Chapter 80 Talent
Mickle ran to Professor McGonagall's office, and after solemnizing his expression, he knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Professor McGonagall wore a pair of glasses, and many automatic feather pens floated in the air, correcting students' homework.
She glanced at Mikel and recognized that he was a first-year student who listened attentively in class, and asked: "What's the matter?"
Mickle said nervously: "Professor, I want to know the details of the snake cleaning in the basement."
Professor McGonagall looked at Mikel seriously and said: "Why do you want to know the details?"
After saying this, Mikel was no longer nervous.
"I went to the basement with Ron to explore on the weekend. I was the first to find a snake and alerted other little wizards, so I think it's necessary to understand the situation."
Professor McGonagall smiled: "Snape said a student came to him and mentioned that there was a snake in the basement. That student was you, right?"
Mickle nodded, "I went to Professor Snape last week, but he didn't believe it and asked me to show evidence."
Professor McGonagall said with satisfaction: "If you feel anything unusual in the future, don't go to him, just come to me directly. Thank you for your reminder, so that many little wizards are prepared. Gryffindor +10 points!"
Mickle's purpose of face recognition has been achieved, and it stands to reason that he should leave now.
Before leaving, he couldn't help asking: "Professor, are there only snakes in the basement? Didn't you find anything else when you cleaned it?"
Professor McGonagall said: "Not only snakes, but also many animals and insects. If it weren't for the snakes this time, I wouldn't have thought there would be so many small creatures in the basement. Hogwarts has existed for too long."
Some small insects breed in the basement and stay in Hogwarts longer than she, the professor.
Mikel wanted to ask something else, but Professor McGonagall said, "Little wizard, it's evening self-study time now, you should go back."
...
Lin Xia didn't stay in the Hufflepuff common room at night, but went to the laboratory on the second floor with Draco.
The wizarding world is very efficient. The laboratory has been basically completed in two days of the weekend.
Some areas still look empty, because the ordered instruments have not been delivered yet.
Lin Xia doesn't have to pay for these instruments.
After the school approved the laboratory, it gave Lin Xia a construction quota of 1,000 gold galleons.
It is impossible for the laboratory not to purchase any equipment. Research instruments are very expensive everywhere, and it is obviously not affordable for students.
But the school doesn't know what students need.
So this batch of construction fees is specifically approved for students, allowing students to purchase them through the school's channels.
After this money was approved, it never passed through Lin Xia's pocket from beginning to end, and was only shown in the secret key.
And because it can only be purchased through the school's channels, there is no need to worry about being embezzled by students.
As a [Knowledge Seeker], Lin Xia enjoys welfare benefits at the level of [1.5], and enjoys a 20% discount on primary experimental instruments and a 10% discount on intermediate instruments.
As for advanced instruments, she wanted to see them, but she did not have enough authority to open them.
Lin Xia waved her hand and bought two intermediate instruments and five primary instruments, using up all her quota, and still owed the school 500 gold galleons.
Originally, she could not buy them because she did not have enough money, but Lin Xia specifically found Dean Sprout and asked if she could advance the future construction quota.
Regarding opening laboratories and giving research students a construction fee, it was also a new attempt made by the school for the first time.
It was the first time, and everyone was not familiar with the regulations.
In addition, there were not many research talents in the school, so only three laboratories were opened.
And among Hufflepuff students, only Lin Xia was a treasure who could apply for a laboratory.
So Dean Sprout made special arrangements and asked the school to advance Lin Xia 500 gold galleons.
As for the requirements, it can be said that there were no requirements.
As long as Lin Xia can come up with a research within two years and be rated as "excellent" after being reviewed by the dean of this college, these 500 gold galleons will be regarded as repayment.
It is an investment made by the school for outstanding research students.
When Lin Xia knew it at that time, she said in her heart more than once:
I love the dean! I love her so much!!
In the laboratory.
Lin Xia repeatedly adjusted the amount of sulfur used. Now they have determined that sulfur works best when used between 0.06g and 0.07g.
Due to instrument problems on weekends, it is impossible to delve into more subtle variables.
Now that the first batch of instruments has been delivered, they can continue to adjust the experiment.
Nowadays, when the little wizards prepare potions, the accuracy of adding some materials has reached the last three decimal places, so they have to study more carefully.
Suddenly, Lin Xia's mind moved slightly and found that the white fairy had pried the soul imprint.
Quirrell is moving!
Since the white fairy absorbed the power of the black scarf, not only has the color of her hair changed, but she has also become smarter and has a closer connection with her.
Although they could not communicate through the soul imprint yet, Lin Xia could only transmit the message one-way.
But Fairy Bai could already pry a trace of the soul imprint and give Lin Xia a reminder.
Lin Xia put down the instrument in her hand and took off the transparent goggles and medical gloves.
