Master Nanshuo's exposure at the Finger-Snap Tea House, where his mask was ripped off and he was publicly humiliated, had far-reaching consequences.
But those who were there at the time usually couldn't see what would come of it. Most were simply furious at that moment, feeling they'd been made fools of.
Only after the master was slapped from his altar did people get a clear look at his true face beneath the veil of illusion.
He had originally been the successor to a minor sect whose lineage had died out. By sheer chance, he'd obtained a Mirage King Pearl.
Instead of using the Mirage King Pearl to cultivate properly, he'd exploited its illusionary powers to swindle and deceive. Once he'd successfully played the part of a supernatural sage, he'd never looked back.
Over the years, he'd cheated countless people, and his "fortune" had grown enormously. Never mind what he'd already spent—in this moment alone, he had thirty-eight Storage Boxes on him.
Li Longchuan had discovered the fraud, and Xu Xiangan had pinned him down. Naturally, all of these things had ended up in their hands.
There were several sects on Little Crescent Island, but none commanded everyone's trust enough to become the "official" authority. And Li Longchuan and the other Qi people couldn't very well hand these so-called "ill-gotten gains" over to the Sea Fishing Tower.
The whole affair had been made possible by Li Longchuan's Candle Micro Supernatural Power. Jiang Wang and Xu Xiangan had both firmly declared they wouldn't take a single coin, while Li Longchuan, born into a Name Gate, hardly lacked for such things anyway.
But he'd come up with a brilliant solution.
He sent all the "ill-gotten gains" to Ice Phoenix Island, along with Master Nanshuo himself, who was taken there to stand trial and