This is still my favorite of the “Temple of the Red Lotus” trilogy. The story flows really well and Fung Bo-bo steals the show. She really is the star of the movie. Wang Yu and Chin Ping do not have a lot of screen time even though they are billed as the stars. The story starts with our terribly naive couple, Gui Wu and Lianzhu, on the road with the beautiful but deadly lute that Scarlet Maid gifted them. They are attacked by bandits and Gui Wu uses the lute to fend them off even though he was told not to use it in public so that it’s secrets are not revealed. Some of the bandits get away but after seeing what the lute can do, one of them follows the couple and waits until they are not looking and steals it. But first he eavesdrops on their conversation and also finds out that the wounds inflicted by the lute’s darts can be healed with the Seven Star Stone that is kept at the Shen Family House. The injured must be cured within 5 days or they will die. After stealing the lute, the bandit returns to The Flying Tiger Gang and tells them everything. The chief’s son is on the verge of dying from an illness so he takes the gang to The Shen House and kills most of them in search of the Seven Star Stone to cure his son. He uses the lute to injure Shen Shu-Wen and tortures him to get him to reveal where the Stone is while the gang is robbing the house of all it’s treasures. Chin Chin Yu, the chief’s daughter, comes up with a plan to lock up Shu-Wen. She then convinces him that she’s on his side and helps him escape. In reality, she takes the gang and secretly follows him knowing that he will have to go to where the Seven Star Stone is so he can be cured of his injuries. Shu-Wen passes out from exhaustion in the grass where he is found by Jin Xiaoling (Fung Bo-bo) while she is hunting fowl. She is accompanied by her guardian, Daxin, and they help Shu-Wen on his feet so they can take him to be cured. On the way, they meet, Du Ying (Lo Lieh), who is selling a horse. Xiaoling buys the horse and Du Ying helps them carry Shu-Wen back to the house. They have to stop at an Inn overnight and Chin Chin Yu gets a glimpse of the special sword that Xiaoling possesses. If you remember from “The Twin Swords”, Grandma had gifted The Fish Intestine Sword to Xiaoling. It is also revealed that this sword is the only weapon that can destroy the lute. So now Chin Chin Yu wants to steal the sword. Lo Lieh plays his familiar role of the scoundrel that leaves you guessing whose side he is on and it appears that Du Ying wants to steal the sword as well. They finally make it back to the Jin House (It turns out the Seven Star Stone was gifted to a Jin daughter who is to be married to Shu-Wen) and the Scarlet Maid uses the Stone to heal Shu-Wen while the rest of the family fends off the bandits of The Flying Tiger Gang. And that’s just the beginning! Even though Wang Yu doesn’t have a lot of screen time, you will still have fun watching this, it’s a good one.
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