Chapter 652 Potion and Prizes

"This is Veritaserum. It is colorless, odorless and tasteless. Those who drink it will tell the truth irresistibly. The main material used to prepare this potion is the rhizome juice of Windshield Solanum, which has been acidified and added..."

"Oh, Miss Granger, about the formula and preparation process, that's the content of the follow-up class." Slughorn hastily stopped Hermione from continuing, "Very well, the answer is correct...then, the next crucible ..."

Before he could finish, Hermione's arms went up again.

"Well, please say—"

"The potion in this cauldron is Polyjuice Potion," Hermione said immediately. "It's more complicated to make, and it needs... Oh, sorry, Professor! I mean, it allows the drinker to change his appearance, including his appearance." , body shape, skin characteristics, etc., to change the drinker into another person—the characteristic of the formula is that it needs to change a little tissue on the subject, and the entire preparation process often takes a month."

"Well, yes yes, excellent answer!" Slughorn couldn't help applauding, "Miss Granger, I even have reason to believe that you might already be able to prepare it yourself..."

Of course the old man didn't know, in fact, Hermione had already made a pot by herself, and it was when she was only in the second grade.

"...In that case, Miss Granger." Slughorn shrugged, "Is there still this pot?"

"Uh...um."

When the old man pointed to the third cauldron, Hermione hesitated for a rare moment. Inside the silver crucible was a colorful but faint liquid medicine. At first glance, it seemed that one could see the calm liquid, but at the same time, it seemed that one could directly see the bottom of the crucible.

Of course, it's not that she doesn't know this kind of potion, on the contrary, among the four crucibles, the potion in this one is the only potion she is very familiar with.

"...This is Immortal Hidden Potion, an invisibility potion created by Professor McLean, which can make the drinker completely hide himself, so that others cannot notice his existence. Its main material is fairy wings."

Having said that, Hermione paused for a moment, and then continued to speak in doubt.

"In addition," she said, "this potion was certified by the Potions Management Office of the International Federation of Wizards in early 1992. Annual Silver Award for 2019. But..."

"Aha! Miss Granger, I know what you have doubts," Slughorn said with a smile, "Yes,

According to the regulations of the Wizarding Union, the formula of Xianyin Potion will not be announced until after Professor McLean passes away! but--"

As he was talking, he suddenly raised an index finger and said excitedly: "If it is the dissemination instructed by Professor McLean himself, it is not within its limits. Yes, that is to say, there is only our classroom in the world now Only the people here can learn how to prepare this potion!"

Self-preservation may allow me to obtain more and longer-term benefits, but as far as Maca is concerned, it is just a mere fairy medicine that is not so precious anymore. In fact, he already had a lot of original or improved potion formulas in his hands. Although none of those potions were sent to the Wizards Union for testing, they were already sold out on the black market.

Snape mentioned in his first Potions class that potions can "accumulate wealth, increase prestige, brew glory, and prevent death". Among them, the first step of Maca can be said to have been preliminarily achieved, so what he is about to carry out is naturally the second and third steps.

And this has a complementary effect with his current state, so why not do it?

Maca is undoubtedly a popular figure in Hogwarts right now, so when Slughorn said this, the students who heard that they could learn the Immortal Hermit Potion all applauded excitedly. Thinking about it, almost all the students in the Potions class are very interested in Potions. How lucky is it to be able to learn a potion that no one else knows?

"Okay, okay!" Slughorn waved his hand, motioning everyone to calm down, "Miss Granger, your answer to this kind of fairy potion is also accurate, which is really great! Then... this What about the last one?"

As the old man said, he pointed to the remaining golden cauldron. The students who were attracted by the aroma coming out of the cauldron couldn't help but look at it again, their throats throbbing.

"This...well, it's a love potion." Hermione couldn't help swallowing, and said with a dry mouth, "Its liquid medicine has a unique mother-of-pearl color, and when it boils, the steam rises in a double-stranded spiral shape." …it can create a very strong sense of obsession or fascination in the drinker. Similar to Polyjuice Potion, it requires human tissue to be truly effective.”

