I Got Cheat Powers After Becoming a Taoist Priest

After mysteriously failing the college entrance exam, Zhou Juanbai somehow ends up at a Taoist temple.

While his classmates attend university lectures, he follows Old Liang around helping people deal with little devils from Southeast Asia!

While his classmates take part in club activities, he follows Old Liang around helping people break curses!

While his classmates are dating, he's stuck listening every day to that greasy old man, Liang Xingyang, lecture him on Taoist magic!

And that's not all. Every day, he has to hang around with Fang Xinyi, a burly, muscular Taoist priest whose face practically says "Keep away," and he's even forced to exercise...

So Zhou Juanbai, who is terrified of ghosts and loves to slack off, has no choice but to learn Taoist magic and hunt ghosts while also studying hard for his exams.

He has a unique inborn skill that lets him communicate directly with spirits, and he can open his Heavenly Eye at will. He used to be scared walking alone at night, but now he's covered in cheat abilities, with the Patriarch's blessing to boot!

Zhou Juanbai: "This kind of good thing is possible?"

So he sincerely devotes himself to Taoism, then discovers:

His back doesn't ache, his legs don't hurt, and his eyesight has even recovered to 5.0!

While others stay up late studying by lamplight, he only needs one look to memorize everything. While others struggle to understand Taoist magic, he grasps it instantly.

And so Zhou Juanbai retakes the college entrance exam and finally gets into the school he wants. At the same time, he officially enters the Taoist faith and becomes a priest.

He studies Taoist magic, exorcises ghosts and banishes evil, brings good fortune, answers questions, upholds justice, and takes care of everyday troubles.

Not long after, disaster strikes. The temple is framed and brought to the brink of ruin.

As a university student in the modern age, Zhou Juanbai resolutely decides to promote Taoism through online livestreams.

He and Fang Xinyi lead a whole crowd of senior and junior fellow disciples into the livestreaming industry.

- That guy is so handsome! Is he a Taoist priest?

- These days, all the handsome guys are becoming priests. No wonder I don't have a boyfriend.

Zhou Juanbai: "If you want a boyfriend, we can arrange that. Let's get a peach-blossom luck ritual going!"

Fang Xinyi: "Come take a look! We have packages for attracting wealth and cutting off bad romances. If you can think of it, we can do it!"

Thanks to their enormous popularity, they become internet-famous Taoist priests, and the temple gradually recovers.

Little scenes

Fang Xinyi stares at Zhou Juanbai's injured arm, focuses his mind, presses his index and middle fingers together, points at the arm, and chants under his breath. Then he takes something out of his bag.

Zhou Juanbai thinks it must be a talisman, but when he looks closely, it's an alcohol swab. "Are you going to disinfect it?"

Fang Xinyi: "Did that female ghost make you stupid? The mystical arts need incantations, science needs disinfection. Combine the two, and we have a perfect partnership!"

Zhou Juanbai: "..."

*

Zhou Juanbai opens his Heavenly Eye and feels a chill as he surveys his surroundings.

He frowns and quietly says to Fang Xinyi across from him, "Senior Brother, there's a female ghost sitting on your shoulder, stroking your face. Another is behind you, holding your waist, and two more are slowly coming closer. They're trying to seduce you. Can you feel them?"

Fang Xinyi raises an eyebrow, grits his back teeth, and gives a cold smile. "There's probably only one person in this world who can seduce me, and he's right in front of me. What can any other demons or spirits do to me?"

With that, he flashes a wicked smile, forms a hand seal, and draws the peachwood sword on his back.

Reader's guide:

1. An episodic story. Some of the knowledge mentioned comes from Illustrated Taoist Encyclopedia: 1,000 Questions, the Daozang, and other sources.

2. The story does not involve any real sects or actual people or events. Please don't assume it refers to anyone in particular, don't take it too seriously, and remember to believe in science rather than superstition or blind faith.

3. The ghost babies, zombies, sorcery, ghosts, spirit mediums, and other such elements are fictional.

4. Please excuse any errors in the folk customs and cultural knowledge or opinions mentioned in the story.

5. The story isn't scary, and the protagonist has a golden finger. Zhou Juanbai x Fang Xinyi.

6. This novel is also titled My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven's, 1v1, with a happy ending.

Theme: The righteous path of this world is filled with hardship!