Chapter 456 Water of Life and Death

Professor Slughorn's nonchalant tone made Ron look a little ugly, but Ron, who was used to being ignored when he was with Harry, didn't say anything, but lowered his head. Silently, he ran to his locker to get his books and scale.

Mike still admires Ron for this. You must know that Ron's growing up environment can be said to be extremely bad. His entire childhood and even most of his adolescence were ignored by others. It would be appropriate to put it in a game or novel. It's a perfect template for a dark villain.

But Ron relied on his big heart to endure it all. Not only was he not depressed, but he was also living happily every day.

Mike really didn't know if Ron had a good attitude or if there was something wrong with his brain.

At this time, Draco, who was sitting on the Slytherin table next to him, immediately burst out laughing when he saw this. He also deliberately said to the several Slytherins next to him at a volume that was loud enough for everyone in the classroom to hear:

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

Hearing this, the Slytherins also laughed, and the entire classroom was soon filled with laughter.

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

Harry and Hermione on the seats also glared at Draco angrily, and Hermione turned her head from time to time to look at Slughorn's figure on the podium, which was hazy due to water vapor.

It's a pity that Slughorn obviously has no intention of offending Draco because of this trivial matter. You must know that the Malfoys are almost openly Death Eaters, and he doesn't want to do it for Wes, a mediocre talent. Lai went to provoke the other party.

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

"Okay, now that everyone is ready, we are going to start class."

After saying that, he deliberately glanced at the long Slytherin table as if in warning. This glance directly hit Draco and their laughter disappeared.

Seeing this, Slughorn nodded with satisfaction, straightened his chest, which was already applauding uncontrollably, and said after almost breaking a button:

"I have prepared several potions to open your eyes. Of course, this is just out of interest. But when you complete the advanced class, you should be able to make these potions. So now, who can tell What kind of magic potion am I talking about?"

As he spoke, Slughorn pointed to the cauldron in front of Slytherin's long table. At this moment, a group of clear liquid like spring water was boiling inside.

In fact, it can be seen from the placement of these cauldrons in the classroom that Slughorn wants to give extra points to each house, so as to achieve results that everyone is satisfied with, such as the one in front of the Slytherin long table. This crucible is obviously a scoring question left for Slytherins.

It's just that Draco and others obviously failed Slughorn's care. They stared at it for a long time and couldn't figure out what kind of potion it was.

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

He pointed at Hermione who raised her hand, who spoke very quickly:

"Veritaserum, a colorless and odorless liquid, can make the drinker tell the truth. It is usually used in torture!"

"That's great!" Slughorn pointed to the crucible in front of Mike again, "Then who can tell me what this is? Mike?"

Slughorn looked at Mike expectantly, obviously hoping that Mike would answer this question.

However, Mike chuckled slightly and turned to look at Hermione's hand that was raised early again in Gryffindor.

Seeing this, Slughorn felt relieved and pointed at Hermione again.

"It's Polyjuice Potion!"

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

"It's a love potion! It's the most effective love potion in the world! It will produce spiraling water vapor when boiled, and its smell will automatically change to your favorite smell, just like I just smelled it. Arrived with a freshly mowed lawn, brand new parchment, and..."

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

Professor Slughorn on the side was already stunned.

You must know that there is no such knowledge about love potions in textbooks. If you have not specifically read relevant books or personally prepared and used love potions, others will never know these things.

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

"Honey, what's your name?"

Realizing that the girl in front of him was probably 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. I'm a Muggle-born, sir."

Hearing this, there was laughter again from the Slytherin table, but Slughorn paid no attention to them. He looked at Hermione gently and smiled:

"That's good, that's good. You remind me of one of my former students. She was also born as a Muggle, but she had an amazing talent that made people jealous. Well, you know, this is very rare in Muggles. But I I'm so lucky to have met two of them in my life!"

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

"Well, a well-deserved 20 points for Miss Granger of Gryffindor!"

After saying this, Slughorn ignored the Gryffindors who were already laughing, walked back to the podium and said to everyone with a serious expression:

"Students, please remember that love potions cannot make you get true love! Love cannot be imitated. Love potions can only make people fall into crazy obsession or infatuation. This is wrong and dangerous.

Yes, I'm talking about danger. I think the most dangerous potion in this whole classroom right now is the love potion..."

Before Slughorn finished speaking, there was another burst of laughter from the Slytherin table.

Now Slughorn couldn't stand it anymore, and he glared angrily at Slytherin.

"You, it's you, that platinum-haired Malfoy!" He pointed at Draco, who was looking around. "You were snickering just now. I don't remember that Slytherin's quality is to snicker when others are talking. One thing, at least not when I was the Head of Slytherin House, maybe I should communicate with Severus to rectify the atmosphere of Slytherin!"

