Chapter 20: Galadriel
The shadows in the forest deepened as the sun began to set behind the mountains, and as the Middle-earth team left, they were now heading towards the dense trees. However, before night had completely fallen, Halda, who was at the front, immediately turned on the oil lamp he had been carrying, and led the way for everyone.
"This place is beautiful...... But why do I always feel that here, the blood clan energy in my body will be a little sluggish?" Zheng Zha asked Chu Xuan in the chain of his soul while following Halda's steps.
"I guess it's because of the barrier. ”
Chu Xuan replied: "The blood clan energy in your body belongs to the negative energy, and there is an elf clan enchantment here, which will naturally have a partial suppression effect on you, and it is normal for you to feel uncomfortable." ”
"Enchantment, what enchantment?" said Zheng Zha suspiciously.
"Through my glasses, I can see that there are lines of energy that envelop the area, that is, there seems to be an invisible shield covering the Roslorian Forest. Chu Xuan replied: "In the novel of the Lord of the Rings, Sauron sent more than 100,000 half-orcs to attack Roslorian, but he was beaten to the ground, and that time it was...... Among them, there may be a reason for this enchantment. ”
“…… Hey, you're not going to make a combat probe, are you?" asked Zheng Zhe with a strange face.
"It's being renovated, but there are still some technical problems...... But what do you think of me?" Chu Xuan glanced at Zheng Qi and said.
"Tinker ...... Ah no. ”
As they spoke, they came to an open meadow and found themselves standing under a sky dotted with sparse stars. Before them was a treeless circular clearing, beyond which were layers of trees, hidden in shadow, and on the other side was a small hill with many of the tallest meron trees they had ever seen.
In the twilight, the trees looked like towers, and among the towering branches of the trees there were many different kinds of green, gold, and silver lights.
"Welcome to Carrasgalaton!"
Halda pointed to the scene in front of him and said to the crowd, "This is the City of Tree People, inhabited by Lord Celepon and Queen Galadriel of Rorian. We had to go around from the south, because the city was very large, so it wasn't close. ”
So they made a big circle, and beyond the jungle there was a path paved with white stones, and they followed this path to the west, and watched the city on the left get higher and higher, as if floating above the green clouds. As the night grew darker, so many lights became more and more abundant, and finally the whole hill seemed to be hidden in a sea of stars. Finally, they came to a white bridge, opposite the gate of the city, which faced to the southwest, and on either side were fortified walls with many lights.
They walked many ways and climbed many flights of stairs in the city, until they came to a lawn and saw a sparkling fountain in front of them. The fountain was illuminated by a number of oil lamps hanging from nearby branches, and fell into a silver basin from which a clear spring of water flowed.
On the south side of the lawn was the tallest of all the sacred trees, its massive trunk shimmering like gray silk, and stretched upwards until the branches that first branched off were hidden in the clouds of leaves. There was a white staircase on the trunk of the tree, and three elves sat there, and when they saw someone approaching, they jumped to their feet.
"There's Selepeng and Galadriel here," Halda said, "and they want you to go up and talk to them." ”
"Looks like we're going to climb the rope ladder. Zheng Zha looked at the rope ladder in front of him, and said to the others behind him with a smile: "Let's go." ”
So they began to follow Halda, climbing up the vines, and when they reached a high point above the ground, they came to a large lookout, as large as a football field, and built a house on it, which was large enough to serve as a great assembly hall for mankind on the ground.
The group followed Halda inside, and found themselves standing in an oval hall with a huge Mellon tree trunk in the center. Although it is almost at the top, the trunk of this tree is still spectacular, and countless beads of light are hanging around it, reflecting the place as beautiful as a fairyland.
The hall was filled with a soft glow, the walls were green and silver, the roof was golden, and many elves sat here. There were two chairs near the trunk of the tree, covered with living leaves, on which sat Selepeng and Galadriel. The two stood up and greeted the guests according to the etiquette of the elves, welcoming the arrival of the Middle-earth team with the same etiquette as if they were receiving emperors.
They were very tall, the empress was not much taller than the emperor, and they were all very strict and extremely beautiful. Both men were dressed in white, with the Empress's hair being dark blonde and Selebon's hair being a rich, bright silver. However, there is no trace of time on the faces of the two, and the only clue is only in their eyes, both eyes are as sharp and sparkling as the tip of a gun in a moonlit night, but they also contain deep memories.
Halda led the people of the Middle-earth team to the two of them, and the emperor welcomed them in their language. But Empress Galadriel didn't say a word, just stared into everyone's eyes, as if to see them through. And when everyone made eye contact with her again, even Zheng Zhe felt a sound ringing in his head. It feels like a chain of mind connecting consciousness, but there are some differences, and they can't say what is different.
"Everyone, be careful...... It's spiritual power, Empress Galadriel is actually proficient in spiritual power, and her spiritual power attainments are still above me, almost comparable to Zhang Jie. ”
At this moment, Zhan Lan suddenly unfolded the spiritual power shield, protecting everyone in it, and at the same time warned in the soul chain.
"Could it be that this is how Empress Galadriel treated the emissary from Valinor?" Chu Xuan suddenly stepped forward and said in a normal tone, "Empress Galadriel, you have taken great risks to come to Middle-earth from Valinor in disregard of Vera's opinion, just for the sake of that dark enemy of the universe. And now, his claws are about to reach out to this peaceful continent, are you still questioning our identity?"
Hearing Chu Xuan's words, the elves in the hall became agitated, and some of them even showed anger on their faces, because although Chu Xuan's words were said in an ordinary tone, they sounded no different from questioning to others. But Chu Xuan still stood there calmly, as if it was not him who said this.
"It doesn't matter. ”
Galadriel spoke, her voice as poetic as poetry: "Because of the importance of the matter, even if Elon brought his own token, I still couldn't fully trust you, but now I do. You are invulnerable, both in strength and in mind, and I have no way to see your minds, and in the midst of you, I do feel the breath of the elves. ”
As he spoke, Galadriel lowered his beautiful head and nodded slightly, "Welcome, messengers from Vera. ”
"I am the Noldor Elf, daughter of Fenafin, lord of Rothlorian, Galadriel. ”