Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

Last night's experience did not frighten Harry. He inherited the adventurous gene from his father, and he looked as if he was eager to do things like night walks and bumping into a big dog with three heads.

At breakfast the next day, Harry also told Ron and Andre his speculations about the Gringotts invasion.

He suspected that the trap door under the three-headed dog contained the dirty little package that Hagrid took out from Gringotts.

It's a pity that they have too few clues about this matter now, and all the evidence is based on Harry's guess.

Of course Andre knows everything, but he can't tell anyone. You must know that he has even started to study crazily in Occlumency in his spare time when practicing human body transformation - this magic he only recently found in the library, it is worth it I'm glad this book is not in the restricted area.

Both Dumbledore and Voldemort were masters of Legilimency.And if he continued to take adventures with Harry and the others, he would inevitably come into contact with the two wizards who stood at the top of the wizarding world at the end of this school year. He did not want his biggest secret to be known by either of them.

However, this kind of practice has not seen any results yet, and he is no better than fifth-year Harry in this regard, especially in the absence of guidance.

After breakfast, the three boys went to the Potions classroom together. This was a classroom converted from a basement, which fit Professor Snape's gloomy appearance very well.

It is also worth mentioning that Hermione has completely ignored any of the three people since this morning.In Ron's words, he was extremely grateful for this.

Andre didn't think so, but he really couldn't change his image in the little witch's mind at the moment.

The nine o'clock bell rang on time, and Snape flew into the classroom like a big bat - in fact, he walked, but his feet were covered by his loose black robes.

Today's lesson is about the twelve uses of dragon's blood. Snape taught the students at the desk in his usual deep voice.

Harry no longer dared to explode in Potions class. However, Snape obviously would not let Harry go because of his obedience. Maybe this would further arouse some strange feelings deep in Snape's heart. desire.

So when get out of class was over, Gryffindor was deducted another point as expected, thanks to the Potions Professor's mercy.

It was another leisurely half-day vacation in the afternoon, and Andre decided to stroll around the edge of the Forbidden Forest to see if he could collect some valuable potion materials.

This is also the only way he can count on making money in the near future. When he received the admission notice to Hogwarts, he had hoped to study potions well after arriving at school, and then he could earn money by brewing potions. Took a large sum of gold galleons.

However, reality gave him a blow. During the two months in the Leaky Cauldron, he fully understood that making money in the wizarding world was never that simple.

Taking potions as an example, most of the profits are not actually in the hands of the wizards who brew the potions, but are firmly in the hands of the big families who control the potion materials.

Just like Polyjuice Potion, an expensive transformation potion, its formula contains six raw materials: lacewings, leech, amphora, sapweed, bicorn powder, and African tree snake skin.

The prices of the first five ingredients are very low, and the cost of the African tree snake, which is controlled by several pure-blood wizard families in Africa, accounts for almost 80.00% of the price of the finished polyjuice potion.

After deducting the cost of several other materials, you won't earn much money by brewing one serving of Polyjuice Potion. If it fails once, you don't know how many servings it will take to earn back the cost.

So if you want to make money from potions, you have to invent new potions - and they have to be new potions with great effects. Monopolizing the formula can make the potion master who invented the potion earn a lot of gold galleons.

For example, Harry's grandfather invented the Instant Smoothing Potion. This magical hair care potion allowed him to quadruple his family's wealth. A large number of wizards may have almost no hair due to their magical talent. It cannot be made docile by ordinary means, and Harry and Hermione are typical examples.

In fact, brewing potions is not as difficult as imagined. Unlike ancient potions that require various spells, improved modern potion formulas generally have ingredients such as stabilization and neutralization to participate in the magic reaction.

This greatly reduces the difficulty of brewing potions. Even a Muggle with no magic skills can make a potion by following the steps in the potions textbook.

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Andre walked to Hagrid's hut alone. He knocked on the door, and Hagrid's huge body soon appeared in front of the door.

"Andre, you came to see me?" Hagrid scratched his big head.

Andre nodded: "Yes, Hagrid, are you free now? I want to go to the edge of the Forbidden Forest to collect some potion materials."

"Oh, of course, I can take you to look for it, but don't expect too much, Andre. Professor Sprout always takes time to visit the Forbidden Forest every month, and Professor Snape occasionally does Come." Hagrid readily agreed to Andre's request, turned around and took Fang out of the house, and picked up the stone bow placed on the outer wall of the wooden house.

Andre was not disappointed, he had expected this.Moreover, he knew that there was a large group of Acromantulas in the forest. This kind of dangerous magical animal rated xxxxx level by the Ministry of Magic was almost extinct outside. This group of people in the Forbidden Forest only relied on Hagrid to thrive.

The venom of the Acromantula is used as a neutralizing agent in refining many magic potions. It is expensive, with a pint costing almost 100 galleons.

With Andre's current strength, it would be unreasonable to provoke the Acromantula, but it does not prevent him from considering this as a long-term goal.

The goal of coming to the Forbidden Forest today is not necessarily to collect anything, but to get familiar with it first.

"The forest is actually not too dangerous. Most of the animals are friendly. Some of them just like to play." Hagrid, who was walking in front, said to Andre.

Although he has never seen the creatures in the Forbidden Forest with his own eyes, based on Andre's understanding of Hagrid, the play of these creatures is probably not something that ordinary little wizards can bear.

Fortunately, when Andre came into contact with the mysterious Forbidden Forest for the first time, he did not encounter the friendly animals Hagrid said. After all, they only wandered around the edges and did not go deep.During this short journey, Andre found some two-eared grass and white fresh flowers.

This is undoubtedly a surprise. The value of two-eared grass is not high. There are even a lot of them in the lockers of the students in the Potions class, so they can be taken at any time.But Bai Xian is different. This magical plant can effectively heal wounds. If it is refined and the essence of Bai Xian is extracted, its curative effect can be further enhanced.

Even Hagrid was surprised that they could actually find white fresh food in the fringe area. This kind of thing is rare and the output is very low. The piece in Andre's hand can already be sold for four or five gold galleons.