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.

the kind of hemlock Caspian looked

Or so it seemed.

hemlock, the

I came across it in a forest that was burnt

that would come in handy

cultivator seemed to be thinking

mentioned the price

was someone that did business

Caspian nodded, bringing the hemlock closer

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

Eye of Insight, after all, was something he wanted to

not chance upon the shop again after passing

the hemlock up, on top of the brief flash of panic

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

actions, even calling out to other cultivators that passed by his stall

to see that the man’s gaze would

obvious that something

down the hemlock, Caspian

working well enough, he would have to

than that of cultivators of the same

sense as he noticed the fat man looked visibly relieved when he put

it was not long before Caspian realized that his

something wrong

problem itself laid in the section that was charred

opening so thin it was hardly

even discovered that the hemlock was stuffed with a piece

iron was a lot heavier than

the hemlock

discovering the loophole, Caspian knew

to the stall owner

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

you to me, young man! I won’t

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

Caspian shook

grows deep

seem like a well-read young

two hundred years of growth for hemlock

hundred years, it has to keep from

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

that lightning and thunder usually come hand in

are put out with rain barely

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

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