In an ancient world where immortals and demons abound and countless legends lie buried, the Four Arts of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting are all the rage.
A beautiful fox spirit kneels before a humble gate for a hundred years just to learn music...
A clever dog demon who loves chess is willing to sell himself into slavery...
A bull demon who longs to read and write disguises himself as an old gatekeeper at an academy...
A young man accidentally inherits the legacy of an ancient sage, along with the long-lost mastery of the Four Arts. He becomes proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, able to excel at them all.
From then on, carrying an iron sword and a battered zither on his back, he travels the land, teaching a cute little fox to play music, a lecherous black dog to play chess, an old bull who likes to act foolish to write, and a fierce, terrifying female ghost to paint...
Along the way, he competes with people in music and chess, or takes his iron sword to scare the little demons in the mountains...
