At eleven o'clock in the morning, everyone had everything ready and began to ride out of Watertown.

The hobbit Bilbo finally chased after the team with a backpack on his back, a pair of bare feet, and a signed contract in his hand.

So the members of this adventurous team finally arrived, and Zhu Linglu, Gandalf, and the dwarf Bangbo who won the bet happily collected the copper coins they had won.

Of course, this is just a small game, and Zhu Linglu found that these dwarves are actually very rich.

In the past, when they paid for ponies and other supplies, they were very happy, but now the gambling money is only a small bag of copper coins, and at most they can drink a meal.

Then the procession headed east, all loaded on horseback with luggage, food, and tobacco for the wilderness.

At first, the journey was like an outing, with the dwarves and hobbits happily telling stories and singing along the way, even when they occasionally stopped for a meal, without interrupting their excited conversation.

In addition, you can stay in an inn or a farmer's house on the way, and you don't have to spend the night in the wilderness, so you don't feel the hardship of the journey.

Of course, because there are so many dwarves, there is no one with ulterior motives to fight this adventurous team this time.

Although the dwarves are not tall, their irascible temper and fighting ability still make many adventurers shy away.

However, as the party left the Shire's territory and entered the uninhabited wilderness. The road conditions got worse and worse, and the adventure team really embarked on the arduous journey.

The atmosphere also became dull along the way, and the nearby road was full of potholes. Wild beasts can also be seen scurrying through the woods and grass on both sides, making it necessary for the adventure team to be on guard.

In the distance, you can see some eerie hills covered with trees, and occasionally the remains of an ancient castle that look very strange, as if it has become a paradise occupied by the undead.

Therefore, the dwarves are also less interested in talking and laughing, and more often they are humming songs that they have never heard before, and everything feels gloomy.

Even the weather has become uncomfortable.

As the time slowly transitions from May to June, the world seems to have entered the rainy season.

So the journey of the adventurous party. They often experience heavy rain throughout the day, and even waterproof cloaks can't stop the rain from seeping into their bodies.

And the ground also became muddy, which caused more trouble for the adventuring party. For example, it is difficult to find a dry campsite where you can spend the night.

The dwarves were fine, after all, they had all been through a lot of these things, and Bilbo the hobbit clearly regretted coming out of his warm, dry home. Adventures drenched in rain and hungry.

Fortunately, there are still two wizards on this road, Zhu Linglu and Gandalf.

So during this rainy season, you can't find a suitable campsite. Zhu Linglu will make a clean and solid rocky field on some muddy land.

At the same time, the stagnant water that was originally on the ground will also turn into water mist under the action of Zhu Linglu's witch power, thus making the ground relatively dry.

In this way, the adventuring team can get rid of the trouble of not being able to sleep in the wetland, and at the same time, the temporary barrier that envelops the entire camp on Zhuling Road can also allow the adventuring team not to worry about being woken up by the wind and rain at night.

Gandalf, on the other hand, can have the party light a campfire at any given time. This way, even when it's raining, dwarves and hobbits can eat a bite of something hot. You can dry your damp clothes over a campfire.

This made the thirteen dwarves and one hobbit feel very glad that they had two wizards on their team, otherwise their journey would have been even more uncomfortable.

And Zhu Linglu's ability was also accepted by these dwarves.

Although he hadn't been able to see Zhu Linglu's combat ability yet, Zhu Linglu's display of these practical methods even made these dwarves feel that Zhu Linglu was more powerful than Gandalf.

Even Gandalf was very surprised by Zhu Linglu's ability, especially the enchantment technique that made Gandalf also have some meaning to study.

In addition, Zhu Linglu can be regarded as the person who is not afraid of rain in the team, no matter how big the rain falls, he will be isolated by Zhu Linglu's hero's personal energy field one meter away from his body, which makes those dwarves and hobbits look very envious.

After walking for almost a month, the weather gradually improved, and it finally rained heavily every day.

The party gradually reached the edge of the woodland near the Misty Mountains, and according to Gandalf, not far away was the Hidden Wood Valley of Rivendell, the territory of the half-elf Elon.

Of course, Rivendell is hidden in treacherous valleys, forests, swamps, and streams, and is not easily accessible to outsiders.

In fact, in the feeling of Zhu Linglu, whether it is Bilbo, the hillock where the hobbit is located, or the elven territory like Rivendell, it is like a secret realm hidden in the deep mountains.

Similar to the legendary station of the worldly sect, it is not something that outsiders can easily find.

Gandalf had spoken to Thorin several times along the way, asking the party to go to Rivendell to find Elon the Half-Elves, as there was some text on the map Gandalf had given Thorin that they couldn't read.

This is a secret that Gandalf accidentally discovers after getting his hands on the map, and all Gandalf knows is that it is a lunar script, which Elon of Rivendell can read.

Gandalf also sensed that there might be other mysteries hidden in the map, and hoped that Thorin could take the map with him on a trip to Rivendell.

However, Thorin was very prejudiced against the elves, because when the dragon Smaug attacked Irub, the Elven Lord of the Jungle, Thranduy, happened to lead an elven guard near Irub, but the elves did not help the dwarves.

Later, when the dwarven army and the orcs fought in Moria, the elves of Rivendell also did not send people to support the dwarves, so that the dwarves suffered heavy losses in this battle.

So far, Thorin has little affection for all the elves, let alone handed over the map that holds the secret of the dwarven treasures of Irub to an elf to read.

This annoyed Gandalf and complained about Thorin's stubbornness in front of Zhu Linglu several times.

But Zhu Linglu only smiled faintly, he knew what would happen later, and he hadn't made any changes to the plot so far.

In fact, Zhu Linglu naturally knew the text information of the moon hidden on the map, that is, the way to find the secret passage portal, "When the thrush beats, standing next to the gray rock, the setting sun will shine on the keyhole through the afterglow of the Turin day. ”

But Zhu Linglu really couldn't tell this information, otherwise he didn't even look at the map much, how could he know such a secret thing...... (To be continued......)