There are a total of seven states in this world, corresponding to the seven stars of the Big Dipper in the sky, namely, Tianshu State, Tianxuan State, Tianji State, Tianquan State, Yuheng State, Kaiyang State, and Shaoguang State.

Among them, there are three major countries and countless smaller ones.

The Xuanling Kingdom occupies the two states of Tianshu and Tianxuan, located in the south, the location of the Seven Star Spoon, the Xuanling Kingdom has the smallest population compared to the Three Kingdoms, and the environment is the most harsh, and the desert alone stretches for thousands of miles without seeing the edge. The life of the people is not rich, and there are few people who can eat without worry and spend a lot of money, but it may be such a harsh environment that the people are fierce, creating a group of tigers and wolves, and the border soldiers are all brave and belligerent, and they are notoriously fierce and can fight. Because of this, it was mostly looked down upon by the other two countries and jokingly called "Nanban".

The Northern Yan Kingdom occupies the two states of Kaiyang and Shaoguang, located in the north, the position of the Seven Star Spoon Handle, although the population of the Northern Yan Kingdom is more than that of the Xuanling State, but it is not much, but the Northern Yan is famous for the people's prosperity, because it is located in the north, the war is scarce and close to the northern border, which is known as the "inexhaustible" aquatic products and rich forests, so just the national taxes paid by seafood merchants and forest merchants every year are enough for administrative expenses and military expenditures. However, the state has a perfect tax payment system, strictly examines the assets of the wealthy businessmen, and the richer they are, the more taxes they need to pay, and the taxes collected from the rich businessmen are used for the welfare of ordinary people, thus avoiding the emergence of extreme poverty. It can be regarded as a kind of central robbery of the rich and helping the poor. Therefore, the per capita wealth of the Northern Yan Kingdom is the highest, and the people are also the most healthy.

As the most powerful power of the Three Kingdoms, the Tang Dynasty occupies the three states of Tianji, Tianquan and Yuheng, which are not only rich but also the largest in area, located in the middle of the Seven Stars, and the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, and the population is even more than that of the Northern Yan and Xuanling combined, and the land is only a little less than the other four states combined. In addition, the geographical location is superior, north of Yan, south of Xuanling, trade is developed, whether it is land or water transportation, it is accessible in all directions, large and small ships, large and small trucks are readily available. Although the emperor was a woman, she was enlightened and sageful, governed the country well, and often shared weal and woe with the people himself, so she was also very loved by the people. The entire Datang is considered to be the right time, place and people.

And on the borders of these big countries, there are countless small countries, all kinds of colors, and some of them have slightly more powerful effects and even dare to compete with the big countries. For example, there are several such small countries on the border of the Xuanling Kingdom, which are at war with the Xuanlin Kingdom all year round, endlessly.

There are small warlike countries that like to dance and write, such as the western part of the Tang Dynasty, there is a small country called "Yunmeng", although Yunmeng is small, it is indeed the largest throat that controls the Tang Dynasty's foreign maritime trade. As the largest ferry port in the three states of the Tang Dynasty, the tariffs paid by ships passing through and docking every year are an astonishing astronomical amount, plus the service fees collected by hotels, song houses, etc., it is really rich. Walking on the street, there are not a few plump women and strong men, and it is difficult to see beggars and drunks. But it's a pity that such a treasure land was coveted by Datang, and it was annexed by Datang in one fell swoop a few years ago, and its former style is no longer there. It is known as "Cloud Dream Awakening"!

The withered leaf city is located in the Tianshu Prefecture of the Xuanling Kingdom, west of the desert, here is desolate all the year round, the yellow sand is full of sky, but the business travelers come and go in an endless stream, and it has the reputation of "the withered leaf city that can't be filled with dissatisfaction". It is precisely because of this communication that the Western Jin Dynasty, which is known as the "second Yunmeng".

The geographical location of the Western Jin Dynasty is very superior, although it is not as good as Yunmeng, but it is also facing the sea, the shipping is developed, and it is adjacent to the holy land of the Demon Sect "Nanjia Island" of the three no matter what, and it is secretly protected, with few tariffs and loose investigations, so the smuggling is serious. But it is precisely because of this that there is a rare prosperity in the Western Jin Dynasty, compared to Yunmeng's flower fist embroidered legs, the Western Jin Dynasty can be regarded as having its own real skills, and there is no less effort in the troops, no less friction with the Xuanling border, but also back and forth.

However, the main reason why Dead Leaf City can flourish is that there is a large sect shelter - the mirage.

Mirage is the only one in the world to build the sect in the city, the other sects, except for some small fish and shrimp, most of the sects are built away from the people, the aura is abundant in the paradise, the purpose is to concentrate on seeking the Tao to prove immortality, breaking the red dust, even the Confucian Academy also pays attention to a two-eared outside the window, only read the sage books, choose to build the academy in a quiet place. And there is no one like a mirage that has built a large sect in the middle of the city.

