Chapter 306 It Is the Responsibility of the Professor to Answer Students’ Questions!

"Why are you asking?" Snape narrowed his eyes.

"I was studying how to improve a potion recently, and suddenly I thought of this problem, so I was curious." Ivan hesitated for a moment, and then said.

"It seems that our great Mr. Hals believes that his current level of potions has surpassed those of potion masters." Snape had a sarcastic expression on his face.

Ivan's brows wrinkled, but he didn't mean to be angry. "I have always felt that many of today's potion formulas were developed in the last century or more, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in terms of efficacy."

"And if you don't try, how do you know it won't work? I think those potion masters might have the same idea when they were my age." Ivan looked at him seriously.

Snape's face was a little moved. He looked at Ivan and was silent for a while, and then spoke stiffly. "No one would think about such stupid questions. Potions are not for dead people!"

Ivan did not give up but continued. "Then what should I do if I want to improve the stability of a potion?"

"I think adding black stone powder might have some effect. How about valerian? I mean potions like polyjuice." Ivan tried to talk about several improvement plans that he had thought up.

"If you are going to improve a poison, black stone powder is a good choice." Snape said coldly, then passed Ivan and walked towards his office.

Ivan touched his chin and muttered to himself. "So adding blackstone powder would turn it into poison, but maybe valerian would do the trick?"

Thinking of this, Ivan once again caught up with Snape in front,

"Professor, among the ingredients that make up Polyjuice Potion, are there any ingredients that conflict with valerian? And which ones are related to the stability of the potion?"

"You should think about these questions yourself instead of asking me! If you harass me like this again, I will have to deduct ten points from Gryffindor!"

"It is the duty of the professor to answer students' questions, Professor Snape!"

"If I remember correctly, that refers to the questions in the textbook!"

After a period of harassing questioning, Ivan finally figured out most of the problems that could not be solved by looking up information. He already had a general idea of ​​the final improvement plan for the polyjuice potion. All that was left was to boil it and then find it. A "guinea pig" came to experiment.

Ivan was thinking about the plan in his mind as he walked towards the Potions classroom. Hermione was still waiting there holding the books for the next class.

"Ivan, did you go to see Professor Snape just now?" Hermione guessed immediately. She saw Ivan chasing Snape just after class.

"Well, I asked him some questions about potions." Ivan nodded, and at the same time sighed that Snape's level of potions was much higher than his!

It seemed that Snape's Potions level, converted into levels, was probably not Level 6 as he expected, but Level 7!

Ivan did not talk much about this issue, but urged Hermione to use the time turner quickly. He wanted to finish the class quickly and then experiment to see if his improvement plan was effective.

So in the next Muggle Studies class, Ivan seemed a little absent-minded. Except for standing up immediately to answer questions and brush up his academic points, the rest of the time was spent on a piece of parchment, wondering whether he had any Omissions.

Hermione watched silently, occasionally discussing the medicinal properties of several potion materials with Ivan in a low voice.

Ivan has also been impressed by Hermione in the past few days. The little witch is simply a living encyclopedia. As long as it is a regular question, Hermione can basically answer it, which greatly saves him time to search for information.

However, Hermione could not provide much help on some key issues of the improvement plan.

The only book she had read about improving potions was "Advanced Potion Making" left by the Half-Blood Prince.

"By the way, Ivan, do you know who the half-blood prince is?" Hermione asked curiously.

When she first read the book, she had a bad impression of the Half-Blood Prince because the book was full of scribbles, which was unacceptable to Hermione who loved books.

Not to mention that the half-blood prince arrogantly revised the potion making content in the book and refuted some of the theories in the book.

However, in view of her trust in Ivan, Hermione still tried it herself, and then discovered that the effect of brewing the potion using the method taught by the Half-Blood Prince was much improved compared to the original!

This made Hermione curious about the half-blood prince.

"You should be able to guess it if you think about it carefully," Ivan glanced at Hermione and said.

Hermione frowned and pondered for a while. Since Ivan said this, it proved that the Half-Blood Prince was most likely someone she knew, and he had extraordinary achievements in potions.

In her mind, there were only two people who met the conditions.

One is Ivan himself, but judging from the age of the "Advanced Potion Making", it is unlikely. The other is

"You mean Snape?! He is the Half-Blood Prince?" Hermione was very surprised, her beautiful brown eyes widened.

"Yes!" Ivan nodded, knowing that Hermione was smart enough to guess it. "So don't use the spells you learned from it indiscriminately, otherwise Snape will definitely cause trouble for you!"

Hermione stuck out her tongue, even if Ivan didn't tell her, she wouldn't dare to use it casually.

The magic spell called Shen Feng Wu Ying is so lethal that it can easily cut through wooden tables and chairs with just a wave of the wand, which shows what the consequences will be if it hits a person.

This was the first time Hermione had seen such a penetrating spell.

Then the little witch suddenly thought of something and asked with a strange expression. "So it was you who cast the Shadowless Curse in Lockhart's office last school year?"

"At that time, he wanted to use the Forgetting Curse on me, so I had to give him a little warning!" Ivan said later.

Hermione rolled her eyes at Ivan, which meant that Ivan had already known that Lockhart was a liar, but he looked at her stupidly admiring Lockhart so much.

"Mr. Hals, and Miss Granger! If you have anything to whisper, I suggest you do it after class."

Just when Hermione was about to say something, Professor Caredi Bubbaji's voice came over the stage.

The little wizards around also looked over. Ivan continued to write and draw on the parchment without changing his expression. Hermione's face turned slightly red and she turned back to read the textbook honestly.

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