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 hemlock Caspian looked

Or so it seemed.

interested in the hemlock, the fat man

that hemlock, eh? Let me tell you the truth… I came

come in

cultivator seemed to be thinking on Caspian’s

mentioned the price

did business for a

look…” Caspian nodded, bringing

the hemlock, he would have asked

Eye of Insight, after all, was something

chance upon the shop

abnormal weight that came into Caspian’s hands when he picked the hemlock up, on top of the brief flash of panic he saw

fingertips running over the

to other cultivators that passed by

was able to see that the man’s gaze would flicker to him every

obvious that something was

the

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

much stronger than that of

he noticed the fat man looked

was not long before Caspian realized that his hunch was

indeed, something wrong with

in the section that was charred

was an opening so

sense, Caspian even discovered that the hemlock was

a lot

the hemlock was heavier

discovering the loophole, Caspian knew what

up to the stall owner

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

you to me, young man! I

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

much!” Caspian shook his

deep in the forest, it’s hard enough to

like a well-read

takes at least two hundred

has to keep from pests and

once it’s been struck, a devastating fire must follow for lightning to pass through it

that lightning and thunder usually come hand in hand

are put out with rain barely after they have

a piece of hemlock that has passed through lightning, you

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