The Medicine King Descends the Mountain

The story of The Medicine King unfolds through the fortunes of its protagonist, Han Ye. By his teens, Han Ye had lost both his parents.

With no one to rely on, he herded sheep for the village just to survive, becoming a humble shepherd boy. He was only a child, and nobody cared whether he lived or died. The only people who showed him any affection were his uncle and aunt from his father's family.

Han Ye was lonely and helpless, but he refused to give up. One day, while herding sheep in the mountains, he met an old monk from a temple there. The monk taught him to read and write, trained him in martial arts, and passed on obscure medical knowledge.

Han Ye wanted to change his life, but felt powerless to do so. Then a sudden downpour drove him into a mysterious cave that no one dared enter. Gold and silver treasures lay scattered across the cave floor, but they did not stir any greed in Han Ye.

It was Han Ye's character that won the admiration of a gifted woman from another dimension, who was inside the cave. She gave him a mystical eye bead. From then on, powerful forces stirred beneath the surface all around him, and he began a life full of dizzying twists and turns, as astonishing as it was extraordinary.

Song Xin, a beautiful woman from beyond the mountains, was unwillingly visited in a dream by the gifted woman in the cave, who sent her into the mountains to find Han Ye. From their initial misunderstandings to their later devotion through life and death, the two experience one tale of love and heartbreak after another, overcoming crisis after crisis.