The Legend of the White Serpent

Xu Xian is sent to Suzhou to serve time under an innkeeper/money lender named Wang Ming. While working in the inn, Bai-niang and Xiao-qing appear to him, as guests to the hotel. The ladies give him 500 pieces of silver, stamped with the character of fire, and her red scarf as proof of her love. A Taoist monk from Mount Ji makes it his life's mission to save Xian from his "misery" He gives him three talismans to place on his body, his bedroom door, and into a flame to save his humanity.