Lu Yuan and the others heard the explosion and also came out to see what the commotion was about.
Lu Yuan took a closer look. The flustered uncle clearly wasn't at the level of a Grand Celestial Master. How could he possibly have overloaded the columnar crystal until it shattered?
'Could there be something fishy going on here?'
Lu Yuan asked for Daoist Longchuan's thoughts. Daoist Longchuan said, "It was probably just old and in disrepair. After all, these crystals don't have a regular maintenance schedule. They only get replaced when they break. What a pity."
"A pity for what?" Lu Yuan pressed.
"A pity for that fellow," Daoist Longchuan said, shaking his head with a TSK TSK TSK. "Look at how he's dressed. He doesn't look like a rich man. If Guyang Temple makes him pay for it, he wouldn't have enough even if he pawned his own underpants."
An old man walked out from within the Divine Martial Hall and asked, "What happened?"
