Professor Slughorn's unsavory tone made Ron look a little ugly, but Ron, who was used to being ignored with Harry, said nothing, but lowered his head and ran to the locker silently to retrieve the books and balances.

Mike still admires Ron for this. You should know that Ron's growth environment can be said to be extremely bad. His entire childhood and even most of his youth were almost ignored and neglected. In games or novels, this is a template for a villain.

But Ron endured it all with his big heart, and not only did he not feel depressed, he also lived happily every day.

Mike really doesn't know if Ron is in a good state of mind or has a problem with his brain.

At this time, Draco, who was on the Slytherin's desk, immediately laughed, and deliberately used the volume that everyone could hear in the classroom and the few Slytherin beside him:

"Look, this is the fine tradition of the Weasley family. You will always use second-hand or even third-hand goods!"

Upon hearing this, the Slytherins also burst into laughter, and the entire classroom was soon filled with laughter.

Ron's fists were already tightly clamped together. If it was not the time for class, Mike would bet Ron would definitely go up and fight Draco.

Harry and Hermione on the seat also stared at Draco angrily. Hermione turned her head from time to time to look at the figure of Slughorn on the podium, which was hazy because of the water vapor.

Unfortunately, Slughorn obviously did not mean to offend Draco because of this little thing. You should know that the Malfoy family is almost the Death Eater on the surface, and he doesn't want to provoke the other party for the sake of a Weasley with an ordinary talent.

But in order to prevent the situation from continuing, Slughorn still coughed twice and said loudly:

"Okay, since you're all ready, we're going to start class."

After saying that, he looked at Slytherin's long table with a warning, and this glance directly on Draco and the others' laughter disappeared.

Seeing this, Slughorn nodded with satisfaction, and then straightened his chest that was already applauding, and said after almost breaking a button:

"I have prepared several potions to open your eyes. Of course, this is just out of interest. But when you finish the advanced class, you should be able to make these potions. So now, can anyone tell me which potions are?"

As he said that, Slughorn pointed at the cauldron at Slytherin's long table, and there was a ball of liquid as clear as a spring water inside.

In fact, it can be seen from the placement of these crucibles in the classroom that Slughorn wanted to give each academy points so that everyone could be satisfied with. For example, the crucible on Slytherin’s long table is obviously a point-giving question left to Slytherin’s people.

However, Draco and others obviously failed Slughorn's care. They stared at them for a long time but couldn't see what potion it was.

Seeing this, Slughorn could only shake his head helplessly, turn to look at the hands that had been raised high at the long table of Gryffindor.

He pointed to Hermione who raised her hand, and the latter said in a very fast speed:

"The real spitting agent, a colorless and odorless liquid, can make the drinker tell the truth, and is usually used in torture!"

"That's great!" Slughorn pointed his hand at the cauldron in front of Mike again, "So who can tell me what this is? Mike?"

Slughorn looked at Mike with anticipation, obviously hoping that Mike would answer this question.

But Mike chuckled, turned his head to look at Gryffindor's side, Hermione raised her hand early again.

Seeing this, Slughorn was clear and pointed at Hermione again.

"It's a compound decoction!"

"Oh! Great! Great!" Slughorn pointed to the crucible on Gryffindor's side again, "Then this..."

"It's the ecstasy agent! It's the most effective love potion in the world! It produces spiraling water vapor when it boils, and its smell will automatically become your favorite smell, just like I just smelled the newly trimmed lawn, brand new parchment and…"

Hermione suddenly stopped talking. She blushed and looked at Mike's direction through the heavy mist in the classroom, then lowered her head quickly.

Professor Slughorn, who was standing beside him, was already stunned at this time.

You should know that there is no knowledge about love potions in the textbook. If you have not read relevant books specifically or configured them by yourself and used love agents, others would never know about these things.

He really didn't expect that the girl in front of him would be able to be so rich in her knowledge.

"Dear, what's your name?"

Realizing that the girl in front of him was likely a genius, Slughorn instinctively softened his tone.

"Hermione Granger, sir."

"Granger? Are you related to Hector Dagworth Granger, the founder of the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association?"

"Uh, I don't think so. Sir, I'm from a Muggle."

Hearing this, laughter came from the Slytherin's long table, but Slughorn paid attention to them at all. He looked at Hermione gently and smiled:

"It's really good, it's really good. You remind me of a student I used to be. She was also a Muggle, but she has amazing talent that makes people jealous. Well, you know, this is rare in Muggle. But I've met two in my life, and I'm so lucky!"

Professor Slughorn's words made Hermione's already red face turn redder, while Harry and Ron on the side applauded desperately, and Mike in the distance also smiled.

"Okay, give Miss Granger of Gryffindor this well-deserved 20 points!"

After saying that, Slughorn ignored the Gryffindors who were already laughing and walked back to the podium and said to everyone with a serious expression:

"Students, please remember that love agents cannot allow you to get real love! Love cannot be imitated. Love agents can only make people fall into crazy obsession or obsession. This is wrong and dangerous.

That's right, what I'm talking about is danger. I think the most dangerous potion in this entire classroom now should be the romance agent..."

Before Slughorn could finish his words, a burst of laughter came from Slytherin's long table again.

Now Sligerhorn could no longer bear it, and he glared at Slithering angrily.

"You are you, that platinum-haired Malfoy!" he said, pointing to Draco, looking around. "You have been laughing a little while you just now. I don't remember the qualities of Slytherin that are smirking when others talk. At least not when I was the dean of Slytherin College. Maybe I should communicate with Severus to rectify the Slytherin atmosphere!"

