Chapter 4104 4106【End of semester】


    ??The Potions class is about preparing healing potions.


    Xiang Nan has mixed this medicine countless times. Not only was he the first to boil the potion, but he also creatively added a drop of leech juice to it.


    ?This will promote faster wound healing and slightly increase the effectiveness of healing agents.


    His improvements to the therapeutic potions also surprised and delighted Professor Slughorn.


    ??It''s surprising that he can already improve potions at such a young age. What makes me happy is that I have a keen eye for recognizing talents and pulled him into the slug club early.


    The test in the herbal medicine class is to pick ten thorn grass spikes. The shorter the time it takes without getting hurt, the higher the score. On the contrary, the score will be lower.


    Xiang Nan was naturally the first to complete the task, and it took less than two minutes. Even Professor Sprout was amazed. Because she is not as strong as Xiang Nan, she has to use force to pull out each thorn.


    ??In the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, the test requires students to cast a repel spell to repel a wooden sign with a resurrected corpse on it.


    In the first grade Defense Against Dark Arts class, Xiang Nan and others learned two spells.


    One is a repel spell, which can repel physical dark magical creatures, such as zombies, vampires, resurrected corpses, etc. One is the monster curse, which is used to scare people, making them haunted by illusions and frightened.


    ??However, the person who invigilated the exam was not Austin Amelio, the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, because he went to the French seaside for vacation during the Easter vacation and was stung by a blood-venomous jellyfish.


    ?Although he was lucky enough to save his life, he had to rest in St. Mungo''s Hospital of Magic for at least half a year. So the person in charge of invigilating the exam was Professor Flitwick.


    ?The repel spell released by Xiang Nan shattered the wooden sign of the resurrected corpse in one fell swoop, which was much more effective than the repel spell. Professor Flitwick was surprised.


    …


    In mid-June, the exam ends.


    The students still have one week to wait for the teacher to mark the papers.


    ?This week, without all kinds of classes and without the pressure of exams, the students are almost going crazy.


    In the corridor, by the black lake, in the lounge... everyone is playing and planning where to go during the summer vacation.


    Xiang Nan still stayed in the Room of Requirement, brewing potions and reading books.


    In one year at Hogwarts, he read nearly a thousand books in the library, which accounted for a small proportion of the total book collection, probably less than one percent.


    But in the Hogwarts library, there are many "Quidditch Origins", "Hippogriff Psychology Manual", "The Life and Social Habits of Muggle Families in Britain" and "Species of Dragons in Great Britain and Ireland" books like that.


    Such books are either entertainment-oriented, related to magical animals, or related to Muggle studies...none of which are the type Xiang Nan needs.


    He mainly read books related to Charms, Potions, Herbalism, Transfiguration, Ancient Runes, Defense Against Dark Arts, etc. These were relatively difficult and obscure professional books.


    ? It is not an introductory book like "How to Cast Spells Quickly", "A Simple Introduction to Potions", "How to Identify Dark Magical Creatures", etc.


    ? Such professional books are relatively rare in Hogwarts, with only four to five thousand at most, and most of them are kept in the restricted book area.


    ?So Xiang Nan has read half of the "effective" collection of books at Hogwarts in one year. When the new semester arrives, he can finish reading the other half. At that time, he can challenge to a higher level of difficulty and read those banned books.


    One week later, in late June, the school officially announced the results.


    Xiang Nan was not surprised. He ranked first in the grade, a whole lot higher than the second place. All the professors are very satisfied with him.


    Lily’s grades were also very good, ranking third in her grade, second only to Remus Lupin of the same school.


    Remus Lupine knew that he was a werewolf, and it was not easy for him to be admitted to Hogwarts to study, so he studied very hard, so he achieved such good results.


    Lily, on the other hand, had learned spells, transfiguration, defense against black magic, etc. from Xiang Nan before school started. Later, she followed him to brew potions in the Room of Requirement and accumulated a lot of practical experience, so she had achieved very good results in these classes. Not a bad result.


    ??James Potter and Sirius Black, although they usually do nothing and play around, their grades are actually very good. It can be seen that both of them are indeed geniuses.


    ?And Joey Farrell, Benjamin Winslet and Gregory Foley also performed reasonably well. So after the results were announced, everyone was very happy.


    …


    That evening, the school held a grand final dinner.


    ??The auditorium was decorated with blue and bronze colors representing Ravenclaw, and a huge banner with a Ravenclaw eagle hung on the wall behind the guest chair.


    ? It turns out that this year, although Slytherin won the Quidditch Cup, he added 150 points to the Academy Cup.


    But because Lucius Malfoy, Dolphin Roll, Rabastan Lestrange and others bullied their classmates, they were deducted a lot of points. As a result, he lost all the 150 points he earned in the Quidditch Cup.


    Comparatively, Xiang Nan earned nearly two hundred points from Ravenclaw because of his excellent performance in class. Coupled with the efforts of other students, Ravenclaw finally won this year''s Academy Cup with an excellent score of 420 points.


    “Another year has passed!” said Dumbledore cheerfully. “Before you indulge in these delicious delicacies, I must trouble you all to listen to an old man’s cliché. What a wonderful year it has been!


    Your little minds must be a little richer than before... There is a whole summer vacation waiting for you, which allows you to digest those things and free up your brains before the start of the next semester...


    "Now, as far as I know, we must first conduct the Academy Cup award ceremony. The specific scores of each house are as follows: fourth place, Gryffindor, three hundred and ten points; third place, Slytherin, three hundred Fifty points; second place Hufflepuff, three hundred and eighty points, first place Ravenclaw, four hundred and twenty points."


    Hearing him read out the fraction, the Ravenclaw students cheered.


    ?Hufflepuff and Gryffindor students all applauded them, but all the Slytherin students had a gloomy look on their faces.


    “Severus, thank you~” Prefect Derek Ludwig gave a thumbs up to Xiang Nan.


    Almost half of Ravenclaw''s points were earned by Xiang Nan, which is quite impressive.


    Xiang Nan waved his hand modestly.


    “Performed really well. I hope to keep up the good work next semester.” Dumbledore said with a smile.


    Xiang Nan was keenly aware that he seemed to be nodding towards him.


    Xiang Nan also smiled and nodded to him.


    "Okay, let the dinner begin." Dumbledore smiled, and then all kinds of delicacies were spread on the table, making the students cheer happily.


    (End of this chapter)