Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

To be honest, Ivan is not very interested in this small bottle of potion, the key point is that he can brew it by himself.

The most difficult part of making Felix Elixir is not the complicated process, but the collection of raw materials. There are several kinds of herbs in it that are very rare. It doesn’t mean that you can buy them with money. They are often sold at a high price when they appear on the market. Buy it, rather store it up.

This is no problem for Ivan, let's not forget that Keresis robbed Snape's herbal storage room and gave him everything.

Although Snape doesn't look like he's very rich, he is absolutely unambiguous when it comes to potions and various raw materials...

And judging from the current situation, Ivan feels that he is very lucky, and the things he wants to change cannot be affected by Felicia.

If Snape's textbook had any effect, then Harry should have been given the vial.This is what Ivan really cares about. Getting a copy of Snape's research notes on potions is much more valuable than any Felicity Elixir.

"So!" said Slughorn buoyantly, looking over each of the students, "how can I win this wonderful prize of mine? Well, please turn Advanced Potion-Making to tenth Page, we still have over an hour, so use that time to make a good potion of living hell. I know, this is more complicated than anything you have made before, and I don't expect anyone to make it perfect of the decoction. However, the one who does the best will win the vial of Felix Felicia. Now, let's begin!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a harsh scratching sound. Everyone pulled the crucible in front of them, and then there was the sound of weights being placed on the balance. No one spoke, and the students were highly concentrated. Power is within reach.

Ivan handled his Sleepy Bean in a leisurely manner while observing Harry's movements.

Unlike the others, he looked at the tattered textbook with a frown, looking puzzled.

On the left of Ivan, Hermione moved much faster than usual.

It can be seen that she wants to get that small bottle of Felicia, and this year's Christmas gift has arrived!

Hermione's birthday is September No.19. Considering the production time, it may be too late if I want to brew the Felix Elixir before that day, so I can only save it until Christmas. As for the birthday gift, Ai Wen can give himself to Hermione, such as turning into a cat and hiding under her quilt, giving her a surprise or something...

Unlike Ivan's leisurely, Harry felt that he was going crazy, and he looked at the textbook in front of him angrily.He originally thought that the textbook was a bit dirty and torn, only to find that the previous owner of the textbook had scribbled all over the book, making the blank space of each page as black as the place where the medicine was printed...

Chapter 1299 Brewing of Living Hell Potion

What the hell was the former owner of this book doing?

Harry lowered his head to carefully identify the ingredients of the potion. Several ingredients were crossed out, making it very difficult to identify.

It took him a long time to see the content clearly, which caused his speed to be much slower than others.

When he returned to his cauldron with what he needed from the storage cabinet, most of the students started working on the second or third material.With such a fast speed, Hermione has already started to put the processed materials into the crucible, and the crucible in front of her is already filled with light blue vapor.

Beside Hermione, Ivan processed the materials calmly, and Harry noticed that he still looked up at him from time to time.

Looking at each other, Ivan smiled at him.

Harry thought it must be funny how flustered and bewildered he looked now.But Aiwen is also, there is still time to look around what other people are doing, other people's eyes can't leave their potion for a moment, everyone is very focused, and they all want to get Slughorn's reward.

Harry was not as leisurely as Ivan, and he began to cut valerian root at the fastest speed.

This process lasted about 3 minutes, and then the sleepy beans, which were to be sliced.

This is a difficult herb to work with, with their smooth surface, hard texture and small size making them difficult to work with.

In Harry's opinion, the fastest it takes is 5 minutes to slice them all.

He admired Hermione very much, because she processed the valerian root and sleepy beans in a total of 5 minutes.

At this moment, Slughorn began to step down from the podium to walk among the students, and was walking past the Slytherin table.

"Sir, I think you must know my grandfather Abraxas Malfoy?" Malfoy asked immediately.

His voice is not low enough for most of the classroom to hear what he is saying.

"I know!" Slughorn said, without looking at Malfoy, "I'm sorry to hear he's dead, but that's to be expected. He's got dragon plague and syphilis at such an advanced age..."

Dragon plague syphilis, what kind of disease is this? !

The vast majority of people, including Ivan, have question marks on their faces.

But it was obvious that Malfoy wanted to curry favor with Slughorn.

