Dark Tales

CHEUNG YU TANG always tries his best to stop LO KAM CHOI from hunting deer as he believes that deer are sacred animals. However CHOI needs deer blood to cure her father. TANG is a doctor. When he knows that MING and CHING's mother FUNG needs treatment, he goes to visit her and cures her without asking her to pay. CHOI hunts a strong deer. TANG saves it. Later Prince GOLD ARMOUR appears and thanks him. He also asks TANG to convince CHOI to stop hunting. CHOI ignores his advice and at last she dies in an accident. GOLD ARMOUR refuses to let CHOI be buried in his sphere of influence. TANG explains for her. When GOLD ARMOUR realises that CHOI needs deer blood to cure her father, he is touched. He gives Golden Lotus to cure CHOI.

CHOI’s mother and many others see CHOI in their dream. They see her carrying a bow and riding a horse. They think that CHOI wants to inspire them. CHOI’s mother is impressed as TANG prays for CHOI. CHOI’s maid TSUI visits TANG but she is stopped by FUNG. As it is MING's birthday, TANG visits them. FUNG is discontented as CHOI tries to spoil the banquet. CHOI warns FUNG that the Fung Shui of her house is so bad that she and her family should move out as soon as possible. TANG begs CHOI's mother to let him marry CHQI. FUNG is unhappy. LAU teaches TANG magic which allows CHOI to appear in front of him. FUNG places a Buddhist statue to spoil the plan. When FUNG knows that CHOI has saved her, she changes her attitude and suggests TANG to use the magic in the garden. CHOI appears and tells them that she is going to be given birth and leads a new life.

CHOI’s mother wants to give a house to TANG but FUNG disagrees. Instead she wants to save sufficient money to buy a new one. She sells bean curbs and TANG sells herbal medicine. At last after six months, they have enough money to purchase a new house and TANG marries FUNG. TANG begs his master to teach him to make sacred medicine which makes one to get old. He spends five years on collecting herbs and FUNG continues her business of selling bean curbs. After ten years, TANG still cannot produce the medicine. Knowing that he has only eight years left, TANG changes his plan. He decides to go to Shaolin Temple to learn "Yik Kang Scroll”.

After fifteen unceasing efforts, DAN still fails in the examination. He is nagged at by his friends. One day his friend CHIU CHIN SUEN bets with CHIU. They bet on DAN's guts. DAN is angry and promises to spend a night in Ten Lords Temple. CHIU impersonates a ghost to frighten DAN. DAN is shocked and dies. In the hell, he comes across his parents and LUK, who is the judge in the hell. LUK states that it is not the end of his life and thus drives him back to the earthly world. DAN's wife Kill is in great anger as DAN was killed by CHIU. She wants to avenge DAN's death and luckily DAN returns just in time to stop the tragedy. DAN repairs LUK's statue. LUK thanks DAN and decides to help DAN in the examination.

Episode 2 LUK changes DAN, giving him talent. With LUK's assistance, DAN passes the examination and wins fame. His friends are jealous of him. DAN wants to have a concubine but Kill refuses. Kill claims that if DAN ignores her, she will kill herself. DAN begs LUK to make Kill more beautiful but LUK refuses him request. LUK has mercy on a poor girl whose will be sold to a brothel after her father's death. LUK changes her record in the Sacred Record Scroll. Knowing what LUK has done, DAN threatens LUK to help him. LUK brings DAN to the hell. There DAN chooses MONG. MONG died of a heart attack just before her marriage. LUK gets MONG's head and replaces Kill's with it.

DAN is happy with Kill's new look. In the street Kill is entangled by CHIU and other bad people. She is forced to jump into the river. DAN catches up with her and tells her what has happened. She is excited. DAN trains Kill to be a beautiful lady and claims that he has dismissed Kill. He is proud of his new wife. DAN peeps at the Sacred Record Scroll. He steals CHOI's gold in his backyard. CHOI's family in trapped in poverty and CHOI dies at last. Knowing that SING will pass the examination, DAN helps SING when he is still poor. The Lord in the hell blames LUK. LUK argues with DAN and returns the gold to CHOI.