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”.

TANG's attempts are in vain. His face is spoiled. Thus he tries to steal another scroll. His behaviour is discovered and he is driven away. He refuses to go home with FUNG. After eighteen years, TANG meets GOLD ARMOUR. GOLD ARMOUR leads him to Youth Spring. The water turns him into a young man again. When he goes home, no one can recognise him. When FUNG knows that TANG still loves CHOI, she is angry. She opens CHOI’s coffin and sets fire to it. She also jumps into the fire to kill herself.

CHOI gets her life again and she is called La HAM CHU. She likes playing swing but one day, she falls down from it and is hurt. When she wakes up, CHOI’s memory occupies her mind. In fact CHU has died and her spirit belongs to CHOI. TANG comes to find CHOI but is stopped by CHU's father. TANG breaks into the house. CHOI cannot recognise him as he is so young. When she realises that he is TANG, she is confused. Being frustrated, CHOI wants to kill herself. TANG is taken to the yamen where he is trounced. Suddenly he becomes old again ...

MU SHING YAU goes hunting with his servants. They are attacked by a tiger. Luckily they are saved by TIN CHAT LONG. YAU is happy as his sister-in-law SO YUET pays him a visit. YAU invites LONG to visit him when he knows that LONG has saved him. In the banquet, YAU introduces HAU YIM, the son of a senior officer SANG, to LONG. HAU and LONG have a bet on talents. HAU uses arrows to shoot LONG but LONG manages to get rid of them. Meanwhile an assassinate attacks HAU. HAU is not hurt but he has been frightened. LONG refuses to take YAU's money as a gift. YAU goes to visit LONG? and his mother. LONG is touched. He accepts the gift and promises to go hunting with YAU.

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.

Episode 4 KIOD entangles Kill. Kill is confused. DAN argues with KIOU. CHIU brings KIOD to KIU's father but he knows nothing. DAN gets wind of the filthy relationship between the provincial judge and MA. He blackmails them with the provincial judge's belt. KIOD is happy to met Kill again but Kill in fact is not MONG. KIOD accuses DAN of kidnapping MONG. DAN is also accused of killing Kill. As the provincial judge is afraid of DAN, he helps DAN. KIOD accuses DAN in front of the Minister. CHIU suggests that a constable should be sent to MONG's birth place. KIOD is in deep grief as he is informed of MONG's death.

Knowing that he can no longer hide the truth, DAN tells the others what LUK has done for him. However no one believes him. DAN begs LUK to turn up but in vain. From the facts, DAN is accused of kidnapping and hypnotizing MONG after killing Kill. He is condemned to capital punishment. Kill tries to help DAN and is also sentenced to death. LUK is persuaded by the Lord in the hell to help DAN. Kill tries to seduce the Minister so that DAN can be released but her attempt is in vain. DAN is deeply touched. He regrets of what he has done. LUK shrinks DAN to test his courage. With the help of ants and butterflies, DAN manages to get Kill's head back. LUK fixes Kill's head and MONG's head onto their own bodies and changes DAN back to his original conditions. The others are convinced of LUK's power.

Being cursed by HILL DEMON, YING was changed into a parrot. KWOK, LIU and SHAN go to hunt a tiger. SHAN is coward and abandons KWOK when they find the tiger. KWOK kills the tiger but he is lurked by SHAN. YING leads a flock of birds to save KWOK. KWOK is brought to Fairy Forest. YING gets hurt and KWOK risks his life to save her. His sincere attitude breaks the curse and changes YING back into a girl. LIU wants to trick KWOK to leave the forest but his trick is known by YING. YING works hard to collect feathers to make an overcoat for KWOK so that he can survive in the bitterly cold winter. Knowing that he cannot stop YING, LIU gives YING his feather. HILL DEMON attacks YING. KWOK protects her. YING is deeply touched. Luckily HAWK KING comes and drives HILL DEMON away. HAWK KING appoints YING as the queen. YING does not want to accept the marriage. She tells HAWK KING that she and KWOK were engaged fifteen years ago.