At this point, she quickly corrected him, "It's not that I'm not suitable, but your words just now reminded me... After taking the potion, I need to act, and the assassin path in your previous description represents disaster and disease... Just talking about the Sequence 9 assassin, I don't know how to act.! 搜^餿￠暁*税务*蛧￠ `埂_辛?罪`全."
Lilith scratched her head in confusion. Is it that difficult to play an assassin? Isn't it enough to just have hands?
Edward also reacted: his understanding of the assassin's path may have been somewhat distorted by Lilith. For a kind person like Molly, the role of an assassin is absolutely unacceptable.
"sorry."
Molly apologized again, "I know the ingredients for the potion are expensive, but we will compensate you at the original price."
"You are too kind, Mrs. Weasley."
Edward waved his hand and took back the assassin potion. "Have you thought of another way to choose?"
"Fortune teller!"
This was also her original idea last time in the humble room - so Mrs. Weasley suddenly chose the assassin because of my suggestion at that time?
Ok, my bad.
"No problem, I'll prepare it for you later."
Edward looked at the others again, "So, everyone, are there any who want to change their minds? Don't worry, I said that choosing a path is a lifelong thing, and it's normal to hesitate and change your mind."
"It's better to change now than to regret it later, isn't it?"
After a brief silence, several people shook their heads at the same time.
"Okay, then let's agree on the order in which we should take the potions."
There was no first come first served rule for this kind of thing, and no one who came first or last would gain any advantage. After a simple discussion, a few people decided on the order: Professor McGonagall first, Arthur Weasley second, Professor Sprout third, and Lupin last.
It turns out that the choices made by the four of them may not necessarily be the best, but they are definitely suitable for them.
After the four of them drank the potion, they basically did not experience any strong reactions and successfully completed the promotion.
Edward was not surprised by Professor McGonagall, Arthur, and Professor Sprout, but he was somewhat surprised that Lupin did not have much reaction after taking the prisoner's potion - before Lupin drank the potion, he specifically asked Audrey to "comfort" him at any time.
Dumbledore sighed at this time: "Since Remus left school, he has deliberately remained alone for many years because of his identity as a werewolf. He has no friends, no relatives, and is always alone. It can be said that he has always lived in a cage that he has set for himself. He is both a prisoner in the cage and a prison guard guarding the cage."
After his explanation, Edward suddenly felt that Lupin and the prisoner were a perfect match.
The Temperance School of the Rose School has always admired the saying of prisoners: the mind is a prisoner of the body, the body is a prisoner of the world, and they need to restrain their inner madness and repressed desires.
And Lupin has always practiced this.
Edward even suspected that his prisoner potion might have reached the point where it melted in his mouth!
Thinking of this, Edward asked, "Mr. Lupin, do you feel the progress of the potion digestion?"
Everyone was stunned and looked over in confusion.
Lupin was confused at first, then surprise appeared in his eyes: "I feel like my potion seems to have been... basically digested."
Professor Sprout soon spoke up, "I think so too."
Seeing everyone looking at him with questioning eyes, Edward explained, "This involves another aspect of acting, pre-acting. As the name implies, before you are promoted to a certain sequence, you have been living, working, and doing things in a way that conforms to that sequence. After you are promoted to that sequence, your previous behavior will be reflected in the digestion of the potion. This is called pre-digestion."
"Professor Sprout was a professional farmer before this, and Mr. Lupin has been demanding himself as a prisoner for many years, and they just happened to complete their respective roles in advance."
At this point, Edward added: "But everyone must remember that acting in advance actually has certain hidden dangers and dangers, because acting in advance is still acting, and it is likely to affect or even disrupt the rhythm of your current acting, causing it to lose control."
"So, remember to be cautious, haste makes waste."
Seeing that everyone looked serious and had obviously listened carefully, Edward announced with a smile: "Well, today's class... no, our first potion training class has come to an end. The rest of your extraordinary journey will depend on you. Of course, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask me."
At this point, he scratched his head in embarrassment. "In fact, these are the only core knowledge of potions and pathways. Professor Dumbledore even organized everyone to attend the class with great fanfare and asked everyone to call me professor. I feel a little embarrassed when I think about it."
Professor McGonagall said seriously: "In fact, most of the precious knowledge in the world is often only a few words, but it is precisely these few words that others will never be able to understand without someone to guide them.
Snape also said dimly, "Besides, the potion was provided to us by you. If possible, I also hope to use my knowledge of Defense Against the Dark Arts to make a potion for those idiots to drink."
"So, you deserve to be called a professor."
Wow, I actually got Snape's recognition. I'm a bit flattered.
Edward coughed. "Well, I would like to make another 'excessive' request. If possible, I hope you can call me a mentor... a wandering mentor who has no fixed place to stay and is drifting around."
At this time, Molly raised her hand weakly: "Um... Teacher Edward, I haven't taken my potion yet, don't forget~"
Chapter 246 Christmas
When Molly took the Fortune Teller's potion, things were not as smooth as the previous few people. She suffered almost all the negative effects that are commonly encountered when drinking potions, which made Arthur anxious and distressed.
Fortunately, Audrey was there to "comfort" her, so she was able to complete the promotion safely and become a fortune teller.
Edward then taught her how to open her clairvoyance, how to do divination and spiritual communication. At about 10:30, everyone left the Room of Requirement and went back to rest.
After they all left, Dumbledore asked, "Edward, now that they have all become extraordinary people and have mastered a certain amount of knowledge, do you feel that you have benefited in any way?"
