Chapter 869 

He was so wrapped up in trying to decipher the painting that he’d only just realized he was indeed hungry. 

Before he could stand and get a bowl for himself, Maxine hurriedly took it away from him.” Your injuries are still healing. Just let me feed you.” 

“It’s fine. Give it to me. I’ll eat with my own hands.” James tried to refuse her offer. 

He felt uncomfortable being fed by a woman whom he had only met a few times. 

Maxine did not insist and handed the bowl over to James. 

 

Albeit his severe injuries, James was still able to perform simple hand movements. 

As James dug into his meal, Maxine turned to look at the Moonlit Flowers by Cliffside’s Edge. She was raised as a Caden for as long as she remembered and received Tobias’ personal instruction in martial arts. Even so, despite cultivating True Energy and becoming a grandmaster of the second rank, she had never seen the household’s treasure scroll. 

After staring at the painting for quite a while, she too could not find anything peculiar about it. Turning back to James, she asked, “James, have you found anything weird about the painting?” 

James shook his head dejectedly. 

at the ancient scroll that James had taken out, Maxine told him, “Grandpa said that I’m allowed to have a look at

“Mhm.” 

scroll

martial artist, she knew this was a meridian diagram the moment she laid her

tried shifting her True Energy as instructed by the

“Huurk!” 

own sweat, her face lost its color and she collapsed on the floor. Almost immediately, she righted herself and sat in

looked at her and asked in a concerned voice, “What’s wrong?”

a deep breath before she spoke shakily, “I tried moving my True Energy in the direction instructed by the diagram. However, the retrograde motion of True Energy shocked the meridians, which caused my Blood Energy to go

had no True Energy at the moment, he had yet to try it

Maxine stood up and scanned the ancient scroll meticulously.

make no sense. Each of them starts with a retrograde motion of True Energy. This is taboo in martial arts. You’d be considered lucky if you merely ended up gravely injured. Worse comes to worst, you

flashed through

“Makes… no sense?” 

the Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside’s Edge on the wall.

Why would there be a full moon in the middle of the day? Based on

glanced at the painting and nodded pensively. “You’re right. Both the meridian diagram and the painting make no sense. A moon in the middle of the day… This is an inversion of Yin and Yang. Well, it’s not exactly an inversion either. How do I put it…? In the

of Yin-Yang?” James looked at Maxine in astonishment.

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