It was already the middle of the night, a rather inappropriate time to go looking for Xu Shuxin.

But when it came to a family reunion, who cared about the time of day?

Leading Xu Wenwan, Fang Shuwen found Xu Shuxin’s residence. He knocked on the door with practiced ease, and Xu Shuxin opened it, rubbing his eyes.

"Brother Fang... you’re here again?"

Xu Wenwan glanced at Fang Shuwen in surprise. ’Does this Young Master Fang enjoy visiting my nephew in the dead of night?’

Fang Shuwen was a bit embarrassed.

"There’s a reason for this. Shuxin, take a look and see who this is."

Hearing this, Xu Shuxin looked toward Xu Wenwan, his face blank with confusion.

As Xu Wenwan looked at Xu Shuxin, her eyes gradually welled with tears. She reached out to touch his cheek.

Xu Shuxin instinctively started to pull back, but for some reason, he froze in place.

He heard Xu Wenwan say softly,

"You look so much like him... So much like him.

"It’s just that when I left home, your father wasn’t even your age.

"I used to imagine what he’d look like as a young man. Now it seems he would’ve looked just like you."

"Are you... my aunt?"

After hearing this, how could Xu Shuxin not understand?

His eyes reddened in an instant. He fought to hold back tears, but he was just a young boy, and his emotions were still close to the surface.

Especially after the tragedy he had suffered, losing his entire family overnight.

All he had left was this aunt whom he had never met. He’d been told she was just away, but he knew something might have happened to her. Lan Yue’s attempt to change the subject back then had been far too obvious.

But he didn’t dare to think about it... didn’t dare to dwell on it.

He didn’t know what he would do if even this aunt was gone.

Now that he had finally met her, he felt a sting in his nose. He tried to control himself, not wanting to look pathetic in front of Fang Shuwen, but the tears fell against his will.

Fang Shuwen let out a soft sigh as a system notification sounded in his ear.

[DING! Mission: Escort Xu Shuxin to Yuqing Pavilion on Qingyang Mountain and hand him over to his aunt. Complete! Calculating reward...]

[DING! Reward settled successfully!]

[Congratulations, Host. You have attained Great Perfection in the Stunning Spear!]

[Claim now?]

With no time to watch the touching reunion between aunt and nephew unfold, Fang Shuwen quickly excused himself and turned to leave.

’Stunning Spear... I know this Martial Art.’

’Condensing Formless Force into a spear, and with a single point of its brilliant light... you get the art of explosion!?’

’Isn’t a Martial Art like this a bit overpowered?’

Fang Shuwen grumbled to himself as he walked.

’I have to admit, the system finally gave me something other than an Inner Strength technique this time.’

’Now it’s started rewarding me with explosives.’

Returning to his own courtyard, Fang Shuwen pushed open the door, sat cross-legged on the bed, opened the system, and chose to claim the reward, all in one smooth motion!

The next moment, the various techniques of the Stunning Spear flowed into his mind.

All of its methods and moves—the arts of Qi Condensation, Gathering Power, and explosive release—flooded his consciousness.

Since there was no new Inner Strength technique, he didn’t need to perform Qi Guiding and Returning to the Origin.

Therefore, Fang Shuwen soon opened his eyes and looked down at his own hands.

’Although it’s condensed using Inner Strength, it still requires a spear to act as a conduit...’

’Without a spear in my hand, it feels like something is missing.’

Fang Shuwen stood up.

’But I’ve already adapted the Unskilled Saber Technique into the Unskilled Palm Technique. The Stunning Spear is just a principle for channeling power; it’s worth trying to adapt it for other uses.’

However, this Martial Art was incredibly powerful, and the Qi Force it condensed was far from ordinary.

Fang Shuwen didn’t attempt it rashly, choosing instead to first run through the process in his mind.

At this point, he noticed the difference between before and after completing the mission.

With the double comprehension bonus active, his ability to explore and understand Martial Arts had been extremely fast.

Now that he lacked the mission’s double comprehension buff, his mind felt much more sluggish.

Fortunately, his own comprehension was already outstanding. Combined with his vast experience and accumulated knowledge of Martial Arts, he finally had a breakthrough after sitting in meditation for half the night.

He suddenly snapped his eyes open. As his True Qi circulated, WHOOSH, the doors and windows of his room were blown open at almost the same instant.

With a flip, he leaped out of the room.

Landing in the center of the courtyard, he sank his waist into a horse stance, tucked his left hand at his side, and unleashed a thunderous punch with his right fist.

As he threw the punch, the Fist Force condensed into a single, brightly shining point.

As his fist reached full extension, that point of brilliance suddenly shot forward.

It smashed directly into the courtyard wall.

There was a thunderous explosion! BOOM!!

A huge hole was instantly blasted through the wall.

Fang Shuwen’s eyes lit up.

"It worked!!"

He had spent half the night in meditation, trying to fuse the Stunning Spear and the Four Seas Dragon Fist.

The Stunning Spear was a spear art, but it wasn’t *just* a spear art; it was the ultimate synthesis of spearmanship and Inner Strength.

For Fang Shuwen to directly convert the Stunning Spear into a Fist Technique was extremely difficult. At least for the moment, he would need a great deal of time and accumulated experience to even have a chance.

Therefore, he extracted the essential principle of its True Qi condensation and attempted to integrate it into the Four Seas Dragon Fist to see if it was possible.

The Four Seas Dragon Fist itself originated from a spear art. The transformations of its Fist Force—at once like a spear and a dragon—made it inexplicably compatible with the Stunning Spear.

He had spent half the night mentally deducing the changes in Power. After intense contemplation, he had finally achieved a breakthrough.

In truth, this was mainly because his own comprehension was extraordinary.

Anyone else, after half a night of this, would be lucky just to have stayed awake, let alone achieve a breakthrough.

Fang Shuwen was suddenly in a great mood. And he had been holding back, since this was just practice. To think the wall still ended up like this!