#105 - Dangerous soil
Although Mu En is now a true wizard,
he doesn't know much about the history of wizards in either world.
At Hogwarts, the History of Magic course taught Mu En about the ways wizards and ordinary Muggles interact.
In Xilin, his understanding of wizards, or rather, spellcasters, is limited to the events during the Federal Sovereignty War that Zalan participated in.
This limited information makes it impossible for Mu En to clearly understand the entire magical society's situation.
Fortunately, he recently encountered a wild young wizard, which gave Mu En a chance to lift the mysterious veil of the magical world.
According to the original study plan, Mu En came to the Charms practice classroom after finishing all his classes on Monday.
As Mu En expected, after experiencing the difficulty of continuous Charms practice, his roommates had already given up on coming here.
Today, only Hermione followed Mu En to the second floor, but she wasn't here to practice Charms.
"How do you think the people from the 'Marauders' team managed to change the facial expressions of the clay figures?"
To ensure that the hand warmer she makes next will be more beautiful,
Hermione followed Mu En to the Charms practice classroom just to investigate the magical secrets on "Snape."
"I guess it might be related to Transfiguration."
Mu En had just finished an exhilarating Charms practice, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead as he responded to Hermione.
"I also thought it was Transfiguration, but what they did seems more complicated."
Mu En also knew that the Transfiguration magic on "Snape" was very powerful, and with the Transfiguration knowledge they had learned now, it was indeed difficult to replicate the exact same thing.
In last week's Transfiguration class, Mu En and the others only learned about the changes between buttons and candies.
But to change the facial expressions of clay figures, these small Transfiguration spells are far from enough.
However, Mu En didn't plan to make the hand warmer perfect this time.
Being able to create something that keeps hands warm at a constant temperature, plus a relatively beautiful shell, and most importantly, something that Beng Beng likes, is enough for Mu En to consider it a success.
Hermione obviously didn't think so, she always had a habit of doing things to the best of her ability.
However, even when Mu En was about to leave the classroom today, she hadn't found the method she wanted from "Snape."
"I have to go to the library, to see if I've forgotten any relevant books?"
After Hermione finished speaking, she directly left the Charms practice classroom.
Mu En, after obtaining Filch's permission, scraped a little clay powder from the bottom of the clay figure.
When Mu En arrived at the "Crab Claw Orchid Club" in the evening, he found that the small willow branch had sprouted to nearly half a meter in height.
This was all because Mu En used dragon dung fertilizer.
"It seems the little willow tree really likes dragon dung fertilizer."
Cedric, of course, arrived at the club with Mu En, and he noticed the taller little willow tree as soon as he entered the classroom.
As the only non-herb plant in the entire club, the height of the magical willow branch was indeed the highest.
However, Mu En knew that this was only determined by the willow tree's growth characteristics.
After experiencing the rapid development in the early stage, the willow tree's development would obviously slow down in the later stage.
"That's right, which shows that dragon dung fertilizer is indeed very suitable for its growth. Next, I will experiment with some crop seeds."
Making the small willow tree grow taller was not Mu En's purpose, he was only experimenting with this step to test the characteristics of dragon dung fertilizer.
Especially by testing what ratio of dragon dung fertilizer, and how much fertilizer, can be absorbed by ordinary crops through the willow tree's development.
Regarding how to find a suitable livelihood on the Vina Islands, Mu En's first choice has always been farming.
Because the people in Old Soldiers' Alley mostly have experience working on farms, this is bound to be the fastest way to stabilize everyone.
Before coming to Hogwarts this time, Mu En discovered the use of flame snail shells, which gave him confidence in replicating dragon dung fertilizer.
And now there are only two things that Mu En needs to solve.
One is that using dragon dung fertilizer has become the first choice when the growth-type Charms haven't been successfully modified.
And the other thing is how to find a piece of land on the Vina Islands for everyone to live on.
"Still need to keep working hard."
"That's right, me too."
The hard work Cedric was talking about was the changes in his Sleepy Face Fungus.
He now had full confidence in this mutated fungus, especially with the encouragement of the Moonpetal left by Newt.
"I have to make something like Sleeping Draught before Christmas, otherwise I might not even have the qualifications to be selected."
Most of the members of the Herbology Club want to get the Moonpetal, so the competition for this selection is bound to be very fierce.
As for Mu En, because he knew that his accumulation in Herbology was far inferior to the old members of the club, he didn't plan to participate in the selection this year.
Therefore, he was very willing to help Cedric.
"The Sleepy Face Fungus is also growing very fast. I think it will definitely be enough for experimental use in less than a week."
"That's right."
Cedric said as he put on a thickened mask and began to collect new spore powder.
The spore powder had now all turned green, and the toxicity was even stronger.
Therefore, even if Mu En was only observing from the side, he had to put on a thickened mask.
"I originally just wanted to make a sleep aid potion, but seeing them becoming more and more powerful now, I don't know how to use them."
After collecting the spore powder, Cedric shook the spore powder that had just covered the bottom of the bottle and began to worry.
"A sleep aid potion is definitely not going to work, but you can refer to anesthetics or tranquilizers. I think this might be more useful."
Mu En also didn't recommend using this enhanced version of spore powder to make sleep aid potions.
Looking at the green, demonic spore powder, Mu En felt that using it to make a sleep aid potion might make the insomniac sleep forever.
"That's a good idea. I remember that the Skele-Gro potion is very painful when you drink it. If the potion made with spore powder can paralyze the patient, it would definitely be a remarkable invention."
After Cedric finished speaking, he felt that Mu En's idea made a lot of sense.
However, he didn't know much about anesthetics now, so after saying hello to Mu En, he quickly rushed to the library.
Mu En waited until Professor Sprout was free before taking out the clay powder wrapped in parchment.
"Professor, I would like to ask you to identify a soil. It should have been collected near the castle."
Sprout didn't refuse, but when she saw the paper package in Mu En's hand, her expression unconsciously became serious.
"Hmm~, I know where this kind of soil is, but you have to tell me, what are you going to do?"
Mu En didn't notice the change in Sprout's expression, and he directly stated his thoughts.
"I want to make a clay figure. This should be the most suitable soil."
"Is that so? But I have to say, collecting this kind of soil can be very dangerous. If it's not necessary-"
"Professor, I'll be careful."
Seeing Mu En insist, Sprout could only sigh helplessly.
"Alright, it's very late today. I'll notify Hagrid and have him accompany you to collect this soil tomorrow."
