To be honest, when I saw the name "Searching for Immortals in the Sea of Clouds", I was a little nervous. Among the current Xianxia mobile games, eight out of ten are reskinned games. Once you enter, the screen is full of recharge buttons and automatic pathfinding. You will want to uninstall it after playing for ten minutes. But because of the brand name of "Chuangchuang Technology", a veteran developer, I still downloaded it - after all, they made "Legend of Faeries" and "Nine Netherworld", which accompanied me throughout my high school years in the Saipan era.
I'm not going to brag about it, but I was stunned for a moment when I first entered the game. As soon as the BGM of "Lingxiao Palace" in the main city rang, the tune took me back to 2009 instantly. At that time, I was using a Nokia N97, hiding in bed and reading a copy of "Nine Netherworld". The screen was pitifully small, but the "Wonderland of the Sea of Clouds" in the plot made me dream all night long. The graphics of today's new games are of course a hundred times more exquisite, but the familiar fairy tale flavor - the cornices shrouded in mist, the clothes fluttering in the wind, the light and shadow caused by walking - has not been lost at all.
Nostalgia is a strange thing to say. Back then, in "World of Swordsman", I would stay with my guild brothers all night just to fight for a wild BOSS. Now, I just do single-player speedrunning in everything I do, and I don't even bother to talk when I form a team occasionally. But there is actually a "free transaction" system in "Search for Immortals in the Sea of Clouds", which is very rare in today's mobile games. I set up a stall in the market to sell the foundation-building pills I made. Soon someone came to chat privately and bargain. The lively atmosphere was very similar to the days when I set up a stall in Chang'an City in "Fantasy Westward Journey" ten years ago.
There are also quite a lot of activities. There is a "spiritual battle" every day. Everyone in the gang gives instructions while speaking. Although the teammates may be born in 2000, the momentum is really similar to when I played in the "Dragon Babu" school field. There are no pitfalls in the mount system. The crane you get with the first deposit can fly, so no hard money is needed. As for fashion, I chose a set of plain white "Liu Yun Shang". It didn't cost a penny and I could change it with the jade I saved daily.
To be honest, this game is definitely not perfect. There are occasional lags and the AI in auto-battle is mediocre. But if you want to find a place to quietly cultivate immortality, go fishing, chat with strangers, and miss those nights of cultivating immortality under the covers - then "Searching for Immortals in the Sea of Clouds" is worth a try. After all, a game with the word "Xun" in its name must be destined. 😌