Chapter 19 The Treasure Hunt is a Responsive House
The crooked streets and alleys were crumbling with old and tattered furniture, most likely by careless students who had secretly smuggled up here to hide evidence of mistaken magic, or by house-elves who had hidden themselves to preserve the dignity of the castle.
Among the messes of old furniture, there are thousands of books, which are undoubtedly forbidden, scribbled, or stolen and nowhere to be placed.
In addition to these, many of the dangerous items that are banned at Hogwarts are also ubiquitous, such as the winged slingshot and wolf's tooth saucer, and a few that hover limply over the mountains of forbidden objects.
Some of the broken bottles contained black-brown potions that had solidified and agglomerate, and I didn't know if they could continue to have an effect.
Of course, the contents of the Room are not exactly some garbage.
If you try to pick it up, you can still find gold in the garbage.
Clarke, for example, saw some of the more elaborate hats, jewelry, cloaks, and other intact costumes, as well as a magical material that looked like a dragon eggshell.
In addition, in several gagged glass bottles, the potion, bubbling with sticky bubbles, was still glittering with an evil light.
On the collapsed weapon rack, several swords with piercing cold light made people shudder.
Not to mention, a bloodstained and ominous big axe can cut off the heads of many people at a glance.
As Clark navigated through the clutter, he used the psychic ability of Manipulating Small Objects to rummage through the cluttered stacks of books.
"Listen to Me Read Spells", "The 100 Most Mispronounced Spells", "A History of Ancient European Magic", "Must Memorize Magic Elixirs", ......
"Potions", "Dark History", "Alchemy of Death and Life", "Plague", "Pink Temptation", "Whipping and Pleasure", ......
There are both basic textbooks that Clark has read, as well as high-end dark arts books that Clark has never read and that are rarely seen in libraries.
And those who had not seen it were naturally easily put into the magic pocket that Clark hung around his waist.
Anyway, his magic pocket was made of the skin of a deformed lizard, and the traceless stretching charm attached to it still had a lot of space even if it was loaded with thirty or forty books.
Clark seems to have completely transformed into a greedy goblin scavenger, and like a who is engaged in a "zero-dollar purchase" activity, packing anything that seems valuable into his bag.
But for him, these forbidden books that are usually rare are just appetizers, and as Clark continues to wander past the two huge bronze pig statues standing there, four large old wooden boxes placed on both sides of the aisle immediately catch his eye.
These wooden boxes look like they are some years old, and Clark uses [Manipulating Small Objects] to lift the lid of the wooden box far away, and in the first box, there are more than a dozen wands placed horizontally, and the cores of some wands have been exposed, in addition to a bunch of old books and strange items that I don't know what to do.
Clark glanced at it, and when he saw that there was nothing of value in it, he walked straight to the three wooden boxes in the back.
In the second wooden box, as soon as the lid was lifted, a thick cloud of black smoke came out, and then a strange thing kept changing shape in front of Clarke.
Clark raised an eyebrow, this turned out to be a Boggart hiding in a box!
"Funny funny!" Clark shouted a spell in his mouth, but in fact, he rewarded Boggart with a [Spiritual Acupuncture], only to hear a "pop", as if the balloon was punctured by a needle, and the Boggart exploded into a wisp of black smoke and dissipated.
Seeing this, Clark didn't have much hope for the contents of the two boxes behind him, and then when he lifted the lid, he found that the two boxes were full of rows of glass jars.
"It's ...... Sniffing the phantom grass? Clark opened a glass jar, took out a copper-glowing leaf from it, looked at it in front of his eyes, and silently put it back.
He had seen the material from an ancient book on pharmaceutics, and Niffler's Fancy was a rare plant with magical properties, hence the name given to the fact that the leaves glow like copper and the fact that Sniffler likes shiny things.
In ancient times, some sorcerers also liked to use it as currency, but not many people studied Olfactory Grass, which is said to be one of the ingredients used to make potent potions.
It's a pity that there is only one piece of olfactory in this jar, and the amount is too small, and it is not of much value.
"Billy Wig's wings." Clark only glanced at it and recognized the medicinal herbs contained in the next glass jar.
The wings of the Billy Wigg Worm are the main raw material for the Levitation Elixir and one of the important ingredients in the making of the Broomstick.
This magical insect native to Australia is about an inch long and has a brilliant metallic sheen all over its body in a brilliant blue color.
Of course, the most amazing thing is that the wings of the Billy Wigg worm grow on the sides of the top of the head and flapp very fast, which makes their bodies spin when they fly.
And they also have a slender sting needle on their tail, which is much more powerful than a bee's tail needle, and anyone who is stung by a Billy Wig worm will feel dizzy and dizzy, and then it will float up in a flickering way.
But even so, generations of young Australian wizards have been trying to catch Billy Wigg worms and then stimulate them to sting themselves in order to achieve this incidental magical effect.
Because of this magical power attached to their bodies, the wings and stings of the Billy Wigg can be used in a variety of potions.
"Hey, that's a lot of money, but the wings of the Billy Wigg Worm can't be sold for any price, after all, the Australian wizarding community has already begun to try to breed the Billy Wig Worm in captivity."
Clark complained in his mouth, but he still stuffed this can of materials into the bag very honestly, and he couldn't come back empty-handed.
Anyway, they also have a potions shop at home, and they have no capital to buy and sell, and no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.
Then, in the third chest, Clark found a lot of chicken ribs that were similar to the first two, either not very valuable, or too few in number.
Also, who would hide the truly precious things here?
However, the next moment, he knew that he had said it too early.
"African Tree Snakeskin!"
Clark's eyes lit up, and as soon as he looked at the fourth box, he saw a jar of bright green scaly medicinal herbs.
