Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Evil in the World of Strange Tales

Ren Lin woke up to find himself a young Taoist priest in the Dongyue Temple of the Liaozhai world. This vast world was filled with fox spirits, ghostly figures in ruined temples, overseas markets, and grotto-heavens... immortals, Buddhas, demons, and monsters—a bizarre and wondrous place. Fortunately, he possessed the Daoist Scroll of Profound Insight and Observation, allowing him to glimpse heavenly secrets, deduce cause and effect, discover opportunities, and avoid misfortune. [I respectfully request the Daoist Scroll to show me today's opportunity.] [Outside Guo Nan City, on the Qinghe River, cast your line in this direction, and you'll catch every fish! Today's fortune lies in the water!] [I respectfully request the Daoist Scroll to show me where I can obtain cultivation techniques within a thousand miles.] [Ten miles south of the city, in Lanruo Temple, there is a ghost immortal's scroll, the ninth-grade "Knowing White and Guarding Black Technique"; a hundred miles west, beneath an ancient pine tree lies the seventh-grade sword manual "Answering the Boy Under the Pine Tree's Questions"; five hundred miles south, I can meet a sword master who will teach me the third-grade ultimate technique, "Bright Radiance Dragon-Slaying Sword Art"...] [I respectfully request the Daoist Scroll to show me how to forge a first-grade immortal sword!] [To forge an immortal sword...]