Chapter 160: Selection Competition For Quotas, Becoming Famous In Academia

Chapter 160: Selection Competition For Quotas, Becoming Famous In Academia

Two days after the news brought by Fleur, the news about the Potions Exchange Tournament being held again appeared in Hogwarts.

On the bulletin board in the hall, in addition to posters for new recruits for the college Quidditch team, there are announcements for the Potions Exchange Tournament.

Each school has three places to participate in this exchange competition, and the total duration is one month.

The start time is the second Monday after New Year's Day.

Beauxbatons Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry in France

For many students, they have heard the names of the other two magic academies in Europe, but no one has been to one yet.

However, many Slytherins said that their fathers once wanted to send them to Durmstrang.

It is a treasure place for learning black magic, and the academy only recruits pure-blood wizards.

However, their pure blood requirements are relatively low. As long as their father and mother are wizards, they are considered pure blood.

But in the UK, the concept of pure blood has to be traced back at least five or six generations before it is willing to give up.

All of a sudden, many students became interested.

You can start school a month later, and you can meet young wizards from other countries and schools. It is simply a publicly funded trip.

The library's books about other magic schools were emptied out in almost a day.

It is said that the most complete book, "The History of the Development of Magic Schools," has been scheduled for Christmas.

Of course, Wayne doesn't have to compete with everyone for books.

The library he specially built contains almost all the books in the library.

As soon as get out of class was over, Qiu and Hermione pulled him into the suitcase.

Beside the small lake, Hermione was holding a thick book and reading information about Beauxbatons.

Beauxbatons is located in a valley on the south side of the Pyrenees Mountains. It is a beautiful castle surrounded by gardens and fountains....

"Most of the students come from France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and other countries, where students take O.W.L. level exams in sixth grade instead of fifth grade.

"In the very center of Beauxbatons Castle is a huge magic fountain. It is said that bathing or washing your face with the water of the magic fountain for a long time will make you more beautiful and younger."

After reading this, Hermione's mood became obviously high.

"Ah"

Wayne, who was lying on Qiu's lap, opened his mouth, and the girl gently put the peeled grapes into his mouth.

"Wayne, is the magic fountain real?"

After the boy finished eating, Qiu Cai asked.

No matter what grade of girl, it is impossible to resist the temptation to become beautiful.

Hermione stopped reading and stared at Shaohui eagerly.

"It does have some effect."

Before Wayne could finish speaking, the two of them were breathing quickly.

"Don't worry." The young man moved his head to make himself lie down more comfortably.

Qiu is still too thin, and her slender legs are a bit awkward.

From this aspect of comparison alone, Hermione has the advantage. Miss Know-It-All's legs are not thick, but they are more voluptuous.

"Nico told me that the magic spring water does have some effects, but it's not much different from nothing. At most, it's cleaner than other water and won't harm the skin.

"Actually, it's just an alchemical product. If I want, I can refine one myself."

Wayne said it very easily and there was no exaggeration in it.

Others couldn't understand that thing, but for him who had obtained the true biography of Nicoléme, it was really simple.

"Wayne..." Hermione behaved in a rare act of coquettishness, ran to Wayne and put his head on her lap.

"I don't care whether it's beautiful or not, I just think the world is a bit monotonous."

"Having more beautiful fountains is also a good thing, isn't it?"

"puff!"

Wayne and Qiu both laughed. It was the first time for both of them to see Hermione being so dishonest.

"Oh, stop laughing, just promise me now."

Hermione was really anxious, and even ignored Qiu's presence and gave Wayne a smack.

You must know that she and Wayne had always posted in private before, but this was the first time that she had ridiculed her face in front of him.

It's no wonder that Hermione is more eager than Qiu, it's really the disadvantage of human race that cannot be changed.

Nowadays, everyone is still young, and the skin is of course delicate, smooth and full of vitality.

But she has read many reports. White people age faster than yellow people. In their twenties and thirties, their pores will enlarge and their skin will become rough.

She didn't want to turn into a yellow-faced woman in the future, and Wayne wouldn't even want to look at her.

Wayne, who didn't understand why Hermione was so anxious, saw that she was so interested and agreed directly.

"I remember there are semi-finished products at Nico's place. I will just take them back and modify them when the time comes."

Hermione cheered and lay in Wayne's arms.

Qiu gave the two of them a blank look, pinched Wayne secretly, and then asked:

"Apart from you, who are the other two contestants?"

