A passerby in a horror movie

"Great Immortal, I wish to deal with the vengeful ghost, but I lack the strength. Could you please grant me some assistance, such as magical artifacts or talismans, or even pass on your teachings?"

Li Haotian turned around, knelt before the statue, and bowed in reverence.

After listening to what Master Li Fude said, he felt that it made a lot of sense.

Since Wong Tai Sin is willing to respond to him, he might actually be able to ask for some magical artifacts or something. If he could also pass on some magical techniques to him, that would be even better.

Li Fude, who was not far away, saw that Li Haotian was really asking for a magic weapon and was both amused and exasperated.

He was just joking, but he didn't expect the young man to take it seriously.

The statues of deities receive incense offerings year after year, so the ritual implements on them are naturally more powerful than ordinary ones. However, the statues are all one piece, so even if you wanted to take the implements, you couldn't remove them.

Moreover, this young man was just an ordinary person; it was already extremely rare for Wong Tai Sin to be able to guide him through the Holy Grail.

Li Fude's desire to have a magical artifact bestowed upon him by a celestial being was nothing short of wishful thinking!

Not to mention ordinary people, even his master doesn't have this ability.

Seeing that Li Haotian kept bowing, Li Fude shook his head and was about to go over and persuade him to give up.

Before he could even lift his leg, a sudden cracking sound rang out in the main hall.

"Clap."

Suddenly, the whisk on the statue of Wong Tai Sin inexplicably detached itself and fell directly onto the altar.

The incense burner on the altar was hit by the handle of a whisk and rolled off the altar, wobbling precariously.

Li Haotian naturally noticed this change as well. Just as he was about to reach out to take the incense burner, a gentle breeze suddenly blew by, and the incense burner landed steadily on the ground without spilling a single drop of incense ash.

"This...this is..."

Upon seeing this, Li Fude, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but shudder, his skin instantly breaking out in goosebumps. He stared wide-eyed at Li Haotian.

"Thank you so much, Master. Thank you so much, Master."

Li Haotian quickly got up from the prayer mat, but instead of grabbing the whisk and incense burner, he looked at Li Fude who was walking towards him.

"Master, these two items were given to me by the Great Immortal. May I take them?"

Li Haotian said with a smile.

Li Fude was, after all, a manager of the Wong Tai Sin Temple, and he still needed the temple's permission to take away the ritual implements.

"how did you do it?"

Li Fude stared at Li Haotian with a look of utter disbelief and asked.

In all his years of life, this was the first time he had ever seen Wong Tai Sin show such favoritism towards one person. The Holy Grail appearing was one thing, but it happened only a few times a year.

But the whisk is firmly embedded in the statue. Even if you use a chisel, it would take a long time to remove it. And the incense burner on the altar can roll off at an angle and still stand upright.

If this isn't a miracle from Wong Tai Sin, then something supernatural must be going on.

He has been a monk at Wong Tai Sin Temple for decades and has never received this treatment. It's truly infuriating to compare oneself to others.

“I don’t know, I just bowed a few times and the immortal appeared. Maybe I have a connection with Huang Daxian.”

Li Haotian shrugged and said.

The fact that Wong Tai Sin was able to manifest his power is most likely due to the divine connection granted by the spatial reward, which allowed Wong Tai Sin to sense him.

Li Haotian hadn't expected that Huang Daxian would be so easy to talk to, and actually give him the magic weapon he asked for.

"Phew, wait a moment, I'll go get my senior brother."

Li Fude calmed himself down and turned to walk towards the side hall.

Soon, Li Fude followed an old Taoist priest with gray hair.

"Senior brother, it's him, it's him, it's him."

Li Fude pointed at Li Haotian and then said to him.

“This is my senior brother, who is also the abbot of Wong Tai Sin Temple.”

"Greetings, Abbot and two Taoist masters. May I take this magical artifact?"

Li Haotian cupped his hands in a respectful gesture and said...

"Since it's Wong Tai Sin's wish, you can take it."

The abbot nodded, his eyes fixed on Li Haotian as he smiled and spoke.

