The Ancient Wizards of Hogwarts

Snape was not the most powerful wizard, there was no doubt about it. But in the field of potions, he has always believed that even if you look at the entire wizarding world, few people can beat him in this field, not even Dumbledore!

But after all, there is an old wizard in the wizarding world like Nico Mele who has prepared the elixir of life and has a lifespan of hundreds of years. Snape does not dare to say that he is definitely stronger than Nico Mele. But apart from Nico Mellor, there was no wizard recognized by Snape in the field of potions!

As long as there was no Nico Mele in the wizarding world, Snape would definitely dare to say disdainfully to all wizards:

I'm not targeting anyone, I'm saying that everyone here is a jerk!

So when Ash stood in front of the potion table, ready to mix the potion, Snape had been waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

In Snape's eyes, Potions is a profound and precise subject, and other courses at Hogwarts are far less complex and dangerous than Potions.

Therefore, when a wizard is preparing any kind of magic potion, he must concentrate on adding a specific amount of a specific raw material to the cauldron at a precise time and at a precise temperature. Any slight mistake in any step will cause the preparation to fail. Failure may even cause serious consequences!

For example, when teaching first-year students, Snape was instructing them on a potion to treat scabies. The preparation of this potion is very simple. You only need to throw the dried nettles and ground snake teeth into the cauldron and stew them together. After turning off the heat, add the porcupine quills and the steamed slugs with tentacles to complete the preparation. .

But even for such a simple potion, if a mistake is made during the preparation process, it will still have serious consequences.

For example, if porcupine quills are added to the cauldron while it is still simmering over a fire, the concoction will dissolve the cauldron, emitting thick, sour green smoke and making a sharp hissing sound. The spilled concoction is corrosive and will cause dense red and swollen boils to appear on the body.

And that stupid Mr. Neville Longbottom made such a mistake.

Similar accidents can occur during the preparation of any potion. Even a potion that saves lives may turn into a poison that kills people if a mistake is made. And the more powerful the potion, the more serious the consequences of a mistake!

Compared to Transfiguration, which has only had a few fatal cases in the past few decades, in the wizarding world every year, no less than ten stupid wizards are seriously injured or even killed due to mistakes in the process of mixing potions!

In order to prevent students from dying in his classroom, Snape took out his wand from his robes and prepared to remove the arrogant and stupid Mr. Black from his cauldron that might explode at any time when Ash made a mistake in mixing the potion. Saved.

However, when Snape saw Ash's method of mixing potions, his hand holding the wand couldn't help but tremble because he realized that he still underestimated Ash!

Because he actually took out the wand during the process of mixing the potion, and then waved it at the cauldron!

Snapped!

The cauldron on the potion table suddenly shook, and then began to 'stir' on its own. The fig fruit flew into the crucible on its own and was crushed into powder in a long, thick mortar.

"What are you doing?" Snape's voice was filled with suppressed anger.

Ash waved his wand and replied:

"Do you even need to ask? Of course it's about mixing potions."

The crucible on the potion table automatically flew up and poured the crushed fig powder into the pot.

Snape laughed angrily and said angrily:

"You actually use magic to prepare potions? Who taught you this? Professor Sharp? I don't think he would teach you this!"

For wizards, although the power of magic is powerful, it is far from precise enough. Especially when mixing potions, wizards must fully participate in the mixing of potions. Only in this way can they ensure that every step is accurate enough. Otherwise, if you add even 1g more raw materials, it may cause a big explosion that can destroy the entire classroom!

Therefore, Ash's behavior of using magic to prepare potions is undoubtedly a blasphemy against potion science! If it were still the era of the Inquisition, Snape wouldn't even mind tying a heretic like Ash to the stake and burning him alive!

And just when Snape wanted to give Ash a slap to knock him out, Ash suddenly put down his wand and said in a relaxed tone:

"finished."

"Um?"

Snape was a little disbelieving. He looked at Ash's potion table. The cauldron contained a dark purple potion that exuded a strange light. The surface of the liquid was like an ocean that had just been ravaged by a tornado, with violent waves rising from time to time. Snape even saw lightning flashing across the cauldron!

The liquid was so violent and yet so gentle, it was completely beyond Snape's understanding!

"What is this?" Snape asked stiffly.

He saw Ash carefully pouring the dark purple liquid into the medicine bottle.

"Thunder Brew."

Ash explained simply:

"A powerful potion that can cause lightning strikes when thrown at enemies, similar to explosive liquid. Of course, you can also drink it, but I don't recommend it."

"Why?" Snape asked eagerly.

"Because this will make the lightning strike much less powerful, but the advantage is that it has a wider range and can create a storm around yourself, damaging everyone nearby except you, including your friends."

Ash had already filled a small bottle of thunder brew, sealed it with a cork and handed it to Snape.

Snape took the potion bottle and looked at the purple liquid that exuded a strange light with a gloomy expression.

The next second, he suddenly threw the potion bottle in his hand towards the wall on one side.

Snapped!

The potion bottle was shattered the moment it touched the wall, and a small thundercloud appeared over the broken potion bottle.

A dazzling bolt of lightning flashed across the sky and hit a potion table placed against the wall!

boom!

Snape only heard a muffled sound, followed by a burst of dazzling lightning, and the potion table had been smashed into pieces! Then came the second and third lightning strikes. In that small area, there were four or five lightning strikes in succession, leaving an equal number of scorched black holes on the marble floor!

Snape's expression condensed. This power was no less powerful than the thunderbolt explosion used by ordinary wizards!

Snape couldn't help but think that if it wasn't the potion table that was struck by lightning, but an unsuspecting wizard, then what he saw now would be a mutilated corpse!

Snape turned his head sharply and stared at Ash.

Ash shrugged:

"This has nothing to do with me. Professor Snape threw the potion bottle yourself."

"You don't have to bear the loss."

Snape said without hesitation.

He stared at Ash with burning eyes and asked in a deep voice:

"What I want to ask is, can its concentration be higher? Or put another way, can it be more powerful?"