[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-137":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Hogwarts Learning Panel",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2250375,4210,"Chapter 137: Encounter","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-137",137,"\u003Cp>At Hogwarts, alchemy is an extremely advanced elective course, offered only to students in their N.E.W.T. year (sixth year and above) and requiring simultaneous enrollment in Potions, Transfiguration, Herbology, and Charms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to insufficient enrollment, it was not offered at all during Harry’s year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, Wizard Sean was in the same year as Harry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the usual path to study alchemy, he might never even meet the professor, and Wizard Sean didn’t even know where Hogwarts’ alchemy office was located.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet alchemy was always captivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Muggles regarded alchemy as crude, primitive chemistry, just as wizards knew little of Muggles, Muggles could not properly understand wizarding alchemy—even most wizards failed to comprehend it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But consider what it has achieved: the Philosopher’s Stone, the Knight Bus, the Vanishing Cabinet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, it was a field brimming with infinite possibilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since deciding to study alchemy, Wizard Sean had begun paying closer attention to discussions among upper-year wizards about the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The castle was blanketed in a thick layer of snow, the Great Hall filled with the scent of lunch, tables piled high with food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet around several wooden tables of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, many students looked deeply troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t believe it,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a Gryffindor boy listlessly prodded his mashed potatoes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“‘Blackening’ sounds simple, but when I try it myself, my mind goes completely blank.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve just started learning alchemy; confusion is perfectly normal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, a Ravenclaw girl tucked some metallic materials into her bag—she was seventh-year Pamela Peyton, one of the few wizards who had chosen alchemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Peyton, are you saying that after studying for a while, I’ll be able to master alchemy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gryffindor boy’s eyes lit up instantly—who didn’t know that alchemy masters, like Potions masters, were walking gold coin harvesters?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought of becoming a figure like Professor Tera made the Gryffindor unconsciously rub his hands together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Heh, after studying for a while, you’ll get used to it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pamela Peyton gave him a withering look, speaking with a hint of mockery,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another dreamer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as she finished speaking, a circle of Gryffindors around them let out groans of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They began regretting their choice of alchemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a flock of owls flew into the Great Hall, dropping parcels. A small group of wizards exchanged glances and nervously retrieved the extra reading materials inside—the parchment scrolls covered densely with ancient symbols and diagrams, triggering a fresh wave of moans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Another fifteen-inch essay!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one student moaned in despair,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And it requires citations from at least three alchemical texts from the sixteenth century!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting peered curiously from the corner of the Ravenclaw table, then glanced again at Wizard Sean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he remembered correctly, Wizard Sean had recently begun studying alchemy; his desk was piled with books like *Elementary Introduction to Ancient Runes*, *Runes Dictionary*, and *Magical Phonetics Chart*—and judging by Wizard Sean’s notes, none of them had lasted him more than a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow had grown heavier since three in the afternoon; that afternoon, Wizard Sean and the others received an urgent notice from Professor Sprout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow that had begun falling last night had turned into a fierce blizzard, so Herbology class was canceled. Professor Sprout was now helping Wizard Sean and the others wrap mandrakes in socks and scarves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Neville, your ear muffs are crooked!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting called out loudly, then adjusted Neville’s pink ear muffs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After preparing the strange-looking plants for the cold, Professor Sprout pulled a large pot from beneath the table, placed the mandrake doll inside, buried it in damp dark compost, leaving only the tufted leaves exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My dear little seedlings, do as I do. Our mandrakes are still saplings—their cries won’t be fatal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clapped the dirt from her hands, watching the three complete the task swiftly, a satisfied smile tugging at her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few could remain in the greenhouse this long, especially under repetitive, tedious work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But look at the three young wizards before her—they had walked together through rain, mud, wind, and snow…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh… how wonderful, truly wonderful, nothing could be better…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they left the greenhouse, the three walked with scarves wrapped and gloves on, leaving three neat footprints in the snow—when suddenly a face popped out of a snowman:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We said we’d come find you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Fred, his entire body buried in the snowman, only his face visible—clearly full of mischief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And we need to tell you it’s urgent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another snowman spoke, making Neville shriek several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did you even get a groundhog…? Though that’s amusing too—but come with us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Fred and George walked off, the snowmen collapsed; their hurried steps made Wizard Sean, trailing behind, feel a flicker of tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I bet you’ve never heard of Professor Tera.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred said as he walked, exhaling clouds of white mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We spent a whole year just finding her…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George tugged at his red-and-black scarf, letting the wind swirl only around his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They passed through the castle gates, entered the Great Hall, then slipped into a hidden passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This passage lay behind a painting of fruit, opening only when the fruit shriveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Professor Tera constantly travels between Beauxbatons and Durmstrang—I’d wager there isn’t a magical school she hasn’t visited… Do you know Durmstrang?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred raised an eyebrow,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’d hardly know it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Durmstrang is a magical school located on the Moon Mountains of Uganda in Africa. It’s the largest of all magical schools, as it accepts students from across the entire African continent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean answered quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George watched Fred’s voice trail off, then asked curiously again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then you’ve heard of Babajide Akinbode too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The wizard most likely to succeed Headmaster Dumbledore as the next president of the International Confederation of Wizards? I read about him in *Modern Magical History*.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Merlin’s beard—you know Babajide Akinbode, but not Professor Tera?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George’s eyes widened,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s a revered guest at Durmstrang and holds immense prestige in the alchemical world. She serves as an alchemical advisor to the Ministry of Magic, and rumors say she’s even met Master Nicolas Flamel… unofficially, she once worked at Floo Powder Co.—you’ve heard of it, right? The only company that produces Floo Powder, and no one knows where its entrance is…”\u003C\u002Fp>",1035,"2026-06-19T10:00:40.768Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","14da5a29827866866aba6ae5619773e891b13a985645e24e83aa26609b5116e3","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-138","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-136",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]