Chapter 182 Potion Championship
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Shui Shen Zhi Feng
Chapter 182 Potion Championship
Schelling thought for a while, now that his relationship with Snape has progressed to this point, and he has also demonstrated some strength and influence, it seems that he can also try to recruit him.
So, Schelling asked, "Professor, what are you going to do after the Dark Lord returns? Do you follow Dumbledore's orders and go undercover for the Dark Lord?"
Even at this moment, Snape's cold face like an iceberg of ten thousand years couldn't hold back, and suddenly changed color, he shouted coldly: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Xie Lin shook his head and said with a smile: "Professor, you are my father's best friend and the dean I respect. I have always regarded you as one of my own! You asked me about the missing students. I have no intention of hiding anything, and I will tell you the truth directly—"
"What you are doing now is a bit uninteresting." Xie Lin said: "Among my allies are brilliant fortune-tellers, so I am not really ignorant of the future. I am not afraid to tell you honestly, I have seen your end!"
Snape's pupils shrank slightly, and his whole body trembled quickly. He pondered for a while before he asked, "Am I dead?"
"Yes, Professor," Sherin said in a tone of exclamation: "Like a tragic hero, you died bearing the infamy of a traitor, and Potter also embarked on the path you and Dumbledore arranged, and had a one-on-one duel with the Dark Lord..."
"What was the result?" Snape's body trembled visibly, this time he finally let go of his usual restraint, he asked eagerly, and even his breathing became a little short.
Schelling shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. Judging from the results of divination, the Dark Lord died in the duel, but Harry also entered the nether world, which means that he may die, but he may also return to the present world...Even master divination masters cannot see all the future..."
Snape's face looked as if someone had forced a mouthful, as ugly as it could be.
Dumbledore!
We agreed to protect Lily's child together, is that how you protect?
Snape is such a smart person. Although he only heard the final result from Schelling's words, he immediately figured out the key point. Harry was obviously put on stage by Dumbledore and used to deal with Voldemort's weapon!
This old man has earth-shattering strength, but blindly and stupidly put all his hopes on an illusory prophecy!
At this time, Schelling spoke in a timely manner, "Professor, I can help you change this situation... You don't have to die, and Potter doesn't have to fight the Dark Lord..."
Snape's lips trembled, but he turned around and looked away.The two fell into silence for a moment.
After a long time, he finally turned around to face Xie Lin, and said with difficulty: "What price do I have to pay..."
"Professor, don't think about me so preoccupied..." Xie Lin suddenly said a little funny, "Let's put it this way! Among my allies, there are masters of alchemy, masters of divination, experts of magical animals, and masters of herbal medicine... The only thing missing is a master of potions. Do you understand me when I say that?"
Snape resumed his usual indifferent face and nodded.
"I will give you a list of students," Schelling said, "You will continue to be your dean and professor at Hogwarts, but you must provide the students on the list with the greatest help you can within your ability."
"Okay." Snape nodded, these things were simply a piece of cake for him.
"After the return of the Dark Lord, hey," Xie Lin said with a smile, "the world will be divided into three camps on the surface—those who follow the Dark Lord, those who oppose the Dark Lord, and those who refuse to believe in the return of the Dark Lord. Don't doubt it, all of these have been shown in the divination results, and none of our camps will join—"
Xie Lin's eyes glowed with confidence, and his voice was deep and powerful, "We lurk in the dark, let them kill themselves, and finally come out as a savior to clean up the mess... Don't worry, I will ensure that Potter will be fine during the process... Do I need to make an unbreakable oath?"
Snape stared at Schelling for five seconds, then said softly, "No need."
"Well, Professor," Xie Lin finally showed a sincere smile, "then wish us a happy cooperation, and I will rely on your care in the future."
["Ally" Severus Snape got it! 】
Snape snorted in disbelief, and then, as if suddenly remembering something, he said, "Before you leave, there is another thing. I haven't received any news on the exact time during this summer vacation, but it is estimated that it will be around mid-August. The magic garden in the French Pyrenees will hold the 85th Wizarding Interschool Potions Tournament. I see that you can improve the potion formula with the potion level you showed in class today?"
The Potions Championship is a long-standing event in the potion world. It was originally held to commemorate Quintia McQuoid in the early fifteenth century, a pharmacist who lost his life in order to research and invent a potion for treating malaria.
