found their target, pulled a book from the shelf, and then sat on the wooden stools surrounding the protruding tree trunks in the middle.
"Okay, keep walking that way, and you can find the books you want to read according to the instructions on this." Zhao Cikun said, handing a slip of paper to Aisen.
Taking the slip of paper, he saw numbers like "11-9" written on it.
Regarding this, Aisen, who already understood what was going on, smiled and nodded without saying anything further, walking straight towards the other side of the Library.
The internal structure of the Library was supported by those two rows of trees acting as pillars. Aisen, walking towards the other side, stopped at the position of the eleventh tree.
Looking up, he saw several rows of bookshelves here, indeed displaying books related to array formations.
After looking at the slip of paper in his hand, Aisen quietly put it away, turned around, took a book from a nearby bookshelf, and quickly "flipped" through it.
Seeing Aisen's strange actions, some students stared at him curiously for a while, but seeing that he was completely unaffected, they gradually stopped paying attention.
Rustle rustle—
The sound of flipping pages was barely audible in the Library.
After two minutes, having finished flipping through one book, Aisen took out another book from the bookshelf and continued flipping.
Just like this, time passed by little by little.
Unconsciously, the time had already reached seven fifty in the evening. Only after Aisen stopped flipping through books did he realize that he had already stored about half of the books on array formations in this area into his memory palace.
Looking up and around, he only then realized that the students in the Library had long since disappeared. Presumably, they had all gone to the arena as well.
"Alright, that's it for now. Next, I still have to go to the arena to participate in the competition between the teachers!" After putting the books back on the shelf and greeting Zhao Cikun, Aisen walked towards the arena.
Chapter 359: Demonstration
After passing through the bamboo forest and reaching the wide road, Aisen realized that a crescent moon was already hanging in a corner of the sky.
A gentle breeze rustled through the trees, creating a series of rustling sounds that made the quiet night seem particularly cool.
Within two minutes, Aisen had passed the teaching building and the cafeteria and arrived at the arena, a building already brightly lit.
Pushing open the door, he saw that Zhang Mingwen, Zou Zunian, and others were already seated behind a long table not far from the stage, and the surrounding stands were full of students.
"Aisen, you're here!" Zhang Mingwen stood up and came over to greet him as Aisen approached the long table.
"Yes, I'm here to participate in this competition between teachers!" Aisen said calmly, shifting his gaze from Zhang Mingwen to Zou Zunian and the others. "So, how have you arranged things next?"
"We've discussed this before; it's up to you to choose!" Zhang Mingwen said, leading Aisen to Zou Zunian and the others.
"I choose?" Aisen looked at them in surprise, his gaze sweeping over the group with Zou Zunian. "Choose the opponent for the competition?"
"That's right. We've calculated that including this competition, you'll have a total of ten opportunities to compete before you leave Zhengyi School," Zou Zuniansaid with a smile, taking over the conversation. "We have so many teachers here; you can choose any one you like for each competition!"
"Is that so?" Aisen immediately understood. "Then for this competition, I also need to choose one of them, right!"
"That's right. What's your choice?" Zhang Mingwensmiled and then pointed to the teachers who were gathered together, also smiling and looking at Aisen.
"It's okay to be casual. Some teachers you already know, some you might not know yet. Let me introduce them!" After Zou Zunian finished speaking, he began introducing them to Aisen.
After the introductions, in addition to Yue Congshan, Lin Xuan, and Li Hao, whom he had already met, Aisen was introduced to seventeen teachers from various grades and subjects.
"How about it? Have you thought about it? Do you want to have a competition with me?" The speaker was Yue Congshan, the Combat Spell teacher with brown hair.
The last time he saw her, Aisen was quite impressed by her fiery enthusiasm.
At this time, she was wearing a light gray tracksuit, her hair tied back, giving her a clean and capable look.
In addition, he also noticed that she was wearing a pair of gray beaded bracelets of excellent quality on her wrists, which subtly emitted magic fluctuations, seemingly magical items.
