Apprentice Lin Rui possesses a special ability: when touching old woodwork, the personified inner monologues of the wood emerge in his mind. He spends fifty yuan to buy a broken folding stool from an old furniture stall, accidentally dismantling two gold bars. After seeing through the human hearts of the industry, he resigns and ventures into the antique woodwork market. Relying on his superior observation skills and woodworking foundation, he successively picks up bargains on red sandalwood paperweights, Hainan huanghuali master chairs, and qinan agarwood materials. Traveling south to the border log market, he finds the remaining part of a Ming dynasty imperial dragon chair backrest, and also discovers Old Summer Palace architectural sample drawings. Facing coercion and temptation, Lin Rui chooses to hand over the cultural relics to the state, ultimately opening the Xunmu Workshop. A mysterious letter opens up a brand new exploration journey.