"I don't know either." Wayne rubbed his waist carelessly: "It's the same for everyone, just making up the numbers.

In the office, Snelido is also discussing the issue of quotas.

"Severus, do you have any students you would recommend?"

Dumbledore asked, the Potion Exchange Competition naturally depends on the opinions of the professor.

"One Lawrence, anyone else can do it." Snape said the same thing as Wayne.

For people who reach a certain height in a certain field, others may become monkeys.

There are good students in the school, but good monkeys are still monkeys, and he can't see any difference.

Hearing that Snape was so unconcerned, Dumbledore was also slightly silent.

The truth is this...

But sometimes it is also important to do things procedurally.

Selected contestants need to convince others.

After stating his request, Snape looked obviously impatient.

"Then let those who want to participate sign up and have a competition first."

"Don't join in the fun if you are in the fifth grade or below. You haven't even entered the advanced class. Don't waste my materials.

Dumbledore nodded, approving his method.

The next day, Dumbledore announced the rules of the selection competition in the auditorium, and almost all students in the fifth and sixth grade who were selected for the potions improvement class signed up.

The so-called improvement class is actually a threshold set by the professor.

After passing the OWLs exam, if you want to further study a certain course, you must meet the grade requirements.

The minimum requirement for Potions is E, and less than fifty people from the two grades combined have reached this level.

Other professors have different requirements.

Many students feel more relaxed when they reach fifth or sixth grade.

For example, Twoley, he only took herbal medicine, spells, and Defense Against the Dark Arts as electives.

If he wants to become a professional Quidditch player in the future, what matters is his flying skills, not his magic level.

The reason I chose Defense Against the Dark Arts was because I had to change professors every year, so I didn’t have to do any summer homework.

That night, all the registered students came to the Potions classroom.

Wayne was teasing Astoria in the auditorium, when a Slytherin ran over.

"Lawrence, Professor Snape wants you to come over."

The little talking snake didn't dare to move forward when it was ten meters away from Wayne.

"What does he want from me?" Wayne, who was bullying the little girl, looked up in surprise.

"I don't know either." The Slytherin who sent the message quickly shook his head: "The professor didn't say anything."

"Go quickly, the professor will be unhappy and he will deduct points from you soon."

Astoria felt like she was being pardoned and quickly advised her.

Just now, Wayne asked her to make various embarrassing expressions. The little girl almost cried, but she didn't dare to resist.

The more fragile and pitiful she looked, the more excited Wayne became.

"What are you afraid of? No matter how much he deducts, the righteous Professor Lockhart will add it back."

Wayne pouted, but went anyway.

"Professor, you are looking for me."

After knocking on the door meaningfully, Wayne walked in.

Snape glanced at him and said nothing, but announced to the students sitting in front of the crucible:

"The scintillation potion will be refined within two hours, and the two people with the best quality will win the competition rules.

Some students asked in confusion: "Professor, why are you in the top two?"

"Aren't there three places this time?"

"Lawrence is the third one." After Snape said this, he waved his wand, and the ingredients for making the sparkling potion flew in front of everyone.

Wow!

Hearing that Wayne had directly reserved a spot, everyone looked at Wayne and Snape in shock.

Many students were even more angry.

There was an uproar in the classroom, and Wei's ears were sharp. He could already hear Percy cursing Snape in a low voice.

According to the routine, this is a good time to stand up and show off.

But Wayne had no such idea at all.

The level is too low and there is no point in pretending.

"Quiet!"

Snape said coldly, his powerful aura instantly suppressing everyone. The students did not dare to speak, but still looked at him, waiting for an explanation.

"If we didn't have to bring three people with us for this competition, you wouldn't have to show up here today and waste my precious time."

When it comes to venomous tongues, no one in this school can compare to Snape. At this moment, he is firing on all cylinders and shows no mercy to these top students.

"What dignity do you have compared to Lawrence?"

"If anyone can publish a signature, no, a paper with your name in the internal journal of the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists, I can give him a quota."

"But with your troll brains, I shouldn't expect too much."

"Extraordinary Pharmacists Association? This is impossible!" a girl said in a loss of voice.

"Miss Bell, this is what you said is impossible."

A magazine flew out from the classroom bookshelf, landed in front of the girl, and quickly flipped to the middle.

"On the Improvement Direction and Specific Measures of Werewolf Potion"

The first author is undoubtedly Wayne Lawrence.

"Do you understand the gap between you now?"

