Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

Professor Slughorn's indifferent and indifferent tone made Ron's face a little ugly, but Ron, who was used to being ignored with Harry, said nothing, but lowered his head, Silently ran to the locker to get books and balances.

Mike still admires Ron very much for this. One must know that Ron's upbringing environment can be said to be extremely bad. His entire childhood and even most of his teenage years were almost ignored and neglected by others. This is appropriate in games or novels. It is a template for blackening the villain.

But Ron relied on his big heart to endure it all, and instead of being depressed, he lived happily every day.

Mike really didn't know whether Ron was in a good mood or had a problem with his brain.

At this time, Draco on the Slytherin table immediately laughed when he saw this, and he deliberately said with a volume so loud that everyone in the classroom could hear it and a few Slytherins beside him:

"Look, this is the fine tradition of the Weasley family, always only using second-hand or even third-hand goods!"

Hearing that, the Slytherins also laughed, and the whole classroom was soon filled with laughter.

Ron's fists were clenched tightly together, and if it wasn't class time now, Mike would bet that Ron would go up and fight Draco.

Harry and Hermione in the seats also stared at Draco angrily, and Hermione turned to look at Slughorn's hazy figure on the podium from time to time because of the water vapor.

It's a pity that Slughorn obviously didn't mean to offend Draco because of this trivial matter. You must know that the Malfoy family is almost a Death Eater on the bright side. Lei went to provoke each other.

But in order to prevent the situation from continuing, Slughorn still coughed twice and said loudly:

"Okay, now that everyone is ready, let's start the class."

After he finished speaking, he deliberately glanced at the long table of Slytherin as if warning, but this time he looked directly at Draco and their laughter disappeared.

Upon seeing this, Slughorn nodded with satisfaction, and then he straightened his already applauded chest. After almost breaking a button, he said:

"I've prepared several potions to open your eyes, of course, it's just out of interest. But when you finish the advanced class, you should be able to make these potions. Now, who can tell What kind of potion am I?"

Saying that, Slughorn pointed to the cauldron in front of the long Slytherin table, and at this moment there was a liquid that was as clear as spring water constantly boiling.

In fact, it can be seen from the placement of these crucibles in the classroom that Slughorn wants to give each house extra points, so as to achieve a satisfactory effect for everyone, such as the one in front of the Slytherin long table. This cauldron is obviously a bonus question for the Slytherins.

It's just that Draco and the others obviously failed Slughorn's care. They stared at it for a long time without seeing what kind of potion it was.

Seeing this, Slughorn could only shake his head helplessly, and turned his head to look at the small hands that had been raised high at the Gryffindor long table.

He pointed to Hermione, who raised his hand, and the latter said in a very fast tone:

"Veritaserum, a colorless and odorless liquid that allows the drinker to tell the truth, usually used in torture!"

"Nice!" Slughorn pointed again to the cauldron in front of Mike. "Then who can tell me what this is? Mike?"

Slughorn looked at Mike expectantly, apparently hoping that Mike would answer the question.

But Mike just chuckled.

He turned his head to look at the hand that Hermione raised again early on in Gryffindor.

Seeing this, Slughorn was relieved and pointed to Hermione again.

"It's a compound decoction!"

"Oh! Great! Great!" Slughorn pointed to the cauldron on Gryffindor's side again, "then this..."

"It's a love potion! It's the most potent love potion in the world! It creates a spiral of water vapor when boiled, and its scent automatically becomes your favorite smell, like I just smelled it Here comes the freshly mowed lawn, the new parchment, and…”

Hermione suddenly stopped talking. She blushed, glanced in Mike's direction through the thick mist in the classroom, and then quickly lowered her head.

On the side, Professor Slughorn was already stunned.

You must know that these knowledge about love potions are not available in textbooks. If you hadn't specifically read related books or configured and used the love potions by yourself, others would never know these things.

He really didn't expect it. The girl in front of her has such a wealth of knowledge.

"Dear, what's your name?"

Realizing that the girl in front of him might well be a genius, Slughorn instinctively softened his tone.

"Hermione Granger, sir."

"Granger? Are you related to Hector Dagworth-Granger, the founder of the Society of Extraordinary Apothecaries?"

"Well, I don't think so. Sir, I'm Muggle-born."

Hearing that there was laughter coming from the Slytherin long table, but Slughorn ignored them at all. He looked at Hermione tenderly and smiled:

"Nice, really, you remind me of one of my former students who was also Muggle-born and had an amazing talent that would make people jealous. Well, you know, that's rare in Muggles. But I I have met two in my life, and I am so lucky!"

Professor Slughorn's words made Hermione's already red face even redder, while Harry and Ron on the side applauded desperately, and Mike in the distance smiled.

"Okay, give Miss Granger in Gryffindor a well-deserved 20 points!"

After speaking, Slughorn ignored the Gryffindors who were already laughing, and stepped back to the podium and said to the crowd with a serious expression:

"Students, please remember that infatuation can't make you get real love! Love can't be imitated, infatuation can only make people fall into crazy obsession or infatuation, which is wrong and dangerous.

Yes, I was talking about danger. I think the most dangerous potion in this entire classroom right now is the Ecstasy..."

Before Slughorn could finish his words, another burst of laughter came from Slytherin's long table.

Slighorn couldn't take it any longer, and glared angrily at Slytherin.

"You, that's you, that platinum-haired Malfoy!" he said, pointing to Draco who was looking around, "you've just been giggling, I don't remember Slytherin giggling when someone is talking. One, at least not when I was the dean of Slytherin, maybe I should communicate with Severus to rectify the atmosphere of Slytherin!"

