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 the items

“Mhm.” 

handed the ancient scroll over to

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

her True Energy as instructed by the

“Huurk!” 

Energy, she immediately vomited a mouthful of blood. Her body was drenched in her own sweat, her face lost its color and she collapsed on the floor. Almost immediately, she righted herself and sat in a lotus position. She directed all

her and asked in

instructed by the diagram. However, the retrograde motion of True Energy shocked the meridians, which caused

had yet to try it out. However, he knew that something was

stood up and

diagrams 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

this, a thought flashed through

“Makes… no sense?” 

on Cliffside’s Edge on

full moon in

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

James looked at Maxine in

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