Wangduo Village, Henan Province, rebuilt in 1992, Hangu Pass is majestic and magnificent, according to the plateau in the west, bordering the Jiejian in the east, connecting the Qinling Mountains in the south, and Sai the Yellow River in the north.

Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for soldiers, and many famous battles have taken place.

For example, in the third year of King Zhou Shenliang, King Huai of Chu raised the army of the Six Kingdoms to attack Qin, Qin Yihan Valley was dangerous, so that the army of the Six Kingdoms ambushed millions of corpses, bleeding and drifting, Liu Bang guarded the pass and refused Xiang Yu, and the Tang army and the rebels of the Anshi Rebellion fought in the Taolin War.

With the passage of time, in peacetime, it has become a national scenic spot, and a large number of tourists come every year, and the most attractive reason is not those historical wars, but the legendary record: "Lao Tzu went west to the valley pass".

In addition to being a military location, Hangu Pass is also the birthplace of Taoist culture.

Lao Tzu's surname is Li Ming'er, and when he was born, he had a childish face, like an old man, so he was named Lao Tzu.

This person is the founder of Taoist culture, the author of the "Tao Te Ching", learning to travel the world passing through Hangu Pass, surrounded by purple energy, like a great supernatural person.

According to the record of "Siku Quanshu", Yin Xi, the current Guan Ling, saw the purple qi floating pass, knew the real person, and welcomed him, which was "Lao Tzu riding the green ox".

In addition, there is a similar record in the "Biography of Lao Tzu in the Historical Records", "Zhiguan, Guan Ling Yin Xi said: The son will be hidden, and he will write a book for me." So Lao Tzu wrote the first and second chapters of the book, saying more than 5,000 words about morality, and he didn't know what to do. ”

Later, Yin Xi sorted out the 5,000 words, which was the "Tao Te Ching" that was circulated in later generations.

Today is sunny, the weather is very sunny, at noon when the shift is handed over, the staff of the scenic spot in Hanguguan suddenly shivered.

Although it was a hot summer day, he felt a chill.

A middle-aged man in overalls stood in front of Hangu Pass, with the scorching sun on his head, and walked towards a corner.

The weather was very hot, and he didn't take a few steps before he was sweating, and his vision was affected by the sweat dripping from his forehead, and he couldn't see the road clearly.

Slowly approaching the corner of the wall, a sonorous sound suddenly sounded, and there seemed to be the sound of a large army fighting and a golden iron horse in my ears.

The middle-aged man's expression was suspicious, he squatted down, and rubbed a dark red brick with his hand, which was cold to the touch, like a needle prick, and frightened him to quickly stay away from here.

When he walked out a few hundred meters, he looked at his hands and was stunned, only to see that the fingers that had just touched the bricks had actually cracked open, and red blood flowed out.

At this time, he couldn't help but think of some things that his colleagues had said.

"I don't know what's going on lately, since our earth has changed, every time I travel here, there will be a few fingers that break the skin and bleed, don't you think it's strange?"

Bang!

There was a loud bang, and then the entire Hangu Pass suddenly shook, the ground cracked into the abyss, and a large amount of extremely cathode cold gas surged upward, leaving a thick layer of frost wherever it passed.

Immediately afterwards, the screams came one after another, the Hangu Pass Tower shattered, and the stones collapsed, which would fall on some tourists from time to time, causing terrible casualties.

It can be seen with the naked eye that in almost half a minute, the original magnificent and tall buildings in the scenic area disappeared, replaced by a piece of ruins and bloody corpses.

Those who are lucky enough to survive cry and tear up the rubble to find their loved ones, while the dead lie on the ground, sleeping forever.

As for those who are half-dead, their appearance is particularly miserable, with blood stains all over their bodies, some missing arms and legs, and some simply have only half of their bodies left, which is terrifying and sad.

"Mom, where are you, I'm scared. ”

The little girl was crying in the rubble with a blood-stained stuffed animal, but her mother was under the rocks next to her, and she was long gone.

Some old people tremble, and when they are old, they finally retire, and they are taken out by their children to travel and relax, but they don't want to encounter such a tragedy.

