Early the next morning, like all hobbits, Bilbo. Baggins got up early as usual, but today seemed a little different.

"Woo~ It's another boring day!" Bilbo shook his head in confusion, ready to start his comfortable but boring life.

Suddenly, Bilbo's eyes lit up and he said, "Huh? By the way, my family has a guest, where is the adventurer from the East? ”

Pushing open the small door of the secondary bedroom and seeing the neatly folded quilt on the bed, Bilbo panicked, "Is it because I didn't entertain well that this adventurer from the East has already said goodbye?" ”

Ignoring his washing, Bilbo ran out the door, to determine where Zhang Shuo had gone, whether he was gone, or if he had gone for a walk early in the morning.

As soon as I opened the door, I found a large number of hobbits gathered on the hillside in the distance, as if watching some wonderful performance.

Call... Call... Roar...

As soon as Bilbo walked in, he heard a sound similar to a huge turbulence of air currents, and a sudden explosion similar to a roar similar to that of a beast, and boom, so frightened that Bilbo almost slashed the soles of his feet.

Wow~~ That's amazing.

The group of hobbits who were watching were also startled, but soon erupted in loud screams and applause.

Driven by curiosity, Bilbo squeezed through the crowd and looked inside, revealing that it was Zhang Shuo, a guest in his house.

At this time, Zhang Shuo's eyes were slightly closed, his robe was agitated, his footwork was slipping, his palms were swaying alternately fast and slow, and his palms were pulling a wild dragon that seemed to be composed of water vapor, with slight ripples, and he rose and fell with Zhang Shuo's palm.

Coupled with the movement and stillness, the roar like a dragon made Bilbo and the surrounding people stunned.

At this moment, Zhang Shuo's palm momentum changed suddenly, his legs were pierced, and the strength in his palm slashed to the side along his right palm.

"Boom!"

The surging energy was like a wild dragon entering the river, and it slammed forward, pushing the grass under his feet into a one-foot-deep winding tunnel.

"Wow~ that's amazing."

"Is this the magic of the Far East?"

"Mr. Shuo is amazing!"

“……”

The crowd tiptoed one after another, since a hobbit who got up early found Zhang Shuo practicing here, the hobbits who like to be lively have come here to watch, and now they are all shocked by Zhang Shuo's 'powerful oriental magic'.

On a small dirt slope not far from the crowd, a figure dressed in a gray robe and wearing a pointed black hat also looked at this side in a daze.

"Hey, Mr. Shuo, you woke up so early, I thought—" Bilbo stepped forward and waved over.

"Oh~ Mr. Baggins, good morning, why?" Zhang Shuo smiled and waved at the hobbits around him, and then asked Bilbo.

"Uh~ nothing, my consciousness is that it's time for breakfast, isn't it?"

"Okay, I just brought oriental food, let's try it together."

Immediately, Zhang Shuo and Bilbo walked towards Bilbo's residence not far away, and the crowd also dispersed when they saw this, probably to show off the wonderful things here.

Before leaving, Zhang Shuo turned his head and inadvertently floated past the gray figure under the big tree, the corners of his mouth curled, and he secretly thought: "Gandalf is really already observing Bilbo, hehe, I just don't know what will happen when I see myself?" ”……

In the afternoon, after afternoon tea, Bilbo was sitting in front of the door, enjoying the new tobacco that Zhang Shuo had given him, and Bilbo swore that it was the most fragrant tobacco he had ever smoked in his life, better than the tobacco he had made.

Bilbo, who had his eyes slightly closed, didn't see that the smoke ring he was exhaling suddenly turned into the shape of a small bird, flapping its wings and flying towards him. Plunged into his nose at once.

"Ahem!"

Bilbo choked, coughed lightly, and opened his eyes to see someone standing outside the fence of his house.

