With the Elemental Transformation Technique, Zhang Chi had no more worries.

When it was time for the Golden Sun Sect’s disciple recruitment, he just needed to convert his Cultivation Technique to the Red Flame Technique first.

Zhang Chi wasted no time. He immediately took out a red Jade Scroll and began to read its contents.

The Jade Scroll recorded the Nine Flames Spirit Devouring Technique.

Although this Top Grade Demon Technique was relatively complex, he had a foundation from the Blood Flame Technique. Zhang Chi only spent three days to more or less comprehend the Qi Cultivation portion.

After that, he couldn’t wait to begin his Cultivation.

Soon, the circulation path of the Cultivation Technique within his body became more complex and profound.

The speed at which he refined the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi also increased, and his Spiritual Power became purer.

Even his first Blood Flame underwent a transformation, becoming more condensed and powerful.

His Qi Sea and Meridians were enhanced as a result.

These changes immediately brought the Demon Technique’s effects close to that of an ordinary Middle Grade Cultivation Technique.

But this was only the beginning.

Because Zhang Chi had yet to condense more Blood Flames.

However, the Spiritual Qi in this barren mountain was thin. Zhang Chi could only take out the five Spirit Pills he had obtained from killing the Mine Guards and start using them one by one to replenish his Spiritual Qi.

These Spirit Pills were Tier One Low Grade Spirit-Storage Pills, perfect for Qi Cultivation Cultivators.

It was just that a while ago, Zhang Chi had been busy traveling and wanted to keep them for comparison with the Wasted Pills. He hadn’t been in a hurry to use them, so they remained until now.

A Spirit Pill entered his stomach and instantly transformed into a wave of pure Spiritual Power. Zhang Chi immediately seized the opportunity to start Invoking his Essence Blood to condense a second Blood Flame.

BOOM!

A moment later, the scene of condensing the first Blood Flame repeated itself.

This time, however, the pain Zhang Chi experienced was even greater, and the Heart Demons and other negative effects he encountered were stronger.

But the benefits were also greater, and the condensed Blood Flame was better.

His Qi Sea, Meridians, Spiritual Power, and even his physical body underwent a transformation and baptism.

Zhang Chi looked at his Jade Pendant again. As expected, the color change was obvious, but it would recover after a short rest.

During this time, he could use the Elixirs and Spiritual Power to restore his over-consumed Essence Blood.

Thus, Zhang Chi condensed a new Blood Flame every day after that.

With two Blood Flames, the Cultivation Technique’s effect was infinitely close to an ordinary Middle Grade one.

With three, it directly surpassed the lowest threshold of a Middle Grade technique and was even thirty to forty percent faster than an ordinary one.

At six Blood Flames, it transformed again as expected, and the Demon Technique reached the level of an Upper Grade technique in one fell swoop.

Nine days later, all nine Blood Flames were condensed, and the Demon Technique had truly reached the Top Grade.

The Shopkeeper truly hadn’t lied; even among Top Grade Cultivation Techniques, this Demon Technique was likely quite formidable.

More importantly, this Cultivation Technique had a special characteristic. When breaking through to Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, or even Nascent Soul, he could perform a Nine Flames Unification to increase his success rate.

Of course, this process was also extremely dangerous.

After the unification, the nine flames would become one, and he would have to risk condensing the other eight all over again.

But to Zhang Chi, this was not an issue.

Although he only had the Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment parts of the technique, with this as a foundation, the difficulty of reaching Foundation Establishment would definitely be greatly reduced. If he had the help of Spirit Pills, he would be even more powerful.

"Good, it truly lives up to its name as a Top Grade Cultivation Technique!"

Zhang Chi was overjoyed.

He had worked hard these past few days, but being able to switch his cultivation to this Top Grade Demon Technique made it all worth it.

Zhang Chi cultivated for a while and discovered his cultivation speed was a full nine times faster than before.

Back when he was cultivating the Blood Flame Technique in the mines, it would have taken him about eight months to break through.

If he had been using this complete Demon Technique, it wouldn’t even take a month.

However, now that he was outside without a Spiritual Vein to use, this time would be greatly extended.

Fortunately, he had Elixirs to help him, which could substitute for a Spiritual Vein, so it would still take him less than a month to break through.

Furthermore, although he had been condensing Blood Flames these past few days, he had also been refining Elixirs daily.

