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 Caspian looked

Or so it seemed.

hemlock, the fat man put on an

tell you the truth… I came across it in a

that would come in handy with

seemed to be thinking on Caspian’s

never mentioned the price even

someone that did business

look…” Caspian nodded, bringing the hemlock

the hemlock, he would have asked for the price immediately

Eye of Insight, after all, was something he

upon the

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

yet again, fingertips

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

see that the man’s gaze would flicker to

was obvious that something

down the hemlock,

not working well enough, he would have to use

divine sense was much stronger than that of cultivators of the same realm

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

sweep, it was not long before

something wrong

in the section that was charred

so thin it was hardly

sense, Caspian even discovered that the hemlock was stuffed

a

was why the hemlock was heavier than

Caspian knew

hemlock up to the

realized Caspian had it in his mind to purchase and

you to me, young man! I won’t

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

much!” Caspian shook

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

seem like a well-read

two hundred years of growth for hemlock to summon a

to keep from pests and absorb

a devastating fire must follow for lightning to pass through it

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

put out with

to yield a

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