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Chapter 1074 Undercurrent

The autumn wind blew the golden and red fallen leaves across the stone steps of Rivendell. Zhao Wuji stood in the shadow of the corridor, with not a drop of wine spilled on the silver tray in his hand.

"Move three more steps to the left." The system suddenly prompted in my mind.

He subconsciously turned sideways, just avoiding the hurriedly running Hobbit Pippin - in the movie, this scene was supposed to knock over an unknown elf waiter.

"Excuse me!" cried Pippin, without looking back, as he disappeared through the arch.

Zhao Wuji breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since he discovered that the system would assist him in maintaining his "background" duties, he had learned to use this guidance to collect information. For example, now -

"The meeting room needs extra goblets," the steward said hastily. "Lord Elrond has summoned representatives from all parties."

The Fellowship of the Ring meeting is about to begin.

He followed the other waiters to the treasure room, his fingertips running over the ancient cups inlaid with stars. One of them had a tiny crack on the edge, and in the original book, Boromir would have accidentally broken it.

"Use this." He took the cup on his own initiative, with the corners of his mouth rising slightly.

The candlelight cast flickering shadows in the circular conference hall.

Zhao Wuji stood beside the stone pillar, watching the dust on Gandalf's gray robe fall with his movements, Aragorn's broken sword shining coldly on the table, and a fresh scratch on Gimli's axe handle - these details are the textures that the screen can never present.

"Sauron's power is growing," Elrond's voice was like metal sinking to the bottom of water.

When the argument broke out, Zhao Wuji noticed:

The crumbs that Boromir crushed fell into his sleeves

The vines in Legolas' hair broke.

Sparks from the tip of Gandalf's staff set the edge of the tablecloth on fire

These insignificant "waste" were all collected quietly by him while pouring wine, especially the sapphire button that slipped off Jinli's belt - it could be exchanged for half a month's salary in the dwarf craft market.

[Item Acquisition Permission: Does not affect plot continuity] The system confirmed coldly.

In the storage room late at night, Zhao Wuji counted his gains in the moonlight: A glass cup with Elrond's lip print (historians will buy it at a high price)

Fragment of a wax seal bearing the emblem of Gondor

Most important: three pieces of silver threads that fell off Queen Galadriel's robe

The last had been picked up from the stone bench while the others were watching, and now they gleamed like mithril in his palm, enough to buy a horse of Rohan.

Suddenly, there were heavy footsteps of a dwarf outside the door.

"Elf!" The golden rings on Groin's red beard jingled. "I heard you are good at antiques?"

Zhao Wuji quickly covered his silver hair: "I know a thing or two."

The dwarf mysteriously pulled out a broken bronze compass: "I picked this up in Moria, but it's missing the pin."

The back of the compass was engraved with the runes of the Turin family. Zhao Wuji's heartbeat quickened - this thing could have been sold at a sky-high price in the antique market after the Battle of Five Armies, but now it was just a "defective item".

"I'll trade you an oriental remedy." He took out his treasured elven tonic, "I guarantee it will work better than dwarven liquor."

When Groin readily completed the deal, the system remained silent. This deal was like a leaf falling into the Anduin River, failing to stir up any ripples in the plot.

At dawn, Zhao Wuji added a new entry to the account book:

Galadriel Silver Thread x3 (estimated 200 gold coins)

Turin Compass (to be restored, estimated cost 500 gold coins)

Elrond Cup (Auction House deposit received)

In the morning mist, the Fellowship of Nine was setting out from the suspension bridge. A corner of Frodo's cloak was blown up by the wind, revealing the glitter of the mithril armor lining.

Zhao Wuji touched the jewel button in his sleeve pocket.

A small piece of the puzzle worth 100,000 gold coins was added.