Wu Xin: The Monster Killer

Wu Xin: The Monster Killer
无心法师 (無心法師)

Official TVB poster
Genre Period drama, Fantasy, Supernatural, Romance
Created by Ni Luo (尼罗) - Novel author
Developed by Sohu
Written by Xu Ziyuan, Xiao Zhiyao, Li Nan, Fang Qiangqiang
Directed by Lin Yufen
Gao Linbao
Starring Elvis Han
Gina Jin
Ian Wang
Sebrina Chen
Ruoyun Zhang
Mike D. Angelo
Sui Yong Liang
Opening theme Taiwan: Lake Baikal (贝加尔湖畔) by Li Jian
Hong Kong: Remember To Forget Me (記住忘記我) by Alfred Hui
Ending theme Taiwan: The Longest Journey (最长的旅途) by Li Qi
Country of origin China
Original language(s) Mandarin
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Li Guoli
Producer(s) Karen Tsoi
Editor(s) Xie Jiarong
Location(s) Zhengzhou, China
Hengdian World Studios
Camera setup Multi camera
Running time 45 minutes
Production company(s) Sohu
Shanghai Chinese Film Productions Ltd
Release
Original network China: Sohu Tv
Taiwan: Gala Television
Hong Kong: TVB Jade
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release China: 6 Jul 2015
Taiwan: 18 Jul - 19 Sep 2015
Hong Kong: 28 Dec 2015 - 17 Jan 2016
External links
Website
Wu Xin: The Monster Killer
Traditional Chinese 無心法師
Simplified Chinese 无心法师
Literal meaning "Master Wu Xin"

Wu Xin: The Monster Killer (simplified Chinese: 无心法师; traditional Chinese: 無心法師) is a 2015 costume fantasy-supernatural Chinese web streaming drama based on Chinese author Ni Luo's (尼罗) novel of the same title.[1] The drama is produced by Chinese web streaming company Sohu TV and stars Elvis Han, Gina Jin, Ian Wang, Sebrina Chen, Zhang Ruoyun, Mike D. Angelo and Sui Yongliang as the main cast. First showing of all 20 episodes of the series began July 6, 2015 on Sohu TV web streaming site.[2] The series will also be broadcast in Taiwan on GTV and Hong Kong TVB Jade channel.[3]

Synopsis

After a long slumber Wu Xin (Elvis Han) wakes up during China's new Republic era. He is a wandering immortal who lives a hungry and penniless life. He has no recollection of how long he has lived or how he came to be, but he has powers where he can sense the presence and communicate with spirits good and evil that still roam the living world. He pretends to be a monk to make a living.

During his latest slumber he wakes up next to Li Yue Ya (Gina Jin). She has just run away from home to escape a force marriage to an elderly man. Seeing how hungry Wu Xin looks she offers him her last bit of food. The two head to Wen County. To repay her act of kindness he follows her and promises that tonight the two will feast and have a place to stay. He uses his powers to search for evil spirits that intend to do harm to the living and rid them from the living world. Together the two set off pretending to be siblings to find whoever is in need of his services. At first Yue Ya does not believe Wu Xin and thinks he is a con artist until she assists him in his first job to rid an angery evil spirit residing at the local warlord's home. As the two progress on their journey, friendship and then romance form between the two.[4][5][6]

Long Hair Ghost (Episode 1 - 2)
The home of the local warlord is inhabited by an evil spirit in the form of a long hair monster, that kills humans in order to maintain its presence in the living world. Homeless and starving, Wu Xin offers his services to rid the monster but before he does so he scares the warlord by luring the monster out of its hiding place in order to raise his payment price. Once the monster had been vanquished Wu Xin finds out that it continued to roam the living world in order to protect its master.

Cursed Bride (Episode 2 - 20)
The Long Hair ghost was protecting the soul and corpse of her master Yue Qi Luo, a teenage girl that lived during the Qing dynasty. According to the town records, during her lifetime she was a royal courtier who had fallen in love with a boy from a poor family. Her family highly objected to this relationship since the boy was impoverished and forbid Yue Qi Luo from seeing her lover again. Defying her family's orders Yue Qi lou and her lover set to commit suicide together so they can be together in the afterlife. However Yue Qi Lou backs out from their pact after her lover hangs himself. Blaming Yue Qi ou for the death of their son, her lover's family kidnaps Qi Lou, dressing her in a bridal outfit and burying her alive while having a Taoist priest curse her soul for eternity. Over time Gu Xuan's home was built on the land above her tomb. When Wu Xin breaks the seal of her tomb she awakens. Released from her confinement she roams the living world pretending to be a homeless girl. Wu Xin immediately recognizes her because of her red bridal shoes but lets her go thinking she will do no harm until she arrives at his and Yue Ya's home.

