"It's you." Gao Han frowned as he looked at Tang Zhenping who suddenly appeared in front of him.

After he and Zhongli Tingzhou decided to go to the depths of the main disaster area together, they planned to wait until Grandpa Zhongli's injuries stabilized before going. Unexpectedly, they met him at the gate of the military compound.

It seemed that Tang Zhenping was blocking him here specifically.

The Tang family did not live in the military compound, so like the Yuan family, they were banned by the military and were not allowed to come in.

The guards strictly abided by the rules, so even if Tang Zhenping said he was Gao Han's uncle, it was useless.

"Gao Han, long time no see. Why didn't you tell your uncle that you were safe? I was always worried about you."

Tang Zhenping looked at Gao Han, whose cultivation level was almost as high as his, with a complicated expression.

Once upon a time, Gao Han was just an ant in his eyes that could be crushed and rolled into a ball at any time, but now, he has surpassed himself.

"I remember I said that I would help Tang Minghao to participate in the master's trial, and there would be no relationship between us anymore." Gao Han said calmly, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.

The muscles on Tang Zhenping's face twitched slightly. "That was just my uncle's momentary confusion. We are still a family. You are my sister's only son, and I am your only uncle. I have the responsibility to take good care of you, Gao Han, you..."

"I know why you are here." Gao Han interrupted him rudely.

Tang Zhenping paused for a moment.

"The Tang family asked you to come because they were attracted by the Eight Divine Swords and the Silver Lizard on me. But I tell you, it's useless because I already have a real family."

So, the advanced swordsmanship that the Tang family was talking about is called the Eight Gods Sword?

Tang Zhenping narrowed his eyes slightly. He was the patriarch of the Tang family branch, and the spiritual arts he had learned were only intermediate level. He regarded this intermediate book as a treasure and dared not pass it on to others easily. However, Gao Han even had advanced swordsmanship.

I originally didn't dare to have any rash thoughts, but at this moment I couldn't help but become agitated.

If he could obtain Gao Han's advanced swordsmanship, he might have a chance to break through and his strength would increase dramatically.

"Gao Han, I know you have a bad impression of the Tang family, but you have to believe that I am different from them. We have the most direct blood relationship, and I will not harm you."

Robbery is definitely impossible and will also anger the Zhongli family. Tang Zhenping decides to take advantage of the family relationship between them to make Gao Han trust him again.

As for the Silver Lizard, he wouldn't get any practical benefit even if he took it; however, the Eight Divine Swords would always be his once he had learned them.

Gao Han could tell at a glance what he was planning. A dog can't change its habit of eating shit.

"I will not teach you the Eight Divine Swords, and I will not give them to the Tang family." Gao Han narrowed his eyes dangerously, "I don't mind bearing the reputation of being an uncle-killer."

Tang Zhenping's body froze. It was only after Gao Han left that he reacted and his face immediately darkened.

Just now, he was actually frightened by the murderous aura released by Gao Han.

How is this possible? His cultivation level is obviously the same as Gao Han's!

If Gao Han knew what he was thinking, he could tell him that having the same cultivation level does not mean having the same strength.

People like Tang Zhenping, who have cultivated their skills simply by relying on resources, rarely go to disaster areas to fight. Even if their skills are improved rapidly, their actual combat ability is worse than those of the same level who often fight in disaster areas.

He did not go to disaster areas very often, but he would stay there for several months each time, killing people frequently, and the murderous aura he cultivated was even stronger than when he was a killer in his previous life.

It was normal that Tang Zhenping was frightened by his evil spirit the first time. After he got used to it, he would not be frightened again. However, he was still not as strong as him.

Arriving at school, Gao Han went to find Professor Fan.

Since going to City No. 1, he has never returned to school.

When the incident happened in City No. 2, Penglai also sent mentors to provide support. Although it was somewhat effective, many of Penglai's students and mentors were among the dead.

I heard that several of the dead students were Professor Fan’s students, and could be considered his seniors.

However, compared with the Magical Equipment Academy, there are fewer Equipment Refining Academy.

When I arrived at the school, I was greeted by a lively atmosphere of new students.

Gao Han just realized that the new semester has started. He had taken last year's final exams in the main disaster area.

"Gao Han."

Suddenly hearing someone calling his name, Gao Han turned around and saw Yuan Jiaqing with a group of people following him.

The Yuan family and the Zhongli family are now mortal enemies, and Gao Han also bears the mark of the Zhongli family. When enemies meet, they should be extremely jealous of each other, but Yuan Jiaqing just looked at him coldly.

"Gao Han, is he the senior who didn't take the final exam last semester but still ranked first?" The students passing by became excited when they heard Gao Han's name.

"It's him, it's him. I watched him compete in the ring during his freshman year."

"Why did he come in first place even though he didn't take the final exam?"

"Take a look at the defense of City No. 1 last year. Even Zhongli Changze couldn't have severely damaged two high-level mutant creatures with the strength of a second-rate person."

"That's right. If he is not the first, who else could be the first? If he was born a few years earlier, he might have reached the first-class level by now and could compete with Sima Ye and Zhongli Tingzhou and become one of the three famous names of Penglai."

The crowd watching was talking about it. Some ran over to join in the fun, while others walked away with their necks shrunk. Gao Han was now getting further and further away from them. They hoped that he had forgotten the past grudges.

"Let's have a competition." Yuan Jiaqing suddenly spoke.

Gao Han raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and Yuan Jiaqing said again: "Some people say that I am not as good as you, but I don't believe it. I want to know who is the number one in the Refining Academy between us. Do you dare to compete with me?"

"If you're a man, agree to her request." The crowd was silent for a moment, and someone shouted.