Participation in this competition is conditional. Participants must be students of one of the 11 most famous magic schools in the world, and must be recommended by a potion master.
At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the author of "The Book of Potions", Zigmunt Bach, wanted to participate in that Potions Championship when he was 14 years old.At that time, he was already the best student in Potions class in the class, and he was even able to correct the teacher's mistake in making potions with the tail of soft-clawed land prawns.However, due to his ordinary family background, he did not have any recommendation from a potion master, so he could only seek help from the headmaster of Hogwarts at the time.
But the principal rejected him on the grounds that he was under 17 and the tournament was too dangerous for him.Because of this, in a rage, he applied to drop out of Hogwarts. He felt that Hogwarts just wanted to kill his chance of becoming a pharmacist.After leaving the school, he discovered that only contestants representing the school could participate in the tournament, and he was no longer eligible after leaving Hogwarts.
It's not that he didn't try to transfer to other magic schools, but because of his unattractive appearance and ragged clothes, he was not valued by other schools. So proud, he ran to the Hemetra Island in the Hebrides alone to live in seclusion, where he devoted himself to studying his potion science, and finally wrote the masterpiece "The Book of Potions".
His notable contributions include the invention of the Charm Elixir, the Poison used to exterminate foxes, and the Felix Elixir, which is astonishingly effective.In addition, he also improved many ancient potion formulas, such as shrink potion and sleep potion.
As mentioned earlier, the ancient sleep potion originally used Moondew Grass as the main raw material. It was Baqi who thought of replacing Moondew Grass with wormwood, and finally created the prototype of Living Hell Decoction.
As mentioned earlier in this book, in the global magical world, there are three highest honors for students, namely the "Triwizard Tournament", the "Cairo International Alchemy Conference", and the "Wizard Interschool Potion Championship". Both are competitive competitions at the international level.
Just winning one of these three international competitions is enough to make a name for yourself in the international wizarding world.Of course, there are other competitions and awards in the wizarding world, such as the "Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting Technique", "International Wizard Chess Competition", etc., but their gold content cannot be compared with the first three.
Although Schelling has already participated in the Triwizard Tournament, he does not want to let go of the other two competitions.He wants to be the Triple Crown, to become something beyond Dumbledore!
(Note: For comparison, Dumbledore’s achievements during his student days are: Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting Technique, Cairo International Alchemy Conference Pioneering Contribution Gold Award)
"Yes, Professor." Schelling took out a bottle of blue flame potion from his pocket. "This is a work I invented when I was in the first grade. It was inspired by the Muggle combustion enhancer, but after countless improvements by me, it is enough to increase the fire intensity and temperature of the flame by at least ten times."
Snape's eyes were also slightly moved. It is quite remarkable to be able to invent potions in the first grade, even if it is just a crude work.
He took out an ancient formula of "Pleasure Potion" and said, "If I asked you to improve this formula, what would you do?"
Xie Lin just glanced at it casually, and said lightly: "The biggest problem with the euphoria is nothing more than the side effects of non-stop singing and nose twisting due to excessive emotion. We can start by counteracting the side effects—"
"A common way is to add peppermint to it, and that's pretty good," says Schelling.
Snape frowned deeply, "You mean... besides peppermint, there are actually better ways to improve it?"
"Passion flower (Passiflora)." Schelling said firmly, "Passion flower can calm people down from excessive excitement."
(Note: Modern Chinese botany translates Passion Flower as Passiflora, but the author still thinks Passion Flower is pleasant to hear and easy to remember)
Snape had an indescribable expression on his face. It seemed that he was a little disappointed, but he also had an expression similar to "this is normal". He shook his head, "This is not good, the passion flower will directly cancel the effect of the euphoria potion, and it will weaken the effect of the euphoria potion."
"Not necessarily." Xie Lin said: "Professor, you once said that potions are a precise science and rigorous craftsmanship. Passion flower belongs to Mercury in the herbal medicine sequence, and is also in the sequence of Leo. As long as the timing of refining medicine is controlled, for example, when Mercury moves between the sun and us, the effect of passion flower can be displayed after the side effects of the potion appear."