Animal Cruelty Couple (Episode 3 - 4)
Mr. and Mrs. Su are the wealthiest couple in Wen County. Both have a penchant for wild animals, especially the young ones. He for their meat to eat and she for their fur to add to her wardrobe. while sharing his latest catch at a banquet held by Gu Xuan, Mr. Su loses his appetite when he sees all food as inedible. Wanting to look good, Gu Xuan drags Wu Xin to help the Su's. With Wu Xin's blood, Mr. Su sight of food is cured and he goes back to eating his wild catch animals. A few days later Mr. Su becomes more severe and eats animal feed to curb his starving appetite. When Wu Xin tells the Su's that they have offended the forest spirits by killing many innocent animals for their own pleasure and the only way to solve their problem is to become vegetarians, Mrs. Su takes offend and tells Wu Xin that both her and her husband will not be changing their lifestyle. She then tries to use force on Wu Xin to have him rid of the spirits that is causing problems for her and her husband.

Life of the Cursed Bride (Episode 5 - 6)
Jealous of Wu Xin and Yue Ya's relationship, Qi Ruo takes a hold of Yue Ya's mind during her sleep and have her live her Qing dynasty life. Yue Ya wakes up in the Qing dynasty and is confused who she is. She is told by her maid that she is Yue Qi Ruo, but her mind is strong telling her she is not. Just when she is about to fight off the real Qi Ruo hold on her she is pulled back into Qi Rou's life. She is almost manipulated by Qi Rou into committing suicide but stops herself from doing so. Soon she goes through Qi Ruo's past of being buried alive by a mob and Taoist priest. With her strong will to live, Yue Ya is able to differentiate who she is and fights off Qi Ruo. Winning Qi Rou hold on her she later wakes up in the current.

Haunted Villa Inn (Episode 7 - 8)
Wu Xin is hired by a business man to inspect a villa inn he is interested in buying. The inn is rumored to be haunted because the guest are never seen again once they stay there. When Wu Xin and Yue Ya arrives at the inn, they find the terms of the inn sale is a bit weird as the current owners are to stay at the inn. The current owner Mr. Yu Xiao Zhu clams he needs the money to treat his wife's illness. Soon strange things start happening as people staying at the inn disappears and Yue Ya becomes the target of a serpent spirit. The truth is soon unfolded when Mrs. Yu shows herself in order to protect Yue Ya.

Mutiny In Wen County (Episode 9 - 13)
With the help of Yue Qi Ruo's black magic, Zhang Xian Zong take over Wen County and his army from Gu Xuan Wu. Qi Ruo uses her paper dolls to kill citizens in Wen County to make herself more powerful. Wu Xin, Yue Ya and Gu Xuan Wu head to a monastery to seek the help of Taoist priest Chu Chen Zi to defeat Yue Qi Ruo and soon finds out her true origin. However Chu Chen Zi cannot help them defeat Yue Qi Rou as he is not skilled in magic but he does know how to write amulets that can help them. Wu Xin then set off to Yue Qi Rou's tomb to find the original amulet and spells of the Taoist priest who contained her during the Qing dynasty.

Cast

Main cast

An immortal with powers to sense the aura of evil spirits. After realizing he can make a living destroying evil spirits with his powers he pretends to be a monk soliciting his service wherever he senses evil around. Through helping the local warlord rid evil spirits he soon amass a small fortune and is able to provide comfortably for Yue Ya and himself.
A girl Wu Xin meets in the forest. She ran away from home because her step-mother wanted to force her into marriage with their landlord who was an elderly man. She was kind enough to offer her last bit of food to him. To repay her, he lets her tag along with him and takes care of her.
A girl that lived during the Qing dynasty. She was a royal courtier candidate who fell in love with a poor man. Due to her family objection of her relationship with a poor boy, the two lovers decide to commit suicide but she backs out after he hangs himself. Her lover's family blaming her for the death of their son kidnaps and has a Taoist priest bury her alive while cursing her soul for eternity. She is actual a Taoist apprentice who turned to witch craft and took over the body of the real Yue Qi Ruo because of her family's wealth. A great romantic who searches for love. Finding out that Wu Xin is not only immortal like herself but is capable of regeneration, she becomes obsessed with learning his secrets and want him for herself.
A local warlord that has an evil spirit living in his main home. He becomes Wu Xin's first client when he sense death and evil at one of his properties. After seeing with his own eyes of the evil spirits that surrounds the County he rules he becomes friends with Wu Xin and ask him to stay.
A high ranking officer in Gu Xuan Wu's army. He is extremely jealous of Gu Xuan and has great hatred for him. Feeling petty for Yue Qi Ruo, who disguises as a homeless girl, he treats her to a meal which later develops into an unrequited relationship where she uses him. He soon becomes her servant, carrying out all her evil plans to kill people in order for her to survive in the living world.
A Taoist Priest who helps Wu Xin destroy Yue Qi Ruo. He knows of Yue Qi Rou's true identity as an apprentice sister of his grandfather's who had gone bad and turned to witchcraft. He is not skilled in magic and only knows how to write amulets.
A spirit of Wu Xin's acquaintance from long ago. He takes care and looks after Wu Xin when he goes through his long slumber where he wakes up and forgets his past. His spirit is hosted by a silkie chicken and later a white cat. To protect Wu Xin from any memories of a painful past he removes all items during Wu Xin's slumber.

