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

Lin Yu wasn't a real child, so he was very bold; he simply didn't believe Dumbledore would kill him.

So, without fear or hesitation, he uttered some shocking remarks.

For a moment, the entire hall fell silent. Everyone—students from the four academies, and even professors—stared at him in disbelief.

Even Dumbledore was dumbfounded.

Some people might think he's arrogant, that he's too cocky. Doesn't he know how to be low-key? Doesn't he know how to develop his skills quietly?

But in reality, Lin Yu was also gambling.

Now he was in a difficult position. He had been sorted into Slytherin, which was his right choice, but neither the Slytherin students nor Snape, the head of the house, had publicly put him on the spot and even tried to force him to leave the house.

He had to argue his case and stand up for himself.

If no one will stand up for him, then he'll stand up for himself.

Lin Yu even knew that Voldemort was actually hiding in Quirrell's head, and Quirrell was this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

But so what? He was not afraid at all.

Even worse, Lin Yu continued his tirade: "Look at you all now! How many years has it been since Hogwarts textbooks changed? How many years has Charms class seen any innovation? So-called wizards have been using the same old things passed down from ancient times. On the other hand, the Muggles you look down on have already developed nuclear weapons. How many people can one nuclear warhead kill? Their technology can already go into space. Can your magic even get you to the moon?"

"To cling to one's own possessions only leads to shortsightedness. Blind arrogance is nothing more than being a frog in a well."

Lin Yu still wasn't going to stop speaking? This was driving all the students crazy.

Meanwhile, in the Gryffindor seats, the twins Fred and George looked at Lin Yu with adoration.

They regretfully felt that if this interesting boy had been assigned to Gryffindor, they would have definitely gotten along well.

Lin Yu continued his spiel, even directly addressing Dumbledore: "Hogwarts is too outdated. If I were the headmaster, the first thing I would do is abolish the four houses and eliminate the so-called heads of the four houses. Instead, I would assign a homeroom teacher to each year and increase the number of teaching positions to rotate teaching shifts. If I were the Minister of Magic, I would set up a department specifically for researching more and more useful new magic, instead of having new wizards learn outdated stuff to this day."

Dumbledore rubbed his head, groaning softly, "Merlin's Beard, I asked for your opinion so you could switch houses. Like Gryffindor? Or one of the other two. Not so you could spout nonsense. Abolish the four houses? Are you out of your mind?"

Why don't you just go to heaven yourself?

Dumbledore, he's a man of old traditions.

What he cared about most was that he didn't want to be removed from the Chocolate Frog card.

Moreover, during his many years as headmaster of Hogwarts, he never changed anything.

This is enough to show how rigid he is, but it seems that not many people have noticed this rigidity.

Dumbledore quickly stopped Lin Yu, whose fantasies were getting increasingly outrageous—he was even fantasizing about becoming the headmaster, or even the Minister of Magic—and said, "Alright, child, stop daydreaming for now. You can dream about it again when you're resting. As for now, given that your relationship with Slytherin might not be a good fit, I can give you a chance to choose again."

"Gryffindor!" the Sorting Hat suddenly jumped up and shouted, "If he weren't in Slytherin, he would undoubtedly be Gryffindor!"

The Sorting Hat was originally Godric's relic from Gryffindor, and if Lin Yu hadn't made his own choice, it would have always wanted to sort him into Gryffindor.

Only the Sorting Hat knows how high Lin Yu's talent is. Merlin, this is a talent that shouldn't exist in a mortal.

Such a promising talent should naturally stay in Gryffindor.

Needless to say, aside from his terrifying ambition, Lin Yu is brave enough to speak his mind and face so many people without fear. How can you say he is not a qualified Gryffindor?

How dare he challenge a professor to his face on the very first day of school? He even offended the entire Slytherin school?

Good heavens, this is probably the most fitting Gryffindor lion cub ever since Hogwarts was founded.

Dumbledore nodded, smiled, and said to Lin Yu, "What do you think?"

Lin Yu shrugged. Anyway, the system's reward wouldn't be taken back, so he could still get the Nine Forms of Cloud Abyss and continue on the path of sword cultivation.

In this way, it doesn't matter which college you are assigned to.

"Alright, then I'll go to Gryffindor. But sooner or later, Slytherin will regret this. Today you ignore me, but tomorrow I'll make you regret it." Lin Yu glanced at the Slytherin seats and finally turned to walk towards the Gryffindor seats.

At the same time, a burst of enthusiastic cheers and applause erupted from the Gryffindor table.

The twin brothers, Fred and George, rushed forward, flanking Lin Yu on either side, and whispered in admiration, "Good lad, you didn't see it, that old bat's face turned black with anger."

Lin Yu laughed. The Old Bat? Snape? That does seem quite fitting?

At the same time, the system voice sounded: "The mission is complete. You have gained the approval of Dumbledore... the old apothecary. The reward is a Ten Thousand Soul Banner, which has been placed in the system space and can be retrieved at any time."

"A new quest has been triggered. You are now hated by the Slytherin disciples of Canaan College. Find a way to retaliate. Quest complete. Reward: 1,000 low-grade spirit stones."

Lin Yu's eyes lit up immediately. A thousand low-grade spirit stones?

I've just run out of spirit stones. If I get another batch, I wonder if I can raise my cultivation level by another realm.

That being said, I wonder if the little bit of spiritual energy I just used up will automatically recover.

Because there is no spiritual energy in this world.

Lin Yu began to feel melancholy again.

After all these twists and turns, the Sorting Ceremony finally resumed.

Lin Yu was pulled down to sit by a small hand, and when he turned around, he found Hermione looking at him with a worried expression.

"You're too audacious," Hermione whispered reproachfully in Lin Yu's ear. "Are you crazy? You've offended an entire college and a professor right on the first day of school? And your remarks were so bold; if word gets out, everyone will say you're overestimating yourself. What will happen to those families?"

Lin Yu glanced at Hermione and asked, "Are you worried about me?"

Hermes found it strange: "Wasn't my behavior obvious enough?"

However, they were both eleven-year-old children, and Hermione didn't think there was anything wrong with her showing concern for a friend she knew.

Lin Yu shrugged and said, "Do you think those people and those annoying guys would stop bothering me if I didn't say those things? Hermione, many times it's not that you can avoid trouble just because you want to. Not to mention, sooner or later we'll have to deal with our enemies ourselves."

For example, Voldemort, who will inevitably make a comeback sooner or later.

However, Lin Yu sneered inwardly, "But before that, as long as the system is powerful enough, I will be fearless. Before, I couldn't cultivate immortality, so I had to be cautious. But now I am a Qi Refining cultivator, and I may even be able to reach Foundation Establishment in the future. I will be fearless."

Not to mention now that the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls is in hand, Voldemort? Horcruxes?

Guess what the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is specifically designed to target?