Snape read aloud from the parchment, "Add the drinker's hair, blood, and Mandrake root, then leave it off the heat for seven minutes..."
"The 'similarity' in Sympathetic Magic?" His eyebrows rose slightly. "Through this method... you allow the drinker to preserve their inner self as much as possible after taking the potion?"
After several rounds of questioning, his understanding of this improved potion formula had gradually deepened. He no longer needed to ask about every individual step to grasp the purpose behind it.
Wizet added, "It actually needs to be combined with the preceding steps. While left to stand, the hair, blood, and Mandrake root will absorb the magical properties released during those earlier steps..."
Upon hearing this, Snape lifted his head slightly, his gaze swiftly sweeping over the content he had examined earlier.
He had already understood Wizet's intent, and a flash of realization crossed his face. "Using principles similar to those behind creating a Voodoo Doll, you created an 'anchor' resembling the drinker's own body to stabilize their soul?"
"That was exactly the idea behind these steps." Wizet nodded. "The drinker's hair and blood naturally have a close connection to the drinker themself."
"This employs the 'contact' principle of Sympathetic Magic. In this way, the potion's properties are prevented from changing unpredictably, thereby ensuring the stability of the drinker's soul."
Snape gave Wizet a long look. He had to admit that Wizet's method of learning was becoming increasingly effective.
Once he had accumulated a certain amount of magical knowledge, Wizet could cleverly combine different branches of it as though building with blocks, allowing him to better realize his own ideas.
The improved potion formula in Snape's hands was proof of that learning method's effectiveness.
If Snape had not had the foresight to rekindle his desire to learn,