It was an old man with a wooden staff, he was wearing a blue-gray pointed hat, a gray robe, and a gray-white beard that reached up to his waist, and if Zhang Shuo saw it, he could recognize it at a glance, it was Gandalf who was hiding in the distance to observe him in the morning.

Bilbo looked at the old man standing in front of him, dressed as a charlatan, and looked at the other party staring at him fixedly, Bilbo hesitated for a moment but said sincerely: "Good morning! ”

Gandalf held his wooden staff in both hands and said quickly, "What do you mean?" Are you simply saying good morning? Or tell me, this morning is fine anyway? ”

Bilbo gestured with his pipe a little embarrassed, and already thought that this old man must be a charlatan, thinking that Zhang Shuo went out for a walk and did not return, and he couldn't help but say nervously in the face of a human who was twice his height: "I think it's all of the above!" ”

Gandalf let out a nasal "um" in dissatisfaction, and just looked at Bilbo. It is estimated that Gandalf is still in the process of choosing him to be a scout in the team.

There are many dangers on the way, even with himself and thirteen dwarven warriors, but Middle-earth is dark and very likely to face the evil dragon, and Gandalf himself does not have much confidence in this trip.

In the original book, because of the tight time and the fact that Bilbo did have the potential to be an adventurer, Gandalf gave him the role of the snitch. But seeing Zhang Shuo's powerful and unique power this morning, Gandalf couldn't help but pay attention to Zhang Shuo.

Bilbo was uncomfortable with him and asked, "Is there anything I need to do?" ”

Gandalf's long, thick eyebrows furrowed, and he said in a more respectful tone, "Is the adventurer from the Far East who lives with you here?" ”

Hearing Gandalf mention Zhang Shuo, Bilbo stood up on the steps, looked at the old man suspiciously, and said, "I beg your pardon, what are you looking for Mr. Shuo?" ”

Gandalf continued to look at Bilbo with that look, and said, "I can't tell, but I'm trying to get him on an adventure with me." ”

"Adventure?" Surprised by this, Bilbo gestured with his pipe, "I suppose, uh, Mr. Shuo would be interested in adventure, after all, he's an adventurer, I mean, why don't you wait for him here?" ”

"Don't wait, I'm here!"

A voice sounded in his ears, Gandalf was startled, and when he looked back, he saw a black figure like lightning in the distance, galloping towards this direction.

Gandalf's heart was shocked, the speed was almost indiscernible to the eye. And obviously the person is still far away, but the voice is ringing in his ears. I can't help but be even more curious about this magical oriental adventurer.

"Hahaha, Gandalf the Grey Wizard?"

The figure was extremely close in an instant, and Zhang Shuo, dressed in a black robe, stood in front of the two of them, and asked Gandalf, although it was an inquiry, but the affirmation in his tone was unmistakable.

"Honorable Oriental Adventurer, greetings to the gray-robed wizard, I wonder how you knew about me?"

Gandalf was shocked, but his face remained unchanged, and he asked respectfully with a courtesy.

"Hehe, it's just a little skill of foresight, you're the best Gandalf, I'm about to look for you." Zhang Shuo said indifferently.

"Precognition? Is Oriental magic so magical? So may I ask you, respected Oriental adventurer, do you have something to do with me? ”

The roles were reversed in an instant, Bilber could only smoke a cigarette and look at the two people talking, while Gandalf also held the wooden staff with both hands and stared at Zhang Shuo tightly.

Now the other party's attitude is unknown, and he seems to know his origin and origin very well, but Gandalf himself doesn't know anything about Zhang Shuo, which can't help but make him wary.

"I've just arrived in Middle-earth, and I'm about to go to the Lonely Mountain, and there's a wizard to guide me, so what's the best?"

Gandalf's heart tightened, and the other party even knew about his plan for the lonely mountain? Tentatively asked, "Lonely Mountain?" It's been occupied by dragons all along, esteemed adventurer, what are you doing in the Lonely Mountain? ”

"What else can be done? Naturally, the dragon has been lowered! ”