In the troubled times of the Republic of China, war broke out everywhere in Guizhou.
Peng Yan, a student of Dade School, returns to his hometown for a funeral and is shocked to discover that his father's fall from a cliff was actually murder.
The century-old Xiangzhigou ancient paper mill is surrounded by dangers, with profiteers colluding with warlords and traitors from the same ethnic group rebelling, all coveting the Ming Dynasty secret treasures and nautical charts buried deep in the Golden Dragon Cave.
The young workshop leader holds the secret scroll of ancestral papermaking, and joins hands with Lin Wan, an underground party member, the Buyi cave guard and the villagers to break into the cave, overcome three barriers, fight evil spirits, and protect the ancestral art.
A piece of ancient bamboo paper carries the fate of a family for six hundred years;
The ups and downs of the troubled times in the mountains interpret a legend of the Republic of China that is rooted in the mountains and fields of Guizhou and about ingenuity, revenge and the protection of family and country.
