Gao Han needs to recuperate for a few days, and Zhongli Tingzhou will not only not refuse, but will also agree with it wholeheartedly.

Just like that, the two of them stayed in the small cave and a small area nearby for the next few days. Zhongli Tingzhou would go out occasionally, kill the demons wandering nearby, and spill their blood on the ground, scaring away other demons so that they dared not approach again, and directly turning the area into a vacuum zone.

Gao Han didn't know what he did every day, and he wouldn't tell him even if he asked. Otherwise, he might have hit him to death with a hammer, and wouldn't that make it more conspicuous?

Clearly tell other human monks and demons that there is a problem here and to come find them quickly.

In the past two days, Gao Han consumed a large amount of spiritual liquid, as well as spiritual medicines he found after entering the Shuangdong Secret Realm and spiritual pills he prepared himself. While recovering from his injuries, he also improved his cultivation. As a result, the effect was more significant than usual.

Gao Han felt that he might be about to reach the threshold of the middle stage of the Golden Core.

Three days later, his internal injuries finally recovered.

Gao Han clenched his fists and felt the surging power in his body, which was even stronger than when he first entered the Shuangdong Secret Realm.

"Have you recovered from your injury?" Zhongli Tingzhou came in and saw this scene.

"Not only has he recovered, but once we get out of here, I should be able to break through to the middle stage of the Golden Core." Gao Han nodded, but his expression was so calm that he didn't look like someone who had a breakthrough in cultivation.

However, this was probably his fastest breakthrough ever. In the past, the breakthrough was fast because his cultivation was not high enough. Now, as his cultivation is getting higher and higher, it will become more and more difficult to break through. In the future, he may not be able to break through as fast as now, but he is already very satisfied.

Zhongli Tingzhou observed him for a while and joked, "If others had broken through to the middle stage of the Golden Core, they would be so happy that they couldn't find their way. But you look calm and indifferent, as if it's no big deal."

Gao Han was stunned for a moment, "Why are you so happy? Breaking through a small goal is just a stage of achievement. You can only be happy if you achieve a big achievement."

"This is the biggest difference between you and others, so you can break through in a short period of time, but others can't do it." Zhongli Tingzhou said meaningfully.

"There's something else behind what you said." Gao Han glanced at him.

Zhongli Tingzhou said indifferently, "Of course there is something else behind his words. Master Zixiao said that the greatest characteristic of sword cultivators is that they are strong without desires. How can a thousand-foot cliff stand tall? Because it has no worldly desires. On the contrary, when faced with huge temptations and magnificent ambitions, can a person remain unshakable?"

"Few people can do this. As long as you are human, you will have desires. Having desires means that you have something in your heart that you care about, and you cannot be free from the world."

"If you can't escape from the secular world, how can you cultivate to become an immortal? As long as you haven't become an immortal, it means you are still in this secular world."

Gao Han had heard Master Tian Dao say something similar before, but he didn't say it in such detail, and instead let him experience it for himself.

When he understands it, everything happens naturally and there is no need for him to teach.

Sometimes he would wonder, if the person who heard these words was Zhongli Tingzhou, would he reply, "Then why should I take you as my master?" However, he was not Zhongli Tingzhou, so he would not ask.

Gao Han accidentally went off topic, but he didn't let Zhongli Tingzhou notice.

"Your cultivation speed is not much slower than mine. According to what you said, you also have no desires. Do you think it is possible?"

Gao Han looked at him meaningfully and raised his eyebrows. This guy kept looking at him every other day, and his eyes didn't seem to be without any desire at all.

Zhongli Tingzhou smiled, not deliberately arguing, and said seriously: "I have always had only one desire, which is different from the complex desires of others."

He added, "And I think there is one thing that Master said that is not entirely correct. Having desires is not necessarily a bad thing. Some desires will make people regress, but some desires can give people the motivation to move forward, like me."

Zhongli Tingzhou puffed out his chest, as if his desire was so great.

"Oh? What desire do you have that can give you the motivation to move forward?" Gao Han always thought that his desire was himself, but he didn't think that his desire for himself could give him the motivation to move forward, so he guessed if he was talking about something else.

Zhongli Tingzhou's eyes flickered, "Did your master ever tell you about dual cultivation?"

Gao Han looked at him calmly, "No."

Zhongli Tingzhou said, "Dual cultivation allows two people to improve at the same time, and their cultivation level will increase rapidly."

Gao Han nodded, "I know, but I don't think we need it. I don't need it, and neither do you."

Zhongli Tingzhou added, "Of course, since I have desires, my cultivation may improve more slowly in the future. One day, will you practice dual cultivation with me?"

"Get lost." Gao Han's face was filled with black lines. After all this time, he came up with such a twisted idea. I thought he could really come up with some profound truth.

