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Chapter 50 Making Floo Powder

Gandalf saw this and couldn't help but ask, "Dui'er, are you sure? Do you want to make this your territory?"

Upon hearing this, Thorin next to him also looked up at Dui.

Powerful people in Middle-earth would establish their own strongholds or territories. It was surprising to Thorin that powerful wizards like Gandalf and Doir still did not have their own sphere of influence.

Dui shook his head. "It's not really a territory, it's just a base. We can come back and rest anytime."

"Then you must be mentally prepared. When news of the reappearance of the Tower of Amon Sul spreads across the wasteland, many forces will turn their attention to you, some with good intentions, some with ill will. At the same time, many will seek refuge with you, seeking your protection. These are all things you will have to face in the future."

Gandalf reminded Dewi earnestly.

Dewi frowned when he heard Gandalf's words.

He didn't expect that just establishing a stronghold would cause so much trouble, which made him regret making the decision so quickly.

But he was unwilling to give up this place.

So I could only walk and watch.

Bilbo and his group of dwarves finally returned from their visit to the tower. The dwarf collapsed on the sofa, panting, and shouted, "Sixty floors, a full sixty floors! I'm so tired!"

"Yes, climbing such a high building is more tiring than killing 60 orcs!"

"Honestly, there should be an elevator here, otherwise I'd be exhausted after climbing all these floors!"

The dwarves commented one after another.

Bilbo was also out of breath, but he looked a little excited. He came to Dui and talked non-stop, "Dui, we just climbed to the top of the tower. It's so high that it feels like we can touch the clouds with our hands, and we can even see the road below and even further!"

"Oh, by the way, we also saw a huge stone platform on the top of the tower. There is a depression in the center of the stone platform. Balin said that it is used to place the crystal of true knowledge..."

After hearing what the dwarves and Bilbo said, Dewi was also a little surprised.

This tower actually has sixty floors. If you really climb the stone stairs one by one, you will be exhausted to death.

If he really wanted to live here, he would have to consider installing an elevator.

Thinking this way, Dui began to ask the dwarves for advice. After all, when he was in the Blue Mountains, he had seen the dwarves' very complex elevators and pulley systems, which could reach a depth of a thousand meters underground and were not much different from the elevators in his previous life.

The dwarves did not disappoint Dui and directly said that it was a minor problem. After the mission in Lonely Mountain was completed, they could help design and build an automatic lifting staircase for the tower.

However, Dui also had another plan. He planned to open a fireplace on each floor, and then link the fireplaces on each floor together to form a local floo network.

This way, whenever you want to go to a certain floor, you can just go through the fireplace.

The only downside is that it's a bit expensive.

Late at night, the full moon is shining brightly.

Dui came to the top of the thousand-foot tower for the first time.

This is a semi-enclosed lookout tower. Standing on the lookout tower, you can see the endless Lonely Land Plain to the east, the Mosquito Swamp and the East-West Avenue to the south, Chet Forest and the town of Bree to the west, and the rolling hills to the north.

The wind was howling all around, and the clouds were level with the tower. Looking up at the sky, the stars and the moon seemed to be within reach.

In the center of the watchtower, there is a huge stone platform with a depression in the center, which was once used to place the crystal of true knowledge.

The Crystal of Knowledge is a treasure crafted by elven artisans. It allows the user to see distant things, unaffected by terrain or buildings, and even to see scenes from the past. After the destruction of the Númenórean Empire, Erendir brought seven Crystals of Knowledge to Middle-earth. He left three in the kingdom of Arnor and gave the other four to his sons who ruled in the south, to use for exchanging information and strengthening ties.

The three crystals of truth of the Kingdom of Arnor were placed in three important locations in the kingdom, one of which was the Tower of Amon Sul on Weathertop.

After the fall of the Kingdom of Arnor, these crystals of true knowledge were scattered and lost.

One of them fell into the hands of the devil Sauron, and the other fell into the hands of the white-robed wizard Saruman. They observed the situation of the entire Middle-earth through the crystals of truth in their hands, and it can be said that they could decide the battle from thousands of miles away.

"If I have the chance, I'd like to get a crystal of true knowledge to study." Dui looked at the empty groove in the stone table and was full of curiosity about the crystal of true knowledge called Palantir.

After admiring the top of the tower, Dui began to busy himself with his official work.

He took out a bag of moonstones and placed it on the stone platform to be illuminated by the moonlight.

Here, the moonlight seemed even brighter, shining on the moonstone, reflecting an even brighter light, illuminating the entire top of the tower.

The moonstone absorbs the moonlight, becoming brighter and more dazzling, emitting a light blue silver light, as if it is the essence of moonlight.

When the moon was at its brightest at midnight, Dui took out venomous snake teeth, spider silk, and moonstone, mixed them in a certain proportion and put them into a crucible. He then used a magic wand to carve runes symbolizing power and creation on the bottom of the crucible, and then used magic flames to ignite the mixture in the crucible and keep it burning.

Under the scorching flames, the venomous snake fangs and spider silk were burned to ashes, and the dazzling moonstone was shattered into countless tiny particles, losing its dazzling luster.

When it was almost burned, Dui retracted the flame and used a mortar to grind the mixed particles of venomous snake fangs, spider silk and moonstone into powder.

Only a shiny silver-grey powder remained in the mortar; this was Floo powder.

Having successfully produced Floo powder, Dui wanted to test its performance.

There happened to be a beacon tower on the top of the tower, which looked similar to a fireplace. Dui simply cast a spell to connect it to the fireplace downstairs.

Waving his hand to light the beacon, Dui grabbed a handful of Floo powder and sprinkled it on the flame, which instantly turned green.

Looking at the burning flames, Dui tried to stretch out his hand, but was not burned by the flames. Instead, he felt a little cool.

Seeing this, Dui no longer hesitated and stepped into the flames.

The next second, he felt dizzy and found himself in the fireplace on the first floor.

"Cough cough cough..." Dui could hardly open his eyes because of the cigarette ash.

The effect of this Floo powder is very good. The only drawback is that it produces too much ash, which makes you look dirty after teleporting.

"It seems that you have successfully made Floo powder?" Gandalf's blue eyes sparkled, and he sat on the sofa in front of the fireplace, smiling and smoking his pipe.

He seemed to have known that Dui would succeed tonight and was waiting here specifically.

Dui took out a bottle of Floo powder from his pocket and invited with a smile: "Gandalf, are you interested in going on a long journey?"

Gandalf's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he stood up eagerly, "I can't wait to see you!"

"The Prancing Pony Inn!"

"The Prancing Pony Inn!"

Two green flames flashed one after another, and the living room on the first floor was empty and became quiet.

(End of this chapter)