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Chapter 4113 4115 [Freezing Curse]

After the Potions class, everyone left the greenhouse, sweating, covered in mud, and with sore backs, and returned to Hogwarts Castle.

Next the Gryffindor students will go to Transfiguration class, while the Ravenclaw students will go to History of Magic.

Professor Binns, who taught the History of Magic, read from the script in a slow and drawn-out manner, which made everyone drowsy. Many people had already laid down on their desks to catch up on their sleep.

Professor Binns completely ignored this and continued teaching his class.

Although Xiang Nan didn't sleep, he didn't listen to his nagging. He was reading a book he had just borrowed from the library. In the next year, he would strive to finish reading all the books in the library, so time waits for no one.

The first class in the afternoon was Transfiguration. Professor McGonagall brought a bunch of beetles and asked the students to turn them into buttons. Xiang Nan completed it easily and earned ten points for Ravenclaw.

The other students were probably busy having fun during the summer vacation, and none of them succeeded in transforming.

When Joey performed the Transfiguration, he didn't even know what magic he used, but he poked the beetle and made it swell up, becoming the size of a basketball, and then it burst like a balloon with a bang.

The beetle's entrails and juices filled the whole room, and even covered the heads, faces, and clothes of classmates and professors. They were sticky, wet, and extremely disgusting.

Several female students vomited on the spot, further increasing the chaotic situation, which made Professor McGonagall very unhappy.

It was Xiang Nan who stepped forward and used the Cleansing Spell, the Vanishing Spell, etc. to clean up the chaotic scene, for which he also added ten points to Ravenclaw.

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The second class in the afternoon is Charms.

They learned the Freezing Charm in this class, which is a spell that stops people or things from moving. It is very practical. Professor Slughorn even used it to solve the Muggle burglar alarm. A Freezing Charm can stop it from working.

In order to facilitate teaching, Flitwick found a group of mice and asked the students to try to use the freezing spell to stop the mice in the cage from moving. Xiang Nan did it easily.

He simply waved his hand, and the mouse stood still, like a statue, which pleased Professor Flitwick very much and earned another ten points for Ravenclaw.

But Samuel Parkinson from Slytherin, when casting the Freezing Spell, somehow ended up setting the cage on fire.

The rat escaped from the broken cage with flames, and the students were so scared that they hid away. The female students even screamed.

"Freeze it quickly~" Xiang Nan waved his hand, and the rats running around the room stopped running.

He waved his hand again, and a stream of clear water gushed out, extinguishing the flames on the mouse and the cage. Then he waved his hand again, and the mouse floated up and was sent back to the cage.

"Restored to its original state~" Xiang Nan cast the recovery spell again, and the rat cage became the same as before.

His outstanding performance made Professor Flitwick very satisfied and he added another ten points to Ravenclaw.

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The next day, there was Transfiguration class in the morning, Defense Against the Dark Arts class and Charms class in the afternoon, and an Astrology class in the evening.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts class was taught by a new teacher, Tim Brown, who was about fifty years old, of average appearance, and a graduate of Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Eastern Europe.

It is said that he came to teach at Hogwarts because it was the only job he could find. Legend has it that the Defense Against the Dark Arts class at Hogwarts was cursed by Voldemort, so all professors would fail to teach for a year before various accidents would occur, ranging from minor injuries to serious deaths, and therefore few people were willing to take on this job.

Tim Brown came here from the Eastern European wizarding world. He couldn't find a good job for a while, so he took over the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.

His classes were very good. In the first class, he taught students how to deal with dark creatures - female ghosts.

Female ghosts, also known as ghost women, are representatives of evil and cruelty. They look like skinny old women, but in fact they are dark creatures with vicious hearts.

The best way to deal with female ghosts is to use the "mirror spell" because female ghosts are very ugly, but they are very narcissistic and think they are the most beautiful people in the world.

The mirror spell can turn any flat surface into a shining mirror. When the ghost sees her own ugly appearance, she will panic and run away.

Therefore, the easiest way to tell whether an old witch is a real old witch or a female ghost is to see whether she dares to look in the mirror.

Tim Brown then demonstrated the mirror spell. He tapped the blackboard with his wand and it immediately turned into a mirror, reflecting everyone's lightness.

The students also tried to learn it, but only Xiang Nan turned the flat parchment into a foldable mirror. The other students basically failed. The best student only made the parchment smoother.

"Ten extra points for Ravenclaw." Tim Brown said with a smile, "Students, please continue practicing after class. The Mirror Charm is still a very practical skill. It will definitely be tested in the final exam. Everyone must learn how to use it..."

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The next day, there was Herbology class in the morning and Potions class in the afternoon.

In the Herbology class, the students have to take care of poisonous tentacles.

The poisonous tentacles are also a very dangerous plant. Its tentacles wave like those of squid and octopus. Once they touch their prey, the tentacles will immediately wrap around it tightly and inject venom into the prey, killing it.

The prey will then become its nutrients, helping it to develop further, just like the pitcher plant, Venus flytrap, etc.

Fortunately, the poisonous tentacles they have to take care of are still in the seedling stage. Even if they are entangled by the poisonous tentacles, they will not be entangled to death. However, once its venom is injected into the body, it will still cause redness, swelling, and stinging, so it is still very dangerous.

What Xiang Nan and the others had to do today was to help the poison tentacles fertilize. They had to use a small shovel to dig up the soil in the pot and then sprinkle some Moon Crazy Beast feces into it.

This fertilizer will make the poisonous tentacles grow stronger, and when they mature, one leaf will be worth ten Galleons, which is an important material for refining the Lucky Spirit Potion.

"Everyone must be careful, wear your gloves and avoid the poisonous tentacles. I don't want you to be stung and grimaced in pain." Professor Sprout reminded.

Everyone then began to fertilize the poisonous tentacles according to Professor Sprout's instructions.

For Xiang Nan, this job is not difficult. Although the tentacles of the poisonous tentacles are poisonous, their movement speed is not fast, so as long as you are not careless, you can easily avoid them.

Of course, even if you can't avoid it and are entangled by the poisonous tentacles, wearing dragon leather gloves on your hands can prevent you from being stung by the stingers, so this job is not difficult to do.

But some people were really stupid. Peter Pettigrew was careless for a moment and was grabbed by the ear by the poisonous tentacle, which stung him hard.

His ears suddenly became red and swollen, and he covered his ears in pain and couldn't help screaming.