This is what Ravenclaw looks like..

Chapter 411 Half a Talent
"That shouldn't be the case. Could it be that completing the theoretical construction of Transfiguration will help the study of other magic? Or did I misjudge before?"

Professor Snape stared at Andrew with surprise.

He really didn't expect the current scene.

Because from the first day of class, he had made a judgment about this class of students - none of them could fight.

Yes, no one can fight.

Even the Miss Know-It-All who loves to show off is still far behind. She can't make potions and is just a high-end humanoid automatic cauldron stirrer.

No spirituality means no spirituality. At a glance, it is nothing more than a more expensive automatic stirring crucible for potions. Let alone in-depth research on potions, he may not even be able to pass the threshold of the felicity potion.

As for the one in front of him, he was considered an orthodox wizard - although he was still using a mid-range automatic stirring cauldron for potions, at least he performed like a wizard in Transfiguration. Taking into account the fact that he had caught Wormtail, he could communicate like a normal wizard.

As for his achievements, they are indeed remarkable, otherwise he would not have wasted his precious time teaching laboratory courses.

But how come a student who is usually at the same level as the Automatic Stirring Cauldron shows such an understanding of potion theory that most wizards cannot accept?
After a brief thought, he paused the potion-making in his hands and took out an animal potion ingredient that had never been displayed from his collection.

"Feel how you think it should be handled."

what?
Andrew looked at the curved unknown horn, touched it, and could only feel that its aura was very stable - unstable potions could not be stored at all.

He closed his eyes and tried to feel it, but he could only feel a faint and untraceable force.

'Unless you use a wand to communicate through Transfiguration, you can't guess it.'

He concluded, then looked to Professor Snape, "Can I use a wand check?"

"no feelings?"

Professor Snape stared at Andrew and said, "Switch to the next one. You cannot use your wand."

After several attempts, Andrew still shook his head - he really couldn't sense it.

But to his surprise, Snape did not comment, but went to the crucible to continue brewing the potion, and then continued talking about what he had just said.

Professor Snape stopped working until the potion turned into a nice light gold color. He turned his head and stared at him. "So, what is the biggest role of fire in what I just described?"

"Ritual conditions in the occult sense."

Andrew answered without hesitation.

It was the first time he heard such a description, but he agreed with it very much - it was consistent with his understanding of magic.

"You did understand, but the potion's acumen was too poor."

Professor Snape shook his head regretfully.

He can only be considered half-talented. His acceptance of theoretical knowledge is much better than that of sixth and seventh graders, but his spiritual understanding of the potion itself is insufficient.

Therefore, he is not the kind of wizard who can grow up completely on his own. He needs a lot of training - but he has been slacking off since the first year, so his accumulation is completely insufficient.

As for the courses, I can understand them, but the classroom is obviously not designed to serve a student. The things that were just said casually are okay for sixth and seventh graders, but for lower grades, they will be so confused that the crucible will explode after hearing them.

Although most people cannot understand the selected advanced classes, it is not a problem of basic education in school. Basic education is only before the OWLs exam. However, there is still hope.

The lack of perception can be made up by Transfiguration. At least I have passed the Transfiguration skill, and my score in Herbology is also okay. I can use Transfiguration more often to sense the animal ingredients and that can make up for it.

It can be said that a pharmacist seedling can be produced every five or six years, and he can publish some serious papers in serious journals instead of doing things that increase the weight of the magazine.

"Your talent for potions is okay, but you don't know enough about the ingredients. If you want to improve your performance, you can practice using Transfiguration to sense the ingredients."

Professor Snape nodded towards Andrew and said, "As for potions knowledge, I will use potions as examples in subsequent classes. Let's learn together. Your potion foundation is too poor."

Although his daily grades were O, Andrew was not dissatisfied with this evaluation.

It was indeed bad - the potions he learned class by class were rigorous recipes, and his grades were there, but how could he not have this point?

"Okay, that's all for today's class. Before you come next time, recite the fifty-seven rules first, and then do the experimental study. Don't preview the content. Go back and review today's potion knowledge. I will conduct spot checks."

After getting Andrew's affirmative reply, Professor Snape started to chase people away - he had already used up a lot of his precious time, and although it couldn't be considered a waste, he didn't intend to contribute his remaining personal time.

This is Minerva's talented student, not his. If it was a Slytherin student, he could consider giving him more lessons, but a Ravenclaw should just study on his own after listening for so long.

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"Copy it first, in case you forget it."

Andrew sat at the lab table, copying down quickly - Professor Snape's explanation was very detailed, but not very systematic.

This is a potion concept that comes from the Ugandan potion, which is completely different from the potions we learn in daily life. Fortunately, there is still the potion as an introduction, which can be connected together.

'Should have brought a shorthand quill, but I'd probably be called an automatic crucible stirrer.'

Andrew wanted to laugh as he wrote.

He had probably figured it out by now. His talent for potions was just passable, but what was powerful was his ability to understand that came from a complete education and his magical cognition that was built up with the help of his talent for transfiguration.

Adding the two together, it does feel like I’m frying fish against my classmates or even older students.

But there is nothing shameful about studying, and even frying fish is not shameful.

"I still have a good foundation. If you add it up, I can be considered a pseudo-genius in potion. Half-step to the perfection of potion spiritual root? No, it should be called pseudo-potion spiritual root."

Finishing up the last bit of notes, he decided to subscribe to a Potions magazine similar to the one in Professor Snape's office, just like the Transfiguration one.

"No, there is also material perception. Professor Snape specifically told me about it. It is very important."

He glanced at the empty laboratory and recalled the layout of Professor Snape's office - an entire wall was filled with various potion ingredients collected by Professor Snape, no matter how precious they were. Andrew even saw several obvious contraband ingredients.

"But we can bypass the lab supplies. I remember the professor's purchasing authority is different. So let's exclude those supplies first, submit a special application and wait for approval, and then purchase the rest directly."

Anyway, there is no rush for experiments, so I'll focus on Alchemy first - there is plenty of funding for the laboratory, so there is no need to worry about overspending.

(End of this chapter)