What does it mean when a water ghost ascends to the city king?

Water Ghost Transformed into a City God

There lived a water ghost near the Hongmao Monument in Chiayi. Because of the remote location, he could not find a scapegoat for many years. He was very distressed. One day, he finally waited until a fisherman passed by, and he used many tricks to push him into the water. The fisherman pretended to be dead, but the water ghost didn't know it. He thought he had really found a substitute and could go there without worries. Reincarnated. But just as he happily ran to tell the King of Hell, the King of Hell yelled at him: He was just pretending to be dead, go back quickly. When he returned, he found that the fisherman had left. But his ghost card was still with him, so he waited until the next day to ask the fisherman to do a good deed and return the ghost card to him. The fisherman said: As long as you help me catch the fish below, I will pay you back. So every night fishermen come here to catch fish and chat with water ghosts.

As time went by, one day, the water ghost said that a child would slip and fall tomorrow, so please don’t ruin my good deeds. But the fisherman couldn't bear it and rescued the child. This happened several times in a row, and the water ghost looked away. He stopped mentioning who he wanted to harm. During these ten years, due to the secret investigation of the King of Hell, he learned that he had never harmed anyone, so he was promoted to the city god of Chiayi.

The story warns people not to think about harming others, but to always be kind and benevolent, and you will be rewarded with good things.