Golden light bloomed in Ye Li's palm, with faint electric currents forming the stamen, golden mixed with azure, even more magnificent than the previous electric flower. "This time it's an advanced version, I promise you'll definitely love it~"
Cindy wrapped her arms around him and kissed him lightly, then readily agreed, "I think you should have a lounge here."
Skye, sitting on the other side, looked at the electric current in Ye Li's hand with a hint of doubt. "This, can also be trained?"
She always felt she had been tricked.
"We're here to learn painting, Cindy."
Felicia, unable to get a spot, sat on the table a little unhappily, pulling a paintbrush from Ye Li's pen holder to play with. "Not here to flirt... Hmm?"
As she spoke, she also saw the dazzling skill in Ye Li's palm. "Teacher, what's with this flower in your hand? Are you also a part-time magician?"
"Mysterious Eastern magic."
Ye Li continued to trick them, "Do you want to learn?"
Cindy and Felicia exchanged glances, then both nodded their smooth chins, eyes full of anticipation.
Why learn painting when this is so much more magical?
And so.
Inside the art studio, which was originally meant for painting.
Three young and charming girls, under Ye Li's close guidance, began practicing basic martial arts.
Fortunately, his studio was large enough to withstand the commotion.
Meanwhile, outside the art gallery.
A black sedan drove past.
"Happy, stop here for a moment."
Tony said to his bodyguard and driver, "See if that guy is in, maybe I can get a few paintings to take back."
He wasn't very interested in paintings, but collecting artworks was a common practice among the wealthy.
Moreover, Tony knew the owner of this art gallery and had some connections; the style perfectly matched his aesthetic.
However, as soon as Tony and his bodyguard entered the studio, he saw a beautiful spinning whip kick sweep past his nose, leaving him stunned.
What's going on?
An attack!?
"Tony, watch out!" Happy, next to him, quickly reached into his embrace, seemingly about to pull out a pistol.
"Hey, hey, Happy, calm down!"
Tony reached out to stop Happy from drawing his gun and looked at Cindy in front of him. "Little girl, I think this must be a misunderstanding?"
"You are... Mr. Stark?"
Cindy had seen reports of Tony in the news and said apologetically, "Sorry, I was just practicing some combat techniques... you suddenly walked in..."
Due to her physique, Cindy picked up the moves Ye Li taught the fastest, so her kick just happened to sweep past Tony's face.
Fortunately, her Spider-Sense was very strong, and she managed to stop the newly learned move in time.
"Uh, well, it's also my fault."
Tony was always courteous to beautiful women, especially a girl who looked like she was still in high school.
He then turned his gaze to Ye Li, who was surrounded by the girls, and greeted him with a teasing remark.
"Why is your place still so shabby? You should have listened to me and redecorated it."
Ye Li was also a little surprised by Tony's arrival and replied, "Big shot, what brings you here?"
"I don't have time to specially come buy paintings; I just passed by and dropped in to take a look."
Tony's eyes swept over Skye, Felicia, and Cindy, who all had distinct styles, and he couldn't help but admire. "You have really good taste, just a bit young, but perfect for you."
Ye Li raised an eyebrow, somehow feeling that Tony was implying he was abducting innocent young girls.
Chapter 51 Tony: Come and let's spar, you noob.
"Then you should also know..."
Ye Li, who had just been guiding Skye and the others, made a gesture of stretching his arms. "You've interrupted my good time."
"You're practicing self-defense with the girls?"
Tony had an 'I understand' expression. "That's certainly very interesting~ What's next?
I think you should lock the door tight so I can't come in and almost get kicked."
The three girls, hearing them speak so directly, were all a bit shy and retreated behind Ye Li without speaking.
Even Felicia, who had dropped her cool facade in front of Ye Li, was now quiet and had reverted to her aloof demeanor.
Ultimately, they were all still just high school students.
Moreover, Stark's identity also made them not want to get involved in the two men's conversation.
This was a famous playboy, after all.
However, Tony became interested in Ye Li. "I didn't expect an artist like you to start learning combat."
He struck a boxing pose, lightly bouncing on his feet, and invited Ye Li, "I've also been practicing boxing with Happy recently, why don't we spar?"
To be a good superhero, Iron Man, Tony had indeed been practicing combat recently, but since he had just started, his skill level was not commendable.
Meeting Ye Li, a fellow noob he could spar with, he naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity.
And Tony Stark, always a show-off, although he had no designs on young girls, still wanted to show off in front of the young beauties.
Seeing Tony's confident look.
Ye Li was amused.
Well, well, a human sandbag delivered right to his doorstep.
Now this was good; it would allow Skye and the others to see the moves and techniques more clearly.
After all, demonstrating moves with girls always ended up with them getting too close...
There was no such 'trouble' with sparring Tony.
He was confident he could control his strength, so he wasn't afraid of accidentally killing Iron Man.
"Then let's go."
Ye Li walked to the open space in the center of the studio and provoked Tony, "Don't worry, I'll hold back and won't hurt you."
Trash talk.
Tony naturally wouldn't fall behind.
He turned to Happy and instructed, "If I can't hold back later, you quickly come and pull me away."
Happy nodded cooperatively, "Don't worry, boss, I'll definitely pull you away!"
Tony was satisfied.
He bounced on his feet and came to Ye Li, scrutinizing him. "You look a bit more muscular than before, you've trained well."
Ye Li complimented him back, "You're not bad either."
After a wave of mutual commercial flattery, the two began to spar.
Happy watched closely from the side, as if he was truly ready to pull Tony out at any moment.
Skye and Felicia also watched curiously, wanting to know how effective the combat techniques Ye Li taught them were in actual combat.
Only Cindy was uninterested.
She knew that Stark, the famous rich man and scientist, would not be a match for a Spider Totem.
Ye Li, on his side, paid no mind to Tony's thrown punches; he was merely using Tony to demonstrate the moves to the girls, otherwise he would have subdued him in one move.
So, after a few exchanges with Tony, he felt like he was being led by the nose; every one of his punches was either dodged or easily parried.
Although the force from the opponent was not much different from his own, he was completely outmatched in terms of technique.
Technique?
Isn't this exactly what he needed?
Tony's Iron Man armor didn't lack strength; he practiced combat to enhance his fighting power through technique.
As Tony's mind wandered.
Ye Li had almost finished demonstrating the moves to Skye and the others, and seeing that Tony was distracted, he decided to end the spar with the next move.
Happy, at this moment, cleverly jumped up and pulled Tony back. "Boss, your offense is too fierce, Mr. Ye Li might not be able to parry anymore!"
Tony snapped back to attention and gave Happy an approving look. "Well done, Happy, I almost hurt him; thanks to you, nothing happened."
Ye Li gave him a deadpan stare—can't he have some shame?
But he didn't care.
Happy's combat skills were also half-baked; the reason he could remain Tony's bodyguard was more due to their near-friendship.