He probably hoped that Slughorn would treat him differently, or give him special treatment like Snape did.

But Slughorn didn't want anything to do with Malfoy at all, and he was probably going to be disappointed!

If he wants to win the bottle of Felix Felicia, he can only rely on his own ingenuity.

Ivan retracted his gaze, put the chopped herbs into the cauldron, and turned his head to continue observing Harry.

Harry also turned his attention from Malfoy back to the sleepy bean in front of him. He tried to cut it, but it was more difficult than expected. His speed was very slow, the slices were uneven, and he cut a bean After that, he looked down at the textbook again to confirm whether the pair of sleepy beans had been sliced ​​into thin slices.

The scribbled mess on the top of the book was so irritating that he had to struggle to make out the instruction manual from the scribbles written by the original owner of the textbook.What's even more irritating is that this guy doesn't know what to think, and he doesn't agree with the book that says to slice the sleepy beans.

The guy crossed that line out and wrote another note next to it: Squeeze with the side of a silver knife to get the juice out more easily than slice it.

It took Harry a lot of effort to see the words, and at this moment, Hermione was already gently stirring the liquid in the cauldron with her wand, and her potion was already very close to that "well-mixed, tea-brown liquid".

According to the book, this is the ideal state when the potion is half boiled.

Harry hesitated, whether to spend a lot of time slicing the sleepy beans according to the normal operation method, or follow the method modified by the original owner of the textbook, using a silver knife to accumulate these sleepy beans.

Either way, the latter is much simpler.

"Hermione, can I borrow your silver knife?"

Hermione nodded impatiently, not taking her eyes off her potion for a moment.

She was a little annoyed. According to the book, the potion should have turned a light snow-blue color now, but her cauldron was still dark purple.

"What's the matter?" Ivan asked, leaning over to Harry.

It looks like Snape has made changes in how he handles Sleepy Beans, and whether those changes actually work can now be verified.

He didn't care at all about his potion, and he didn't seem anxious.

Because, according to the normal process, it needs to boil the potion for at least fifteen to three to 10 minutes before the sleepy bean inside can play its role and continue to the next step. The length of time depends on the thickness of the sleepy bean slices.

Even though Hermione's speed is fast now, it doesn't mean that she will finish earlier than others.

There will be a relatively long waiting period, unless Snape really invents a new way to deal with sleepy beans.

"The former owner of this book said that it was easier to squeeze the side of Sleepy Bean with a silver knife than to slice it." Harry said, sliding his finger over the small words in the margin of the textbook, "I'm not sure..."

He squeezed the sleepy beans with a silver knife, but unexpectedly, the beans immediately ooze out a lot of juice.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would be unbelievable that there is so much water in the shriveled beans.

Sure enough, the revisions in the textbook were useful, and this textbook was left by Snape.

Harry put the drowsy bean juice into his cauldron, and the potion immediately turned the pale snow blue color mentioned in the book.

To tell the truth, he was absolutely amazed.

You know, at this moment, the liquid in Hermione's crucible is still that dark purple.

Harry, who was originally progressing the slowest, became the fastest because of this change.

"Oh my god, this..." Harry opened his eyes wide, and his anger at the previous master disappeared immediately.

The sudden change made him a little excited, as if he had suddenly won the jackpot.

"Keep down, you don't want everyone in the class to know about this, do you have anything to say after class, now, do as the original owner of this book said." Ivan said, motioning Harry to lower his voice, Now that he verified the authenticity of the textbook, he decided to do as it said.

Although he had already put the chopped sleepy beans into the crucible, and the potion inside had also started to turn into that dark purple color, it was impossible to start over, but it was still possible to save it by adding a little sleepy bean juice.

Ivan squeezed a sleepy bean and carefully added the juice.He moved very slowly, paying attention to the changes in the potion. When the color of the potion was about to change, he stopped, waiting for the sleepy bean slices in the crucible to take effect.

And Harry was already squinting his eyes to read the next instruction, which said he had to stir counterclockwise until the potion was as clear as water.

But according to the notes added by the previous owner, he should stir it counterclockwise seven times and then clockwise again...

Chapter 1300 Sad Story

At this moment, Harry has too many surprises and doubts, will the original owner of this book still be right?