"No problem. Then my opponent for this competition will be Professor Yue," Aisen pondered for a moment, nodded, and did not refuse her.
"Oh, not bad. I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of methods the Professor from Hogwarts will use next!" Yue Congshan's eyes lit up, showing a look of anticipation, seemingly a little surprised.
"So, when do I go on stage? The time for the competition is almost here, right!" Aisen checked the time and smiled, changing the subject.
"No rush, no rush. Since you've chosen Professor Yue as your opponent, your competition will be arranged for last. Next is the 'performance' time for the other teachers!" Zhang Mingwen said, patting Aisen on the shoulder, and then nodded towards Zou Zunian.
"Alright, everyone please be quiet!" As if receiving a signal, Zou Zunian's loud voice echoed throughout the arena. "Next is the competition between the teachers. Now, please welcome the two teachers from the Charm Array Class, Professor Lu Jianshan and Professor Mu Chengzhe, to the stage..."
Thunderous applause immediately erupted from the surrounding stands, and many students began whispering.
"What do you think of the competition between ProfessorLu and Professor Mu?"
"A competition between teachers of the same subject? I'm really looking forward to the scene!"
"Stop talking, the competition is about to begin. Watch carefully so you can learn more!"
...
Immediately after, Aisen saw two middle-aged men, both around fifty years old, step onto the stage one after another.
One of them was wearing a green Taoist robe and holding a wooden sword. From his attire alone, he looked quite similar to Zou Zunian's dress. As introduced earlier, this teacher was Professor Lu Jianshan from the Charm Array Class.
The other teacher, Mu Chengzhe, also appeared to be a middle-aged man around fifty years old, but his clothing was slightly more Western.
He was wearing a gray suit vest over a white shirt, with a striped tie, and matching colored trousers.
Perhaps because they had experienced such scenes many times, the two teachers didn't say much after stepping onto the stage. After exchanging bows, they began their "intense" competition.
What amazed Aisen was that on the wooden sword held by Lu Jianshan, countless runes flowed, and streaks of fiery red sword energy emanated from it, enveloping the entire stage in a peculiar pattern.
At the same time, his eyes seemed to have activated some kind of divine ability, with runes constantly circulating within them, seemingly searching for his opponent's weaknesses.
Mu Chengzhe's reaction was also quite swift. Almost at the moment Lu Jianshan launched his attack, he waved his hand and drew talismans in the air.
The talismans emitted gold and silver light, and before everyone could see clearly, they sank directly into the ground. Then he raised his hands, adopting a posture similar to the opening stance of Tai Chi, and saw brilliant golden and silver light emanating from the edge of the stage.
The gold and silver light intertwined and spread, forming a Bagua pattern composed of Yin and Yang symbols, rotating around the two people in the middle from the edge of the stage.
Hiss—
A streak of sword energy twisted and flowed in the air, suddenly transforming into a scorching flame that shot towards Mu Chengzhe. As Mu Chengzhe moved his feet, the golden light spreading on the Bagua pattern suddenly rose, turning into ice that blocked the flame.
Subsequently, after the ice landed and rooted itself in the ground, it quickly transformed and shot out vines, wrapping towards Lu Jianshan.
Lu Jianshan seemed to have anticipated this kind of attack. With runes flowing in his eyes, he thrust the wooden sword he held forcefully. The sword energy that had been previously activated and suspended in mid-air seemed to receive a command and quickly split into two groups.
One group converged and shredded the incoming vines, while the other group continuously merged into a treasure sword that was almost tangible, attacking Mu Chengzhe at a clever angle.
However, Mu Chengzhe raised his right foot and stomped down forcefully. The rotating Bagua pattern at the edge of the stage vibrated with light, as if a similar Bagua pattern was directly imprinted in the air above his head.
Immediately after, he drew his hands back to his waist, as if gathering strength. The rotating Bagua pattern imprinted in the air above his head suddenly flipped several times, changing from a state parallel to the ground to a state perpendicular to the ground, blocking in front of him.
Buzz—
The sword light and the Bagua pattern intersected, creating bursts of roaring sounds.
