The night quickly passed.
Su Ziyu got up very early the next day, ate something casually, and prepared to head to Yuanjiang Province, which was actually just the distance to the neighboring county, only that the spider spirit was active near Shinano Province.
Spider spirits are a relatively common type of demon in Fusang.
It is said that one appears every few decades, and folklore says it is a demon transformed from a spider. However, the records in the Hundred Tales indicate that a spider spirit is a demon transformed from a human.
"Legend has it that the earliest spider spirit was a beautiful woman who married a lord. She was executed by the furious lord for having an affair with someone else, thrown into a box full of poisonous spiders to be devoured. After her death, her vengeful spirit fused with the spiders, becoming a heartless spider maiden who often lures young men near the forest and takes their heads for food."
