Dali Temple’s Official Qi Ling received the emperor’s secret edict again, and was ordered to track down the “Kowloon Pen” with supernatural magic power and crack its secrets. After several investigations, Qi Ling found that this case is actually related to his dead father. As the mechanism of Jiulong Pen were unveiled layer by layer, the case gradually became clear, but at this time, various forces in the DPRK and China were also surging, and everything is not as simple.
Practical Effects
The Jiulong Pen prop probably deserves its own credit.
Costume
Tang dynasty drip on what was clearly a tight budget.
Director
Zeng Qingjie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Zeng Qingjie has primarily worked in Chinese television — this appears to be among his few feature film credits, which might explain the breakneck 76-minute runtime.
The 'Dali Temple' (大理寺) was a real judicial institution during the Tang Dynasty, essentially ancient China's supreme court — though real magistrates definitely didn't investigate magic pens.
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