The Azure Cloud Immortal Realm is the immortal world that Xu Shi mentioned before, the one that was discovered half a year ago and is classified as an S-level city-state.
The name sounds imposing, and it is indeed so—firstly, the "cultivators" there are quite powerful, and secondly, the territory is quite vast, probably as big as four or five Night Sin Cities in terms of area alone.
Although this area seems rather small according to the proper Xianxia (fantasy martial arts) world view, it has indeed achieved the goal of being small but complete, with snow-capped mountains, seas, forests and miasma areas, as well as imperial dynasties and sects, giving it a very old-fashioned Xianxia feel.
It's clear that the preliminary work for "Tianli" was quite good, and it managed to recreate this worldview as accurately as possible.
However, negotiating with them is not easy either.
Because of its vastly different ideology and culture from most city-states, it is actually quite difficult to get them to accept things outside their understanding.
To date, most regions of the "Star River" Federation are more like different points in the long river of history. For example, the medieval quasi-industrial era of the Hualan Empire, the super-information era of the Night Sin City, including the agricultural lords in the earlier stages, or the feudal civilization era, can all be traced step by step.
Those at later historical junctures can provide assistance to allies who are still developing, and can also see what they were like in other city-states through their own historical records. Meanwhile, those who lag behind can learn from the experience of those who are more advanced and get ahead in one step.
But the Azure Cloud Immortal Realm is different. You say it's based on historical background, but they follow the path of cultivation. They don't care about your past agricultural experience, and if you bring out machine guns, tanks, or howitzers, they seem to have ways to counter it.
In short, this is what it means to live in our own little world. We're perfectly fine living behind closed doors, so why should we get involved with you guys?
At the same time, there is another tricky problem: in such a world, it is difficult to find someone who can make the final decision.
There's a king in the Western Regions, a leader in the Northern Frontier, and an emperor in the Central Plains. Just getting them all together is no easy task, let alone getting them to agree on something—the leaders are all roughly equal in strength, and even if you agree, I'm not necessarily obligated to agree with you.
Therefore, even the eloquent and resourceful Yu Xingchuan was at a loss for what to do when facing them.
This question is a bit too advanced, Mr. Xu, help me!
In the end, Xu Shi personally intervened, presenting the facts and reasoning with these people, explaining the advantages and disadvantages, and finding the existence of some "suspected protagonists" in their historical records. Only then did he gradually persuade them to agree to join the alliance and wait and see.
Even with Wen Shengkui, Cheng Gujian, and SS-level "Ascensioners" temporarily brought in from other regions to fill the gaps, one must be as tough as possible when facing a difficult opponent, otherwise, one cannot control the situation.
Even so, he still cannot fully guarantee that the Azure Cloud Immortal Realm is part of the "Star River" Federation.
A more accurate description would be partners; among them are those who want to see the outside world, and for him, there are many things he desires here as well.
Take, for example, the immortality that cultivators love to talk about. Although the Qingyun Immortal Realm can't do what other immortal worlds do, where cultivators can live for tens of thousands of years, a rough estimate shows that the average lifespan of the people here is indeed much higher than in other regions.
This applies not only to cultivators, but also to ordinary people.
This alone is enough to make Xu Shi take it seriously. You know, we all live under the same "rust fog". How can you make a breakthrough on such a problem that no one else can solve?
Unfortunately, it's difficult to get a direct answer to this kind of question. It's not that the people of the Azure Cloud Immortal Realm are hiding treasures, but they themselves aren't very clear about it either—we've been cultivating immortality for so many years since historical records began, isn't living a little longer the norm?
Perhaps in the eyes of these people, it is even stranger that they, whose average lifespan is only around sixty, are the ones who are the strangest.
Ha, short-lived creature (not really).
Mr. Xu expressed his understanding, so he sent people to conduct an on-site investigation from various angles, such as their living habits, eating habits, and how they used "rust fog," all of which are important factors that could lead to this situation.
Especially the last point: the people of Qingyun Immortal Realm have a very different way of controlling "spiritual energy," that is, "rust mist." They can develop some common schools of thought, such as sword cultivation, alchemy cultivation, talisman cultivation, and even beast taming, etc., unlike the "ascended beings" in other regions who operate independently.
In this large-scale system classification, they did a more detailed job than the Hualan Empire. To draw an analogy, the latter is more like telling you a general recipe, and then different chefs adjust it according to their own situation, such as their potions and the knight's training, etc. In general, it still does not break away from the category of "ascended beings".
Meanwhile, the Azure Cloud Immortal Realm has already prepared the dishes: Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Huaiyang, and other regional cuisines. You can learn to eat whatever you want, which can be considered as achieving the same goal through different paths in the application of "rust mist".
In summary, this region is indeed an extremely special existence; otherwise, Xu Shi would not have been able to classify it as an S-level region. You should know that in the past three years, the number of regions that have been classified as S-level can be counted on one hand, not to mention the S-level regions like the Hualan Empire, which are created by human factors.
At the same time, it may also be due to his own fantasy of immortals and heroes that he unconsciously developed a strong interest in the Qingyun Immortal Realm and naturally paid more attention to it.
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