Looking at the information in front of him, even with the emotion-suppressing effect of Occlumency, Link's mouth still uncontrollably curled up into a smile.
And not far away, Snape, upon seeing this, also shut his mouth that hadn't had time to spit venom.
This kind of being 'interrupted while casting' feeling clearly wasn't pleasant, so even when seeing that Link succeeded in casting the Scarpin's Revelaspell after only trying twice, Snape still appeared indifferent.
"Hmph! You're not too stupid after all." He said coldly.
Link didn't pay much attention to Snape. At this moment, he was feeling the sensation of using the Scarpin's Revelaspell.
This feeling was very strange, because the world in front of his eyes had already undergone many changes.
Take the cup he just used to drink the potion for example.
Now, after some time of settling, some residual potion liquid had already gathered at the bottom of the cup. And in Link's vision, these potion residues were composed of several types of particles and liquids emitting faint glows.
They were extremely different from each other, yet had fused together, very magical.
Strictly speaking, this actually was unreasonable, because the effect of the Scarpin's Revelaspell wasn't this strong at all.
Then the only explanation was that with the enhancement of the high-level Supersensory Spell, which could observe magical auras, the effect of the Scarpin's Revelaspell was greatly enhanced.
And just as Link was carefully observing those leftover potion liquids, Snape laid out a large pile of ingredients, herbs, and a tube of hunger-relieving nutrient solution on the table.
"Now, use this to configure it for me." Snape pointed at the nutrient solution and said.
Hearing this, Link was first stunned for a moment, then immediately frowned and said, "You're serious?"
Link felt that Snape was skipping too many steps for him too quickly.
Although in theory, mastering the Scarpin's Revelaspell meant one already had the ability to reverse-deduce the formula of a potion by its finished product.
But that was only in theory. In practice, operating like this was far more difficult than expected. Not to mention, to precisely identify which herbs were used in a potion through the Scarpin's Revelaspell, one needed an extremely massive knowledge reserve.
Even if you recognized the ingredients, potion formulas were not something that could be easily reverse-engineered. The key manufacturing process and special treatment methods still required a huge number of experiments to gradually infer.
And listening to Link's words, Snape's face finally revealed a trace of a sinister smile. He opened his mouth and rudely mocked, "If a fool like you can't even do something like this properly, then don't waste time continuing your studies at Hogwarts. Hurry up and go home so your mother can find you a job."
"Tsk!"
Seeing Snape's expression of 'finally said it, feels so good,' Link disdainfully clicked his tongue and turned to begin trying to reverse-deduce the nutrient solution's formula.
After all, with his understanding of Snape, the other party wouldn't throw him an impossible task just to make thing hard for him.
Since Snape said it like this now, that meant Link definitely could do it.
Thinking this, Link refocused his attention, sequentially activating Occlumency, the Supersensory Spell, and the Scarpin's Revelaspell.
As a blue light flashed in Link's eyes, all kinds of colors began to glow on the ingredients placed before him, while that tube of nutrient solution glowed with dazzling multicolored lights.
This made Link slightly sigh in relief. Because with these colorful glows that only appeared under the enhancement of the Supersensory Spell, he now only needed to match the glowing colors to select the ingredients, and he could recreate all the necessary components of the nutrient solution. This directly saved him a huge amount of rote memorization of ingredients and properties.
But just having the ingredients ready wasn't enough. The biggest problem now in front of Link was how to process these materials to produce the actual hunger-relieving nutrient solution.
Standing before this large pile of materials, Link slowly fell into deep thought.
And not far away, seeing this, the corner of Snape's mouth also slightly lifted.
What Link didn't know was that Snape had originally intended to give him a few hints at this stage. After all, making Link reverse-deduce a potion formula right at the start was too extreme.
But after seeing Link master the Scarpin's Revelaspell after only two tries, Snape changed his mind. He decided to let Link fall flat on his face, and then 'guide' him afterward.
Snape dared to swear, what he was doing absolutely wasn't because of his petty personality acting up again, but to let Link experience some setbacks so he wouldn't be so arrogant and conceited.
'Yes, definitely for that reason.' Snape thought this to himself. But the next scene made the smile on his lips gradually disappear.
Because at that moment, Link seemed to have finally made up his mind.
He swiftly sorted through the glowing materials based on their color to find all the base ingredients for the nutrient solution, crushed them one by one, and poured them together with a measuring cup of clean water into the cauldron.
Boom!
A cluster of deep red flames burst from the burner under the cauldron, constantly licking the cauldron's bottom.
Taking advantage of the cauldron heating up, Link put on dragonhide gloves, retrieved a berry-like fruit and a bundle of purplish-red vine from the material pile, juiced them, mixed their juice together, and poured it into the now-boiling "stew."
This special mixture was called Gambius Solvent, made by mixing the juices of Chuchu Fruit and Blood Vine in a specific ratio.
Its main function was to promote fusion among magical potion ingredients, one of the most basic and commonly used solvents in potion-making.
Hiss! Hiss!
A strange sound instantly echoed from the cauldron. The previously added ingredients, under the effect of the special solution, began to melt like butter in a hot pan, and finally transformed the pot of "stew" into a potion just slightly darker than the nutrient solution.
[Hunger-Relief Nutrient Solution Lv1 obtained!]
"What do you think, Professor Snape?"
After observing the notification in front of him, Link spoke smugly. Of course, when calling Snape at the end, he deliberately emphasized the tone just like Snape did earlier.
This kind of "using your own sarcastic tone to mock you back" move almost made Snape's nose twist from anger.
He glared fiercely at Link before walking over with a dark face to inspect the potion in the cauldron. And with just one look, the expression on Snape's face instantly eased.
He slowly lifted his head and grinned viciously at Link, "Your Gambius Solvent lacks purity, which led to excessive impurities in the potion. Do it again."
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