82: My stove is broken, my heart is broken!

Ma Xianhong couldn't help but gulp as he watched the tottering cultivation furnace.

But the scene before him now left him no room for further thought.

Just as Ma Xianhong was still praying the furnace wouldn't have an accident, the cultivation furnace gave him a huge shock.

Crack!!

The swaying cultivation furnace actually split open.

Cracks burst open one after another, and a large amount of white light emanated from the fissures.

Boom!!

Dazzling white light instantly bloomed, followed by a huge impact carrying fragments of the cultivation furnace flying everywhere.

Ma Xianhong's eyes widened, and he immediately pulled Bi Yuan behind him, then instantly deployed his protective Magical Artifact.

Clang! Clang!

As several beads flew out, they transformed into a surface, forming a protective net that both blocked the impact and stopped the incoming fragments.

Boom!!!

A huge explosion brought a violent tremor, and some villagers who had just laid down immediately got up to check outside.

"Damn it! What's going on? I was just about to 'do my business' and go to sleep, but that explosion scared it right back in."

"You're lucky. I was just in the outhouse, and I thought some kid was blowing up the outhouse with firecrackers. I didn't finish, so I ran out, and now I have to go home and wash my pants."

"Look! It seems like a house in the village exploded."

"The smoke seems to be coming from where the cultivation furnace is located."

Some villagers who had just become Stranger knew the exact location of the cultivation furnace and were discussing what had happened.

There were also some brave villagers who grouped together, wanting to go and see, but they were stopped by Bi Yuan and his men.

"Everyone, don't panic. The village chief is conducting an experiment. That was just a small mistake. Rest assured, the fire and the scene are under control, so there's no need to worry."

"It's late, everyone should go back to sleep early."

Listening to Bi Yuan's words, some villagers who wanted to watch the drama could only give up... The cultivation furnace exploded.

Due to the strong power of the explosion, the original two-story cottage was directly flattened, and the ground was directly blown into a huge pit.

The cultivation furnace was completely gone, leaving only Ma Xianhong standing in place with a look of utter despair... "The furnace... it's just gone..."

"My furnace is broken... my heart is broken too..."

Ma Xianhong was filled with mixed emotions at this moment. Unlike the original story where Zhang Chulan directly smashed the cultivation furnace, this time it was completely with his own consent, and he even begged Lin Yuan to test it.

Lin Yuan had already given him a warning before entering the cultivation furnace, saying that the cultivation furnace might not be able to withstand him, but Ma Xianhong was very confident in his furnace, patting his chest and guaranteeing that there would definitely be no problem.

He originally wanted to show off in front of Lin Yuan and leave a good impression, but instead, he made a huge blunder right in front of him.

Ma Xianhong! Practice more with this dish! If you can't handle it, don't play. Who told you this furnace was still a semi-finished product, and Lin Yuan's strength was so great?

It's normal for it to explode, isn't it?

Ma Xianhong kept comforting himself, trying to find an excuse.

cultivation furnace: Damn it! They already said it might not be able to withstand it, but you still insisted on them trying. Anyway, it's not you who got blown up! You're so noble! You're amazing!

...Although Ma Xianhong felt heartbroken about the furnace, he searched everywhere and soon found a fist-sized, identical metal sphere in a corner.

He carefully twisted open the metal sphere, and inside was a twisted ball of flesh. This was the most core component of the cultivation furnace.

If other components were gone, he could get them again, but if this core component was damaged, he could only stare helplessly, because this was given to him by his elder sister, Qu Tong.

After confirming that there were no problems, he sealed the flesh ball back into the metal sphere. Fortunately, he had used a special metal to wrap it to protect the core at the time, which was why it hadn't been destroyed.

"What is this smell? It's really bad."

Lin Yuan protected himself the moment the explosion occurred, and he also protected the ordinary people.

Although the explosion was powerful, the ordinary person was not killed, only suffered some hearing loss... "Old Ma, your furnace... is too weak, isn't it? It's not durable. It couldn't even last a few minutes?"

Lin Yuan looked at the mess on the ground and couldn't help but complain a few times.

He saw Ma Xianhong's confident guarantee that nothing would go wrong, which was why he agreed to test it.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and protected the ordinary people inside at the first moment. Otherwise, the people inside would probably be blown out like popcorn by now.

Ma Xianhong looked at Lin Yuan with an embarrassed expression.

"Uh... Immortal Master Lin Yuan, this... do you believe me if I say this was an accident?"

Ma Xianhong scratched his head, feeling the atmosphere was particularly awkward.

The boast he made a second ago was now slapping him hard in the face.

"It's fine... it's fine... if the furnace exploded, it exploded. It was a semi-finished product anyway, and we'll definitely build a better one in the future."

"I believe that with you, we can build an even more perfect cultivation furnace!"

Ma Xianhong kept comforting Lin Yuan, and at the same time, comforting himself.

Lin Yuan examined the metal sphere in Ma Xianhong's hand, feeling the aura become even more familiar.

"I just saw you pick up something, what was that?"

"Ah? This?"

Ma Xianhong held up the metal sphere in his hand.

"I'm not entirely sure what this is. It's the core of the cultivation furnace, and my elder sister gave it to me."

Ma Xianhong told Lin Yuan very frankly, but he did not mention that his elder sister was Qu Tong, still concealing some of her identity.

"Immortal Master Lin Yuan, are you interested in this?"

Saying that, Ma Xianhong handed the metal core to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan held the metal sphere in his hand and immediately noticed something unusual, because he clearly perceived that there was something alive inside!

"Old Ma, this thing shouldn't be something your Divine Mechanism of a Hundred Refinements can produce, right?"

Lin Yuan weighed the sphere in his hand, then tossed it to Ma Xianhong. He had already determined that this creation was definitely something made by All-encompassing Hands!

"Immortal Master Lin Yuan, I... this thing... it... was indeed given to me by someone else, but I truly cannot reveal her identity."

"I beg you, please don't ask any further!"

Lin Yuan then revealed a meaningful smile.

"Then do you know what this thing's purpose is for?"

Ma Xianhong immediately shook his head.

"I only know that this is indeed the core of the cultivation furnace... as long as it's used, the cultivation furnace can function normally."

Lin Yuan watched Ma Xianhong still being evasive and unwilling to tell the truth. He slowly walked up to Ma Xianhong.

"Are you sure! You really don't know anything?"

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