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,

I came across it

that would come

fat cultivator seemed to

mentioned the price even

was someone that did business for a

Caspian nodded, bringing the hemlock

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

Eye of Insight, after all,

upon the shop again after passing

into Caspian’s hands when he picked the hemlock up, on top of the brief flash of panic he saw on the fat

in his hands yet again, fingertips running over the calloused wood, Caspian observed the fat cultivator‘s

to other cultivators

to see that the man’s gaze would flicker to

that something

the

working well enough, he would have

that

as he noticed the fat man

brief spiritual sweep, it was not long

indeed, something wrong with

itself laid in the section that was

opening so

sense, Caspian even discovered that the hemlock

was a lot heavier

the hemlock was heavier than

Caspian knew

up to the stall owner and

in his mind to purchase

me, young

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

Caspian shook

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

like a well-read young

two hundred years of growth for hemlock to summon

from pests and

fire must follow for lightning to pass

know, young man, that lightning and thunder usually come hand in

lot of the time the fires are put out with rain barely after they

a lot of coincidences to yield a piece of hemlock that has

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