Snape fell silent, he simulated the process of refining the medicine described by Schelling in his mind, and calculated the success rate of concocting the euphoria described by Schelling.After a while, he nodded, "It does work."
Then, Snape took out a roll of parchment from his arms, and handed it to Schelling, "This is a letter of recommendation I wrote for you. With this, you can participate in the Potions Championship. I think with your strength, there is no problem in participating in this competition. I will personally explain to Dumbledore. His ideal candidate is actually Gryffindor's male student council president, Morn."
Schelling snorted softly, and sneered disdainfully: "The principal really takes care of Gryffindor. If I remember correctly, Gryffindor has been the president of the male student union for three consecutive years, right? I'm still not satisfied with this, and even other competitions have to be selected by default? If the Triwizard Tournament is not selected by neutral magic items, should Gryffindor warriors also be arranged for the battle?"
(Note: Throughout the book, the known male and female student council presidents are all Gryffindors except our Lord Voldemort - Dumbledore, McGonagall, James, Lily, Bill, Percy)
Snape's face was also very gloomy, which reminded him of a school bully becoming the president of the male student council, but he still said in a cold voice: "That's not true. Moen's level of potions is indeed very good, and his grade is also older than you. After all, the competition is still quite dangerous. Of course, I think you are definitely better than him in terms of potion preparation methods and raw material combinations. The problem is that he knows more types of potions than you. After all, he learned about three years of potions from you."
He first thought about it, and then said: "But this is not a big problem. There are still several months before the competition. You can take this opportunity to improve your knowledge of the types of potions. In this regard, you just need to read more books and practice more. If there is anything you don't understand, you can always ask me for advice."
"Okay, then thank you professor first."
Afterwards, Schelling did not forget to take this opportunity to take out Snape's magic research notes and ask him some doubts about the spells he invented and "flying without weapons".
After solving the doubts one by one, Schelling politely bid farewell to Snape and left with a satisfied expression.
[Wizard Intercollegiate Potion Championship Participation Recommendation Letter Obtained! 】
(1) The first Potions Tournament was held in 1407. According to the rule of holding it every seven years, the 85th tournament was held in 1995, not 1993 as some well-known fan fiction made up.
(End of this chapter)
Schelling thought for a while, now that his relationship with Snape has progressed to this point, and he has also demonstrated some strength and influence, it seems that he can also try to recruit him.
So, Schelling asked, "Professor, what are you going to do after the Dark Lord returns? Do you follow Dumbledore's orders and go undercover for the Dark Lord?"
Even at this moment, Snape's cold face like an iceberg of ten thousand years couldn't hold back, and suddenly changed color, he shouted coldly: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Xie Lin shook his head and said with a smile: "Professor, you are my father's best friend and the dean I respect. I have always regarded you as one of my own! You asked me about the missing students. I have no intention of hiding anything, and I will tell you the truth directly—"
"What you are doing now is a bit uninteresting." Xie Lin said: "Among my allies are brilliant fortune-tellers, so I am not really ignorant of the future. I am not afraid to tell you honestly, I have seen your end!"
Snape's pupils shrank slightly, and his whole body trembled quickly. He pondered for a while before he asked, "Am I dead?"
"Yes, Professor," Sherin said in a tone of exclamation: "Like a tragic hero, you died bearing the infamy of a traitor, and Potter also embarked on the path you and Dumbledore arranged, and had a one-on-one duel with the Dark Lord..."
"What was the result?" Snape's body trembled visibly, this time he finally let go of his usual restraint, he asked eagerly, and even his breathing became a little short.
Schelling shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. Judging from the results of divination, the Dark Lord died in the duel, but Harry also entered the nether world, which means that he may die, but he may also return to the present world...Even master divination masters cannot see all the future..."
Snape's face looked as if someone had forced a mouthful, as ugly as it could be.
Dumbledore!
We agreed to protect Lily's child together, is that how you protect?
Snape is such a smart person. Although he only heard the final result from Schelling's words, he immediately figured out the key point. Harry was obviously put on stage by Dumbledore and used to deal with Voldemort's weapon!
This old man has earth-shattering strength, but blindly and stupidly put all his hopes on an illusory prophecy!
At this time, Schelling spoke in a timely manner, "Professor, I can help you change this situation... You don't have to die, and Potter doesn't have to fight the Dark Lord..."
