Upon a brief thank you, the two men found themselves at the fat man’s stall perusing the goods laid out.

”Come take a look, see if there’s anything you fancy!” The fat cultivator’s eyes curved into crescents whenever he smiled.

It was easy to take a liking to him.

“Fair prices guaranteed!”

Caspian did not cast his sights onto the hemlock at first.

He pretended to look around, scanning the merchandise of the stalls next to that one.

There were antlers with stripes that glistened golden.

No one knew what creature they came from.

There were dry, shriveled fingers with pointy nails.

Potted plants bore colorful flowers but with leaves that were completely withered.

Caspian looked at all of them, reaching out to feel them from time to time if he wanted.

The fat man seemed equally uncaring of Caspian’s wandering.

None of these things were of any value, after all.

Caspian hardly gave them a second glance.

Upon putting down a shiv, Caspian moved to pick up the hemlock.

It sank with weight the second he picked it up.

Caspian’s eyes froze slightly.

‘It’s heavier than I expected it to be,’ Caspian thought to himself as he cast the stall owner a glance.

Instantly, Caspian was able to see the flash of panic that briefly overtook the fat man’s features when he picked the hemlock up.

Suspicion arose in Caspian immediately.

Instead of hurrying to inquire about the price, he began to analyze it.

The hemlock looked real and fine at first glance.

The chasm was struck by thunder.

Caspian, having absorbed the Bone of Thunder, knew more about lighting than the average cultivator.

The part of the hemlock that was charred black was caught in a forest fire caused by a lightning strike.

the kind of hemlock Caspian looked

Or so it seemed.

the hemlock, the fat

I came across it in a

would come in

seemed to be thinking on Caspian’s

mentioned the price

was someone that did

nodded, bringing the hemlock closer

of how much Caspian wanted and needed the hemlock, he would have asked for the

Insight, after all, was

would not chance upon the shop again after

the hemlock up, on top of the brief flash of panic he saw on the fat cultivator’s

again, fingertips

out to

the man’s gaze would flicker to him every

that

the hemlock,

his eyes were not working well enough, he

was much stronger than that

he noticed the fat man looked

it was not long before Caspian realized

indeed, something wrong

problem itself laid in the section that was charred

opening so thin it was

discovered that the

iron was a

was why the hemlock was heavier than

discovering the loophole, Caspian knew

the stall owner and

man realized Caspian had it in his mind to purchase and smiled so brightly

brought you to me, young man! I won’t

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

much!” Caspian shook

not!” the fat man smiled, “Hemlock grows deep in the forest, it’s

a well-read young

takes at least two hundred years of growth for hemlock to summon

to keep from

fire must follow for lightning to

you’d also know, young man, that lightning and thunder usually come hand in hand with

fires are put out

coincidences to yield a piece of hemlock that has passed through

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