The deception by the Third Old Lady and Liu Yingnan was quickly unraveled.
It turned out that the Third Old Lady was a notorious "swindler" in the local village.
Her usual method was to drug people with hallucinogens and then give them water to counteract the effect.
In the eyes of the villagers, they thought this was an exorcism.
Yet the existing problems still weren't solved.
If they went to find the Third Old Lady again, she would claim that "this time the demon is very powerful and hard to dispel" and demand more silver than before.
The average common folk simply didn't have that much money for her.
Over time, people could only give up.
The villagers all said that the Third Old Lady would eventually face retribution for earning money unjustly.
However, the Third Old Lady was very cautious in her actions and never left any evidence for others to use against her.
Some people felt they had been cheated and wanted to report it to the authorities.
