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Chapter 4084 4086 [Slug Club]

When Xiang Nan was reading in the library, Lily often came with him.

Like Hermione Granger, she is the type who loves to learn. Especially after she realized the wonders of magic, she became even more interested in it and couldn't put it down.

Therefore, she would also come to the library to read books, but her professional level was not as deep as Xiang Nan's.

At present, I have only read some basic books, such as "Introduction to Potions", "Hogwarts, A History of the School", "Practical Magic Tips", "Miranda Goshawk Teaches You How to Cast Spells Correctly", etc.

On the one hand, her theoretical knowledge was not as deep as Xiang Nan's, and she couldn't understand too professional books; on the other hand, her magic power was not that strong, so even if she knew the spells, she was unable to cast more powerful spells, such as the Flying Spell, the Armor Spell, the Obstacle Spell, etc.

Unlike Xiang Nan, who not only started practicing magic at the age of five, but more importantly, also absorbed the magic power of four adults, so it was enough to cast some powerful spells.

……

A new week has arrived in the blink of an eye.

Monday morning in the restaurant, Gregory was a little worried.

"Severus, you dealt with the Slytherin students. The teacher of the Potions class we are going to have later is the Slytherin head of the school. Do you think he will retaliate against you?" He looked at Xiang Nan and said.

Hearing him say this, Joey and Benjamin looked at Xiang Nan worriedly.

Xiang Nan smiled slightly, "Don't worry, he's not that bad."

Professor Slughorn is a shrewd person who is prudent, shrewd, smooth, and smooth in dealing with people. He has been pursuing comfort and enjoyment all his life. People like him will not retaliate against students.

In fact, among all the professors at Hogwarts, not counting pure villains such as Quirinus Quirrell, Amycus Carrow, Alecto Carrow, and Dolores Umbridge, only Severus Snape likes to protect his own people and often uses this as an excuse to suppress students from the other three colleges.

Joey, Benjamin and Gregory were obviously not so easily reassured.

……

After breakfast, Xiang Nan and others came to the Potions classroom.

The professor had not arrived yet, so Xiang Nan took out a book called "The Complete Book of Poisonous Fungi" from his schoolbag and started reading.

This book records a variety of poisonous mushrooms. Many of them are extremely toxic and just a small amount can easily kill hundreds of people.

However, the magical world also emphasizes "fighting poison with poison". Many antidotes are made from poisons, so even though these poisonous fungi are highly toxic, they still have their unique uses.

At this moment, the door opened and Professor Slughorn walked in. "Good morning, students!"

"Good morning, Professor Slughorn!" the students all stood up and shouted.

"Very good, everyone hand in your homework," said Slughorn.

This sentence made the students a little nervous. Because except for Xiang Nan, most of the students copied their homework or did it at the last minute.

But everyone still handed in their homework. Professor Slughorn took a quick look and his face became increasingly grim. For a potion master like him, he could tell at a glance whether students had done their homework seriously.

He could tell at a glance which homework was copied, which was done to get by, and which was done in a perfunctory manner. It was not until he saw the three pieces of parchment homework written by Xiang Nan that he finally nodded with satisfaction.

"See? Three full pages of parchment with the medicinal properties of each ingredient clearly written down. Even the changes in the medicinal properties of each step are written down." Professor Slughorn said with satisfaction, "This is a good student. Ten extra points for Ravenclaw!"

"Thank you, professor." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

……

"Okay, let's prepare the healing potion." Professor Slughorn nodded, "Read the book, choose the ingredients, and brew it yourself... Let's start now!"

With a wave of his hand, many raw materials suddenly appeared on the desk, such as tranquilizing flowers, living root grass, fire lizard blood, frog liver, etc.

The students immediately began to come forward to get the materials and prepare to brew the healing potion.

"Severus, I admire your talent very much." Professor Slughorn laughed softly, "Secretly, I have organized a club and will hold some gatherings from time to time. I welcome you to join us, this weekend. At eight o'clock in the evening, in my office..."

"Okay, professor, thank you for your invitation. I will go." Xiang Nan nodded.

He knew that Slughorn had formed a club called the "Slug Club," so named because the "Slug" in his last name meant "slug."

After entering Hogwarts, Slughorn devoted himself to recruiting outstanding students with good backgrounds to join his club. He also used his connections in the wizarding world to support these club members to move up to higher positions. After these members reached high positions, they would also use their power to seek some personal gain for him.

For example, Ambrosio Froome, the owner of Honeydukes Candy Shop in Hogsmeade Village, was recommended by him for his first job. Therefore, every year on his birthday, Froome would send him a large basket of cakes;

Barnabas Guffey, the editor of the Daily Prophet, often wrote to him, asking him to write comments on current affairs; Gwenog Jones, the captain of the Holyhead Harpies, could help him get free tickets; Elder Worpple, a well-known writer, was good at writing biographies of celebrities...

According to Dumbledore, "He has an unusual knack for selecting people who will go on to excel in their chosen fields. He brings them together, establishes useful connections, and always gains some sort of benefit in the end..."

Harry Potter thought that Slughorn was a big fat spider, spinning a web around itself by spinning threads here and there, attracting big, juicy flies to itself.

Xiang Nan was not surprised that Slughorn invited him to join the Slug Club.

With such a high magical talent as mine, I dare not say that I can be on par with Grindelwald, Dumbledore, Voldemort and others, but I am definitely far superior to my peers.

After all, it was rare for a freshman to beat a bunch of graduating seventh graders right after entering school. It would be strange if he didn't think highly of himself.

Although he was teaching a Slytherin student a lesson, Slughorn didn't care, because his Slug Club had always been a meritocracy.

Lily Evans, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley and others were all Gryffindor students, but he accepted them all. In contrast, he would not pay attention to anyone who was of no use to him, no matter how talented or famous they were.

For example, Draco Malfoy was refused entry because Lucius Malfoy was imprisoned in Azkaban after exposing his identity as a Death Eater during the Battle of the Ministry of Magic.

"Very good, go ahead." Slughorn nodded and smiled.