Therefore, he estimated that he only needed to cultivate for a little over twenty days to attempt a breakthrough to the Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer.

It was worth mentioning that he had long since finished refining the five Spirit-Storage Pills.

He discovered that the better the quality of the Cultivation Technique, the faster he could refine Spirit Pills.

At the beginning, with his current Cultivation, it would take him several days to refine a single Spirit-Storage Pill.

But as the number of Blood Flames increased, the refinement speed gradually quickened. Now, not only were the five pills completely digested, but he had also refined several Wasted Pills.

Now that his Cultivation Technique switch was complete, he could refine one Spirit-Storage Pill or seven to eight Wasted Pills every day.

And this efficiency put no pressure on the Jade Pendant.

At the same time, he had already sorted the eight hundred Wasted Pills into three types.

The first type was like the Wasted Spirit-Storage Pills, which could be used to improve his Cultivation. There were about six hundred of these.

The second type was for replenishing Blood Qi, of which there were over a hundred.

The last were miscellaneous pills, like those for calming the mind, which made up the remainder and were mostly useless.

But even so, these Wasted Pills were enough to last him for more than two months.

’Once I join an Immortal Sect and have the aid of a Spiritual Vein, my cultivation speed will definitely increase even more! But for now, it’s time to leave!’

At this moment, Zhang Chi was filled with endless hope for the future. He immediately recalled the Four-legged Snake and walked out of the cave. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

SWOOSH!

With a wave of his hand, a miniature Flying Boat immediately appeared in mid-air.

The Flying Boat grew as it met the wind, becoming over ten feet long in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Chi then leaped aboard, and the Flying Boat immediately turned into a streak of white light, speeding into the distance.

It turned out that during these past few days, Zhang Chi hadn’t just been switching his Cultivation Technique; he also hadn’t neglected his Body Refining, Magic, and other skills.

He had also refined the newly purchased Flying Boat, Flying Sword, Magic Robe, and Mask Magical Artifact.

That was why he could control the Flying Boat now.

As expected of a specialized flying Magical Artifact, the Flying Boat was both fast and stable.

Although it couldn’t match the Perfection Level Blood Escape Technique, it was far superior to the Wind Manipulation Technique, and it was also more effortless and comfortable.

The Flying Boat also had grooves where Spirit Stones could be embedded, which would help conserve even more Spiritual Power.

During flight, the Flying Boat would also emit a transparent barrier of light to protect Zhang Chi.

Therefore, he didn’t need to worry about the strong winds making him question his existence, let alone worry about accidentally falling to his death.

In fact, the Fire Copper Flying Sword could also be used for flight.

But while it was faster than the Flying Boat, it wasn’t as stable.

For long-distance flights, the Flying Boat was still necessary.

While piloting the Flying Boat, he could also use Magical Artifacts like the Flying Sword for combat.

After flying for a day, Zhang Chi successfully arrived at the capital of the Chen Kingdom, which wasn’t far to begin with.

This was the hometown of the body’s original owner.

This time, Zhang Chi planned to come back to take a look and settle the worldly affairs of this body.

’Hm? The original owner’s family had their entire clan executed? And it was for hiding Strong Crossbow Armor? This happened ten months ago? Isn’t that when the original owner was dragged into the mines?’

At that moment, in the third-floor hall of a tavern in the Chen Kingdom’s capital, Zhang Chi sat by a window, seemingly eating a meal, but in reality, he was listening to the conversations of the mortals around him.

He soon overheard the news he was looking for, and his gaze turned icy in an instant.

At the same time, memories of the original owner surfaced in his mind.

The original owner’s name was Gu Wuyou. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, the young master of the extremely wealthy Gu Family in the Chen Kingdom.

Back then, the Gu Family had earned the favor of the Chen Kingdom Royal Family and successfully secured a chance for the original owner to participate in the Cyan Cloud Sect’s disciple recruitment ceremony.

The Gu Family had even paid eighty percent of their family fortune to the Chen Family in exchange for one hundred Spirit Stones, which were given to the original owner to carry as start-up capital for his Immortal Cultivation.

In addition, the Gu Family had specially assigned several servants to attend to and escort the original owner to the Cyan Cloud Sect.

But this seemingly insignificant measure had directly altered the original owner’s predetermined fate.