#702 - Venue No. 4 (seeking monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

During the Christmas holidays, Anduin conducted numerous tests and experiments on the Philosopher's Stone, even figuring out several ways to utilize it.

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For example, he used the Philosopher's Stone to charge his alchemical tools and magic arrays, and converted pure magic power into potions that could quickly restore physical strength and magic power.

As for the elixir of life, Anduin also made a bottle according to the method of brewing an immortality potion from the Runespoor, and the potion made from pure life extracts was obviously much more sophisticated than the inferior 'snake skin potion' in the Silver Spear.

However, out of an instinctive rejection and aversion to the elixir of life, Anduin did not try to take this potion, but merely treated it as a sample for research.

In addition, during the research, Anduin also discovered that the Philosopher's Stone seemed to have a mysterious connection with the rare alchemical material 'Lemei Alloy'.

In fact, this was not beyond Anduin's expectations. He had once speculated that Lemei Alloy was synthesized using the Philosopher's Stone, but he still doesn't know the recipe for Lemei Alloy. This super rare material is not just dependent on the Philosopher's Stone.

And Anduin has not given up on the investigation of Nicolas Flamel, but the information he left in the world is too little.

Moreover, from the few materials available, Nicolas Flamel appears to be very upright, and the well-known wizards who are familiar with him also have very positive evaluations of him, looking like a highly respected hermit.

Therefore, Anduin cannot judge Nicolas Flamel's true character based on this. Until now, he only speculates that the birth of the Philosopher's Stone is related to the pandemic six hundred years ago.

After spending a relatively fulfilling Christmas, Anduin returned to Hogwarts, where he saw a large stack of complaint letters received during the Christmas holiday in his office.

Among them, some pure-blood families, including Lucius, were the most vocal. These parents protested to Anduin about his teaching methods, the high-intensity physical and spell training, and the occasional surprise attacks, which made the parents feel a little frightened.

They were all worried that their children would be injured under such training content. In fact, many young wizards had been injured during this period.

However, because Anduin had made sufficient preparations for the school infirmary in advance, there were no major accidents.

And Anduin didn't care about these people's accusations at all. If they had the ability, they could go to the Board of Governors and the Ministry of Magic to protest, and see if anyone would pay attention.

Anduin has a clear understanding of his current influence. He is not a good person like Dumbledore. If you go against him, you have to be prepared to bear his revenge.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that these parents only wrote letters to complain to him, rather than choosing to publicly condemn him.

They are very clear that Anduin is now not only a professor at Hogwarts, but also the wealthiest man in the wizarding world. The taxes he pays every year support half of the British Ministry of Magic.

Anduin coldly smiled after casually flipping through a few complaint letters, "It seems that the pressure I have brought to these little brats is not enough. They still have the energy to complain to their parents. It's time to increase the intensity for them in the second half of the semester. Fortunately, the physical fitness of most people has improved a lot now, and they should be able to persevere."

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After a two-week Christmas holiday, the young wizards of Hogwarts returned to school with a sense of unease.

And in the first tactical training class after returning, they found that the training program arranged by Anduin for everyone had changed again, and the training ground outside the training ground finally came in handy.

A large number of obstacle courses, field training, and other content were added to the training subjects. Students in the middle and lower grades practiced comprehensive content such as crawling, overcoming obstacles, rock climbing, rope climbing, and wading in that training ground.

Senior students even had to simulate the scene of fire coverage during the obstacle course. Anduin would personally take the field and cast spells on them during their field training.

A large number of spectacular spells whizzed past over everyone's heads, and some even landed and exploded nearby. This double destruction of body and spirit made everyone miserable.

Even the members of the tactical club found that an obstacle course class consumed almost all of their physical strength, it was simply exhausting, and every time after the training, their bodies would be covered in dirt, just like they had just returned from the battlefield.

So many young wizards only needed to see a group of muddy wizards appear in the auditorium to know that they were a group of guys who had just finished the tactical training class.

At first, the Weasley twins would make sarcastic remarks and treat these guys as jokes, but after they experienced such training once, they could no longer say anything sarcastic.

On this day, the muddy Harry quartet swayed back to the auditorium, with a dazed look of relief on their faces. They were so tired that they had forgotten to think.

The Weasley twins, who were also having lunch next to them, knew what the few people had just experienced when they saw their appearance, and tacitly poured a few glasses of water for them, and even thoughtfully handed them to them.

Gulugulu...

After Ron raised his head and swallowed a large glass of cold water, he took a long breath as if he had woken up, "Merlin's beard, you would never have imagined how we spent today's training class. The professor actually told us that the previous training intensity was not enough, so he asked us to increase the hell training from twice to three times!"

Hell training is the nickname they gave to that outdoor training ground, and it also represents the obstacle course training program.

Facing different grades, the training intensity of their obstacle course is also different. Low-grade students can end the training after two or three laps.

The most senior students have to go back and forth ten times within the specified time, which is simply the ultimate torture for them.

"We people who have to run five times haven't said anything, what do you have to complain about." Fred rolled his eyes speechlessly.

"Stop it, George One, you are third graders, and we were just a bunch of children who hadn't entered school a year ago!" Ron glared at the other party dissatisfied.

However, what greeted Ron was indeed a flick on the forehead from Fred. Fred has been very annoyed recently when people call him George One by this nickname.

"Increasing the amount of training is not the first time the professor has done this." Hermione, who was also exhausted and sore, muttered with her chin in her hands, "I heard from the second-year students that their training has also increased recently. Your two courses are after ours, and it is estimated that it will be your turn soon."

