The Second Layer

It is precisely because of the presence of various forces in Thousand Cloud City that few petty thieves dare to cause trouble here.

After all, these forces are here to raise Golden Ling Silkworm for profit, and naturally they don't want the surrounding area to be in turmoil. Therefore, they are all willing to spend some manpower to maintain the general stability of Thousand Cloud City, at least to maintain the stability around their own silkworm farms.

Over time, Thousand Cloud City developed its own set of rules and established a corresponding order.

Lin Xiao walked around the city and found that the land had indeed been divided up cleanly, with the remaining area consisting of spaces between each silkworm farm.

There are passageways between the silkworm farms, where various sects and Lineage would set up stalls to sell their silk products. These passageways served as outlets for goods and also formed the well-connected streets of Thousand Cloud City.

Lin Xiao felt extremely regretful about this; these sects and Aristocratic Clan really didn't leave him even the slightest opening.

Many people come to Thousand Cloud City to make purchases. Long queues form in front of the stalls along the narrow streets outside each silkworm farm, and the staff at each silkworm farm are very busy.

This is also because the Cloud Burst period is approaching, and various sects, Aristocratic Clan, organizations, and even individuals who need Golden Ling Silkworm Silk will come to stock up in advance.

After all, it's said that each Cloud Burst used to last at least a year.

In the past, those who fled Chongxiao Domain would only return a year after the Cloud Burst, and even then, they could still feel the lingering power of the Cloud Burst when they returned.

Most low-level cultivators would even wait outside for a year and a half or two years before returning.

For cultivators, pills, Law Artifact, array plates, and talismans are all consumables. After all, everyone goes out to train and inevitably engages in various competitions. Even if one's natal Law Treasure is of better quality, it is difficult to avoid wear and tear.

Therefore, these top-quality materials for refining weapons are essential for the inventory of all parties.

During the period of Cloud Burst, these silkworm farms will be closed for a year, which is enough time for many powerful forces to consume a large amount of Golden Ling Silkworm Silk.

Lin Xiao visited several silkworm farms and found that their prices were not the same. After learning more about it, he realized that each silkworm farm had its own unique breeding techniques, which resulted in different qualities of the Golden Ling Silkworm Silk produced. The Golden Ling Silkworm Silk produced by each farm had different focuses. For example, some Golden Ling Silkworm Silk Golden Ling Silkworm Silk particularly outstanding in terms of the five elements, while others were especially tough.

Everyone makes purchases based on their own needs, so there is no conflict in the businesses of these silkworm farms, and there is no malicious price-cutting.

Of course, this may have happened in the past, but it was ultimately sanctioned, which led to the peaceful coexistence in Thousand Cloud City today.

The price of Golden Ling Silkworm Silk here is generally cheaper than in Open Cloud City, and there are also more varieties. It truly deserves its reputation as a wholesale base for Golden Ling Silkworm Silk.

After seeing the situation in Thousand Cloud City, Lin Xiao temporarily abandoned his idea of buying a batch of Golden Ling Silkworm to experiment with breeding.

After all, if there were good breeding methods, Thousand Cloud City wouldn't be so popular. Even the locals of Chongxiao Domain couldn't shake Thousand Cloud City's status as a breeding ground. Their sect doesn't have suitable geographical conditions like Chongxiao Domain. Even if they set up their sect headquarters in Chongxiao Domain, it would be difficult, unless they could squeeze out a place in Thousand Cloud City, which has already been divided up.

However, his purpose in coming to Thousand Cloud City was not only to learn about the Golden Ling Silkworm, but mainly because Thousand Cloud City is the end point of the first level of Chongxiao Domain, and the teleportation array leading to the second level is located in this city.

Lin Xiao had previously wondered if the second level was just above the first level; he even tried flying high into the sky while traveling.

After passing through the light, fluffy clouds in the sky, they found that there were still clouds above.

Moreover, no matter how he flew, the clouds seemed endless, and he couldn't see the end of them. Gradually, he even lost track of the passage of time.

Being in the endless white clouds for so long instilled in Lin Xiao a strange sense of fear, making him wonder if he would be trapped here forever.

Realizing something was wrong with him, Lin Xiao immediately turned around and descended vertically. Fortunately, he later managed to leave the clouds and return to the first layer.

He calculated the time and found that only an hour had passed between when he entered the clouds and when he came out, which was far less than he had thought.

Although he didn't encounter any danger, Lin Xiao had a feeling that something bad might happen if he went any deeper. This made him wary of the clouds above, and he didn't venture in to explore any further.

Going in to explore further now would be too risky; he'll wait until he's ready before proceeding.

The teleportation array leading to the second level in Thousand Cloud City was not hard to find; in fact, it was quite conspicuous, so Lin Xiao didn't need to ask for directions at all.

Because the teleportation array is located above Thousand Cloud City, or rather, the entire sky above Thousand Cloud City is a giant teleportation array, like a transparent bowl lid covering the large bowl of white clouds that is Thousand Cloud City.

Getting into this teleportation array is simple: just fly up, go through it, and you're good to go.

No spirit Spirit Stone are required, nor is permission from any faction necessary. As long as you can fly up and have enough Spiritual Power to power the teleportation array, you can successfully reach the second level of the Chongxiao Domain.

Thousand Cloud City, below were crowds of people queuing everywhere, while above, cultivators could be seen flying upwards from time to time.

Lin Xiao observed for a while and found that the cultivators who passed through the teleportation array were at least in the Foundation Establishment Middle and Late Stages. Occasionally, a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage would fly up on a sword, but after a while, he would fall down like a kite with a broken string, as if his Spiritual Power had been drained.

In any case, he shouldn't be drained dry at his Nascent Soul Realm.

After observing the situation, Lin Xiao confidently took out his peach wood sword and flew up to the teleportation array in the sky.

After entering the teleportation array, Lin Xiao felt the same dizziness as when he used the Heaven and Earth Shift Disc, but it disappeared in an instant. His vision went completely black, and he felt as if he had passed through a very cold and desolate space. The next second, the feeling disappeared, and a white light flashed before his eyes, which was replaced by an aura similar to that of the first level.

He arrived at the second level of the Chongxiao Domain.

Looking around at the white, cloud-covered ground and some sparse trees characteristic of the Chongxiao Domain, as well as many cultivators who had passed through the teleportation array around the same time as him, Lin Xiao realized that the teleportation array's destination was fixed rather than random.

Among the cultivators who were all busy hurrying forward, there were several dozen cultivators who were weaving through the crowd, asking questions.

One of them happened to come up to Lin Xiao and asked with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, do you need a guide?"