[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-161":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},2250399,4210,"Chapter 161: Alchemy Plan","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-161",161,"\u003Cp>Change the world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean doesn’t yet possess such grand ideals, but he has indeed begun preparing to make some special cookies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Create Animal Cookie Series】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean wrote this on the first page of his notebook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alchemy combined with Transfiguration is undoubtedly fascinating, and the Animal Cookie Series is the full plan Wizard Sean intends to execute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its deepening direction has two foreseeable paths: one is to improve quality, crafting cookies that grant wizards clear willpower;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the other is to increase quantity, producing other animal cookies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Studying Transfiguration will naturally improve the quality of Wizard Sean’s cookies, so what Wizard Sean needs to consider is which animal his next cookie should be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【By crafting Animal Cookies, unlock the Master-level title in Alchemy】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean wrote down the second step of his plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 【Apprentice】 and 【Beginner】 titles grant minimal bonuses to Golden Talent, but once you reach the 【Master】 title, special talent bonuses emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the silent spell bonus in the Spellcraft field;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the advanced Transfiguration bonus from “object” to “magic” in the Transfiguration field;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the brief burst power bonus in the Flight field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These extra talent bonuses have all benefited Wizard Sean immensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now examine the advancement requirements:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Advancement: Three Beginner-level Alchemical creations and six Apprentice-level Alchemical creations unlock the Beginner-level title in Alchemy】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Howler, the Floating Quill, and the Owl Cookie are the three alchemical creations Wizard Sean has currently learned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, Wizard Sean must decide which animal to choose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must exist within Hogwarts Castle, so Wizard Sean can observe it easily; and it must be sufficiently useful…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Make the biting vine sway inside the seedling box, emitting a faint, unobtrusive squeaking sound. Time passed amid these rustling noises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enchanted ceiling showed snow. Amid a massive holly tree, countless wings flapped—brown, gray, and snowy-white feathers mixed with snowflakes—owl post was arriving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean sat at his familiar table, beside Hermione, her book “Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century” open atop a milk jug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned, as if puzzled by something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neville, who had arrived earlier, cheerfully greeted Wizard Sean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The post owls are about to arrive—I think Grandma will send me a few things I forgot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neville said shyly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean had just begun eating his porridge when, sure enough, a commotion erupted overhead. Hundreds of owls burst in, circling the Great Hall and dropping letters and packages into the midst of chatting students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large, bulging package landed on Neville’s head, then a grayish giant swooped past Hermione’s jug, causing the silver pitcher to wobble and spill milk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Christmas is near, and young witches and wizards heading home always have things to say—and so do their families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take Hermione: she kept writing letters, and whenever she read certain passages, she would sneak a cautious glance at Wizard Sean before continuing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the troll incident, Wizard Sean and Hermione had increased their exchanges, mostly because Wizard Sean shared some techniques on spell combinations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just combinations and pairings of different spell types, but also Professor Flitwick’s theories on casting two spells simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Christmas gift Wizard Sean prepared for Hermione was precisely this notebook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came Jia Jia Siting: Wizard Sean organized the Chinese recipes he remembered, had Yi La (the house-elf in the kitchen) test them, and the results were excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He compiled them into a book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After bustling about before meals, Wizard Sean hadn’t actually made much progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes he marveled: when had he started preparing so many Christmas gifts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even had to ask upperclassmen for help—some items couldn’t be obtained in Hogwarts and needed to be collected from Hogsmeade Village…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wondered how Bruce was doing; last time he visited the hospital, he and the others had been thrown out by the furious Madam Pomfrey:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve never seen such a foolish wizard! Using his head to test the power of bumping vines!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you fools—you didn’t even stop him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After lunch, Wizard Sean went to the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hospital, on the second floor of the castle, was managed by Madam Pomfrey and provided basic medical care for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the school year, any student or staff member injured or ill was sent here for treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean believed the hospital was no less remarkable than any other place in Hogwarts—it was legendary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its achievements included, but were not limited to: curing Colin Creevey’s petrification, healing Harry after his battle with Voldemort, and mending Draco after the Sectumsempra attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he thought about it, the more curious Wizard Sean became about the so-called healing magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the hospital, Madam Pomfrey’s expression was still sour, but this time she didn’t throw Wizard Sean out—she allowed his visit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A story worthy of hanging on the hospital wall… foolish…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before reaching the bed, Wizard Sean heard Bruce’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You provoked the bumping vines, then went to test Devil’s Snare—you thought they’d fight each other—what happened? They both attacked you, didn’t they? Idiot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bruce’s upperclassman was furious again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mmm…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Bruce had been injured again, severely—so badly he could barely speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He says practice yields truth, Leon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mmm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He says Pistor was right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—you translate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three upperclassmen were always quarreling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Green?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a voice suddenly came from the wall; Wizard Sean turned and noticed the portrait of a witch with long silver curls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below it read: Daisi Devant, St. Mungo Healer (1722–1741).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean had seen another inscription in the Headmaster’s office: Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (1741–1768).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Delighted to see you, child.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daisi Devant, St. Mungo Healer, smiled and winked, her eyes gleaming with curiosity and mischief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard, child, that something special happened today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something special… a story?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean looked curiously at Daisi Devant, St. Mungo Healer, who shook her head with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a story of a beautiful ending… truly moving—fate flows like a flood; without islands or reefs, it cannot stir beautiful waves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze blurred through the falling snow, through abandoned streets, dilapidated houses, through London’s ever-present smog, to the place where greatness once was born:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A resolute soul always carves out its own path.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1027,"2026-06-19T10:00:40.768Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1c7a445c1cf772b15df26c15c87ade6ee21d6cb53d6d11da0c587b306ccfaa4a","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-162","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-160",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]