"Fighting Poison with Poison" Wolfsbane Potion?
"I'm not interested in that kind of thing," Snape interrupted Wizet, his gaze fixed on the notebook as he carefully examined what Wizet had written.
After a long while, he looked up and said, "It seems you haven't gotten rid of your financial difficulties yet. The handwriting in the notebook is too dense, like bundles of herbal materials!"
Upon hearing this, Wizet understood that what she had written had passed the test and was comprehensive enough, so Snape hadn't found any fault with it...
He smiled and said, "Professor Snape, I will certainly take this issue seriously!"
"Very good!" Snape replied curtly. "Families...they usually monopolize something. You should already know that, right?"
Wizet. Both the Parkinson Family's Runespoor and the Scamander Family's Hippogriff were essentially monopolized.
Snape is bringing this up not to discuss monopolies, but to remind Wizet that the key lies in the medicine packets provided by Damocles Belby's family.
Snape produced a parchment scroll. "Let's begin!"
Wizet took the parchment scroll, which contained the specific steps for preparing the Wolfsbane Potion;
It not only emphasizes the color change that will occur in the crucible after these materials are added, but also the specific number of times the mixture is stirred.
He quickly browsed through the contents of the entire parchment scroll and found that this part of the cooking process alone would take a relatively long time.
If one lacks sufficient experience in brewing Potions and cannot optimize the material processing procedure based on their own experience, even if every step is flawless, it will still take at least two hours and fifteen minutes.
Wizet set up the crucible and lit the flame. While waiting for it to boil, he began to process the material.
This part requires a solid foundation, so it doesn't require him to spend too much effort.
He added Dragon Blood Tree Resin to the boiling water, reduced the flame, and waited for the liquid to turn red. He then tried to optimize the stirring gestures through Arithmancy.
Snape watched Wizet's movements from the side, and when he noticed the change in the stirring gesture, he gave a soft hum but said nothing.
Wizet caught the "humph" and realized that she was on the right track, so she confidently proceeded with the second stirring.
The time it would normally take for the liquid to turn red was 20 minutes, but thanks to Wizet's gesture optimization, the time has been halved.
In just ten minutes, the liquid in the crucible completely turned into a pot of bright red blood, bubbling with fish-eye-like bubbles.
Wizet increased the flame, bringing the liquid to a boil again, added Betony, and continued to refine the stirring technique as before...
Wait for the liquid to turn light yellow... Add St. John's Wort... Optimize the stirring gestures...
The liquid turns golden yellow... Add rosemary and stir until the liquid turns dark green...
Wizet continued to add Sage, Thyme, Echinacea, and lavender to the crucible, and the color of the liquid kept changing.
It changes from dark green to light green, then to golden yellow, and after a while it turns into a beautiful purple, until finally it becomes light purple.
Wizet removed the crucible from the fire, and the entire office was filled with a faint fragrance that was particularly refreshing.
This effect is just as he had previously judged; the essence of the so-called Wolfsbane Potion, or at least the essence of this part of the Potions, is a very effective "Awakening Potion."
Because the stirring gestures were optimized along the way, it only took an hour and a half to brew this Potions.
"Let's move on to the next step!" Snape nodded, offering no further comment. "Use the Bubblehead Charm."
He placed a silver box on the table, inside which was a crystal bottle containing a liquid that was a pure silver color, similar to the box itself.
"Bubblehead Charm?" Wizet frowned slightly, first casting a Bubblehead Charm on himself before carefully picking up the crystal bottle.
Since Snape gave such a warning, it means that this liquid may be dangerous and therefore needs to be handled with caution;
Snape usually wouldn't use words like "be careful" to warn Vizet; instead, he would have Wizet cast some kind of magic as a reminder.
Therefore, after unscrewing the cap, Wizet did not pour the liquid directly into the crucible, but instead placed it inside the crucible to shorten the distance between the bottle opening and the liquid in the crucible, thus avoiding splashing.
The silver liquid did not immediately merge into it, but floated on top and continued to spread outward.
The parchment scroll also provides instructions. "Light the flame and maintain a medium heat, keeping the liquid at a gentle simmer until the silvery liquid has completely diffused."
"That's enough," Snape grunted again.
Wizet, waved his wand to make the bubbles on his head disappear, and when he smelled the air around him, a strange feeling came over him.
He could sense that the Potions in the cauldron had changed drastically. If it had previously been just a pot of "Strong Awakening Potion," it might now be... some kind of poison.
Wizet couldn't pinpoint the exact toxicity, but he felt an urge to resist the Potions, and even a sense of unease like goosebumps were rising on his skin.
Rather than calling it an instinct, it's more accurate to say that he had learned "Golpalott's Third Law," which made him more sensitive to poisons during this period.
Perhaps this was Snape's good intention: to first make him master the "Golpalott's Third Law" so that he could arouse his disgust for this Potions.
To verify his idea, Wizet asked, "Professor Snape, is it poison?"
"It's not like we haven't seen the 'fight fire with fire' method before." Snape said noncommittally, "Continue!"
Wizet nodded, and seeing the silver liquid spread completely, he immediately reduced the flame to its minimum and stirred the liquid one last time.
The spoon used for stirring also has special requirements; it must be a pure silver spoon.
When the Wolfsbane Potion is finished, it has an eerie silver color, a calm liquid surface with uneven light-colored patches, and a swirling flow.
Before it has completely cooled down, it will emit a strange smell, somewhat like a rusty iron plate;
However, as the Wolfsbane Potion cooled completely, the strange metallic smell disappeared, and the strange fluidity became difficult to detect.
Snape said, "Pour a glass and let's begin the experiment."
Wizet nodded and began to prepare the Wolfsbane Potion while continuing to observe the Wolfsbane Potion itself.
The Wolfsbane Potion has a viscous texture, and when it slowly falls into the cup, it seems to have a slight metallic sheen, giving it a cold feel.
Snape took out a cage of toads, then waved his wand, causing one of the toads to float into the air;
The toad seemed to realize what was about to happen, and kept twisting its body, trying to break free from the magic's restraints...