Chapter 185 Joint Class

"You have five minutes to find your team members and take their seats."

Snape gave the order promptly.

Almost in the next second, the frightened students all stood up and looked for suitable companions in the classroom.

"You don't expect me to arrange for you—"

Snape's cold warning came from the podium, and the low pressure contained in it was obvious.

This made the students even more nervous, and many of them stumbled while changing seats, causing chaos in the classroom.

Jian Yu stood in the corner, watching all this with interest.

Even though she had been exempted from Potions class, that didn't stop her from wanting to have some fun.

In the spirit of potion research, she carried her own cauldron to the dungeon classroom and was awarded a glare from Snape.

"There is one minute left. If I find that you haven't formed a team yet, 10 points will be deducted from each of you—"

The classroom became even noisier, with the sounds of dragging stools and begging for help to form a team.

"3...2...1...Time's up!"

The students suddenly became quiet and sat down one after another. Only two brothers were left standing in the middle of the classroom.

Harry and Ron.

Everyone looked at the two of them with sympathy, curiosity, or anticipation.

Everyone knows that Potter and Weasley are the ones Snape would lose points the most from, so inviting them into the group is no different from planting a time bomb.

Bathed in Snape's gaze, the two brothers sweated profusely, and even the floor beneath their feet was wet with sweat.

But they were not the only ones. There was another group of people in the classroom who were sweating just like them.

That was the group Draco was in.

Due to the picky nature of this young master, he was very selective in choosing his team members and was sent td by the little lions.

"Potter, Weasley, for your great friendship, Gryffindor will deduct 20 points."

Snape made a swift judgment, his eyes scanning the classroom wildly, and soon locked onto Draco's team of three.

"Now, Potter, take a seat in Malfoy's group."

Draco's face was twisted like a wrung towel, and he let out a heavy groan;

Harry's facial movements were 100% synchronized with his, as if the two were copy and paste.

As for the other team, the three-man team that Blaise was in, was immediately noticed by Snape even though they tried hard to cover up the empty space.

"Weasley, sit at Zabini's table."

There are now two more people with ferocious faces.

The melon-eating version of Yu Zhua Jane was eating melons with gusto when her melon field was suddenly occupied by Severus Runtu Snape.

"Miss Jane, I think you are here to improve the Polyjuice Potion, not to poke your head around like a goblin."

Jian Yu shrugged and picked up a knife to deal with the leeches and lacewings.

Seeing that she finally started to work, Snape turned around with satisfaction and continued to give instructions:

"I want to tell you that, in view of the curriculum reform in the new school year, 40% of your scores this year will come from group work—"

"At the end of the semester, you will collaborate on a pre-test and submit a ten-foot-long paper—"

There were a few sounds of things falling to the ground in the classroom.

On the surface, it seemed to be the sound of students dropping their chairs, but in reality it was the sound of their hearts breaking.

Jian Yu almost couldn't help but gasp for them.

Ten feet...3.048 meters...and presentation...

Thanks for the exemption! Thanks to Xiao Zao! Thanks for the lockdown!

But the students had no time to lament, because Snape had already started the topic of today's lesson.

He wisely ruled out any possibility of blowing the Potions classroom up into the air, and pointed instead to a stack of silver cauldrons in the corner.

"For the past three years, you have been using pewter cauldrons, which are simple and easy to learn, suitable for novices who are new to potions-"

"But we're going to be using silver cauldrons for this year's course. Now, each group will send one member to take them."

Like eating melons, Yu pretended to make potion. Jane pricked up her ears sensitively again.

Silver crucible? One bite per group?

"I think you have noticed the characteristics of these crucibles. Their bottoms have been recast and the thickness is not standard."

bottom? Re-cast?

Jian Yu noticed the key words and turned his gaze to Harry.

Is this child still immersed in the beautiful fantasy of scraping the bottom of the crucible?

Did he never think about what would happen next?

As expected, Snape, who was emitting a low pressure, issued an order:

"So in the first class, you will get familiar with these crucibles and thin their bottoms to a standard thickness... The inspection standard is that they should not break under normal heating..."

"This is related to your future courses - of course, this affects your entire group -"

The classroom immediately became noisy. Snape took a moment to glance at Jian Yu and couldn't help but frowned.

What's going on? This kid is not concentrating on brewing the potion, but is staring in Harry's direction?

Snape followed her gaze and immediately noticed something was wrong!

I saw the four-member team that Potter was in, one holding sandpaper and the other waving a magic wand, working hard on the crucible!

Although Malfoy and Potter are at loggerheads——

But their progress has far surpassed other teams in the classroom!

Even the crucible walls are taken care of!

Such a skilled look——

This Harry Potter is clearly a repeat offender!

He cracked the crucible and finally found the culprit!

Snape took a deep breath, then strode to their table, his gloomy eyes sweeping across Harry's face:

"Very good, Potter, excellent cauldron grinding skills, I think your dog godfather taught you a lot -"

Harry turned pale.

It's all over now! He was exposed!

Sirius, save the child!

It was a pity that his godfather, who was far away at 12 Grimmauld Place, could not telepathically sense his despair, so he had to continue to accept Snape's venom spray:

"In that case, I guess I can't waste your talent."

"I will prepare a crucible for the entire grade as a detention for you in the office. I guess you have to pay the price for what you did—"

Harry looked completely incapacitated.

His pleading eyes almost stared a hole through Jian Yu.

Jian Yu used his eyes to show that he was helpless.

Snape ruthlessly prevented the two from making eye contact. He returned to the podium angrily and began to supervise Jian Yu's progress in processing materials.

But the constant noise coming from the classroom made him stop teaching.

"Zabini, put down your cauldron—"

"Weasley, if I see you drop a cauldron on a classmate's head one more time - get out of my class -"

Similar chaotic scenes occurred not only in Snape's class.