Their cloudy eyes were full of tears, and they were calling out the names of their children, but no one answered, and finally the old woman saw a slender arm mixed in the rubble, and immediately burst into tears.

There was a red rope tied around the wrist of that hand, which she had woven especially for her daughter, and which was already soaked in blood.

"Why is this happening, what the hell is going on?"

"Wife, where are you?"

Crying and shouting mixed together, but was soon overshadowed by a sword roar.

In the distance in the sky, several young men and women came from the sword, all wearing white robes and dusty temperaments, obviously disciples who worshiped under the gods after the revival of the aura.

"What's going on?"

The leader was a man with sword eyebrows and sideburns, named Zhang Fan, who walked towards the dusty ruins, with a solemn expression, and said: "Rescue the injured first, and the cause of the incident will be investigated later." ”

Hearing this, the rest of the people immediately began to act, constantly splitting the stones with sharp sword qi to rescue the victims who were crushed below.

Zhang Fan didn't join, he walked in the place where the Hangu Guancheng Tower originally stood, his right hand clenched his sword, his brows gradually furrowed, and then he stopped and took out a dark red brick from the stone pile.

After sensing it carefully, he said in a deep voice: "What a rich evil qi, Hangu Pass is a Taoist auspicious land, how can there be such a thing?"

Having seen the gods with his own eyes and flying with his own sword, although Zhang Fan was a mortal before, his current cognition is very different from the past.

He felt that Taoist Lao Tzu might really be a saint, and it was not a legend that the purple qi came from the east to the west to send a letter to Guguan, so he felt very strange, it stands to reason that it is impossible for such a sacred place to have something ominous.

"Something!"

However, just as he was thinking, the hand holding the brick suddenly dried up very quickly, and the flesh disappeared, which was extremely strange.

Zhang Fan was shocked, and before he could react, he turned into a dried corpse, fell to the ground, and scattered like ashes.

Boom!

The bricks fell to the ground, making a crisp sound, cracks appeared on the surface, blood bloomed, and there seemed to be tens of thousands of evil ghosts wailing, which was extremely terrifying.

The originally clear sky was now gray, dark clouds covered the top, and the blood light became more and more intense, and wherever there were corpses or living people in the illuminated area, they would instantly dry up.

Several monks were no exception, they were ants in front of the blood light, they had no ability to resist, and they died in Hangu Pass without even screaming.

After a while, all the trees within a radius of 100 miles lost their vitality, the plants and trees withered, the living beings were extinct, and the rich death aura lingered here, looking from a distance, it looked like a huge gray ocean, and it was still surging, and there was a tendency to continue to spread out.

Where Hangu Pass was originally located, a ruined castle tower was in a state of flux, like the surface of the water rising and dissipating at any time.

"Boom", at this moment, the bricks completely exploded, and the terrifying evil aura gathered into a sea, overwhelming the sky, almost to crush this side, terrifying.

The phantom of the castle tower was very unstable at first, but with the appearance of evil qi, it immediately became solid, magnificent and huge, like a mountain sitting here, exuding a suffocating sense of oppression.

This kind of scene is very strange, because its appearance and shape are not much different from the original Hangu Pass, but it is older and dilapidated, and it is covered with traces left by sword marks, axe marks and other weapons.

The evil wind howled, the spirits wailed, and the shadows of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses flashed in front of the ancient city wall, and then a figure emerged from under the ground.

This is a young man, most of the flesh and blood on his face have festered, and even the bones are exposed.

He was in rags, holding a yellowed ancient book, and kept flipping through it with his hands that only had bones left, and his voice was hoarse, and he read: "The Tao is the way, the very way." The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. The beginning of the nameless heaven and earth, the mother of all things......"

In a mountain forest more than 200 miles away from Hangu Pass, a young man carried a long sword, wore a black robe, tied a red rope around his wrist, and stepped on an ancient tree more than ten meters high.

Standing on the top of the canopy, he looked in the direction of Hangu Pass, which was covered by black clouds, and frowned: "There are many resentful souls. ”