The good news is that the Fire Toad Beast Demon Pill did work.

This caused the soul-sealing curse in Nangong Wan's consciousness to show a slight sign of weakening.

What is worrying is that the effect of the Fire Toad Demon Pill is obviously not as significant as originally expected.

According to the current situation, it is still uncertain whether the curse can be completely lifted. Only after a longer period of observation can an accurate conclusion be drawn.

Fortunately, although this pill cannot cure the poison curse in one go, it can delay the onset of the soul curse and even reduce its ultimate effectiveness.

After all, the hard work of going to the Demon Valley to slay demons and obtain the magic pill was not wasted.

……

Half a day later, Chen Yun appeared silently in the seclusion room in the cave. His body was motionless, his eyes were closed, as if he was practicing some kind of meditation.

At this moment, he could only put Nangong Wan's matter behind him temporarily through continuous practice. Otherwise, if he was overly concerned about this matter, it would easily lead to mental and emotional disorders.

Chen Yun had been in a state of meditation since the moment he stepped into the secret room. Now he had finally reached a state of calmness and slowly opened his eyes.

He opened his mouth slightly, and a golden silk ball the size of a longan spurted out of his mouth. After spinning a few times in front of his chest, it stayed steadily in the air.

Staring at the ball of silk in front of him, Chen Yun raised his right hand expressionlessly, flicked his index finger lightly, and a green magic spell hit the ball of silk accurately.

Suddenly, a deafening thunder sounded, and thin arcs of electricity appeared on the surface of the golden ball.

Then it quickly transformed into a dazzling golden light, flashing wildly several times.

All the arcs disappeared without a trace in an instant, leaving only a bean-sized blue fireball in its place.

As soon as the flame appeared, Chen Yun opened his mouth again without hesitation.

A flame of the same color gushed out of its mouth, sweeping the fireball into it.

Then, the flame quickly expanded into a fireball the size of an egg, flew back quickly, and was sucked into Chen Yun's stomach in one gulp.

Without saying a word, Chen Yun immediately formed a strange seal with his hands and closed his eyes again.

He began to integrate the remaining line of blue ice flame contained in the Xu Tian Ding.

If Chen Yun ignores the charm of this flame and uses its power to control the Xu Tian Ding in the near future, then he will undoubtedly be able to navigate this world with ease and without worries.

After a long half month, Chen Yun finally woke up from his deep meditation.

His eyes flickered a few times, and then he raised his hand delicately, just one finger.

Then, a small blue flame bloomed at his fingertips.

Chen Yun stared at the flame with his lips tightly closed, silent. However, after a brief silence, his fingers trembled slightly.

With this vibration, the flame flickered and quickly turned into a slender blue fire snake, which then quickly coiled around his fingers.

Chen Yun whispered an order: "Go!"

In an instant, a pair of flaming wings grew on the back of the tiny blue fire snake. With a slight flap of the wings, it broke away from the fingers and rushed towards the roof.

However, just as it was about to touch the roof, it quickly circled and flew around the secret room with incredible agility.

Chen Yun silently watched every move of the fire snake. After a whole cup of tea, he suddenly stretched out a finger and tapped lightly.

With a "bang", the fire snake exploded in mid-air.

The scattered sparks poured down like a torrential rain, falling on Chen Yun one after another, but they were fleeting, and all the sparks disappeared into Chen Yun's body.

Chen Yun finally smiled at this moment and whispered to himself:
"It seems that the refining speed of this Qianlan Ice Flame is indeed getting faster and faster."

“Initially, it took half a year or a year to refine a strand of ice flame, but now it only takes half a month to refine the same amount of ice flame.”

After thinking for a while, Chen Yun turned his head and patted the storage bag on his waist.

A ball of green light flashed, and a flat, round tripod appeared in his hand.

The small tripod is only a few inches in size, simple, elegant and exquisite.

This is the Xutian Ding that Chen Yun carefully treasured.

Staring at the small tripod in front of him, Chen Yun fell into deep thought.

However, he soon rubbed his hands together, and blue flames suddenly erupted between his palms, forming a fist-sized blue fireball.

Then, a blue flame as thick as a thumb spurted out from the palm of each of his hands and hit the blue fireball accurately.

The fireball churned violently and expanded rapidly.

A moment later, a huge fireball the size of a head appeared silently in his chest.

