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Chapter 209 The Value of the Resurrection Stone

Alvin was very fond of the Pegasus that Dui had given him and named it Elenolos, meaning "Star Horse".

In the days that followed, Dui shuttled back and forth between Windrise and Eisengard.

Of the newly bred species, the three-headed wolf Cerberus grew the fastest, almost like an inflating balloon, growing a bit every day. In just one month, it had grown to over two meters tall, larger than an adult dire wolf.

Moreover, judging from this growth rate, it is impossible to guess where its growth limit lies.

After all, the genes it fused with included those of dragons, basilisks, and giant octopuses, all of which were enormous, and even the direwolves were not small.

At the same time, the three-headed wolves have a huge appetite. They no longer drink milk but have started eating meat, consuming a large bowl of meat every day.

Although the three heads share one stomach, they still bar their teeth at each other every day to fight for food, refusing to give way to one another.

Although the three-headed wolf cannot speak, it is very intelligent and can understand Dui's words.

Under his training, the three heads take turns sleeping, ensuring that one head is always on duty guarding the gate 24 hours a day.

Moreover, the three-headed wolf's abilities are becoming increasingly apparent. Its teeth and saliva contain potent poison, and it can spew out scorching flames and highly corrosive acid. It also possesses a body of copper and iron, with extremely high physical and magical resistance.

Meanwhile, the griffin Aslan's wings had begun to grow in, and he was already able to briefly flap his wings at low altitude.

Buckbeak, the hippogriff, also thrived with his mare's company. Although his mare always tried to teach her "hybrid son" to eat grass, Buckbeak clearly preferred to hunt animals such as mice, rabbits, and groundhogs in the grasslands and forests.

Gandalf also returned from the Rohan steppe, riding back a grey horse taller than a mare, its coat gleaming silver in the daytime and dark as a shadow at night.

This grey horse is also a Miarlas breed, and is the king of the breed. It is as fast as lightning and has extremely strong endurance, able to run at high speeds for long periods of time with almost no need to rest.

Moreover, it possesses extremely high intelligence, understands human language, and remains fearless in the face of the dragon's oppressive aura, hissing and issuing warnings.

Gandalf named it Swift Shadow. According to him, when choosing a horse, he saw this king of horses at first sight and spent three days running hundreds of miles before finally taming it.

Dui's eyes lit up when he saw the horse. After obtaining Gandalf's permission, he took a little blood from the Swift Shadow and prepared to crossbreed with the giant eagle.

Let's see if we can create a few more winged hippogriffs and winged horses to form a new species.
Gandalf was also amazed by Dui's magical hybridization, especially after seeing the griffin. He could hardly take his eyes off it, praising the creature that combined the bravery and might of a lion with the king of the sky, saying it perfectly matched his aesthetic taste.

This made Gandalf jealous and angry. He ignored Gandalf for several days and was even more annoyed with the griffin, always wanting to kick it when it wasn't looking.

The griffin, however, was not to be outdone. Although it was a young griffin, it was very clever and intelligent, and deliberately provoked the horse king.

Eisengard was bustling with activity for a time.

Gandalf was a busy man who never stopped. He didn't stay in Isengard for long before setting off again on his horse, Shadowstrike.

Dui also returned to Fengyun Peak.

As for the security of Eisengard, Dui, like a heartless capitalist, directly put the three-headed wolf Cerberus, who was just over a month old, on official duty to guard the entrance and exit of the gates of Osankta.

As for the griffin Aslan, Dui also handed it over to the giant eagle Sorondo, so that it could be trained to participate in patrolling the surrounding area.

Meanwhile, Dui also personally went to Fangon Forest to ask the treants to help monitor the movements around Eisengard.

Eisengard is surrounded by trees, which serve as the natural eyes and ears of the tree-people, allowing them to observe everything happening around them.

Dui had nothing to hide or avoid from the tree people, so naturally he wouldn't want to cut down all the surrounding trees like Saruman did.

Dui's request was a trivial matter for the Tree People, so the Tree People leader, Treebeard, readily agreed.

Moreover, this is also a good thing for the Tree People, since Dui promised not to cut down the trees around Eisengard, and even to plant more trees around Eisengard. This is exactly what the Tree People, who take it upon themselves to protect the forest, want.

Upon returning to Hogwarts Castle, Duy first went to the bountiful harvest site at the foot of the mountain where the gold essence had been buried. While the farmers were joyfully harvesting the wheat, he dug out the gold essence from the ground.

The gold essence is decorated with runes symbolizing abundance and prosperity. After being buried in the ground, the gold essence has absorbed the earth's energy and exudes a profound aura.

Dui brought the gold essence back to the castle and left it to dry in the sun for seven days. Then, in a valley in the Wind and Cloud Hills, he found a thousand-year-old oak tree entwined with mistletoe.

A hole was magically carved into the trunk, and gold essence inscribed with healing and life runes was stuffed into it. A spell was then cast to heal the hole.