Golden, silver, and fiery red lights flashed on the stage. At times, the gold and silver light shone brightly, overpowering the fiery red, and at other times, the fiery red light overpowered the gold and silver.
Inside the entire arena space, it was as if a blockbusters with special effects were being projected in full holographic form, and everyone was watching intently.
Aisen, who was observing the entire arena from God's Perspective, also occasionally paid attention to the expressions of the students in the surrounding stands while watching the match on the stage.
He found that although the older students' eyes were also fixed on the stage, their overall expressions were basically calm. Unlike the first-year students, who, upon seeing this scene, not only widened their eyes like brass bells but also turned red with excitement.
Looking at Harry and the others again, Aisen noticed that they all showed shocked expressions.
Uh, well, that's understandable.
Although the dueling scenes of the students from all seven grades in the entire school had been shown before. Some scenes were indeed very spectacular, and they had personally experienced what it felt like to fight against them. However, the scene of the competition between teachers still exceeded their imagination.
Of course, for Aisen, this was nothing. He was confident that he could replicate all the methods used by the two teachers from beginning to end using only Transfiguration.
However, he wasn't without gains. At the very least, the "special effects" they produced during their combat were quite inspiring to him.
Boom—
After a huge roar, the various lights on the stage suddenly dimmed.
Looking again, Lu Jianshan and Mu Chengze were standing still, having stopped their match. It was clear their match had come to an end.
"Alright, thank you to both teachers for their wonderful performance. This evenly matched contest ends here," Zou Zunian said, standing up at the right moment. After Lu Jianshan and Mu Chengze stepped down from the arena, he continued, "Next, please welcome ProfessorZheng Kang and Professor Du Chengyan from the Combat Spell Class..."
After Zou Zunian finished speaking, the two teachers walked out from behind the long table and stepped onto the arena.
"How does it feel?" Zhang Mingwen asked at this moment.
"Eye-opening!" Aisen said with emotion, looking at Zhang Mingwen's smiling face.
That's right, this wasn't Aisen being complimentary; it was his genuine thought.
Earlier, he had watched the matches between the Zhengyi School students, especially the matches between the older students, and felt that the "special effects" in their battles were a bit overdone.
Of course, Aisen wasn't saying they weren't strong; their strength was indeed quite good. It was just that this style of fighting, which resembled computer special effects, was somewhat difficult for him to understand.
After all, if the battle scenes were so flashy, wouldn't the practicality be slightly less?
Aisen was right to think that way before, but now that he had seen the battle between the two teachers, he realized that this "gorgeous" fighting style had a very obvious advantage.
This advantage was that they could hide some insidious, uh, well, some less noticeable attack methods.
For example, if I used the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and sent out several golden, extremely powerful dragon-shaped energy attacks at my opponent. The opponent's attention would definitely be on these dragon-shaped energy attacks, right?
But what if I simultaneously hid some other attack methods, such as Fiendfyre, curses, and the like, within the dragon-shaped energy, concealing them with golden light?
Clearly, "impossible to guard against" was the most appropriate phrase to describe this kind of attack method.
Of course, understanding this didn't mean Aisen had to deliberately change his fighting style. The inspiration this fighting style gave him was merely a point of reference.
"Oh, right, will my match with Professor Yue later also be this 'gorgeous'?" Aisen seemed to think of something and asked again. "What I mean is, our fighting style over there is completely different from here!"
"I know that! But over there, besides using wands to cast various spells, you also use Transfiguration, right?" Zhang Mingwen said softly, giving Aisen a look as he spoke.
"Oh, then there's no problem!" Aisen immediately smiled.
Originally, he was thinking about whether it would be inappropriate to replicate the relatively cool moves he had seen in anime from his previous life. After all, the purpose of having him participate in this teachers' match here was to let him demonstrate the methods of Hogwarts Witches to the students here and broaden their horizons.
As soon as Zhang Mingwen mentioned Transfiguration, Aisen immediately understood.
