![]() ![]() He is attacked by two snake demons but Xiaoqian protects him from them and is injured herself in the explosion. The next day, Ning goes back to the temple with an underwater bomb, intending to blow up the well and release water for the village. Ning and Xiaoqian flee and hide in a tree, where he offers her candy. Yan Chixia arrives and starts slaying the other demons. Xiaoqian shows up and attempts to seduce Ning, but he rejects her. The women are actually demons in disguise and they suck the life out of the men to feed Laolao with "life energy". While Ning investigates the well, the other men notice some beautiful women in the temple and follow them further in. A strange wind blows and they all run up the hill to a temple called Lanruo Temple, where they find a well. They stop for a break in a glade, and Ning goes inside a hollow tree and offers candy to a tiny, pale fox he sees there. Glad to be free, Ning goes up the hill, accompanied by a guide and five convicts, the only men the villagers are willing to send away with him. He is surrounded by the villagers, who initially accused him of stealing water because they are experiencing a drought, but later mistake him for an official sent by the government to help them find a new water source. Many years later, a tax collector named Ning Caichen passes by a village near Black Hill and stops to drink from a well. The last one, Xia Xuefenglei, embeds his arm into Laolao and tells Yan to chop it off, thereby banishing Laolao from the mortal world. ![]() Yan arrives late for a battle against the Tree Demon, Laolao, and sees that several of his fellow demon hunters have already fallen. Yan stabs her with his magic dagger, which does not kill Xiaoqian, but causes her to lose her memory of their relationship. After some time, she begs him to kill her because humans and demons are not supposed to be together. Xiaoqian also falls in love with Yan, and while he feeds her candy, she says she will fall in love with anyone who fed her candy. After capturing an attractive female demon, Nie Xiaoqian, Yan falls in love with her and realises that his master sent him there to make him learn how to control his emotions. ![]() Yan Chixia's master sent him to Black Hill to train in the arts of demon hunting. 3 Connection to A Chinese Ghost Story (1987).Could Ishak be next on the list, or is he the man responsible? Tracking down his more ‘unsavoury’ allies, Serena is shocked to encounter a familiar face: that of her grieving ex-partner, former Malaysian ICD officer Megat Jamil (Bront Palarae). As Serena and Heri work together to catch the killer, their inquiries lead them to industrialist/kingpin Datuk Ishak Hassan (Wan Hanafi Su), whose prominent family and known associates all have some connection to the victims. Seeking answers, Heri finds a way to insert himself into the Malaysian investigation. Meanwhile, in Jakarta, for ICD Lieutenant Heriyanto Salim (Ario Bayu), the case turns personal when his brother is found murdered in similar circumstances. Called in to investigate, Singaporean International Crimes Division (ICD) officer Serena Teo (Rebecca Lim) takes charge of a case across the border where a family has been slaughtered aboard a luxury yacht in Johor. A series of brutal murders, each sharing a signature MO, takes place across Malaysia and Indonesia. ![]()
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