When John woke up again, the first thing he saw was Snape.

As if he had expected it, he asked as soon as John opened his eyes:

"How does it feel?"

John did not answer Snape immediately, but turned to look around at the surrounding environment.

He discovered that he was not in the school hospital of Hogwarts, but in Snape's office.

"Why am I here?"

"We'll talk about this later. I'm asking you how you feel now!?"

Snape was a little dissatisfied with John's answer.

But John opposite him was more confident. He rolled his eyes, covered his chest and said:

"I feel very, very bad!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Snape stood up suddenly and said, "Ms. Pomfrey has confirmed it! Your injuries have healed and your mental state has stabilized! Otherwise, why do you think you can wake up?"

"But the wounds in my soul haven't healed yet!" John said with a sad look, "I really didn't expect that you would be so cruel to me, you almost killed me!

As a professor, is this how you treat your students?

To be honest, your behavior makes me doubt whether you have any moral ethics as a teacher!"

As soon as these words came out, Snape's originally angry expression suddenly froze.

He sat down in silence, looking a little depressed.

Seeing this, John changed the subject and said:

"Let's do this, Professor Snape. It's not difficult to heal my mental wounds and make you a teacher again, as long as you teach me the [Shen Feng Wu Ying]!"

Snape suddenly raised his head again, gritted his teeth and said:

"How about I give you the entire material warehouse and then give you thousands or tens of thousands of galleons in compensation?"

"Okay, okay!"

"Okay, you big-headed ghost!"

Snape finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Pointing at John's nose was a curse.

After a long time, the two of them regained their composure.

And after such fun, the atmosphere between the two was no longer as awkward and gloomy as it was at the beginning.

Snape obviously understood John's intention, and his face became a little more relaxed.

But soon, he became serious again and said solemnly:

"John, let me explain the current situation to you now."

Seeing his appearance, John also sat up straight and said:

"Please tell me."

"As of now, you have been in a coma for eight days, and the Christmas vacation has begun. In addition, based on the judgment of the professors, it can be basically confirmed that your symptoms, such as nightmares and emotional loss, are all due to being used by others many times.

All are empty] The sequelae after erasing key memories. To treat these symptoms, the best way at present is to practice [Occlumency]."

"So what are my erased memories?"

"Maybe you should ask Lockhart about that."

"Lockhart?"

"That's right, he was the one who made the diagnosis."

"Oh? This is incredible."

"Who says it isn't?"

Snape sneered and said, "Okay, let's get down to business now. After learning Occlumency, your brain will be tightly protected. Your thoughts and emotions will no longer be entangled by nightmares and foreign objects."

"This is really good news!" John said briskly.

"Don't be too happy! [Occlumency] is very difficult!"

"I still have confidence in myself. Have you forgotten what happened with [hanging the golden bell upside down]?"

The muscles in Snape's face twitched.

Of course he remembers!

It was also in this office that he personally taught John the "Upside Down Golden Bell" to use against Harry Potter.

Although [The Upside Down Golden Bell] is not a very difficult spell, and its design is very unique and is specially designed for silent spells.

But it would take several days of practice for a normal wizard to cast its silent version of the spell.

As a result, John successfully cast it after only practicing a few times.

Not only that, John even managed to hit his creator!

This is enough to prove John's strong talent in learning spells.

However, [Occlumency] is different.

Snape firmly believed that John could not be mastered as easily as last time.

Thinking this, Snape sneered and said:

"Then let's try it first."

John nodded and made an invitation to wait and see.

"First of all, clear your mind." Snape continued, "Don't think, don't remember, don't feel, throw away all emotions, and treat yourself as a stone."

"You mean in a daze?"

"Hehehe——"

Snape laughed in anger, "Idiots like you can only think of being in a daze. You have to understand one thing, that is, being in a daze does not mean that there are no feelings and thoughts in your brain.

In a daze state, consciousness is diffuse. This does not close the brain, but opens up all the brain's defenses!

What I want you to do is to focus intensely, block out all unimportant distractions, and seal off all messy emotions!"

John ignored the initial insult in Snape's words and nodded directly.

He understood what Snape meant by clearing his mind.

This is actually somewhat similar to 'meditation', but the difference is that 'meditation' focuses on feelings, while [Occlumency] focuses on control.

The basic [Occlumency] is just as Snape said, it is to concentrate your attention, control your mind, and completely empty your thoughts to achieve the effect of closing your brain.

After figuring out all this, John stopped talking and sat cross-legged directly, closing his eyes.

There was a time in his previous life when he had a very strong interest in certain immortals.

So I specialized in studying and practicing meditation for a period of time.

Although I have not yet reached the legendary state of being able to gain insight into my own emotions and deepen my perception.

But it is not difficult for him to simply control himself and empty his mind.

More than half an hour later, John opened his eyes again.

At this time, the original agility in his eyes had completely disappeared, replaced by boundless silence, like a deep pool.

Snape was all too familiar with this look.

Because he has maintained such dead eyes all year round.

And this is exactly the manifestation of the successful activation of [Occlumency].

In other words, John successfully learned [Occlumency] on his first try.

Snape was speechless in surprise.

No matter how strong John's academic talent is, this is too outrageous.

You must know that even he spent more than half a year learning [Occlumency] back then!

For a moment, Snape suddenly felt a surge of complicated emotions in his heart.

Fortunately, John is so talented, which means that John will soon be able to return to normal campus study life.

But it was precisely because John learned so quickly.

This made him, a professor, not only unable to get the slightest sense of accomplishment, but he also felt a little disappointed.

Damn it! You can learn it as soon as you learn it! So what do you need me as a professor to do?

But at this moment, John suddenly recovered from the 'closed-brain state' and said with a playful smile:

"How about it? Let me just say I can do it, right? Professor Snape, how do you feel now?"
To be continued...