Chapter 48 The Best Quality Potion

The young man with long chestnut hair spoke confidently, exuding a unique temperament, which was indeed very convincing.

Meka Anders smiled: "Then congratulations in advance for winning the first place."

Dane's eyes condensed. He didn't expect the man in front of him to speak like this. He looked at Meka a few more times and turned back to his seat.

Meka's way was clear, and he also walked to his potion workbench, waiting for the examiners to announce the content of the assessment.

"The first assessment is to refine a sedative potion. The quality is medium and the higher the quality, the better. You will get a higher score. The person with the highest score in the last three assessments will be the first place in this assessment." After the chief examiner Cooper finished speaking, he announced the start of the assessment.

The assessment site suddenly became quiet. There were eleven people on the scene, and they began to prepare materials.

"Craig is still as fast as ever." Chief examiner Cooper sighed.

Dane Craig has already started to make the potion. His technique is skillful and his movements are beautiful. He adds licorice ash, mangrove roots, and green dew petals into the beaker one by one. As he shakes it, magical fluctuations are generated, and the solution suddenly ripples with vitality.

Compared with the others, he is particularly quick in selecting medicinal materials and making potions. When he completes this step, the others have just started.

"Your student is also very proficient in this potion, and he is so much ahead of others." Cooper talked with Professor Snape. He saw Meka following closely behind, and he was also far ahead of everyone else in terms of progress.

Of course, the main thing in this competition is quality.

Cooper's eyes followed Dane. He felt that this young man would win the first place in this assessment. Whether it was the success rate of refining or the quality, he had seen it before, and it was really amazing.

"The talent is really good, but it's a pity that he met me."

Dane was refining the potion with both hands, and he could actually spare his attention. He also saw the progress of Maka, and could sense that this person had an unusually calm temperament when refining potions, as if he had mastered the process of refining to the bone.

This really surprised him. At first glance, he felt like he was seeing a potion master who had been immersed in potions for decades.

But even so, he still had confidence that as long as he maximized his advantages, he would be able to defeat any competitor.

"Bang!"

Someone looked at the progress of Dane and Maka, and his mentality was unbalanced. After the rhythm was disrupted, he made a mistake in the order of the materials, and actually put the unstable medicinal materials in advance, causing an explosion. Glass fragments shot into the face and eyes, causing screams.

The staff on the scene hurried forward, and after a simple treatment, they were to be sent to the Hogwarts Hospital.

The person was carried away, but the scene of this person's accident also affected the mentality of the rest of the people. Some people heard the screams and almost trembled, and their beakers also exploded.

Only three people still maintained the original rhythm, in addition to Dane, Meka, and a girl in a red dress, who seemed to be isolated from the world, not paying attention to the outside world, and concentrating on the action in her hands.

"With such concentration, he will definitely be an excellent potion master in the future." Cooper gave his evaluation.

Soon, a strange fragrance wafted out, and Dane was the first to complete the refining. The potion in his hand showed a charming azure blue, as if there was a sky hidden inside, and there were bright spots of light floating on the top of the solution.

"Excellent quality." Cooper took it and smelled it, and then handed it to the deputy examiner Ster and other staff members beside him.

After some discussion, several people gave a fair score: "The full score of this assessment is ten points, and this quality of potion can get nine points."

Dane showed a satisfied smile. This is already a very high score, almost reaching the top. He has never seen anyone get ten points, because there are always people who strive for excellence in potions, and there is no end, so no one will get full marks.

He looked at the people in the field, especially at Meka, and found that he was still finishing up, and his progress was indeed a step behind his own. There seemed to be some flaws in his potion-making technique, so he could not reach his speed.

But soon, his expression condensed, and the refreshing fragrance of plants and trees spread throughout the scene, and almost everyone could smell it.

"Pop!"

A crisp sound came from the bottle in Meka's hand, and clouds rose. It was the residual impurities that dissipated with water vapor. As he shook the potion bottle, the solution in the bottle had an attractive luster, and the breath from the bottle mouth faintly refreshed people.

Meka finished refining and handed the potion to the examiners with a smile.

"I didn't expect it." Cooper checked it briefly and said in surprise,

"Professor Snape, your students can actually bring us such a surprise."

Professor Snape still nodded slightly, without any emotional fluctuations, as if he had expected it.

"Better quality." Ster, with a cold expression, also gave an evaluation.

Everyone passed it around and finally gave a very high score: "9.3 points."

Dane Craig, who was originally in a leisurely mood, froze. He saw Meka passing by with a smile on his face and sneered:

"Don't be complacent, there are two more tests to come, each one is more difficult than the last."

"Really? Thank you for your reminder." Meka smiled and nodded, and returned to his workbench.

Half an hour later, the first test was completely over. Three of the eleven people were eliminated, one was the one who was lifted out in the middle, and the other two did not reach the middle level, so they were rated as unqualified.

Then, it was the second test.

