At this moment, Filch carried an oil lamp and walked down the corridor leading to the castle's basement. Not long ago, an eerie-sounding cry came from beneath the castle, and he didn't know what it was, but the instincts of the caretaker for years told Filch that something must have happened.

"Who's there? Stop, I see you. Filch suddenly shouted, and quickened his pace to chase forward.

After some chase, Filch finally blocked the student around the corner, panting and holding up the oil lamp, his eyes falling on the uneasy face of a student with a malicious smile on the corner of his mouth in front of a Slytherin student.

As the saying goes, curiosity kills cats, and that's not wrong at all.

The Slytherin student was also unlucky, he had just heard the mandrake crying, so he sneaked out of the common room to find out where the sound was coming from, only to be caught by Filch as soon as he walked out of the Slytherin common room.

"Say, you didn't make that weird cry just now? Filch's mood suddenly turned cloudy, and he asked in a stern tone.

"No, I just heard that voice......" the student explained with a sad face.

"Don't try to run away, follow me. Filch took the student to knock on Snape's office, but Snape was now stunned by Albert's mandrake, and it was impossible to get up and open the door.

After knocking on the door to no avail, Filch had no choice but to take the student to Professor McGonagall, the associate dean.

Professor McGonagall, cloaked in a cloak, opened the door and looked at Filch, then turned her gaze to the restless Slytherin student, and asked, "Argus, what the hell is going on?" ”

"I suspect he made the noise. Filch whispered about what had just happened.

"This matter has nothing to do with me. The Slytherin student said hurriedly.

"What's going on?" Professor McGonagall frowned slightly, her gaze becoming stern.

The Slytherin student swallowed, remembering what he knew.

The mandrake's cry didn't travel too far, only a small number of Slytherin students and Filch who hadn't fallen asleep heard it, and the one caught by Filch came out to find out what was going on.

Then, he was out of luck.

While Professor McGonagall was slashing Slytherin scores, Albert was talking to his roommates about what had just happened in Snape's office.

"You're ......" The trio all looked dumbfounded at their roommate who had just lifted the illusion spell when they heard Albert use a mandrake to stun Snape.

Then he muttered with resentment on his face: "Damn, you didn't bring us with you for such an interesting thing." ”

"Isn't this convenient?" Albert said with a smile, covering his yawn, "I've got the Ni Snake Egg, and as for the dragon claw powder, I'll write to the pharmacy in Diagon Alley tomorrow to buy it, and Snape won't guess that we're going to have Bar Fay's Brain Sophober." ”

"But it's a pity!" Fred said with a look of regret, admiring Albert's courage to make Snape stunned.

"What will happen to Snape when he wakes up tomorrow?" asked George, lying back on his bed, in a strange tone.

"Of course I thought I was having a nightmare. Albert said without thinking, "Okay, get some rest early, don't be late tomorrow morning." ”

Although he said this, Fred and the others were already so excited that they couldn't sleep, and there was no way, no one would feel sleepy when they heard such news.

Albert didn't care if Fred slept or not, he closed his eyes and began to receive the reward for the first encounter with the mandrake.

The so-called basic common sense of mandrake is really not much different from what Albert guessed, that is, the knowledge of mandrake, but the scope of this knowledge is very wide, if you want to write a paper about mandrake, it is estimated that it can be written as a brick-thick book.

Albert slowly flipped through the so-called attempts he had obtained, and was really taken aback.

Mandrake is one of the raw materials for elixir.

Mandrake root can be made into wine by some special means, which is good for fertility and has a certain aphrodisiac effect.

In fact, mandrake root is also one of the raw materials for aphrodisiacs.

The most astonishing thing is that Albert actually found its recipe in his memory, whether it was an elixir or a mandrake root wine.

However, the most shocking thing is that the mandrake root can also be turned into an anti-aging potion through a complex potion process.

If the mature mandrake root is dried and carved, it can be made into a variety of very precious amulets, which can resist diseases, protect against black magic, and ensure that women conceive and give birth smoothly.

If the sun-dried mandrake root is carved into a human form, it can also be used for divination.

By the way, mandrake root is also an ingredient for flying ointments.

The so-called basic common sense of mandrakes simply stunned Albert, this part of the knowledge is simply a comprehensive analysis of the various scratching operations of mandrakes, whether it is grass or roots, its uses are not at least a hundred or more, as raw materials for various alchemy and potions.

Of course, in addition to this, it can also be crafted into dark magic items.

If the mandrake is planted in salt for three months, it becomes a dangerous dark magic item.

Well, in Albert's own understanding, the mandrake is dead, and after three months of salting in salt, hatred will remain on the pickled mandrake, and when it is taken out of the salt, the mandrake will become extremely deadly, and its cry will make all the creatures around it be cursed and faint, and even die, and the salt that used to bury the mandrake will become the best way to lift the curse.

"This ...... This is fantastic!" Albert muttered excitedly. He had realized that he might not be able to return the mandrake, and that he would have to plant it in large quantities in the future, but Albert was not worried about the way to grow it, because there was also the best way to grow the mandrake, which was better than Pomona Sprout's.

"What's so great?" asked a voice next to him.

"Elixir. Albert said happily, "The effect of the medicine is so good, I will definitely learn how to prepare the elixir." ”

"Could it be that you plan to drink it every day?"

"If everything is not going well, drink some elixir. Albert said with a smile. "Drinking too much can make you arrogant, but there's no denying that with just a small amount, everything becomes perfect. ”