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

As Lin Yu stepped forward, the Potions classroom fell into complete silence.

Snape stood there, panting heavily.

Lin Yu stood there, staring at Snape, refusing to back down.

Lin Yu actually wanted to say something more, but Hermione held his hand tightly from below.

Hermione was terrified.

Good heavens, Dumbledore isn't here. Isn't he afraid of being expelled?

Is Lin Yu afraid?

Of course he was afraid, because if he got expelled, he would have nowhere to learn magic.

But Lin Yu also had his own confidence. Based on what he said, Snape had no reason or confidence to bully Harry or target him, at least not now.

Otherwise, wouldn't that be saying that what you said is true?

Another option is to simply use Voldemort as a scapegoat.

Lin Yu was mentally prepared that if all else failed, Voldemort would have to take all the blame.

If Dumbledore wanted to fire him, he could reveal Voldemort's current situation. By betraying Quirrell and Voldemort, he could gain merit.

So Lin Yu mustered his courage and said earnestly, "Professor Snape, I originally thought you were at least a good person. Don't forget you are a professor, a teacher; you must set an example. Even if we are Gryffindor students, not Slytherin students, we are still Hogwarts students. You were once a student here too."

"Enough!" Snape roared. "Now, go study."

He flicked his sleeves and strode out.

He could not tolerate a student challenging his authority.

But he was powerless to argue anything.

He was also shocked. How did Lin Yu know those things? Those secrets?

That's something that shouldn't be known to ordinary people.

Moreover, Lin Yu is Chinese.

Therefore, Snape left as if he were fleeing.

He didn't even care that he was in class.

"Lin Yu!" A loud shout rang out. It was Draco. He stood up and glared at Lin Yu. "You really dare to do that? You actually dare to talk back to the professor? I think you've gone mad."

The other Slytherin students were also glaring at Lin Yu.

Lin Yu sneered, turned around, and looked at Draco and the Slytherin people.

The Gryffindors exchanged glances and then stood up as well.

Harry, Ron, Neville, Seamus, Dean.

And the girls too—Hermione was naturally among them, and Lavender and Parvati were not far behind.

The Slytherins opposite them, not to be outdone, all stood up: Goyle, Crabbe, Pansy Parkinson, Brays Zabini, Theodore Nott, Millison Burst, and Daphne Greengrass.

Compared to the nine members of Gryffindor, Slytherin only has eight.

But they were not afraid and had no intention of backing down.

For a moment, the classroom became tense.

It looks like a major battle is about to begin.

"Apologize," Draco demanded of Lin Yu, "You need to apologize to our dean."

How could Lin Yu possibly apologize? He crossed his arms and looked at the Slytherins, saying, "You guys are truly shameless. Of course you defend Professor Snape if he's not targeting you. But he targets other houses and takes the opportunity to deduct points. What, do you think Slytherin would get the House Cup through such means? No wonder the other three houses hate you."

"What did you say?"

The Slytherin members glared angrily at Lin Yu.

Lin Yu, however, dismissed it, saying, "Think about it. Slytherin's totem is the snake, Gryffindor's is the lion, Hufflepuff's is the badger, and Ravenclaw's is the eagle. What does this represent? It means that apart from our Gryffindor lion, badgers and eagles are almost all natural enemies of your snakes."

Lin Yu's words immediately broke the Slytherin snakes' guard.

They all pointed at Lin Yu, but didn't know what to say.

Draco was so angry that he was trembling all over.

Only Pansy suddenly remembered something and said loudly, "Don't forget Lin Yu, you were almost sorted into Slytherin too. Theoretically speaking, you are also a Slytherin, but we didn't want you, so you were sorted into Gryffindor."

"That's right." "That's exactly it." "So what gives you the right to say that about us?"

The Slytherins responded enthusiastically.

Lin Yu almost laughed out of anger. Now you remember I was assigned to Slytherin? What were you doing all this time?

However, Lin Yu didn't say that. Instead, he calmly stated, "It's not just Slytherin. I'm not afraid to tell you, the Sorting Hat believed I possessed all the qualities of the four houses. That is to say, I have the courage of Gryffindor, the honesty of Hufflepuff, the intelligence of Ravenclaw, and the ambition of Slytherin. It was only because I had a stronger ambition to prove myself that I chose to go to Slytherin. In other words, I asked the Sorting Hat to sort me into Slytherin, not the other way around. I thought Slytherin was a place symbolizing ambition, aspirations, and honor, but I never expected it to be turned into such a mess by you fools."

Lin Yu said this because he later discovered that Slytherin was not just a pure-blood territory.

In fact, Slytherin not only has half-blood students, such as Snape, but also a portion of students of pure Muggle blood, also known as Mudbloods.

(There's a line in the original book, "There aren't many Mudblood Slytherins," indicating that there are a few exceptions, namely Mudblood Slytherins. It seems this was said by the Death Eater Scarbio.)

Lin Yu's words silenced the Slytherins once again.

Because Lin Yu wasn't slandering Slytherin; on the contrary, he acknowledged the inherent qualities that Slytherin possessed.

Lin Yu simply looked down on the Slytherin's current attitude of constantly spouting theories about bloodlines.

What else could they say? Were they to deny Lin Yu's words and say that bloodline was the only correct one? Shouldn't Slytherins have ambition, aspirations, and a sense of honor?

Lin Yu said again, "Alright, this isn't Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Professor Snape said we're not allowed to take out wands here. Sit down, we have class soon."

Even the Gryffindors looked at him with complicated expressions, thinking to themselves, "You're the only one who has no right to say such things, right?"

You've driven your teachers away, okay?

Fortunately, a chaotic battle did not break out, and everyone sat down quietly, waiting for Snape to return.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Yu decisively took out the alchemy furnace and smashed it on the ground with a 'Duang'.

The enormous alchemy furnace is nothing like a small crucible; this thing is as tall as a person.

It's at least half the height of Lin Yu now.

All the students stared blankly at Lin Yu, who seemed to be muttering something, then took out some flower and plant-shaped things from somewhere and threw them in, before closing the lid.

Then Lin Yu took the furnace that was originally intended for firing crucibles in class and placed it under the alchemy furnace.

"Will this work?" Lin Yu muttered to himself, half-believing and half-doubting, as he lit a fire.

When Snape finally came in after more than ten minutes, he saw Lin Yu muttering incantations as he refined elixirs.

He also said something like "The Supreme Lord Laozi commands urgently as the law dictates"?