The film takes place one hundred years after the story of “Sinister Spirit”, the tree demon Grandmother resurrected and used the female ghosts Xiaozhuo and Xiaodie to seduce men to suck the essence of blood. The young monk Ten Fang accompanied his master Baiyun to escort the golden Buddha to the Wutai Mountain, and stayed at Lanruo Temple at night. Ten Fang was not tempted by Xiaozhuo and subdued him, but unexpectedly the golden Buddha was broken, and his master was captured by the tree demon Grandmother, and Ten Fang rescued his master with the help of Taoist priest Yan Chek Ha, who combined his efforts with Baiyun to Together with Bai Yun, Yan Chek Ha and Bai Yun destroy the tree demon, and finally Ten Fang successfully escapes from Lanruo Temple with the ashes of his master and Xiao Zhuo.
The storyline is similar to the first part of “Sinister Souls”, but the male lead was replaced by Tony Leung, and the female lead was Joey Wong. The third part of the movie is more lively and mischievous, and the first part of the movie is even more sad and melancholic.
1991 / Hong Kong, China / Action Romance Fantasy Costume / Cheng Xiaodong / Tony Leung Chao-wai Jacky Cheung
A young monk, Shifang (Tony Leung), accompanies his master, Bai Yun (Liu Xun), to escort a golden Buddha to Wutai Mountain.
On the way, he encounters a gangster Taoist priest, Yan Chek Ha (Jacky Cheung), who kills countless robbers, and the three of them form a bond.
Ten Fang and his master stay at the Lanruo Temple, a ghost temple, at night.
While Master is out poking around, Shifang encounters a female ghost, Xiao Zhuo (Joey Wong).
Ten Fang is not tempted by her and they fight. Ten Fang subdues her by reciting a spell, but still kindly lets her go.
Ten Fang loses the golden Buddha and finds it in two pieces. The tree demon Lou Lou takes advantage of the situation and Bai Yun is captured alive.
Bai Yun is captured alive. With the help of Xiao Zhuo, Ten Fang escapes and goes out to ask someone to repair the golden Buddha, but he is unfortunately cheated.
Fortunately, he encounters a young Taoist priest, Yan Yixia, who helps him.
Xiao Zhuo’s arch-enemy, Xiao Die (Li Zhi), is furious when she fails to seduce them and realizes Xiao Zhuo’s plan to lure Lou Lou to their hiding place.
With the help of Xiao Zhuo, Shifang escapes and saves his master, but Xiao Zhuo is captured and tortured by Lou Lou.
Ten Fang and Yan Chixia dig out Xiao Zhuo’s ashes to escape from Lanruo Temple, but Lou Lou has already laid a dragnet, the people are at stake, the last moment, Ten Fang into the golden body of Buddha, to deal with the tree demon ……
