The king's funeral is over, and the dwarves will hold a grand dinner tomorrow night to celebrate this hard-won victory; the dwarves of the Turin family have regained their homeland; a new king under the mountain will

will inherit the throne.

Balin, who was already the regent of the kingdom under the mountain, personally sent Gao Yuan and others to the gate of Gushan. He was seen wearing exquisite Chinese clothes and his long beard was meticulously groomed.

Before saying his final farewell, he warmly invited all friends or allies attending the funeral to attend the feast to be held tomorrow night.

Thranduil politely declined Bahrain's invitation. He and his people have decided to leave the Lonely Mountain tonight.

Taking the sacrificed tribesmen back to the green forest, they will return to the woodland kingdom to prepare a funeral for the Silvan elves for the deceased tribesmen.

The funerals of Silvan elves are different from those of humans and dwarves, and even those of other elves who are close relatives of them.

They are the branch of the elves who worship nature and starlight the most. Their method of mourning their own people has been continued since before the elves migrated westward.

In the tradition of the Silvan elves, the gates of Mandos' palace will be opened at the arrival of the new moon to welcome the souls of the Silvan elves.

Until then, their souls will always stay with their people.

Therefore, Thranduil and his people must rush to their kingdom before the new moon arrives to hold a farewell ceremony for the souls of these people.

The next new moon will arrive in two or three days at most.

Bud also rejected Bahrain's invitation. He still has a lot of work waiting for him to do in River Valley City, whether it is to allow the residents of Changhu Town to survive this cold winter safely, or to prepare for the reconstruction of River Valley City after the coming spring.

, it was enough to give him a headache.

Not to mention Beorn and Eagle King, they would definitely not stay to attend this dinner, but Bahrain still extended the invitation as a courtesy, but they were all rejected one by one.

Finally, the helpless Balin turned his attention to Gao Yuan, Bilbo and others.

"I have been rejected too many times today, Mr. Gao Yuan, Bilbo and Gandalf. You won't have the heart to refuse my invitation anymore, will you?" Balin grabbed Bilbo's arm. If you dare to refuse me, you will

The posture of not letting go.

Before the funeral began, he also heard the conversation between Bilbo and Gao Yuan and others. Among the three of them, the one who could not wait to leave the most was Bilbo.

As long as he stays, I believe Gao Yuan and Gandalf will definitely not refuse again.

"Bilbo, do you have any urgent matters in the Shire? Does it make you want to travel across half of the north to return to your hometown in winter?" Balin asked.

Bilbo shook his head and quickly and firmly rejected Balin's invitation.

"Bahrain...you know, I have been on this journey for almost a year, and I am a little tired of the adventurous days."

"Speaking of which, this is the farthest and longest journey I have ever taken away from home. It is hard to imagine that before participating in this adventure, the farthest place I had ever been was the old woods of the Shire, and this time I followed you to the distant lonely mountain."

"I miss my home so much, and I haven't had a good breakfast for a long time. I almost forgot what afternoon tea tastes like."

"The deck chairs in Bag End Garden, the pipeweed in the Shire, the tea in Hobbiton and my big warm bed."

Balin looked at Gao Yuan who was standing aside for help, and his eyebrows pointed at Gao Yuan crazily: "But I heard, Mr. Bilbo, after you leave the Lonely Mountain, you will go to Rivendell as a guest for a while. In this way , you won’t be in a hurry for this day when you set off, right?”

Gao Yuan looked at Balin who was winking at him with some humor. In order not to refute Balin's face, he still tried to persuade Bilbo.

"Balin is right! Bilbo, don't forget that you agreed to come back to Rivendell with me to live for a while. If you are in a hurry to go home for the exquisite breakfast and afternoon tea." Gao Yuan After a pause, he continued, "That's not necessary. Yawen and I will entertain you with the best elf food in Rivendell. The last time we stayed in Rivendell was too short, and There are many elven delicacies that you have never tasted before."

"Besides, it's already the cold winter season. You definitely don't want to spend several months traveling across most of the north during this season. After all this is over, you will spend the cold winter with us in Rivendell and return home. It will be spring when we arrive at your home town of Hobbiton."

Hearing what Gao Yuan said, the determination on Bilbo's face softened a little.

"The scenery in the Shire was beautiful at that time. Last time we were in the Shire, we were in a hurry and didn't have time to appreciate it."

"I just want to live there for a while after escorting you back to Hobbiton, and take a look at the spring in Hobbiton."

After Gao Yuan's repeated attacks, Bilbo was finally persuaded.

He looked at Gao Yuan excitedly and asked, "Mr. Gao Yuan, is it true what you said? Are you going to live in Shire for a while?"

"Of course it's true. As long as you don't dislike it, Yawen and I will be happy to live in Hobbiton for a while." Gao Yuan nodded and said.

When Bilbo heard Gao Yuan's reply, he smiled brightly: "How could it be possible? Mr. Gao Yuan, you and Princess Yawen are willing to come to my house as guests. It's not too late for me to be happy!"

Gao Yuan's words were not deceiving Bilbo. He did intend to live in Hobbiton for a while. After all, he would leave after this series of events ended.

I'm afraid this separation lasted sixty years. After being together for so long, it was still a bit reluctant to leave Gaoyuan suddenly. Thinking that the next time he saw Bilbo, he would be 111 years old, and he felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart. .

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Time can erase many things, but the friendship he and Bilbo developed during this adventure in the Lonely Mountain is indelible.

"I seem to have forgotten to do some things. I'm afraid we have to wait a day or two before we can set off."

Gao Yuan slapped his forehead, and suddenly he remembered that he seemed to have not done something important.

Bilbo asked curiously: "Isn't it all over? Mr. Gaoyuan, what else have you forgotten?"

He did have some things that he had not yet done, and that was to deal with the body of Smaug lying in the lake.

A dead dragon is full of treasures, not to mention that the dragon whose body is lying in the long lake is the strongest dragon in Middle-earth today.

The scales on Smaug's body are harder than ten layers of steel shields stacked together. Even the lofty Blade of the Evening Star can only leave superficial scratches on it.

Its fangs and claws are as sharp as swords made by high elves, and can easily tear through solid rocks.

The skin of the evil dragon is the leather armor material with the strongest magic immunity in the world. It can easily block the explosion of the fireball condensed by Gaoyuan.

You must know that the fire elemental sphere condensed by Gao Yuan can even explode the secret door of the Lonely Mountain, but it cannot harm Smaug's skin at all.

As early as when Gao Yuan first received the main mission of the system, he had already set his sights on Smaug, but now a series of unexpected events have made Gao Yuan almost forget his plan.

Thinking about it now, if he had simply left, he would probably regret it and die when he returned to Rivendell.

For these materials, he would probably return from Rivendell to the Long Lake again to salvage Smaug's body.

In the original book, after Lake Town was rebuilt by Bard and others, Smaug's body was still buried in the deep waters of Long Lake for many years.

No one has dared to approach the water where his body was, let alone salvage its bones, not even if they were paid with countless jewels.
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