In Withering Summer, I Long for a Fine Physician

Legend has it that Xia Wuqie, who threw a medicine pouch to save his lord, was rewarded by the King of Qin with a treasure: Shennong's Medicine Chest, which could cure a hundred poisons and heal all ailments. Later, rumors spread that alchemists in Xianyang had used it as an ingredient to create an elixir of immortality for the First Emperor.

But the First Emperor unexpectedly died of illness at Shaqiu, and the elixir vanished after those who knew about it passed away. In the unseen workings of fate, a hidden hand was pushing everyone into a grand conspiracy already laid out for them.

Ban Xia inherited his grandfather's ideals and wanted only to be a physician who healed the sick and saved lives. But a man may be innocent, yet guilty for possessing a jade treasure. Little did he know that from the very beginning, he was no more than a pawn on someone else's chessboard...