Following Dui, everyone experienced various natural landscapes in a short period of time, and the shock in their hearts was beyond words.

"Dui'ir, you have now taken over the natural environment of the entire Middle-earth!" Gandalf exclaimed, his eyes full of anticipation. "I can't wait to see the flowers bloom. Please let me know when you do."

"Sure." Dui smiled and nodded in agreement.

His current transformation is still very rough, and he will need to make continuous adjustments in the future, and even form a complete ecological cycle, so that the plants inside can grow better.

Others also requested that they must be invited to visit when the time comes.

Dui agreed to all of this.

So after having the meditation room on the 7th floor, Dui also had the herb garden on the 6th floor.

Moreover, Dui plans to fill each floor little by little in the future, such as the potion room, library, alchemy room, etc.

Make Amon Sul's Tower truly your own wizard tower.

After renovating the herb garden, it was already late.

Several Dunedain refused Dui's request to stay, and after completing the transaction mission, they rode away immediately.

Luke, who stayed behind, told Dui the purpose of his trip:

"Sir, the villagers want to cultivate fields on the edge of the swamp and would like to ask for your permission."

Dui didn't expect that this was what Luke wanted to say to him, and waved his hand when he heard it.

"Just discuss this matter with the villagers. No need to ask for my opinion."

Luke agreed, but still hesitated and asked, "Lord Duyle, how much tax do you want to collect?"

"Collect taxes? What taxes?" Dui asked in surprise.

"It's the taxes we pay you. We are the people of your territory. According to ancient laws, we need to pay you a certain amount of taxes as a contract of your protection. These taxes include head tax, inheritance tax, trade tax, land tax, house tax, etc..."

Dui was confused when he heard this. He never thought that one day he would have to collect taxes!

He was about to say no, but swallowed the words that were about to come out of his throat and asked, "How do other places collect taxes?"

"I don't know about other places, but the tax rate in Bree is 10%," Luke replied.

Dui thought for a moment and said, "Then collect a 1% tax, but don't pay it to me. Use it all to maintain the operation of Hogsmeade Village."

When Luke heard Dui's words, he was surprised and thought he had heard it wrong, but then he was surprised.

He excitedly bowed to Dui repeatedly, full of gratitude and admiration.

"Lord Duyle, you are truly a benevolent ruler! On behalf of the villagers, I thank you for your grace. Everyone will remember your kindness. Your grace is like the sun shining through the fields, nourishing the crops better than rain..."

"Well," Dui quickly interrupted Luke's endless praise, "if there's nothing else, let's go back."

Luke was very tactful. Seeing that Dui was getting impatient, he immediately said goodbye.

He ran down the mountain with a look of joy on his face, ready to tell the villagers this great news.

He was even prepared to show off to others that they had such a merciful Lord.

Not only did he not ask his people for any tax, but even the little tax he had was spent entirely on the villagers.

He had already foreseen that people from other places, especially those who were exploited by various high taxes and were struggling to breathe, would rush here frantically after hearing the news!

Luke is no longer satisfied with being just a small village chief.

He vowed to develop Hogsmeade into a town, a city, and even a country.

Then he would be Lord Doyle's number one subordinate, standing by his side, and his name would be forever recorded in the history of Hogsmeade!

At this time, Dui had never expected that Luke would have such ambitions.

After watering the seeds of the Holy White Tree and the Maolong Tree as usual, he went to the meditation room on the seventh floor.

After closing the door and turning on the Do Not Disturb mode, we came to the space between two fireplaces burning with the blazing Gublai fairy fire.

The floor and walls of the meditation room are engraved with ancient elven runes, which have a power that can make people calm and concentrate.

There was no other light source in the entire meditation room except the Gublai fairy fire in the fireplace.

The firelight, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, makes the meditation room look a little mysterious.

Because of the existence of the Gubley fairy fire, the surrounding magical energy is very abundant, comparable to that of Rivendell and Lórien.

In such an environment, Dui conjured up a comfortable sofa and sat on it.

Then he took out a handful of broad golden leaves from a space bag and threw them into the Gublai fairy fire.

These golden leaves are the fallen leaves of the Maolong tree.

Before he left, he went to the Maolong forest and filled an entire space with leaves.

If it were poured out, it would be enough to fill the entire meditation room.

The leaves of the Maolong tree were burning with the fairy fire of Gublai, emitting a scent of sunshine.

It was a smell like the one emitted by a quilt after being exposed to the sun, fresh, warm and very comfortable.

Dui waved his magic wand, causing the leaves of the Maolong tree to automatically fly into the Gublai fairy fire after a period of time.

For a moment, the place was filled with smoke, appearing and disappearing, and it was illusory.