"Don't be afraid to agree."

"I think he just doesn't dare to agree. His strength is good, but that is combat ability, which is different from the ability to refine weapons."

The people who said these words were either close to the Yuan family or the Tang family. The latter was more likely because the people brought by Yuan Jiaqing just stared at Gao Han with hatred and didn't say anything.

Yuan Jiaqing didn't seem to intend to explain. He just looked at him and said, "I admit that your actual combat ability is very strong, but I don't think that your weapon refining ability can be stronger than mine."

Gao Han did not answer, but asked: "What level of weapons can you refine now?"

Yuan Jiaqing said in a deep voice: "A low-level spiritual weapon has a chance to successfully refine a mid-level spiritual weapon."

"Is there a chance? That means the chance of success is not high." Gao Han took out an intermediate spiritual weapon and threw it directly to her.

Yuan Jiaqing took it subconsciously and was about to ask him what he meant. As soon as he touched it, he found that it was an intermediate spiritual weapon. His pupils shrank, "You can also refine an intermediate spiritual weapon?"

Gao Han said calmly: "This is one of the pieces I refined a few months ago. There are more. My chance of refining an intermediate spiritual weapon is that I can refine at least eight pieces out of ten sets of materials."

"Impossible!" Yuan Jiaqing's voice became shrill due to the stimulation.

Seeing her big reaction, Gao Han didn't say that he had deliberately lowered the probability. In fact, the probability of success was higher than 80%.

Yuan Jiaqing can also refine intermediate spiritual weapons, but her success rate is not high. If Gao Han can succeed in refining eight out of ten materials, she may only succeed in refining one out of ten materials, or even lower.

An intermediate spiritual weapon cannot be acquired simply by relying on talent.

Yuan Jiaqing has always thought so. She never thought that her talent was poor. The reason she was unable to improve her success rate for the time being was that the intermediate spiritual weapon was too difficult.

As for the superior spiritual weapons, they were legendary things, so Gao Han would not even dare to dream of them. But since Gao Han could easily refine a mid-level spiritual weapon, how could the superior spiritual weapon be far away from him?

Gao Han took back his intermediate spiritual weapon and said before leaving, "Whether you believe it or not, I'm really not interested in competing with you. I have more important things to do now."

Seeing how devastated Yuan Jiaqing was, no one among the onlookers shouted for a fight anymore.

Gao Han arrived at Professor Fan's office smoothly.

"I heard that you defeated the evil woman from the Yuan family at the school gate?" Professor Fan looked up and saw that it was him, without any surprise at all.

Gao Han smiled and said, "Does news in school spread so quickly?"

"Others definitely won't be that fast," said Professor Fan.

Gao Han shrugged, "Teacher, do you know the situation deep in the main disaster area?"

"What's going on?" Professor Fan frowned seriously when he heard the hidden meaning in his words.

As soon as Gao Han heard it, he knew that he didn't know. The top government officials were indeed keeping it a secret. Even Professor Fan didn't know about it, so most of the tutors in Penglai probably didn't know about it. He didn't know whether Dean Kong knew about it.

Professor Fan was usually very nice to him, and he had fulfilled all the responsibilities of a mentor. This time he came here just to remind him and let Penglai be prepared.

"It's about Mr. Zhongli and several top warriors going deep into the main disaster area to raid the mutant creature."

"I know a little about this matter, but didn't it fail?" said Professor Fan.

Gao Han told him about the anomalies discovered by Grandpa Zhongli and that the biggest threat facing humanity was not the mutated creatures, but something that might exist on the seabed.

"Are you sure?" Professor Fan suddenly became serious, with a stern expression.

"Zhongli Tingzhou and I are going to go in and investigate." Gao Han said.

"Nonsense." Professor Fan scolded, "We don't know what's going on in there, but it must be full of dangers. No matter whether the mutant is willing or not, good or bad, it will not change the fact that it is an enemy of mankind. You and Zhongli Tingzhou are so talented, do you want to die? If you really die there, don't expect us to collect your bodies."

Professor Fan's words were as vicious as ever, but Gao Han felt a hint of warmth.

"The old man has agreed."

Professor Fan frowned, "Did he hurt his brain?"

Gao Han couldn't help laughing, "We won't force our way in. We will investigate under the premise of ensuring safety."

"That's too dangerous. The higher-ups don't care about it?" Professor Fan was very dissatisfied.

Gao Han was silent.

Professor Fan's expression became increasingly grim. "That's really great. You guys are all out of your minds. You actually only let two young people handle such an important matter."

Gao Han reminded: "The Sima family will also send strong men to support us."

"That's too little. You and Zhongli Tingzhou don't be in a hurry to leave. I will discuss this matter with the school. Others may not be willing to contribute, but Penglai may be willing. Otherwise, I will go with you." Professor Fan's temper flared up and he acted decisively and told Kong Lanying about it immediately.

Kong Lanying told him not to worry about it.

Professor Fan was about to start cursing when Kong Lanying on the other end of the communicator quelled his anger with just one sentence.

"Do you really think it's your turn to worry about the two young people of the Zhongli family? The higher-ups won't leave the initiative to the Zhongli and Sima families. They will definitely send people to them privately. Just let them hang around on the periphery when the time comes."

Professor Fan waited for him to finish before calmly hanging up the phone. "Did you hear me? Once we get there, there will be people to serve as pathfinders. Don't rush to die."

Gao Han smiled and said, "I heard you, mentor. Thank you."

Professor Fan waved his hand impatiently, "Go away, go away. Next time, I hope to see you instead of hearing from you."

"I will." Gao Han walked to the door, said this and left.

The legend he left in Penglai had just begun.