Chapter 257 Alchemy and Hogwarts Treasure Hunt

After collecting all the dark magic books, Mike did not stop, but continued to move other books.

These are the treasures of the Black family. Mike originally thought that Black would feel a little pain, so he had been observing Black's expression intentionally or unintentionally, ready to stop before Black's tolerance limit.

But to his surprise, Black looked indifferent and even yawned out of boredom.

Maybe this is the son selling the father's land without feeling sorry.

Now Mike began to understand why Black's mother would treat Black in such a way. The heir of Sirius Black should be a disaster for any big family.

Thinking of this, Mike became more impolite.

Although there are many books in the basement, Mike's movements are not slow, so it didn't take long for Mike to move the bookshelves that were originally full.

When Mike came to Black with satisfaction, he was still yawning. Perhaps because he was used to living a nocturnal life, he looked really sleepy now, and even shed tears.

"Is it over? Don't take more?"

"Uh, no, I'll be embarrassed if you take more."

Black waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite to me, just take whatever you like. I hate everything in this room, and I will thank you if you take it away."

Although Black invited him again and again, Mike finally refused.

It was not because he was noble, but because he didn't like other things in this room.

At this time, Black seemed to suddenly remember something, and excitedly asked the elderly house elf Kreacher to bring two long boxes and stuffed them into Mike's arms.

"I heard that the Firebolt I gave to Harry was dismantled by the Aurors, so I bought a new one. Here, this one is for you, and you can take the other one to Harry."

Mike looked at Black with some confusion and surprise. He knew that Black loved Harry, so it was normal for him to buy a Firebolt, but why did he give him one as well?

You know, Firebolts are all custom-made, and the price ranges from the lowest 5,000 gold galleons to 30,000 gold galleons, depending on the functional preferences and material choices you need. And the things Black gave as gifts... are most likely the best.

In other words, Black spent 150,000 gold galleons in just a few days!

'Is the Black family so rich? If I had known earlier that the content of the contract would have been all the property of the Black family, I think Black would have agreed to it given his situation and temper at the time. '

Mike thought so.

Black on the opposite side had no idea what Mike was thinking. Seeing Mike in a daze, he thought that he was too happy to get the Firebolt.

"Mike, I want to ask you something."

Black's voice woke Mike up. He looked up at Black and found that Black was embarrassed.

"Uh, what is it?"

"Harry... Harry may not be willing to live with me." Black said with some stammering, "So... can you help me persuade him?"

Now Mike understood. No wonder Black wanted to give him the Firebolt. It turned out that he wanted to bribe him.

He didn't understand what kind of life poor Harry lived in the Dursleys' house and how much he wanted to leave that house.

Mike never refused such things that he could get benefits without doing anything.

So Mike immediately patted his chest and said:

"No problem, I will take care of this matter. You can go to Harry during the summer vacation. He will definitely agree."

Black was very excited after receiving Mike's affirmative answer. He even wanted to treat Mike to a big meal as a thank you.

But Mike just wanted to go back and study those books carefully, and he didn't want to have dinner with him at all.

So, with Black's warm farewell, Mike returned directly to Hogwarts.

Mike, who returned to school, did not immediately send Harry a firebolt, but went directly to the base under construction.

As Shuke had reported to him before, the construction of the base is still in progress. Although it has some prototypes now, the surroundings are still barren.

Under Shuke's guidance, Mike came to the laboratory that was said to have been completed. Compared with the outside, it was very good. Various experimental facilities, from the crucibles and test tubes needed for potion refining to the alchemy table and various materials needed for alchemy production, were all available.

Mike waved Shuke away and checked today's harvest by himself.

Although almost all of the Black family's industries were swallowed up by other families when they fell, the Gringotts vault was protected by goblins and the Black ancestral home was protected by magic, so the things in these two places were still well preserved.

As a result, the various materials Mike got in his hands were also very complete, almost including all the knowledge of all aspects of the entire wizarding world.

What Mike valued most were the Fire Curse and the three unforgivable curses.

What surprised Mike was that in addition to the initiating spell "Fire Burning", the Fiery Curse actually had the counter-curse "Destruction".

This made Mike a little embarrassed. He had been practicing the spell "End of All Curses" during this period. Now you tell me that the Fiery Curse has its own counter-curse?

However, Mike did not dwell on it for too long, because his attention was soon attracted by the three unforgivable curses.

The three unforgivable curses are the Death Curse, which Mike has already learned, the Imperius Curse, and the Cruciatus Curse.

Among them, the Imperius Curse can be said to be the most terrifying curse. Its function is to confuse the minds of others, so that they are under your control.

The Cruciatus Curse is the most insidious. As described in the spell, the person being cast will feel the pain of a heart-breaking pain. According to Mike's understanding, except for Neville's parents, almost no one can bear this pain without exposing their secrets.

But Mike actually doubted the authenticity of the fact that Neville's parents had withstood the Cruciatus Curse, because in fact the person who tortured them at that time was Bellatrix, Black's cousin and Voldemort's number one follower.

Because of Voldemort's disappearance, Bellatrix actually tortured them in revenge. It can be said that Bellatrix didn't care whether they would really confess anything.

