bookbashuk Chapter 131 The Arrival of the Herbs
Chapter 131 The Arrival of the Herbs
Chapter 131 The Arrival of the Herbs
Amonsurtane.
Dui and Gandalf are in the seventh-floor tower.
This place was transformed into a contemplative room by Dui.
Gandalf inscribed runes on the ground and the surrounding walls. These runes possessed a mysterious power that could calm the mind and focus the spirit.
Dui wasn't idle either; he specially built two fireplaces, tall enough that Dui could walk in upright.
Dui inscribed runes on the floor of the fireplace, then, holding his staff, poured magic into the gem at the core of the staff while chanting complex and lengthy incantations.
As the immense magical power was being devoured, and Dui felt as if he was about to be drained dry, a silver-blue flame appeared.
The flame was small, but it exuded an inextinguishable aura.
Even when there are no flammable materials around, it continues to burn out of thin air, neither increasing nor decreasing in intensity.
Looking at the flame, Dui smiled.
Gandalf noticed the commotion on Duy's side, walked over, looked at the flame in the fireplace, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"What kind of demonic fire is this?"
"This is the Ancient Flame of Bula, also known as the Eternal Flame, a flame that can burn forever," Dui explained.
Ancient Flame of the Immortals is a very profound form of magic, and only a very few wizards in the magical world are capable of performing it.
Dui was able to successfully unleash such a small flame only by amplifying the power of the staff.
The Ancient Xialai Immortal Fire can burn forever, requires no fuel, and is extremely stable. Although it is extremely difficult to use, it is not as violent and uncontrollable as the Fiery Blaze.
Throughout Hogwarts Castle, the ancient Lower Ragnarok fire provides illumination, burning from the time of the four founders until Harry Potter's enrollment, and will likely continue to burn indefinitely unless something unexpected happens.
Dumbledore also sent Rubeus Hagrid with a spark of ancient magic as a gift for the giants, hoping to persuade them to stand against Voldemort. The giants were very interested in this gift.
"The Eternal Flame is indeed a wondrous flame," Gandalf nodded, praising it with admiration.
Then he went to the fireplace, raised his hand, and said, "Let me help you start the fire."
As he spoke, a dazzling ruby light shone from his fingers, and a tremendous power was injected into the Ancient Blaze Immortal Fire.
The tiny flame, as if doused with gasoline, instantly burst into a raging inferno with a loud bang.
The empty room lit up instantly, and the temperature rose.
Duy stared in awe at the ancient flames in the fireplace, which were taller than himself, and clicked his tongue in amazement, glancing enviously at the Ring of Fire on Gandalf's hand.
He himself could only create a small wisp of Gulliver's Flame by using all his strength with his staff, while Gandalf easily magnified it dozens of times.
There's no comparison!
Then Dui paused for a moment and released the Ancient Fairy Fire into another fireplace.
Gandalf also enlarged the flames.
Illuminated by the two towering ancient flames, the meditation room was brightly lit and became warm and comforting.
As one of the most profound magics in the magical world, the Ancient Flame is not only characterized by its ability to burn forever, but also by its ability to draw upon the surrounding magical energy.
Therefore, the magical energy around it will be more concentrated than in other places.
Under the blazing flames of the ancient fire, Dui quickly felt the magic in the entire meditation room become much more abundant.
Meditation or magic practice in such an environment is twice as effective.
"Thank you, Gandalf," Dui said to Gandalf.
Without Gandalf's help, those two ancient flames of immortality would not have achieved such an effect.
Gandalf smiled and accepted Dui's thanks, then suggested, "When you meditate in the future, you can put the meditation herbs into the ancient fire; that should make the meditation even more effective."
Dui nodded thoughtfully.
Just then, a green flame suddenly ignited in the teleportation fireplace outside the meditation room.
Bilbo's head emerged from the flames and shouted to Duy, "Duy, Luke, the village chief of Hogsmeade, is here!"
He also brought guests with him.
Did they bring guests? Dui wondered.
Then, together with Gandalf, they used Floo Powder to teleport to the fireplace on the first floor.
The tower is over a thousand feet tall and has sixty floors. Going up and down each floor would be too strenuous.
So Dui simply carved out fireplaces on each floor, then connected them together with Floo nets to form a local Floo net, and installed a Floo powder jar next to each fireplace.
In this way, you can teleport directly to any floor you want, saving you the hardship of climbing stairs.
Dui has now made a whole barrel of Floo Powder, and the Valley has promised to send Moonstones regularly in exchange for a little Floo Powder.
Therefore, Dui is now rich and powerful, and he doesn't hesitate to use Flying Road powder.
Upon arriving on the first floor, Dui met the guests.
"Lord Duir," Luke said respectfully as he rose. Duir waved his hand, indicating that there was no need for such formalities.
Then his gaze fell on the tall guest beside him, and a surprised smile appeared on his face.
"Alpha, what a rare guest! I didn't expect you to be the guest who came with Luke."