The fireball flickered and blue flames surged on its surface, but there was no heat at all, which seemed quite strange.

Staring at the small tripod in the air, Chen Yun's mind moved, and the fireball immediately turned into a beam of blue light and shot out, hitting the small tripod with a bang.

A surprising scene happened. The small tripod did not splash everywhere due to the attack.

Instead, it was like water and fire merging into one in an instant. Blue flames burned on the cauldron, and the Xutian Cauldron slowly rotated in the flames.

Chen Yun stared coldly at the small tripod in the flames, his eyes slightly narrowed, and released his powerful spiritual sense.

He enveloped the small tripod in one fell swoop and began to carefully observe the changes in the small tripod in the flames.

As time passed, Chen Yun's brows became more and more furrowed.

Even though it was wrapped in the completely refined Qianlan Ice Flame, the small tripod still maintained its original shape with no noticeable difference.

When Ming Qing's spiritual eyes just revealed their magical power, Chen Yun, who was concentrating on observing Xiao Ding, finally noticed something.

His expression changed slightly, as if he had noticed some clues.

Chen Yun gently raised his right hand and made a solemn gesture towards the small tripod in front of him - he lightly touched the body of the tripod with his index finger.

A bright green light immediately appeared at the fingertips, followed by several thin rays of spiritual power that shot out like lightning and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, the Xutian Ding was flashing with dazzling blue light, and it was rapidly expanding under the backdrop of the ice flame. The small Ding, which was originally only a few inches high, grew to a full ten feet in size in the blink of an eye.

The flowers, birds, beasts, rivers, mountains and other patterns painted on the surface of the giant tripod also became clearer at this moment.

Looking at the strange object that appeared in the air and gradually grew bigger, Chen Yun stood up calmly and gestured towards the sky.

The giant tripod fell several feet in response, and finally stopped steadily a few feet away from Chen Yun's chest and abdomen.

After carefully examining the giant tripod in front of him for a moment, Chen Yun raised his right hand again without hesitation. With a loud "bang", a palm actually penetrated the blue ice flame and pressed against the wall of the tripod.

An amazing scene ensued. The originally fiercely burning blue flames suddenly turned into a rapidly rotating tornado that shot up into the sky.

Then a loud dragon roar was heard, and a ten-foot-long blue dragon appeared in the wind.

The dragon's head swung, its body twisted, and the dragon's head suddenly thrust down fiercely. After just a flash, it actually sank directly into the lid of the cauldron and disappeared.

As this strange phenomenon occurred, the faint green light on the surface of the giant cauldron suddenly turned into a deep blue.

The insects, birds, and animals on the walls around the giant tripod were illuminated by this light.

Miraculously, they began to become active, moving flexibly between the walls of the tripod, which was astonishing.

However, facing this scene, Chen Yun's face remained calm.

He just calmly stared at the palm on the wall of the cauldron, the spiritual light flickering in it. A few strands of green light passed through the palm and quickly poured into the cauldron, as if it was endless.

As spiritual energy continued to be injected, the buzzing sound inside the cauldron became more and more obvious.

Under Chen Yun's gaze, lines of blue ancient characters slowly emerged from the tripod and floated into the air.

After the blue light flashed, about three meters above the ground, these ancient texts converged into a mysterious magic scripture.

Chen Yun looked up, and the spiritual energy that he injected into the cauldron involuntarily slowed down slightly. At this moment, the words in the air dimmed instantly, as if they were about to disappear.

Chen Yun was shocked and quickly increased the speed of inputting spiritual energy.

The scriptures in the air finally regained stability and emitted a faint spiritual light.

These scriptures are not long, containing only a few thousand words.

However, when Chen Yun finished reading it word by word, his face first showed joy, but in the end he showed a helpless bitter smile.

It turns out that there is no need to rack one's brains to solve any mystery, as this scripture has clearly revealed the secret of how to control the Xu Tian Ding.

The beginning of the scripture clearly points out that in order to control this tripod, two basic conditions must be met.

First, one must successfully refine the dry blue ice flame attached to the body of the cauldron.

Secondly, one must practice an ancient technique called "Tong Bao Jue".

This kind of spell was created specifically for controlling rare treasures such as the Tongtian Lingbao, and each of the Tongtian Lingbao has been passed down from ancient times to the present.

