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Chapter 4133 4135 [Voldemort's Magical Heritage]

Xiang Nan found the Ravenclaw Diadem in the Room of Requirement when he was in his first year.

However, he was worried that there might be a curse set by Voldemort on it, so he never dared to use it, for fear that Ginny's life would be sucked away by Voldemort, or Dumbledore would be hit by a fatal curse.

Now that he had read all the books in Hogwarts, he had a considerable understanding of the dark arts, so he could see that the Ravenclaw diadem was indeed cursed by Voldemort.

However, this curse is not fatal. On the contrary, it contains Voldemort's unparalleled knowledge of dark magic. As long as you wear it, you can learn the world's top dark magic and become a dark lord as powerful as Voldemort.

And precisely because of this, this crown is extremely dangerous, even more terrifying than the deadly curse.

Because the reason why people seek Ravenclaw's crown is to inherit Ravenclaw's wisdom and become a powerful wizard like her.

But when they put on the crown of Ravenclaw, they learned the dark magic of Voldemort. But they didn't know that it was Voldemort's dark magic, and thought it was the inheritance of Ravenclaw, so they learned it without any defense.

And the more they learn, the more they will be affected by the black magic.

Because black magic must be driven by negative emotions such as hatred, killing, and resentment, the more black magic is used, the more depraved and evil a person becomes.

Just like to successfully release the Cruciatus Curse, one must have infinite evil thoughts in one's heart. The stronger the evil thoughts, the more one wants the other person to suffer, and the more powerful the Cruciatus Curse will be.

When Harry Potter hated Bellatrix so much (she had killed Sirius at the time), he cast the Cruciatus Curse on her, but it only made her fall down without her feeling much pain.

It can be seen how strong the evil thoughts are needed to release the Cruciatus Curse.

When they became corrupt, Voldemort would take advantage of the opportunity to absorb their life force, seize their souls, and make them his host, just like his first Horcrux diary.

This was also a plan for his own resurrection.

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Fortunately, Xiang Nan already knew that the crown was Voldemort's Horcrux, and the magic contained in it was Voldemort's dark magic, so he would not be deceived so easily.

On the contrary, he wanted to get Voldemort's magical knowledge for free, and then destroy this Horcrux after getting it for free.

But before that, he had to learn the art of brain occlumency.

Because Voldemort is a master of Legilimency, he can read other people's thoughts to see if they are loyal to themselves and whether they are truly corrupted.

Ravenclaw's Diadem, one of his Horcruxes, also has Legilimency abilities.

It will see if the wearer is truly fallen, if he truly opens his soul to it.

If so, it would teach him more black magic, more dark, evil, and forbidden knowledge, further corrupting him, and then taking over his body.

If not, it casts a curse, harming the wearer.

Just like the curse he had placed in Slytherin's locket, which would have done no harm to someone like Umbridge, who could wear it on her chest and fiddle with it.

However, when the locket was worn by Harry, Ron and Hermione, it gradually exerted a negative impact on them, making them negative, pessimistic, and quarrelsome, and even almost strangled Harry.

Therefore, before wearing the crown of Ravenclaw and making a deal with the devil Voldemort, Xiang Nan needs to learn the art of brain occlusion first.

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Occlumency is a type of magic that resists external mental infiltration. It can seal the brain to resist magical invasion and influence, which can just restrain Legilimency and prevent it from reading one's thoughts.

More advanced masters of Occlumency can even disguise their thoughts so that people read the wrong information.

Snape was a master of Occlumency, so he was able to move between the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters as a double agent. In the end, if he hadn't taken the initiative to provide Harry with his memories, no one would have known who he was loyal to. He deceived everyone.

To practice brain occlusion, one needs to eliminate distracting thoughts, let go of emotions, not think, not feel... This is too easy for Xiang Nan.

Because anyone who has successfully cultivated his inner strength can be free of distractions and thoughts. As a top master, Xiang Nan can even achieve the state of immortals and Buddhas where "there is no self and no others, and I forget both myself and things".

Therefore, practicing brain occlusion was a very simple thing for Xiang Nan.

He quickly got the hang of it and learned the art of Occlumency.

Afterwards, he officially put on the Ravenclaw crown.

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"Extraordinary intelligence and talent are mankind's greatest wealth." A subtle voice sounded from the crown, "Warrior, I'm glad you found my crown. I will pass on all my knowledge to you."

"Thank you." Xiang Nan responded.

"What knowledge do you want to learn?" asked a faint voice.

"Any knowledge." Xiang Nan responded.

"Okay, I'll teach you part of it first." A faint voice.

Then it began to teach Xiang Nan magical knowledge, including spells, potions, transfiguration, alchemy, which was all-encompassing and very rich.

Xiang Nan thought that after visiting the Hogwarts Library, the Room of Requirement and the Prince family collection, his knowledge reserves were unmatched in the wizarding world.

But after listening to Voldemort's teachings, one cannot help but admire that Voldemort is indeed a genius. Not only has he reached the pinnacle of dark magic, a level that no one can reach, but he also has a wealth of knowledge in other magic.

Xiang Nan was fully focused, absorbing the knowledge seriously.

The greatest feature of Ravenclaw's crown is that it can increase the wisdom of the wearer.

Specifically, after wearing it, the mind will become very clear and active, and not only the memory will be amazing, but also the learning ability, comprehension ability, perception ability, analysis ability, judgment ability, etc. will be greatly improved.

It can be said that after wearing it, even a mentally retarded person can become a genius.

Because of this, Xiang Nan quickly absorbed the knowledge taught by Voldemort.

And he was also keenly aware that there were some hidden dangers when Voldemort imparted knowledge.

Ninety-nine percent of the knowledge he teaches is serious knowledge, and it can be taught in a Hogwarts classroom.

Only one percent is forbidden and dangerous black magic, and it is precisely this one percent of black magic that is the most powerful, the most effective, and the most attractive.

At that time, he coveted the power of black magic, became more and more interested in it, and eventually became addicted to it, unable to extricate himself. His humanity became evil, corrupt, and dark, and he eventually became a puppet of Voldemort.

It's like there's a book called "The Great Magic of Star Absorbing" sandwiched between a pile of internal martial arts secrets.

People started off by not being on guard, thinking it must be some magical skill. But once they practiced it, they found it to be extremely powerful and improved rapidly, so they naturally became addicted.

Once you start practicing and become addicted, you're on a path of no return.

(End of this chapter)