Snape's lips trembled, but he turned around and looked away.The two fell into silence for a moment.
After a long time, he finally turned around to face Xie Lin, and said with difficulty: "What price do I have to pay..."
"Professor, don't think about me so preoccupied..." Xie Lin suddenly said a little funny, "Let's put it this way! Among my allies, there are masters of alchemy, masters of divination, experts of magical animals, and masters of herbal medicine... The only thing missing is a master of potions. Do you understand me when I say that?"
Snape resumed his usual indifferent face and nodded.
"I will give you a list of students," Schelling said, "You will continue to be your dean and professor at Hogwarts, but you must provide the students on the list with the greatest help you can within your ability."
"Okay." Snape nodded, these things were simply a piece of cake for him.
"After the return of the Dark Lord, hey," Xie Lin said with a smile, "the world will be divided into three camps on the surface—those who follow the Dark Lord, those who oppose the Dark Lord, and those who refuse to believe in the return of the Dark Lord. Don't doubt it, all of these have been shown in the divination results, and none of our camps will join—"
Xie Lin's eyes glowed with confidence, and his voice was deep and powerful, "We lurk in the dark, let them kill themselves, and finally come out as a savior to clean up the mess... Don't worry, I will ensure that Potter will be fine during the process... Do I need to make an unbreakable oath?"
Snape stared at Schelling for five seconds, then said softly, "No need."
"Well, Professor," Xie Lin finally showed a sincere smile, "then wish us a happy cooperation, and I will rely on your care in the future."
["Ally" Severus Snape got it! 】
Snape snorted in disbelief, and then, as if suddenly remembering something, he said, "Before you leave, there is another thing. I haven't received any news on the exact time during this summer vacation, but it is estimated that it will be around mid-August. The magic garden in the French Pyrenees will hold the 85th Wizarding Interschool Potions Tournament. I see that you can improve the potion formula with the potion level you showed in class today?"
The Potions Championship is a long-standing event in the potion world. It was originally held to commemorate Quintia McQuoid in the early fifteenth century, a pharmacist who lost his life in order to research and invent a potion for treating malaria.
Participation in this competition is conditional. Participants must be students of one of the 11 most famous magic schools in the world, and must be recommended by a potion master.
At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the author of "The Book of Potions", Zigmunt Bach, wanted to participate in that Potions Championship when he was 14 years old.At that time, he was already the best student in Potions class in the class, and he was even able to correct the teacher's mistake in making potions with the tail of soft-clawed land prawns.However, due to his ordinary family background, he did not have any recommendation from a potion master, so he could only seek help from the headmaster of Hogwarts at the time.
But the principal rejected him on the grounds that he was under 17 and the tournament was too dangerous for him.Because of this, in a rage, he applied to drop out of Hogwarts. He felt that Hogwarts just wanted to kill his chance of becoming a pharmacist.After leaving the school, he discovered that only contestants representing the school could participate in the tournament, and he was no longer eligible after leaving Hogwarts.
It's not that he didn't try to transfer to other magic schools, but because of his unattractive appearance and ragged clothes, he was not valued by other schools. So proud, he ran to the Hemetra Island in the Hebrides alone to live in seclusion, where he devoted himself to studying his potion science, and finally wrote the masterpiece "The Book of Potions".
His notable contributions include the invention of the Charm Elixir, the Poison used to exterminate foxes, and the Felix Elixir, which is astonishingly effective.In addition, he also improved many ancient potion formulas, such as shrink potion and sleep potion.
As mentioned earlier, the ancient sleep potion originally used Moondew Grass as the main raw material. It was Baqi who thought of replacing Moondew Grass with wormwood, and finally created the prototype of Living Hell Decoction.
As mentioned earlier in this book, in the global magical world, there are three highest honors for students, namely the "Triwizard Tournament", the "Cairo International Alchemy Conference", and the "Wizard Interschool Potion Championship". Both are competitive competitions at the international level.
Just winning one of these three international competitions is enough to make a name for yourself in the international wizarding world.Of course, there are other competitions and awards in the wizarding world, such as the "Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting Technique", "International Wizard Chess Competition", etc., but their gold content cannot be compared with the first three.
