Ning Tsai Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Unsurprisingly, no one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up spending the night in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che Hsia, who warns him to stay out of trouble, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao Tsing, with whom he falls in love.
Unfortunately, Hsiao
