The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 371 Elf King's Palace

There weren't many roads in the Mirkwood, and most of them were kept in their original state. However, Ryan moved forward quickly in the forest with ease, not much slower than the elves around him.

After observing for a while, the surrounding elves relaxed their vigilance, because they felt the breath of nature from Ryan. Neither those humans who surrendered to evil nor those ogres and orcs would be so close to nature.

Soon everyone started chatting together. The little doll and Taolier got along very well, and Ryan's stories about the various worlds he had experienced also made these elves who had lived in the woods for hundreds of years feel refreshed. Especially when they heard the story of how Ryan used the power of nature to use plants to eliminate the evil undead in a world, they all felt a sense of common hatred for the enemy. Of course, through such chats, the relationship between everyone was quickly shortened.

Because everyone could travel quickly in the forest, an hour later Ryan found a stone path covered with moss under his feet.

After setting foot on this path, the elves seemed much happier, because this meant they were almost home. After following the path through many dangerous valleys, forests, swamps and streams, they finally came to a turbulent stream about six or seven meters wide.

A narrow stone bridge without guardrails was built over the stream, and on the other side of the stream was a steep stone slope. Opposite the bridge was an exquisite stone gate, and several elves in armor were guarding it with spears.

Unlike the elves' imagined residence, the Elf King's Court in Mirkwood is an underground building. This should be to commemorate Menegroth, the City of a Thousand Grottoes.

Soon under the guidance of Legolas, Llane met the owner of this place, Thranduil. Thranduil was a good-looking man, wearing an extremely exquisite silver robe, and a crown woven with red leaves and berries between his golden hair.

After talking with his son, Thranduil said in a magnetic voice: "Welcome, friend of nature. I can see from you that nature has favored you, and I think what you said must be true. So as long as you have no ill intentions, I agree to trade with you."

Soon, Llane was taken to a very open place by Legolas and Tauriel, with many elves coming and going around.

"Where is this?" Rose Crystal asked curiously while flying in the air. Perhaps because there were not many things in this world that could fly without wings, and because of Rose Crystal's beautiful appearance, the elves coming and going around looked at Rose Crystal with curious eyes, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

"This is the largest square in the Elf King's Palace. People usually gather here and trade things they need. That's why my father asked me to bring you here." Legolas said from the side.

"Does that mean I can show my goods now?" Ryan asked. After seeing Legolas nod, Ryan began to take out specialties from various worlds one by one.

In view of the elves' habits, the products this time are not industrial equipment, but mainly various magical plants and some extraordinary materials, as well as some high-end daily necessities, such as porcelain and lacquerware.

Soon, these exotic goods attracted the elves coming and going. After all, Ryan was not just for making money, so he used magic to loudly tell the elves that knowledge, interesting items, and even stories that Ryan himself found interesting could be used as a way of trading. Now the bored Taolier team plus Legolas were hired by Ryan to help set the price at the cost of a whole set of magical seeds. Ryan found that the sunshine mushrooms and sunshine sunflowers were the most popular trading items, and many elves couldn't wait to put them around their houses after getting them. When they learned how to use the sunshine crystals, with the help of their own natural magic, the underground city was filled with sunshine in just a few hours.

Ryan felt that this made the Elf King's Palace completely lose its previous mysterious feeling, but Taolier was dismissive of the mysterious silence that Ryan mentioned.

"We elves have always loved nature and sunshine. It's just that due to some unexpected events, we built the royal city underground for safety reasons. But this doesn't mean we like this dark environment. The sunshine you brought even makes everyone feel like they are back in the golden age when we lived on the ground. Don't you see that more and more people are coming out now? This already speaks volumes about our hobbies."

As expected, as the sunlight spread further, more and more elves appeared nearby. Even Thranduil was alarmed. After finding out what happened, Thranduil signed a big order with Llane, almost clearing out Llane's reserves of these magical plants. Because he found that he could use these magical plants to build a green defense line in Mirkwood, making Mirkwood bright again.

"But, Thranduil. This forest is so big that it may take you more than 100 years to accomplish such a grand goal." When handing several plant planting methods and seeds to Thranduil, Llane pointed out the biggest flaw in the Elf King's method.

"It's all right." The Elf King seemed very happy. "As a future immortal, you should gradually get used to our way of life. Otherwise, your future life will be very difficult. I think allowing you to do business is one of the most correct decisions I have made in the past few hundred years. Because of your arrival, today is also the happiest day for my people in the past few hundred years."

Looking in the direction of his finger, every elf had a happy smile on their face. Many elves gathered outside had already started singing, dancing, and playing musical instruments. At the same time, many elves came over with food and wine, apparently planning to hold a banquet.

"It's been years since we've been so happy." Legolas sighed. In this atmosphere, Ryan and Rose Crystal also joined the party.

Unlike a few hours ago, the underground city that was full of stones before is now filled with green plants that Ryan brought from several worlds. With the sunlight crystallization, it now feels like a forest.

At the invitation of the elves, Ryan and Rose Crystal enjoyed an absolutely sumptuous banquet. Unlike what they had imagined before, the elves here still ate meat. However, all the food tasted a little bland. Fortunately, the cooking skills of the cooks were very superb (after all, the elves who were almost immortal had enough time to learn various skills), allowing Ryan to experience the deliciousness of the ingredients from these dishes.

The trade lasted for a whole week, and Llane gained a lot. Thranduil opened all the libraries in the city to Llane, and even allowed Llane to go to the most secret rooms in the library to view the manuscripts and notes left by Celebrimbor when he was forging the three rings of the elves.

After recording everything he was interested in, Llane went to the palace to say goodbye to Thranduil. In the previous chat, Llane learned that someone had seen Gandalf and Thorin Oakenshield at the Prancing Pony Inn in recent days discussing the retaking of the Lonely Mountain. This means that there is still one year before the story of The Hobbit begins.

After knowing the current time point, Ryan decided to go somewhere else because he felt that he could do something during this time.

(End of this chapter)