Although Schelling has already participated in the Triwizard Tournament, he does not want to let go of the other two competitions.He wants to be the Triple Crown, to become something beyond Dumbledore!
(Note: For comparison, Dumbledore’s achievements during his student days are: Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting Technique, Cairo International Alchemy Conference Pioneering Contribution Gold Award)
"Yes, Professor." Schelling took out a bottle of blue flame potion from his pocket. "This is a work I invented when I was in the first grade. It was inspired by the Muggle combustion enhancer, but after countless improvements by me, it is enough to increase the fire intensity and temperature of the flame by at least ten times."
Snape's eyes were also slightly moved. It is quite remarkable to be able to invent potions in the first grade, even if it is just a crude work.
He took out an ancient formula of "Pleasure Potion" and said, "If I asked you to improve this formula, what would you do?"
Xie Lin just glanced at it casually, and said lightly: "The biggest problem with the euphoria is nothing more than the side effects of non-stop singing and nose twisting due to excessive emotion. We can start by counteracting the side effects—"
"A common way is to add peppermint to it, and that's pretty good," says Schelling.
Snape frowned deeply, "You mean... besides peppermint, there are actually better ways to improve it?"
"Passion flower (Passiflora)." Schelling said firmly, "Passion flower can calm people down from excessive excitement."
(Note: Modern Chinese botany translates Passion Flower as Passiflora, but the author still thinks Passion Flower is pleasant to hear and easy to remember)
Snape had an indescribable expression on his face. It seemed that he was a little disappointed, but he also had an expression similar to "this is normal". He shook his head, "This is not good, the passion flower will directly cancel the effect of the euphoria potion, and it will weaken the effect of the euphoria potion."
"Not necessarily." Xie Lin said: "Professor, you once said that potions are a precise science and rigorous craftsmanship. Passion flower belongs to Mercury in the herbal medicine sequence, and is also in the sequence of Leo. As long as the timing of refining medicine is controlled, for example, when Mercury moves between the sun and us, the effect of passion flower can be displayed after the side effects of the potion appear."
Snape fell silent, he simulated the process of refining the medicine described by Schelling in his mind, and calculated the success rate of concocting the euphoria described by Schelling.After a while, he nodded, "It does work."
Then, Snape took out a roll of parchment from his arms, and handed it to Schelling, "This is a letter of recommendation I wrote for you. With this, you can participate in the Potions Championship. I think with your strength, there is no problem in participating in this competition. I will personally explain to Dumbledore. His ideal candidate is actually Gryffindor's male student council president, Morn."
Schelling snorted softly, and sneered disdainfully: "The principal really takes care of Gryffindor. If I remember correctly, Gryffindor has been the president of the male student union for three consecutive years, right? I'm still not satisfied with this, and even other competitions have to be selected by default? If the Triwizard Tournament is not selected by neutral magic items, should Gryffindor warriors also be arranged for the battle?"
(Note: Throughout the book, the known male and female student council presidents are all Gryffindors except our Lord Voldemort - Dumbledore, McGonagall, James, Lily, Bill, Percy)
Snape's face was also very gloomy, which reminded him of a school bully becoming the president of the male student council, but he still said in a cold voice: "That's not true. Moen's level of potions is indeed very good, and his grade is also older than you. After all, the competition is still quite dangerous. Of course, I think you are definitely better than him in terms of potion preparation methods and raw material combinations. The problem is that he knows more types of potions than you. After all, he learned about three years of potions from you."
He first thought about it, and then said: "But this is not a big problem. There are still several months before the competition. You can take this opportunity to improve your knowledge of the types of potions. In this regard, you just need to read more books and practice more. If there is anything you don't understand, you can always ask me for advice."
"Okay, then thank you professor first."
Afterwards, Schelling did not forget to take this opportunity to take out Snape's magic research notes and ask him some doubts about the spells he invented and "flying without weapons".
After solving the doubts one by one, Schelling politely bid farewell to Snape and left with a satisfied expression.
[Wizard Intercollegiate Potion Championship Participation Recommendation Letter Obtained! 】
(1) The first Potions Tournament was held in 1407. According to the rule of holding it every seven years, the 85th tournament was held in 1995, not 1993 as some well-known fan fiction made up.
(End of this chapter)