The surrounding students came over to read the magazine, with mixed expressions.

Now no one dares to raise objections.

"Why did you ask me to come?" Wayne ignored them and asked Snape in a low voice.

"I still have things to do. You will be responsible for the assessment. Give me the list when the time comes."

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Snape glanced at him, said that, picked up the books on the table and walked out of the classroom.

Wayne and a group of students stared at each other.

This is a man who has been caught.

"Start quickly, it must be over within half an hour." Wayne changed Snape's request in frustration.

"Wayne, didn't the professor just talk about two hours?" a Hufflepuff senior couldn't help but ask.

"I'm in a hurry and can't finish it in an hour and a half. There's no point in giving me an extra half hour."

Wayne looked at everyone encouragingly: "Come on, I believe in you."

Everyone: "..."

What can they do? Snape has given all the power to Wayne. Even if he wants to resist, no one will probably care.

An hour and a half later,

Wayne asked everyone to stop and started checking.

He walked off the stage and turned around.

Forty-four people, only thirty people completed the flickering potion.

Among them, another 20 people were found to be unqualified.

The perfect sparkling potion should be fluorescent silver, like flowing mercury, and very viscous.

The twenty people who failed were not even silver, so they passed directly.

Among the remaining ten people, based on the thickness and uniformity of the fluorescence, he was six.

Finally there were four students left.

Exactly one for each college.

"Miss Bell, you have been eliminated.

Wayne announced after looking at it for a moment longer.

"Why?" The Ravenclaw girl named Bell didn't dare to explode, but asked carefully:

"It looks like our completion levels should be about the same, right?"

"It must have been too late to put in the hollow lotus seeds just now." Wayne pointed out her problem: "Your medicine has too many bubbles, and the medicine has not fully exerted its effect, so it cannot reach good quality.

Bell thought about it and realized that it was exactly what Wayne said.

Her hollow lotus seeds were put in a minute late.

"I know." Bell said regretfully, convinced.

Several other students looked at Wayne in admiration.

Just by observing the status of the medicine, you can tell which step made a mistake.

This level is too high.

"Russell, Henderson, it's just you two.

Eventually Wayne secured his spot.

Henderson was Hufflepuff's batsman and Russell was Slytherin's man.

The Gryffindor's only hope, Percy, was lost.

"Don't look at me. If you feel dissatisfied, go back and try the medicine yourself. Yours is worse than theirs.

Before Percy could speak, Wayne blocked him.

Percy's nose turned red with anger, and he filled the bottle with their potion and left the classroom angrily.

Russell's face blossomed into a smile.

Fortunately, he didn't embarrass Slytherin, otherwise Professor Snape would definitely take out his anger on them when he saw that there were no students from his own college in the two places.

Wayne told Snape about the final spot and hurried to Ravenclaw's tower.

I have a date with Penello-senpai tonight.

******

the next day.

When the quotas were announced, Slytherin's Hufflepuff was very proud, especially Hufflepuff, who actually occupied two quotas.

Did you see that they are the top academic academy?

At the same time, word spread about Wayne's article published in the internal journal of the Pharmacists Association.

This made everyone sigh again, why is the gap so big even though they are all students?

And in the evening, Professor McGonagall happily gave Hufflepuff twenty points in recognition of Wayne's article published in "Transfiguration Today".

The students were completely numb.

Especially the talented students who participated in today's Transfiguration. After reading Wayne's article, they had only one feeling in their hearts.

stupid.

It looked confusing and completely inconsistent with the concepts taught by Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall also explained: "Mr. Lawrence did not write it for you beginners, but for me and other scholars' professional papers.

"Whenever I can achieve the sixth level of transformation, or large-scale group transformation, I will be able to understand it better."

Upon hearing this request, the geniuses who used to be proud of being able to join the Transformation Club fell into autistic state.

With the help of these two articles, Wayne completely established his reputation in the academic world.

In the following period, a large number of owls brought letters from scholars from all over the world every day.

There is no order of learning, because of the Western teachers.

Scholars are often the purer group of people and do not care about the age and status gap.

They saw Wayne's article, which was full of useful information.

A sense of identity has developed.

Many letters came to ask for more specific details and doubts when reading. Wayne would spend a lot of time every day to reply.

This is how Dumbledore became famous back then, but it was much later than Wayne.

Just like that, before I knew it, a month had passed since the start of school...

In the dormitory, Wayne was writing furiously in Riddle's diary...10.