The construction of the mirage is very magical, the whole sect stands above the clouds, it is difficult for ordinary people to see, and if you see it with a little eyesight, it will also look unreal like a mirage, so there is a poem "The sand rises from the tall building, and the clouds weave Russell." "It's just to describe a mirage, it's too unreal.

But the people of Dead Leaf City knew that there was indeed a mirage, not only because Dead Leaf City was cloudy all year round, as if the sun and moon were blocked by a behemoth, but also because there was a ladder to the clouds in the center of the city. The ladder was small but extremely long, and the spiral was impossible to see. There are heavy guards on the edge of the ladder, and no one is allowed to approach without asking for instructions, otherwise they will be severely punished.

Above the mirage, the inner disciple He Tao was sitting on a futon meditating, and suddenly he jumped up again and shouted irritably: "Why hasn't that person come yet, master, did you deliberately trick me?" ”

As early as a year ago, the master sent him to wait for a person at the iron dock mouth, a place connected to the ladder, and now a whole year has passed, not to mention people, not even a bird has passed by.

If it weren't for the master's high morality, try to replace it with another old man, who can command him like this.

The more He Tao thought about it, the more angry he became, picked up the saber in his hand, played around, and took out another saber from his back, and threw out both sabers, only to see his right thumb clasping his ring finger and

The little thumb, index finger and middle finger stood side by side, and the sword mantra was recited in the mouth, and the two flying swords began to fight each other, and the swords collided in the air with a crisp metal strike.

Single-minded and dual-purpose, He Tao's talent can be seen. That's why he has this arrogance.

When He Tao was playing with the two flying swords, the golden jade pendant on his waist suddenly emitted a dazzling light, He Tao took off the jade pendant, and said excitedly: "It's here!"

After speaking, he jumped from the iron dock, but he didn't even go to the ladder, just like a young man who couldn't think of jumping off the building, falling at a high speed in the sky, the robe was agitated with the wind, and the two flying swords seemed to have spirituality, one entered the sheath by itself, and the other flew to the soles of He Tao's feet, He Tao's body must have stood on the flying sword, and the sword fell. is like an immortal in the sky, traveling through the world, so chic.

The flying sword flew to the gate of the city in a few breaths, and He Tao shouted at the person who had just entered the city to submit the secret letter: "You are Zhao Guanhai?"

The man was disgraced at this time, looking at this young man with a dull face, he didn't react for a while, he really couldn't walk too much, especially the section of the road to Withered Leaf City was full of wind and sand, and the wind and sand hit the surface, and he became a sand man after a while, and he was still a little blind. was suddenly questioned by a person who had never seen him before, and the immortal master who could still fly was even more at a loss.

He Tao was a little anxious, raised his voice, and said, "What about you, dumb!"

The man hurriedly wiped his face indiscriminately and replied, "It is below, and it is Zhao Guanhai below." ”

He Tao looked at this sloppy man, took out a water bladder from the Qiankun bag, threw it to him and said, "Hurry up and wash your face, and follow me upstairs." ”

After taking the water bag, the man rinsed his face without hesitation, revealing a somewhat dark face, although it was still not cleaned, but at least it was much more pleasing to the eye than before. The man poured a little more water and continued to rinse.

If Zhang Yuanyi is here, he will definitely be able to recognize this face, it is Zhao Dayong, the inn guy back then.

When Dayong heard that Zhang Yuanyi was beaten into a coma by Wu Xuenian and rescued by Zhang Daoling, he ran to Zhang Daoling's house non-stop, Zhang Daoling chatted with Dayong for a long, long time, and finally assumed a variety of situations, and found that it was unrealistic for Dayong to take Zhang Yuanyi to live well, so he followed Zhang Daoling's advice and Zhang Daoling raised Zhang Yuanyi, and Dayong took his letter to Dry Leaf City, on the one hand, to improve himself, on the other hand, it was an escape.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Daoling, a carpenter in the town, was well-known for his good reputation, he would not have agreed to be brave and killed. Although he was reluctant, but in order for both of them to survive, Dayong had to agree, hurriedly wrote a letter, went to the inn to hand over the "Book of Songs" to Zhang Daoling, spent all his savings over the years to buy a bad horse, and left the town.

Not only that, before leaving, Zhang Daoling also gave Dayong a strange book called "White Mirage". The content of the book Dayong doesn't know a word but it's very strange, as long as you open Dayong, you can know the content inside, as if you were born engraved in your mind, as long as you wake up the memory at a glance. At the end of reading a book, there is a letter dedicated to Dayong, which roughly means that he needs to change his name, Zhao Guanhai, which can save a lot of trouble. Dayong is right to think about it, he has heard of Withered Leaf City, it is a prosperous place, and there is a Dayong, maybe it will make people feel that the soft persimmon is deliberately picking and pinching. In order to save a lot of trouble, I silently agreed in my heart.

