The Hogwarts Professor at Marvel

Chapter 353 The Essence of Potions, Snape's Shock
"In your eyes, what is the essence of potions??"

Snape looked at Vera, Ian and the others, and asked slowly.

Regarding Snape's question, Wanda had never had any contact with it, so she was a little confused.

And Ian, Vera, Remy and the other three had attended the Potions class taught by Professor Snape, but their contact with potions was not in-depth, so they didn't answer immediately, they were all thinking over and over again.

They are not in the habit of talking big.

Rigorous—this was the first lesson taught to them by their tutor Lockhart.

Seeing that the three of them had thought about it, Snape was not in a hurry.

He is quite satisfied with the quality of Lockhart's group of students.

If it was that group of little wizards, they would either dare not say anything, or just say hello casually.

Well, maybe this is the difference between being beaten by society and not being beaten.

Ian pondered for a moment, then said calmly: "Professor Snape, under your guidance, I have refined some euphoria potions and other preliminary potions."

"I personally feel that the essence of potions should be the collision of materials, so that magical materials can produce strange changes with each other, and finally produce potions with different effects."

For Ian's answer, Snape neither nodded nor shook his head, but put it on Vera.

Vera's female identity, coupled with her excellent potion talent, reminded him of an old friend, so he naturally had some preferences in his heart.

Seeing that the professor turned his attention to herself, Vera also began to express her point of view.

"Professor, I agree with part of Ian's point of view. The change of materials is the key to potion refining."

"However, I personally think that will and emotion play an important role in it."

Speaking of which, Vera cited a case and explained: "Professor, didn't you ask us to refine the euphoria before? I have experimented."

"If I refine the euphoria potion very calmly, I find that the probability of success becomes very small, and the quality is also very low. I even deliberately control my sadness, anger and other negative emotions to refine it, but I find that it has side effects, or even fails directly."

"I can only refine the euphoria potion with the method taught to you, with joy and joy."

"So I think that material may be a deeper medium, and our will and emotion are the key."

Hearing Vera's explanation, Snape's eyes lit up.

As expected of the genius he was optimistic about, he had already started experimenting with potions without mentioning anything. Although his views were somewhat biased, he was on the right track.

Then Snape turned his attention to Remy.

Feeling Snape's eyes, Remy seemed to be carrying a weight of ten thousand catties on his shoulders, and the pressure was enormous.

Who told him that his talent was average, and he wanted to learn about potions, but he really couldn't learn it.

at last.
"me too!"

Seeing that Snape's face turned dark, Remy quickly added: "Professor Vera is right. I share the same opinion as Vader. Emotions are very important. Yes, emotions are very important in refining potions."

snort!
Snape snorted coldly, as if seeing those ignorant little wizards.

Turning to Wanda at the side, he asked, "Wanda, you haven't learned about Potions yet."

"But I also want to hear your opinion on potions."

"Ah!" Wanda was a little dazed by Snape's question, but she also noticed that Snape was not happy with Remy's uninitiated answer.

After thinking for a while, he said cautiously: "Professor Snape, I just saw this potion. You and my brother drank it."

"It felt like magic was being cast."

"I personally feel that this potion is just like magic."

As soon as Wanda finished speaking, she realized that Snape's sharp gaze was staring at her, which made her a little uneasy.

Just when she thought she had said something wrong, she realized that Snape's gaze softened a lot.

This made Wanda breathe a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, Snape was heard to speak.

"I'm quite relieved to hear the answers from the three of you."

Well, this ignorant Remy is automatically ruled out.

Then, Snape began to praise the reviews one by one.

"Ian, although your potion talent is not top-notch, it is still very good."

Then, he said meaningfully: "In the future, if you have the opportunity, you can study more potions, which will be of great help to you."

Hearing Snape's praise, Ian nodded with joy on his face.

Then quickly retracted, and said calmly: "Okay, I understand, professor."

Seeing Ian's performance, Lockhart nodded in satisfaction. He still prefers calm children.

If he was less extreme in the past, maybe the future will be more like this.

Then, he said to Vera: "Vera, your potion talent is very good, don't waste your talent."