Draco's little face turned pale when he heard the four words Severus. Seeing this, Slughorn nodded with satisfaction, turned his head and said to everyone with great earnestness:

"Don't doubt it, classmates. If you reach my age you will know that people who are addicted to love usually do a lot of terrible things, and in fact, many tragedies come from this dangerous love potion."

"Okay, that's it, I think we should start class."

Slughorn said and spread the textbook in front of him, but Hermione in the audience suddenly pointed to the cauldron at Hufflepuff's long table and said:

"Professor, you haven't told us what's in this crucible yet."

Mike chuckled when he heard this. Hermione's intention to get extra points was too obvious.

But Slughorn obviously looked down on Hermione. He pretended to be surprised and said, "Ah!" before saying:

"This is a blessing agent, I guess you must know what it is for? Miss Granger."

“It brings luck to people!”

"Very right! Gryffindor plus ten more!" Slughorn said loudly, "Fuling agent, which is extremely complex to make, can indeed bring people luck. It feels wonderful to take it. How can you describe it... Well... you will find that no matter what you do before its efficacy disappears!

Of course, you can't take it often, it's best to be separated by a few months or even years, otherwise it will make you arrogant and reckless.

You know, no matter how beautiful things are, they will be harmful if you use them too much. Just like tomatoes and apples, they are both very nutritious fruits, but in fact they contain natural toxins in their bodies. If you eat too much, you will be poisoned to death!

Oh! Don't worry too much, Harry. Tomatoes and apples want to poison people. You have to eat them at least a few meals in a few hours. If someone really does this, then it will probably be overwhelmed before being poisoned!

I give this example just to let you understand two very important truths in potions. One is that even the best things will have side effects, and the other is that talking about toxicity is nonsense!”

Hermione's eyes lit up suddenly, and she asked:

"You have taken Fuling agent!"

"Of course, I have used it twice in my life, once at the age of 26 and once at the age of 57. I drank two spoons at breakfast. Ah! Those two days were so perfect!"

As he said that, Slughorn raised his head, his face filled with longing and happy smile.

This made almost everyone present interested in Fuling agents. Except for Mike, he had used Fuling agents for a long time. In fact, there was nothing special about this thing, but it was a little expensive. With Mike's current financial resources, he could drink it as water.

After a few minutes, Slughorn finally woke up from his fantasy. He smiled and looked at the pot of Fuling Pills, and finally said:

"Next, I will hold a small competition, and this is the prize."

Everyone's breathing in the classroom was stagnant, and even Mike was no exception.

You know, that's a full pot of good spirit agent! Even Mike was moved by such a huge fortune!

But then Slughorn took out a small teardrop-shaped bottle from his arms.

"A small bottle of Fuling agent can provide about 12 hours of luck!"

The smile on Mike's face disappeared instantly, and was replaced by deep disgust. He really didn't expect that Slughorn would be so stingy.

But even a bottle of Fuling agent still made the students in the classroom very excited, especially Franklin, who was staring at the small bottle, his eyes almost glaring out.

No need to think about it, he must have wanted to use this thing in the Quidditch competition.

But if he had watched the 373-page ban regulations for Quidditch games, he should know that Fuling agents are prohibited from being used in Quidditch games.

"Next, please turn the "Advanced Potion Making" in your hands to the tenth page." Slughorn said, "We have more than an hour left. Please use this time to make a living hell decoction. I know this is complicated, and I don't expect you to make it perfect the first time, but the one who does the best and fastest will get our reward today. Okay, let's start now!"

As soon as Slughorn finished speaking, Franklin suddenly took out his crucible and medicine bag and began to measure various materials with a balance scale.

There are many people in the classroom who reacted as quickly as him. Now everyone is highly focused. It is the first time that Mike has seen such a dedicated scene to making potions. It seems that this Sligerhorn student still has a set of things.

Mike also took out his own materials and tools and started making potions.

Living Hell Decoction, also known as Life and Dead Water, is a powerful sedative. Just a small glass of wine can make people sleep for a week.

Mike has long been memorized by the method of making this medicine, and what Mike wrote down was an improved version recorded in Snape's textbook, so Mike was not as anxious as other students, but was still interested in looking at other people's situations.

At this moment, Harry also opened the book given to him by Mike, frowned and checked the way to make the water of life and death.

Seeing this, Mike's mouth rose up.

What he gave Harry was the famous "Hybrid Prince's textbook". The reason why Mike gave the textbook to Harry was that in addition to making the plot line return to the origin as much as possible, he also wanted to see Snape's expression after he learned that his second-tier black history was in control by Mike. That must be very interesting!

Thinking of this, the smirk at the corner of Mike's mouth became even more reckless, but the movements in his hands were not shaken at all!

Squeeze beans into slices, grind the daffodil roots, tear the mugwort into pieces, put them in water to make mugwort soak liquid...

Part after portion of the ingredients were quickly processed by Mike and threw them into the crucible. While cooking, they flipped clockwise inside with a spoon.

Soon, light blue steam rose from the boiled crucible, and the liquid inside slowly changed to the light brown. Seeing this, Mike changed to turning counterclockwise. This was a method modified by Snape, which is said to increase the speed of the ripening of the medicine liquid.

There is no doubt that Snape's improved formula is effective, which makes Mike surpass Hermione even if he loses the opportunity and becomes the fastest progress person in the classroom. It also allows Harry, a druggist, to quickly and efficiently complete the processing of the materials, and enter the boiling stage.
Chapter completed!