Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 709 Background

  The first round of the Magic School Potions Tournament gave Albert the feeling that he was taking a practical exam.

   The result is naturally the first again.

  At this moment, in the referee's seat, Chairman Bernard is announcing to everyone that the second round of competition will start in three days.

  Although the content of the competition was not announced, on the way back to the bar, Professor Slughorn told Albert about the content of the second round of the competition.

"Competitors need to go deep into the magic garden to collect potion raw materials within 10 hours, and return with the found raw materials within the specified time, and use the found raw materials to prepare a potion." Professor Slughorn said Wang reminded, "Most of the contestants from other schools already know the specific content of the second round of the competition. I suggest you leave yourself a way out and make sure that the raw materials you collect can be formulated into a potion before you think about other issues." .”

   "In addition to collecting raw materials, you need to leave time for preparing the potion, at least an hour and a half. I have seen people who were eliminated because they didn't have enough time to brew the potion."

"I see."

   Albert nodded his thanks to Professor Slughorn.

  Although he already knew the content of the follow-up game, Professor Slughorn did his best to help him in order for him to win the game.

At this moment, a middle-aged man with a beard and sallow cheeks came to Albert and raised his hand in a friendly way to greet him, "This should be our first formal meeting, Mr. Anderson. I am Damocles, Damocles Belby."

   "Nice to meet you, Mr. Belby." Albert shook hands with the other party.

"Great game, very exciting, you probably didn't notice Bernard's expression!" Damocles was very satisfied that Albert crushed the other contestants, "I heard Hetok said you still Improved euphoria, if you use it in a game, I bet Bernard will see no reason to deduct points from you."

"No, if Chairman Bernard doesn't want me to get full marks, he can always find a suitable excuse, and the situation will not change because of certain things." Albert was not annoyed by the referee's partiality, and he didn't even have any expression on his face Change, "Who made Chairman Bernard's grandson also come to participate in the competition."

   "It seems that you have already guessed the reason." Damocles nodded and said, "Everyone is actually very disgusted with his approach. Many people are waiting to see you take away the golden cauldron."

   "I'm working on it."

   "Britain has missed the Golden Crucible for several years, but I believe you will be able to win the final championship." Damocles had great confidence in Albert.

  "Mr. Anderson, you don't need to be so humble, you should be more confident. Everyone believes that you will bring back the golden cauldron for Hogwarts." Professor Slughorn said.

   "I haven't seen Mr. Slughorn for a long time. I thought you had retired." Damocles greeted Mr. Slughorn, and the relationship between the two parties can only be considered average.

"Dumbledore can't leave for the time being, let me help lead the team." Professor Slughorn warmly invited, "Would you like to sit in the bar for a while, Mrs. Selina is here, I remember you too Get to know her."

"No, I have other things to do, so I won't bother you." Damocles declined with a smile, and turned his head to Albert and said: "This is a rare opportunity, take a look and learn more, you There will definitely be many unexpected gains. Especially the library here, any herbalist or pharmacist should not miss it."

"I will."

  Albert was about to ask where the library was, but Damocles turned and walked away.

   "The one just now is Mr. Damocles Belby who invented the wolfsbane potion?"

  At the entrance of the bar, Catherine led the team over, looked at the back of Damocles leaving, and asked Albert curiously.

  Although Catherine felt that the Wolfsbane potion was too expensive and its effect was a bit tasteless, she also did not deny that it was a great invention across the ages.

   "I didn't expect you to know each other."

   "Yes." Albert nodded and said no more.

  In the next few days, the magic garden will organize a team to take the contestants to visit the greenhouse in the village, and introduce the precious plants cultivated in the greenhouse in more detail.

  This time, instead of watching from a distance through the glass windows outside the greenhouse, we went directly into the greenhouse for close observation and explanation.

   "This is olfactory grass, an extremely rare and popular magical plant."

  The leading herbalist is a tall witch. She is pointing to a plant whose leaves are shining like copper, and introduces to everyone, "Sniffing grass is named after Sniffing. Ancient wizards like to use them as currency."

"The olfactory grass in the greenhouse is artificially cultivated, which is very difficult and not easy to survive. At present, there may only be wild olfactory grass in the magic garden in the world. If you encounter it when you enter the magic garden, the last It's best not to pick or destroy them, otherwise you may immediately lose the qualification for the competition." The witch warned.

  The main reason for bringing players here to visit is that they don't want a few people to cause damage to some precious magic plants after entering the magic garden.

   "Is there any use for the smelling grass?" Valeria, a blonde girl from Russia, asked curiously.

"Currently, the most well-known use comes from the research of Sigismund Bach, the author of "Book of Potions", on Phantom Scenting Grass, which can be used to brew potential potions." The witch mentioned Sigismund Batch The expression on his face was extremely complicated. The potential potion invented by Zygmunt Bach was one of the reasons why the sniffer grass was on the verge of extinction indirectly.

  When the "Book of Potions" appeared in front of the world, it caused a sensation.

  A magical potion that can enhance the magic power of a wizard, which has an incomparable appeal to any pure-blood wizard.

  The Scenting Grass, which was already on the verge of extinction, has completely disappeared from the eyes of the world, leaving only the Scenting Grass in the magic garden.

  In order to prevent people from stretching their hands into the magic garden, the olfactory grass is regarded as a very precious protected plant by the International Federation of Wizards. It is strictly protected, and finally this precious plant has not been extinct.

   "Potential potion?"

  The red-haired boy from the United States has a strange expression. He knows this potion and even took a bottle.

   Potential medicine is good for everything, but the price is too expensive, and now he finally knows the reason.

   "Don't try to sniff the magic grass, unless you want to be blacklisted in the magic garden." The witch cast a glance at the red-haired boy, and said coldly, "Someone has done this before, but I think he must have regretted it."

   "No, he didn't regret it!"

   If the herbal medicine experts here know that the inferior quality of the sniffer grass has been cultivated in the United States and used in the production of potential potions, I don’t know what they will think.

   Today, Albert has increased his knowledge. In addition to smelling phantom grass, I also saw many precious plants.

  For example, the "Longevity Grass" discovered in the Andean Plateau in the 13th century is said to be one of the main raw materials of the legendary elixir of life.

  The type is a bit like ginseng, and the main effective part is the rhizome. It is actually more appropriate to call it longevity root.

   "It is said that the Peru side has been completely extinct, and currently there are only magic gardens..."

   It's a pity that most of the plants here are endangered plants, so we can only look at them helplessly, with no hope at all.

  (end of this chapter)