"This test is to make an enhancement potion." Cooper announced the content of the second round of the test. "This round is based on quantity. The time limit is five hours. Three bottles are qualified. The lower quality is enough. The more the number, the higher the score. The full score is also ten."

"It's actually an enhancement potion." Meka felt it was very difficult.

Because this potion used to enhance the effect of other ordinary potions, he had only seen it and had never practiced it. This was obviously beyond his review scope.

Cooper saw his expression and smiled: "Most people at the scene have never touched this kind of potion. Even if they have touched it, they have not touched it deeply. The difficulty of making this kind of potion is not high. There is a refining method on the workbench. You can learn and refine it at the same time."

"This test is about learning ability?" Meka looked around and found a few stunned faces.

Of course, there are also people who are confident. They should have learned it before or tried to refine it by themselves, such as Dane Craig.

Dane was still making great progress. While others were reading the production method or selecting materials, he was already preparing the solution.

He glanced at Meka and saw that he was also reading the parchment scroll recording the refining method. He smiled silently. There should be no surprises in this game.

Even though he had only learned it once a few years ago and even failed to refine it, he could still recreate the scene at that time with his outstanding potion talent.

When Dane made the first bottle of fiery red enhancement potion, some people made mistakes several times, and some were still reading the production method. Only then did Meka start to refine his first bottle of enhancement potion.

"Oh?" Cooper in the stands was surprised. He saw that this student of Professor Snape had only failed once and prepared a medium-quality enhancement potion, becoming the second person after Dane again.

But unfortunately, Dane was refining the third bottle. Although all of them were of low quality, this time the assessment was only about quantity, not quality.

The final result came out. Dane refined seven bottles, two of which were of medium quality, far ahead of everyone else.

The second place, Meka, refined five bottles, three of which were of medium quality. The third place was the girl in the red dress, who also tried from scratch and successfully refined four bottles, all of which were of low quality.

The rest of the people refined three bottles each, and two people only refined one bottle and were eliminated.

Only the last six people participated in the assessment.

"In this round, Dane Craig scored 8.8 points, and Meka Anders scored 8.3 points..." Cooper announced the results.

"Very good, the gap has widened." Dane couldn't help laughing after hearing the results. Even if the results of the previous round of assessment were counted, he and Meka Anders still had a gap of 0.3 points.

"This third round, the gap will be even greater." He looked at Meka and was very confident.

Because the content of the third round of assessment is to play randomly, refine the low-level potion that you are best at, and win by quality.

And the potion he is best at has been praised by the top leaders of the Potion Guild, and even given the evaluation of "future potion master". He feels that this round of assessment is even less suspenseful.

Dane began to prepare.

"Refine the low-level potion that he is best at?" On the other side, Meka was thinking hard. He had learned very few potions, and now almost all of them can reach a very high quality, but if he had to say what he was best at, it would probably be the tranquilizer potion.

"Do you want to refine it again? The examiner of the Magic Potion Guild didn't seem to say that it couldn't be refined repeatedly."

Meka quickly decided to use the "vitality sense" to assist, and according to the combination of the efficacy, match the most suitable material. This would take a lot of time, but the tranquilizer potion finally refined would reach a higher quality.

"Are you going to refine the tranquilizer potion again?" Most of the people present saw that Meka was selecting the materials for the tranquilizer potion.

"It seems that although he is the youngest, he has not been in contact with potions for a long time, and his accumulation is not enough." Cooper also commented in his heart.

Based on what he knew about Dane's previous works, even if it was a tranquilizer potion of the quality of Meka in the first round, there was no possibility of winning.

Time was passing, and Professor Snape was frowning. He found that Maka had spent too much time on selecting medicinal materials, while others had already started to refine, and some had already reached the end.

"What a pity." Professor McGonagall on the side also sighed. This child was too young after all, and was still inferior to the young man from the Potion Guild.

People on the field finished the potion one after another, and various aromas were overflowing.

Two hours later, Dane was the third to finish the potion in his hand. He sprinkled the last material in, and a luxurious golden light escaped from the mouth of the bottle, slowly rising, floating out of the mouth of the bottle and lingering. A fragrant aroma spread in the air.

"Superior quality intelligence-enhancing potion, this quality is almost extreme, and smelling it can increase memory in a short time."

Cooper was praising that this was the best intelligence-enhancing potion he had ever seen, and it might also work for some wizards with extremely high magical attainments.

Of course, at that level, memory is no longer of much use to them, but this can already show that the quality of this potion is terrifyingly high.

Professor Snape also took a few more glances, and seemed to appreciate the young man's talent in potions.

"9.5 points." All the members of the Potions Guild discussed and gave the highest score they had ever seen and heard in their careers.

Everyone present was amazed, including the two people who had already completed the assessment. They saw the quality of the potion and were impressed by the talent of this young man.

Some people are saying that they may not be able to achieve this quality in this life. Even if they become a potion master from a potion apprentice, they will not be able to achieve it. This relies not only on accumulation, but also on talent.