Draco's little face suddenly turned extremely pale when he heard the words Severus. Seeing this, Slughorn nodded with satisfaction, turned his head and said to everyone seriously:

"Don't doubt it, classmates. If you are my age, you will know that people addicted to love usually do many terrible things. In fact, many tragedies stem from this dangerous love potion."

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

Slughorn opened 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 crucible yet."

Mike chuckled when he heard this. It was too obvious that Hermione wanted to get extra points.

But Slughorn obviously thought highly of Hermione, and he pretended to be surprised, 'Ah! ’ and then said:

"This is the elixir. I assume you know what it is used for, right? Miss Granger."

"It brings you luck!"

"Exactly! Ten more points for Gryffindor!" Slughorn said loudly, "Elixir of Fortune, a magical potion that is extremely complex to make, can indeed bring people luck. Taking it feels wonderful. How to describe it...well...you will find that no matter what you do, you will be successful until its effect wears off!

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

As you know, no matter how good something is, it will cause harm if used too much. Just like tomatoes and apples, they are both very nutritious fruits, but they actually contain natural toxins in their bodies. If you eat too much, you will be poisoned to death!

oh! You don't have to worry too much, Harry. If you want tomatoes and apples to poison you, you have to eat at least several meals within a few hours. If someone really did this, it would probably be strangled to death before it was poisoned!

I give this example just to let you understand two very important truths in potions. One is that even the best things will have side effects, and the other is that talking about toxicity regardless of dosage is nonsense! "

Hermione's eyes suddenly lit up, and she asked:

"You have taken Felixir!"

"Of course, I have used it twice in my life, once when I was 26 years old, and once when I was 57 years old. I drank two spoons at breakfast. Ah! Those two days were so perfect!"

Slughorn raised his head as he spoke, with a smile of admiration and happiness on his face.

This made almost everyone present become interested in the Fuling Elixir. Except for Mike, he had used the Fuling Elixir a long time ago. This thing is actually nothing special but a little expensive. With Mike's current financial resources, he can treat it as water. drink.

After a few more minutes, Slughorn finally woke up from his fantasy. He looked at the pot of elixir with a smile, and finally said:

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

Everyone in the classroom's breathing stopped, even Mike was no exception.

You know, that's a big pot full of blessing elixir! Even Mike was moved by such a huge windfall!

But then Slughorn took out a small teardrop-shaped bottle from his arms.

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

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

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

Needless to say, he definitely wanted to use this thing in a Quidditch game.

But if he had carefully read the 373-page prohibition regulations on Quidditch games, he would have known that Felixir was prohibited from being used in Quidditch games.

"Next, please turn to page ten of "Advanced Potion Making" in your hands." Slughorn said, "We still have more than an hour, please use this time to brew a good potion." 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 today. Okay, let's start now Bar!"

As soon as Slughorn finished speaking, Franklin quickly took out his cauldron and medicine bag, and began to weigh various materials with a scale.

There are many people in the classroom who react as quickly as him. Now everyone is highly focused. This is the first time Mike has seen such a scene of making potions. It seems that Slughorn still has a way of teaching students. of.

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

The Living Hell Decoction, also known as the Water of Life and Death, is a powerful sedative. Just a small glass of wine can make people sleep for a week.

Mike already knew the method of making this potion by heart, and what Mike memorized was the improved version recorded in Snape's textbook. Therefore, Mike was not as eager as other students, and instead had the time to look at others. Case.

At this moment, Harry also opened the book that Mike gave him, and was frowning as he looked at how to make the water of life and death.

Upon seeing this, the corners of Mike's mouth rose.

What he handed over to Harry was the famous 'Half-Blood Prince's Textbook'. The reason why Mike wanted to give the textbook to Harry was not only to bring the plot line back to its original point as much as possible, but also to see what Snape had to do. It must be very interesting to know the expression on Mike's face after knowing that his middle school history was in Mike's hands!

Thinking this, the evil smile on Mike's lips became more wanton, but the movements in his hands did not waver at all!

Sleepy beans are squeezed into pieces, narcissus roots are ground into powder, mugwort is shredded and put into water to make mugwort infusion...

One after another, Mike quickly processed the ingredients and threw them into the crucible. While cooking, he used a spoon to turn the ingredients clockwise inside.

Soon, light blue steam rose from the boiled crucible, and the liquid inside slowly changed to light brown. Seeing this, Mike changed it to turning counterclockwise. This was modified by Snape. This method is said to be able to speed up the maturation of the liquid medicine.

There is no doubt that Snape's improved formula is effective. This allows Mike to surpass Hermione and become the fastest person in the classroom even if he loses the opportunity. It also allows Harry, a scumbag in potions, to quickly The material processing was completed efficiently and the cooking stage was entered.

But the astonishing speed of Mike and Harry made everyone else in the classroom feel anxious.