While Thorin, Balin and Bilbo were talking quietly, Elrond looked at the map carefully, looked at the marks on the map, and said: "The writing on this map is moon writing!".
"Moon writing?" Thorin's eyes lit up and he said, "Can you read it?"
After hearing Elrond's prompt, Gandalf understood why his group could not understand the meaning of the map, and then said to Thorin: "Thorin, the moon writing is not just a matter of reading it!".
"Huh? What does this mean?" Bilbo sniffed twice and asked curiously.
"The moon text can only be displayed when it is written at the same time, in the same season, and in the same moon shape!" Gandalf explained.
"In other words, if we want to see the text on this map, we need the moon?" Bilbo exclaimed, "How amazing! But our time...".
Elrond smiled slightly and said: "You are very lucky. These words were written under a crescent moon on a midsummer night nearly 200 years ago!".
Thorin's eyes lit up and he said: "You mean...".
Elrond nodded, said "Follow me", and then led the four of them to the place where the moonlight gathered in Rivendell. He glanced at the moon in the sky and said, "Today's new moon is the same as writing about the moon." The words match that day!”.
With that said, Ailong unfolded the map under the expectant eyes of the three people, and threw it flatly on a crystal stone illuminated by the moonlight in front of him. After waiting for a moment, when the moonlight condensed on the stone, and the crystal stone gave off a beautiful color like moonlight, The map laid flat on the stone showed lines of words that seemed to be written by light.
"Stand by the gray stone when the thrush strikes, and the afterglow of the Turin sun will shine on the keyhole!"
Hearing what Elrond read, Thorin was shocked and said: "Turin Day! Summer is coming to an end now, and we don't have much time left!".
Discovering a new term, Bilbo asked curiously: "What is the Day of Turin?".
"The Day of the Dead is the New Year of the dwarves. On that day, the last moon of autumn and the first ray of sunshine in winter will appear in the sky at the same time!" Gandalf explained and said to Thorin: "There is enough time! Let's come And!".
Thorin nodded heavily and said: "Even so, we should set off as soon as possible, Gandalf!".
"Well, it won't take long!" Gandalf comforted, took the map from Elrond, and gave it back to Thorin.
"Thank you for interpreting the map for us!" Thorin thanked Elrond and continued: "We are going to rest, sorry for disturbing you!".
Elrond smiled and nodded, and just when Gandalf was about to turn around and follow Thorin away, Elrond stopped him and said: "Gandalf, old friend, long time no see, I want to have a good time with you. Let’s talk!”.
Gandalf paused, letting Thorin and the others leave first, then nodded to Elrond and said: "With pleasure, my friends!".
…
At this time, in the room at the end of the season.
With a gentle breath, he collected the surging zhenqi in his body into his Dantian, ending tonight's practice at the end of the season.
"According to the plot, Elrond should have unlocked the secret of the map for Thorin and the others by this time."
"Then, the next plot development is..."
Pressing his forehead, Ji Mo recalled it carefully.
After Elrond unlocked the secret of the map for Thorin and the others, Thorin and his party repaired it in Rendell, and within a few days of repairing it.
"They had a... Holy White meeting?"
The so-called White Council is an important meeting composed of the gray wizards Gandalf, Galadriel, Elrond, and the white-robed wizard Saruman who is now more powerful than Gandalf in Middle-earth.
"At this White Council, Gandalf raised his concerns, that is, Sauron's still doubts, and obtained another brown wizard Radagast in the fortress of Dol Guldur, who belonged to the dead. A weapon was produced as evidence...".
"But in the face of Gandalf's statement and the evidence he produced, Saruman the White firmly believed that these things had nothing to do with Sauron, and were just a necromancer playing tricks, and he was firmly opposed to Gandalf leading the dwarves to recapture the Lonely Mountain’s plan, thinking that this would alarm Smaug and bring disaster again.”
"The last meeting was extremely unpleasant, and while the four were discussing, the dwarves quietly left Rivendell and embarked on their own path..."
After briefly recalling the plot, at the end of the season, he felt that the development of things would not be out of his control, so he fell asleep quietly.
A few days later…
"What? You said Ailong came to see me for something?" Looking at Lindil, Ji Mo frowned.
"Yes, Lord Kael'thas!" Lindir nodded and said, "Please come with me, Lord!".
"Yes!" Ji Mo responded, and under the moonlight, he and Lindil walked towards where Ailong was.
And when he saw a few people sitting with Ailong at the end of the season, he raised his eyebrows slightly and thought to himself: "Is this the Holy White Meeting?".
"Kael'thas, this is the white robe wizard Saruman!"
Seeing Ji Mo coming in, Elrond went up to introduce Ji Mo, and then said to Saruman, who was wearing a white robe and with white hair: "This is the Kaeltha you and Lady Galadriel called Si, the half-elf who discovered magical power and taught it to you!"
Ji Mo looked at Ailong with doubtful eyes, and Ailong whispered: "He feels the power in us and wants to meet you, the discoverer...".
Nodding, Ji Mo glanced at Saruman, who had a cold look on his face, and said to himself, the person who came here is not evil.
Sure enough, after spending some time discussing the evil forces and the dwarves in the fortress of Dol Guldur, as in the plot, Saruman changed the subject and turned to the power controlled by the three at the end of the season.
"Although I don't know that you have no control over this power, I can feel the power of your new power!" After Saruman said expressionlessly, he looked at Gandalf and said: " You feel the same way, Gandalf!"
"Yes!" Gandalf nodded slowly and said affirmatively: "It is indeed very powerful, so powerful that...".
After saying this, Gandalf closed his mouth and seemed to be thinking about what words to use to describe it so as not to appear so sharp. However, Saruman had no scruples in this regard and took over the words directly, saying: "Powerful enough to cause chaos in Middle-earth and break the current peace!".
Hearing this, Gandalf opened his mouth, but did not make a sound. He obviously agreed with this statement, but when he looked at Ji Mo, Elrond and Galadriel, he was stunned.
Because the three of them have the same expression, that’s plain!
