Chapter 415 Before Christmas Holiday

‘Well, I have almost understood this one. There is no better way to deal with it. The standard method is the best. ’

Andrew put down the materials in his hand and put them aside.

Thanks to the perception skills proposed by Professor Snape, he has made great progress in understanding the properties of potion raw materials during this period.

But such a huge progress is not without cost. After being perceived by Transfiguration, no matter whether the raw materials are precious or not, it cannot be used to brew potions.

Long-term meticulous investigation and powerful spells directly destroyed the effectiveness of the materials. Although they still look the same as before, they will only destroy the potion to be brewed after being added to the potion.

And such exploration is not even enough for one material. Even with the precision of Andrew's Transfiguration, at least seven or eight materials must be destroyed before he can say that he has roughly mastered its properties in potions.

There is no cheap stuff like this, especially after the high-speed cultivation technique of herbs was discovered, the price of these animal raw materials has soared.

Andrew even felt that he was burning money-but these Galleons are indeed helping him grow rapidly, growing at a speed close to the growth rate of Transfiguration.

‘Fortunately, these materials are on the laboratory’s account, otherwise, a team’s brooms would have been burned, and all the money I can explain would have to be burned.’

After accurately recording his feelings just now, Andrew simply calculated the bill and opened his mouth wide.

Without the laboratory and a legend, he would have gone bankrupt.

‘But it’s worth it. If it doesn’t work, ask the astronomy tower to borrow some.’ Andrew glanced at his notes and started to review the materials from the first page again. Because of his insufficient knowledge of potion science, his note-taking method was very strange, and it was difficult for anyone else to understand.

[Narcissus root, a bitter and colorful feeling, mixed with a flashing drowsy power, but it is extremely difficult to induce it. It will slowly transform under the action of magic. In theory, it is not resistant to boiling. The common treatment method of potions is to grind it into powder for use. The loss of magic power after grinding is not obvious...]

At the bottom of the text record is an image of narcissus root formed by his Transfiguration.

‘At first, the method used in the first grade class was too confusing. After finishing the content in the textbook, I will organize it into a standard summary method for easy reference later. In addition, I need to find a more potion-based expression to do a secondary translation. ’

Andrew looked at his notes and nodded, but for now he would just follow his own method - anyway, there would be no accidents if he only used Transfiguration to sense the potion. If he could come up with something different, he would make a lot of money.

Even if there was no result, it would not be considered a failure. Using Transfiguration to sense the potion was helpful to his Transfiguration, which was better than he expected - this was simply using Transfiguration to sense the magic world, and to explore the most essential potion part of the magic world. As each portion of the medicine was consumed, his Transfiguration was steadily improving.

‘Except for burning Galleons, there were no other problems. ’

Andrew nodded, put the materials after the experiment back in place and marked them - there was also a change in the experimental raw materials contaminated by Transfiguration waiting for the summary afterwards, so there was no rush to throw this thing away.

‘Probably by Easter this year, I can go through all of them once, and then I will see if I need to buy more. ’

He checked the laboratory carefully for the last time and then closed the door.

Professor Snape's rare laboratory process tutorial was about to begin, and he didn't want to be late.

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"No mistakes," Professor Snape nodded, but didn't say anything more.

What was in front of him was not those automatic crucible stirrers. Remembering the laboratory rules was what he should do, otherwise why would he waste his time?

"Today we are talking about simplification, and we will use potions as an example. The purpose is to save necessary time. Although it is not used much in potions, it is more common in those studies that make changes to spells, but if some potions are needed urgently, it is still useful."

With a wave of the wand, the colorfully decorated crucible on the table was filled with clear water.

"You don't know this crucible, do you, Taylor?"

He looked at the half-talent in front of him strangely-although it was indeed a bit difficult, an excellent wizard's laboratory should be prepared with one.

"Sorry, professor, I can only guess that it is the shell of some creature."

Andrew shook his head.

He knew about the crucible - in order to complete the legend, he consulted a lot of fairy tale knowledge. He had some knowledge of both the Four Treasures of Ireland and the Thirteen Treasures of Britain, but for the crucible of potions, he only knew that the pewter crucible they used in class was the slowest but most stable crucible for boiling potions.

To be honest, he planned to insert those treasures into Dumbledore's teaching career, but he was not familiar with the special crucible in the magic world in front of him.

"This is a crucible made of the shell of a fire crab. The boiling speed is even faster than that of a gold crucible, and the quality of the potion will be better, but the disadvantage is that the temperature is difficult to control. Ordinary pharmacists only dare to use it to boil potions for a short time."

Professor Snape explained quickly, obviously not wanting to waste too much time on these things he thought were common sense.

"The simplified process of potions will greatly affect the quality of potions, because potions can be regarded as an elegant ritual, and rough completion will naturally reduce the effect of the ritual."

The flames rose quickly.

But Professor Snape's explanation did not stop. "The flame is to maintain the effect of the ritual. Therefore, unless a new ritual is created, the effect of the flame cannot be replaced."

'Ah, the Transfiguration Potion is not... No, if it is a new ritual, it makes sense, but it requires too much preparation. '

"Water is the most commonly used item to activate the effect of the potion, but it is not the only one. Oil can also be used, but it requires more precise operation. Even the potion itself can be used as an activator, such as your enzyme transfiguration, which has a similar principle."

Professor Snape explained carefully with a manner that did not appear in the classroom, but his speech speed did not slow down at all.

"At the same time, simplification is also the most basic method. No matter what kind of experiment, it is the most stupid behavior to fantasize about simplification without even mastering the basic experiment. Many wizards have died from this."

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Perhaps the topic turned to the direction that Professor Snape was best at, and a smile appeared on his face. "When brewing potions, you need some magic at the right time to help the potion absorb the power of the materials."

A few snake skins were thrown in - they were from Australia, um, black-bellied red snakes.

Andrew had just made a record the day before yesterday and was quite familiar with its properties.

'No, the crucible locked the temperature? Damn, the shell of the fire crab also acts as a pressure cooker? It's not sealed...'

'It should be now...'

In his wild thoughts, he suddenly got an inspiration - if he wanted to use some magic to help, then this opportunity should be the best.

Sure enough, just as he guessed, Professor Snape lightly tapped the crucible with his wand - it almost boiled instantly, but the potion did not overflow, but turned into a dark purple.

"Do you understand?"

"Yes, professor."

"How many kinds of potion ingredients have you checked?"

Professor Snape stared at Andrew.

"More than 330 kinds, professor, but we haven't started studying the differences between the variants yet."

A brief silence.

"Keep going, but pay attention to your budget, after all, some raw materials are restricted."

Potion masters are also very expensive. Unless they are willing to waste time supplying signature potions for a long time, the laboratory's funds are also limited, especially for those restricted raw materials. Although they can be obtained, it takes some time and favors, which is still very troublesome.

Andrew was silent for a while, but he remained emotional and responded.

"I will pay attention, professor."