"Draco, I have to go out for something, you do the experiment first."
Draco saw her moving her wrist and thought: "Are you going to..."
Lin Xia nodded casually: "I caught a big fish."
Draco has not practiced Transfiguration recently, and read a lot of idiom stories during evening self-study.
He rolled his eyes and immediately took out several bottles of brightly colored potions from the ring, red, yellow, green...
As we all know, the more beautiful a beauty is, the more likely she is to deceive others, and the more colorful she is, the more poisonous she is.
Lin Xia:?
Draco pushed forward, "I'll give you some potions to support you, and I'll give you a share of any benefits you get."
Lin Xia smiled: "The idiom stories you have read recently are not [working together] and [each getting what he needs], right?"
Draco smiled and said nothing, keeping everything silent.
Lin Xia gave him a thumbs up, "I've definitely learned the essence."
"But let me tell you in advance that you may not get any benefits."
Draco said nonchalantly: "Then treat it as my early investment."
Yes, I also learned clearly from [Putting a long line to catch big fish].
If it weren't for the fear of running out of time, Lin Xia would have to praise: Talent!
…
Lin Xia threw an invisibility spell on herself and quickly ran out of the laboratory.
Because her magic talent has improved, some medium-to-high difficulty spells are not a problem for her.
However, due to the magic power and spell proficiency in her body, her invisibility spell cannot last for a long time, and she has to recharge herself from time to time.
Lin Xia ran to the basement and stayed at the place where she stretched out her finger to sign for the moon in her dream.
The moon hasn't reached its designated position yet, so we have to wait.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Lin Xia made gestures again, his expression became solemn and his breathing became lighter.
She listened carefully and heard nothing.
But the next moment, she saw Quirrell from the end of the corridor.
Quirrell concealed the sound of his footsteps!
He looked very panicked, holding the scarf on his head tightly with his hands, and turned around to look as he walked quickly, as if there was something terrible behind him.
"Quirrell!"
A hissing, gloomy and hoarse voice sounded from behind him, "Has the ancient snake been found at Hogwarts?"
"Haha, I didn't expect to hear such wonderful news as soon as I woke up."
Quirrell trembled: "There is no owner. What they found was not an ancient snake, but a few ordinary small snakes."
Just like what he saw in his dream, Voldemort lost his temper and didn't know what he did to Quirrell's body. He fell to the ground in pain and hit his head on the ground.
"Master, I will work hard, but Snape is blocking me. He has been monitoring me, preventing me from looking for the ancient snake!"
"Qui Luo, you can reveal your identity to him. Why don't you say what are you afraid of?"
"There is no master, I don't have one. Please believe in my loyalty, my greatest master!" Quirrell cried so much that his nose flowed out.
Voldemort said no more and fell silent.
Quirrell quickly got up and walked to the dark room where the troll was imprisoned.
Lin Xia hid in the dark and watched all this silently.
Quirrell was parasitized and controlled by Voldemort, so he didn't notice it at all. Voldemort's voice was very weak.
"No, how could this happen? This is impossible! How could the troll disappear?"
Quirrell opened the secret door behind the painting and screamed in disbelief.
Fortunately, he hadn't forgotten to set a sound-blocking spell before entering, otherwise his screams would have echoed throughout the basement.
It took Quirrell a while to recover, and he said tremblingly: "It must have been cleaned up by those professors, absolutely!"
He came to the center and walked around anxiously.
"Will I be discovered?"
"Will they deal with me?"
"No, no, no, calm down. If I really find out something, I won't just stay in Snape's office in the afternoon, but in a prison cell at Hogwarts!"
Quirrell's eyes became brighter and brighter, "Yes, there is still hope and a remedy. As long as I..."
Suddenly, the whites of his eyes rolled up and his body fell down softly.
After Quirrell fainted, Lin Xia's wrist quickly became hot, and there seemed to be a voice in her heart urging her to sacrifice the prey quickly.
Her body was craving this offering, she couldn't wait to taste it!
But Lin Xia calmly suppressed this sudden desire.
She is the master of the balance of fate, not a puppet manipulated by it.
Destiny Balance seemed to know Lin Xia's thoughts. After being heated for a few minutes, it slowly returned to calm.
Lin Xia waited outside for ten minutes before entering the darkroom.
She had already taken antidote beforehand.
After the secret door was opened, a lot of the poison of the medicine evaporated.
If Quirrell hadn't been standing in the center and walking around, he might not have been poisoned to the point of fainting.
After confirming that Quirrell was completely unconscious, Lin Xia decisively activated the balance of fate!
A rusty bronze scale appeared in front of Lin Xia.
As soon as it appeared, it automatically aimed at Quirrell, who was lying on the ground, and slowly absorbed him to the left side of the scale.
