This defense against the dark arts class teaches how to deal with water ghosts!

This thing is not a local product, it appeared after the confluence of the stars. It usually appears near water, blue or green, with toad-like skin, mucus, fins, scales on some parts, webbed hands and feet, and sharp claws.

This thing eats meat and eats people, eats carrion of living creatures, is good at fluttering and swimming, has great strength in the water, and is very dangerous.

It's a lot more dangerous than Grindy Lowe.

Although Grindy Lowe lives in the water, it also attacks humans. But its staple diet is small fish and shrimp, and the main danger is to get scratched or drown because it is dragged underwater.

But the water ghost is really eating people! The combat effectiveness is also much stronger. And generally not only one appears.

"You, if you meet or meet a water ghost...... Be sure not to get pulled into the water. Otherwise, you will die, you will definitely die! Maybe the Monster Exorcism Charm is a, a good idea, if it's far enough......"

Professor Quirrell stumbled to explain the knowledge to the students.

However, he was really unpopular, except for a few students who took notes carefully, the other students listened to the thunder like ducks in the world, and did not go into their ears at all.

But at least someone listened carefully, and both Hermione and Ted keenly captured Professor Quirrell's key word, "Monster Expulsion Spell".

Hermione immediately raised her hand.

"Grid, Miss Granger."

"Professor, may I ask what kind of magic is the Monster Exorcism Charm?"

"Oh, the water monster exorcism, the exorcism spell...... It's the expulsion spell that only the fourth year can talk about, and it's hard, it's hard to ......" Professor Quirrell has always been perfunctory, and he has no intention of opening a small stove for his students, which is one of the reasons why he is not welcomed.

The other professors were willing to teach something more, but what about Professor Quirrell? It's like you're here to mix wages!

Ted raised his hand.

"Mr. Epiphani."

"Professor, have the water ghosts mutated or evolved since they came to our world? Are there any new species created with native aquatic monsters like Grindy Lowe? ”

Ted was also an attempt, after all, he had seen Professor Quirrell's paper on the bloodline hybridization of Fantastic Beasts in Hagrid's magazine.

Ted clearly saw a glint in Professor Quirrell's eyes, and even his momentum changed for a moment.

"Oh, this, that's a deep question. Maybe I can tell you about it after class......"

Professor Quirrell made a rare effort to leave his students behind after class, and discussed with Ted for about ten minutes about magical beasts, the innate abilities of magical creatures, bloodline inheritance, and so on.

To be honest, Professor Quirrell seems to have studied this aspect very deeply, although he is secretive!

If he hadn't done some crossbreeding experiments in private, Ted would have roasted the three-headed dog and eaten it!

This time Hermione was very unhappy: why don't you let me listen to it too?

Ted had to explain to her: Professor Quirrell was not good at discussing the topic of blood hybridization with a lady after all, was he?

With this breakthrough, Professor Quirrell seemed to appreciate Ted, and he was no longer the ordinary student who was good at learning, but an object who could point out and discuss in his area of expertise.

Well, if Professor Quirrell didn't have a face on the back of his head, Ted would have suggested that he go to the Muggle world to study genetics.

……

It was late in the night, and Ted lay in bed, his consciousness sinking deeper into darkness, and as the countless distracted thoughts retracted, a more condensed feeling appeared in his heart......

He's been trying to "meditate" for the past two days!

Mainly inspired by a psychology book brought to school.

"The Secret of the Golden Flower", which is the book of the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung.

Studying psychology, Jung is a figure that cannot be bypassed.

After breaking with Freud, he fell into self-doubt for a while.

Later, under the guidance of a German who was proficient in Sinology, he read and studied the works of the ancient East.

And this book is the process of his research on the esoteric "collective unconscious".

The so-called "Golden Flower" is actually the Taoist "Taiyi Jinhua", that is, Jindan.

The Oriental books that Jung studied at the beginning were "The Purpose of Taiyi Jinhua" and "I Ching" written by Lu Dongbin......

In Jung's understanding, the secret of the golden flower is also the secret of the human heart, the secret of man's true inner life.

Jung said in the conclusion of his commentary: "My aim is to build a kind of bridge between the East and the West for psychological understanding......"

Leaving aside Jung's understanding of the life of the Eastern Nedan, this book gave Ted an idea.

That's meditation!

Tianzhu has meditation and yoga, and the Celestial Empire has meditation and meditation...... The purpose is to enter into a special mental state, to feel the existence of consciousness itself.

It is by developing one's own heart and refining one's mind with firm conviction that the mind progresses.