Each of them corresponds to a separate Tongbao magic formula, and the specific content of each magic formula is different.

Among the numerous magical treasures, these spells are absolutely irreplaceable.

Because each Tongtian Lingbao has its own unique characteristics and power, only by using the spells that match it can you truly drive the Tongtian Lingbao.

Therefore, the Tongbao Jue undoubtedly makes a strict distinction between the Tongtian Lingbao and ordinary ancient treasures.

Only the ancient treasure that possesses the Tongbao Jue can be hailed as a true Tongtian magical treasure.

Because only after practicing this technique can one seal the Tongtian Lingbao in the body and cultivate it carefully step by step.

Naturally, this method of training is different from that of ordinary magic weapons. It does not involve integrating the mind and the treasure into one.

Instead, it is closer to the method of using magic weapons, that is, temporarily taking the Tongtian Lingbao into the body, and relying on the practice of Tongbao Jue exercises to nourish the spirituality of the treasure day and night.

After a long period of time, the spirituality of Tongtian Lingbao will gradually change.

Ultimately it reaches a state of seamless harmony with the human consciousness, as if they were one, allowing the user to fully unleash the powerful might of the Tongtian Lingbao.

However, it is worth noting that because the power contained in the Tongtian Lingbao is too enormous, the user's spiritual consciousness often only plays an auxiliary role when driving such a magic weapon.

Therefore, this type of magic weapon is not as easy to be taken away by others as the natal magic weapon.

On the contrary, at the right time, it could easily fall into the hands of others.

However, for those who have just obtained this treasure, they cannot control it immediately. They also need to use the Tongbao Jue to cultivate it to a certain extent before they can change the original spiritual imprint of Tongtian Lingbao.

The above content is all briefly mentioned in the scriptures.

When Chen Yun read this, his heart was filled with joy.

However, when he continued to read the following part of the spell, his expression suddenly became solemn.

The reason is that these spells seem simple and clear, and are only divided into three levels. However, to practice the first level of Tongbao Jue, one needs to have the cultivation level of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

As for the second and third levels of cultivation, it requires the practitioner to enter the late Nascent Soul stage or even the Spirit Transformation stage before they can proceed.

It seems that even if Chen Yun could practice the first level of Tongbao Jue to perfection, he could only use it to initially activate part of the power of Tongtian Ding, which was far from being as powerful as he originally expected.

Seeing this, Chen Yun withdrew his hand with frustration and stopped inputting spiritual power into the cauldron. Then the scripture disappeared like a broken mirror.

Chen Yun stared at the huge cauldron in front of him, his face gloomy and his lips and teeth tightly clenched.

Although he was not clear about the concept of the "little power" mentioned in the scripture, Chen Yun was already not very excited about this expectation.

Could it be that these powers are really comparable to the military's Da Geng Sword Formation and Zi Luo Sky Fire?
After pondering for a moment, Chen Yun took a deep breath and decided to start thinking about how to practice the first level of Tongbao Jue of Xutian Ding.

Even if you have only learned one level, you can first seal the Xu Tian Ding in your body and cultivate it patiently.

With this thought in mind, Chen Yun waved his sleeves, and a dazzling green light burst out instantly, wrapping the giant tripod.

The giant tripod in the rosy glow shrank rapidly and returned to its original size in the blink of an eye.

Chen Yun reached out and held the miniature cauldron in his palm. Then, with a flash of light, the cauldron was put into the storage bag.

After completing all this, Chen Yun sat cross-legged again, slowly closed his eyes, and the first level of Tongbao Jue appeared in his mind, and he comprehended it silently.

This set of exercises is not complicated, and Chen Yun estimates that it will take only a month at most to fully comprehend it.

However, the scriptures do not give clear instructions on how long it takes for Xu Tian Ding to cultivate spirituality.

It may take a year and a half, or even ten or eight years.

Fortunately, Tongbaojue does not require any human manipulation. As long as the Tongtian Lingbao is sealed in the body, the spiritual consciousness can nourish its spirituality on its own.

……

After more than two months of hard study in seclusion, Chen Yun finally walked out of the seclusion room.

Compared to his estimate, the time spent on comprehending the Tongbao Jue was exceptionally short. In just over twenty days, he had completely mastered all the techniques and successfully sealed the Xutian Ding in his body. (End of this chapter)