Edward was startled, and then he remembered that the purpose of imparting potion knowledge and skills to him was to repay them for their "different paths to the same goal". However, he was flattered by them with the titles of "professor" and "mentor", and he forgot his real purpose.
He immediately calmed down and felt it. After a moment, he said in an uncertain tone: "It seems... my spirituality has increased a little bit?"
After confirming it again and again, Edward nodded affirmatively: "Yes, my spirituality has increased a little bit."
"A little bit?"
"Yes." He thought for a moment and gave an example: "If my original spirituality was one thousand points, then the increase would only be three or five points."
Audrey looked disappointed when she heard this: "So little?"
Edward was not disappointed: "After all, this is just the beginning. Including Professor Dumbledore, there are only eight people who have become extraordinary people through my teaching. As everyone's sequence improves and the number of people I teach increases, the effect of [Different Paths to the Same Destination] will also grow exponentially."
"But if there are too many Beyonders, will there be problems?"
Audrey frowned and said, "Edward, do you still remember the law of immortality of Beyonder characteristics?"
Edward nodded and said, "Of course, the Beyonder characteristics will not be destroyed or reduced, they will just be transferred from one carrier to another..."
He was stunned when he said this.
"But now we are directly bringing potions or extraordinary materials to another world. Does this mean that the law of immortality has been broken? If it is only a small amount, it may not matter. If you really intend to impart potion abilities in large quantities..."
Dumbledore's expression turned serious when he heard this, but he did not rush to speak.
"I indeed overlooked this before."
Edward fell into deep thought:
Although the three laws of extraordinary characteristics are very important, most of the time their practical application is as follows:
The Law of Immortality states that after killing a Beyonder, Beyonder characteristics will be released from their corpses.
When it comes to the law of conservation, as the number of high-sequence strong people increases on the same path, the number of low-sequence strong people will decrease, and vice versa.
Speaking of the law of aggregation, if you obtain a high-sequence extraordinary item, you must be careful that it will aggregate a bunch of extraordinary people from the same path to you.
Of course, in addition to these "low-level applications", the three major laws are the underlying logic that constitutes the mysterious world. It is also because of these three laws (especially aggregation and splitting) that there are mysterious worldviews and stories.
But what is certain is that the original book never mentioned what would happen if the three laws were broken - because the reason why laws are laws is that they are fixed and cannot be broken!
Even at this initial level, it still couldn't escape the fate of division.
Oh~ So, I can break the law of immortality and bring Beyonder characteristics out of the mysterious world, which means I am stronger than I was at the beginning? !
After a self-deprecating laugh, Edward said seriously, "Before something goes wrong, I will not give up on teaching Beyonder abilities. This is not only because of [Different Paths to the Same Destination], but also because of my role as a wandering mentor. I can't be stuck at Sequence 5 forever." He paused for a second, "You know how dangerous the future will be."
Audrey suddenly realized: Yes, what could be more terrifying than doomsday?
Seeing that the couple had finished their discussion, Dumbledore spoke up, "Can you tell me about the Beyonder characteristic, the Law of Immortality, that you just mentioned?"
"Of course, Professor. In fact, there are three laws of Beyonder Characteristics: the law of the indestructibility of Beyonder Characteristics, the law of the conservation of Beyonder Characteristics, and the law of the aggregation of Beyonder Characteristics..."
Edward explained the three laws to Dumbledore in detail, "But for now, it should be difficult for you to feel the existence of the three laws."
Dumbledore said in a serious tone, "You said before that Beyonder characteristics can be used to prepare potions. And after the Beyonder dies, the Beyonder characteristics will automatically precipitate. Does this mean that every Beyonder is a mobile potion for others?"
Uh, can you say he is worthy of being called the White King?
Grasp the key points at the first moment.
"That's true. That's why in Audrey's world, many Beyonders hunt other Beyonders in order to prepare potions."
Dumbledore was silent.
"I'm sorry, Professor. I shouldn't have told you this information earlier."
"fine."
He shook his head. "It is human nature to fight for profit. And the profit can be Beyonder characteristics, or magical materials and Galleons. There is no difference in essence."
"Just like the Muggle world, in the past hundred years or so, how many years have there been no wars?"
...
It was already 11 o'clock when Edward sent Audrey back to the Slytherin common room. The little wizards had already fallen asleep in their warm quilts. The common room was empty and the only sound could be heard was the sound of firewood burning in the fireplace.
"I can only take you here. Go back to sleep. Good night."
"Well, good night."
Edward looked at Susie again: "Good night to you too, Susie."
"Good night~Edward, good night, Lilith."
Unfortunately, Lilith had already fallen asleep in Edward's arms.
"Edward, what do you think if... on the 20th, the Death Eaters and goblins don't show up? What if they wait until we get back before attacking Hogwarts?"
Edward flicked out the gold coin with a "ding" sound, and gently caught it, letting it fly across his fingertips:
"Have you forgotten my "Madman is on the Right"? Even if they don't come by then, I will make them come!"
...
In the next few days, Edward and Audrey did not leave Hogwarts.
Dumbledore was extremely busy. Except for sleeping, he was hardly ever in school. It was obvious that he was making final preparations for the election in a few days.
December 17th.
The people from the Ministry of Magic finally withdrew all the Aurors and Dementors. The children (grade three and above) who had been cooped up for a week immediately ran to Hogsmeade. Ron was very envious of this, but he soon immersed himself in investigating the Philosopher's Stone.
Then, when they tried to enter the room on the fourth floor, they were caught by Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.