Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 95 Mental Offense and Defense
In the quiet room, Li Wei and Jia Meier sat facing each other, with a table between them.

The surroundings were protected by magic and guarded by the house-elf Barton, making it extremely safe.

"Well then, Professor, I shall begin."

Camille's expression turned serious—next, she would do everything in her power to try and steal Li Wei's wandering thoughts!

"bring it on."

Li Wei said something casually, and began to consciously restrain his thoughts.

The magical world's method of using Occlumency to address cognitive learning is quite brutal.

The mind-stealing is carried out directly by wizards who possess the power of Legilimency, while the wizards who resist gradually learn how to protect their minds through repeated memory thefts.

They are using the same methods at this moment, but their understanding is completely different.

Li Wei divided his thinking into three areas, from shallow to deep.

[Free Zone] [Core Zone] [Lockdown Zone]

Among them, the memories of the [Sealed Zone] are in the deepest layer and are protected by his brain-sealing technique, making it impossible for anyone to invade them.

The "free zone" is the easiest to steal – overflowing thoughts and ideas attach to the brain in a magical way, and can be dissolved at any time.

If a wizard were to use Legilimency to access this magic at this time, they would naturally be able to obtain fragments of Livy's thoughts and emotions.

His battle of wits with Camille mainly revolved around this—which was a rather difficult exercise for him.

If it's about fabricating memories of the "core area," it's actually easier to do so because of the sheer volume of memories involved.

However, the thinking in the free zone is too scattered. If one allows the opponent to attack without counterattacking, it is basically impossible to protect all thoughts or even deceive the opponent.

As for the changes this understanding brought to the Occlumency spell, and its advantages and disadvantages, Levi himself couldn't comment on them—in any case, he did quickly master and become proficient in Occlumency through this method.

Camille took a deep breath and raised her wand.

She tried hard to suppress her excitement and convinced herself to adjust her mood to a state of neither sadness nor joy, as Li Wei had suggested.

"Legilimency!"

Li Wei felt a cold, foreign sensation seep into his brain.

He allowed a portion of his surface thoughts to flow, and before Camille could capture them, he transformed the emotions within them. Camille's mental tendrils reached in and stole the emotions that Levi had fabricated.

She then sensed Levi's anger—which Camille was certain was fake.

A hint of resentment rose in her heart, and she continued to try to steal Li Wei's thoughts.
After engaging in superficial theft for some time, Jia Meier changed tactics and officially launched a war of attack and defense.

Her thoughts, imbued with magic, coalesced into an unstoppable mental assault, attempting to directly breach Levi's surface defenses and forcefully seize his core thoughts—only by reaching this point could she possibly see the professor's memories, even if they were fabricated.

If the discomfort Li Wei had previously felt was like cold tentacles sticking to his brain, then now it felt like a storm was trying to force its way into his head.

'Still too naive. Who steals divine thoughts like this? It's not like they're attacking imprisoned prisoners.'

Li Wei shook his head and loosened his defenses considerably, fabricating a terrifying memory and placing it directly on the outermost layer of the core area—Jia Meier's mental storm crashed into it head-on.
"That's it for today."

Before they knew it, both of them had opened their eyes.

Jia Meier pressed her hands on the long table, her face deathly pale, and she was breathing heavily.

"Professor—you went too far."

Her tone was somewhat reproachful.

"Even if it was training, your method was far too reckless. Besides, I didn't attack you; you just ran headfirst into the memories I fabricated."

Even if you can break through someone's mental defenses, it doesn't mean there aren't traps there. I don't want you to lose your guard during training." Li Wei shook his head, pushed a stack of lemon-flavored candies in front of her, and then reached for a bottle of calming potion, placing it on the long table.

"Eat a candy to calm down, remember to drink the medicine before bed, and reflect on your shortcomings."

After saying that, Li Wei left first—because of Jia Meier's recklessness, today's offense and defense were just a warm-up for him, and he wasn't tired at all.

The next day.

Wednesday, 5 a.m.

The Scottish Highlands remain cold.

Harry woke up from his sleep, and even though he had made up his mind, he was still a little reluctant to leave his warm bed.

He looked out the window.

Fine frost condensed on the windowpane, and looking out through the crack, the sky appeared a somber, deep blue, and the distant Forbidden Forest was indistinct, like ink.

Harry sighed, made up his mind, threw off the covers, washed up, and went out.

The icy water splashed on his face, making his cheeks red, but Harry also felt much more energetic.

Today is his first day following senior Joe Weili, and he's really looking forward to it.

Harry quietly left his dormitory and went to the common room.

The lounge, which was usually bustling until lights out, was now empty and unusually quiet.

Harry was drawn to the quiet and a happy smile spread across his face.

He sat in the empty lounge, took out the textbook "The Five Stages of Spellcasting" that Professor Li Wei had personally compiled and distributed, and began to read it.

[First Stage: Theoretical Stage]

This is the absolute cornerstone of wizards and magic.

The success of a spell does not stem from blind shouting and waving, but from the wizard's understanding and respect for the rules of magic.

We must constantly reflect on our studies and deepen our understanding of magic in order to steadily progress on the path of pursuing magic.

To make it easier to understand, I have divided the theoretical stage into three parts.

1. Standard spellcasting action.

Precise trajectory
Each spell has its optimal wand movement path.

It was not arbitrarily prescribed by powerful ancient wizards, but rather is the most efficient path that has been proven over centuries.

Note: Some wizards may discover in practice that using certain coincidental stylus trajectories can produce more powerful effects, thus underestimating or even disdaining the importance of precise trajectories.

This is an extremely blind and arrogant act.

There are many factors that affect the effectiveness of spells. Wizards who have just come into contact with magic and have not yet formed their own system cannot control all the factors for success, and therefore cannot make correct attributions.

When faced with phenomena you cannot understand, the first thing you should do is follow the correct path taken by those who came before you and master it thoroughly.

Stable posture

Body posture affects the flow of magic.

Although I don't require you to have a fixed standing posture here, whatever posture you adopt must be based on ensuring your own stability.

A chaotic body posture will inevitably affect the magic's effectiveness.

(End of this chapter)