All the heavens began with Huo Yi

Suer walked and stopped, stopped and walked, without flying in the sky to stir up the wind and clouds. The scenery here was beautiful and the place was quiet. He just enjoyed the scenery along the way.

As they walked, Suer saw a stone bridge ahead. The bridge was high up, with a babbling stream flowing directly into a long creek. Ancient trees stood tall all around, and the sunlight slanted down, illuminating the rising water vapor. Unidentified birds sang from the treetops, sometimes near, sometimes far. A few dozen steps past the stone bridge, there was a teahouse.

As soon as Suer approached the teahouse, he heard a loud man's voice shouting inside. When he went in, he saw a rough-looking man and a handsome young man.

"Old man, bring me two bowls of good tea. After we finish eating and drinking, you'll be well paid. But you'll have to show us the way so we can get to Lanxi Village," the burly man called out in a rough voice to the old man preparing tea in the teahouse.

The slightly younger, handsome man glanced at Suer, and then, upon seeing Suer's clothes, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. However, he quickly turned his head away and nudged the rough-looking man with his elbow.

The handsome man made the other man turn around and look at Su'er. The other man's face lit up with joy, and he immediately stepped forward to Su'er: "Young master, where are you from? Could you be from Lanxi Village?"

"No, I'm just a tourist sightseeing. I came from the east and have been enjoying the scenery along the way. I saw that this place has beautiful mountains and rivers, so I stopped to rest for a while," Suer said, half-jokingly. He then glanced at the two people and roughly understood why they had taken the initiative to greet him.

However, Suer still asked in a feigned manner, "Where are you two headed?"

The man laughed twice: "So that's how it is. My brother and I are going to visit the Zhu family compound. We've heard that the daughters of the owners there are all beautiful as angels. Naturally, we have to go and see them. If we could become husbands, wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Young man, you're so handsome; why don't you come with me sometime, even if it's just to see the scenery?"

“Brother is right. Meeting is fate. After you finish this cup of tea, come with us and we can keep each other company.” The handsome man said, and called to the teahouse owner, “Old man, bring another bowl of tea. We’ll treat this brother to it.”

The rough-looking man warmly pulled Suer and the others to sit at a table. The old man in the teahouse fiddled around for a long time before finally bringing out the three bowls of tea.

The rough-looking man cursed "old geezer" twice, somewhat displeased. The teahouse owner smiled and said some nice things to the rough-looking man, and the man stopped pursuing the matter.

After finishing their tea, the three of them set off together, heading towards Lanxi Village.

After the three left, the old man in the teahouse froze on the spot, motionless. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the transparent silk thread on his body had broken.

A woman dressed in a light purple dress jumped into the teahouse from a window on the roof.

The woman lightly flicked her fingertips and picked up the teacup on the table: "What an idiot. Send someone to follow them and kill those two thieves... But never mind, I'll go myself."

"Hmph! Why does Third Sister suddenly want to go herself? Could it be that she's taken a liking to that handsome man?" said a woman dressed in dark blue-black clothes. She appeared out of nowhere, and a small yellow spider with its forelegs waving was perched on her shoulder.

"What are you saying, Fourth Sister? That man came from the east, and he looks quite dashing. He must be a scholar." Third Sister moved gracefully to the door. "I wonder if he reads Li Bai's poems. But he's definitely better than those four scorpion demons."

(The game features Luo Yin's poems, but the protagonist time-traveled too early; according to the timeline, Luo Yin wasn't even a liquid.)

As the third sister was speaking, her eyes suddenly darted around, and she abruptly turned back from the doorway, leaning against her younger sister's side. She said to her sister, "Fourth sister, why don't you do me a favor? Transform into your true form and go and eliminate those two thieves. Then I can save that young master."

The fourth sister sneered and disdainfully reached out to push away the third sister who was leaning against her: "Sister, you have a good plan. When a mortal sees my true form, he will definitely faint from fright. Then you can bring him home and make it a beautiful story of a damsel in distress rescuing a hero."

"Alright, alright, let's go. Consider it a debt I owe you. But sister, please don't be foolish and try to emulate those love stories in romance novels, or you'll end up not even knowing how you died."

Forest path

Using his physical weakness as an excuse, Suer lagged behind the two thieves, wanting to see when they would finally give in and steal his money.

"What kind of business does your family run, young master? How could they possibly support you traveling all the way to this Zhu Zi Kingdom?" The rough-looking man started rambling again, trying to get information out of him.

Suer had no family fortune, but since this thief wanted to trick him into talking, Suer naturally had to make up a story: "My family is in the south of the Tang Dynasty, in a water town."

The family's business consisted mainly of medicinal herbs, ironware, clothing, and a restaurant. While they were able to make ends meet, they were still somewhat lacking compared to the wealthy and powerful.

After Su Er finished speaking, the two thief brothers exchanged a glance, their eyes practically gleaming with excitement. The rough-looking man said in a trembling voice, "This is not just a family with enough to eat and wear, this is a wealthy family! But where are the servants accompanying the young master and the money for daily expenses?"

"Haha, I don't need any servants. My father has always taught me to do things myself. The only servants in the house are the stableman, the cook, and some cleaning staff." Su'er laughed, speaking casually as if without any reservations. "I can even dress myself and make my own bed. As for money? My father knew I was going on a long trip, so he asked my uncle to get a storage treasure from Abbot Fahai of Lingyin Temple. It can hold ten thousand taels of silver and a thousand taels of gold!"

As he spoke, Suer took out a pouch, reached in and grabbed a handful of Galleons. The sight of this made the two thief brothers' eyes widen like copper bells.

Although Su'er was just spouting nonsense, the two thieves had never been to the Tang Dynasty, so they naturally believed Su'er's words to a large extent. As soon as the gold coin was taken out, the two immediately believed Su'er's lies, since gold ingots couldn't be faked.

"Young master, do you not understand the principle of not flaunting wealth?" the handsome thief asked, a hint of mockery on his face.

“I see that you two are both gentlemen. I will treat you with sincerity, and you will surely treat me the same way!” Su Er replied firmly.

In fact, he had originally planned to give these two thieves a set of Cruciatus Curse double treatment worth 998 Galleons, plus Avada Kedavra special services.

However, the sound of two women talking came from the bushes not far away, which made him temporarily change his mind.

He decided to temporarily play the role of a 'beauty' and let the superhero Spider-Woman save him, so that he could take the opportunity to sneak into the Zhu family compound.

These two thieves really helped Su'er out; Su'er originally didn't know how to infiltrate the Zhu family compound!

If it weren't for Bajie's pleading, Su'er could have easily sneaked in and taken the core artifacts using some cruel methods. But Bajie begged him to spare the lives of these spider demons, practically kneeling on the ground. So, out of respect for the monks, Su'er had to think of another way.