By using a golden needle, it acts as a counterbalance. And keeps the poison from killing him off.
10 seconds sound clip from the Drunken Dragon movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:21:56 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Doggy? Come on, come on. Let's go. We have work to do!
- What's hell got to do with it?
- Why do they hang the poems all over the place? What is this point?
- It's all part of the ancient witchcraft. If someone is poisoned, his soul is trapped.
- By using a golden needle, it acts as a counterbalance. And keeps the poison from killing him off.
- When the poison comes out, help to collect it all, follow procedures. Let's go in.
- Right!
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