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.

exactly the kind of

Or so it seemed.

in the hemlock, the fat man put on an

the truth… I came across it in a forest that was burnt

would come in handy with

to be thinking on

the price even

did business for a long

Caspian nodded, bringing the hemlock closer to his

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

all, was something he wanted to

not chance upon the shop again after passing

into Caspian’s hands when he picked the hemlock up, on top of the

again, fingertips running

to other cultivators that

Caspian was able to see that the man’s gaze would flicker to him

obvious that

down the hemlock, Caspian

his eyes were not working well enough, he

stronger than that of cultivators of the same realm

use divine sense as he noticed the fat man looked visibly relieved when

spiritual sweep, it was not long before Caspian realized that

was, indeed, something wrong

laid in the section

so

Caspian even discovered that the hemlock

iron was a lot heavier than

was why the hemlock was heavier

Caspian knew what to

hemlock up to the

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

you to me, young man! I

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

much!” Caspian shook his

deep in the forest, it’s hard enough to

a well-read

least two hundred years of

two hundred years, it has to keep from pests and absorb enough nutrition

it’s been struck, a devastating fire must follow for lightning to pass

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

of the time the fires are put out

to yield a

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