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Cousins meet and fathers greet

When they arrive, FuGui gives 12580 a talisman to disguise her demon essence. They have a first battle to test strength that RuMu misses because his father tests him privately. This shows he is not as strong as soldier tho he holds his own decently. He did indeed blind his cousin but as the story unfolds, both cousins are trying to save RuMu’s friends who are being held hostage until RuMu successfully kills soldier. I don’t blame 12580 for being distrustful. When she shows her fierce face it is cute and she is feisty. She is ready to take on the cousin til FuGui breaks them up. They share childhood memories and their true relationship comes to light. Both are trying to outfox their abusive fathers. This is very Deja vu since children and fathers were very at odds in the other two stories. It is pretty heartless that Quan is ready to burn his son’s friends alive to ensure compliance with taking the demon pill. RuMu has no clue how it will affect him but tells his cousin to do whatever necessary to check him. While RuMu’s dad is truly horrible and even worse than HongYe, HongYe will never get father of the year either. FuGui had it right that his dad didn’t care at all about his eyes as long as he wins the contest. I just don’t have words for either of these dads. All the fathers and elders sit in their big chairs and play nice while quietly plotting as they watch their children battle. Quan got his way getting a very powerful pill but the old geezer WangQuan won’t play along til they see how successful RuMu is at killing the soldier for them. Since he is their best and brightest, I don’t know why they would prefer a chaotic demon possessed version. Their thinking seems very counterproductive. At least they have this bit of time to reminisce and get reacquainted. I don’t know that RuMu would have received much better treatment had he stayed, but at least the boys would have been friends. They have still managed a kinship in spite of their egregious fathers. As they prepare to meet at the contest to put on a show for their fathers, the demonic pill kicks in. I am enjoying the friendship bonds of these three and the silly antics of the two demon sidekicks. This lightens up some very harsh circumstances these sons have endured by the fathers responsible for their welfare. HongYe sits on his pedestal of pseudo morality over his Quan relatives, but his complete lack of concern for life other than human puts him in the same scummy category as the ones who capitalize with merch created by their deaths. For me, they are flip sides of the same crappy coin that says demon kills are ok and the world is better without them. Whereas the rest of the world says it would be better without the YiQi alliance running things. That the truest evil lies with them. Now to see if the cousins can get through this competition unscathed.

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The Quan’s come to call

The episode starts with 12580 choosing to become human. Here the actress cutely portrays trying to get used to two legs rather than eight. Her spider superior tries to get her to kill FuGui while he is cultivating and she finally can take matters into her own hands. FuGui has learned that his experiment with the pearl was ill timed. He has used much more of his spiritual power than he expected to. When the Quan elder came, he presented himself arrogantly. I enjoyed FuGui holding his own with him. The black smoke says the elder was enhanced with demon essence and FuGui in a greatly weakened condition kicked his butt and publicly. Here HongYe finally came through and reminded his “guest” that he should have guests’ manners. The elder is surprised at how strong FuGui is even without the Heaven Earth strike. He knows his son cannot win and tells him he must win even by devious methods. Disciple girl is annoying. She should know better than most if his spiritual power needs time to heal that she should not interrupt his breathing cultivation. She says she will only give up her pursuit if another catches his eye. I think she has an inkling about spider girl and already has made it clear she understands demons and humans can’t be friends. She is trying to catch 12580, but she would be far more concerned if she saw her in human form. 12580 thinks his meditation is finished and picks up where first chatty Cathy left off. FuGui gets the big guns out and offers her candy to hush her up.😂12580 is adorable and she wants to learn how to use a sword. She is making improvements in her training and only has a 7 step level to complete to master the entire technique. Unfortunately they are out of time because of the contest. Young Quan is spying on his cousin to see how good he is. When FuGui gets a job right before leaving to visit the Li clan, he tags along to see how FuGui fares against a snake demon. Right when FuGui is getting ready to finish the job, dear sweet cousin shows up to use dragon horn essence to blind him. He then hands the rest of the job to the snake king so he won’t be the one directly killing his cousin.😝Here 12580 shows her mettle and steps up against the snake. That was incredibly brave for a spider as a snake is a huge enemy. She manages to hold off his efforts briefly and when the snake thinks he has the upper hand and starts mocking her, FuGui corrects him and finishes the job he started. He fesses up to the butler he is blind but that 30 days ought to have him healed. He has given 12580 the job to be his eyes during the journey. I hope she weaves him a beautiful scrapbook of all the things they saw on the way so that he can experience what made her happy while they were traveling. Since QuZhuo is an expert with talismans, maybe he has something that will counter the blindness from the dragon horn. I am curious to see what his character is like in this drama. He was QinLan’s puppy in second part,😂 but his skill with devices and talismans is quite good. 12580 is happily describing the birds in flight as they counting their journey. I have been thoroughly entertained these first three episodes and think cast and production have done a decent job continuing the story.

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