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.

hemlock,

the truth… I came across it in a forest that

come in handy

seemed to be

never mentioned the

was someone that did

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

the hemlock, he would have

all,

chance upon the

abnormal weight that came into Caspian’s hands when he picked the hemlock up, on top of the brief flash of panic he

he turned the hemlock over in his hands yet again, fingertips running over the calloused wood,

fat cultivator appeared nonchalant to Caspian’s actions, even calling out to

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

that something

down the

his eyes were not working well enough, he would have

than that of cultivators of

fat man looked visibly relieved

long before Caspian realized that

was, indeed, something wrong with

the section that was

so

divine sense, Caspian even discovered that the hemlock was stuffed with

was a lot heavier

why the hemlock was heavier than Caspian

loophole, Caspian knew what to

the stall owner

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

brought you to me, young man! I

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

Caspian shook his

man smiled, “Hemlock grows deep in the forest, it’s hard enough to source as

seem like a well-read young

hundred years of growth for hemlock

keep from pests

importantly, once it’s been struck, a devastating fire must follow for lightning

that lightning and thunder

are put out with rain barely after they have started to

to yield a piece of hemlock that has passed through lightning, you

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