After communicating with Lucius, the other party said that he would think about it again, but it seemed that he was already a dead duck with a hard mouth.

After all, Malfoy is like that, understand.

Then the alliance between the two is naturally hidden, and now Severus and various forces are not dealing with each other, and any organization and individual related to Severus may be attacked, even a Malfoy is no exception.

The strongest force in the wizarding world today is undoubtedly the Ministry of Magic, especially after the transfer of Barty Crouch old in the Ministry of Magic, the Ministry of Magic has almost become a word of Minister Bagno, and the future minister, the current Deputy Minister Fudge is still a little transparent, especially after Umbridge intervened in the trial before, Fudge is even more low-key.

The second force is the Order of the Phoenix under the leadership of Dumbledore, in fact, the Order of the Phoenix is a relatively loose organization, when fighting against Voldemort, most of the wizards who dare to confront the Death Eaters are the Order of the Phoenix, which also includes many Aurors of the Ministry of Magic, and after Voldemort was confirmed dead, the Order of the Phoenix began to shrink rapidly, and now there are basically only some core members.

But even so, the Order of the Phoenix represents the greatest white wizard at the time, the strongest at that time, and also represents the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, relying on Dumbledore's influence, even if the Order of the Phoenix is dissolved, it is an extremely powerful force.

The most important is the current pure-blood aristocracy, not all pure-bloods will unite, here are basically from the Slytherin family, under the influence of the fall of Voldemort, and many pure-blood wizards were imprisoned in Azkaban, this former most powerful force can almost only survive, so Lucius's life is not easy, he thinks that the power of money and family background is obviously unable to turn the situation around in this situation.

Now Lucius's understanding of power is still too shallow, relying on some short-term interest kidnapping, and even money bribery, family threats are too fragile, which can be seen from the original book, Lucius has been betrayed by his allies more than once.

Now the gap between the forces of the three parties is actually quite large, but at the beginning of the plot, the three forces have reached a strange balance, needless to say, this must be Dumbledore's handiwork.

Dumbledore himself didn't want to have power, or he had a deep fear of power, so he didn't want anyone else to have too much power, so balance seemed to him to be the best way.

Of course, the disadvantage is that there are not too many cases of mutual dragging, and the reason why the wizarding world is developing slowly has something to do with it, and the British wizarding community has always lacked a strong leader.

Putting that aside for now, there is another issue that really needs to be addressed urgently, and that is the question of the title of Potions Master.

After all, the cowhide has been blown out, and if Severus has not obtained the official title by the time school starts, it will not only be Dumbledore who will be disgraced, but Severus himself will be disgraced to his grandmother's house.

Therefore, in the coming days, Severus planned to make a breakthrough in potions first, and fill in the hole that had been dug first.

The ratings and grading system of the wizarding world are similar to those of later generations.

For example, the wizard level exam, the ordinary wizard level exam is basically equivalent to the college graduation exam, although the wizarding world has stricter requirements for the exam, but the content of the exam is still relatively simple, therefore, there are few wizards who can't pass.

In the wizarding world, graduating from the fifth grade, that is, 16 years old, is equivalent to adulthood, so ordinary wizards at this time can leave school to make a living.

Wizards who want to go further can continue to study for two years, similar to graduate school, and then take the higher wizard exam similar to a graduate student's graduation thesis, but in a different form.

If there are about 90% of the ordinary wizards who pass the exam, then only about 60% of the higher wizards pass the exam, but this is calculated according to the number of registrations.

What does that mean? Basically, all fifth-grade wizards will take the ordinary wizard exam, and there are about 100 people every year, so more than 90 people have passed, and they have basically passed all of them.

And there are only about 30 people who are eligible to continue their studies for two years, which means that there are very few students in the sixth and seventh years of each college, and they are not as many as the first year combined.

Among these courses, Severus's Potions class has the smallest number of people, and there are only about ten people per year in Severus's teaching process, even if Professor Slughorn relaxes the conditions in the end, we can also see that there are only a dozen people who study Potions with Harry Potter, that is to say, there are only two Harry and Ron.

Of course, this doesn't actually mean that Severus's conditions are harsh, but it is really because the danger of making mid-to-high-grade potions is too high, and the raw materials are also expensive, which are all factors that limit the number of people.

And the rating is more like a job title, for example, Severus's Potions Master title is more like a senior title in potions, so the hardware requirement is to be able to skillfully prepare high-level potions, and the test is actually to see if there is one's own magic potion at that time, and generally students who can pass the advanced wizard exam should be able to prepare one or two high-level potions, but they can only prepare one or two, and not all high-level potions have to be melted potions.

High-level potions that can be successfully formulated without melting potions are often related to their own magic power, just like the adaptability of a wand, so they can only be concocted with the corresponding potions.

However, it is not possible to concoct other high-grade potions.

And wizards who can develop a magic melting potion that suits them can at least prepare double-digit high-grade potions, and the difference is very large, which is why potions masters are so rare.

It's not necessarily a Potions Master who can make high-grade potions, but a Potions Master can definitely make most high-grade potions!

So usually you can apply for the title of Potions Master with a potion of melting, and Severus's situation is completely a deliberate embarrassment on the part of the Ministry of Magic, which is generally equivalent to too many people in the evaluation, so it depends on other conditions, such as awards, work performance, or academic contributions, such as publishing papers, etc.

The Ministry of Magic just saw that Severus was young, and few people knew about it even before applying for the Potions Master, such a person could easily arouse the suspicion of ordinary wizards, just like a young man in his twenties who suddenly wanted to evaluate a senior title, if it was not turned out, it would be forgotten, as long as it was turned out, then you must come up with enough qualifications, and the most important thing is that this qualification must be understood and understood by most people.

Ordinary wizards don't know what a magic potion is, so it's better to write a paper, in fact, it would be better if you could invent a new potion, but potions are really not that easy to invent, especially if there is no new invention in the original book.

Therefore, improving the high-grade potion has become a more suitable choice, and Severus has improved the wolf poison potion in the original book, and now Severus plans to choose this as well.

The wolf poison potion is a new potion that has just appeared in recent years, and it is relatively less difficult to improve, not to mention that the original Severus already has some plans.

Now all we have to do is to continue to improve the knowledge and theory of Zhang Jin's modern chemical research, and then publish the results after they are published.