Chapter 73 Wizards have no faith

In Rice's day, African tree snake skin was far less difficult to find than it is now, and wizards secretly circulated some spells and potions to break the potion. But in modern times, African tree snake skin can only be found in a small collection in the potions master's locker, and the potions for breaking curses and restraining polyjuice potions have been completely lost.

Why is this?

Because Polyjuice Potion was used so frequently in the past, the main ingredient, the African tree snake, was almost extinct. After the main ingredient became difficult to obtain, the frequency of use of Polyjuice Potion was forced to decrease. Over time, the means of countering Polyjuice Potion were lost.

"I understand. In the past, wizards would use Polyjuice Potion to disguise themselves as hostile forces, and then sneak in to steal information?" Seeing that Les called Polyjuice Potion a war potion, Daphne felt that she had caught the key point of the problem. , spoke quickly in an attempt to get praise from Rice.

Unfortunately she was wrong, Les shook his head.

"This is relatively rare."

If you want to pretend to be someone else through Polyjuice Potion, you need to know that person very well, otherwise you may be exposed by opening your mouth. For example, if someone pretends to be Les, and then Daphne opens the door and walks in, she finds that "Les" is writing a paper on the history of magic. Doesn't this instantly reveal her identity?

"The soul of Polyjuice Potion is to transform into another person - initially, what the pharmacists wanted was not just to become another person, but to imitate the magic that that person was good at."

"How is it possible to make such a potion?!" Daphne exclaimed. If there was such a potion, wouldn't it be better to just mass-copy one's own strongest wizard before the war started?

She even had dozens of scenes of Dumbledore fighting side by side in her mind.

The corners of Les' lips curled up: Don't be so absolute, he really knows a potion formula that can simulate another person's spell. It's just that the materials needed were too precious and a bit wasted even he thought a thousand years ago, and it also required the cooperation of the person being imitated.

“In the course of this potion came the Polyjuice Potion, which literally allowed you to take on the appearance of another person, even non-human or semi-human if you were adventurous and willing to pay the price.

Do you know how meaningful it is for a wizard to physically become another person? This improvement in combat effectiveness is extremely significant. For example, if you get Gryffindor's hair and drink the polyjuice potion containing his hair, you will become Gryffindor. Although you did not inherit Gryffindor's powerful dueling magic, you also possessed his healthy body. "

Daphne subconsciously touched her arm. If she turned into Gryffindor, her arm would be so thick!

"This means that you gain his reflexes, speed, and strength, which can support you in dodging the opponent's spells in a duel and fighting back as quickly as possible."

At this point, Daphne understood what Les meant.

In ancient times, in addition to being able to transform into other people and cause chaos, Polyjuice Potion could also be used as a physical amplification agent. A healthy and strong body could obviously help wizards win in duels.

"Okay, now that you know something about Polyjuice Potion, let's take a look at this." Les took out a roll of parchment filled with words from his arms and handed it to Daphne.

"This is……"

"For the recipe and preparation points of Polyjuice Potion, I hope you can prepare a pot of Polyjuice Potion within three weeks. Of course, I will also help when necessary - after all, the African tree snake skin is very precious." Les The expectations for Daphne were very high, and she had shown good talent in the previous potions class, so Les chose polyjuice potion as her first potion.

Daphne's eyes widened: Polyjuice potion is an extremely complex advanced potion. Can she really make it? But it seems that Les said there are production points on it?

She took the parchment and read it carefully, but the complicated steps on it made her dizzy.

After reading the recipe for Polyjuice Potion, Daphne couldn't help but sigh: This is not a recipe that anyone can come up with. I really don't know how the senior pharmacists in the magic world came up with such a recipe.

That's what she said with emotion, and in the end, Les really explained it to her seriously.

"Potion science was originally just a science that summarized the effects of various magical substances - such as the detoxification effects of bezoars and fecal stones. Later, because some magic substances were too expensive, wizards began to look for substitute combinations of substances with similar properties, and eventually various Various potion recipes.

Of course, potions are not unique to humans. Some other intelligent magical creatures have also invented many recipes. Because they are more sensitive to natural herbs, the recipes they create are even more exquisite and amazing. "

Daphne was dumbfounded by these remarks.

"So how on earth do you know this knowledge!?"

"I said that I have a lot of letters from ancient wizards in my home."

Daphne:......

Rice's words made her dubious. She hesitated. Should she ask her father to get some letters from ancient wizards?

The rest of the brewing process is tedious - there are a lot of repetitive preparations required before you can start making Polyjuice Potion. Daphne was doing these tasks with her hands while chatting non-stop with Les.

"Will you stay at Hogwarts until graduation?"

"Probably, I haven't figured it out yet, but you can go out and find a job after fifth grade."

"With only an OWL certificate, it's not easy to find a job - but I can ask dad to open a letter of introduction for you, which will make it much easier."

"Then I really thank you."

"Is that big snake in Slytherin's memory a god? That kind of creature is almost beyond the limits of human imagination."

Hearing Daphne ask this, Les frowned.

"That's right. According to Muggle standards, that big snake can indeed be called a god."

"It's amazing. I didn't expect those legendary gods to actually exist!" Daphne's longing for that era was almost written on her face.

"It's okay," Les said with a nonchalant look on his face, "There have never been any gods in the world. Gods are just more powerful people or creatures."

Wizards have no faith, or their faith is themselves.

Muggles will cry "Oh God" when they are in danger or extremely shocked, but wizards never do this. If they had to choose a name, the wizards chose Merlin, the name of a legendary magician.

Rice's words were very rebellious in the ears of a young wizard from a Muggle family, but in the ears of a young wizard like Daphne, they were ordinary, because a real wizard would not have faith in God.

Listening to Les' words, Daphne nodded.

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Here's an update, sorry it's a little late because I was left working overtime. I'm going to write the next update right now, which may have to wait until noon.