"Thank you, Taoist Master."

Having received permission, Li Haotian quickly brought over the whisk and incense burner.

"I heard from Fude that you borrowed the magical artifact to deal with the evil spirit?"

The abbot looked at Li Haotian and asked.

"Yes, it's a few of my friends who got haunted by a female ghost while playing a psychic game."

Li Haotian briefly recounted the story of Xiao Qiang and the others.

"If you don't have cultivation and special methods, you won't be able to use magical artifacts effectively. If you rush into fighting the evil spirits like this, you'll easily suffer losses."

The old Taoist priest shook his head.

This young man is too reckless. He doesn't show any signs of cultivation. Even if he has a magical artifact bestowed upon him by Huang Daxian, he probably won't know how to use it. At most, he can let the artifact protect him automatically. He could easily get injured or even die if he's not careful.

"This... Daoist Master, could you teach me how to use magical artifacts? I must stop that vengeful ghost from harming people."

Li Haotian bowed to the two Taoist priests and spoke very sincerely.

"To use a magical artifact, one must possess magical power, or use a special method to consume vital energy and spirit to activate it."

"You can't cultivate magic power right now, but you can learn the method of substituting life."

The abbot spoke slowly.

"A method to substitute for one's life?"

Li Haotian asked curiously.

"That's right. The cultivation environment is not as good as it used to be. Very few people can cultivate properly. So many people want to take shortcuts, and the method of substituting life is one of them."

"The so-called substitution method has two methods: one is borrowing power, and the other is substitution. Borrowing power means borrowing power from ghosts and gods, while substitution means creating a substitute and consuming essence, energy and spirit to obtain power."

"Although this method can quickly acquire magical power, it also greatly consumes one's essence, energy, spirit, and lifespan. Moreover, there is a saying that what is borrowed must be repaid; the borrowed magical power must be repaid. Therefore, even if one can quickly acquire magical power, it cannot be used casually."

After hearing the abbot's words, Li Haotian couldn't help but be tempted.

This method has great limitations for others, but for Li Haotian, it was tailor-made for him.

He doesn't care about consuming his energy and lifespan. As long as he doesn't die, he'll be back in the space with full health, so he doesn't need to worry about these things at all.

"Master Daoist, could you please teach me the method of substituting one's life?"

Although it was somewhat abrupt, Li Haotian still shamelessly asked the abbot to teach him the martial arts technique.

Since we've already borrowed the magical artifacts, what's a little more cultivation technique? We're not worried about having too much debt.

"Hehehe, since the old Taoist has said so much, I am naturally willing to pass on my skills to you."

"However, you must swear an oath before Wong Tai Sin that after you begin your cultivation, you will not use magic to harm others, you will not do evil, you must uphold your original heart, and do good deeds. Can you do that? If you can, I can now impart the cultivation method to you..."

The supervisor said in a serious tone.

Li Haotian nodded solemnly: "Yes!"

After saying this, he knelt again before the statue of Wong Tai Sin and swore an oath:

"Under the protection of Wong Tai Sin, your disciple Li Haotian hereby swears that after learning the Tao, he will surely keep his true nature, do good deeds, and never do evil or harm people with magic in this world. If he breaks his oath, may he be struck by lightning that day and let the gods deal with him as they see fit."

After Li Haotian finished making the oath, he noticed that the supervisor and Li Fude were looking at him with strange expressions.

"Your name is Li Haotian? Which Haotian?"

Li Fude quickly asked.

"Haotian of the Haotian Sect..."

After Li Haotian finished speaking, he realized that the two of them hadn't understood, so he coughed awkwardly and then explained it again using radicals.

"Master, I know this name might be considered taboo, but it was given to me by my parents, so we can't just change it."

Previously in the world of Zombie Rebirth, Ayou had mentioned his name, but Li Haotian didn't take it to heart.

If God truly cared, would he have lived this long? Would he still possess a spatial ability and travel between different worlds?

Obviously, God wouldn't care, and Li Haotian didn't think there was anything that needed to be changed.