Train to Another World.

Chapter 105 Saruman

A few days later, Saruman arrived at the Lonely Mountain, but what Li Zhuoguang did not expect was that King Elrond and Bilbo also came with him.

Li Zhuoguang did not expect that these three would appear together.

Although Li Zhuoguang really wanted to give old Saruman a warning, he gave up for the sake of King Elrond.

After all, when the dwarves came to Rivendell with Gandalf, King Elrond treated him equally.

Li Zhuoguang led the three of them to the reception room. In front of each of them was a plate with a portion of dried meat.

Li Zhuoguang picked up his portion of dried meat and ate it with relish, but found that the three people opposite him did not eat it.

Li Zhuoguang held the dried meat in his mouth and said incoherently, "Eat it. You're welcome."

King Elrond's surprised eyes were full of "I treated you like this when you came to my house, and you treat me like this when I come to your house?"

Bilbo poked the dry meat with a fork with some disdain. Although he didn't have a dog, he swore to someone that if he had a dog, the dog's lunch would be more sumptuous than this.

Li Zhuoguang didn't say much, but just looked at the three people with encouraging eyes.

King Elrond has human blood, so he is quite accepting of meat. In a sense, he is a decent person like Xiong Facai, and he will never embarrass his master.

So he picked up the fork next to the plate and stabbed it into the jerky, but it didn't go in.

King Elrond raised his eyebrows, placed the fork against the jerky, and slowly pushed the fork in with the amazing wrist strength gained from years of sword practice.

I raised my hand, put it to my mouth, and opened it with difficulty. Alas! If I had known this would happen, I should not have come.

Ok? !

I reluctantly took a bite. Although I didn't know what kind of meat it was, it was still delicious. More importantly, after swallowing the jerky, it was as if a fire had ignited in my stomach, warming my whole body.

The Hobbits were very picky about food, but Bilbo saw that Elrond, the King of the Elves, was eating it, so there was no reason for him, as a guest brought by King Elrond, not to eat.

So he tasted some, too.

Ok? !

King Elrond suddenly remembered something and asked tentatively, "Isn't this Smaug's flesh?"

Bilbo and Saruman were horrified when they heard this.

Li Zhuoguang answered confidently, "I guarantee with my honor that this is definitely not the meat of the Evil Dragon King. You have seen Daniu before, and this is actually a specialty of Daniu's family."

King Ailon thought there was no need for Li Zhuoguang to lie, so he nodded and ate a few more bites.

Bilbo also kept eating. Although he didn't know why his body felt hot after eating the jerky, his body instinctively felt very comfortable.

The only person who didn't touch the jerky was Saruman.

Li Zhuoguang's reply to him could not be described as friendly, and as a Maya who had lived for countless epochs, he felt that Li Zhuoguang had a bad attitude towards him from the first time he met him.

Did he see something? No, there would be no one else present when he was in contact with Soran. Even if he could hide it from him, he would definitely not be able to hide it from the Lord of Demons.

That was the hostility simply caused by his behavior of asking for the ring.

Doesn't he know that they, the Maia, represent God the Father?
No, according to what Gandalf said, he had persuaded this man to give up the treasure of Lonely Mountain, but this man's attitude towards Gandalf was not like that. Should everyone look up to him? Damn Gandalf!

The light meal was over, and it was time to talk business. Li Zhuoguang led them to the reception room. When passing by Saruman's seat, Li Zhuoguang directly picked up the dried meat on Saruman's plate and fed it to Huang Shiren on his shoulder. This scene made Saruman more certain that Li Zhuoguang was using the pet's food to humiliate him. But what he didn't expect was that Li Zhuoguang actually humiliated an Elf King in order to embarrass him.

This man is really too despicable, he just has strength for nothing. He should not be able to detect his relationship with Sauron. Saruman made an evaluation of Li Zhuoguang in his heart.

But what he didn't see was that when King Elrond and Bilbo saw Li Zhuoguang feeding the jerky to Huang Shiren, both of them showed regret in their eyes.

After arriving at the reception hall, everyone sat down in three groups. Li Zhuoguang watched the scene with interest.

Judging from the situation, King Elrond is not on the same side as Saruman.

Saruman spoke first: "I hope you can hand over the One Ring to the White Council for safekeeping. After all, the corruption of the One Ring on people's hearts is inevitable."

"Then do you think the ring has corrupted me?" Li Zhuoguang asked.

"Perhaps you have the means to prevent the ring from corrupting you, but over the years, it is inevitable..."

"I'm asking if you feel the Ring is corrupting me now?"

Although Saruman was a little annoyed by Li Zhuoguang's continuous interruptions, he continued: "Although you can stop being corrupted when you are away from the ring, how can you take care of it if you are always away from the ring? So it is better to hand it over to the White Council..."

Li Zhuoguang leisurely took out the Supreme Magic Ring from his storage bag.

In an instant, a murmured voice appeared in the ears of everyone present: "Who said I stayed away from it? I always kept it with me."

"What are you doing?!"

"My waist bag can block the influence of the One Ring. As long as it is placed in the waist bag, no matter how long it is in contact, nothing will happen."

Saruman's expression changed, and then he smiled and said, "Then it will be more convenient for us, the White Council, to keep the ring."

"Can you, the Holy White Council, slay a dragon?"

"...As long as we gather our strength, we can still do it."

"Smaug destroyed Dale, occupied the Lonely Mountain, and has made his home here for decades. Why don't you come and slay the dragon?"

“……”Saruman’s face darkened and he was unwilling to speak.

Li Zhuoguang glanced at Saruman with contempt: "It's true that you can slay the dragon, but you can't escape unscathed, right?
If you fight Smaug head-on, you will probably lose one or two of them. This is the real reason why your White Council has not dealt with Smaug in the past few decades.

You cannot accept the price of slaying a dragon, and Smaug is different from Sauron. He will not go around fighting. As long as he has enough treasure, he will build a nest and sleep.

Anyway, there are no dwarves in the Holy White Council, so as long as we make the dwarves suffer, other races will not be invaded by dragons."

"not like this!"

"Well, just pretend that I'm wrong. Then, we killed the dragon without paying any price, not even a scratch.

The Holy White Council has five leaders, and we also have five. So who do you think has stronger overall strength?"

"Fighting against the forces of darkness does not depend solely on the strength of one's power."

"What a joke! If the power was sufficient, there would be no need to separate the Ring from Sauron to defeat him. Wouldn't it be better to just tie him to an anvil and sink him into Mount Doom?"

"You are making excuses!"

(End of this chapter)