Zhou Niansan, a humble scholar from a poor family, set off for the capital to take the imperial examinations. Encountering danger on the road, Sanwa appeared, accidentally meeting the millennium ginseng fairy Sanwa who had transformed into a child. Traveling together all the way, they smashed dangerous inns, fought water bandits, cured plagues, and defeated the prime minister's treacherous plot in the capital. Zhou Niansan placed high on the imperial examination list, governed as an official entirely devoted to the people, and after experiencing the turbulent waves of officialdom, finally achieved success. The ginseng fairy's mortal ties concluded and he drifted away gracefully, leaving his benevolent thoughts to pass down through later generations.