"What?"

George and Fred's eyes widened suddenly, as if struck by lightning.

"Isn't this going to kill us? What happened to the professor? He's like a different person after Christmas. Although he used to be very strict, he only urged us to conduct autonomous training. It doesn't seem so exaggerated in formal courses!" George complained with a collapsed face.

"Uncle Wilson has only been at Hogwarts for a few months in total, maybe this is his true face." Neville scratched his head and muttered softly, "I heard Tonks say that the professor used to train her and the Aurors with even more exaggerated training intensity than now."

"How do you know? I was also there when Tonks was at school." Fred looked at Neville curiously.

"Neville has correspondence with Tonks, his popularity is much better than you think!" Harry chuckled beside him.

Speaking of Neville, who usually behaves very honestly, he is considered to be ahead of everyone in making friends. Not to mention Leona before, Alpha in Anduin's ranch, and Tonks have a good relationship with him.

"Then we're in trouble." Fred curled his lips with a tangled expression, and then couldn't help frowning, "But that's not right, we are still students now, not Aurors, is it necessary for the professor to be so ruthless to us?"

Harry and Ron shrugged helplessly, they couldn't figure out what Anduin was thinking.

"This is indeed a bit abnormal." Hermione, who has always been observant, responded, "In my impression, the professor is not the kind of person who likes to force students to train. In the past, if someone dropped the ball in the training room, he would just criticize a few words."

"Even for those of us who have joined the tactical club, the professor will only comment on everyone's usual training volume every week and urge us to train independently. In addition, he will not stare at everyone to complete the training as he does now."

"Then what do you think..." Harry knew that Hermione probably guessed something, otherwise she wouldn't have said this.

"The current high-intensity training is for all students. This gives me a feeling that the professor is adding these training to everyone, seemingly preparing for something!" Hermione said her thoughts.

"What are you preparing for, is it going to be another safety drill?" Ron muttered with a bitter face, he was really afraid of Anduin.

Hermione spread her hands, making an expression that she didn't know either.

At this moment, Percy, who had just walked into the auditorium, came straight to everyone's side. At the same time, a few people also noticed that a small metal ball was floating above his head.

"Percy, can you control the sensor ball for a long time?" Harry looked at the sensor ball above the other party's head with envy. So far, he hasn't found anyone else who can do this.

"Recently, my intelligence has finally risen to ★★★★, plus the third-level levitation technique, I can barely hold it up for a day." Percy smiled with a slightly reserved expression.

Percy is actually a bit modest. In recent months, he can be said to have been exceptionally hardworking. He trains himself to the point where he can't hold on every day, and he didn't slack off even during Christmas. Speaking of which, he can be said to be one of the most hardworking students at Hogwarts.

"Percy, you are so amazing!" Hermione looked at the top of the other party's head with envy, "I can only control the sensor ball for more than an hour, I really don't know when I can catch up with you."

"What? You can already control it for more than an hour, when did this happen?" Ron looked at Hermione like he was looking at a monster. He and Harry can't even last an hour with delayed training now.

"Isn't it because you like to be lazy?" Hermione gave the other party a cold white look, and then raised her chin slightly triumphantly.

"Indeed, you guys only knew how to play during the Christmas holidays. Charlie has been training for a year since he graduated." Percy glared at his younger brothers somewhat责怪.

They went to Romania to visit Charlie specifically this Christmas, and at the same time found that Charlie also had auxiliary props such as sensor balls in his hand, and he could almost work with several small balls on his head every day. To be honest, Percy was also stimulated by his brother.

"Yes, yes, our model student is starting to train people again. I don't know, I thought you were our mother!" Fred glanced at Percy unhappily.

"Stop talking nonsense, George One." I don't know when, Percy's personality has become a lot more playful, perhaps because he always gets along with these young wizards day and night after joining the tactical club.

"I'm here to find you today for serious business." Percy immediately became serious when he said this, "Professor Wilson asked me to inform you that there will be an additional tactical club meeting tonight, and the time and location have changed. You must gather at the training ground before 5 pm."

"What!" Ron covered his head speechlessly, "We were just tortured to death, why are we going to that ghost place in a while, the professor wouldn't want us to do field training at night, would he."

Not only Ron, but the rest of the people collapsed and shrugged their faces after hearing this news.

"I can't say for sure either, who knows what the professor is thinking, anyway, I'm just a messenger." Percy shrugged helplessly, and then walked towards the long tables of other colleges, he had to pass this good news to the other club members.

In the afternoon, a group of young wizards who had been tidied up successively arrived at this large training ground located on the outskirts of the castle, but everyone's interest was not particularly high at this time.

It's no wonder, the first-year young wizards had just experienced a devil training before, and the others also had a deep psychological shadow on this venue.

However, after everyone arrived one after another, they did not see Anduin near the obstacle course, which was good news for them, which meant that everyone would probably not use the facilities here in a while.

The Harry group, who had just arrived, saw that there was already a group of people gathered there, including Percy who had sent them the message before.

"Did the professor tell us where to find him? Or are we waiting for Hogge to lead us?" After getting closer, Harry took the initiative to ask.

"The professor told me that after everyone arrives, take you to Hall 4 to find him, you guys wait here now." Percy gathered the club members who had arrived together and explained to everyone in a unified manner.

Hall 4? After hearing Percy's words, everyone present showed curious expressions. They had never been exposed to this so-called Hall 4. Could it be that the professor is going to show them something new today?