But there was one thing he didn't expect, that is, the journey to the mirage was too far, although a lot of things happened on the way, but it took him a whole year and a half It was too outrageous.

He Tao watched the man named Zhao Guanhai finally wash his face, grabbed his hand, and flew towards the mirage with a flying sword.

"My horse!" shouted Dayong!

"What a nuisance!" He Tao grumbled, and then returned to grab the horse's leg and shoved it roughly into the Qiankun bag, speeding up and flying towards the mirage.

This time, he didn't choose to fly directly into the mirage, but stopped at the mouth of the ladder, pulled Dayong down the flying sword, and said, "The master said that you want to go up by yourself." ”

Dayong had this intention, his legs kept trembling on this flying sword, his legs were so weak that he couldn't do it, and he looked down at the ground a little, for fear that this immortal master would accidentally lose his grip and fall down, so he didn't have to fall directly into meat sauce. Now with his feet on the ground, this feeling of groundedness has made him more comfortable than ever.

Dayong stood firm, patted the dust off his body, and began to climb the ladder.

When he had just stepped on the first step, the step began to writhe, and Dayong seemed to be stepping on a piece of cotton, which was so soft that it was not real, but soon the steps stopped writhing and returned to the way the steps should be.

He Tao looked at the situation, narrowed his eyes, and said softly: "Interesting!"

The ladder leading to the mirage is spelled, and it is resistant to ordinary mortals, only cultivators can climb it, and ordinary people will step on it, like clouds, and they can't touch it, so the ladder also has a nickname called "cloud ladder", as the name suggests, a ladder like a cloud. And this Zhao Guanhai clearly doesn't have the feeling of any spiritual power, but it is really magical to be able to step on the steps without falling.

Of course, Dayong didn't know the way here, and began to step on the second step again, this time there was no change in the steps, but a voice sounded in Dayong's head, "Sui", and there was a warm current passing by in the dantian. This is the first word of the opening chapter of "White Mirage", and Dayong didn't care that he thought it was his auditory hallucination. Stepping on another step, "Gu", this is the second word, this time Dayong really heard it, and he really felt the warm current. Dayong took two steps back, and the two words "Sui" and "ancient" were again, but there was no feeling of warm current, Dayong took another step, "zhi", the third word, and the feeling of warm current converged on the dantian again, Dayong understood everything, and reverted back to the first ladder.

He Tao watched Zhao Guanhai jump back and forth like a fool, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and scolded: "You can't walk or not, jumping around, you're sick!"

Dayong ignored He Tao, closed his eyes, and slowly opened them again, this time he chose to finish in one run.

"In the beginning of time, who preached it?

The top and bottom are not formed, why should they be tested?

Who can be the best?

Feng Yi is only like an image, how can he know it?

Light and dark, but what is the time?

The triad of yin and yang, what is the origin and what is the transformation?

The circle is ninefold, which camp is the degree?

But what is the work, which is the first to do it?

......”

Dayong ran fast, and all the contents of the "White Mirage" in his mind began to appear, and the more he ran, the stronger the warmth became.

He Tao was dumbfounded, he had never seen anyone who could climb the ladder at such a fast speed, and looking at this posture, this Zhao Guanhai ran more and more energetically, as if he was exercising.

He silently recited a mantra in his heart, his index finger sparkled his eyes, opened his heavenly eyes, fixed his eyes, and found that there was an obvious aura agitation in Zhao Guanhai's dantian, which was impacting the second pulse of Ren Du, and the aura continued to grow and was unstoppable, good guy, this Zhao Guanhai was actually practicing with the ladder, it was really incredible.

Of course, Dayong didn't know what He Tao was thinking in his heart, and he didn't understand what the ladder practice, but he just devoted himself to it and enjoyed the pleasure brought by climbing the ladder.

"Jing Xun is a teacher, what is the husband?

What can I say after I have realized and changed?

Wu Guang fought for the country, and won for a long time.

He Huan wears through the hills of Lushe and draws out the subtext?

I told you that it won't be long.

Why don't you try to give yourself and be loyal?"

When the last few words were recited, "Loyalty to the name", Dayong stepped up to the mirage, and in an instant, the ladder shook, shook violently, and then dissipated like a cloud. 1,560 steps, corresponding to 1,560 words, 1,560 aura, the aura on this ladder was all absorbed by Dayong, step by step to the sky

From now on, there will be no mirage ladder in the world!

Dayong felt the surging in the dantian, raised his eyes and looked at the scene under the mirage, the white clouds flowed like a river passing east to the sea, rolling around the mirage, the crane flew and danced Yuyu Qionglou, so not spectacular!

High-rise buildings view the sea, white clouds into a mirage!

Zhao Guanhai, white mirage.

On that day, Zhao Guanhai broke through the sky, became a beginner's glass, and officially stepped into practice.