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.

was exactly the kind of

Or so it seemed.

seemed interested in the hemlock, the fat

you the truth… I came across

come in handy

fat cultivator seemed to be thinking on

the

was someone that did business for a long

let me take another look…” Caspian nodded, bringing the hemlock closer to his

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

Eye of Insight, after all, was something he wanted

chance upon the shop again

he picked the hemlock up, on top of

fingertips

Caspian’s actions, even calling out to other

Caspian was able to see that the man’s gaze

was obvious that something

the hemlock,

his eyes were not working well enough, he would have to use his divine

was much stronger than that of cultivators of the

fat man looked visibly relieved when

long before Caspian realized that his hunch

indeed, something wrong with

problem itself laid in the

was an opening so thin

sense, Caspian even discovered that the hemlock was stuffed

was a lot heavier than

was why the hemlock was heavier than Caspian

discovering the loophole, Caspian knew what

the stall owner and

it in his mind to purchase and smiled so brightly his pupils were

to me, young man! I

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

Caspian shook his

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

like a well-read

at least two hundred years of growth for hemlock

two hundred years, it has to keep from pests

devastating fire must follow for lightning to

that lightning and thunder usually come

the fires are put out with

a piece

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