"If you have any questions about potions in the future, you can come to me directly."

For Professor Snape's undisguised preference, Vera smiled with eyes crooked like the moon, very happy.

On the other hand, Remy bowed his head in embarrassment.

He was somewhat self-aware, and Snape didn't like him very much.

Sure enough, with a cold face, Snape glanced directly at Remy and looked at Wanda.

But for Wanda's evaluation, Snape didn't say it outright, but pondered for a while, before he said: "Wanda, I know that Lockhart still values ​​you quite a bit."

"I hope you will not disappoint Lockhart's intentions for you."

"Although you haven't touched potions, I really like your answer just now."

At the end, he paused, as if hesitating, and continued to make his promise.

"When you first started refining potions, read more books. If you have any questions, you can ask me."

Hearing this, Wanda was a little surprised.

Then Snape looked at the four people in front of him, and said with emotion, "Actually, there is a very typical case in the wizarding world, but few wizards know about it."

"Dumbledore, everyone knows that he is very powerful. He once defeated the first and second generation Dark Lords, but many people have forgotten that he is also a top potion master."

"Among his series of achievements, he has discovered 12 uses of dragon's blood at the forefront."

Hearing this, Wanda was still a little ignorant, but Ian and the three of them began to look serious.

Without waiting for Ian and others to ask questions, Snape said again: "As for the first generation of Dark Lord Grindelwald, it's been a long time ago, and you may have forgotten it."

"However, he was also a top potion master back then, but he was overshadowed by his name as the Dark Lord."

"Similarly, there is Voldemort, the second-generation Dark Lord. His attainments in the field of potions are not low, especially in the field of dark potions, and he can be called the top in the world."

Hearing this, the three of Ian seemed to understand something, but they didn't fully understand it.

Immediately afterwards, Snape continued: "Although Wanda hasn't touched potions yet, I really like Wanda's answer just now."

"The essence of potions is another form of spell."

Hearing this, Ian Vera's heads seemed to have been hammered heavily, and they became a little dazed, as if they conflicted with their cognition.

As for Remy, his eyes lighted up quietly, and he seemed to understand some key points, but he seemed to understand some key points.

He doesn't understand potions, but he is quite talented in this aspect of spells.

Among the three, he dared to be the first, and no one dared to be the second.

"If you look at the history of wizarding spells, you will find that in the early days, wizards mostly cast magic, neither through wands nor through spells."

"It's more about using various magic materials as a medium to cast magic."

"And this way of casting magic is not small, and the magic is very strange, but the probability of success is low, and it is slow to cast, and was later abandoned."

"Of course, it didn't completely disappear, but continued to evolve, and a large part of it became a potion."

"If you analyze carefully, you will find that when we cast magic, emotions and magic power are indispensable."

"However, when refining potions, these two factors are also included, but it is more complicated. It requires us to mobilize the magic power of the potion materials themselves, as well as more complicated emotions and more magical rituals."

Hearing Snape's eloquent account of the history of the formation of potions, the eyes of Ian and the others became brighter and Wanda became more fascinated.

Her instinct told him that what Professor Snape said was very important, very crucial.

"So you will find that a top potion master like me is not bad in strength, and a top wizard like Dumbledore, he also has deep attainments in the field of potions."

"The two are interlinked in themselves."

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Just as Snape finished speaking, a round of applause rang out.

It was only then that the crowd came to their senses and looked sideways. At some point, Luo Hart was applauding beside them, with a look of approval on his face.

"Professor Snape's speech is good. He is indeed a top potion master. This kind of view is quite beneficial to me."

At this moment, Lockhart had a faint smile on his face, and even more surprise in his eyes.

Sure enough, different people have different views on magic.

His thinking was influenced by previous researchers, and he prefers to analyze from a scientific and systematic perspective.

And Snape, a pure wizard, received traditional magical education, and his views on potions touched Lockhart's heart.

It seems to see a glimmer of light, the hope of breaking through the current bottleneck of magic research.

"Snape, you speak well."

"However, can you share your understanding of the nature of magic from your perspective?"

