Hogwarts starts with stealing power

Chapter 77 Treasure Hunt
In the afternoon, Lin Xia did not go to Hagrid's hut immediately. Instead, she wrote to Hagrid and agreed to check on the lion tomorrow.

The research on scabies potion has hit a bottleneck, but Lin Xia has a hunch that they will reap fruits soon.

So not only Draco, but also she joined in the busy research.

However, they changed the venue in the afternoon and studied in the Hufflepuff common room box.

The reason was that after the construction team obtained permission from Hogwarts, they quickly sent people to start construction the next day.

Lin Xia and Draco didn't have time to supervise, so they approached Filch and asked him if he could help for a fee.

Filch was a little surprised when he was approached by these two little wizards.

Is it because he is not usually dignified enough or is he not so fierce that these two little wizards have the courage to beg him?
But when Filch heard that there was a reward of 10 gold galleons, he was silent for a while and asked in a hoarse voice: "Is it on the second floor?"

While Draco was still hesitating to answer, Lin Xia had already decisively pushed the construction drawings into Filch's hand.

"Yes, Administrator Filch, I am an excellent student and will not lie to you. I only need you to help supervise the work for two days."

Filch slowly lowered his head and glanced at the drawings: "Okay."

While Draco was still stunned, Lin Xia had already pulled Draco away.

Draco:? ? ?

He had known that money was a good thing since he was a child, but in Hogwarts, where he only learned magic, he gradually forgot the charm of gold Galleons.

Seeing Filch now, Draco once again realized deeply:

Money is such a good thing! ! !
……

"Ron, let's go to the basement."

In the Gryffindor boys' dormitory, Mikel shouted to Ron.

Mikel discovered that he might not be able to shout to Harry, but as long as he could shout to Ron, Harry would basically follow him.

Ron woke up from his sleep in a daze. It was so nice to be able to sleep in on the weekends.

When he heard Mikel's words, his first reaction was: "If you don't go, why go to the dark basement?"

Mikel: “I feel like there’s a treasure hunt in the basement!”

Ron stopped brushing his teeth and asked vaguely: "Treasure hunt?"

This was what Mikel came up with in a flash.

What he originally wanted to say was that he saw a snake in the basement and asked Ron to go kill the snake together and become a little snake-killing hero.

But then he thought about it, Ron wasn't that kind, and he didn't think there were snakes in the basement where he had classes every day, so he might as well change it to something he was interested in.

What does Ron lack most?
Money!

"That's right. Don't you think that the basement doesn't see sunlight all year round? If it weren't for the Potions class, no wizard would go there. Maybe we can find some treasures that others accidentally lost?"

Mikel encouraged hard: "I heard that Slytherin's common room is underground. Those noble children must have a lot of valuable things. Even if they just find an abandoned gemstone pen, they can exchange it for a lot of money." .”

Ron thought it made sense, but was still very confused.

"If it's so easy to find, why have I taken so many Potions lessons and found nothing?"

"That's because we don't take any other way to class. Let's find another way to go!"

Ron was really moved now and turned to look at Harry.

Harry shook his head and said apologetically: "Ron, I have important things to do in the afternoon, you know."

Harry became the seeker of the Gryffindor team. Senior Wood took Harry for training whenever he had time, hoping to train him into a secret ace.

This news was kept secret by Wood, and only a few people knew about it. Harry only told Ron.

Ron's expression drooped and he said dullly: "Okay, I wish you a nice afternoon."

He said to Mikel: "I will go treasure hunting with you in the afternoon."

The afternoon passed quickly. Lin Xia and Draco made 30 groups of scabies potions with different sulfur ratios in one go, and took 30 white mice to test the medicine.

In two groups, too much sulfur was added, and the mice couldn't bear it and fell into fainting. The other five had severe rejection reactions...

In the end, only one white mouse was left safe and sound.

Lin Xia immediately adjusted the dosage of the medicine for the white mouse and found that only 0.1g of sulfur was added.

This is the smallest amount of sulfur added in the experiment.

Draco asked: "Is it possible that such a small dose will have no effect at all?"

Lin Xia shook his head and said with stern eyes: "No, I don't think so. On the contrary, I think sulfur can only be added in trace amounts.

Draco, don't forget, potions are a delicate art, and adding anything extra, no matter how small the dose, will destroy the existing balance. "

Draco reacted and said excitedly: "So the real dose is 0.1g of sulfur, and it must be added in the second potion preparation step?"

Lin Xia calmed down: "Not necessarily, but it will definitely not exceed 0.1g. The steps to add are uncertain. We need to further reduce the scope and start doing trace testing."

Because the potion preparation cannot be automated, the wizard must manually make it bottle by bottle, so the whole process is boring and cumbersome.

But Lin Xia and Draco are both people who can endure loneliness.

Ordinary people cannot accept this kind of boringness, but for them, it is a way to explore the truth.

When they are really tired, they will sneak to the laboratory under construction next door to refresh their brains.

Watching a large piece of stone and wood flying, breaking, and reshaping in the air is also a wonderful experience.

The process of building it from scratch gave them a full sense of shock and a full visual experience.

……

In the evening, Lin Xia and Draco went to the auditorium to have dinner and take a brief rest.

Although the experiment has made progress, it is also stuck on the dosage.

It’s not possible to create all the variables in just one afternoon.

Lin Xia and Draco were not discouraged. Research and development is a process of constant trial and error, which requires strong perseverance and a little bit of luck.

Among them, luck is more important than strength.

So when Ollivander knew that Lin Xia had developed a magnetic wand so quickly, he once said that she was a little witch favored by the goddess of luck.

"Ahhh!"

A sharp scream ripped through the auditorium, cutting off the cheerful atmosphere.

Ron and Mikel ran into the auditorium panting, and there seemed to be some ferocious beast chasing them.

Ron's face was pale and he said in shock: "There are snakes, there are snakes in the basement! I saw three snakes!"

"Huh?" The other little wizards looked down at their feet in fear, as if a snake had run up from the basement.

"Basement? Could it be the ancient Asian snake that Professor Quirrell lost?"

"I heard that the ancient Asian snake is very venomous!"

"We have to go to the basement for class every day, and we have never encountered a snake!"

Ron ran to the Gryffindor table. Faced with everyone's doubts, he said in an extremely firm and decisive voice——

"I saw, at least three snakes, clinging to the window in horror!"

"Then what color and shape is the snake you saw?" Some little wizards asked nervously.

Ron couldn't help but shudder when he recalled it, and said fearfully: "They are all green, could they be the snakes raised by Slytherin?"

　Ron: Pull the hate master!
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