Next, all that's needed is to wait patiently until autumn and winter arrive, when the oak trees bear fruit and the mistletoe blooms, then extract the gold essence from within to begin crafting the Hufflepuff Cup.

This magical ritual is an ancient Celtic natural magic, and it is what makes the Hufflepuff Cup different from other Gryffindor swords and Ravenclaw tiaras.

Having finished this task, Dui turned his attention back to other things.

First, there was the ore containing the sulfur of the soul that he brought back from the Path of the Dead.

Soul sulfur is formed from the tears of ghosts falling on ore, and contains the power of souls.

He threw the ore into the furnace and began to slowly smelt and extract it.

After more than a month, they finally extracted pure soul sulfur. Of the materials for making the Philosopher's Stone, spiritual mercury and soul sulfur had been collected, leaving only the final "body salt".

Elrond has given specific locations for the first two, but the most likely place for this final "salt of flesh" is in Hildorion, the birthplace of humankind.

Hildorion is located in the east of Middle-earth. Over the long years, its location has been lost to history, and even the learned Elrond is unaware of its exact location.

So he has to find this last one himself.

More importantly, the East is within the sphere of influence of Sauron's forces, and if Dui were to go to the East to find the Salt of the Body, he would likely encounter obstacles from Sauron's forces.

Therefore, before going to the East, he needed to make ample preparations to deal with the problems he might encounter.

Moreover, he planned to create the Hufflepuff Cup and the Resurrection Stone before leaving, in order to further enhance his strength and resources.

The Hufflepuff Cup is already under construction and is just waiting for the right time to begin production.

So during the waiting period, Dui focused his attention on the resurrection stone.

As one of the Deathly Hallows, the Resurrection Stone cannot truly bring people back to life; it can only summon a projection of the soul of the dead.

These projections are more real than ghosts, but more illusory than physical entities. Only the holder can see them, and they do not like to be recalled from the afterlife, only bringing pain to the holder.

There are three Deathly Hallows: the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak. Although legend says that these Deathly Hallows are gifts from Death, they were actually invented by the Peverell brothers.

The Resurrection Stone was a magical item invented by the second of the three Peverell brothers in order to resurrect his beloved.

But resurrecting the dead is a taboo in magic and impossible to achieve. So Peverell, who ultimately invented the resurrection stone, could only choose to end his own life in agony so that he could go to the afterlife to meet his lover.

Therefore, this Deathly Hallows seems quite useless, as if it has almost no purpose other than summoning the soul projections of the dead.

However, Dui discovered its greatest value.

That is, one can summon the dead, learn secrets of the past, and uncover hidden knowledge.

Dui looked at the Ring of Power that was worn on his chest by a necklace. This ring, crafted by Saruman, could amplify the wearer's abilities, but it was still not perfect compared to the three rings of the elves.

Therefore, if he had the Resurrection Stone, he could summon Celebrimbor, who once created the Three Rings of the Elves, and reforge them. It's not impossible for him to create another ring comparable to the Three Rings of the Elves.

It can even summon Fëanor, the creator of the Silmarils, and learn skills from this genius elven craftsman.

There were also many other dead who had already gone to the Temple of Mandos.

Of course, doing so would likely attract the attention of Mandos, the ruler of the undead.

After all, if Mandos considers the act of summoning the dead back to the world of the living from the Mandos Temple to be a challenge to His authority, then it would be a loss that does not outweigh the gains.

Regardless, we should at least try to make this resurrection stone.

However, he couldn't help but frown when he looked at the requirements for creating the resurrection stone.

The Resurrection Stone requires a rare magical substance that can connect the boundary between life and death. Peverell accidentally discovered the Gate of Death, the stone archway of the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic, and then captured the dead substance from the Gate of Death to create the Resurrection Stone.

In the Department of Mysteries at the British Ministry of Magic, there is a tall stone archway known as the Gate of Death.

A tattered black curtain hangs from the stone archway, known as the Curtain of Death. Only those who have witnessed death can hear the words of the dead behind the curtain.

Stone arches are considered to lead to the world of the dead; entering one means never returning, and utter death.

It is said that the Ministry of Magic chose to establish itself there because of this stone archway, and thus built the Ministry of Magic around it, and established the Department of Mysteries to study mysterious and unsolved things such as the Gate of Death.

But the only problem is that Middle-earth does not have a gate to death, so how can he capture the matter of death?

Dui, using his crown of wisdom, thought rapidly and suddenly had an inspiration.

There are no stone archways leading to the world of the dead in this world. Elves, humans, and dwarves go to the temple of Mandos after they die. There is no such thing as the underworld.

But there is also a Netherworld, which is similar to the underworld. It is a mysterious realm that coexists with the real world and belongs to the category of invisible things.

When Bilbo puts on the One Ring, he enters the Outer Realm and becomes invisible in the real world.

Furthermore, Frodo being stabbed by the Ringwraiths with the Mogul's Blade would also cause him to gradually enter the Netherworld.

If he wants to capture the matter of death, perhaps he can try from the Netherworld.

But this raises another question:
How can he enter the Netherworld?

(End of this chapter)