So it is not ruled out that Neville's parents had already told Bellatrix everything she wanted to know, but Bellatrix did not stop.

And after that terrible torture, Neville's parents also lost their minds and became crazy because of the protection mechanism of the brain.

In addition to these black magic, the books of the Black family also contain a lot of alchemical knowledge and notes. According to the above description, these are all left by an alchemist named Frankie Black.

This made Mike very happy. Although his alchemy has reached a very high level due to the blessing of ancient magic and transfiguration, with these notes, his ability will undoubtedly be taken to a higher level.

Let's not talk about other things, but there are quite a lot of things that need to be improved on the Masonic gold coin as a symbol of Freemasonry.

The first is the communication function.

The communication function that Mike attached to the Masonic gold coin before was probably only slightly worse than the communication equipment used by the Auror Corps.

But before the Auror released a large-scale confusion spell, this communicator actually worked directly!

This is something Mike can't stand. No one knows the importance of instant communication to an organization better than Mike who came from the future. There is

also the problem of making door keys. Mike's original idea was to be able to make the Masonic gold coin directly into a door key that can be triggered at will, so that the members of the Freemasons can come to the base anytime and anywhere.

But there was a big problem during the actual transformation.

First of all, his current level of making door keys is still too low. The door keys he made are almost time-limited. For the time being, it is almost impossible for him to make a permanent door key.

The second is the problem of triggering the door key.

If you touch a door key, you will be teleported away, and if you want to use other abilities on the Masonic gold coin, you will inevitably have to touch the gold coin.

In this case, how to prevent accidental touch has become Mike's biggest problem now.

Fortunately, Mike now has the knowledge of the Black family. With the help of these many alchemy master notes, Mike has quickly thought of a solution to the problem.

First, transform the gold coin into a hollow shape like the Golden Snitch, then add the traceless extension spell inside to widen the internal space, and finally put the thing that serves as the door key inside. When you need to use it, just open the gold coin.

The space inside the gold coin does not need to be too large, because the door key carrier chosen by Mike is a mini wine glass, which greatly reduces the difficulty of adding the traceless extension spell.

Mike does not have a good solution to the problem of the timeliness of the door key. For the time being, he can only try to extend the effective time to increase the life of the door key.

At present, if Mike tries his best, he can make the door key have a life of nearly one month at most, which means that other members of the Freemasonry must come to him every month to get a new door key.

In Mike's view, this shortcoming can even be regarded as an advantage, because in this way he can better control those Freemason members.

Mike is not so naive as to think that he can completely trust those members just by relying on an "unbreakable oath". Although the "unbreakable oath" seems to be completely unsolvable at present, Mike cannot guarantee whether there is a way to break this spell in this world.

If this method really exists, then the only thing that can constrain those members is loyalty.

And loyalty has always been the most unreliable.

The next morning, when Mike appeared in Hogwarts again, ten new Masonic gold coins lay quietly in his arms.

This is the result of Mike's all-night work.

Their appearance is no different from the first generation of gold coins, including the patterns, which are exactly the same as ordinary gold galleons.

But their functions are countless times stronger. They can't help but be attached with enhanced communication spells. Mike even attached a spell that affects transmission. In the future, members will be able to video chat with each other!

And the most important door key Mike is also hidden inside. The user only needs to knock on the front of the gold coin according to a unique pattern to make the gold coin reveal the door key hidden inside.

And because the knocking pattern is extremely complicated, it is almost impossible to touch it by mistake during normal use.

When Mike distributed these gold coins to the Weasley brothers and others and explained the new functions to them, everyone respected them as gods.

Especially the Weasley brothers, they were recruited into the Freemasons because they had amazing talents in alchemy, and now the ability shown by Mike made them begin to doubt their talents.

But what they didn't know was that what Mike valued most was not their alchemy talent, but their creativity.

His alchemy ability has indeed made great progress in recent times, but his innovation ability is much less than that of the Weasley brothers.

At the same time, Mike also shared all the books he moved out of the Black family with the members of the Freemasons. Everyone can read these books at will as long as they use the door key to enter the new base, but they cannot take them out.

While giving benefits to the Freemasons, Mike did not forget the members of the Student Mutual Aid Association. Under the premise that Mike and his team had a new base such as the Ravenclaw Secret Realm, the old base of the Room of Requirement was naturally given by Mike to the people of the Anxie Student Mutual Aid Association.

Of course, Mike also inherited the tradition of his predecessors very well, and only revealed some insignificant little information to those in the association who he thought had potential.

This is also a test.

If these people can find the Room of Requirement, no matter how they find it, it can prove that they are talents worthy of further training.

As for whether they will spread the location of the Room of Requirement all over the world.

Mike has never considered this issue.

Because it is not good for them at all.

Think about it, the Room of Requirement can be said to be a treasure of the wise. Anyone who finds this treasure proves that he is stronger than others, and will have a strong sense of superiority!

So they will not allow people without ability to enter the Room of Requirement at all, because their pride and their sense of superiority do not allow them to do so!

So, with Mike's deliberate connivance, a grand but very hidden treasure hunt began.