Chapter 257 Alchemy and Hogwarts Treasure Hunt

After collecting all the black magic books, Mike did not stop. Instead, he continued his efforts and started to pick up other books.

These are the treasures of the Black family. Mike originally thought that Black would feel some physical pain, so he had been observing Black's expression intentionally or unintentionally, preparing to stop before Black's tolerance limit.

But what surprised him was that Blake didn't seem to care, and even yawned out of boredom.

Maybe this is because Tian doesn't feel bad for selling his son.

Now Mike began to understand somewhat how Black's mother would treat Black. An heir like Sirius Black would be a disaster for any big family.

Mike thought this and became even more rude.

Although there were many books in the basement, Mike's movements were not slow, so it didn't take long for Mike to move all the bookshelves that were originally full.

When Mike came to Blake with satisfaction, he was still yawning. Perhaps because he was used to living day and night, he now looked really sleepy and even shed tears.

"It's over? No more?"

"Uh, no, I'll be embarrassed if you take it again."

Blake waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite to me. Just take it if you like it. I hate everything about this room. I want to thank you for taking it."

Despite Blake's repeated invitations, Mike ultimately refused.

It wasn't because he was noble, but because he looked down upon everything else in the room.

But at this moment, Blake seemed to suddenly remember something, and excitedly asked the elderly house elf Kreacher to bring two long boxes and stuff them into Mike's arms.

"I heard that the Firebolt I gave Harry was dismantled by the Auror, so I bought a new one. No, this one is for you, you can bring the other one to Harry."

Mike looked at Black with some confusion and surprise. He knew that Black loved Harry, and it was normal to buy him a Firebolt, but why should he give one to himself?

You must know that Firebolts are all custom-made, and depending on the function preference and material selection you need, the price ranges from a minimum of 5,000 gold galleons to 30,000 gold galleons. And the things Blake gave away... there was a high probability that they were the best.

In other words, this guy Black lost 150,000 gold galleons in just a few days!

‘Is the Black family so rich? If I had known that the content of the original contract would have been the property of the Black family, I think Black would have agreed given his original situation and temper. ’

Mike thought so.

Blake on the opposite side had no idea what was going on in Mike's mind. When he saw Mike in a daze, he thought it was because he was too happy to get the Firebolt.

"Mike, I want to ask you something."

Blake's voice woke up Mike. He looked up at Blake and found that Blake had a twisted look on his face.

"Um, what's going on?"

"It's Harry...Harry might not be willing to come and live with me." Black stuttered, "So...can you help me persuade him?"

Now Mike understood. No wonder Blake wanted to give him the Firebolt. It turned out that he wanted to bribe him.

He simply didn't understand what life was like for poor Harry at the Dursley's, and how much he wanted to leave that home.

Mike has always been open to accepting benefits from things like this without having to do anything.

So Mike immediately patted his chest and said:

"No problem, this matter will be taken care of by me. If you go to Harry during the summer vacation, he will definitely agree."

Blake looked very excited when he received Mike's affirmative reply. He even wanted to treat Mike to a big meal as a thank you.

But now Mike only wanted to go back and study those books, and he had no intention of eating with him at all.

So, with Blake's warm farewell, Mike returned directly to Hogwarts.

When Mike returned to school, he did not immediately go to deliver the Firebolt to Harry. Instead, he went directly to the base being built.

As Shuke reported to him before, the construction of the base is still in progress. Although there are some prototypes now, the surroundings are still deserted.

Under Shuke's guidance, Mike came to the laboratory that was said to have been completed. Compared with the outside, it was very good. There were various experimental facilities, from the crucibles and test tubes needed for potion refining to the alchemy bench needed for alchemy production. and all kinds of materials are readily available.

Mike waved away Shuke and then looked at today's harvest.

Although almost all the properties of the Black family were swallowed up by other families when the Black family declined, because the Gringotts vault is protected by goblins and the Black ancestral home is protected by magic, the things in these two places are still very intact. .

As a result, the various information in Mike's hand was also very complete, including almost all knowledge about all aspects of the wizarding world.

What Mike valued most was the Lihuo Curse and the Three Unforgivable Curses.

What surprised Mike was that in addition to activating the magic spell 'Fire Burning', the Severe Fire Curse also had the counter-curse 'Return to Nirvana'.

This makes Mike a little embarrassed. During this period, he has been practicing the "All Curses Are Ended" curse. Now you tell me that the Fire Curse has its own counter-curse?

But Mike didn't dwell on it for too long, because his attention was quickly attracted by the three unforgivable curses.

The three unforgivable curses are the Death Curse, which Mike has learned, the Soul Capture Curse, and the Cruciatus Curse.

Among them, the Imperius Curse can be said to be the most terrifying curse. Its function is to confuse other people's minds, thereby allowing them to be controlled by you.

The Cruciatus Curse is the most insidious. As described in the spell, the person being cast will feel pain that is as severe as a heart-breaking bone. As far as Mike knows, except for Neville's parents, almost no one can bear it. Live through this pain without revealing your secrets.

But Mike actually doubted the authenticity of the fact that Neville's parents had withstood the Cruciatus Curse, because in fact the person who tortured the couple at that time was Bellatrix, Black's cousin and Voldemort's number one follower.

Because of Voldemort's disappearance, what Bellatrix conducted on them was actually a retaliatory torture. It could be said that Bellatrix didn't care at all whether they would actually tell them anything.

