The Periodic Table of Words at Hogwarts

The content of this lesson is to make a potion to treat scabies. The materials used include dried hemp, snake fangs, and porcupine quills.

Oh, and the most disgusting thing of all - slugs with tentacles.

Specific steps:

1Put 6 parts of snake teeth into a mortar and grind them.

2Put 4 parts of the powder into the crucible.

3 Heat for 5 minutes, then the mixture will turn dark brown.

4 Wave your wand and wait for the mixture to thicken.

5Put 4 slugs and 2 porcupine quills into the crucible

6 Stir clockwise for 5 turns. At this time, the liquid in the pot will gradually turn from dark brown to warm yellow.

7 Wave your magic wand, done!

(Thanks to Zhihu Master)

Putting 6 fresh snake fangs into a brass mortar (ordered from a Chinese medicine store in Chinatown), Zhang Qi closed the lid and picked up the pestle in his hand and pounded it a few times, then turned it clockwise a few times. to completely crush the remaining residue.

"The porcupine quills have been cut into small pieces."Alito also completed his work there.

"You make the fire and I have to deal with those disgusting slugs".Zhang Qi replied without raising his head.

Alito stuck out his tongue slightly happily, then used a small silver spoon to scrape out the powder in the mortar and added it to the ignited crucible.

Frowning and cleaning the mucus off the slugs' bodies, Zhang Qi neatly cut open their bodies with a silver knife and removed their internal organs.

"5 minutes are up"!Alito reminded Zhang Qi.

"I'm responsible for adding the ingredients, and you're responsible for stirring."Zhang Qi stood up and walked to the material cabinet at the back. "I will make some improvements to the potion and do as I say later."

"OK".Alito, who had a rich knowledge of potions because his godfather was Snape, replied.

Zhang Qike didn't want to be lazy, he was just afraid that if he performed the stirring operation, the huge amount of magic power would directly explode the poor crucible.

The consequences should be like that of my colleague in my previous life. When making braised fish, he forgot to cut the back of the fish's neck bone in advance. As a result, when the oil was cooked, the fish that had been knocked unconscious by the rolling pin was cooked in hot oil. I woke up from the severe pain of the explosion.

As a result, he had to be transferred from the field plainclothes team to the logistics team to work as a civilian for four months because of facial problems, because he could not participate in operations until the scars on his face were removed.

If nothing else, the scars on his face that were burned by hot oil are so eye-catching that they will 100% attract the attention of the arrestee.

Alito stirred the crucible clockwise five times with his wand, and then saw that the dark brown thick paste inside began to gradually dissolve like water, and bright yellow liquid slowly oozed out.

"Wow, you are so awesome"!

A Hufflepuff boy sitting across a row of aisles to Alito's left said enviously.

"You did it very well, too."Zhang Qi glanced at the boy's crucible. The mixture inside had the same viscosity as water starch, which was exactly the same as what was written in the textbook.

"I also used a mortar to make the porcupine quills into powder, because I thought the powder would dissolve faster than the broken pieces. I hope I can succeed."The boy slightly raised the small spoon in his hand, which contained half a spoonful of dark powder.

"Very creative idea".The corner of Zhang Qi's mouth couldn't help but twitch, "But I suggest you use your fingernail to scrape up a little bit and try to put it in, otherwise it will be more difficult to deal with if there is danger."

"It makes sense, thank you for the reminder."The boy nodded thoughtfully, then used the little fingernail of his left hand to scrape a little bit of black powder on the edge of the spoon, and then flicked it into the crucible.

"Crackling"!

The liquid in the crucible exploded like hot oil suddenly added with water, but fortunately, it just collapsed. If a whole spoonful had been added just now, then...

"There is also a cold-processing method for potions, which requires boiling over a saltpeter fire, and ice cubes must be put into the pot to keep the temperature low. Only by using the cold-processing method can all the raw materials be ground into powder, otherwise it will definitely explode." .Zhang Qi looked at the startled boy and reminded him.

"But you can slowly sprinkle it in batches along the edge of the pot, and then remember to hold the lid of the pot with your hand to cover your face. If you do this, your pot of potion will allow Professor Snape to add at least two point".

"Thanks".The Hufflepuff boy thanked Zhang Qi sincerely.

(The inspiration for this paragraph comes from two things. The first one is a high school classmate of mine doing an experiment at home. This guy threw pure aluminum powder that had the oxide film removed and was preserved with inert gas into deoxygenated distilled water. ...)

(The second thing is the advice a chef gave me when I was learning how to cook fish in my spare time, plus the painful experience of having my face explode with hot oil when I was making twice-cooked pork when I had never learned cooking from others before. .....)

(As well as a tribute to the first Harry Potter fanfic I ever read - Harry Potter: The Legend of the Master, I refer to this book as the source of inspiration for the heroine)

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"Stop what you are doing now. get out of class ends in half an hour. I want to check the results of your class now."Snape's cold voice came from the podium, and everyone who heard it quickly put down their tools.

"This doesn't look like scabies potion, it looks like troll snot."Snape criticized Selwyn's works with ruthless venom.

The fat Slytherin girl lowered her head and glanced at Alito, who had dominated the class at the beginning, with a resentful expression.

"Well enough".Snape passed by the Hufflepuff boy, took a look at his pot lid, and then nodded in approval.

"Hufflepuff plus three".

The boy suddenly let out a long breath.

"Very, special"... Snape finally came to the group of Zhang Qi and Alito, and thought about the potion in the crucible for a while.

"I guess you added something else to it. I can see it has mint, but there must be something else."

"There are also sulfur and honeysuckle, the former has a miraculous effect on scabies, and the latter can act as an analgesic."Zhang Qi replied, "I carry honeysuckle with me. I sometimes use it to make tea."

Snape didn't answer. He waved his wand, and a drop of potion floated up from the container and landed on the back of his hand.

Snape spread the drop of potion with his fingers, felt it carefully, and then brought the back of his hand to his nose to smell the scent.

"It gives a cooling sensation when applied to the skin without itching or redness. What a genius idea"!

Snape raised his voice and spoke to the students in the classroom.

"Ten points from Slytherin for the birth of a potion genius"!

The Slytherin students clapped, and the Hufflepuff students next to them looked at each other and also clapped.

Not for anything else, just because this old bat was able to score three points for them today.You know, the seniors of these freshmen have told them that points have been deducted in the previous Potions class. As a result, today Hufflepuff was actually given a rare three points in the Potions class.

Professor Snape must be given face. If he changes his mind at that time, the points will be deducted again, which will be more than worth the gain.

applaud!