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

Or so it seemed.

the hemlock, the fat man put on an

the truth… I

come in

fat cultivator seemed to

mentioned the

someone that did business for a long

let me take another look…” Caspian nodded, bringing the hemlock closer to

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

Insight, after all, was something he wanted to

would not chance upon the shop again after passing

that came into Caspian’s hands when he picked the hemlock up, on top of

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

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

that the man’s gaze would

that something was

down the

well enough,

sense was much stronger than that of

use divine sense as he noticed the fat man looked visibly

brief spiritual sweep, it was not long before Caspian

something wrong with the

the section that

so thin

discovered that the hemlock was stuffed with a piece of refined

was a lot heavier than

the hemlock was heavier than Caspian

loophole, Caspian

held the hemlock up to the

mind to purchase and smiled

brought you to me, young man! I won’t bamboozle

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

much!” Caspian shook

the fat man smiled, “Hemlock grows deep in

seem like a well-read

two hundred years of growth for hemlock to

has to keep from pests and

been struck, a devastating fire must follow for

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

lot of the time the fires are put out with rain

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

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