Heaven-Opening Tree

The Heaven-Opening Tree seed was oval, pale gold all over, its surface covered in patterns like a compressed star.

Dou You frowned slightly. "This is...?"

"A Heaven-Opening Tree seed."

"What?" Upon hearing that, Dou You froze on the spot. His mouth hung slightly open, his eyes round as saucers.

He instinctively reached out to touch it, his fingers already halfway there, but Fisherman stopped him in time and closed his hand around the seed again.

"How did you get this?" Dou You's voice was full of disbelief.

"Wasn't this thing extinct long ago?"

"It is extinct." Fisherman nodded.

"So, strictly speaking, this isn't a true Heaven-Opening Tree. It's an imitation artificially created through certain methods.

Its power is less than a tenth of the original, but it is still enough to open a path in the Black Life Realm."

"Where did you get this?" Dou You's brow furrowed tightly.

"The Sihai Chamber of Commerce."

"The Sihai Chamber of Commerce?" Dou You sounded puzzled.

"You went to the Eastern Sea some time ago for this? The Sihai Chamber of Commerce has the ability to replicate a Heaven-Opening Tree? Isn't it just a chamber of commerce that does business?"

"Hahaha, it seems you're still too young~" Fisherman's laughter brimmed with smugness.

"Hmph, what are you so pleased about?" Dou You curled his lip.

"To show off in front of me, you must've emptied out your entire fortune, huh?"

"What fortune?" Fisherman weighed the seed in his hand. "This thing is my entire fortune."

"What do you mean?"

"Come to think of it, I'm one of the Great Patrons of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce."

"You're a patron of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce?" Dou You blinked, completely dumbfounded.

He had originally thought the Sihai Chamber of Commerce was merely a somewhat larger