Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 853 - 710: Solar Furnace_2

Chapter 853: Chapter 710: Solar Furnace_2

They were replacing each component before installing the new parts.

Few people in the world knew that Mr. and Mrs. Yue, who had disappeared from the Central Plains for several months, were hiding here, crafting various objects for Li Xuan.

The throne of "Emperor Xuanhuang" was the work of their hands.

Although the throne was not a magical instrument, its interior was incredibly precise and complex, beyond the capabilities of ordinary Artifact Refiners.

Only Mr. and Mrs. Yue could accomplish such a feat, with their Artifact Refining Technique being at the pinnacle and their cultivation nearing the False Heavenly Position, combined with their harmonious understanding.

"How is it going?" Li Xuan looked down to see the dense, intricately assembled devices inside the huge egg, along with the spherical coil in the center, covered in runes and shining brightly.

"Progress is satisfactory."

Yue Huaiyuan also looked on with interest, watching Leng Yurou replace and install parts one by one.

The couple was mainly responsible for refining, while the design and installation of the "Solar Furnace" were overseen by Leng Yurou.

"Miss Leng is still improving some of the components, modifying the circuitry. I estimate that in two months, the Solar Furnace should be operational. However, your budget will likely need to be increased substantially, possibly by an additional fifty million teal. This is the material Miss Leng has requested; you can take a look."

In fact, the Solar Furnace had already been test-run for half a day three days ago.

However, many components inside began to show signs of melting under the high temperature radiation from the nuclear fusion.

Li Xuan required the "Solar Furnace" to last at least twenty years.

Leng Yurou had to redesign her construction, reducing the power on one hand and using better materials on the other. Finally, she had to improve the cooling system and devise a way to seal the radiation.

"Fifty million teal?"

A pang of pain could not help but twist in Li Xuan’s heart.

This didn’t even include the commission agreed upon for employing Mr. and Mrs. Yue to help him refine the Solar Furnace, which was twenty thousand a day! Afterward, he would still have to pay for various precious materials worth a million teal.

The relationship Li Xuan had with their daughter did not prove helpful at all.

On the contrary, because of this connection, Mr. and Mrs. Yue’s asking price was even more ruthless. They treated him like a fat pig being slaughtered, showing no courtesy due to acquaintances at all.

Li Xuan had a premonition that his financial freedom might not last long.

He could only strive to calm his emotions, consoling himself with the thought that the "Solar Furnace" was not something that could be easily constructed.

In the world that Li Xuan came from, nuclear fusion reactors were still an intangible prospect.

The nuclear fusion that Li Xuan used to envision was just for "visualization," only needed to be maintained for about thirty to fifty minutes, unlike now where it had to last a full twenty years, with power requirements exceeding ten million watts, which was on the scale of the Three Gorges hydroelectric station.

Leng Yurou didn’t possess advanced applied mathematics or physics, and her design of the Solar Furnace was entirely based on intuition, a process accomplished with a single tap on her forehead.

Prior to this, they hadn’t done any precise calculations, so the results they had achieved so far were already quite impressive.

It is fortunate that this world possesses an abundance of strong materials.

——Such as high-temperature alloys that can withstand up to nine thousand degrees and radiation-proof stones, among others.

Li Xuan thought to himself that had he known earlier, he would have lowered his requirements and used nuclear fission.

The reason he opted for the "Solar Furnace" in one step was that his foundational cultivation technique also followed the path of fusion, which would allow for future coordination and unification.

Had Li Xuan known earlier how much it would cost to build such a thing, he most certainly would not have been so extravagant.

Li Xuan carefully examined the list Yue Huaiyuan handed over, and his expression eased a little.

This time, Leng Yurou had been considerate of him; he already had all the materials listed, so there was no need to purchase more.

He then looked forward expectantly and said, "By the way, have you completed the immortal array I commissioned from you two?"

Li Xuan thought that if these two had spare time to watch Yurou replace parts, they must have been free.

"I have not failed you!" Yue Huaiyuan nodded slightly, then raised his hand to deliver several dozen array discs to Li Xuan, "This is our imitation of the ’God Sealing Array’, split into thirty-six parts. You just need to install it under that throne according to the array diagram provided. After the County Prince Fenyang has inspected it, please pay the final payment."

Li Xuan did not quite understand, but he had someone with him who did. Lv Qiluo materialized before him, inspected the array, and then spoke with admiration, "Very well done! Their craftsmanship is excellent, and their prospects beyond the heavenly level are boundless. You are lucky to have found dual cultivation artifact refiners of their caliber; they’re a rarity seen once in thousands of years. Their future achievements could stand alongside those of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye."

Li Xuan promptly handed over all the remaining payments, totaling two million teals’ worth of various treasures, to Yue Huaiyuan.

At the same time, he curiously asked Lv Qiluo, "Can this contraption really transform the electricity provided by the Solar Furnace into divine power?"

"Not transform, but substitute," Lv Qiluo shook her head and explained, "This ’God Sealing Array’ cannot fully substitute for divine power; it can only replace more than ninety percent of the divine power consumption.

In ancient times, when the population peaked at not much more than fifty million, although people’s spiritual souls were stronger back then, even if all of them were devout followers, they wouldn’t have been able to sustain the more than three hundred divine generals, twelve marshals, and the many heavenly officials in the Heavenly Court. Therefore, Haotian established this array to bolster the manpower of the Heavenly Court.

However, the third generation of the Heavenly Court relied on the ’Star Cores’ they found, drawing upon the power of thunderbolt to sustain the Heavenly Court. As ’Star Cores’ became more scarce in the world, the Heavenly Court’s predicament gradually worsened.

The power of your Solar Furnace is much greater, capable of emitting Unlimited Light and heat, and can also convert thunderbolt—just one furnace can match the power of five Star Cores. The key is that it can be mass-produced, eliminating the risk of depletion."

Li Xuan thought to himself that made sense, given that he now had millions of followers, and after the ’throne’ was refined, the utilization rate of divine power had also increased.

But now, supporting two divine generals and several hundred heavenly soldiers was consuming nearly half of his divine power.

Li Xuan looked down again with an expression of anticipation in his eyes.

He was now counting on the completion of this Solar Furnace to expand his forces and strengthen his position.

It was at this moment that Mrs. Le suddenly spoke up, "Your Highness, the design of your ’Solar Furnace’ is truly brilliant, the likes of which I’ve rarely seen in my life. If it could be used for crafting artifacts, it would be an excellent source of fire. In the near future, we might need to borrow the power of this furnace to craft a few items."

Li Xuan glanced sidelong at the couple and said, "That can be arranged, but using it for one day will cost two hundred thousand taels of patterned silver."

Yue Huaiyuan’s lips twitched at that, thinking this fellow was truly asking for a king’s ransom.