Holding his breath, he stirred counterclockwise seven times, then clockwise again.

The effect was immediate, and the potion in the cauldron in front of Harry immediately turned a faint pink.

This is the color that is almost done, which means everything is perfect.

Next, just keep stirring like this until the potion becomes as clear as water and it's over!

It was unbelievable, Harry wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.

What did he do?

Just changing the order and rhythm of the wand's stirring, nothing more, can produce such magical effects.

Next to him, the potions of Ivan, Hermione, and Ron have been boiled for a long time, long before Harry put the various ingredients in, especially Hermione, her potion has been boiled for about 15 minutes, It's still that dark purple.

As for Harry, it was less than 3 minutes since he put the sleepy bean juice into the cauldron, and his potion was almost done!

If this is not a miracle, what else is a miracle?

"Ivan, stir with the wand next, stir it counterclockwise seven times, and stir it clockwise again!" Harry said happily, while stirring the wand according to this frequency.

After adding the sleepy bean juice, Aiwen's potion gradually turned light snow blue.

He started to do what Harry told him, wondering how Snape had discovered this method.

Undoubtedly, whether it is dealing with sleepy beans with a silver knife or changing the stirring order of the wand, it has greatly improved the production process of the Living Hell Soup, making everything simpler and more perfect. This is not something that can be studied in one or two experiments. out of things.

Snape must have spent a lot of time and effort on the Potion of Living Hell, trying it out and improving it little by little.

Not just Potion of Living Hell, but every other potion in Advanced Potion Making.

These dense annotations and changes recorded Snape's youth.

While everyone else was laughing and having fun, Snape was alone in the dark basement, brewing potions over and over again.

Such a picture appeared in Ivan's head, Snape and his potion...

It took a lot of perseverance, especially when it was all in sixth and seventh grade.

Ivan felt that he had a little idea of ​​what Snape's after-school life was like in his youth.

Also, why did he lose Harry's mother in the end.

Needless to say, if he really spent a lot of time on potions, it would have been obvious what had happened in the end.

Doing the wrong thing at the wrong time, you can't have any good expectations for the future...

But aside from this sad story, Snape's ability to make these improvements requires not only perseverance and a lot of time investment, but also shows that he himself has a talent beyond ordinary people in potions. A true genius, a well-deserved Master of Potions.

If it were someone else, even if he was asked to brew the Living Hell Potion [-] times, he probably wouldn't be able to make a slight improvement.

Wait, Ivan suddenly thought again.

Slughorn was also Snape's potions master at the time, and he doesn't mention this at all.

If Snape really showed this talent as a student, there's no reason why Eslughorn's character should not be mentioned.

On the contrary, he has said many times about Harry's mother, Lily, that she is the best student he has ever taught.

Especially in potions, Lily has a strong talent and is deeply loved by Slughorn.

Alvin blinked and thought of a possibility.

Maybe Snape didn't like potions or was not good at potions, but because of Lily, he started to study them. Of course, he wanted to share these results with her. In the end, he could only silently combine it with his love for Lily. Dust forever.

Well, here's another sad story, and this battered textbook is anything but simple...

Thinking about it this way, Ivan thinks it's better to leave it to Harry. Maybe Snape originally wanted to share the contents with Lily. It's God's will, no wonder Ivan couldn't find it after searching many times before.

He just copied one and took it back to study. This "Advanced Potion Making" should stay in Harry's hands.

Just when Ivan made this decision, Hermione finally took her eyes off her potion.

She was surprised to see that both Ivan's and Harry's potions turned pink, especially Harry's, which was getting weaker and weaker, and it was about to succeed.

How is this possible, what happened in this classroom when she was concentrating on brewing the potion?

"How did you two do it?" she asked.

The heat from Hermione's cauldron flushed her face and made her hair more and more messy.

Despite this, her potion was still a stubborn purple color, which would not change at all.

"Seven times counterclockwise, then clockwise again!"

"No, no, the book says counterclockwise!" She said decisively.

"Add clockwise, it will be more effective." Ivan said.

"But that's not what the book says." Hermione picked up her "Advanced Potion Making" and double-checked, "Look, it says on it that you must keep stirring counterclockwise until the potion becomes like water This is a very crucial step.”

Well, she still insists on the principle, everything in the book is right.