All the heavens began with Huo Yi

"That idiot, still thinking those two thieves are good people? What gentlemanly nonsense, I think she's gone stupid from reading too much." Fourth Sister cursed inwardly, looking at the person Third Sister had her eye on, wondering what kind of person he was, and then said, "I wonder how he got here from the Tang Dynasty, did he really run into good people along the way?"

“What my sister sees will be different from what I see. I see that he has a pure heart, and he just happened to meet a good person, didn’t he?” The third sister smiled knowingly. “When that thief forces us to take action later, my sister can step in.”

After the sisters finished speaking, the two thieving brothers on Suer's side stopped pretending.

The burly man pulled a small dagger from his waist and grinned menacingly at Suer, saying, "Good brother, lend me some money!"

The other thief stood behind Suer, pretending to cut off Suer's escape route. After all, the path was only so wide, surrounded by jungle and thorns, and the two had deliberately chosen this narrow path.

Seeing this, Suer immediately pretended to be terrified, his fingers trembling as he stammered at the two men, "You! You are robbers? The money isn't yours, let me go, no, you can have all the money, let me go."

The burly man stepped forward, snatched Suer's pouch, and sneered, "I see you don't understand anything at all~"

"Understand? Understand what?" Suer feigned fear and looked away.

"To steal money, you have to kill!" The rough man chuckled mockingly, his dagger poised to stab Suer.

Suddenly, Suer let out a cry and collapsed to the ground with a thud, pretending to be unconscious. He even used a technique to release his own tension.

(Sul: Great! It was the one who failed, we're saved!)

The rough-looking man stared blankly at the unconscious Suer, but suddenly his brother also began to scream in terror. The rough-looking man immediately turned around and looked up to see a huge, dark green spider. As darkness fell, he completely lost consciousness.

"It's solved. It would have been fine if we had just given them some tea, but a passerby showed up." Fourth Sister transformed back into human form from her spider form and called out to the bushes not far to her left, "Alright, aren't you coming out, sister? Do you want me to take him back? I still have to patrol the mountain."

After the fourth sister finished speaking, the third sister quietly emerged from the bushes, picked up Su'er, and said, "Sister, go ahead and do your work. I'm going back now."

"Wait, take Sixth Sister back with you. She's played long enough today." Fourth Sister said, shooing the somewhat reluctant little spider onto Third Sister.

darkening

The moon is bright and the stars are few; crows fly south.

In the left wing of the Zhu family compound, Su Er also opened his eyes.

"Damn! I actually fell asleep."

Suer sat up and looked at the sky outside the window, cursing under his breath.

Suer put on his shoes, got off the bed, picked up the neatly arranged bags and gourds on the table, took an oil lamp, opened the door, and went out into the courtyard.

"Hey, are you awake?"

When Suer turned around, he saw a woman in green on the roof. The one who spoke was her—the fourth daughter of the Zhu family compound, known as the Spider Demon Fourth Sister.

"I didn't expect you to be so carefree, you can actually sleep so soundly."

"Thank you for saving my life, young lady." Su Er clasped his hands in thanks, bowed deeply, and looked like a learned young gentleman.

"Hehe, it was my third sister who saved you, it has nothing to do with me. I am the fourth in my family, you can just call me Fourth Sister." The fourth sister played with the small knife in her hand as she spoke to Su Er. The small knife in her hand was the same one that the rough man had held earlier.

"Greetings, Fourth Sister," Su'er said, while inwardly thinking that the Fourth Brother was truly hypocritical.

"Wait, I'll go get my third sister," the fourth sister said, jumping off the roof. "Remember, don't go to the backyard."

After saying that, the fourth sister went into the backyard and closed the gate behind her, since the backyard was a secret place in the Zhu family compound.

Not long after the fourth sister left, the third sister arrived at the front yard of the Zhu family and met Su'er.

The third sister originally had compound eyes on her forehead, but at this moment she closed them all up, and with her black forehead, no one could even see a slit.

Judging from their appearance and attire, Su Er couldn't help but marvel at how awesome the Tang Dynasty was!

"Greetings, young master. You just met my sister. If you don't mind, you can call me Third Sister." The third sister walked up to us and introduced herself with grace and poise. Although she did not have a typical Eastern face, her voice was soft and gentle, like that of a Wu dialect speaker.

As they drew closer, the third sister curtsied, and Su'er quickly returned the greeting. This mountain demon was actually so refined, like a well-educated young lady from a respectable family. It was truly outrageous.

"Where do you come from, young master? What is your name?" Third Sister asked knowingly. She had been listening along the path all the way and knew exactly where Su'er came from.

“My surname is Su, and my given name is Er. Su as in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Er as in outstanding,” Su Er said. Damn it, another performance was about to begin. Maybe he could debut as an actor when he returned to the main world. He immediately came to his senses and continued, “I am from the Tang Dynasty, from the new city of Jiangnan. I would also like to thank Third Sister for saving my life and preventing me from being robbed and killed by bandits on the road.”

"It was also good luck. A few days ago, our servants mentioned that two thieves had started robbing our Zhu family's textile business. My fourth sister and I just happened to run into them." The third sister said, playing with her hair with two fingers, and walked to the stone bench next to Su Er and sat down.

After the third sister sat down, she asked with some curiosity, "Young master, please sit down. The Tang Dynasty is far from the Kingdom of Zhu Zi. How did you manage to travel here? Did you encounter any monsters along the way? Why didn't you even have any servants to protect you?"

Hearing her third sister's question, Su'er sat down and replied with a smile, "To be honest, I have indeed encountered many demons and monsters along the way. But I must say I am incredibly lucky. Whenever I am in trouble, there are always good people and good demons who come to my aid."

"A good monster? There are good monsters?" A hint of joy flashed in the third sister's eyes, knowing that Su'er didn't dislike monsters, but her face remained indifferent.

“Of course.” Su’er looked at her third sister, whose expression remained unchanged, and while inwardly laughing at her unnatural demeanor, she continued, “Beyond Black Wind Mountain, there is a snake demon and a monkey demon. Although they are both demons, one is a righteous cultivator who upholds the Tao, and the other is a hermit cultivator who loves wine to death.”

Both of my demon brothers helped me. The snake brother gave me a weapon for protection, but I lost it. The monkey brother gave me medicinal wine that can heal my wounds.

"I did break the weapon the snake brothers gave me, but look, I'm still keeping this gourd."

Suer took the gourd from his waist and waved it in front of his third sister.

The way he presented the treasure amused the third sister. "It seems that the young master has met a benefactor. I never thought that the young master could be on friendly terms with a demon. The young master has a broad mind. I have read in those stories that even if a female demon did not harm a scholar, she would still be killed by the unfaithful man because she is a demon."