Draco's little face turned pale when he heard the words Severus, and Slughorn nodded in satisfaction, turned his head and said to everyone earnestly:

"Don't doubt it, classmates. If you're my age, you'll know that people who are addicted to love usually do a lot of terrible things, and in fact a lot of tragedies stem from this dangerous love potion."

"Okay, that's it, I think we should start class."

Slughorn spread out the textbook in front of him as he spoke, but Hermione in the audience suddenly pointed to the cauldron in front of Hufflepuff's long table and said:

"Professor, you haven't told us what's in this cauldron."

Mike chuckled when he heard the words, Hermione's intention to get extra points was too obvious.

But Slughorn was clearly very optimistic about Hermione, and he pretended to be surprised, 'Yeah! ’, and then said:

"It's Flux, I guess you know what it's for? Miss Granger."

"It can bring luck to people!"

"Exactly! Gryffindor adds another ten points!" Slughorn exclaimed, "Fuling Potion, an extremely complicated potion, can indeed bring luck to people, and it's a wonderful feeling to take it. How to describe it... um... you will find that no matter what you do, it will be successful until its effect wears off!

Of course, you can't take it regularly, preferably months or even years apart, or it will make you arrogant and reckless.

You know, no matter how good things are, they can be bad if you use them too much. Just like tomatoes and apples, both of them are very nutritious fruits, but they both have natural toxins in them that can kill you if you eat too much!

Oh! You don't have to worry too much, Harry. Tomatoes and apples want to poison people, you have to eat at least a few meals in a few hours. If someone does, then it will be long before it is poisoned!

I just gave this example to make you understand two very important truths in potions, one is that even the best things can have side effects, and the other is that talking about toxicity without the dose is nonsense! "

Hermione's eyes lit up at once, and she asked:

"You've taken Fuling!"

"Of course, I've used it twice in my life, once at 26 and once at 57, and drank two scoops at breakfast. Ah! Those two days were perfect!"

Saying that, Slughorn raised his head, a smile of longing and happiness on his face.

This made almost everyone present become interested in the Flux, except for Mike, who had used Flux for a long time. In fact, there is nothing special about this thing except that it is a bit expensive. With Mike's current financial resources, it can be used as water. drink.

After a few more minutes, Slughorn finally woke up from his fantasy. He smiled at the pot of Flux and finally said:

"Next, I will hold a small competition, and the prize is this."

Everyone in the classroom stopped breathing, even Mike.

You know, that's a big pot full of fortune-telling agents! With such a large amount of windfall, even Mike was moved!

Only then Slughorn took out a teardrop-shaped vial from his arms.

"A small bottle of Fuling can provide about 12 hours of luck!"

The smile on Mike's face disappeared in an instant, replaced by deep disgust. He really didn't expect that Slughorn would be so stingy.

But even a bottle of Flux still made the classmates in the classroom very excited, especially Franklin, who was staring at the small bottle, his eyes almost popping out.

Needless to say, he must have wanted to use it for Quidditch matches.

But if he had read the 373-page ban on Quidditch matches, he should have known that Flux is prohibited from being used in Quidditch matches.

"Next, please turn the "Advanced Potions Making" in your hands to the tenth page." Slughorn said, "We still have more than an hour, please use this time to make a good copy. Living Hell Potion. I know it's complicated and I don't expect you to make it perfect the first time, but the one who does it best and fastest will get our reward for today. Okay, here we go Bar!"

As soon as Slughorn's voice fell, Franklin yanked out his cauldron and medicine bag, and began to weigh various materials on a scale.

There are many people in the classroom who are as quick as him. Now everyone's attention is highly concentrated. This is the first time Mike has seen the scene where he is so concentrated on making potions. It seems that this Slaghorn student still has a set of skills. of.

Mike also took out his own materials and tools and started making potions.

Living hell decoction, also known as life and death water, is a powerful sedative, and just a small glass of wine can make people sleepy for a week.

Mike has already memorized the method of making this potion by heart, and what Mike has memorized is an improved version recorded in Snape's textbook, so Mike is not as eager as other students, but still has the mind to look at others. Case.

At this moment, Harry also opened the book that Mike gave him, frowning to see how to make the water of life and death.

Seeing this, the corners of Mike's mouth rose.

What he gave Harry was the famous 'Half-Blood Prince's Textbook'. The reason why Mike gave the textbook to Harry was that he wanted to see Snape in addition to returning the plot to the original point as much as possible. It must be very interesting to know the expression on his face after being held by Mike in the history of the second black history of the middle school!

Thinking like this, the smirk at the corner of Mike's mouth became more wanton, but the movements in his hands did not waver at all!

Dozey beans are extruded into pieces, narcissus root is ground into powder, wormwood is shredded and put into water to make wormwood infusion...

One portion after another of the ingredients was quickly processed by Mike and thrown into the crucible while cooking while turning it clockwise with a spoon.

Soon, light blue steam rose from the boiled crucible, and the liquid inside was slowly changing to light brown. When Mike saw this, it turned counterclockwise. This was changed by Snape. This method is said to increase the speed of curing of the liquid medicine.

There is no doubt that Snape's improved formula is effective, which makes Mike surpass Hermione to become the fastest progressing person in the classroom even if he loses the opportunity, and also makes Harry, a potions scumbag, able to quickly Efficiently complete the processing of materials and enter the stage of boiling.

But the incredible speed of both Mike and Harry caused the rest of the classroom to panic.