Zhang Hao happens upon a book called the Mountain Forager’s Guide in the cellar of his ancestral home.
The book contains detailed accounts of mountain foragers throughout history, including their experiences and customs, as well as all kinds of mountain treasures and strange curiosities.
He inherits this ancient legacy and becomes the last mountain forager in the world.
He trains a goshawk to scout ahead and befriends a black bear.
He listens to the wind to find hidden caves and reads the stars to uncover treasures.
After the rain, he searches the mountains for miraculous lightning-struck wood; on sheer cliffs, he gathers cliff-climbing earth lingzhi; in dangerous caves, he catches rare medicinal insects. There are even the mountain spirits and strange creatures of legend, from foxes holding weddings to weasels seeking a human title...