Extended cast

Yue Qi Ruo's devoted maid during her lifetime. In order to continue to protect her master in the afterlife she infuse her soul into a voodoo doll made of her hair in order to be by Qi Rou's side. She kills the living in order to keep her spirit in the living world.
The wealthiest man in Wen County. He hunts all kinds of animals without consideration. Illusionist Huang Da Xian tries to put a stop to his killing of animals.
Mr. Su's wife. Like her husband she kills animals without consideration due to her love of fur. Illusionist Huang Da Xian also tries to stop her cruelty to animals.
An illusionist who is able to command the minds of other people and make them hallucinate. After able to change Mr. and Mrs. Su to vegetarians he leaves Wen County for Tianjin. Wu Xin is aware of his powers and befriends him.
Yue Qi Ruo's father. He lived during the Qing dynasty. A wealthy man who was part of the imperial court.
Yue Qi Ruo's mother. She lived during the Qing dynasty. She supposedly forbid her daughter's relationship with a poor man.
Zhang Xian Zong's eighth concubine who over praises Gu Xuan Wu to her husband not realizing how much her husband hates Gu Xuan Wu.
Blaming her son's death of Yu Qi Rou, she has a mob kidnap her and then buried alive while having a Taoist Priest curse Qi Rou's soul for eternity.
A young man that lived during the Qing dynasty. He was supposedly Yue Qi Rou's lover but in actuality she was a witch that seek romance and controlled his mind. When he request to break off with her due to their status difference she drives him into killing himself.
Afraid of his second wife who had given birth to son for him, he lets her bully him and his daughter Yue Ya, even allowing her to sell Yue Ya to their elderly landlord as a wife.
A opera singer who is madly in love with his wife. Unable to bear the lost of her he learns black magic and takes the form of a serpent in order to take the energy of the living to keep his wife's soul in the living world.
Yu Xiao Zhu's wife. She died from illness shortly after marriage. Her husband won't let her soul move on from the living world and uses black magic to keep her in the living world even though she wants leave.
A business man interested in buying Yu Xiao Zhu's villa inn but hearing it could be haunted because whoever stays there is never seen again, he hires Wu Xin to inspect and rid all spirits away.

Reception

Since its first showing on Sohu TV's streaming site, the drama was very well received. The drama set a new record for being streamed more than 18 million times in a single day.[7]

Viewership ratings

Hong Kong
 Hong Kong TVB Jade ratings
Timeslot (HKT) # Day(s) Week Episode(s) Average points Peaking points
Mon - Sun
(9:30-10:30 pm)
21:30–22:30
1
Mon - Fri
28 Dec 2015 - 01 Jan 2016
1 — 5
22
--
Sat
02 Jan 2016
6
16
--
Sun
03 Jan 2016
7
22
--
2
Mon - Fri
04 - 08 Jan 2016
8 — 12
22
--
Sun
10 Jan 2016
13
24
--
3
Mon - Fri
11 - 15 Jan 2016
14 — 18
23
--
Sat
16 Jan 2016
19
19
--
Sun
17 Jan 2016
20
25
--
Total average
22
--

Broadcast

Network Country Airing Date Timeslot
Sohu TV ChinaJuly 6, 2015Web streaming
GTV Variety TaiwanJuly 18, 2015 Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 pm
GTVJuly 19, 2015Sunday 12:00 – 2:00 pm
TVB Jade
Jade HD		 Hong KongDecember 28, 2015Monday – Sunday 9:30 – 10:30 pm
Astro On Demand MalaysiaDecember 28, 2015Monday – Sunday 9:30 – 10:30 pm
TVBJ AustraliaDecember 29, 2015 Monday – Sunday 12:30 – 1:30 am
VV Drama SingaporeApril 1, 2016Monday – Sunday 9:00 – 10:00 pm

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