As for Transfiguration, it was perfectly reasonable to transform into various cool moves, right?
In the blink of an eye, more than an hour had passed.
When Zou Zunian announced that it was Aisen and Yue Congshan's turn to enter the arena, the time had already reached 9:30 PM.
The moment he stepped onto the arena, he clearly felt the chatter from the surrounding stands become more noisy. However, he didn't mind and instead focused his attention on the figure not far across from him.
Since he was competing with someone at Zhengyi School, Aisen, naturally adapting to local customs, gave Yue Congshan a fist-and-palm salute.
At this moment, Aisen noticed that Yue Congshan's entire demeanor had changed instantly.
Originally, she was wearing a light gray tracksuit, giving the impression of an athlete about to participate in a sporting event. But at this moment, just a fist-and-palm salute transformed her into a female general ready to fight on the battlefield.
Boom—
Yue Congshan moved instantly.
She saw her cross her hands and raise them high, then swung them down forcefully, and a huge red light enveloped her entire body. Immediately after, that light flowed like water, transforming into a radiant cloak that settled upon her shoulders.
Seeing this, Aisen's emotions didn't fluctuate at all. He casually flicked the wand in his hand in front of him. He saw tiny specks of dust being drawn from the surrounding air, which then lit up.
The flickering points of light, twinkling on and off, revolved around Aisen like stars, then emitted a hint of green. Just as Yue Congshan formed a hand seal and held a transparent long spear containing red light in her hand, attacking Aisen, the twinkling points of light rapidly changed.
Instantly, countless green leaves swirled and danced around Aisen.
On every flying green leaf, a faint silver sheen appeared according to Aisen's will, then condensed at the edges of the leaves, turning into extremely sharp blades.
Swish swish—
Aisen waved his wand with one hand and gently stroked the air with the other. He saw the clustered green leaves, like swimming dragons, twist and cut towards the transparent long spear.
Bang—
The moment the two attacks intersected, green and red light flared intensely.
Armor!
Immediately after, Aisen cast a spell silently, pointing his wand in front of him, and a bright silver shield, seemingly materialized, stood before him.
The bright silver shield was several zhang high and four to five meters wide, inscribed with strange patterns, emitting a heart-pounding magic fluctuation.
Seeing this, Yue Congshan's eyes lit up instantly. After withdrawing her attack, she formed hand seals, and then saw the pair of beads on her wrists flare with intense light.
When she separated her hands, she saw that the pair of beads had already disappeared.
At the same time, her left hand held a blue triangular flag about an inch in size, covered with continuously flowing talismans, projecting a transparent triangular flag of the same shape but a person's height onto herself. And her right hand held a long whip emitting scorching heat, trailing long on the ground.
The triangular flag projection enveloping her gave a feeling of unparalleled defense. And the long whip trailing on the ground, with occasional deep red flames leaping along its body, seemed so sharp that it distorted space itself.
Swish—
Yue Congshan swung the long whip, trying to bypass the shield from one side and attack Aisen.
Aisen smiled slightly. With a thought, the bright silver shield shifted, instantly blocking the swinging long whip.
Crack—
The bright silver shield's defense was originally very strong, but at this moment, it was actually struck with cracks by the long whip. Aisen didn't change his expression in the slightest. With a thought, the bright silver shield instantly solidified and shrank tenfold, becoming ten times stronger at the same time.
The shield became the size of a pot lid, flying in the air, constantly blocking the long whip from getting close to Aisen. Each collision between the two produced crisp metallic sounds.
But with every collision, the shield remained unharmed.
Swish—
Countless green leaves wrapped around Aisen flew out from among them, transforming into a long snake that cut through the air and coiled towards Yue Congshan.
Yue Congshan, however, smiled confidently. While continuously swinging the long whip with one hand, she formed a hand seal with the other. Red light flowed from the cloak on her body, dyeing the transparent triangular flag wrapped around her red.
Clusters of green leaves coiled around Yue Congshan like long snakes. Silver light continuously splashed on the edges of the leaves, making "hissing" sounds as they cut, seemingly about to completely shred her at any moment.