The visitor was none other than Alpha, a Dunedan native whom I had met briefly at the Leap Horse Inn in Buri Town during the Expedition to Lonely Mountain.
Alpha nodded respectfully in greeting and exclaimed in admiration.
"Wizard Duir, your deeds on Lonely Mountain are well-known even west of the Misty Mountains."
"The one who subdued the dragon, the one who killed two generations of Orc kings, the one who turned the tide in the War of the Five Armies—the elves sing of your bravery, the bards praise your deeds in their poems, and it won't be long before your name is known throughout the land of Eriador!"
Dui humbly shook his head.
"That's an exaggeration. It wasn't just my achievement. Gandalf, the dwarves, the elves, and others contributed just as much as I did."
Then, he casually asked:
"Alpha, what brings you here?"
Seeing that Dui changed the subject, Alpha did not continue, but instead stated the purpose of his trip.
"We have collected almost all the herbs and plants that you asked us to gather before, but since you weren't here, we couldn't hand them over to you."
Hearing that you were back, we specially brought all the herbs we had collected.
Upon hearing this, Dui's eyes lit up.
After clearing the ancient tombs, Dui traded the Corpse Demon Ancient Sword with Alpha, asking the Dunedan people to help collect various herbs.
It's been almost a year now.
He would have almost forgotten about it if Alpha hadn't brought it up today.
He immediately became expectant: "Oh, did you bring the herbs? Where are they?"
"It's just outside. Because there are quite a few, it's inconvenient to bring them in, so I came specifically to ask for your opinion," Alpha said.
Upon hearing this, Dui became even more curious.
A large quantity? How many exactly?
"Let's go take a look!"
Dui took the lead and walked out, and the others followed curiously.
Upon arriving outside, Dui immediately spotted several tall Dunedan people.
However, Dui's gaze was immediately drawn to the several large truckloads of goods piled up behind them.
Countless herbs were sorted and piled together, packed in large wooden crates.
Moreover, most of them are living herbs, planted in the soil, with flowers and leaves.
Dui's eyes lit up, and he quickly stepped forward to examine the herbs carefully.
"Is this King's Herb Aseras?" Dui stared wide-eyed at the sight of hundreds of herbs crammed together like chives in a wooden box.
So many King Grass? This is the first time he's ever seen them.
Alpha, who had followed, nodded and explained, "The King's Grass has demanding and slow-growing conditions, making it difficult to transplant. So we could only get these live plants. Please forgive us."
Dui was delighted and didn't find it strange at all.
He had been envious when he saw that Lady Galadriel had planted King's Herb in her garden.
After all, the healing effects of the King's Herb are too miraculous; it can not only heal wounds and delay the effects of poisoning, but also block evil forces.
But he knew his limits, so he didn't say anything.
The people of Dunedan had suddenly sent him so many King's Herbs that he was overjoyed.
He felt a pang of heartache seeing how wilted the king herbs looked.
He needs to transplant them quickly; he'll be heartbroken if even one dies.
However, he knew he couldn't rush things, so he shifted his gaze to the other herbs.
His gaze quickly fell on one of the unfilled boxes.
There were dozens of flowers planted inside.
Half of them have golden yellow, star-shaped flowers and slender leaves;
The other half is a white flower, just like the golden flowers except for its color.
"The golden flower is called Irano, and the white one is called Nymphridil," Alpha explained. "They are two flowers of the same species, one blooms during the day and the other at night, and they generally only grow in places where elves live."
Duy had also seen these two flowers in the garden of Loreen Galadriel.
I just didn't expect that these Dunedans would be able to find this flower.
Alpha then introduced him to the Everlasting Flower, which grows in the Kingdom of Luohan.
This is a small white flower that often grows on burial mounds. It has eight petals and blooms year-round.
There is also an even more magical eight-colored flower—the Entva flower.
This flower grows in the old forest. According to an ancient legend, eight Entva women disappeared after entering the old forest. Where they disappeared, their respective flowers grew, each in one of eight colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and white.
Entpo is a female among the Tree People race, while Ent is male.
It is said that the Tree People and their ancestors, Ent and Ent's mother, do not live together, but only when it is time to reproduce.
But since the eight Ents disappeared into the Old Forest, the Tree People race has been reduced to only male Ents, all of whom live in the Fangon Forest and are no longer able to reproduce.
There are even rumors that the Hu'on clan, which resembles trees more like humans in the old forest, is actually a degenerate form of the Ent clan of tree people.
However, none of this had anything to do with Dui. He was just a little regretful that he hadn't encountered these Entva flowers in the old forest before.
They were also surprised by the efficiency of the Dúnedan people, who managed to obtain flowers that grow in the old forest.
Besides these magical flowers, there are also the blood-red flowers of the Cerberus, the antidote of the Nightshade Grass, the Seafoam that grows by the sea, the Sun Orchid that grows in the Gardens of Issilian in Gondor, and the Saxifraga stolonifer that grows on cliffs...