#285 - Chapter 285 The first game full of human touch

Tomorrow's test questions?!

Harry and Cedric exchanged a glance, both seeing disbelief in each other's eyes.

According to their previous understanding of history, the Potions Championship had always been a closed-book competition, and there had never been a situation where the test questions were announced a day in advance.

To be honest, knowing the time of the first round of the competition was expected, after all, the competition was tomorrow.

However, Harry never thought that they would be able to know the test questions a day in advance.

And it was personally certified by Professor Swann.

Could it be that the rules of the Potions Championship have changed?

"Tomorrow's competition content is to brew Shrinking Solution. As long as you brew it successfully, you can pass the first round of the competition."

"Don't worry, this news is absolutely true." Sebastian smiled slightly, pretending to be mysterious.

"This is what I personally heard from the jury."

Merlin's potions!

Would the jury even reveal this kind of information?

You must know that the judges in the jury are not professors from Ilvermorny, but some well-known potion masters in the wizarding world.

They all showed up at the banquet just now, and some of them are even figures who appear in potion textbooks.

Professor Swann is indeed very resourceful, he can even find out this kind of news!

By the way, Swann Alchemy seems to be the biggest sponsor of this competition.

Thinking about it this way, it is very reasonable for Professor Swann to be able to find out first-hand information.

No wonder the school would let Professor Swann be in charge of international exchange affairs, it's really too professional.

The advantage of knowing the test questions in advance is too great.

Tomorrow's competition is stable!

Looking at the excited expressions of the students, Sebastian didn't explain much, just silently stepped aside, leaving the space to Snape and the students.

In fact, at this time, basically all the schools had received tomorrow's test questions.

This is not because every school has a resourceful team leader, but because the official is deliberately releasing water.

A long time ago, the Potions Championship was not like this, there was no such thing as releasing water.

At that time, there were only two rounds of competition, the preliminary and the semi-final, and each round of the competition tested the real level of the participating students.

However, because the difficulty was very high, there would often be situations where individual magic schools could not even pass the first round of the competition.

Over time, in order to prevent embarrassment, many magic schools would not send people to participate in the Potions Championship if they felt that their students' level was not good enough.

In the most exaggerated Potions Championship, only two schools participated.

Everyone thought, this won't do.

It's not enough to just have the competition, you also have to do well in terms of human relationships.

So, from that time on, the format of the Potions Championship was increased to three rounds.

Although it was not explicitly stated, basically everyone knew that the first round of the competition was a friendly match, it's just that the students didn't know.

This time, the official deliberately chose a potion that low-grade students had learned as the test question, and revealed it to all schools in advance, in order to allow everyone to pass the first round of the competition.

After all, everyone has come from afar, you can't let the participating students not even pass the first round.

At this time, Snape had already changed back into his iconic black robe, and his serious temperament made Harry and others dare not make any extra moves.

Although they were still full of excitement and anticipation, Snape's cold expression made everyone quickly restrain their chaotic thoughts.

So, in a quiet atmosphere, everyone carefully reviewed the brewing steps of the Shrinking Solution according to Snape's requirements.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, the delegations, led by the staff, went to the Potions Championship venue that had already been arranged.

Inside the venue, independent tables had already been set up, so that the participants could compete without interference.

On the table were standard cauldrons and cauldron stirring rods, in addition to which, there were three portions of potion ingredients for the students to use.

On the other side of the venue, a large grandstand was built, and the surroundings of the grandstand were filled with advertising slogans from American Swann Alchemy.

In addition, there were several magical cameras used to broadcast this grand competition in real time.

Professors from various schools, teachers and students from Ilvermorny, and reporters from various news media came to watch the game and took their seats one after another.

In the whispers of the audience, the participating players entered the arena and found their respective positions.

Before the official start of the competition, Ilvermorny Headmaster Agilbert Fontana stepped onto the podium.

He waved his hand gently, and the entire venue suddenly quieted down.

"Respected representatives, dear students," Fontana began, with a friendly smile on his face, "Today is a special day, we are fortunate to welcome the most outstanding students in the wizarding world to participate in this magic school's Potions Championship."

"This is not only a test of your knowledge, but also a test of your mind. Potions is an art, and only patience, focus, and wisdom can go further on this path."

"Today's competition content is to brew Shrinking Solution." His eyes swept over all the participants, "This is a potion that seems simple, but is actually very particular about skill and detail."

"I hope that each of you can calm down and show your best level, not only for yourself, but also for the honor of the school."

"The time limit is one and a half hours, now the competition begins!"

Harry withdrew his gaze and focused his attention on the table in front of him.

He first carefully checked the cauldron and potion ingredients, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he began to process the potion ingredients in an orderly manner.

The one and a half hours of competition time was very sufficient, and everyone had three chances.

As long as you are not nervous and do not make major mistakes, passing the first game is simply an easy task.

However, facts have proved that even if they are on the same starting line, not every contestant can maintain a good attitude.

During the competition, Harry smelled strange smells more than once, obviously some students were too flustered under pressure and messed up the potion.

They could only complain in a low voice, then empty the cauldron, and then pick up the next potion ingredients and start brewing.

Harry remained unmoved, just focusing on using magic to sense the potion reaction in the cauldron.

Leech juice, rat spleen, one by one, the processed potion ingredients were precisely added to the cauldron under Harry's control.

Soon, the potion in the cauldron turned bright green.

Harry breathed a sigh of relief, then raised his hand to attract the referee and let them evaluate his potion.

The referees immediately determined that Harry's potion was of perfect quality, but for the sake of fairness, they took out a toad and made it drink Harry's potion.

Under everyone's gaze, the toad began to slowly change, eventually turning into a tadpole.

"Congratulations, Hogwarts contestant Harry Potter, you have passed the first round of the competition, you can go down and rest now."

The players finished brewing one after another, and basically all the players passed the first round of the competition, only two unlucky magic students messed up three opportunities and had to leave in dismay.