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.

as Caspian seemed interested in the hemlock, the fat man

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

would come in

seemed to be thinking on Caspian’s

never mentioned the price

someone that did business for a long

another look…” Caspian nodded, bringing

the hemlock, he would have asked for the price immediately and

of Insight, after all, was something he wanted to

the shop again

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

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

appeared nonchalant to Caspian’s actions, even calling out to other cultivators that passed by his stall to take

was able to see that the man’s gaze would

that something

down the hemlock, Caspian

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

than that of cultivators of

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

was not long before Caspian realized that his hunch was

was, indeed, something wrong with the

the section that was

an opening so thin it

discovered that the hemlock

was a

was why the hemlock was heavier

the loophole, Caspian knew what to

up to the stall

mind to purchase and

you to me, young man! I

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

Caspian shook

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

like a well-read

hundred years of growth for hemlock

from pests and absorb enough nutrition among other

fire must follow for lightning to pass through it

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

the fires are put out with rain barely after they have started

a lot of coincidences to yield a piece of

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