But the red light emitted by the triangular flag on her body remained unshaken.
This situation surprised Aisen. He hadn't expected that the opponent actually possessed such a defensive method.
From an outsider's perspective, Yue Congshan and Aisenwere both attacking each other simultaneously and defending against each other's attacks simultaneously.
Yue Congshan continuously swung the long whip with one hand, attacking Aisen from various angles, but all were intercepted by the rapidly moving bright silver shield in front of him.
While Aisen used the shield to intercept the opponent's long whip attacks, he also had a portion of green leaves surrounding him for defense. At the same time, another portion of green leaves, like long snakes, directly coiled around Yue Congshan, continuously performing cutting attacks.
However, these attacks were also defended against by Yue Congshan using that triangular flag.
Chapter 360: Professor Aisen Discovers a Blind Spot
Seeing that Professor Aisen's offensive was not only so "fierce" but also able to block the sharp edge of the Red Cloud Whip, Yue Congshan's eyes immediately lit up.
Subsequently, Yue Congshan crossed her arms. Her flowing, colorful red cloak, like water, surged onto her hands, wrapping around the glowing red-blue triangular flag and the sharp long whip.
Following this, Professor Aisen saw the other party throw the triangular flag in her hand into the sky. The red light flowing within the triangular flag intensified, making the transparent triangular flag projected onto her even redder.
At the same time, the other party, with a free hand, formed a hand seal. The red light flowing on the long whip immediately converged into it, transforming and flickering. In an instant, the long whip seemed to transform into a second form, with threads of red "barbs" appearing from above, giving a breathtaking sense of impact.
Whoosh—
The long whip seemed to gain sentience. As Yue Congshan waved it, it would suddenly extend several feet away and then suddenly retract to within a foot of her body. Whenever it attacked Professor Aisen, it was like Apparition Without A Trace, containing an unpredictable meaning.
It can be said that in this instant, Yue Congshan's attack method changed, and the frequency and speed of her attacks on Professor Aisen also increased dozens of times.
With a thought, the moment Professor Aisen saw the other party's offensive change, he decisively continued to divide the green leaves wrapped around his body, differentiating more green leaves from the countless flying, aggregated green leaves.
At the same time, he separated a part of the green leaves and wrapped them around the bright silver shield suspended in the air.
Immediately after, the shield wrapped in green leaves rapidly spun in Professor Aisen's mind.
The shield spun rapidly, reaching an extreme speed, as if a silver circular saw was rotating at high speed in the air, cutting the air with a hissing sound.
And the mass of green leaves wrapped around it, in the rapid rotation, turned into a green curtain, attracting the surrounding air.
Bang bang—
Yue Congshan's long whip, whose speed had increased dozens of times, was still blocked by his shield.
In fact, even if Yue Congshan's attack speed increased dozens of times, it would be very difficult for ProfessorAisen to intercept the other party's long whip attack with his reaction speed.
Moreover, Yue Congshan's speed of waving the long whip not only increased significantly, but even her attack trajectory became untraceable.
Therefore, judging solely from reaction speed, although Professor Aisen has been able to reach a reaction speed ten times that of ordinary people, it would be difficult for him to react if he hadn't transformed into light and possessed the same speed of thought as light.
But fortunately, Professor Aisen was not without a solution to this. At this moment, he just opened God's Perspective, brought the arena into his mind, and then connected a part of his consciousness to the Laplace's Demon System in the Dream World, allowing him to easily intercept all of the other party's attacks from her waving long whip.
After all, with his powerful computing ability, as long as he saw her movements of waving the long whip, he could easily calculate the entire trajectory of the long whip.
And with God's Perspective fully open, when ProfessorAisen faced Yue Congshan, all of her movements were clearly visible in his eyes. In this way, intercepting the other party's offensive was no longer a problem.
Furthermore, although the other party used some means to greatly enhance the power of the long whip in her hand, Professor Aisen also greatly improved the defensive capability of the shield by rotating it at high speed.
