Librarian at Hogwarts

Ignat had no idea that Dumbledore would have the nerve to offer such a low price of only ten gold galleons.

What makes people even more embarrassed is that Igno actually accepted it happily in the end.

"Ten Galleons is better than nine or eight..."

Perhaps only Ignatius could think of these words to comfort himself.

......

early morning.

A good day always starts with being able to sleep until you wake up naturally.

But it was clear that this weekend was not going to be a good weekend for Igno.

He got up early and was ready to start investigating black magic.

Igno thought for a while and decided to start with the green liquid he collected in the Tree of Life.

His intuition told him that this green liquid must not be simple.

After all, the word green also represents many things in the wizarding world.

To understand the nature of green liquid is a task with a simple principle but a complicated operation.

Ignat first took out the crucible he used before.

Generally speaking, the materials of crucible include copper crucible and pewter crucible.

Copper crucibles are suitable for brewing potions quickly, while pewter crucibles are suitable for brewing potions slowly.

In terms of function, there are foldable crucibles and automatic stirring crucibles.

Many people regard the automatic stirring crucible as a great invention in the history of crucible development, but Igno stubbornly feels that it is somewhat of a gimmick.

Not being able to stir and control the production of potions by himself always makes Igno feel that something is missing.

The material of Igno's crucible is different from ordinary crucibles. It is made of mithril, a very rare metal.

It does not perform as well as ordinary crucibles in brewing potions, but its main feature lies in its powerful defense function.

Mithril is inherently poison-proof, and with the blessing of magic, it can even withstand some black magic attacks.

Ignat found a potion bottle made of copper core from his storage box.

This contains diluent for decomposition.

Yes, understanding the nature of a liquid is like doing a chemistry experiment.

Its principle is simple. You only need to put the liquid you want to know into the diluent, then start stirring and distilling little by little, and finally take the distilled liquid obtained to observe it under a crystal microscope.

However, jobs with simple principles are often the most challenging.

Whether it is the ratio of diluent and liquid, or the energy and concentration required during the distillation process, this is a big challenge for wizards.

In the end, observing under a crystal microscope, this step was relatively easy.After all, you just need to see the structure of the liquid being observed.

Igno first put the green liquid and diluent into the crucible according to the conventional ratio of one to three, and then heated the crucible.

But the diluent in the crucible quickly became viscous, which was not a good sign.

No liquid can be distilled from the viscous paste-like object, except for the traces of white smoke.

Igno thought for a moment and guessed that this situation was caused by insufficient amount of diluent.

Subsequently, he modified the ratio and appropriately increased the amount of diluent.

Finally, after repeated attempts, he was able to stir the ideal state without viscosity or dilution when the ratio of green liquid and diluent was one to seven.

Immediately, he found a transparent long-mouthed round-bottomed distilling bottle with a U-shaped sealing mouth, and then placed the long mouth of the distilling bottle on top of the crucible, preparing to absorb the distilled liquid.

The sealed mouth of this long-mouthed round-bottom distilling bottle can exclude impurities and only allow special liquids to flow through. It can be said to be a standing tool for studying the nature of potions.

The flame under the crucible continued to burn, and soon, bubbles began to appear inside, and a little mist began to condense at the mouth of the crucible.

These mist are very strange. They are not like the normal mist that floats upward after dilution and distillation of magic potions. They always condense below and never float upward.

If Muggle chemists saw this, they would definitely scream weird, because this is something that goes against natural common sense.

But in the magical world, this is quite normal.

Because of those potions that are extremely lethal or have improper uses, the mist after they are distilled will reveal such characteristics.

This point was mentioned in the "Intermediate Potions Course" and was summarized by the famous potion and alchemist Nicholas Flamel.

Igno added some of his own insights based on Nicholas Flamel's findings.

He believed that the reason why the mist from improperly used potions would sink was directly related to the structure of the distilled liquid.

Just like the molecular structure.

The molecular structure of those violent potions is obviously heavier than the molecular structure of those healing and mild potions, which is why the mist they distill will sink.

The phenomenon of the fog sinking proved that Igno's guess was initially correct. This green liquid must not be something gentle or friendly.

But its specific use must be observed through a crystal microscope.

Once you observe its structural structure, you can roughly infer its specific uses or functions.

Ignat took out his wand and carefully guided the mist into the long-mouthed round-bottom distilling bottle.

When these mist pass through the U-shaped sealing port, part of them are intercepted. This is the impurity that will inevitably appear during the distillation process.

The mist that passed through the sealed opening quickly condensed into water droplets, and then the water droplets gathered together little by little, forming a small stream of water.

You can see through the transparent glass bottle that there is still a hint of green hidden in this small stream of water.

This is the essence of it.

Reaching this step in the decomposition experiment is already more than half successful.

There was already heavy sweat on Igno's head. During this period of time, he had been completely focused. After all, if there was even the slightest mistake, he would have to start the decomposition experiment all over again. get up.

After the distilled liquid cooled completely at the bottom of the bottle, Igno carefully poured a drop of the liquid in the bottle onto a transparent crystal glass piece.

Then he placed the crystal glass piece under the crystal microscope and slowly began to adjust the distance of the crystal microscope.

Not long after, the clear molecular structure of the green liquid finally appeared in front of Igno!