He opened the jar, pinched it and rubbed it between his fingers, looked at the lines on the scales, and nodded with satisfaction.
According to his judgment, this size and color should be close to 100 years old African tree snake snake snakeskin.
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This ferocious snake is dangerous in both the wizarding world and the Muggle world.
The only difference is that the African tree snake that lives in the wizarding world eats the roots of trees that make wands, and in this way builds up mana in the body, thus increasing its lifespan and becoming more ferocious.
At the same time, this magical African tree snake snake skin is also an important raw material for refining compound decoction.
It's just that like Clark's potion shop, they sell snake skin from African tree snakes, and inside this glass jar, it is a snake skin with a fat layer that was directly removed from the African tree snake's body with a skinning charm.
This can be known from the faint black magic aura attached to this snakeskin.
Of course, the compound decoction made from this snake skin is more effective and lasts longer, but because of the African tree snake spirit attached to it, it is also easy to cause irreversible deformation of some parts of the body.
"It's a good harvest."
Clark put a whole jar of African tree snakeskin into his magic pocket, and the African tree snake skin can be preserved for a long time as long as it is air-dried.
And this snake skin with a faint smell of black magic, although dangerous, is also a sought-after item on the black market.
In addition to this jar of African tree snake skin with a dark magic atmosphere, Clark also found a number of other magical materials in this box that have various hidden dangers, or are very cruel in making them, but they are also very valuable.
Anyway, he didn't know what he made, and he didn't refuse to come, and put it all into his own bag.
However, after harvesting these things, his luck seemed to deteriorate, and he encountered piles of damaged cauldrons and crystal balls, as well as some dark magic items that looked extremely strange and dangerous.
At one point, when Clark was approaching a pile of clutter, his body even suddenly fell backwards for no apparent reason.
At that moment, his spiritual sense even reacted before the meaning, and controlled Clark's body in advance and took a step back, immediately this dangerous area.
Then, a feeling of palpitations came over him.
Clark recovered from his panic, looked at the place where he instinctively avoided it, and with a push, the [secondary shockwave] crashed into the pile, but there was no movement.
The debris pile is still a debris pile, and Clark's [Secondary Shockwave] seems to be a mud cow entering the sea, and it has never been used.
Faced with this situation, Clark did not continue to investigate, but turned around and left, and continued to look for the crown on a different path.
Yes, he didn't come here to hunt for treasure in the rubbish heap, but to find the Ravenclaw crown.
This is the only relic of Rowena Ravenclaw, the founder of Ravenclaw College.
Legend has it that this artifact was enchanted by Rowena Ravenclaw to increase the wearer's intelligence, making it smart and powerful.
Unfortunately, this crown was stolen by Ravenclaw's daughter Helena Ravenclaw a long time ago, because she has been living in the shadow of her mother, hoping that this crown will make her smarter.
The tiara was then hidden by Helena Ravenclaw in a tree hollow in the Albanian forest, until centuries later, when the young Tom Marvolo Riddle arrived at Hogwarts.
Helena had become a ghost of Ravenclaw, and with her handsome looks and rhetoric, Tom Riddle was able to learn from her about the hiding place of the tiara.
Shortly after graduating, Tom traveled to the Albanian forest, found the tiara, and crafted it into his fifth Horcrux.
However, the young Voldemort was also full of rituals, and on the night he returned to Hogwarts and was about to ask the Headmaster to let him stay and teach Defence Against the Dark Arts, he hid the Ravenclaw crown in the Hogwarts Responsive Room.
And these are all things that Clark knows from the original story.
But reading the book is one thing, and after actually going to the scene, Clark realized that it is extremely difficult to find a crown the size of a palm in this vast and sea-like room of requirement.
It's no wonder that Tom Riddle didn't apply any powerful protective black magic to the tiara, perhaps because when he saw this situation, he thought he was the only one who knew how to find it.
Fortunately, Clark isn't a simple, aimless search.
Relying on the recollection of past memories given by the intellectual godhead, he successfully recalled the original books he had read in his previous life.
He remembered that the Ravenclaw crown had first appeared in chapter 24 of Part 5, when Harry had hidden Severus Half-Blood Prince Snape's old Potions textbook.
Harry hurried into an alley in this treasure heap, turned right, well, yes, he passed a troll specimen!
Clark looked up, and soon saw the tall landmark not far away, and walked to the foot of the troll specimen.
He ran a short distance further, turning left beside the ruptured vanishing cabinet...... Where is there a disappearing cabinet here! ”
Clark searched around the troll specimen, but within a radius of more than ten meters, he didn't find any cabinets, or anything resembling the shape of a cabinet.
"Where the hell is it?"
After searching for no avail, he saw that the time of the night was about to pass, and finally had no choice but to consume 2,000 experience points and exchange a level 3 ability [Global Vision] from the skill of [Psychic Prophecy].
[Global Vision]: Level 3 ability, which consumes 5 psionic energy, you can see all the scenes within a radius of 12 (perception) meters with yourself as the center of the circle through the mind that is released, and the duration is 16 (intelligence) minutes. (Note: For every 1 point of psionic energy consumed, the observation radius is increased by 1 meter, and the maximum is 5 meters)
As the psychic power spread like an electric wave, all the scenes within 17 meters appeared in Clark's mind.
It's like dispelling the fog of war while playing a game, and Clark already knows all about the complicated roadway situations.
He casually walked around the troll specimen for a few steps, and soon found another troll specimen at the edge of the [Global Vision].
It turns out that there are two such troll specimens in the Room of Requirement.
When Clark walked to the foot of the troll specimen, he successfully locked on to his target through [Global Vision].
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