"Correct!" Slughorn nodded, with sincere admiration on his face, "Of course, there is a little... Well, Miss Granger, is there anything else you want to add?"

He seemed to be about to say something, but after a little hesitation, he still asked Hermione first.

"Well..." Hermione blinked, "As for its smell, everyone smells differently, depending on who they like... For example, what I smell is similar to books, ink, etc. , the root of a certain plant, and..."

After listing several smells, she suddenly pursed her lips and stopped talking.

"Very well, very well—" Slughorn diverted the subject quite understandingly, "this is also part of the characteristics of the Love Potion, but... I would like to add one more incidentally! The effect of the Love Potion Not just for humans—not even for living things. Beware, according to new research, even if you end up throwing a lint from a smelly sock into the potion, it will still complete the action and leave the user Obsessed with that ridiculous stinky sock!"

"So, how should I put it?" The old man shook his head and said, "As Miss Granger mentioned just now - the effect of the love potion is obsession or infatuation, not true love! This obsession is It's scary, it's very dangerous, please don't underestimate it..."

"...well, now," said Slughorn, and with a wave of his wand, removed all four cauldrons, "... the simplest potion in the course begins—for you, just now Those are still early! Oh, except for Xianyin Potion..."

"Why?" asked a Ravenclaw student suddenly.

"Because most of its steps are uncomplicated," Hermione said casually, "except for the first step of the second stage-that involves a very novel theory, which is the work of two professors, Professor Maclean and Professor Snape. perfected together.”

...

As Hermione had said to Harry at first, the course was indeed much more difficult than it used to be. Not to mention the four potions that Slughorn showed everyone at the beginning, even the "simplest kind of potion" that the old man said made the students feel great resistance to learning.

So in the Potions class on the second day, the bald old man figured out another good idea to greatly increase everyone's desire to learn.

"... I believe everyone has seen it," Slughorn pointed to the smallest black cauldron on the desk, "Perhaps Miss Granger can also explain the name and function of this potion to everyone. Bar?"

As he spoke, the medicinal liquid in the small cauldron danced lightly, looking like flowing gold. Although its quantity is really very small, no matter who looks at it, they will feel extremely satisfied.

"That's the Bliss Elixir!" Hermione didn't even look closely, she just stood by the small round platform on her side and answered, "Some people call it the 'lucky potion', the effect is to bring happiness to the drinker. Good luck all day!"

"Couldn't be more correct!" Slughorn smiled with satisfaction. "Yes, that's all it takes to introduce it—'good luck all day'! Just take it, and you'll find that no matter what you do It's all going to go really well—sometimes it's almost like a miracle!"

As he was speaking, he paused for a moment, but then seriously warned: "However, its preparation process is quite complicated, and a slight mistake will bring extremely bad consequences. And, please pay attention——it itself has Certainly toxic, overdose is strictly prohibited; moreover, its good luck seems to come from 'overdraft', when the effect of the drug wears off, bad luck will follow..."

"Unlucky thing?"

Harry was clearly interested in this stuff, and when Slughorn brought up the side effects, he pressed on.

"Yes, unlucky thing!" Slughorn repeated, "In fact, on this issue, our potion science has not yet reached an accurate conclusion. It sometimes occurs after the effect of the potion wears off." It starts to appear, and sometimes there will be an indeterminate period of time... It may even affect the people around the user, maybe! This side effect was actually brought up by your Professor McLean when he discussed with me... "

"Have you ever taken it?" Harry asked, "I mean, have you ever experienced that so-called 'bad luck'?"

"Oh, yes . . . I tried it twice," said Slughorn. "Luck, of course, is obviously not something you can actually measure, is it? The second time, I remember. It was when I was fifty-seven years old, and on the third day after taking it, I fell and broke my head... I don't know if that counts?"

"All in all," he waved his hand, "the most important thing you need to remember is 'overdose is strictly prohibited'. You can never be wrong about this! As for the occasional moderate dose, it's not a big problem...at least so far So far, I haven't heard of anyone taking Felicia to have problems!"

"So!" Finally Slughorn touched the small cauldron and said with a smile, "A Felicity Elixir will be the grand prize for the first person who brews the 'Living Hell Potion'!"