The smoke seemed to have magical power, condensing and not dispersing, surrounding Dui and floating like long thin ribbons.

He smelled the fragrance of burning magnolia leaves, leaned back on the sofa, his body completely relaxed, his mouth slightly open, and hummed softly the music that Tom Bombadil had taught him.

In the quiet meditation room, his singing voice continued to echo in the room.

The singing was full of magic, especially in this environment full of magical energy, which produced a greater effect.

A joyful feeling arose in his heart, full of joy, brightness and innocence.

Gradually, all his distracting thoughts disappeared, and only the cheerful music remained in his mind.

Finally, even the music disappeared, and I became thoughtless.

He seemed to be asleep, but he was clearly aware that he was not asleep.

His senses seemed to be infinitely magnified. He could hear the crackling of burning leaves, the sound of air flowing, his own breathing, the sound of blood flowing... and even the fluctuations of magic power in his body.

Chapter 133 Seven-Year-Old Rooster

I do not know how long it has been.

Dui finally woke up from his meditation.

He stretched comfortably, feeling as if he had had a good sleep, and his whole body became full of energy.

What surprised him even more was that he felt that the magic power in his body seemed to have increased slightly.

He wasn't sure if it was an illusion.

But if true, it would be a huge surprise.

In the wizarding world, wizards' magical powers naturally increase with age, especially between the ages of eleven or twelve and seventeen, when their magical powers enter a period of rapid growth.

After reaching adulthood, a wizard's magical power will stabilize.

Only some gifted wizards can improve their magic through continuous learning and practice, such as Dumbledore, Voldemort and other top wizards.

However, Dui's situation was different. He had just awakened his wizard talent when he traveled through time, and he had already reached adulthood.

In the past two years, his magic power has been increasing rapidly, and now it is on par with the elite Aurors in the wizarding world.

If he were to enter the magical world, he would be considered a wizard with good talent.

But in recent times, he could feel that the growth of his magic power began to stabilize.

Now that his magic power has increased after meditation, he feels like he has returned to the time when his magic power just awakened.

Dui was afraid that this was his own illusion, so he meditated again for the next few days.

After confirming that his magic power had really increased, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and was filled with ecstasy.

He didn't expect that meditation could not only cultivate the spirit and soul, but also increase magical power.

Gandalf was not surprised by this.

In his words, soul, spirit and magic form a complete triangular cycle relationship. Magic is the external manifestation of spirit, and spirit is the reaction of the soul.

Meditation can elevate the spirit, and the spirit can stimulate the soul to become stronger. Once the soul becomes stronger, the magic power will naturally increase.

With such an effect, Dui naturally wanted to meditate for 24 hours.

But everything is excessive, and excessive meditation is also a mentally draining thing, which is actually detrimental to the cultivation of the soul.

So under Gandalf's persuasion, Dewi also controlled his daily meditation within a reasonable time range.

Most importantly, they were off again.

They also need to go to the Old Forest and see if they can entrust the One Ring to Tom Bombadil.

Secondly, Bilbo also missed home.

It had been a year since he left the Shire, and for Bilbo, who loved home so much, it was incredible that he had been away for so long.

Although the outside world is dazzling, Bilbo still longs to return to his Bag End.

Before leaving, there was a young eagle, Thorondo, on the top of the tower who needed someone to take care of him.

Dui specially found the young Edward from Hogsmeade village and asked him to take care of Thorondor.

Dui had a good impression of this young man. When rescuing the villagers in the Troll Forest, the other villagers were numb, and only he could answer his and Gandalf's questions clearly and coherently.

He was also the first one to receive them in Hogsmeade and answer their questions.

After being chosen, Edward was also very excited and happy, looking at Dui with admiration and enthusiasm.

In Edward's eyes, Dui, who saved them from the mouth of the ogre, was no different from a savior. So after getting the gold coins given by Dui, he chose without hesitation to cross the thousands of miles of wilderness and live in Dui's territory.

Even though I encountered many hardships and even dangers along the way, I never regretted it.

He even continued to encourage the villagers who were traveling with him, helping each other and moving forward together.

It was also when he encountered the Dunedain and other villagers were terrified and thought they were bandits that he mustered up the courage to take the initiative to communicate with them, thus obtaining the escort of the Dunedain and successfully arriving at the foot of Fengyunding Mountain.

So after Dui chose him to take care of the eaglet, Edward excitedly patted his chest and promised that he would definitely take good care of Sorondo and ensure that there was no chance for him to go hungry.

After finishing his business, Duey, under Edward's watch, used Floo powder to teleport directly to the fireplace of the Prancing Pony Inn in Bree with Gandalf, Bilbo, and Legolas.

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