One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

As Sun Yao spoke, he released the Guixu Cauldron from his treasure pouch. Initially, Second Master Liu was somewhat skeptical of Sun Yao's explanation, but the fiery aura emanating from the Guixu Cauldron left him no choice but to believe it. He had also explored the bottom of the Heavenly Pool, and he knew all too well what the earth vein fire energy within the earth fire veins at the bottom of the Heavenly Pool was like.

"Good lad, I didn't expect you could accomplish this. Alright, you can rest assured and recast your cauldron here. Just tell me what you need, and whatever Second Grandfather has, I will definitely not hesitate to provide!" Sun Yao's ability to eliminate the huge hidden danger of Tianchi is a great achievement for the Chuma family.

"Speaking of which, there is indeed something I need Second Grandfather Liu's help with. Although I already possess the earth vein fire energy and some materials needed to forge the Guixu Cauldron, my personal material reserves are not very sufficient. Currently, I only have some fine iron and the refined copper used in the cauldron itself, which can be considered relatively rare materials. As for the rest, they are all common materials like iron mother. If Second Grandfather could find me some rare materials to forge the Guixu Cauldron, that would be wonderful."

Sun Yao had nowhere to find materials, and just as he was dozing off, someone delivered a pillow to his head. The shamans had been traveling to the Northeast for countless years; they must have a considerable amount of cold iron and meteorite iron, to say the least.

"It's just some materials, don't worry, Second Grandfather will take care of it for you today. Our Ma family has been in the Northeast for so many years, and we can get as much material as you want. Give me a thousand catties of cold iron first, and I'll give you another hundred catties of meteorite iron, but come back and ask me for more. Let me tell you, I also have some rare materials that you can't find anywhere else in the world, and I'll give them to you to melt and forge into artifacts."

As he spoke, Master Liu gave a wink to the giant snake beside him. The Liu fairies immediately understood and scattered, seemingly to prepare the materials Master Liu had just mentioned.

"Oh? Then I really want to see for myself what kind of material you describe as so precious and rare in the world?"

"Simple. Look at this. We all call it Celestial Copper. It's something that split off from a celestial star that fell from the sky a thousand years ago. When that celestial star hit the ground, it split into four pieces of Celestial Copper: three small and one large. The two smaller ones fell south, while the other two landed on Changbai Mountain. The smaller one was fought over by countless people, and eventually a family surnamed Zhang took it for themselves and even built a stronghold on Changbai Mountain. My father saw that so many people were fighting over this thing, so he took the larger one. But even though it's passed down to me, I haven't found any use for it. However, it's considered indestructible. To this day, I haven't found any material that can destroy it. It's perfect for using as a material for refining weapons, but I don't know if you have the means to melt it."

As he spoke, Grandpa Liu spat out a piece of so-called Heavenly Star Copper, only the size of a dog's head gold, just like the water-repelling pearl he had spat out earlier.

"Second Uncle, can't you find a different way to store things? You have to keep everything inside your stomach. Aren't you afraid something might go wrong?"

"It's better than having my treasure stolen. Besides, who told you I put it in my stomach? I've lived for hundreds of years, so of course I have storage artifacts."

"Oh, so you swallowed that magical artifact?"

"Hey, you brat, you're really annoying. Alright, I've given you the materials. Just relax and forge your magical artifacts here. They'll protect you."

As they spoke, the nearly twenty willow fairies that had scattered had returned to the shore of Tianchi Lake, bringing back the materials that Sun Yao needed to reforge the Guixu Cauldron.

"Second Master, is there something you need to take care of?"

“You little brat, you’ve caused me such a big mess just by going down to Tianchi once. I have to give the family an explanation.”

As Grandpa Liu Er spoke, he climbed down the mountain, his massive body causing the ground to tremble. As the tremors subsided, Sun Yao knew that Grandpa Liu Er was gradually disappearing into the distance. This matter absolutely needed to be discussed with the Chuma family. Clearing the obstacles in the Fire Dragon's path to transformation into a dragon within just half a month required leveraging the Chuma family's connections in the Northeast.

In the Hubei and Hunan regions, he could easily overcome any obstacles thanks to the influence of the Xieling faction. However, in the three northeastern provinces, the Chuma family still holds more sway. The disciples of the Chuma family are even guests of the Northeast King, demonstrating the Chuma family's extensive connections in the Northeast.

However, now is not the time to think about such things. The most important thing right now is to remelt and refine the Guixu Cauldron into a magic weapon. As it stands, the Guixu Cauldron is already struggling to withstand the immense earth vein fire energy. If any more time is wasted, the Guixu Cauldron might be melted by the earth vein fire energy, and then how will Sun Yao reforge it?

To prevent the Guixu Cauldron from being destroyed before it could be reforged, Sun Yao had no choice but to begin the reforging process himself. The reforging process did not require completely destroying the Guixu Cauldron; it only required replacing the entire cauldron from the inside out.

The first step is to melt the raw materials delivered by the willow fairies into molten iron, so that the Guixu Cauldron can be recast. However, remelting cold iron and meteorite iron is no easy task. Cold iron is inherently cold, and ordinary flames are suppressed when they encounter it, let alone melt it. As for meteorite iron, all meteorite iron has already undergone intense burning during its fall into the atmosphere, and the temperature of ordinary flames is simply insufficient to melt it into molten iron.

However, all of this was utterly insignificant to the Samadhi True Fire. The Samadhi True Fire could burn anything and its temperature was extremely high; melting cold iron and meteorite iron was no problem for it at all. The only thing he might be slightly worried about was the celestial copper the size of a dog's head gold nugget. He had never seen this before and didn't know its melting point. But that could be dealt with later; right now, the most important thing was to melt all the cold iron and meteorite iron into molten iron and recast the Guixu Cauldron.

Originally, he alone would not have been able to melt all that cold iron and meteorite iron, but now he has extracted all the earth vein fire energy that has accumulated at the bottom of the Heavenly Pool for hundreds and thousands of years. With the help of this earth vein fire energy, melting a thousand pounds of cold iron and a hundred pounds of meteorite iron is a piece of cake.

Most importantly, the process of smelting these cold irons and meteorites can also effectively consume some of the earth vein fire energy, slowing down the erosion of the Guixu Cauldron by the earth vein fire energy, so that the Guixu Cauldron won't explode before he has finished smelting it.