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Chapter 4104 4106 [End of Semester]

The Potions class tests how to brew healing potions.

Xiang Nan had mixed this potion countless times. Not only was he the first to make it, but he also creatively added a drop of leech juice into it.

  This will promote rapid healing of wounds and slightly increase the effectiveness of healing potions.

His improvements to the healing potion surprised and delighted Professor Slughorn.

I was surprised that he could improve potions at such a young age. I was happy that I had a keen eye for talent and recruited him into the Slug Club early on.

The Herbology class was about picking ten thorns from the thorn grass. The shorter the time, and the less time you took to do it without getting hurt, the higher the score. Otherwise, the lower the score.

Xiang Nan was naturally the first to complete the task, which took less than two minutes. Even Professor Sprout felt inferior to her because she was not as strong as Xiang Nan, and she had to use force to pull out each thorn.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts class tests students on how to cast repulsive spells to repel wooden signs with pictures of resurrected corpses.

In the first-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Xiang Nan and others learned two spells.

One is the repelling spell, which can repel dark magical creatures with entities, such as zombies, vampires, resurrected corpses, etc. The other is the monster spell, which is used to scare people, causing them to be haunted by illusions and frightened.

However, the invigilator was not Austin Amelio, the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, because he went on vacation to the French seaside during the Easter holidays and was stung by a blood-venom jellyfish.

Although he was lucky enough to save his life, he had to rest in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magic and Wizardry for at least half a year. So Professor Flitwick was in charge of the exam.

The repulsive spell that Xiang Nan cast immediately shattered the wooden sign of the resurrected corpse, which was much more effective than the repulsive spell, which surprised Professor Flitwick.

……

The exams ended in mid-June.

The students still have a week to wait for the teachers to mark their papers.

During this week, without various classes and the pressure of exams, the students were having a lot of fun.

In the corridors, by the Black Lake, in the lounge... everyone was having fun and planning where to go for the summer vacation.

Xiang Nan, however, still stayed in the Room of Requirement, brewing potions and reading books.

During his one year at Hogwarts, he read nearly a thousand books in the library, which was a small proportion of the total collection, probably less than one percent.

But in the Hogwarts library, there are many books such as "The Origins of Quidditch", "The Handbook of Hippogriff Psychology", "The Life and Social Customs of British Muggle Families" and "The Types of Dragons in Great Britain and Ireland".

These books are either entertaining in nature, or related to magical creatures, or related to Muggle studies...neither are the types Xiang Nan needs.

He mainly read books related to Charms, Potions, Herbology, Transfiguration, Ancient Magic Runes, Defense Against the Dark Arts, etc., and they were relatively difficult and obscure professional books.

Not introductory books like "How to Cast Spells Faster", "Potions for Beginners", "How to Identify Dark Magical Creatures", etc.

There are relatively few of these highly professional books in Hogwarts, with no more than four or five thousand copies at most, and most of them are kept in the restricted area.

Therefore, Xiang Nan has read half of the "valid" collection of books in Hogwarts in one year. When the new semester comes, he will be able to finish the other half. At that time, he can challenge higher difficulty and read those banned books.

…A week later, in late June, the school officially announced the results.

Xiang Nan, as expected, achieved first place in his grade, a full head start over the runner-up. All the professors were very pleased with him.

Lily's grades were also very good, ranking third in her grade, second only to Remus Lupin from the same college.

Remus Lupin knew that he was a werewolf and it was not easy for him to be admitted to Hogwarts to study, so he studied very hard, which is why he achieved such good results.

As for Lily, she learned spells, transfiguration, Defense Against the Dark Arts, etc. from Xiang Nan before school started. Later, she followed him to make medicine in the Room of Requirement, and accumulated a lot of practical experience, so she achieved very good results in these courses.

Although James Potter and Sirius Black were usually lazy and playful, their grades were actually very good. This shows that they are indeed geniuses.

Joey Farrell, Benjamin Winslet and Gregory Foley also did OK, so everyone was happy when the results were announced.

……

That evening, the school held a grand end-of-term dinner.

The hall was decorated in blue and bronze, representing Ravenclaw, and on the wall behind the guest of honor was a huge banner with a Ravenclaw eagle painted on it.

It turned out that this year, although Slytherin won the Quidditch Cup, it added 150 points to the House Cup.

However, because Lucius Malfoy, Thorfinn Rowle, Rabastan Lestrange and others bullied their classmates, many points were deducted, resulting in the Quidditch Cup earning 150 points, which were all lost.

In comparison, Xiang Nan earned nearly 200 points for Ravenclaw because of his excellent performance in class. Coupled with the efforts of other students, Ravenclaw finally won the college cup of the year with an excellent score of 420 points.

  "Another year has passed!" said Dumbledore cheerfully. "Before we indulge in these delicious dishes, I must trouble you all to listen to an old man's cliché. What a wonderful year it has been!

Your little brains must have been filled with more things than before... You have a whole summer vacation waiting for you, so you can digest all those things before the next semester starts, and free up some space in your brain...

"Now, as far as I know, we must first conduct the awards ceremony for the House Cup. The specific scores of each house are as follows: fourth place, Gryffindor, 310 points; third place, Slytherin, 350 points; second place, Hufflepuff, 380 points, and first place, Ravenclaw, 420 points."

When they heard him read out the scores, the Ravenclaw students cheered.

The Hufflepuff and Gryffindor students all applauded them, but the Slytherin students all had gloomy faces.

"Severus, thanks to you~" Class leader Derek Ludwig gave Xiang Nan a thumbs up.

Almost half of Ravenclaw's points were earned by Xiang Nan, which is quite impressive.

Xiang Nan waved his hand modestly.

"You did a really good job. I hope you can keep up the good work next semester." Dumbledore said with a smile.

Xiang Nan keenly noticed that he seemed to nod at him.

Xiang Nan also smiled and nodded to him.

"Okay, let the dinner begin." Dumbledore said with a smile, and then all kinds of delicious food filled the table, making the students cheer happily.

(End of this chapter)