Therefore, blocking the other party's attack was not a problem.
"However, if we keep fighting like this, will we have to fight for a whole day?"
Time gradually passed, and after the two sides were in a stalemate for more than ten minutes, a slightly comical thought popped into his mind, making him feel both amused and helpless.
Distracting his attention, he observed the reactions of the teachers below the stage and the students in the surrounding stands. Professor Aisen knew that his relatively "powerful" impression had been imprinted in their hearts.
Speaking of which, he himself had no intention of showing how powerful he was by defeating Yue Congshan.
So, now that he had already displayed some of his powerful methods, there was no need to continue.
Having decided to stop this contest, he had a thought. After the shield wrapped in the green curtain and spinning at high speed was hit by the long whip again, the green curtain suddenly splashed out a few flying broken leaves.
Subsequently, the green curtain above completely shattered, the rotating shield's luster dimmed, and then it was "naturally" shattered. Immediately after, ProfessorAisen made a gesture of "regret" and voluntarily retreated and jumped off the stage.
The moment Professor Aisen landed off the stage, warm applause sounded from the surrounding stands, and at the same time, the whispers of many people also entered his ears.
"Is that the method of a Witch from Hogwarts? He can actually fight with Teacher Yue for so long!"
"What's going on with that method of attacking with green leaves? It seems there are no traces of a rune array."
"It must be a Charm. I saw him casting with his wand!"
"Never mind what it is, he still lost to Teacher Yue!"
"What do you know? Haven't you heard? He's just an Astronomy Professor!"
...
Hearing these sounds, Professor Aisen smiled and said nothing. However, Yue Congshan, who had "won" on the stage, was looking at him with a suspicious expression at this moment, as if she was doubting something.
At this moment, the triangular flag and long whip in her hands had both disappeared, and there were two strings of beads on her wrists, as if she had returned to her state before the battle.
However, her eyes were examining Professor Aisen, as if she was exploring the truth behind his sudden descent from the stage. However, Professor Aisen just looked at her and smiled, without saying much, and walked towards the teachers' area.
Alright, in reality, defeating Yue Congshan was a very simple matter for him.
Although she used the blue triangular flag as an item to add powerful defense to herself, Professor Aisen was actually confident that he could cut through her defense with just "Myriad Leaves Flying Blossom Stream."
He just needed to exert a little more "force." But, as he thought, there was actually no need for this kind of thing at all.
After all, he was just an Astronomy Professor.
As a passerby Professor, Professor Aisen's principle of action is that if he must display his methods, he will only display a part of them at most.
Therefore, the current result was quite to his liking.
As for his true strength, putting aside other things, just by using Apparition Without A Trace for instant flashing, he could defeat everyone present in an instant with some offensive Charms.
What's more, Professor Aisen also had the means to pull everyone into the Dream World and slow down their thinking in the real world by adjusting the flow of time.
It can be said that as his strength continues to increase, his attack methods will also become increasingly diverse. When the Laplace's Demon System is implanted in him and he develops a power system similar to the Super God Universe, his methods may become even richer.
Perhaps at that time, what will limit Professor Aisen's strength may be his imagination.
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"Those green leaves just now were a Transfigurationtechnique, right? The attack power is very strong. If I didn't have the Precious Color Flag, I'm afraid it would be difficult to withstand such an attack!" After getting off the stage, Yue Congshan leaned next to Professor Aisen, looking at him intently, as if trying to see something.
"An application of Transfiguration. It's not as powerful as you say!" Looking at Yue Congshan, Professor Aisencalmly waved his hand.
As for whether he couldn't block her attack without a magical item to defend against it, he wasn't quite sure about this. Because he didn't know if Yue Congshan had defensive spells refined into her body.
Of course, no matter what methods she had, ProfessorAisen was confident in breaking through her defense.
"By the way, what was that method on the stage just now that blocked my Red Cloud Whip attack? Was it your Shield Charm from your side?" Yue Congshan continued to ask.
