Not all students are as rich and capricious as Zhang Xu, so they all work hard.

Harry Potter is also one of them.

Harry flipped through his dirty old textbook, looking for the contents of the Hellish Potion.

However, when Harry opened the textbook, he found that it was full of words, and he could barely find any blank space

Harry could make out the words that had been added to the mix, mostly as notes on the ingredients and process of making the potion.

Harry had a headache with the notes at this point, and by the time he had managed to identify the ingredients and retrieve them from the locker to begin rough processing, Hermione's progress bar was nearly halfway through.

When Harry finished processing the valerian root and looked at the next step in the textbook, he was in a state of confusion.

The person who scribbled on the textbook had objections to the method of dealing with the sleepy beans described in the textbook, and wrote a note in the margin: "Squeezing with the side of a silver knife makes it easier to get juice than slicing." ”

And below this note, there are several notes with obviously different handwriting:

"I think it's more convenient to use a juicer."

"If you don't have a juicer, you can cut the sleepy beans in half and press them with a vice."

"If you have the ability, you can squeeze it with your hands."

"It is forbidden to consume the juice of the sleepy bean directly, unless you ask someone to borrow money and then let the other person take it, because it can make people amnesia."

Harry was at a loss for a moment, so he immediately turned to Old Gandalf in his glasses for help.

Grandpa Gandalf told Harry that none of these methods were wrong.

So Harry decided to do it according to the textbook first, but the shriveled beans were not easy to cut, and he felt that it would be faster to use a saw.

Harry was going to try the same thing as the other guys in the book's notes, but he didn't have a juicer or vice, which he should have on Privet Road, but not in Hogwarts, and he didn't think he could squeeze it by hand.

Harry turned to Hermione and borrowed a silver knife from her.

Hermione, whose progress bar was stuck at 98%, impatiently agreed to Harry's request.

Harry hurriedly squeezed a large amount of bean juice out of the sleepy beans as the notes in the textbook said.

Harry, who saw the usefulness of the note, was confident and moved on to the next step.

Next, Harry saw a note appear next to the next entry in the textbook that said that the potion must be stirred counterclockwise.

The note on the handwriting with a silver short knife just said that it should be stirred seven times counterclockwise, and then one time clockwise.

However, the note in the other handwriting below has several lines written on it.

The first line only says "segregation", and then a ❌ drawing is drawn on the end.

At the end, it is written that every letter can be understood, such as "stirring in one direction makes the precipitate less disturbed, and the molecular chain is longer and more obvious in filament", "reverse stirring will break and degrade the long chain of polymer", "the stress of the macromolecular chain is changed due to the violent stirring effect", etc., but all of them cannot be understood when connected.

And in the penultimate line, "'∞' mixing can be done all the way", Harry understood.

Harry asked Grandpa Gandalf for help again, but Grandpa Gandalf said that the first one was theoretically feasible and that the later ones could be tried.

Harry was also in a state of conflict, the notes were supposed to have been left by the previous students who had used the textbook, and both of them were supposed to be gifted in Potions.

The success of squeezing the sleepy bean juice just now shows that the first student is reliable, so is the second student's method equally reliable?

Harry looked at Hermione's cauldron next to her, and saw that she was at 98.5% of her progress, while Malfoy's progress bar wasn't at 90%.

"Anyway, if Hermione gets the elixir and asks her to borrow it, she shouldn't refuse." Harry thought to himself.

So Harry decided to take a gamble and try it out according to the second student's note.

Harry stirred as he did the notes, and the potion in the cauldron turned a faint pink at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"How did you do that?" Hermione asked in surprise as she looked at the potions in Harry's Cauldron that had reached 99.9% completion.

At this time, the potion in her cauldron was still purple.

"Stir counterclockwise seven times and then stir clockwise, or like I did, like butterfly wings." Harry whispered to her.

Harry then looked at the last line of the notes in his textbook and said in a voice that Malfoy could hear at the next table, "You can stir the potion very vigorously counterclockwise." ”

Meanwhile, Harry to Hermione 😜.

It's just that Hermione didn't notice Harry's small movements, just looked at her textbook and said, "No, no, no." The textbook says to stir counterclockwise. ”

Harry didn't continue, just continued to stir the potion as in the book.

Harry took a look at Ron's situation, and judging by the color of the potion in the cauldron, it was clear that he had failed.

Soon, Slughorn said loudly, "Good! It's time! Please stop stirring, everyone! ”

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At that moment, Malfoy's cauldron exploded, and Malfoy, who was stirring the cauldron vigorously, was blown into a big black face.

Harry turned back and smiled at Pony, the last line of the notes in his textbook read, "No stirring, it's going to fry!" ”

Slughorn walked over to check on Malfoy, and when he saw that he was fine, he said, "You stirred too hard." ”

Slughorn then began to examine the objects in the students' cauldrons, and although he didn't make any verbal comments from me, his expression could tell what he was saying.

The expression on Slughorn's face began to improve when he walked over to Harry's table.

He nodded in satisfaction as he walked over to Hermione's cauldron.

The next second, when he saw the potion in Harry's cauldron, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"The perfect living hell potion!" Slughorn exclaimed, "Excellent Harry! You've inherited Lily's brilliant talent! Your mother is possessed by a soul at this moment! Take it, it's your elixir, make good use of it! ”

After handing the elixir to Harry, Slughorn continued to the next table of students.

When Slughorn came to the last table and saw the potion in Zhang Xu's cauldron, he said loudly again, "Oh my God! I can't believe it, it's a perfect living hell potion! ”

"Wait!" As if he had suddenly discovered something new, Slughorn kept stirring the potion in Zhang Xu's crucible with a silver spoon, and then scooped a spoonful and put it under his nose and smelled it for a long time.

"You've made some changes to it?" Slughorn's eyes widened, and he looked at Zhang Xu in surprise and said.

"Yes, Professor." Zhang Xu nodded and replied, "I added a little juice of the Tranquility Grass to it, it can make people fall into a deep sleep." Then I added some herbs that didn't affect the potency and improved the taste, so that their taste neutralized the bitterness of the calming herb, and the potion became a strawberry flavor with a better taste. You know, lately I've needed them to go along with the treatment. ”

Slughorn looked at Zhang Xu in surprise and said to him, "Can you divide the potion in half with me?" If you need it, come to me, and I'll allow you to use the Potions classroom to refine it. ”

"No problem, Professor." Zhang Xu replied.

"You're also the winner of the day, and you can also get a bottle of elixir!" Slughorn said.

When he saw Harry's potion just now, he couldn't help but think of Harry's mother, so in a moment of excitement, he sent out the good product without reading all the students' potions.

Now that he saw something better, it was naturally impossible to give the elixir given to Harry back to Zhang Xu, so he just filled another bottle for Zhang Xu, after all, there was still a pot there.

It's just that Zhang Xu said to Slughorn: "I have a small request, professor. I don't want ready-made elixirs, I want to refine them myself under your guidance. ”

Slughorn carefully re-examined Zhang Xu, then nodded in agreement: "Very good, you are a very self-motivated student, Mr. Zhang." When you think you're ready, feel free to come to me. ”

The students in the classroom looked at Zhang Xu with envy, because Slughorn had added fifty points to the Eagle Courtyard because of his Living Hell Potion, 🍓 while Harry's original version had to add twenty points.