The Council of the Ring! A Meeting of Minds

Although Rivendell's magnificent, perfectly harmonious scenery had unconsciously immersed Wang Zhen and the others, and Gandalf the Grey had deliberately played a part in it, Wang Zhen and the others were indeed shocked when Gandalf—whose true identity was a Maiar, though he walked the world as a grey-robed wizard—suddenly appeared behind them and spoke.

After all, Wang Zhen and the others were now mythical beings. Even if they had been absorbed by Rivendell's breathtaking scenery and their senses had dulled somewhat, they had not become so dull that they could not detect anything within ten meters. Yet Gandalf the Grey had appeared right at the edge of that ten-meter sensory range.

No matter how the others in the Zhongzhou Team felt, aside from his initial shock at Gandalf suddenly speaking, Wang Zhen was even more surprised by the fact that his sensory range was not merely ten meters. Even in a place like Rivendell, it extended several dozen meters. Although he had been immersed in the perfect harmony of this Elven city's scenery, that did not mean he had relaxed his guard against the outside world. His senses still maintained a twenty-meter alert radius. Yet even so, Gandalf the Grey had appeared completely naturally within the dangerous ten-meter range around him.

If he had only watched the films, Wang Zhen truly would not have realized how powerful Gandalf the Grey was. But things were different now. Though Gandalf looked frail and ancient, at his core he truly was an ageless, immortal Maiar. After all, aside from the few great figures at the very top of Middle-earth's pyramid, Wang Zhen did not think anyone else could enter his sensory range so silently and naturally.

"Greetings! Since you know that we are all visitors from another world, why are you still being