"Well done." Cooper patted Dane on the shoulder.

Dane responded with a smile. After he completed the assessment and received the 9.5 points he deserved, his expression returned to normal and he no longer felt emotional fluctuations due to Meka's previous actions.

He looked at Meka who was still busy selecting materials and knew that the matter was a foregone conclusion.

"Still choosing?" Professor Snape frowned.

The limited time is almost up. In less than thirty minutes, I am afraid that without any accidents, I may not be able to catch up. However, Meka is still concentrating on selecting medicinal materials and biological materials, unmoved, as if he has forgotten the time. , also seemed to be panicked.

The other people who participated in the assessment completed their works one by one, and the time was less than twenty minutes.

They walked out of the assessment site, looking back and talking.

They think this person is crazy and is joking about his future. They are afraid that the score of this round of assessment will end with zero points, and he will have to apply for the rating of Potions Apprentice again in three years.

"There's not enough time." Dane was also watching. The time was too short, and even he couldn't finish it within the time limit.

But at this time, Meka, the last person in the field, began to calmly refine the calming potion.

At this moment, he fully demonstrated his mastery of potion equipment, and his expression was focused. Looking from the side, he did not feel like an eleven-year-old child at all, but instead felt like a potion master who had been immersed in potions for many years.

"Oh? Did you have any reservations before?" Cooper was a little surprised. He felt that such a skillful technique seemed to have hope of completing the assessment.

Time passed little by little, and everyone's eyes were focused on the last person in the field. They watched him mix the emerald green solution, and watched him deftly refine the ore rat hair and gray poisonous spider limbs in the crucible. The blood of the Yin-avoiding silkworms is used to smelt them into a furnace.

"It's the last five minutes." Some people held their breath and put themselves into it, wondering whether they could complete the assessment.

Finally, Meka in the field poured the black slime obtained by refining biological materials into the emerald green solution in the beaker. The two began to merge, and he began to smile.

Professor Snape on the sidelines also suddenly smiled.

Only the sound of "Gulu" was heard, echoing under the dusky sky in the evening.

A pure brilliance rose in the shape of a ring, and a round of seven-colored rays of light swayed in the air with the water vapor, seeming to reflect the evening clouds. Then, the mouth of the bottle was filled with golden light spots, extremely bright. A fresh and elegant scent filled the air, making everyone's eyes light up when they smelled it.

"Is this?" Some people think that the effect of this medicine is too exaggerated. Just after smelling it, they feel that today's fatigue is gone. This is an illusion, because the calming medicine cheers up the spirit.

"This quality?" The staff of the Potion Guild looked at each other with surprise.

"Nick Flamel, the greatest alchemist to date, once said that there is another level beyond the best quality of potions." Cooper marveled,

"At this level, when the potion is 100%, there is a ray of light coming out of the bottle. There are only a dozen or so people in the entire magic world who have made potions of this quality, but I have never seen it in real life. I didn't expect to be lucky enough to see it today."

"Professor Snape." Cooper sighed, "You can always be so indifferent. It seems that you know that your student has such an outstanding talent."

Professor Snape said nothing, smiled, and quickly returned to normal.

"Everyone, what kind of score are you going to give this time?" Cooper asked Ste next to him and the rest of the Potion Guild staff.

Ste's eyes were still locked on Meka, and the rest of the staff talked and gave an unprecedented score:

"9.9 points."

"This is really a witness to history." Some people who participated in the assessment were surprised. This is close to a perfect score, which is too exaggerated.

Dane Craig lost his previous indifference again and stared at Meka's side face, watching him go up on stage to receive the special potion apprentice medal, watching Cooper and Meka chatting, and watching them smile.

"Oh?" Meka finally came out from the crowd. He looked back and saw Dane, who claimed that 'the top spot is already within his grasp', in front of him, looking at him, so he smiled and stretched out his hand:

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Craig."

Dane looked at him a few more times, and finally snorted coldly, put aside Meka's hand, and left the scene.

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After the assessment, Professor McGonagall invited Cooper and others to watch the Quidditch match that was about to start. Cooper was reluctant but kind and stayed in the end.

"That's fine." Cooper responded with a smile. "It just so happens that there won't be any other work in the next few days, so everyone can relax. Speaking of which, I haven't watched a Quidditch match for a long time. I'm really looking forward to it. Great performance from the Gwartz students.”

"You're honored."

Professor McGonagall smiled, and she took Cooper to meet the other professors, and wanted to meet Professor Flitwick, Mrs. Hooch, Professor Quirrell and others one by one.

As a result, Professor Quirrell was anxious to leave. He said he had something to deal with and left early.

Cooper looked at his back a few more times, with some surprise in his eyes.

"That is?"

He saw Professor Quirrell's profile, and the symptoms on his face seemed familiar.

Cooper lowered his head, thoughtful.

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night.

The Duelist medal that Meka placed in the cabinet emitted a faint white light, and some words quietly emerged. Someone had replied.

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