Chapter 9 - A new Life (4)

"Big brother Zheng when do we start the training?" Qing Yan looked at Ye Zheng with eyes full of determination. Ye Zheng laughed and pat her head, " soon, but first we need to eat." Hearing this Qing Yan suddenly feel a rumble in her stomach, she rubbed it, her face turning crimson red. Ye Zheng skillfully skinned and separated the meat from the bones of the boar.. Qing Yan watched in wonder as Ye Zheng skillfully lit a fire with dry branches and leaves. In no time, the aroma of roasted meat filled the area.

Qing couldn't help but salivate a little bit, boar meat was her favorite, she was from a poor Shepard family the sheep were mostly sold off or kept for their wool and milk, so it was only on special occasions that she would get to eat meat like boars, in terms of brute strength a boar's was similar to human in the 3rd stage of body tempering, whilst Qing Yan's father was at the 5th stage, the crude skills a Shepard possesses, was not sufficient to help him beat a boar, even when he has the strength advantage. Hence they only get boar meat once a year when the entire village goes out to hunt for boars for the new year.

Seeing Qing Yan's expression, Ye Zheng smiled and tore off one of the legs and handed it to Qing Yan. Qing Yan held it in her hands as she stared at it, unmoving. Usually when they do get to eat boar, this portion she is now holding would be the same or even more than what she and her family gets. She simply couldn't believe that she could now eat all this by herself. She looked up at the smiling Ye Zheng, who nodded his confirmation. To which she replied with devouring the leg of the boar, without any care for etiquette. Ye Zheng burst out laughing. Qing Yan looked up from her now almost finish leg, confused. Ye Zheng once again pat her head. "haha, Yan-er don't girls eat in a refined way? How are you going to marry if you eat like this in front of your husband."

Qing Yan wiped the grease from her lips, stood up, while waving the leg in the air. "Hmph, Food is more important than any other thing in the world! And I don't wan't to marry, I will become strong and eat all kinds of food in the world!" in a proud voice. 'Haha, Yan-er didn't you say you wan't to get strong to protect people you love? What happened to that? " "ah..I meant that too." Qing Yan hurriedly replied, her face slightly red from the embarrassment.

After eating and putting out the fire, Qing Yan who was resting against a tree, heard a growl, she turned towards the source of the sound to find a tiger, it was coming towards them, while growling, it's eyes shifting from the meat that was leftover and Qing Yan.

Qing Yan panicked and stuttered "Brother Ye Zheng...there is a tiger coming towards us." Ye Zheng who's eyes were original closed, opened his eyes. He looked at the tiger and stood up. "Yan-er this is the perfect chance for me to show you the martial art technique I am going to give you, it will help you break through and make you stronger, I have only learnt the first stance is called, the empty boundary!"

Ye Zheng's body relaxed as his legs slightly bent forward, his arms at chest height, his palms inwards, facing each other, his legs spread apart from each other, one in front and one behind. His eyes focused on the tiger. The tiger crouched, and suddenly pounced towards Ye Zheng, it's paws striking out, Ye Zheng was still and un-moving. However just when the tiger's paws were about to crush Ye Zheng's head , Ye Zheng's palms suddenly faced outwards and grabbed both of the tiger' front legs, locking them with an iron grip, then Ye Zheng's body tiled sideways, bringing the tiger with him, the tiger was slammed into the ground, causing the earth to tremble.

The tiger yelped as it jumped backwards to lick its front legs, eyeing Ye Zheng with hatred. Ye Zheng calmly returned to his starting stance, he turned to Qing Yan and spoke "Yan-er , that was the empty boundary stance of the 5 Taji stance, it diverts the power of the opponent's strike to your desired place. the position of the legs and feet are the most important, as it allows your body to balance the force." Ye Zheng then looked at the tiger and reckoned it to strike again. With a taunt. The tiger glared at him and once again prepared to jump.