So it is not ruled out that Neville's parents had told everything Bellatrix wanted to know, but Bellatrix did not stop.

And Neville's parents also lost their minds and became madmen after that terrible torture because of the brain's protective mechanism.

In addition to these black magic, the books of the Black family also contain a large amount of alchemical knowledge and notes. According to the above description, these were left by an alchemist master named Franky Black.

This makes Mike very happy. Although his alchemy has reached a very high level due to the blessing of ancient magic texts and transfiguration, with these notes, he will undoubtedly be able to take his ability to a higher level. .

I won’t say anything else, but there are quite a lot of things that need to be improved on the Masonic gold coins that exist as symbols of Freemasonry.

The first is the communication function.

The communication function that Mike had previously added to the Masonic gold coins was probably only slightly inferior to the communication equipment used by the Auror troops.

But when the Auror released a large-scale confusion spell before, this communicator actually worked directly!

This is something Mike can't stand. No one understands the importance of instant messaging for an organization better than Mike, who has traveled from the future.

There is also the issue of making the door key. Mike's original idea was to make the Masonic gold coin directly into a door key that can be triggered at will, so that members of the Freemasonry can come to the base anytime and anywhere.

But a big problem arose during the actual transformation.

First of all, his current level of making door keys is still too low. Almost all the door keys he makes have a time limit. It is almost impossible for him to make a permanently valid door key for the time being.

The second is the triggering problem of the door key.

As long as you touch something like the Portkey, it will teleport you away. If you want to use other abilities on the Masonic Gold Coin, you cannot avoid touching the Gold Coin.

In this case, how to prevent accidental touches has become Mike's biggest problem now.

Fortunately, Mike now has the knowledge of the Black family. With the help of these many alchemist master notes, Mike quickly thought of a solution to the problem.

First, transform the gold coin into a hollow shape like the Golden Snitch, then add a traceless stretching spell inside to widen the internal space. Finally, put something as a door key inside. When you need to use it, just open the gold coin.

The space inside the gold coin does not need to be too large, because the door key carrier that Mike chose is a mini wine glass, which greatly reduces the difficulty of attaching the traceless stretching spell.

Mike does not have a good solution to the problem of door key timeliness. For the time being, he can only extend the effective time as much as possible to increase the life of the door key.

At present, if Mike tries his best, the door key can have a lifespan of close to one month at most, which means that other members of the Freemasonry must come to him every month to receive new door keys.

In Mike's opinion, this shortcoming can even be regarded as an advantage, because in this way he can better control the members of the Freemasons.

Mike is not naive enough to think that he can completely trust those members just by relying on an 'Unbreakable Vow'. Although the 'Unbreakable Vow' currently seems to be completely unsolvable, Mike cannot guarantee that there will be no solution in this world. There will be ways to break this curse.

If this method really exists, then the only thing that can restrain those members is loyalty.

And loyalty has always been the most unreliable.

The next morning, when Mike appeared at Hogwarts again, ten new Masonic gold coins lay quietly in his arms.

This was the result of Mike's all-nighter.

Their appearance is the same as that of the first-generation gold coins, including the pattern, and they are exactly the same as ordinary gold galleons.

But their functions are countless times more powerful. They can't help but have an enhanced version of the communication spell attached to them. Mike even added a spell that affects transmission. In the future, members will be able to video chat with each other!

And the most important door key microphone is also hidden inside. The user only needs to tap the front of the gold coin according to a unique pattern to make the gold coin reveal the door key hidden inside.

And because the tapping rules are extremely complex, it is almost impossible to accidentally touch it during normal use.

When Mike distributed these gold coins to the Weasley brothers and others and explained the new functions to them, everyone was in awe.

Especially the Weasley brothers, the reason why they were recruited into the Freemasonry was because they had amazing talents in alchemical manufacturing, and now the ability shown by Mike directly made them doubt their talents.

But what they don't know is that what Mike values ​​most about them is not their alchemy talent, but their creativity.

His alchemy ability has indeed improved by leaps and bounds in recent times, but his innovation ability is really lacking compared to the Weasley brothers.

At the same time, Mike also shared all the books he moved from the Black family to the members of the Freemasonry. Everyone can browse these books at will as long as they use the door key to enter the new base, but they cannot take them out.

While distributing benefits to the members of the Freemasons, Mike did not forget the members of the Student Mutual Aid Association. Under the premise that Mike and the others had a new base like the Ravenclaw Secret Realm, the old base of the Room of Requirement was naturally used. Mike was given to the people of the Anxi Student Mutual Aid Association.

Of course, Mike also inherited the tradition of his predecessors very well and only revealed some trivial information to those in the meeting who he thought had potential.

This is also a test.

If these people can find a Room of Requirement, no matter how they find it, it will prove that they are talents worthy of further development.

As for whether they will spread the location of the ball room all over the world.

Mike never thought about it.

Because it doesn't do them any good.

Think about it, the Room of Requirement can be said to be a wise man's treasure. Anyone who finds this treasure has proven that he is stronger than others, and will have a strong sense of superiority!

So they will not allow incompetent people to enter the Room of Requirement at all, because their pride and their sense of superiority do not allow them to do so!

So, with Mike's deliberate connivance, a massive but extremely hidden treasure hunt began.