Snape could easily see the anticipation in Lockhart's eyes, although he was a little surprised when Lockhart appeared.

However, there was nothing to hesitate about Lockhart's question, but instead of answering, he asked directly: "Lockhart, why don't you talk about your views on the nature of magic first."

Hearing Snape's question, Wanda and Ian's eyes lit up, and they looked at Lockhart expectantly.

Seeing two very powerful wizards communicate with each other, all of a sudden their inner excitement and anticipation were aroused.

It's as if fans see their two favorite stars interacting deeply.

Well, not the male-female kind.

After Lockhart heard it, he didn't hesitate, and said directly.

"Snape, you know that I have also studied Karma Taj's magic, and recently came into contact with a magic system similar to ours - Chaos magic."

"I learned a lot from it, and it also deepened my understanding of magic."

Hearing this, Snape was also looking forward to it. He knew Lockhart's strength, and he was much stronger than himself.

But in the world of wizards, strength does not mean that one must have a deeper understanding of magic than oneself.

Mastering profound and lost spells, or awakening certain talents, or even mastering certain magic items, may increase combat power.

But Lockhart is obviously different. Among other things, he has been exposed to one or more new magic systems.

He was looking forward to Lockhart's cognition about the nature of magic.

"Snape, in the eyes of most people, magic is actually the manipulation of magical energy, which is very obvious in Kama Taj's magic system."

Hearing this, Snape nodded. He read Karma Taj's magic book, and he did.

"And this kind of magic has an obvious advantage. When the energy is sufficient, its power will be very strong. It is not a joke to destroy the world."

"As for our magic, there are also powerful ones, but they tend to be very strange and even unpredictable."

"For example, the Restoration Curse, even a little wizard can easily cast it with a wave of his magic wand. However, in Kama Taj, although the same effect can be achieved, the price paid is very high."

"I have explored the differences between the two, combined with my recent research on chaos magic, I found that the essence of our magic is not to mobilize energy."

"It's about mobilizing deeper forces, or in other words—influence concepts!"

Having said that, Lockhart took out his wand, under the watchful eyes of Snape, Ian, Wanda and others.

Point to the ground lightly.

With the emergence of weak magic power, the weeds on the ground rose suddenly as if they had taken medicine.

When we reached the height of half a person, suddenly the tips of the weeds began to spin and slowly gathered together.

The next moment, a red rose with long thorns emerged.

Seeing this scene, Wanda's eyes were full of shock, and the three of Ian were also very surprised.

When Snape saw it, he frowned, took a step forward, and reached out to touch the red roses.

Fingers touched the thorns on the rose lightly, but Snape pressed down anyway.

Fingers feel the tenderness of the petals, and at the same time, the sharp thorns pierce the skin, and a drop of bright red blood drips into the stamen.

It shows the coquettishness of this blood-stained rose even more.

"It's not an illusion, it's a bit like the Transfiguration Curse, but there seems to be a problem in its essence," Snape muttered to himself while researching.

Lockhart stood aside and slowly explained: "Just now, I added the concept of growth and roses to this weed."

"That's why it's like the transformation spell. When I cast the transformation spell, I actually discovered that we are also adding a new layer of concept to things through magic power."

"Our magic is very special. It can easily communicate with deeper forces and affect the changes of concepts, so our magic will look even more wonderful."

Hearing this, Snape also nodded, and analyzed in agreement: "Lockhart, this is indeed the case."

"A lot of powerful magic, he needs something that symbolizes concepts, rituals, to be successful."

"For example, Animax needs to hold the mandrake leaves in his mouth for a month, and the subsequent rituals need dew, the moon, lightning and other factors to be successful."

The more he talked, the brighter Snape's eyes became. He found that Lockhart's angle was very novel and helped him a lot.

However, it feels a bit like a Muggle.

The word concept seems to have been invented by Muggles.

The thought flashed, and Snape put it behind him, and had to think it out of his mind, corresponding to Lockhart's point of view.

I found that a lot of magic can indeed be explained clearly through the perspective that Lockhart said.

"Snape, tell me your point of view. How do you understand the nature of magic?"

(End of this chapter)