Moyen, the guardian Kirin of Cangwu Mountain, accidentally falls into hunter Ma Degui's snare, promising to exchange three scales for auspicious jade to gain freedom. Ma Degui and his wife grow increasingly greedy, forcibly taking the scales, imprisoning and selling the jade, and even abandoning it in a rocky ravine. Herbalist Shen Qinghe rescues Moyen and carries it back up the mountain. After recovering, Moyen takes no lives, instead making the greedy work to pay off their debts according to a ledger, and also subduing the Zhou family who covets the Kirin. In the end, it stays to build the road from Cangwu Mountain to Kaoshan Village, while Shen Qinghe manages the medicinal herb garden, where kindness and guardianship find their home.