Being at Hogwarts, something's not right with this system.

After the Sorting Hat sang a song in a strange tone, the Sorting Ceremony began.

Just as Lin Yu said before, this is just a formality, and there's nothing to worry about.

Harry and Ron both breathed a sigh of relief.

For some reason, Hermione seemed to be the only one with a bit of regret?

Professor McGonagall then took out something that looked like parchment and said, "Next, those whose names I call out, come forward, sit in the chairs, and put on your hats. It will help you with the sorting."

Then, Professor McGonagall called out first, "Hannah Abbott."

A little girl with rosy cheeks and two golden braids stumbled out of the line, picked up her hat, and sat down on a chair.

As she carefully placed the Sorting Hat on her head, a moment later, the Sorting Hat exclaimed, "Hufflepuff!"

"Splash!"

A burst of enthusiastic applause and cheers erupted from the table on the far right of the auditorium.

That long table was clearly from Hufflepuff House.

Even the ghosts that had startled the children earlier came through the wall to watch the commotion, and the fat monk ghost waved happily to the little wizard.

The college sorting ceremony is still ongoing, and there are as many as twenty or thirty new students this year.

Because of his surname, L was listed later in the alphabet, so Lin Yu had been watching quietly.

However, it's also possible that the order isn't based on the first letter of the surname, since Harry Potter's first letter should be B.

By the way, Harry should actually be called "Potter".

In short, the ceremony continued, and each time a new student was assigned a direction, enthusiastic cheers would erupt from the corresponding long table.

During this time, Hermione also completed her sorting process and was placed in Gryffindor.

Ron let out a small groan, as if he really disliked being assigned to the same college as her.

Ron is from the Weasley family, and they are all Gryffindors, from their parents' generation to the present generation of children, without exception.

But before Ron could get a turn, it was Draco Malfoy's turn.

When he heard his name called, Draco was different from the other children; he swaggered up to the front.

And just as Draco sat down in his chair, having just put the Sorting Hat on his head—or even before he had a chance to put it on—the Sorting Hat shouted, "Slytherin!"

Draco immediately stood up, tossed the Sorting Hat onto the chair with a hint of disdain, and then, like a little peacock, held his head high and walked proudly toward the Slytherin table.

Lin Yu had already clearly seen that the tables of the four houses were arranged as follows: the leftmost table was Gryffindor, the second table from the left was Ravenclaw, followed by Slytherin, and the rightmost table was Hufflepuff.

Perhaps the reason for not placing Gryffindor and Slytherin's desks next to each other was to prevent the two houses from getting too much friction and fighting.

Or perhaps this is how the four founders sat back then?

"Lin Yu".

Suddenly, Professor McGonagall called out Lin Yu's name.

Upon hearing this name, many people instinctively looked over, and even several gazes fell upon Lin Yu from the teachers' seats.

After all, it's a very noteworthy Chinese-style name, and Lin Yu also has an Eastern face.

Some people were whispering.

Among them, a girl with an Asian face stood up excitedly from the Ravenclaw seats.

But Lin Yu clearly didn't notice her.

Lin Yu took a deep breath and walked over, pretending to be calm.

He was actually gambling, not knowing if Dumbledore would yell at him to get out the next moment.

Fortunately, Dumbledore just smiled at him and didn't do anything.

Finally, Lin Yu picked up the Sorting Hat and sat down in the chair without any trouble.

Then he pulled the hat over his head, relieved: "Looks like I won't be kicked out."

"Oh? Kick him out? Why do you think that?" A voice suddenly rang in Lin Yu's ears, and Lin Yu found that only he could hear the voice, even Professor McGonagall nearby seemed not to hear it.

That's the Sorting Hat's voice; it seems it has a way of preventing others from hearing its conversations.

The Sorting Hat's voice continued: "Wow, you're a genius. There's no doubt you have the greatest talent in modern history. Even that legendary enigmatic man pales in comparison. Good heavens, Merlin above, such talent shouldn't exist."

Lin Yu was puzzled. Why did the Sorting Hat have such a high opinion of him?

Then Lin Yu remembered something. Could it be because his current physique is the Chaotic Dao Body?

Is this what it means to be blessed by nature?

Then the Sorting Hat whispered in his ear, "It depends. You'd be a good fit for Hufflepuff, but you're also very clever, perhaps Ravenclaw would be a good fit too. You're also very brave, unafraid to call out Mystic's name. And you're very ambitious; Slytherin might make your wishes come true. This is a difficult situation. Where should we send you?"

Lin Yu recalled the song the Sorting Hat sang earlier and briefly introduced the styles of the four houses.

Simply put, Gryffindors are brave and energetic, possess chivalrous spirit, and are unafraid of adventure.

Hufflepuff, on the other hand, is honest, upright, and unafraid of hardship.

Ravenclaw was quick-witted, intelligent, and erudite.

Although the assessment of Slytherin is somewhat ambiguous, ambition is not necessarily a derogatory term for wizards.

However, Lin Yu had a mission to complete, so he made his decision and said in a low voice, "Slytherin, I choose to go to Slytherin."

It seems he has made his decision: he will pursue the path of a sword cultivator.

If you go to Gryffindor, you'll learn boxing.

Going to other academies, you'll either get palm techniques or spiritual cultivation techniques.

As expected, he still wanted to become a sword cultivator, especially since he had a spirit sword, which was perfect for him.

"Slytherin? Are you sure?" the Sorting Hat asked.

Lin Yu said, "I'm sure. We're all Hogwarts students anyway, so it doesn't matter which house we go to. Isn't it?"

He even asked the Sorting Hat a question in return.

His main concern was that the Sorting Hat might interfere, since the Sorting Hat was the relic of Godric Gryffindor, one of the four founders, which was why the sword of Gryffindor could be retrieved from it.

If the Sorting Hat decides to sort him into Gryffindor, then he'll have no choice but to practice boxing.

Seeing Lin Yu's resolute attitude, the Sorting Hat shouted, "Slytherin!"

Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, the system's voice rang in his mind: "Mission complete, reward: Cloud Abyss Nine Styles Sword Technique".

A flood of memories immediately rushed into Lin Yu's mind, just like before, as if Lin Yu had seen it countless times, and he obtained a sword technique.

He didn't have time to look up his memories right now, but stood up and was about to walk towards Slytherin's table.

But suddenly Lin Yu noticed something was wrong.

Unlike the cheers that followed each child's sorting into a new house, the children in the Slytherin seats watched Lin Yu in silence.

It seems they don't welcome him?

Not only that, a teacher in the teachers' seats, with greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin, suddenly stood up and said loudly, "I don't agree. This unknown child is obviously a... his origins are a mystery, and I can't believe that a child who appeared out of nowhere was assigned to Slytherin."

(PS: Someone pointed out that Snape was originally supposed to call someone a Mudblood, but after what happened with Lily, Snape will probably never use that term again so easily. So I changed it.)