Replying to Cross country BC skiing vs. Touring?

I did a couple days of cross country skiing last year around some flatter backcountry areas and actually had an awesome time, it was fun just to go out for a whole day and explore terrain all under human power, reminded me of mtn biking in a way. Also liked how with it being flat rolling terrain, you didnt have to worry about avalanche danger pretty much at all.

I've never done any kind of touring/skinning, but its something i'd like to try as well, I've taken an avalance safety class and have some experienced friends i could go with, which is nice, but i'm wondering if it would be as efficient as cross country skis for pure cross country skiing, would a set of touring skis/bindings do well on an all cross country day as well?