Family?

It has been a few days since Xiaowen formed the connection with the Earth, and in that time, he has managed to cleanse his corrupted mind two stages to the corrupted third quarter moon/mind.

Those two stages alone gave a drastic increase to his memory, spatial awareness, as well as his ability to focus.

Xiaowen was currently taking a bath in a cypress tub filled with a variety of herbs and plants: he was practicing the first stage of the {Body of the magmatic forge}.

As he was wrapping up his bath, Xiaowen heard a knock on the door, followed by the voice of Wen Xue, his personal maid.

"Young Master, your father's guest has arrived. They are waiting for you in the courtyard. Your father said to dress appropriately for your martial arts training. After your training, your mother would like to take you out for lunch."

Xiaowen took a few minutes to finish, quickly changed, and made his way to the courtyard.

"Hello father, good afternoon. Wen Xue told me that my martial arts teacher is here?"

"Ah, there you are, son. I am happy to introduce you to my old friend and your martial arts teacher, Li Weiyuan. Li Weiyuan, this is my son, Shen Xiaowen. I will leave the rest to you. I have things I must do."

Li Weiyuan was an older man, and there was nothing really special about him. As soon as Xiaowen's father left, Li Weiyuan went straight to teaching.

Xiaowen was a little disappointed with his teacher since he was only a normal human.

Despite Li Weiyuan's lack of connection to the supernatural world, he had managed to reach the peak of what the average person was capable of.

The old man was a master of Hung Ga, Fujian White Crane, and Tai chi: all of which would mix well with a supernatural energy and serve as a good base to create Xiaowen's personal martial arts style.

Xiaowen was quickly getting annoyed by the old man's excessive praise over the littlest things. Li Weiyuan even wanted him to go to the temple with him when he returned to embrace his talents.

Luckily, Xiaowen's talents far exceeded what he was showing, and, by the time Li Weiyuan finished the first lesson, Xiaowen had already reached the old man's level, maybe even more. The only thing he lacked was experience.

Xiaowen's mother, Shen Niu, had been watching Li Weiyuan train her son just in case the old man tried anything funny.

Once she saw the look in the old man's eyes after their training had finished, she quickly intervened.

"Greeting old man Li. Thank you for your help, but I think it is about time you go, and it seems we will no longer be needing your services. I have decided that I will be the one to train my sweet little angel."

Shen Niu turned to face her little boy, wearing a stunning smile filled with love.

"Now, I do believe that you and I had plans for lunch."

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Currently standing outside a nice-looking two-story building, the mother-son duo were about to enter when they heard a voice coming from the balcony.

"The Norns told me I could find you here. Who would have thought that after all these years of being gone, the thing that would give you away would be the birth of a new God, and your own son no less. Well, my dear grandmother, are you going to introduce me to my uncle."

The smile Shen Niu had left, replacing it was a neutral expression.

"Loki, what are you doing here."

The man who had just called the duo out suddenly jumped off the railing. As he did, the man's ordinary and forgettable appearance was replaced with that of a handsome man, with sharp eyes, light blue hair that somehow floated behind him with two shoulder-length bangs, and three blue jewels on his forehead.

His previous plain black hanfu was replaced with a pure white robe that was simple yet beautiful.

Loki, who was now standing in front of the duo, leaned down to face Xiaowen.

"You must be my uncle. It is a pleasure to meet you. My name is Loki. What is yours, my dear uncle?"

Xiaowen, while confused about being called uncle, was still as calm as usual, and being the confident, respectful person he is, he introduced himself.

"Charmed, I'm sure. My name is Shen Xiaowen, but you may call me Xiaowen, my dear nephew."

"Hahaha, I am starting to like you. Xiaowen, that's not very Norse now, is it? I am sure the Norns must have told you your true name by now."

Xiaowen, hearing what Loki had said, he remembered a strange a few days ago. It was the same night he made a connection to the Earth.

It was fuzzy, but he could remember seeing three women or three figures that looked like women. They were trying to tell him something, but he could make it out. The only thing he could hear was a single word before the three women left.

Xiaowen's mother was about to say something, but he interrupted before she could start.

"Adalsteinn, I think that's what they said. I can't remember much, but I remember hearing them call me Adalsteinn."

Shen Niu and Loki had different reactions to hearing what Xiaowen had said; Loki smiled and looked pleased, while Shen Niu frowned and murmured something that only she could hear.

Xiaowen, worried that he had upset his mother, tugged on her sleeve to get her attention. Turning to face him, Shen Niu's frown instantly disappeared after seeing Xiaowen's worried face, she gave him a quick hug to assure him she was ok.

"Mommy, I am not sure what is happening, but I trust you, so I can wait for you to tell me, but I would like to know why he keeps calling me uncle and why he called you grandmother. As far as I know, I don't have any siblings."