Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

The pink and light gold sky was covered with a thin layer of mist, and there was no breeze blowing through the treetops of the Forbidden Forest. The Whomping Willow remained motionless, looking very innocent.Smoke rose from Hagrid's hut, and it looked like he was making breakfast.

After Gray came out of the clock tower, he walked along the edge of the Forbidden Forest. The words Franti, alchemy, yeast and Professor "Mason" couldn't get out of his mind.

He searched hard and couldn't find any impression of these words. At most, he could only think of the story of Nico Flamel. Nico Flamel and Dumbledore were friends. It seemed that he needed to ask Dumbledore.

Gray turned and walked into the Forbidden Forest. He was interested in stones and had been a frequent visitor to the Forbidden Forest since his school days. In addition, his friend Bill Weasley was very interested in magical creatures. The two of them often sneaked into the Forbidden Forest to explore. .

As a gamekeeper, Hagrid was very angry about this. Apart from taking care of the hunting grounds on a daily basis, all his extra energy seemed to be spent on how to prevent Gray and Bill from sneaking into the Forbidden Forest.

Gray walked deeper and deeper into the Forbidden Forest. The path gradually became overgrown with weeds, the trees were very dense, and the light was as dark as dusk.

"I haven't been here for two or three years, so I feel a little strange now!"

Gray took out his wand and prepared the fluorescent light to illuminate the surrounding area.

"Whizzing!"

Before he could get the light, he heard a sound coming from very close to the right. He immediately looked around and saw a silver-green lizard crawling in a pile of leaves.

"It's a shape-shifting lizard!"

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Shapeshifting lizards have the ability to shrink their bodies at will, so they have never been discovered by Muggles.

Its skin is prized among wizards and is used to make money bags and wallets.

"Passed out!"

Gray didn't hesitate and cast a sleeping spell on the deformed lizard. Unexpectedly, it reacted faster and immediately shrank to the size of a finger and crawled away quickly.

He hurriedly followed it without blinking, for fear that it would be lost.

"Quickly imprisoned!"

The deformed lizard immediately seemed to be nailed to the spot. Gray came over, grabbed its tail and picked it up to have a look. He was really lucky this time. He caught a deformed lizard not long after arriving deep in the Forbidden Forest!

It seems it's time to change your wallet. Wallets and purses made of this scaly material will shrink when strangers approach, like a shape-shifting lizard; therefore, it will be difficult for thieves to find the shape. Money bag made of lizard skin.

Gray stood up with the controlled deformed lizard. He was focused on the exquisite silver-green appearance and did not pay attention to the path under his feet. He was suddenly shaken and almost fell down.

He stabilized his body and looked down at the wood at his feet. It was an ordinary piece of wood. Normally, he would have walked around it.

But when he stumbled upon it, he felt that it was not just like a piece of rotten wood that had been in the humid and dark environment of the Forbidden Forest all year round, but was actually very hard.

Gray squatted down and looked closely at the piece of wood lying on the ground. He touched it with his hand and felt that its texture was very hard.

After hesitating for a while, he made a judgment:

"Perrified wood?"

Petrified wood looks like wood and feels like stone.It is actually not a type of spar, but wood that has been petrified for millions of years and turned into a powerful combination of wood and stone.

Like other fossils, petrified wood is a vivid record of the earth's long history and vicissitudes of life.

This kind of wood is often cursed for some reason, making it magical and impervious to decay, and is slowly petrified into what it is today.

Therefore, petrified wood also has another name - "resentment wood"

The inner magic it gained due to the curse has become stronger and stronger over the years, accumulated in the body, but has been sealed by its own curse.

Because it is sealed, wizards can hardly sense its magic, and its appearance is difficult to distinguish from ordinary wood, especially in such dark woods, so it is very rare.

If a wizard gets a piece of cursed petrified wood and activates Fengchen's curse, Fengchen's million-year-old magic will burst out. This is a very dangerous thing.

But danger is danger. How can you get huge rewards if you don't take risks?