"This--, that's right, it's a variant application of the Shield Charm!" Looking at Yue Congshan's posture of wanting to get to the bottom of things, Professor Aisen suddenly felt a headache. "I lived in the Muggle World for a long time before, and I also minored at Manchester University in England. My ideas are different from ordinary Witches, so it's not strange to develop other applications for spells."
"So that's how it is!" Yue Congshan said with a slight curl of her lips, but her face carried a hint of suspicion. "However, why did your Shield Charm just now shatter? You had blocked it for so long before, why couldn't you block it in the end? Could it be that you were going easy on me!"
"How is that possible?" Professor Aisen quickly waved his hand. "For me, maintaining Transfiguration and the Shield Charm at the same time is a very energy-consuming task. At that time, I just felt that I had relaxed a bit after holding on for a long time, and then you broke through that protective shield."
"Then you just jumped off the arena?" Yue Congshan had a 'I don't believe it' expression.
"Since the losing trend was already apparent, why not just surrender straightforwardly!" As Aisen spoke, he deliberately showed a look of regret, "Otherwise, if I continued, I'm afraid I would be even more embarrassed!"
"Aisen is right, it's just a competition to showcase our abilities, no need to be too serious!" Arriving at the long table, Zhang Mingwen, who heard Aisen speak, slowly echoed.
"Speaking of now, is the competition over?" Hearing Zhang Mingwen's words, Aisen smiled and smoothly changed the subject.
"Alright, this competition between all the teachers and students ends here. Now, everyone form up and leave the arena in an orderly manner..." Before Zhang Mingwencould say anything, Zou Zunian's clear voice had already echoed throughout the entire space.
"Look, just like before, after the students from each grade line up and leave the arena, this place will be closed." Zhang Mingwen gestured towards Zou Zunian.
"And then we wait until the next competition to come here again?" Aisen looked at the students walking down from the stands one after another and added thoughtfully.
"Let's go. After those students leave the arena, they will disperse and go back. They still have classes tomorrow!" Zhang Mingwen nodded.
Subsequently, Aisen and the school's teachers were the first to leave through the main gate, followed by the students who were lined up walking out.
Finally, after everyone had left the building, they saw Yue Congshan reach out and press a certain area on the main gate. After a red rune flashed, the main gate was completely locked.
"Professor!" "Professor Aisen!"
Harry, Malfoy, Hanna, and Padma came over to Aisen and greeted him.
"What's wrong? The competition is over, don't overthink it!" Aisen looked and saw that the four had different expressions, so he said casually, "Let's go. If there's nothing else, go back to sleep. You still have classes tomorrow!"
As the four turned around and walked towards the student dormitory, Aisen slowly walked towards the Library.
The time that followed progressed without much fuss.
The dueling competition held by Zhengyi School was like a small ripple in Aisen's peaceful life, causing a slight disturbance that vanished without a trace in an instant.
Harry and the others attended classes with the younger freshmen as usual. As for Aisen himself, he began researching new Charms in his spare time.
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South Pole Base, Alchemy Laboratory.
On the crystal clear transparent long table, several convex and concave lenses were placed. Aisen sat behind it, quietly contemplating his plan.
Previously, what he had in mind was to research and develop a Charm that could focus his vision into the microscopic realm. Like a microscope, it could assist him in observing the microscopic realm.
But after reading more books on arrays, Aisen thought, why couldn't he research and create a Charm similar to a Celestial Eye?
One should know that a Celestial Eye can not only look inward at oneself and observe the microscopic world, but also see through the mortal realm, illuminate the entire universe, and even predict various futures.
If Aisen could research and create such a Charm, wouldn't it fulfill his needs in one step!
Of course, the effect of a Celestial Eye is a bit too exaggerated for him right now.
But the problem is, if you combine the functions of a microscope and a telescope, wouldn't that just happen to create a minimalist version of a Celestial Eye?
What? You're saying Aisen still has telescopes and see-through telescopes on him that can provide Viewing Distance Enhancement Trait and super-range traits? That's right, he can also use Alchemy methods to refine a magical item - a microscope, and perhaps even replicate traits similar to microscopic vision from it.
