Gong Ming stared back at the confident vibrant eyes of An Jian in her yellow flowery dress blowing in the wind, and thought she indeed felt formidable. He looked to his father who was smiling excitedly "I guess this is my father's wish" and stood across from An Jian putting up his guard.
An Jian with a smirk "Ready?"
Gong Ming smirked back thinking An Jian was too cocky "Don't hold back"
An Jian ran forward and attacked. Gong Ming was surprised by the speed and her tactics. An Jian changed up her rhythm of attack constantly making it unpredictable and attacked from odd angles making it hard to predict. When there was a break in the action, he could feel An Jian was besting him.
An Jian staring at him from across the stage with a smile "Don't hold back"
Master Gong laughed hearing An Jian use the line against his own son.
Gong Ming gritted his teeth and ran forward to reengage. An Jian then used a soft style of kung fu using the opponent's energy against themselves. She would lock up Gong Ming's arms but then moved with him where ever he wanted to redirecting the angle to a disadvantageous position eventually using the momentum from his own punch to throw him across the stage.
The crowd started to whisper "Is Captain actually losing?", "That looks like my grandma's Tai Chi", "Just wait till Captain shows her Iron Body" followed by laughter
Gong Ming had enough he was now going to use his Iron body strategy against An Jian.
An Jian seeing this breathing technique for Iron Body smiled "I won't hold back then"
Gong Ming clinched his fist ready to counter as An Jian ran forward and punched him in the stomach, giving him an opportunity to counter, but before he could counter he found himself on the ground spitting blood. An Jian's punch was multiple times harder than Yang Bo's and penetrated his level of Iron Body.
Master Gong walked up to Gong Ming on the ground. "Didn't I say you could learn a thing or two from An Jian" and secretly gave him a wink
Gong Ming got up slowly and looked at An Jian who had returned to her none combative self.
An Jian bowed "Thank you for the match, you were probably exhausted from fighting Yang Bo"
Gong Ming stared at An Jian as she should stood care free in her yellow flowery dress beautiful like a fairy suddenly felt himself blush.
Gong Ming bowed "I was indeed too cocky thank you for showing me how much more I need to learn"
The crowd was shocked "Did she punched through the Captains iron body?", "Did the Captain lose to the cute girl on purpose?"
Master Gong walked behind An Jian "Miss Jian thank you for teaching my boy a lesson, you truly are a prodigy"
An Jian bowed "You speak too highly of me Master Gong"
Master Gong lead the group away from the stage, Gong Ming followed behind wanting to stay close to An Jian observing her relax and humble nature quite different then when she was in combat.
The tour was coming to and end Master Gong looked at An Jian and Yang Bo "If I was going to try and impress you to join us then I must show you something to impress you!.. Is there anything you want to see, please test my martial arts if you want"
An Jian bowed "Master Gong no need to impress I already know all your battle accounts, but I do have a question, can you judge my iron shield and give me pointers"
Gong Ming shocked, was An Jian already practicing iron shield, this was the next level of iron body where chi was formed around the body creating an invisible shield where punches couldn't even touch the body.
Master Gong's eyebrows raised, had An Jian already reached this high of a level of Iron Body, this was levels above even his own son. "You are already practicing iron shield?"
An Jian smiled "I can barely call it iron shield but if you can take a look"
An Jian stomped and pressed her palm vertically into the air.
Master Gong walked up to her and tried to press his palm into her stomach but his palm was pushed back by an invisible energy.
An Jian then put her hands down breathing out looking a little exhausted.
Master Gong stroked his white beard. "Well done young miss, you are on the right track but I will give you a clue"
Master Gong then put his palm vertically at the center of his chest and suddenly a field pushed everyone around him like a strong wind. "Miss Jian, do you feel the difference in my chi? Practice focusing into this shape"
An Jian put her hands together and closed her eyes to feel the shape of the energy.
An Jian excitedly "I think I got it!"
Master Gong released his internal energy with a deep breath "Good, now try it"
An Jian then tried it and to everyone's surprised there was a slight push like a wind coming from An Jian.
Master Gong then looked to Gong Ming and yelled "Catch her"
An Jian then released her pose and fell over falling into Gong Ming's arms.
Master Gong then smiled "Impressive you can control your internal energy so well, but I have 40yrs of cultivation over you, don't waste your energy like this"
An Jian felt completely drained and could barely stand, she would regained her energy the next day but her battery for internal energy was much smaller than Master Gong and using energy on that level drained her quickly.
Gong Ming held An Jian in his arms and couldn't help but feel extremely protective of her.
Yang Bo stood to the side watching this slightly jealous he couldn't be the one protecting An Jian.
An Jian got up and tried to bow in her daze state "Thank you Master Gong , your tip has saved me 2 to 5 years of practice"
Master Gong gave a jolly laughed "I have many more tips to give, please come back when you can, let my son help you home"
An Jian nodded realizing she really couldn't stand on her own.