A Little Over Two Months More
I must say, these tangerines taste really good.
Later, I saw that I could pick some up on the way back for Fuzi and the others to try.
It would be even better if it could be grown.
After buying gathering tools and other items from Shopkeeper Yang, Lin Xiao asked him, "Shopkeeper Yang, wasn't there supposed to be a disaster called ' Cloud Burst ' coming soon? Why is Open Cloud City so lively? Isn't everyone afraid and planning to leave temporarily?"
Shopkeeper Yang handed him the packed items and replied cheerfully, "There's still some time before the Cloud Burst period, so there's no rush. Those who set off early are usually low-level, unorganized Rogue Cultivator. Those of us who can open shops and work in the city are either backed by sects or powerful Aristocratic Clan, or have some wealth that allows us to travel by relocation ship."
"After a while, each town and large village will launch its own relocation boat. Generally, you can board it for around 1,000 Spirit Stone. Of course, this is just a general price I've heard; the actual price will vary from place to place."
People like him, who work as managers in large shops, don't need to worry about these things at all; their employers have already arranged everything for them. Therefore, he doesn't really know much about the relocation boats that charge Rogue Cultivator.
Lin Xiao didn't press further on this, but instead asked about something else he was more concerned about, "Shopkeeper, could you tell me exactly how long until this Cloud Burst period?"
Shopkeeper Yang was a talkative person and spoke frankly about almost everything he knew, "The recorded Cloud Burst all occur on the first day of the eleventh month every five hundred years. It's already August now, so it will be here in a little over two months."
"I see, thank you for informing me, shopkeeper."
Having bought the goods and gathered some information, Lin Xiao didn't linger in the city and left Open Cloud City.
The items he bought were the most basic equipment that any Rogue Cultivator would buy, and they were very cheap, so no one paid any attention to him.
Most of the cultivators who come here are carrying large sums of Spirit Stone for purchases, and they don't have time to pay attention to the movements of a Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivator.
Lin Xiao remained cautiously vigilant for a while, and only after traveling Ten-Li out of the city without encountering any signs of being followed did his lingering hope that something might happen subside.
People are sometimes so contradictory. They want to live a peaceful and trouble-free life, so they change their appearance and act in a low-key manner. Yet, they always seem to have a slight expectation that something will happen to add a little bit of novelty and excitement to their mundane life.
Because Qingle had told him before that she had only passed through and might not have stayed in many areas to explore them thoroughly, there were many unknown areas on the map. Therefore, Lin Xiao bought a map of Chongxiao Domain from Shopkeeper Yang.
This map isn't expensive, but correspondingly, its level of detail is quite low. It only roughly marks the locations and directions of cities, and the distances between them, but that's about it.
His next stop was Thousand Cloud City, to see what the Golden Ling Silkworm was all about there.
After gaining a preliminary understanding of the Chongxiao Domain, Lin Xiao is currently inclined to establish his sect's headquarters here. There are too many unique resources here, and if they cannot be cultivated elsewhere and he does not want to acquire them through trade in the long term, then setting up the sect's headquarters here is the best solution.
However, he currently knows too little about the details of Chongxiao Domain and needs to investigate and evaluate it more carefully.
At the very least, we need to figure out what exactly Cloud Burst is and what its intensity is.
Otherwise, if the sect's headquarters were to be destroyed by a disaster every five hundred years after its establishment, it would be unbearable.
Thousand Cloud City is also located in the first layer of clouds in the Chongxiao Domain, but it is far away from Open Cloud City, separated by five or six other cities.
With Cloud Burst imminent, in order to save time on the road and gather more information, Lin Xiao concealed his presence and began to fly on his sword.
Of course, the work of recording maps along the way has never stopped, and the map information inside the Lock Ring is constantly being enriched.
After flying for two days, Lin Xiao saw a rather peculiarly shaped place in the distance.
It was like a valley surrounded by a huge cloud mountain, resembling a white cloud bowl, with horizontal rays of light occasionally flashing across its rim, making it look like it was covered by some kind of massive barrier.
As Lin Xiao approached, he was astonished to discover that this enormous cloud bowl was actually Thousand Cloud City.
Up close, one can clearly see that the cloud wall surrounding the city is made of the same material as the clouds on the ground—white, soft, and resilient, yet so thick that it is impossible to dig deep into it.
Although he didn't enter any other cities along the way, he could catch a glimpse of many of them from afar. Although these cities were built on clouds, the building materials were no different from those of ordinary cities, consisting of common stone and wood. It was the first time he had ever seen city walls built using materials from the clouds.
It blends seamlessly with the clouds and ground of the Chongxiao Domain.
This seemingly soft city wall is actually a natural barrier, more solid than many defensive formations.
Lin Xiao walked around almost halfway before finally arriving at the entrance to the city.
Unlike ordinary city gates that open onto the ground, this entrance is located in the middle of the city wall, more than thirty meters above the ground.
Moreover, this city gate looks different from ordinary city gates. It has no door panels, only a round gap, which looks like some kind of cave.
There was no one guarding the entrance. Lin Xiao, who had once again released his Foundation Establishment Realm aura, followed the other cultivators into the city and discovered that Thousand Cloud City did not charge an entrance fee.
After entering the city, he immediately found a small stall on the street and chatted with the stall owner for a few minutes. He then learned that Thousand Cloud City was a natural place that had never existed before, and was not built by human hands.
Therefore, there is no city lord here, and no one governs it.
However, Thousand Cloud City is not some lawless, no-man's-land.
This enormous cloud bowl is a natural habitat for cloud mulberry trees, and along with them grows the Golden Ling Silkworm, which is extremely dependent on Cloud Mulberry Leaf for its growth.
Although both are cloud-covered areas, the cloud mulberry trees in Thousand Cloud City are the best in the entire Chongxiao Domain. The Golden Ling Silkworm raised there are also plump and glutinous, with the shortest cocooning cycle and the highest quality silk.
This is why this area is the main production area of Golden Ling Silkworm.
This attracted many clans and Lineage to establish silkworm farms here.
Long ago, countless disputes and battles broke out here over the construction of a silkworm farm. But those are all ancient history. Now the situation here has long been stable, and the territory has been clearly divided up.
Unless one of the factions suddenly falls into decline and its silkworm farms are quickly devoured and divided up by other factions, they will remain unchanged for thousands of years.