I feel that meditation is a great help to me.

In his previous life, he had seen and heard a lot of relevant materials and videos. Especially some sleep aids...... I don't know if it's useful.

No, I'll try it now.

After a few days, the effect was very good. The feeling of deepening consciousness and then spreading out of the body and into the surroundings, or exploring inward, is quite amazing.

There are many ways to say this, such as internal vision, brain vision, spiritual vision, and so on.

As a psychic man, Ted is keenly aware of the difference and guides the mind and spirit to follow the right path.

And today's attempt is extraordinarily smooth.

His spiritual consciousness had penetrated the walls of his dorm room, and had even spread through the hallways to the common room.

He feels a presence here, no! It's two.

"Who's where?" In front of the Ravenclaw bust, Miss Gray, who was remembering her mother, whispered.

Ted's consciousness tried to communicate with her, "Ms. Gray? ”

"Is that you? Ted Epifani? What magic are you using to communicate with me? Where are you? "Lady Gray, even though she is already a ghost, is still startled by Ted, who is not seen by the dragon.

Ted: "Wait a minute, I'll be here." ”

Ted made his way to the common room in his pajamas and holding a glowing wand.

Only the stars and moon adorning the walls and ceiling now glow faintly, as if in the grass in the wild.

"Good evening, Ms. Gray." Ted greets.

Miss Gray nodded, "Hello." ”

In fact, it is not the first time that the two have met, when Ted plays the piano, she will always listen nearby, and Ted will always find her.

Lady Green was curious about what Ted had been saying to herself, "What kind of magic did you use to talk to me?" ”

Ted explained, "I'm doing some spiritual exploration, and I did it unintentionally. ”

Ms. Gray's expression was a little solemn: "Spiritual exploration is not a trivial matter, and I think you should try it after a few years of study." ”

"That's what you said." Ted replied. If it weren't for the Psychic Warlock profession, Ted wouldn't have touched something like this mindfulness until the fifth year, it would be dangerous.

"Ma'am, you're here......" he changed the subject.

"Ghosts are always idle, I ......" Ms. Gray hesitated, and the perfunctory words came to her lips, but she did not say them.

She knew something about the boy in front of her, especially his piano sound. It's like an old friend you've never met.

She suddenly didn't want to lie to him, maybe she had held a lot of words in her heart for too long.

"I'm here to see Ms. Ravenclaw......" she said.

Seeing that Ted did not speak, he did not ask. She reached out to touch the statue, but her hand could only pass through it.

"She, I mean Miss Ravenclaw, she's my mother. I'm not called Gray......" Ms. Gray seemed to relax as soon as she spoke.

"My name is Helena, Helena Ravenclaw."

Ted nodded, waved his wand, pulled a chair over, and sat down in it.

"I guessed it."

"You guessed it?!" Gray, oh, Lady Helena was surprised.

"Yes. You can't be Lady Jane Grey, the poor lady was only 16 years old when she died, less than five hundred years ago. But you were already here before Nick, who almost had no head, came to the castle......"

Everyone in the castle thought that Ms. Gray was Queen Jane Grey of England, who was deposed 9 days after the Tudor dynasty ascended the throne and beheaded by Queen Mary Tudor, known as the "Bloody Mary", the following year.

But Jane Grey was secretly executed in the Tower of London at the age of 16. It's been less than 500 years.

But the ghost lady in front of her is not Jane Gray. She is Helena Ravenclaw.

"You ......" Helena wanted to say something, but she didn't say it.

She remembered the handsome, talkative boy from more than forty years ago. He lied to himself at the beginning!

But she felt that the little boy in front of her was different from the boy who had lied to her.

Ted and Helena talked for a long time, and before they knew it, Helena talked about her stupidity and years of regret. And the loneliness of wandering endlessly in this castle, a despair with no end in sight......

Ghosts are not a good way to preserve consciousness, but rather the wandering of souls who dare not or are unwilling to continue. And Helena has been wandering for almost a thousand years.

It wasn't until the sky was about to light up that Helena realized that she had been delaying the other party for too long. The other party needs to sleep.

Ted smiled, "Don't worry about me, I can go into deep sleep, it's almost an hour." ”

He said goodbye and walked slowly upstairs, when suddenly he stopped and said to Helena, who was about to walk through the wall, "Yes, Helena." Maybe I shouldn't have said it, but at that time I sensed that there was a presence in the lounge besides you......"

"One more existence?" She muttered.

"Yes." Ted gestured to the bust of Lady Ravenclaw, "Maybe there's something hidden in it, maybe it's my delusion." ”