Zhongli Tingzhou sighed, "This is all the fun I have, and it can't even satisfy me."

"Will your 'fun' be less every day? If it satisfies you once out of ten, you should be smiling."

Gao Han ignored him after he finished speaking. He had never heard of someone's desire to slow down his own cultivation. If this matter were to spread, not only the cultivators in Lingtian Continent, but he believed that the demons would also want to jump out and beat Zhongli Tingzhou up.

After driving him out, Gao Han lowered his eyes. In fact, it's not that he is without desires. He has desires, but after experiencing two lifetimes, some things happened so long ago that the memory may have slowly faded, but the stubbornness hidden deep inside has not changed. It's just that he is not good at expressing his emotions. Not saying it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.

Gao Han threw these complicated thoughts out of his mind. He could not think about them anymore. The most important thing was the present.

He took out the two damaged knives and placed them in front of him.

The first one was completely damaged, the spiritual light inside it disappeared, and the blade broke into pieces. He quickly put it back into the Yayoi Ring, so the fragments were not lost.

However, even if it was still there, it would be impossible to repair it. Even if the magic weapon whose spiritual light was completely destroyed was repaired, it would be impossible to restore its original appearance and power. This is because the materials used to refine the sword have been completely wasted and are almost like impurities.

Gao Han excluded it without much hesitation, leaving only the sword of the Lord of Xiaori City.

He originally wanted to give this knife to Zhongli Tingzhou, letting him absorb the knife's spiritual light and repair the Yin-Yang Bead. He never thought of using it since it was not made by himself. But now, it seems that only this knife can be used.

However, he was not very willing to use a magic weapon that he had not refined or cultivated from the beginning.

He took out the materials on him and picked out some that could be used. These materials were not very good, and were not the best choice to use them to refine his own magic weapon, but he had no other choice.

"Why, are you going to start repairing the magic weapon?" Zhongli Tingzhou appeared at the entrance of the cave and saw him collecting the fragments of the broken knife.

"I won't repair it." Gao Han said, "I changed my mind. I plan to use this opportunity to refine a suitable sword. Most of the demon's swords are re-refined. Although the Lord of Xiaori City is dead, his mark was left on it. This sword has been nurtured by the other party for many years. It is not suitable for me. It is okay for temporary use."

"Do you need me to help you find some more materials?" Zhongli Tingzhou knew that the refining materials he had now were not the best.

Gao Han thought about it and refused. "Forget it. We are not familiar with the Shuangdong Secret Realm. How would you know where the refining materials I want are? Besides, what I want may not be found here."

Hearing that he couldn't help, Zhongli Tingzhou didn't say anything else, but lowered his eyes, and it was unknown what he was thinking about. After a while, he said, "Then I'll go out and guard."

Gao Han nodded and asked casually: "Nothing happened outside, right? No one should have come here recently, right?"

"No, I'll be guarding here, don't worry, I won't let any monsters, humans, or demons enter within a thousand meters of here."

Seeing that he was so confident, Gao Han didn't ask any more questions. He picked out some materials that would not be used and used them to repair the demon's knife. After all, this knife was of a slightly higher grade. If he encountered the situation of the stalemate with the Taishan giant ape three days ago again, he would not be left without a good knife to use.

It took him more than an hour to extract the essence of the selected materials and remove all impurities. What was left was much smaller than before.

"It's a pity. If the quality of my origin fire was higher, the effect would be better." Gao Han stared at the essence of these materials and frowned. "I wonder if there is no origin fire in the Shuangdong Secret Realm. It would be great if there is."

Having said that, he didn't hold out much hope.

How could the sourceless fire be so easy to find? As far as he knew, the highest grade sourceless fires were rarely obtained by anyone, because they required the right time and place to be present before they could be produced.

There was no hope of improving the quality of the original fire for the time being, and Gao Han did not force it. After repairing the demon's sword, he began to refine a sword that suited his own style.

The materials collected during this period were used by him in a hurry.

The temperature inside the cave reached a certain height when his flames were released.

Zhongli Tingzhou could also feel this warmth while standing outside the cave.

Although Gao Han always felt that the quality of his flame was not high enough, he felt that even if his original fire was not enhanced by the sourceless fire, it was still better than the original fire of an ordinary weapon refiner.

In the words of the Earth, he is born at a higher starting point than others, and he himself is not even aware of it. This is directly related to his higher demands on himself.

Zhongli Tingzhou collected his thoughts, shifted his gaze to the crystal-eyed weasel beside the stone, and narrowed his eyes.

Crystal-eyed Itachi shuddered under his gaze.

In fact, it had come here a long time ago. The Shuangdong Secret Realm is where it has lived for a long time. It is as familiar with this place as its own back garden.