But the problem is, he doesn't have any extra Miracle Traits on him right now, right?
Hmm, as for the key to solving this problem - the Nameless Sleep Spell, uh - it seems it was to solve the problem of reducing his own consumption when he traveled through Space-Time back to the past.
What was he thinking at the time? Hmm - going back to the past, entering the Dream World, and then adjusting the flow of time, so that Aisen could spend a month or even a day in the Dream World, while a thousand or even thousands of years passed in the outside world.
But the problem is, if he doesn't perfect the Nameless Sleep Spell, he's really worried that doing so might literally starve him to death! After all, he also needs energy to survive - to main-tain -
Energy? Energy Absorption!
Turning his thoughts here, Aisen was completely stunned.
As if he had discovered a blind spot, he sat quietly behind the table, his expression immediately becoming blank.
After a long time, Aisen seemed to come back to life, suddenly stood up from the chair, and showed an expression of bitter disappointment: "Holy crap! I'm such an idiot, what have I been doing all this time, wasting time!"
Bang bang--
Pounding his chest hard, Aisen's face was full of regret: "I was really foolish, truly, I only knew that perfecting the Nameless Sleep Spell would reduce consumption and maintain vitality so I wouldn't starve to death, but I didn't know that the Energy Absorption inscribed on my body could already make me fearless of consumption..."
That's right! For some reason, Aisen seemed to have been blinded by some unknown mysterious force before, and he had never thought of this point. He had always believed that only by completely perfecting the Nameless Sleep Spell could he ensure that he could go back ten thousand years and accumulate Miracle Traits by "sleeping". But in reality, this problem had already been solved long ago.
Last year, when he participated in the Triwizard Tournament at Hogwarts, because the second task required staying in the lake for an hour, Aisen created a Charm that allowed him to breathe normally.
This Charm was developed based on the Summon Water Charm. It could decompose the summoned clear water into oxygen and directly transport it to the mouth and nose, thereby ensuring that he wouldn't have any accidents while staying underwater for a long time.
But besides this Charm, Aisen actually adopted another method, which was to directly inscribe runes with the effect of "Energy Absorption" onto his body.
Since then, let alone being able to stay safely at the bottom of the water for a long time, even if he went into outer space, he could absorb energy from the universe to survive.
Since his body was already inscribed with the runes of Energy Absorption, capable of constantly absorbing energy from heaven and earth for his own use, then naturally there was no need to consider whether he would starve himself to death after sleeping for a thousand years.
But it was such a simple problem, and he hadn't thought of it all this time, which was completely absurd!
"Could it be, is it really because my mental cultivation is not enough? Leading to my mind being clouded?" After a while, Aisen sighed inexplicably, then shook his head with a bitter smile.
If he hadn't unexpectedly thought of this point this time, he - er, well, maybe it wouldn't have taken long for him to think of this point after completely perfecting the Nameless Sleep Spell.
It's just that, thinking about wasting a year's time - hmm? Only wasted a year? A question mark hung over Aisen's head, then he smacked his lips, and a smile appeared on his face.
Never mind, never mind, why think so much! The key is, what needs to be done next is the most important.
Looking at the several convex and concave lenses placed on the table, Aisen muttered to himself, then picked them up and threw them hard onto the floor, and then used a Cleaning Charm to clear away the shattered pieces.
Since there's already a convenient solution, why bother researching new Charms, just cheat!
After making up his mind, Aisen seemed to have understood something, and he felt much clearer. After letting out a long breath, he used Apparition Without A Trace and directly arrived inside Zhengyi School, in his own dormitory.
Traveling back in time to the past, he had also done some experiments before, so there was no need to deliberately notify others. This was because the time he returned would essentially not be different from the time he left.
This also meant that when he returned to the present again, the time would seamlessly connect with the time he traveled back to the past.
In other words, there wouldn't be a situation where he would disappear for a period of time after traveling back to the past.
However, for Aisen right now, there is still a question he needs to carefully consider, which is where it would be safer to depart from?