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 hemlock

Or so it seemed.

as Caspian seemed interested in the hemlock, the fat man put on

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

would come in

fat cultivator seemed to be thinking on Caspian’s

mentioned the price even

was someone that did

look…” Caspian nodded, bringing

the context of how much Caspian wanted and needed the hemlock, he would have asked for

all,

would not chance upon the shop again after passing the

picked the hemlock up, on top of the brief flash of panic he saw on

his hands yet again, fingertips running over the calloused wood, Caspian

even calling out to

that the man’s gaze would flicker to him

obvious that something was

down the

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

stronger than that

decided to use divine sense as he noticed the fat

sweep, it was not long before Caspian realized

was, indeed, something wrong

the section

opening so thin it was hardly

divine sense, Caspian even discovered that the hemlock

was a lot heavier

was why the hemlock

the loophole, Caspian knew

the hemlock up to the

to purchase and smiled so brightly

you to me, young man! I won’t

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

Caspian shook

smiled, “Hemlock grows deep in the forest, it’s

like a well-read young

you’d know it takes at least two hundred years of growth

from pests and absorb enough

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

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

put out with rain barely after they have started to

lot of coincidences to yield a piece of hemlock that has

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