When they walked out of the Dark Jungle along the Old Jungle Road and came to the home of Gandalf's old friend, the brown wizard Radagast, it was still a sunny scene along the upper reaches of the Anduin River.

Although there are still more than two months until the winter in the north has passed, they have not experienced heavy snowfall for more than ten days in a row.

After they walked out of the dark jungle, the first thing they saw was the sunny, spacious and beautiful bank of the Anduin River. This made everyone who had been traveling on the old jungle road for seven or eight days feel very good.

Anyone who stays in that eerie dark forest for seven or eight days in a row will become depressed. Now that he sees the sunshine again, his mood will naturally feel better.

Gao Yuan and others lamented that the journey went very smoothly, so they decided to rest for a while on the snow near the old ferry. This place is very close to Rosgobel on the edge of the forest, which is the activity range of the brown-robed wizard Radagast.

Gao Yuan and Bilbo had an encounter with the brown-robed wizard Radagast once in the Troll Forest. At that time, they were being chased by Azog's warg cavalry.

If the brown-robed wizard hadn't helped them temporarily distract the pursuing warg cavalry, I'm afraid the expedition team wouldn't have been able to enter Rivendell so easily.

Originally, Gandalf planned to take advantage of the time when the large army was stationed and rest to visit his old friend in Ross Gobel.

But when Gao Yuan, Gandalf and his party re-entered the dark towering forest and saw the dilapidated and long-abandoned wooden house.

Only then did they discover that the brown-robed wizard had not lived here for some time.

If Gandalf hadn't said that he had seen Radagast during the battle of Dol Guldur about a month ago, Gao Yuan and others would have thought that the gray robe wizard had been killed.

Obviously, Gandalf was not clear about the situation that his gray robe wizard friend was facing now.

Gao Yuan walked into the abandoned wooden house and took a look at the situation inside.

"He should have left on his own. Although there are cobwebs left by giant spiders everywhere around and inside the wooden house, I found no traces of fighting here." Gao Yuan walked out of the wooden house and said to Gandalf.

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"Perhaps Radagast went to take refuge with another friend of his." I saw Gandalf gently rubbing the pipe with two fingers, and then wisps of green smoke came from the end of the pipe.

came out.

"Speaking of which, you have all seen his friend." Gandalf puffed out the pipe in his mouth and blew out smoke rings. "Not long ago, he appeared on the battlefield of Lonely Mountain with the eagles.

, transformed into a giant bear and killed many orcs, and his place of residence is not too far from here."

The man Gandalf was talking about was actually known to the three people in front of the cabin.

But Gandalf didn't know that Gao Yuan and Bilbo had already met the skin-changing man before the battle on Lonely Mountain.

In the Beorn Garden of the skin-changer, Gao Yuan once had a big battle with the skin-changer.

When Bilbo heard Gandalf's words, he immediately thought of the orc, and he quickly shouted: "I know Mr. Beorn who can transform into a giant bear. We once met him on the way to the Lonely Mountain."

"That was what happened after Big Eagle dropped us at Carl's Rock. Mr. Gao Yuan led us through his territory..."

Bilbo excitedly told Gandalf about his and his expedition's experience of meeting the skin-changers.

"It seems that you have indeed experienced a lot along the way." Gandalf looked at Gao Yuan with a smile, "Mr. Gao Yuan, thank you so much. Compared with your efforts, I, the initiator of the expedition, seem a little...

So incompetent.”

Gao Yuan spread his hands helplessly: "This is what I should do. In this expedition, everyone in the team contributed their own strength."

"Gandalf, you have something very important to do, so there is no need to express your gratitude to me too much."

Gandalf laughed, and then said nothing more. In this case, sometimes saying too much would seem too intrusive.

Since they did not see the brown-robed wizard Radagast in Rosgober, the three of them chose to return to the Rivendell camp stationed at the old ferry.

They had no intention of going to Beorn to find the skin-changer. Firstly, Beorn was indeed a bit far away from their current location, and secondly, they did not know whether the skin-changer was currently at home.

Gandalf seemed to be very interested in what Bilbo said about the expedition's experiences along the way. He kept holding Bilbo on the way back and asked him to tell the story of what happened during the journey.

It has to be said that Bilbo is indeed a very good storyteller. The adventure stories of the expedition were told from his mouth, and even Gao Yuan, who had experienced them, found them with relish.

If these stories were told by Gao Yuan, they might not be so vivid and interesting, because his perspective on the expedition and the story is completely different from Bilbo's.

On the way back to the camp, Gao Yuan noticed that the diseased forest had undergone very obvious changes compared to when he first entered it.

Compared with the completely decayed and dead forest they had seen before, this forest has begun to slowly show some life, especially the outer reaches of the forest closest to the banks of the Anduin River.

When winter passes and spring comes, when all things sprout, I believe it won't be long before these dead black trees will sprout new buds.

However, there are still very few creatures living here today, and it will take some time for those animals that have escaped from the forest to return to this land.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! They have been in the forest for so long, and they have not heard a single bird call. Those birds are the ones who know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

They all live in the mountains of the Misty Mountains, as well as in the lonely mountains where there are no evil dragons anymore.

After returning to the camp and resting for a short night, Gao Yuan and others set off again with Rivendell's troops.

Winter is the dry season for the Anduin River. In this season, the shallowest water level on the Anduin River bed is only just over people’s calves. Therefore, it is very smooth to cross this mother river of Middle-earth.

, and then directly entered the mountains of the Misty Mountains from the high pass.

Facts have proved that Bilbo's worries before entering the Old Forest Road were not unreasonable. When this Rivendell army, composed of more than two thousand people, crossed the Misty Mountains, they encountered many difficulties.

As soon as the team entered the mountains of the Misty Mountains, the bright sunshine along the Anduin coast disappeared, replaced by a sky that had been shrouded in dark clouds.

The day after they entered the Misty Mountains, snowflakes bigger than Gao Yuan's hand began to float in the sky, which seemed to indicate that their journey through the Misty Mountains would not be smooth sailing.

This is also true. That night, the heavy snow in the mountains turned into a blizzard due to the strong wind. The elves struggled to support each tent in the raging snowstorm.

Countless tents were connected together in this snowy valley, like a giant dragon lying there. The firelight in the tents dispelled the darkness and cold in the misty mountains.

When Gao Yuan returned to his tent, his whole body was covered with thick snow. Yawen, who had been waiting in the tent, quickly stepped forward to help him clean the snow off his body and helped him ride on

A bowl of warm broth.

What is ridiculous is that when Gao Yuan and the members of the expedition passed through the Misty Mountains in the summer, Gao Yuan once said this to Bilbo: He would rather cross the Misty Mountains in the cold winter than set foot here in the summer.

Thinking about it now, Gao Yuan really wants to take back what he said at that time.
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