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.

in the hemlock, the fat

eh? Let me tell you the truth… I came across it

that would come in handy

fat cultivator seemed to be thinking

never mentioned the price

that did

nodded, bringing

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

Eye of Insight, after all, was something he wanted

not chance upon the shop again

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

hemlock over in his hands yet again, fingertips running over the calloused wood, Caspian observed the fat cultivator‘s

to Caspian’s actions, even calling out to other

the man’s gaze would flicker to him every once in

was obvious that something was

the hemlock, Caspian

working well enough, he would have to use his divine

than that of cultivators of

decided to use divine sense as he noticed the fat

a brief spiritual sweep, it was not long before Caspian realized

indeed, something wrong

the section that was

opening so thin it was

his divine sense, Caspian even discovered that the hemlock was stuffed with a piece of refined

a

the hemlock was heavier than Caspian

Caspian knew

hemlock up to the

had it in his mind to purchase and smiled so

young

Five hundred spirit stones.

How’s that?”

Caspian shook his

the fat man smiled, “Hemlock grows deep in the

seem like a well-read young

at least two hundred

two hundred years, it has to keep from pests and absorb enough nutrition among

devastating fire must follow for lightning to pass through it

lightning and

time the fires are put out with rain barely after they have

yield a

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