It was only when he approached Towercloud City that he discovered it was nowhere near as prosperous as he had imagined. People like Hu Xiaofeng and the old man with the black staff were already figures of some standing in Towercloud City. In the distance, he saw several immortals rise into the air and fly away.
Although it was called Towercloud City, it actually had no walls. It was merely a broad area formed by stone towers of varying heights. Having crossed two great interfaces to reach Towercloud City, Lu Xiaotian found it far more desolate than the human cities of the former Moonwatch Cultivation Realm—or even those of the Spirit Realm. Altogether, its population probably numbered only a little over a hundred thousand.
But in terms of strength, Towercloud City alone possessed several thousand Body Integration Cultivators and no fewer than several hundred Mahayana cultivators. Even without counting the immortals, it was far beyond what the Spirit Realm of old could compare with. Lu Xiaotian roughly calculated the ratio. In the Immortal Realm, the proportion of Body Integration Cultivators who advanced to the Mahayana Realm was much higher than in the Spirit Realm, most likely because of the immortal spiritual energy.
And in the Immortal Realm, a place like Towercloud City was merely a drop in the ocean. Even Hu Xiaofeng and the old man with the black staff had visited only a limited number of places, mostly several nearby immortal cities and perilous regions around Towercloud City. They had never traveled too far.
Lu Xiaotian could not help feeling somewhat disappointed. Before coming to Towercloud City, he had thought he would be able to gain a general understanding of the Immortal Realm. Only after arriving did he discover that even Hu Xiaofeng and the old man with the