During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the "smallpox mushroom" in Mount Wutai was on the verge of extinction due to ecological destruction, and the palace was in urgent need of this mushroom as a medicine to treat the emperor who believed in Taoism. Lin Weier, the seventh-generation descendant of a mushroom-picking family, joins forces with the imperial doctor Gu Zhao and the Tubo monk Sangji when the family is facing the calamity of deceiving the emperor and destroying the family. They uncover the secret of the "Mushroom Light Divine Instruction" hidden behind the "smallpox mushroom" - it is actually the symbol of Tibetan Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, and is involved in the conspiracy of the White Lotus Sect to seize the treasure. The three people's journey of searching for, protecting, and passing on mushrooms is intertwined with court struggles, folk beliefs, ecological wisdom, and intangible inheritance.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
