When the Lin's daughter was 16, she was visited by a spirit who conferred upon her a bronze amulet which gave the young girl the power to help others in times of distress.
神仙嚴肅地把銅符給她，從此她殫心竭力，參透玄機，培養了一身法力，常常駕雲飛渡大海，救護海上船隻。漁村村民，感恩戴德，就尊稱她為「通賢靈女」。