As long as you control the burst of magic power, you can make it your own.The most intuitive effect is to directly improve one's magical strength, sensory agility and reaction ability. It can even give the wizard the ability to become powerful and resilient.

The petrified wood after releasing its magic power is not useless. When mixed with other magic materials, it can also exert its own properties.

For example, it can assist people's memory, and can even understand the development of ancient things. In short, it can help people remember some things in the past.

The discovery of petrified wood can be said to be a sure profit. Many spar scholars once devoted their lives to searching for petrified wood.

"You're so lucky today, aren't you?"

He has never gotten a piece of petrified wood!

Although it is not a crystal stone, its use and magical abilities are still recorded in the crystal science books.

Given that the beam in front of him was too big, if he tried to break the curse, the magic power erupted from the curse would most likely endanger his life.He finally decided to break off only one piece and keep the rest in place for him to slowly dismantle later.

This trip was very fruitful, and the visit to the Forbidden Forest was not in vain.

"Now I have something to do when I go back!"

Gray was very satisfied with this additional gain. For a crystal researcher, there is nothing more satisfying than getting an untouched high-quality stone.

He put the piece of petrified wood in the inner pocket of the wizard's robe and walked toward the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest while humming a tune.

"Good morning Gray!"

As soon as Gray walked out of the Forbidden Forest, he heard someone calling him, but he would rather not hear this voice.

Lockhart was wearing the lightest lavender robe. He had just pushed open the door of Hagrid's hut and was about to come out. He saw Gray passing by and hurriedly called him, but then turned his head to face Hagrid in the room. Said a few words.

"It's easy to do if you know how!" Lockhart spoke loudly to Hagrid. "If you need any help, just come to me, you know where I am! I will give you a copy of my The book you wrote - I'm surprised you don't have one yet. I'll sign it and send it over tonight. Well, bye!"

After saying that, he swung his beautiful robe and strode up to Gray, his golden curly hair swaying as he walked.

Lockhart smiled and bared his teeth: "Good morning! So you're walking here too! I just talked to Hagrid about some methods of preventing and controlling water monsters. Of course, I just happened to see it in this regard, so I don't have to To think of myself as being on the same level as Professor Kettleburn would cause trouble for others."

Gray was speechless. To put it bluntly, he was just asking Hagrid to brag and recommend his own book.Kettleburn is the current Professor of Conservation of Miraculous Biology. Is Lockhart on the same level as him?

Just kidding.

How did he think Professor Kettleburn was missing arms and legs?This is the price you pay every time you deal with dangerous creatures, and you have much more experience than Lockhart.

"I think we should go back to the castle." Lockhart said with a smile, "I have a few things to discuss with you, including milky quartz. I heard that you used it to absorb the light. What a coincidence. I I’ve had experience before—”

"Gilderoy, I have something to do with Hagrid. Let's talk about it another day!"

"Okay!" Lockhart adjusted his hair, "Maybe I should go back and have a nice beauty sleep at this time. The weather today is very good, a leisurely weekend, bright sunshine! It couldn't be more suitable! Okay, goodbye, Gray!"

After saying that, he strode towards the castle.

At this time, Gray discovered three small heads in the bushes nearby.

"How long will you continue to hide?"

The little bush head shrank in fright, and then three people appeared. Harry and Hermione were messing with Ron, who looked very bad.

"Professor!" Harry said in a panic, "Can you help us? Something's wrong with Ron!"

"Ron? What's wrong with you?" Gray looked at Ron's face turning white and green.

"We..." Just as Harry was about to speak, Ron's body heaved violently, and a slug landed on his chest.

Well, Slug, Gray already knows.

Hagrid opened the door at this time: "Oh, my God, I seemed to hear your voices in the house, and it turned out to be true when I opened the door."

He looked around again warily: "Gray, is Lockhart gone?"

"Let's go." Gray smiled helplessly.

"Come on, everyone, come in and sit down!" Hagrid waved his hand towards the room, inviting them in, "Grey, we haven't talked for a long time. I originally thought that after you graduate, it would be easier for me to guard the Forbidden Forest. …until I met Bill’s twin brother…”

With that said, he greeted everyone into the house.